After being dumped by the diva, I was picked up by her arch-enemy.

The silence was broken when the host, Shao Hua, stepped onto the stage.

"Thank you, Jiang Yichen, for giving us such a stunning performance!"

"Next, let's hear the comments from our three judges."

On the judges' panel.

Lin Qinghe took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging bitterness in her heart.

She pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped away her tears.

When she looked up again, she had managed to hold back the tears welling up in her eyes.

However, her slightly red eyes still betrayed her emotions at that moment.

She picked up the microphone, her voice slightly hoarse.

"Jiang Yichen, the lyrics, music, and arrangement of this song are excellent."

"You used the opera singing style perfectly, without overshadowing the main theme, but rather adding the finishing touch."

"Handled with emotions well..."

She paused.

His voice was noticeably hoarse.

"Extremely delicate."

"Here are my ten thousand votes."

After saying that, she decisively pressed the green button in front of her.

Jiang Yichen received an extra 10,000 votes.

Zhang Xiangjun then picked up the microphone, his gaze sweeping over Li Ziyan and Jiang Yichen.

"Ziyan's performance today was remarkable. Her emotional delivery of the ballads showed great improvement compared to the preliminary rounds."

Zhang Xiangjun then changed the subject.

"but."

"Jiang Yichen's song 'Puppet Show' has reached an extremely high level in terms of lyrics, music arrangement, and singing skills."

"Especially that Peking Opera-style vocal part, which pushed the artistic conception of the whole song to its extreme."

"By my standards, this is a very mature artistic presentation."

"So I'm giving my 10,000 votes to Jiang Yichen."

Zhang Xiangjun pressed the green button.

Tan Yue then picked up the microphone, her tone crisp and decisive.

"I agree with Lao Zhang's opinion."

"Li Ziyan's singing skills are indeed good, but compared to Jiang Yichen's original work, they still seem too weak."

"Jiang Yichen, your lyrics are excellent, and the use of the guzheng and erhu in the arrangement is very clever."

"I'll give my 10,000 votes to Jiang Yichen as well."

Tan Yue pressed the button.

Thirty thousand votes!

The judges unanimously approved!

This is also the only contestant tonight to receive a perfect score of 30,000 votes.

The entire venue erupted in cheers.

The live stream chat was instantly flooded with comments.

"All three votes! How impressive!"

"Even Sister Tan said it's flawless; those who know, know how valuable it is!"

"Jiang Yichen is already leading by 30,000 votes right from the start! What's the point of even competing?"

......

Just when everyone thought the situation was settled.

In Li Ziyan's fan group, a frantic campaign to garner votes was underway.

In a large fan group with hundreds of members, the group owner and administrators were spamming the chat.

"Attention all Yan fans! Only three minutes left to vote!"

"Family members, let's use Mom and Dad's phones, and Grandpa and Grandma's phones, to scan the QR code!"

"Charge! For Ziyan's dream!"

This highly organized fan-based voting and voting system unleashes a terrifying fighting force.

On stage, Shao Hua raised the microphone.

"The voting by the three judges has ended."

"Jiang Yichen received 30,000 votes!"

"But this is not the final result yet."

"The fate of these two contestants will also be decided by the votes of our viewers both at the venue and in the live stream!"

"Let's first take a look at the audience votes for contestant Jiang Yichen!"

On the big screen, the bar chart representing Jiang Yichen began to soar wildly.

The numbers were jumping around so fast it was dizzying.

Ultimately, the bar chart reached an astonishing number.

113420 votes!

Shao Hua raised his voice.

"113,420 votes!"

"Adding the judges' 30,000 votes, Jiang Yichen's total votes are 143,420!"

A thunderous gasp erupted from the audience.

The previous groups of contestants received a maximum of 30,000 to 40,000 votes from the audience.

Jiang Yichen's price skyrocketed to 110,000!

This data is completely fragmented!

Viewers in the live stream were having a blast.

"110,000 votes! That's real strength!"

"With this number of votes, how can Li Ziyan possibly win?"

"That's it, that's it! Congratulations in advance to Brother Jiang on advancing!"

.......

The studio.

Shao Hua took a deep breath.

"Next, let's see how many audience votes Li Ziyan received!"

On the big screen, another bar chart began to surge.

Its speed was even faster than Jiang Yichen's just now!

fifty thousand!

100,000!

150,000!

The numbers are still jumping wildly.

The entire audience stared wide-eyed and gasped.

Finally, the numbers were displayed.

185630 votes!

The entire audience erupted in uproar!

Shao Hua loudly announced the results.

"185,630 votes!"

"Li Ziyan's total votes: 185,630!"

Congratulations to Li Ziyan on successfully advancing to the next round!

This moment.

A brief silence fell over the studio.

Everyone was stunned.

Immediately afterwards, joyful screams erupted from Li Ziyan's fan section.

"Ziyan is the best!"

"Brother, we won! We won!"

"Who says we can't win? Data will teach us a lesson!"

The fans waved their light sticks and shouted excitedly.

The other spectators looked at each other in disbelief.

Jiang Yichen's performance was so amazing that even the judges gave him full marks.

How did they lose by more than 70,000 votes in the audience voting segment?

the reason is simple.

Although Jiang Yichen became famous with his song "Red Cliff" and gained hundreds of thousands of fans, most of them are casual fans and loose fans.

They might cast a vote casually, but they can't compare to Li Ziyan, a professionally trained "regular army" of fans with explosive cohesion.

On the judges' panel.

Tan Yue frowned, her face looking extremely grim.

She glanced at the vote count on the big screen, then at the screaming fans in the audience.

She pushed the microphone away and leaned back in her chair with a cold expression.

Zhang Xiangjun shook his head helplessly.

Lin Qinghe looked at Jiang Yichen on the stage, her eyes filled with astonishment.

Jiang Yichen, however, appeared unusually calm.

In any case, having already garnered considerable attention on this show, it will certainly be easy for him to produce a hit album, given the quality of his work.

I can say that I have earned my first pot of gold in this world.

Let them be eliminated.

Li Ziyan walked to the center of the stage and took the microphone.

His eyes were slightly red as he bowed deeply to the fans below the stage.

Thank you everyone!

"Thank you, my fans!"

"You gave me the strength to continue standing on this stage!"

"I will continue to work hard and live up to your expectations!"

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Yichen.

His eyes were filled with the arrogance of a victor.

Jiang Yichen ignored him.

He nodded slightly to the judges' panel, then turned and walked off the stage.

His back was straight, showing no sign of defeat or embarrassment.

The internet was in complete uproar.

The barrage of comments in the live stream was so dense that the image was almost invisible.

Angry netizens began unleashing a torrent of criticism.

"A complete cover-up! An absolute cover-up!"

"180,000 votes? They must have been bought! This data is ridiculously fake!"

"This is disgusting! What kind of music talent show is this? It should just be called a fan voting contest!"

"Jiang Yichen was eliminated; I don't want to watch this show for even a second longer!"

"A person who received unanimous approval from all three judges was defeated by the popularity of an idol. All I can say is: the Chinese music scene is doomed!"