At the end of the last episode of "Infinite Challenge", it was already announced that the next episode will be the "Gayo Festival" after two years. At that time, it already caused a great response on the Internet after the program was broadcast.
Although it was announced at the end that this episode was a music festival, it did not reveal who the guests were. Several edited shots of the guests were also wearing masks, making it impossible to figure out everyone's identity.
The most interesting thing about each issue of the Music Festival is the lineup of guests and the songs co-written by the MC and the guests. Therefore, there have been many loyal fans of "Infinite Challenge" enthusiastically discussing it in many online forums these days. When discussing who will be invited to this year's music festival, many familiar names were mentioned.
"Let Yoon Jong Shin participate, I really want to see him! I want to laugh when I see his face."
"iu! iu! iu! The music festival is incomplete without iu. You must let me see iu this year!"
"GD probably won't come this time. He has come several times. But I still hope to continue to participate. The previous songs were very good, and Big Bang is very popular now."
"Will there be exo? The most popular thing now is exo."
"Probably not. Although xo is indeed extremely popular, song festivals require collaboration between guests and MCs. As for xo, the only one who is more famous in this aspect is Yuan, but I don't think Yuan will come to participate. …”
In addition to some veteran musicians, including Girls' Generation, who have participated in several episodes of GD, and even IU and EXO, the most popular idols nowadays, have been mentioned. Even though many of them are random guesses, they still make many viewers Everyone is happy about it, and the popularity has increased in the past week.
Even though "Infinite Challenge" has experienced some turmoil recently, the ratings have not significantly improved and are on the decline after adding new MCs. As MBC's flagship program, it cannot guarantee that it will be among the top four in ratings during its time period.
The recent ratings have been going back and forth between 12% and 13%. It can't go down, but it can't go up either. It's far from the nearly 30% rating of the "Tutu Song" special episode at the beginning of the year.
But the Gayo Festival brand is still very bright. After watching the trailer for the last episode, the July 4 episode has just started airing. Although the average has not been calculated yet, the real-time ratings calculated in the background immediately increased. Nearly fifty percent.
This is just the beginning.
Cha Chengyuan turned on the TV on time and switched to the MBC channel.
As a member of the regular flight team, he is an old viewer of "Infinite Challenge", but he doesn't always watch it on time. He is usually only interested in some special episodes, because the few episodes after changing MC are quite boring, so recently I didn’t do much live broadcasting either. I would make up the replay video later when I had time.
He didn't watch the last episode, but he immediately became interested after seeing the news on the Internet that the next episode would be the biennial Gayo Festival special episode of "Infinite Challenge", so he watched the live broadcast at home on time today. .
"Unlimited challenge!"
"The next step is, the 2015 Infinite Challenge Music Festival!"
"Oh oh oh oh..."
Several MCs came on the stage, made some exaggerated physical comedy, then took off the masks on their faces, each posed in a pose and shouted the program's slogan, officially announcing the start of the program.
After playing the song festival review vcr of previous years, MC Yoo Jae Suk officially announced today's guest appearance with the theme of 'Masked Ball'.
Amidst the exciting music, and under the expectant gaze of everyone, the three special judges walked out of the screen door with great enthusiasm, and were greeted by a silent sigh:
"Oh, why is it you again?"
The three special judges, Yoo Hee-yeol, Yoon Jong-shin and Lee Di, are all powerful musicians who have been guests at the music festival. At the same time, they are often active in variety shows and are good at making jokes. Everyone was extremely disappointed. His eyes were indeed very calm, and he waved to the camera very stylishly.
After a period of laughter and banter, Yoo Jae Suk carefully introduced the three special judges, and then officially entered the guest appearance part of the 'Masquerade'.
Park Jin Young, who was the first to appear, was recognized as soon as he entered the station, and then there were all kinds of merciless jokes and sarcasm:
"Is it really okay for a company representative to come out casually like this?"
"The next guest won't be brother Lee Soo Man, right?"
"Are you here to select me? But I'm not interested in him. I won't go anywhere except SM!"
Finally, it seemed that Huang Guangxi's words made Park Zhenying unable to bear it anymore and took off his hood.
“Oooh, jyp!
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Immediately the whole audience burst into cheers, which gave Park Jin Young a lot of face.
The viewers who were watching, such as Cha Seung-won, were also impressed. As the first guest to appear, Park Jin-young's fame and status, both as a musician and singer, and as the president of JYP Company, were There, his appearance seemed to immediately set the tone for the guest lineup, and it also seemed to highlight the difference between this year's music festival and previous ones.
Subsequent guests, iu, Yin Shang, and the hyukoh band appeared one after another. Each appearance of a guest would cause a discussion in the audience, either excitement or frustration.
Among them, independent bands like hyukoh, although they may be popular in their own small circles, are less famous among the public. Not many people know their names. Some viewers have no idea who they are after seeing them. , naturally there will be some disappointment.
However, iu's appearance surprised many people. Although there had been a lot of negative news in the previous years, the scandal in 2012 entertained many people at the time, and the reputation suddenly became very bad.
However, as the albums released in the past two years have become more successful, she can now be regarded as the most popular solo female singer in the peninsula.
The image is also getting better and better. Except for the anti-fans who really hate her from the bottom of their hearts and all SJ fans, few people now mention the previous negative news.
After all, it is not something illegal. Artists or singers still have to rely on their songs and works to speak for themselves, and the people of the Peninsula are very tolerant of artists with outstanding abilities and talents.
Otherwise BigBang would have disbanded long ago.
The appearance of iu greatly improved the dim starlight situation caused by the appearance of zio and hyukoh. Many viewers were extremely satisfied and immediately identified iu as the special person of the "Infinite Challenge" program team. The person in charge of the popularity felt that this time's music festival was half stable in terms of popularity and topics.
Until the last guest appeared.
"The last guest, 'The Overhungry Cat,' sang Taeyeon's "If". It is said that he made some special arrangements of his own..."
Following Liu Jae Suk's enthusiastic and exaggerated introduction, all the audience cheered up and watched with great interest the last guest who walked on the stage.
Although the order of appearance of the guests this time is not arranged according to popularity or seniority, no matter what, the last person to appear always has his own halo, both in terms of importance and attraction to the audience. A little higher than before.
But I didn't expect it for two seconds. The reminiscent accompaniment of "If" just started, and then I immediately became speechless.
"If I get close."
"ah……"
The guest on the stage only sang two lines before he seemed to have forgotten the words and started to say "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh". He deliberately put his hands on his lower abdomen in a singing posture, and even though he was wearing a mask, he still created a The expression on his face was in sharp contrast.
For such a lyrical and timeless song, the singer clearly seemed so serious and dedicated, but the performance where he forgot the words throughout the entire performance made the audience and judges couldn't help but laugh out loud.
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"Kind of like Hyori."
"How is it possible? He must be a man with this height."
"It can't be rain, right?"
"Maybe xo?"
The judges' random guesses, one by one, were completely devoid of any margin or logic, and even Lee Hyori's name could be mentioned. However, through various editing and contrasts on the stage that made everyone uncomfortable, it still made all the audience feel... strong interest and expectations.
In particular, iu seemed to have guessed the identity of this guest after only listening to a few sentences, which made many people wonder.
After watching this carefully adapted "If", Kim Taeyeon praised and cheered for it. After the stage, a group of people knew who the guest was, but they had to make random guesses. After guessing for a long time, they still couldn't find a reliable name.
Just when the curiosity of all the viewers had been brought to its peak by various suspense and editing, the last guest to appear finally took off the mask on his face under the command of Yoo Jae Suk.
In the close-up, I saw him lowering his head and forcefully taking off the silly big-faced cat hood. His black hair was pulled up by the tight mask straps, and then fell down again. Some of it was messy on the front of his forehead. He lowered his head and shook it vigorously to sort it out. Then he raised his head and looked at the camera, pursed his lips, and forced a smile.
When they recognized this familiar face of one of the most popular artists who has frequently appeared on TV and the Internet recently, the eyes of many viewers and fans in front of the TV lit up and they immediately exclaimed:
"omo!yuan?"
"Chi Jingyuan?"
"Ahhhhh!"
