Chapter 1069: Out of control grand finals!
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In the front row.
Zhang Xiamented, "Little Liao sang very well today."
Chen Guang also said, "Yeah, she really did quite well."
Amyughed and said, "Ever since the revival round, Spinach has transformed into another person. It''s like she''s suddenly been enlightened. She''s a surefire favorite to win today."
Wang Zhuishu said, "I think she''ll do well too."
On thest stage, Spinach''s poprity was not considered particrly high. At the least, it was quite far off from Petal Shower and The Clown''s level of poprity. But ever since the revival round, Spinach had started to really umte a good deal of poprity and left an impression on many in the audience. They all started to like her. Although the celebrity guest partner Spinach had invited was not that famous and was just a C-list artist like herself, they sang the song wonderfully.
Following their performance, the next contestant came out!
The second person to take the stage was Sunset Glow!
By rights, Sunset Glow should have appeared muchter. After all, she had been crowned the Masked King once. Although she wouldn''t have gotten a better spot in the appearance order than The Clown, she could still have chosen between appearing as the second tost or third tost contestant. But as she probably had some considerations regarding her song and the atmosphere in the studio, Sunset Glow chose to be the second contestant to go on stage.
On the stage, a familiar tune started ying!
Zhang Ye also found it very familiar. It turned out to be "Super Star"!
The audience was screaming.
"This song?"
"Sunset Glow is really that singer?"
"This song is the best!"
"Where''s her celebrity guest partner?"
"Yeah, where''s the celebrity guest partner?"
There was only Sunset Glow onstage.
The masked Sunset Glow raised her microphone and sang.
"Praising your smile,
"Your knitted brows break my heart.
"I cannot notice me,
"I only feel what you feel."
Suddenly, the stage was covered in fog!
With a loud rumble, all the lights went out!
When the lights came back on, another masked woman had appeared onstage. When she opened her mouth to sing, the theater was stunned for a moment before erupting into thunderous apuse!
"Wherever you go,
"Bring my soul along with you.
"It''s captured in your spell,
"What use is leaving it?"
Her celebrity guest partner had taken the stage as well!
This voice sounded all too familiar!
Zhang Ye smiled.
Zhang Xia smiled.
Many of the audience members knew this voice as well!
But what was even more surprising was yet toe. The lights went out again, with only a few columns of light remaining. The effect was especially artistic.
Vaguely, Zhang Xia, Chen Guang, and the others discovered someone standing up beside them.
The audience also saw this. From out of the blue, Amy had taken out a mask and worn it over her face, then strode forward and made her way up onto the stage as well. With a smile, she stood alongside Sunset Glow and the other celebrity guest partner!
Their three voices chorused in unison!
"You''re a zap, you''re my light, you''re my only fairy tale.
"I love just you. You are my super star.
"You decide, I abide. There is nothing better here. Loving just you. You are my super star."
The audience went crazy!
No one had expected that Amy would also go up onstage!
Sunset Glow chose to remove her mask at this point in time. When it was off, the face of someone who looked particrly quiet was revealed—Spring Garden''s Li Xiaoxian!
Next to her, one of them removed their mask as well—Amy!
Thest person to take off her mask was Sunset Glow''s celebrity guest partner—Xiaodong!
All the members of Spring Garden had assembled!
This lineup was a really powerful one!
At their televisions.
The home audience was also taken by surprise.
"It''s really Xiaoxian!"
"Sunset Glow is Li Xiaoxian!"
"Damn, for real?"
"I didn''t believe it when theizens analyzed who she might be!"
"I always thought that the singing of Spring Garden''s trio was just so-so. They''ve always sung group songs that talk about lovey-dovey subjects, so I didn''t hear anything special. I never expected Li Xiaoxian''s singing to be so good! She can also sing good by herself! So this isn''t just some pretty girl group; they really have the skills to back themselves up!"
"Vote for her!"
"Yes, vote!"
Spring Garden was the country''s most popr girl group with no othersing close. The group was so popr that all of its members were practically B-list celebrities and worth a lot. If the three members were separated individually and looked at, they might not be much. But when these three B-list celebrities joined together, their influence was absolutelyparable to that of an A-list star!
Zhang Ye''s three sisters were also screaming and shouting from their seats in the audience.
When they finished singing, the entire ce was chanting their names!
Sunset Glow (Li Xiaoxian) lifted her microphone and said, "Thank you. Thank you, everyone. And thank you to my two sisters who are here to support me. I was actually very nervous for today''s grand finals, but I feel much better with them standing here with me. Hello, everyone, I am Li Xiaoxian!"
Apuse and screams rang out once more!
"Xiaoxian!"
"Xiaoxian!"
"Xiaoxian!"
Li Xiaoxian said, "I really didn''t think that there would be so many people who like me." She smiled. "I wasn''t confident at all about joining King of Masked Singers, and I felt really perturbed. I was afraid that I would be too embarrassed if I lost, so I didn''t let anyone know that I was joining the show at the beginning. I was too scared to tell anyone about it."
Amy grumbled, "You didn''t even let me know."
Xiaodong said with a giggle, "You''ve kept it under wraps quite well."
Li Xiaoxian blinked. "Sorry about that, my sisters."
Xiaodongughed. "It''s fine, you''re forgiven." Then she looked at the audience and into the cameras. "Everyone, remember to vote for our dearest Xiaoxian."
Amy suddenly pointed her microphone at the audience. "Did Xiaoxian sing well today?"
The audience was unanimous. "Yes!"
Amy asked, "Should you vote for her?"
The audience replied, "Yes!"
Amy and Xiaodong were trying their best to get votes for Li Xiaoxian.
Everyone noticed that Sunset Glow''s tally was currently soaring. It shot up to two million votes, double that of Spinach''s tally. She had reced Spinach and was in first ce for the time being!
The third contestant to appear onstage was King of Oddity!
He had revealed his identity already, so everyone knew who he was. But when the crowd saw himing onstage with his celebrity guest partner, they were still surprised for a bit!
Their costumes were too extravagant!
They were both wearing golden robes!
They were even wearing bejeweled crowns that looked extremely expensive on their heads. These were definitely not provided for by Beijing Television and were probably rented by their talent agencies!
Their song was titled "The King''s Sorrow"!
The audience was startled!
"How much did they spend on that?"
"Wow, they''re so stunning!"
"I must vote for them just based on their costumes!"
"They''re so willing to spend on their outfits!"
"How extravagant!"
"Awesome!"
"This visual impact is so great!"
They began singing. The entire song felt like some sort of stage y with a lot of people taking part in the performance. At times, people woulde out for a dance. At other times, a chorus woulde out and apany the main singers!
When they were a minute and a half into the song, King of Oddity''s celebrity guest partner took off his mask!
Li Yue 1 !
A famous singer from Hong Kong!
A B-list celebrity!
When her identity was revealed, King of Oddity''s tally rocketed up. King of Oddity was not considered a very popr singer in the music industry, or at least was not known as a great singer. However, it was different for Li Yue. She held a lofty position in the pop music scene, and she was very popr and worth a lot!
The song ended.
When Zhang Ye saw King of Oddity''s tally, he was startled and frowned a little. King of Oddity had almost managed to catch up to Sunset Glow with over 1.8 million votes now and was already ahead of Spinach by a mile. In truth, Zhang Ye felt that Spinach''s group sang the best among the three groups that went first. The song Sunset Glow had sung was not exactly suited for apetition as it did not allow her to showcase her singing skills. As for the King of Oddity''s "The King''s Sorrow," he sang average. He clearly made several mistakes and his form today was not really that good. But why did the results of the voting turn out this way?
Zhang Ye realized that something was wrong!
This had deviated from the premise of the show!
When King of Oddity and Li Yue started asking for votes, Zhang Ye felt this feeling even stronger!
King of Oddity said, "I hope that everyone can vote for me. Thank you."
Li Yue smiled and said, "King of Oddity''s next album is about to get released, and the album will be titled King of Oddity. Although he doesn''t want me to reveal too much, I still want to say this."
King of Oddity looked at her and tugged at her.
However, Li Yue insisted on speaking. "He has decided that all the proceeds for the King of Oddity album will be donated to charity, which will be used to aid children. When I heard about it, I felt really touched. For a singer who is so kind-hearted, he totally deserves your votes!"
King of Oddity quickly waved it off. "I''m just doing something that''s within my power."
The apuse from the live audience wouldn''t end!
"Donating everything?"
"Is he serious?"
"King of Oddity is such a kind-hearted person!"
"Yeah, he definitely deserves praise!"
"It''s rare that a celebrity can be so charitable. There really aren''t many like him!"
"That''s so nice of him!"
"Supporting King of Oddity!"
"Just by thatmitment of his, I must support him!"
"How generous!"
But there were also doubters.
"Wasn''t there some negative news coverage about King of Oddity some years ago? Something about him verbally abusing a reporter after drinking? Cussing out a waiter? He even beat someone up in the past? What''s with this about donating his album sales to charity now? What''s with him making this deration on this asion? Is he trying to get more people to vote for him? Why do I find him so pretentious?"
"Those are just rumors. How can you believe all that?"
"King of Oddity is a very nice person. He''s willing to donate all of his album''s proceeds. Why don''t you do the same if you can!"
"Passerby transforming into a fan!"
Zhang Ye had also heard of that news regarding King of Oddity. He did not know if they were true, but at least on today''s stage, King of Oddity felt like two different persons on and off stage. His talk and attitude were entirely different, and that left Zhang Ye unable to distinguish how he really was. In his opinion, it was a good thing to contribute to charitable causes. But to use that as a tactic to ask for votes on this asion, it didn''t seem to be in good taste!
Meanwhile, King of Oddity''s tally kept climbing!
Right after he announced that he would be donating to charity, his tally shot above Sunset Glow''s!
Over 2.3 million votes!
King of Oddity was in first ce!
And his tally was still continuing to rise!
Hu Fei was very happy.
The program team''s staff were also beaming.
This was because they were constantly receiving news updates of the show''s viewership rating and the constantly increasing number of people tuning into the show. So they were not exactly bothered by these developments.
Only Zhang Ye fell silent.
He suddenly thought that he should have intervened in thepetition''s grand finals format and rules, and that he should have participated more actively in the show''s production.
It seemed out of control now!
The tallies no longer had anything to do with the performance itself!
Whoever invited the more popr celebrity guest partner?
Whoever had the more extravagant costume?
Whoever gave the most touching speech?
All of that would decide who would get the most votes?
This was not the original vision that King of Masked Singers had!