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perryloo

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  1. Yup, it's completely fair that Youwei is a legitimate contender for the #1 spot right now. rolleyes.gif

     

    Pre-show ranking entirely widened the gap between the rich and the poor so to speak. Just because they informed people that the ranking was happening, doesn't mean it made it more fair. In fact, the pre-show voting made it seem like "these are the people that matter, and these are the ones that don't" right from the get-go. How on earth is that more fair?

     

    As for that second part, they are now robbing contestants of the ability to do that too by not letting half the trainees even perform on stage for the first set of performances right before eliminations take place.

    To me it is fair enough that Youwei is ranked #1 spot on the popularity stakes. Dong Yanlei, his labelmate was also highly ranked last season with no decent exposure. 

    If you are an ardent follower of the show than you should know that Youwei competed in the show Hyper Dimensional Idol in the year 2017 where the competitors are judged on dancing, singing, acting and even modelling and right after he is involved in five Chinese dramas screened in the year 2018, so I would not begrudge his #1 ranking. If it is his dream to be an Idol and worked hard enough to earn his spot then let it be.

    Jiayi came into his audition dressed  in a spiderman suit with his handsome face masked but is now ranked in the top 10 with Jolin Tsai 

    becoming one of his keen supporters.

     

    I agree that competitors from other countries like Taiwan or USA may have a disadvantage in the early popularity ratings, as their competitors do not have much exposure to the Chinese populace. The only way for the companies supporting them is to find way to do it before they join the competition.

    I do hope we get to see all the performances even if they are behind the scene stuff.

  2. Even if they annouced that in advance, how are you supposed to vote for people you don't even know? The only contestants who had an advantage were the ones with pre-show hype so if anything that increased the gap. And what contestant are you talking about from last season? Some contestants were more pushed than others, obviously, but this has happened this season too with some trainees getting much more screentime and close-ups than others.

    The contestants with the pre-show hype I believe had more experience or exposure in the entertainment industry in China which to me is fair. I would be pissed off like Lay if people who have less than one month in the industry and getting higher ranked.

    If you are talented and worked hard enough in areas where you need to improve you will be rewarded like You Zhangjing last season.

    I would not name the contestant of the past season but I read that because of incessant cheating they almost banned the new groups from performing on TV (idol producer and PD101) and I believe they want to avoid such a case happening.

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  3. I don't think I ever posted here so hi! For now I support OACA trainees (especially He Changxi! He's my first pick) and Mr Tyger (I still have to learn their names and remember their faces...). I also like BG Project and another group of trainees that I forgot where they are from... Yao Mingming and Li Wenhan are super talented too but for now they're not my favorites even if they are definitely in my top9.

     

    I only watched the first 2 eps (I'm waiting for eng subs) but I don't know what to think about this season. I love the trainees (at least the one we saw..), maybe more than I did last year. Last year it took me a while to like trainees other than the Yuehua NEXT (who were my reason to watch IP other than Cheng Xiao) and Cai Xukun and at the end of the show, other than TRAINEE18, Yuehua NEXT, Kunkun and OACA boys I didn't support most of the trainees. While this season, I think overall they are more likeable and just as talented for the most part (they are also more my taste in terms of visuals.....). 

     

    Buuut.... The new things they added kinda ruin the show, especially because they add nothing good. Pre-ranking the trainees, why?? The auto-evaluation system was way better and was actually useful because we could see how was their perception of themselves. Putting the worst trainees in a glass box outside, again WHY?? Except giving them the flu, what does it add to the show?? They should've just let them go inside. And not letting trainees perform is so cruel, how are we supposed to judge and choose our favorite ones if only one team performs...

    There's so many things that happens on stage, I'm gonna take examples from the korean P101 and P48 but who would've thought that Chanmi would ruin the ITNW stage and that Yeonjung would slay the performance and create one of the most iconic moments of the Produce franchise? Who would've thought that Boombayah Team 2 would win despite doing a terrible job? And like Shizhan said, even in Idol Producer there was cases of trainees having a boost of popularity thanks to the battles.

     

    IQYI is obviously doing a lot of favoritism and I hate that. I hate that because it's not only obvious, but it makes me feel like they're forcing us to vote for their favorites. Nine Percent became the perfect group that they are because fans voted the trainees they liked the most and there was a few suprises in the lineup Like Zhangjin or Yanjun who weren't certain to debut. If IQYI keep doing that, I don't know if this group will have as much success as Nine Percent has (despite their lack of activities as a group...).

     

    This is what I feel too. This season has super likeable contestants but the stupid rules to make the show more bloody and competitive are ruining the show for many people. I still like it a lot, but season 1 was much more "fluff" and wholesome in general while this season is more Mnet-esque.

    I totally disagree the portion about pre-ranking. If you are an ardent follower of the show IQIYI had earlier informed people that they will be doing this and advise the people to take part in the pre-ranking voting and so I think it is fair unlike the last season where one of the contestants was given unfair advantage.

    Selection of the group is based on popularity and hard work beside talent.

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