Can "The Sound of Life" become a stage for singers to show their talents?
Can we insist on taking ** as the core and create a high-quality singer competition? Will the third season be able to bring together all the strong players from all walks of life to present a stunning stage performance as expected?
Perhaps the answer is not quite satisfactory.
So, what went wrong with this singing competition program, which has a profound impact on the Chinese music scene, this season?
We can analyze it from different angles, and there may be some unexpected findings.
The show lost its original intention, and the production process was haphazard, which caused the word-of-mouth of the third season of "The Sound of Life" to decline, the score fell below 7 points, and the attention also dropped significantly, which undoubtedly sounded the alarm for this season's program.
According to observers and critics, the show seems to have drifted away from the original production concept, becoming somewhat casual and sloppy.
As a singer competition show for the high-end market, the first two seasons of "The Sound of Life" are deeply loved by ** lovers, and the production team provides an excellent stage and well-designed links, which is impressive.
The production process of this show is rigorous and serious, every performance has been carefully planned, and every detail reflects the production team's love and respect for the stage and the stage.
This insistence on quality and satisfaction of the audience's expectations has won the high recognition of the audience.
The third season seems to have gone downhill, with too many reality show elements overshadowing the ** part.
Some people think that in order to create topics, the program team focuses too much on interactive games and daily life, but ignores the essence of ** - "meeting friends with **".
Wang Sulong, Zhou Shen and Song Yaxuan's roles of "Three Brothers Washing Cups" make people feel like they are watching a talent show entertainment show.
And this kind of setting and social entertainment also make some singers feel constrained, which is far from the high-level ** programs that the audience expects.
In the tide of commercialization, "The Sound of Life" seems to have lost itself, and it is getting farther and farther away from the original unpretentious ** program.
This season's program may have deviated from the right track when innovating ideas, pursuing topicality and entertainment too much, but ignoring the maintenance of the quality of the program and the respect for the ** itself.
This blind pursuit of gimmicks has made "The Sound of Life" lose its unique charm, and the production has become perfunctory and casual, and some people even commented that this is like "smashing the signboard".
Although we have to admit that "The Sound of Life" does have obvious shortcomings in the packaging of the program, this cannot cover up its mistakes in song selection.
No matter how the production idea deviates, if the song is not selected properly, it will directly affect the reputation of the show.
And this season of "The Sound of Life" has gathered all the popular and powerful singers, and the quality is undoubtedly the highest.
Although Yu Kewei, Tan Weiwei, Han Hong and other Spring Festival Gala regulars and cutting-edge singers have been gathered, the quality of the works finally presented in the third season of "The Sound of Life" is surprising.
Such a result is undoubtedly a regret for the top singers.
These powerful singers have their own unique characteristics and diverse singing styles, and they originally thought that through such a collaboration, they could spark new sparks and bring excitement to fans.
However, due to various factors such as copyright and production budgets, the number of songs in this season is far from sufficient, resulting in many singers choosing highly repetitive tracks.
The audience generally reflected that most of the songs in the show were the same, and they could not really show the singer's personality and strength.
Some even criticized that this is simply a "waste" of the talent of top singers.
Why are so many big names invited, but in the end they are all singing these songs? This kind of question has caused the show to be criticized.
The limitation of song selection is an external factor, and the mistakes of the program team in the process of dubbing songs have exacerbated this problem.
Songs such as Wang Sulong and Zhou Shen's "Offering of Love", Han Hong's "Eyebrow Flying Color Dance" and other songs are very troublesome.
Choosing these songs that are not worthy of the song is undoubtedly a waste of the talent of top singers and a perfunctory expectation of the audience.
These casual and sloppy soundtracks drowned out the singer's individuality and ignored the public's aesthetic expectations, which eventually led to a decline in word-of-mouth and a loss of audiences.
We can't help but ask, does the production team still have enough standards to match these online celebrities?
In the decline of the show's word-of-mouth, does anyone question our enthusiasm and sensitivity for good songs and excellent performances?
If professionalism cannot be improved, the investment of singers and audiences will not be rewarded accordingly.
The lack of production funds is a major problem we are facing, and in this regard, He Jiong, a member of the program team, emphasized that all song choices are decided by the singers independently.
After the recording of the show, many singers lamented that it was difficult to choose songs, among which Tan Weiwei directly pointed out the core of the problem: the amount of song library is too small.
The limited amount of songs in the library makes every song selection a matter of anxiety, and singers simply cannot achieve true "free choice".
It's a daunting task to find songs that suit your style and complement other artists.
Obviously, the root of this problem lies in Mango Channel's stinginess in purchasing song rights and production funds.
As the top variety show in China, the production cost of "The Sound of Life" is disappointing.
This can't help but remind people that in their popular TV series "Splendid Weiyang" not long ago, the crew was able to buy out the copyrights of nearly 60 golden songs, which shows that there are great differences in Mango Channel's attitude towards different programs.
Due to the lack of financial investment by the program team and the Taiwan side, this season's "The Sound of Life" is seriously insufficient in songs, which undoubtedly limits the performance space of top singers and wastes good cooperation opportunities.
*The soul of the program lies in the rich song library, if even the basic copyright music library cannot be satisfied, how to carry out subsequent artistic creation?
Therefore, the relevant parties should learn a lesson, and if they want to make the best programs such as "The Sound of Life" sound and impressive, they must fully invest in copyright funds.
Because only investment cannot support high-quality programming, and simple top-down cost compression cannot solve the fundamental problem, more possibilities need to be stimulated.
Fans of The Sound of Life are waiting for the day when it will shine again and bring us the best live performances in China.
We firmly believe that "The Sound of Life", as the highest-level singing competition program in China, will be able to learn from the pain, return to the original intention, provide singers with more space to play, and present more high-level works.
Maybe one day in the future, we will be able to listen to China's best live singing again on the stage of "The Sound of Life".