Li Qiong may not be well-known to everyone, but when it comes to the song "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road", many people will definitely hear of it.
In 2000, Li Qiong received an invitation to compete. However, during the competition, due to a mistake by a host, the "Armed Police Art Troupe" to which she belonged was mistakenly reported as the "Cultural Police Art Troupe".
The moment Li Qiong heard this, her mood suddenly collapsed, and she finally lost the opportunity to participate in the finals. When dissatisfied with the judges' scores, she threw her hat directly at the judges.
Her actions suddenly became the focus of heated discussions.
What the hell is going on here?The situation was that Li Qiong did not receive an invitation to participate until there were only ten days left in the competition, so the preparation time was very tight.
Li Qiong chose Li Shuangjiang's song "Chuan Gong Trumpet" to participate in the competition. However, before the start of the game, the host Zhu Xun mistakenly reported the "Armed Police Art Troupe" to which Li Qiong belonged to the "Civilian Police Art Troupe".
When Li Qiong heard the news, she was puzzled for a moment, unsure if it was pointed at her. And in these few seconds of hesitation, her original rhythm and mentality were interrupted.
Because the notice came too late, there was not enough time to prepare. Coupled with the fact that there was a mistake in announcing the performers' information, all these reasons converged and caused Li Qiong to be mentally unbalanced during the competition.
She was well prepared for the song beforehand, but she sang it almost like a scream during the competition and behaved very badly.
After the singing, she originally planned to raise her hat high and throw it at the camera, but because the stage lights were too dazzling, she inadvertently used too much force, and as a result, she threw her hat directly to the judges' bench.
Due to these behaviors, Li Qiong was naturally eliminated and finally failed to advance to the finals.
Li Qiong has a strong self-confidence, so this incident has dealt a great blow to her. After the competition, she chose not to go out, did not accept ** for a whole month or even two months, and did not dare to meet the outside world, let alone sing on stage again.
After this period of adjustment, Li Qiong gradually regained her confidence and adapted the song, and successfully sang a new version. The leaders gave a good review of this new version, and the audience applauded again.
However, Li Qiong can no longer return to her former peak state.
After 2002, most of the performances she participated in were small theatrical performances, and there were few grand stage appearances like CCTV. She gradually faded out of the public's sight, so people gradually lost their impression of her.
Various rumors began to spread widely on the Internet, some claimed that she was in a car accident, others claimed that she had moved abroad to get married, and there were even rumors that she had passed away or was taken by the entertainment industry. These gossips plunged him into the whirlpool of **.
Li Qiong saw that these news were spreading more and more, so she could only respond in person.
Even Li Qiong's father couldn't bear to stand by anymore, and resolutely stood up to defend his daughter: she has been working diligently in the army's art troupe, actively participating in performances, and has never had any arrogant behavior. He also strongly appealed to everyone not to believe the rumors on the Internet.
The reason why Li Qiong was able to achieve such success before was actually because he received the help of a nobleman.
Li Qiong was born in an ordinary family in Wuhan, Hubei Province when she was a child, and her parents were cultural workers, so she was deeply influenced by culture and art when she grew up, and her personality was also very lively and cheerful.
She is a very lively girl, and when she was a child, she was punished by her teacher for being naughty, however.
Her inner world is equally colorful and in line with her character. Li Qiong is passionate about art and has shown extraordinary talent since she was a child. She is not only good at singing and dancing, but also can vividly imitate the singers in TV dramas.
Li Qiong's greatest interest is to practice various types of songs in her room alone after school, whether they are popular or classical, she can perform them with ease. When her parents saw that their daughter was so passionate about **, they decided to fully support and nurture this hobby of hers.
Although Li Qiong's parents are not rich people, they do not hesitate to use their savings to cultivate their daughter's hobbies.
They spent a lot of money to buy a state-of-the-art recording equipment at the time to encourage Li Qiongqin to practice more and sing more.
What Li Qiong looks forward to most after school every day is to go home and immediately turn on the tape recorder and start practicing singing.
In a singing competition held by the school, with her outstanding talent and long-term solid foundation, Li Qiong successfully won the second place.
This undoubtedly made her more confident, so she decisively chose a vocal music major to learn vocal music knowledge systematically.
However, life is not always easy. Li Qiong's failure to be admitted to the school this time caused a huge psychological blow to her.
Li Qiong wept sadly at home, but her parents kept encouraging her not to give up. Even her father cycled to school every day to find a teacher, and finally won a valuable opportunity for his daughter to go to school.
Li Qiong has shown a talent and potential in this art school that has been recognized by all teachers, and they all agree that he is a promising student, and as long as he practices diligently and keeps improving, his future prospects will be very bright.
The 21-year-old joined a Wuhan Art Troupe in 1998 and began her career as a singer in the military.
She stood out with her unique stage style and won the special prize of the National Young Singer Competition held by ** TV station. It should be pointed out that the grand prize won by Li Qiong is the first grand prize in the history of the competition.
In the preliminary stage, Li Qiong represented the Hubei region in the competition. Initially, she planned to sing "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", but the judges found that many singers chose the song, so they temporarily asked all contestants to perform local original songs. So, at the suggestion of her mentor Xiao Shuyun, Li Qiong chose the song "Three Gorges, My Hometown".
After the performance, the judges were full of praise for Li Qiong's performance, but they were also a little confused, because her singing style was neither like traditional folk singing nor bel canto singing. In the end, they could only award her an award of excellence.
As soon as the audience heard the news, they immediately disagreed. They generally believe that Li Qiong performed well in the competition, but in the end only won the Excellence Award, which is really unfair.
Xiao Shuyun, Li Qiong's mentor, is also defending her, firmly believing that Li Qiong's unique singing style is very valuable and definitely an innovative form.
Under the influence of the public and the pressure of all parties, the organizing committee of the competition made the decision to set up the grand prize for the first time, and Li Qiong was elected as the winner of the grand prize with overwhelming votes.
In the 1999 Spring Festival Gala, Li Qiong became famous with a wonderful performance, and thus officially established her popularity among the public. On the stage of that Spring Festival Gala, she performed the song "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road" affectionately, which made the song popular again;At the same time, she also became the only mainland singer who got the opportunity to sing solo on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala that year.
She used to be a member of the Art Troupe of the Military Region, and now she has appeared on the CCTV stage and has experienced many ups and downs. However, fortunately, the dream finally came true, and the hardships of the past were also able to live up.
Li Qiong is now 45 years old, and the once glorious days have become a thing of the past, she has left the public eye, began to form a women's electroacoustic band, and personally directed a ** movie called "Fire Dancing Phoenix". The film was released during Army Day and caused a huge response.
Everyone also saw that Li Qiong not only has extraordinary talent in the field of singing, but also is extremely talented in other aspects.
Li Qiong has had a great love for art since she was a child, whether it is singing or other aspects. Today, she has fulfilled her lifelong dream in the field of singing, and now she is moving on to other artistic fields.
Li Qiong has now crossed the top of the mountain and experienced the trough, but she is still relentlessly pursuing her dreams, and I firmly believe that she will be able to achieve more dreams!