Chapter 1248
Chapter 1248: Xiaodong can't host anymore?
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
Wednesday .
Later that morning .
The barrage of advertisements finally came to an end . The volume of over a dozen of Zhang Ye's endorsement advertisements had finally normalized and were no longer shown as often as before . With that task complete and the popularity gained, Zhang Ye turned his attention back to I Am a Singer . In recent days, he had been too busy taking various endorsement deals and filming their commercials . That was too much of a distraction for him, so with that task complete, he had to get back to producing the show properly .
At Beijing Television .
Zhang Ye arrived at work .
"Director Zhang . "
"Morning, Director Zhang . "
"You're here already?"
"Have you eaten yet?"
"Director Zhang, do I get a discount for the diamond rings if I mention your name?"
The moment Zhang Ye came back, everyone was laughing and happily joking around with him .
The advertisements were also brought up by a lot of them . They teased him for a long time, but Zhang Ye didn't get angry and even played along with them .
Hu Fei also arrived at the office . "Director Zhang, you're here?"
Zhang Ye nodded and said, "Brother Hu, shall we start the meeting?"
Hu Fei nodded . "Alright, is everyone here?"
Zhang Ye turned to Xiao Lu and said, "Go and gather everyone up . "
"Got it . " Xiao Lu obeyed .
Five minutes later, the conference room was fully seated with the staff of the program team . The new episode's recording was scheduled for tomorrow, and the program team would always hold a meeting prior to it so they could communicate any issues and establish a direction for the recording . This was standard practice here . The atmosphere in the meetings was always good, with Zhang Ye usually assigning the roles and tasks while Hu Fei would add on with whatever was necessary . Everyone else would take notes and record the meeting, have discussions, and raise questions while Zhang Ye answered them .
Today was no exception .
Zhang Ye said, "Everyone has been working hard these days . I Am a Singer's recording is already halfway done, and we've achieved very good results so far . Let's have a look at the projector . These are the viewership ratings for our show against Sing!'s after their broadcast time was changed . "
I Am a Singer:
Episode Four's viewership rating: 3 . 08%
Episode Five's viewership rating: 3 . 22%
Episode Six's viewership rating: 3 . 19%
Sing!:
Episode Four's viewership rating: 1 . 58%
Episode Five's viewership rating: 1 . 62%
Episode Six's viewership rating: 1 . 55%
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "As all of you can see, Sing!'s viewership ratings have obviously gone up after they changed their broadcast time . 1 . 5% is a very outstanding result in the industry and would also deserve quite a good ranking in the all-time historical viewership ratings . But compared to us, they're still lacking by far . With them stepping aside, we don't have anyone competing with us in the same time slot . Our viewership for every episode is now at a stable 3% or above, but I think that we can still do better . "
Hou Di said, "But, Director Zhang, we've already broken the record . "
Xiao Lu clicked her tongue and said, "Take it even higher? Wouldn't that be very difficult? It feels like we're already at the limit . "
However, Hu Fei replied, "In the past, no one thought that current TV variety shows could surpass the 2% mark . But Director Zhang did it . After that, when everyone thought that the 3% mark could not be broken, Director Zhang did it again . There has been a general consensus lately in the industry that 4% has to be the limit and that it is definitely the ceiling for variety shows . But I don't believe that's true . I'm of the same mind as Director Zhang on this; I feel that we can still take it even higher . "
Hou Ge analyzed, "Then we can only seek to increase the excitement of the show . The audience is starting to become used to the rules and routine of our show, as well as getting familiar with the seven singers onstage, so they might be beginning to experience short-term fatigue with regard to our show . In the previous episode, we just completed a knockout round with the latest replacement singer getting eliminated immediately . He has a large fan base, so it actually affected our show quite a bit . As such, the viewership ratings for episode six were slightly weaker, even though it was still basically the same as episode five's viewership ratings . If we really want to push it another level higher, the choice of the new replacement singer for the next episode will be critical . "
Dafei said, "So who do we get for the replacement singer?"
Han Qi said, "We don't have that many options in our hands . "
This was a difficult choice .
Who should they send first?
Who should they keep for later?
All these decisions had to be weighed carefully .
The singers on the current stage were divided into two tiers now .
The first-tier group: Chen Guang, Zhang Xia . This was the most solid group, and the two of them were consistently ranked in the top three . They were truly excellent singers . Xiaodong could probably be considered as part of the first-tier group as well since she also occasionally got rather good results . But that was still rather dependent on the songs she sang . She was not exactly solid in this area .
In the second-tier group, there were Huang Cheng, Zhao Wuliu, and Amy . Huang Cheng was someone who went by the artistic route, so the style of his songs was more niche . During the episode he first joined as the replacement singer, he got a very good ranking . However, his later songs only received lukewarm responses, with his results fluctuating . Like him, Zhao Wuliu's results were also very rocky, with him ranking high at times and low at other times . This was not a problem with their singing but because there were too many good singers on this stage . Everyone were bringing out their best tricks as they fought each round with their all, so the results were more across the board . It was really difficult to pinpoint who was better than the other .
Surprisingly, Amy was the most solid performer of all . He steadiness came from the fact that she was always ranked in the last two places, either sixth or seventh . Every time she was faced with the knockout round, she would always be the one in the most danger . However, she was always able to return from the dead and survive to the next round . As such, after three knockout rounds so far, Amy was still around even though she was part of the starting list of singers for the show . As the show progressed, this also became a highlight of the show that the viewers were delighted to see .
Hu Fei gave it some thought and said, "For the new replacement singer, we will require a truly skilled singer . I hope that this replacement can break into that first-tier group and create some competition for the others . "
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