Moral Of The Story
Chinese Singing Competition Invites Foreign Grammy Winners, Then Regrets It & Rigs The Results
Mon, 17 Feb 2025
It must be rigged. The finale is being live-streamed but netizens notice something odd. Even before the winner is announced, contestants are congratulating them. When the hosts officially announce the winner - the “King of Singers” netizens are outraged. How did they win? They sucked all season. This whole singing competition is rigged! But that’s not even the worst aspect. The worst part is how messy the entire show is. From being caught whispering about the results before they’re announced, shameless promotions, and blatant result rigging - this is the messiest reality show of 2024.
Chapter 1: How did the singing competition become controversial?
But so does so much other stuff. This is probably the most controversial singing show other than a different one that we covered. But we're not going to get saddies right now. We're not going to get saddies.
Is that your phone or my phone going?
Honey, that's you.
That's your phone. No, that's your phone.
It's just like every time I see a TikTok of, if you're not doing this to your washing machine every two weeks, your house is going to explode. I send it into the family group chat and I think they're so sick of me. Anyway, I digress. It's actually from one of the most controversial Chinese singing shows in recent times. And that is called The Singer. I am a singer 2024.
so good this this show unexpectedly became the biggest mean producing entertainment last year it just came out of nowhere and nobody expected it to be like the biggest comedy i think we were talking about this show every night in bed he would turn over and show me another meme and then he would have to explain it to me
sometimes he would look at the meme and he would laugh for five minutes straight and i would be so patient on this side and i'd be like why what is it what is it and then he'd be like no you wouldn't get it i'm sweating oh and you don't want to give up your ice pack you're holding on to that ice pack like it's your first born child you guys want to hear the ice pack yeah
it's like all water now july 27th 2024 about let's say six months ago there are some other viral clips that are going from this show and it's not just nihao from the other side there's so much controversy from this show and it all starts with a kazakh singer and songwriter by the It's hard to hear exactly what he says, but when you audio enhance it, it's in English.
It sounds something along the lines of, they said it must be Chinese before you. And everyone was like, wait a minute, wait a minute. And if you're just listening to this right now and you don't understand the context of this show and you haven't seen clips of people singing on this show, then you're going to be like, I don't understand what any of this means. But let me tell you what this means.
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Chapter 2: Who are the key contestants causing a stir?
But this is a competition show. So every week they have a rank. So there's like 10 people, 10 famous singers sing and then they will rank them. And Na Ying is always like, you know, not at the bottom. She's never, never like number one.
Yeah. I mean, I'm going to go through the whole show's rules and regulations. The show is actually a South Korean NBC show that they adapted into the Chinese version. And it's called I Am A Singer. And what they do is they only bring in professional singers who have already made a name for themselves. This is a competition of imagine getting Ariana Grande on.
I feel like I'm going to start some shit.
I'm just going to shut the fuck up.
Imagine getting... Stephanie Su, Dan Dan, Tiffany.
All on stage competing for the king of singers. That's what this show is. And this started in 2013 in China. And I will say in the beginning, it was rough. It was rough. They would invite foreigners over, but... In 2020, the show would end after eight seasons. They were declining in viewership. Nothing really was happening except 2024.
Out of fucking nowhere, they announced that they're going to redo a show. They're going to do the ninth season of the show after a four-year hiatus. And now it's going to be hosted on Mango TV.
And I said...
Do I need to file a copyright? No, just kidding. Infringing on my intellectual property? No, I'm just kidding. So in 2023, they start scheduling and they start promoting the crap out of this show. And they say, guys, guys, this time we're about to make it insane. So here's the thing about CPOP. Here's the thing about Chinese celebrities and influencers that I've noticed thus far.
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Chapter 3: What was the audience's reaction to the live performances?
Okay, and they would just keep it moving. They'd probably stare at you weird and So they've got these two foreign singers and everyone, all the Chinese netizens, because Na Ying is on this show. They start joking. The winner is already decided. It's going to be our girl Na Ying. Have you heard her sing? Like, she's crazy. She is one of the most famous OGs. I mean, oh, she's incredible.
She's like, what, 50, 60?
She's only one year younger than Shantae.
Oh, so like 55?
Yeah, 55. Shante Morris, 56. Which, by the way, both of them look max like 35. It's crazy. She is one of the most recognized female vocalists, particularly famous for her explosive. That's how they describe her. Like she's just explosive.
explosive lungs and she's known as the queen of pop she's known as like a diva in the chinese pop music history she has been in the industry for over 30 years i'm telling you like celine dion is what tiffany said she also was a judge on the voice of china so she's been judges on these singing competitions and now she's coming in as a contestant it's not even it's not
Everyone in the comments is like, Na Ying, you got it in the bag. You don't even have to be nervous about any of this. Now the show finally begins and the host seems very nervous because everything is being live streamed. Everything is raw, unedited, live. And at the very beginning of the show, they even make a verbal slip up. They say, drink singer, watch Jian Chun.
Oh, I mean, watch singer, drink Jian Chun. Diantune is a yogurt brand that's sponsoring the show. So this little mistake goes viral because they're like, oh, the show is absolutely being live streamed. It's so real. Look at the hostess and host. They're so nervous that they mess up the lines of the show. But then there were some audience members that were there at the production date.
And for some reason, somehow they were able to get a close up of the teleprompter. And it shows that they wrote drink singer. Pretend to make a mistake. Correct yourself. Oh, no. You're kidding me. Because they want to draw more attention and make this clip go viral so that everyone will hear about the yogurt brand. And they successfully generate so much buzz for the brand.
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Chapter 4: Why was Shantae Moore's performance particularly notable?
a folk singer that became famous through doing tiktok in china and mainly famous with like 50 year olds the song he chose to perform was clearly not a fan favorite and um it's like um it was like a boner kill everybody was so confused what just happened like they were so emotionally stirred up people were getting emotional in the crowd people were crying in the crowd and then all of a sudden
It was like back to reality. It's so weird. It was really weird. I mean, the skills were just completely unable to even compare. It just didn't make any sense. And then you had Rainie Yang. She's an icon of Taiwan pop culture.
That's childhood.
What?
you know how many um like drama she was in like the really really trendy drama she's known for like having some crazy concerts she'll hang upside down like a moth like a moth in a cocoon she'll go underwater and she'll sing and it sounds like No, just kidding. It sounds really good. However, unexpectedly, I don't know if it's due to being extremely nervous. She was allegedly very out of tune.
I'm so musically in talented. I was listening to every single person going, it's not that bad. How do I know if it's out of tune? It sounds on tune to me.
But your hair on your arm is not doing the Super Bowl waves.
No, it was still like a desert. Yeah. It was not even one mile per hour of wind. Yeah. It was like this room is sweaty. So she goes up there and she... I will say there was a lot of discourse amongst Chinese netizens at the time saying that a lot of the Chinese singers were too focused on perfectionism.
They were too focused on being perfect with their body language that it didn't feel like a performance.
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Chapter 5: How did netizens react to the show's outcome?
Just say G-E-M.
That's how they know.
G-E-M.
Ooh, it's like code.
She's good.
Oh, yeah. Damn, that's her code name.
I actually played her song before. She's the one that sang that movie with the spaceship.
Jennifer Lawrence. Yes, yes, yes.
She's the one that sang the song. Really good.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of the show's rigged results?
No.
He's the founder and CEO of Xiaomi. Oh, what the fuck? He's China's Steve Jobs. Yeah. And so people said they actually... Here, let me show you the video.
He can sing?
Yeah. He's actually listed as a Western male singer on Chinese music apps.
Hi, you can get me fast. Do you like me? Oh, hi. Okay, you can get me fast. Do you like me? And wave welcome to everyone.
what is going on oh he went to india for a xiaomi presentation and uh yeah he his very famous line was are you okay and all the top comments are nobody asks if lei jun is okay cry face cry face cry face So he won top place for recruitment onto the show with 11.8 million votes. Yeah. Yeah. Jay Chou only got 20,000 votes.
Everybody voted for him to go on the show next.
It's a hit song. And because it's in English, he is listed as a Western male singer on Chinese music apps. Yeah. I don't know what's so funny about that. But no, at the end, some netizens volunteered themselves. They said, if worse comes to worse, I'll do it. I'll brave myself. Even if the foreign singers win against me, it won't be an honorable victory. Okay. So let me go. Let me go.
Others said, we need to get this guy on there. And they posted a link to a talent show, like one of those China Got Talent shows. And it was a male contestant who said that he can sing the highest pitch in China. And they were like, give it to us. What's the highest pitch? And he went, ah!
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