The talent show ushered in a "great melee". Is it enough for idol mentor fans?

China News Network reported on November 3 that 2021 will be the year of the "fierce fight" on the talent show.

Recently, major video platforms have released new variety show plans for 2021. Among them, the news of a number of audition shows has attracted everyone’s attention. According to rough statistics, six or seven shows are in preparation. After the group selection program ends, next year will usher in a lot of men's group talent shows. Some netizens commented: Are idols, mentors, and fans still enough?

Source: Screenshot of the promotional video of "Youth 3".

Recently, the variety show "Creation Camp 2021" officially announced that Deng Chao has become the new season's men's team promoter. There is also a professional mentor group composed of overseas group debut members and absolute C members of the group. The news immediately sparked heated discussion. The

platform also stated that the biggest change of this show is to "be an international men's team." The players will be selected from 500 domestic brokerage companies, 52 Japanese companies, and 10 Thai companies. The difference from the past is that this time From the competition system, it will be assumed that this is a team with international members.

Source: "Creation Camp 2021" video screenshot.

also expands the scope of idol selection and "Asian Super Star Cluster", which announced that it will gather the best quality trainees in Asia, and plans to invite stars such as Jay Chou , Takuya Kimura, Lisa, Yiyan Qianxi , etc. tutor. On the other side of

, ​​the new season of "Youth Have You" has also been put on the agenda. Not long ago, Yu Shuxin, who debuted from the "Youth Have You 2" "THE9" group, appeared to recommend "Youth Have You 3". It is understood that this season The show will bring together hundreds of young teenagers who are good at singing and dancing and have dreams in mind. Finally, the youth producers will select a new top boy group to debut.

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In addition, 15 Lehua Entertainment trainees participated in the label star-making reality show "Next Debut", and 3 pre-debut groups finally competed for the only debut place. The other "Hundred Children of the Earth" was based on the selection criteria for astronauts. For the system’s youth hard-core audition, "with the universe in mind, the sword refers to space", select science idols, knowledge idols, and ability idols.

gathers all of Asia, goes to the world, and has the universe in mind...Not only have several major video platforms set "small goals", satellite TV has also begun to make efforts on talent shows this year. For example, Hunan Satellite TV has returned to star-making variety shows after seven years. Launched the amateur music selection variety show "Star Exploration".

and just posted the poster, it was on the hot search "Let's Go Online! Written selection for "Chinese Youth" has begun. The producer said that these teenagers are not only talented in singing and dancing, but also want to know how much he knows about Chinese culture in terms of thinking and connotation.

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has simply sorted out the talent shows that will be launched from the end of this year to next year. There are already "Youth With You 3", "Creation Camp 2021", "Asian Super Star Cluster", "Star Exploration", "Tomorrow's Son 5" and "Let's go online!" "Colorful Youth", "Next Debut", "Hundreds of Earth""... It is expected that hundreds of trainees will take to the stage to compete for their debut. Some netizens said with emotion, "Idol will soon outnumber fans" and "Why don't you come to "Talent Show 101" first."

Many people refer to 2018 as the first year of domestic idols. After "Idol Trainees" and "Creation 101" went viral, in just a few years, idol selection programs have been iteratively upgraded, with "Youth with You 2" and " "Creation Camp 2019", "Creation Camp 2020", "In the Name of the League", "The Name of the Youth" and other programs, selected idol stars such as Cai Xukun , Meng Meiqi, and Liu Yuxin.

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87 companies, 1908 trainees, 31 companies plus 8 individual trainees were selected from them to form 100 trainees. This is the number behind the 2018 "Idol Trainee". After the hot talent show, in addition to the more mature artist agency companies, traditional film and television companies and MCN companies have also begun to deploy trainee business to train and transport new talents to debut.

However, with the emergence of more and more talent shows, the problem of "being too late to train new talents" has become more obvious.

In the first season of "Youth With You", Zhang Yixing, who was the producer, learned that some contestants only practiced for a short time before recording. He said: "This is not to blame you, this is the impetuous market. Now the market That's it. They thought that they could be known by everyone within 4 months of the show." When he participated in "The Name of a Boy", he even said bluntly: "After so many waves have been scoured before, how can a good seed be grown?"

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When there are not so many "good seedlings", artists who participated in the draft but failed to make their debut, or come back after their debut, are more eye-catching in the talent show, such as the final group of "SKY Sky Boys" ", 6 of the 7 people have participated in programs such as "Idol Trainees", "Youth Have You", "Tomorrow's Son", and "Star Movement Asia".

In the past two years of talent shows, the participation of Internet celebrities has become more common. Lin Xiaozhai of "Youth With You 2" and Xie Anran of "Creation Camp 2020" both have a large number of fans in their respective fields. Their appearance has brought obvious topics and traffic to themselves and the program.

In the Reuters photos of the talent show recently exposed, netizens also found a lot of familiar faces. "Rap New Generation" contestant Doggie and internet celebrity Aiklili participated in "Youth Have You 3" because of "Bai Yin The short video celebrity Han Meijuan who went out of the circle will appear at the scene of "Creation Camp 2021".

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audition program is launched intensively. Should the topic or the players' strength be the first? What kind of idol do the audience want to see? What should I do if the homogeneous competition system causes aesthetic fatigue? These are the challenges that future talent shows may encounter.

is not easy to form a group, and it is even more difficult to survive. In the past three years, the talent show has exported a large number of idols to the entertainment industry, but in fact, there are not many stages that can catch them. "The stage is empty, and the idols are on the set." The pilot film before the launch of "Youth Have You 2" specifically mentioned this phenomenon, and this seems to have become the norm after the talent show: idols lack a stage to prove their strength, so they move to or Returning to the film and television industry again, seeking more exposure opportunities.

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On Weibo, where netizens complained about the talent show, one comment received a lot of praise: Can you create a stage for the debut group.

has also put idols on the agenda on the new film lists released by major video platforms. For example, "Universal Singing Center" claims to provide singers with a professional singing platform, and "Waiting 800" will create idol exclusive music. The theater, the reality show "Burst Stage" invites musicians to form a limited group "Join Battle" music label, and will also hold a concert tour under the name of the group...

It is foreseeable that there will be a talent show in 2021 For the "Melee", more and more arenas are being built, but can the stage behind them keep up as soon as possible?

(Editor in charge: Han Chong_NBJ11345)