On March 18, the news that the music program "New Rap 2024" requires contestants to undergo urine tests became a hot search topic. A reporter from Upstream News (report email address: [email protected]) verified this news from multiple contestants. One of the contestants said that in fact, in the past few new rap shows, urine tests were conducted before recording. It was not just started this year. Some other non-rap programs also conduct urine tests. Because the recording of "New Rap 2024" will officially start on March 19, some netizens questioned whether the organizers were hyping it up. As of now, iQiyi has not responded to this.
New rap contestant 3bangz filmed the urine test process. Video screenshot
"China's New Rap" is iQiyi's self-produced Chinese youth rap music series, including "China Has Hip Hop" (predecessor), "China's New Rap 2018", "China's New Rap 2019", "China's New Rap 2020", and subsequently He has been doing the peak showdown program for two consecutive years. "New Rap 2024" will start global selection in October 2023 and restart after 4 years, which has also attracted the attention of many singers and fans.
Recently, contestants have arrived in Wuxi one after another to start recording the program, and they have shared the process through social platforms. Many people have mentioned that they must go to a designated venue to collect urine samples and submit them for testing on the 17th. On the evening of the 17th, singer 3bangz also posted on social media the process of taking a urine test, which quickly sparked heated discussions on the Internet and became a hot search topic.
Some netizens said, "It sounds outrageous to do a urine test before recording, but it feels a bit reasonable. It's really hard for the program team to survive!"
In the early morning of the 18th, 3bangz released a video saying that he had brought the first place to new rap. Due to the huge amount of traffic, some netizens questioned whether it was a hype.
Another contestant, dokky, who posted a related urine test video on Douyin, told upstream news reporters that the program team will officially record on the 19th and 20th, but has never asked him to delete the relevant video. Dokky said in the video that this was his first urine test and he was still a little surprised. During the urine sampling process in the toilet, staff were always "accompanying" the urine to confirm the authenticity.
took a video to record the urine test process. Video screenshot
dokky believes that it is "reasonable" to conduct urine tests on contestants. Contestants and label executives interviewed by upstream news reporters also expressed support for the organizers' implementation of urine testing.
In response to some self-media claims that urine testing is a newly added part of the program, Ma Jun, a new rap contestant in 2018, said on Weibo, "This part has been in 2018, and self-examination is particularly good."
Another contestant Reporter pj also confirmed to upstream reporters that he knew there was a urine test before he came because it was not only available this time. He had participated twice before. "It happened every time, but I also heard that some people did not have it this time because of the urine test." Come and compete." pj emphasized that urine testing is not only required in rap competitions, "There are actually other non-rap programs as well."
Regarding the hype rumors, an upstream news reporter contacted 3bangz's agency and asked if the video was for program promotion. In some cases, the relevant person in charge chose to remain silent.
html On March 18, upstream journalists also contacted iQiyi, the organizer of "New Rap 2024" through multiple channels, but have not received a reply.On the morning of the same day, the official Weibo of "New Rap 2024" issued a statement, calling on all fans to respect creation and pursue stars rationally; to boycott all proxy filming, candid filming, etc.; and to oppose all car chasing, siege, unauthorized entry into the recording venue, etc. that affect people and the public Safe and normal shooting order behavior; encourage the majority of netizens and fan groups to jointly create and maintain a healthy and orderly shooting environment.
In addition, the program team stated that it will strictly implement the requirements of the "Qingming" series of special actions, resist the unhealthy trends of the "rice circle", guide fans to pursue stars rationally, and strive to create a civilized and healthy industry ecological environment.
upstream news reporter Tang Hao
