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Chapter 680 Professionalism and the Masses

Xiwen looked at the two of them: "Which of you will go first?"

The middle-aged man on the right picked up the microphone first, looked to the left, and said, "Ladies first."

The people sitting on the left are the professional judging panel.

The representative was a middle-aged woman, slightly overweight, with a serious and dignified image, much like the head teacher who was respected by most people in school.

But people in the Western music scene, or those well-informed about the music industry, are no strangers to her.

Because she was a composer and also the main founder of the famous Western music magazine "Western Music", she later became one of the vice presidents of the Western Music Association.

They were colleagues and officials at the same time.

Basic personal information can be found with a simple check.

She is the perfect representative of the professional judges.

"As professional judges, we mainly score based on the overall stage performance, the singer's vocal qualities, and market acceptance."

"The overall stage performance is divided into the singer's image and temperament, and stage presence. Image and temperament mainly consider makeup, appearance, and spirit. Artists who have already debuted generally receive high praise. Stage presence refers to the singer's demeanor, expressions, and movements, which must match the style of the music."

"Voice quality is considered in relation to the singer's tone and singing skills. Singing skills include many aspects, such as whether the pronunciation is clear, whether the breathing is natural, the range of the vocal range, and the quality of musicality. This is also the largest part of the score."

"The guests' ratings generally remained above 8.0 because the criteria were quite detailed."

Professional singers who are able to debut and become famous must have a certain level of musical literacy.

"The last point, market acceptance, or popularity, we refer to the reactions of the live audience and the reviews on various online platforms."

At this point, she also showed the equipment provided by the professional judging panel. Each of them was equipped with an AI that could collect online reviews of the singers' performances and generate comprehensive data. The whole process took no more than half a minute.

"Take contestant Chen Yubai's performance in the third round as an example."

She pushed up her glasses and spoke in a tone that sounded exactly like she was giving an academic presentation.

"His overall stage performance is excellent, and his voice is also very good, but he is slightly less accepted by the market."

“The opinions of listeners in the West Continent on this song are mixed, quite polarized, and most people are not optimistic about it. However, this time, ‘Voice of the West Continent’ was broadcast live to four continents, and the feelings of listeners in other continents also needed to be taken into account. Therefore, listeners in other continents have won back a lot of positive reviews for Chen Yubai.”

"In conclusion, the score of 8.9 is very reasonable in the eyes of our professional judging panel."

The statement is well-reasoned and supported by evidence.

The number of comments questioning the professional ratings on the screen immediately decreased by more than half.

"Thank you very much for the explanation provided by the professional judging panel."

"Next, please welcome the representative of the public jury to speak."

The middle-aged man who had just sat down stood up.

He rubbed his fingers together nervously. "Uh... before talking about the judging criteria, I'd like to talk about the composition of our public jury."

"The public jury members are selected from ordinary viewers. First, they need to register with the production team and fill in their real personal information, including some social media account IDs. The production team needs to verify the authenticity of the information to ensure that we are not fans of a certain singer or have biased or extreme emotions."

"In addition, we also need to conduct a music appreciation test. This test is similar to taking an exam, with various question types. The highest score is achieved by answering simple questions after listening to a piece of music..."

As the man spoke, he pointed to himself and said, "According to the staff, I have the highest score out of 500 people."

"Therefore, I will speak on behalf of the audience judges."

"Although we passed the music appreciation test, it doesn't mean we don't have preferences in music styles. The program team has always required us to vote based on our preferences."

“Preferences are subjective, so we just focus on voting and don’t count the number of votes.”

To put it bluntly, even if there are objections to the vote count, the public jury should not be involved.

To everyone's surprise, this person, who spoke nervously and somewhat unsteadily, had an unexpectedly strong attitude.

What I didn't expect was that he really dared to say anything:

"Taking Chen Yubai's third performance as an example, I personally like his song and voted for him, but I can feel that some people really don't like this novel music."

"If they could, they might all want to just deduct a vote from their votes."

Everyone: "..."

Can you really say something like that so bluntly?

Even Xiwen's expression became complicated.

Seeing that the man was stammering and still wanted to say everything on his mind, and seemed unwilling to stop unless someone stopped him, the staff quickly gestured to Xiwen.

Upon receiving the information, the latter immediately replied, "Okay, thank you for explaining the judging criteria of the public jury."

"Both judging panels are members carefully selected by the production team. They have their own evaluation criteria for the contestants, and the combination of voting and scoring ensures the greatest fairness for all contestants who take the stage..."

Xiwen made some rather official remarks, essentially glossing over the audience's "objections".

He left out a final sentence:

"If you have any opinions on the program's two major judging mechanisms, or if you have any better suggestions, you can leave a message on the program's official website."

After saying that, he continued to announce the results of the last two matches.

"Sixth, Louis."

"His singing skills were so superb that many people, when mentioning this performance, would emphasize that they could not hear any 'breathing sounds'. As a result, Louis received a lot of advice to 'work on the path of pop songs'."

"So, the votes for this performance were—"

"488!"

"Highest number of votes so far! Congratulations, Louis!"

His professional assessment score was—

"9.3!"

"That's also the highest score so far!"

Louis's high number of votes and scores, while expected, still caused the entire audience to erupt in cheers and applause.

After the room quieted down a bit, Xiwen announced Rosalin's test results.

She received 366 votes.

It's taller than Chen Yubai's.

The score was the same as in the first round, only 8.3.

Many people felt sorry about this.

After all, Rosalyn's stellar performance in her final show was undeniable.

However, most people's attention was focused on Louis.

They wanted to know where Louis would ultimately rank, given his decisive victory in the final round and his performance in the first round.

As for the obvious losers... few people pay much attention to them.