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This is the very first Chinese Idol/ Reality show that I’ve watched. I didn’t intend to watch it at the first place because I had this very bad habit of not following anything that is on trendy. At the time the show was attracting numerous of viewers, I actually felt quite annoyed whenever I saw news relating to it, partially because most of them were negative ones. It was not until the show had finished and my sister still kept talking about it that I decided to give Chuang 2021 a try. It was totally worth it!
Below are the reasons why you should really watch the show:
* VISUAL (aka Handsome boys/ men of all varieties and many different nationalities)
If you are a girl and your life, unfortunately, lacks of good-looking males (like mine), this is the place for you.
** TALENTS
There were real talents in the show. Some could dance really well, others could sing really beautifully that they made your heart ached when you saw them on stage.
*** “CPs” and “FAMILIES”
There’s no arguing that this is a “reality” show and what’s on the screen might only be for the sakes of fandoms. Still, I’ve followed these guys (on social media) for a while and from what’ve seen so far, their relationships seem genuine. I do hope they stay good friends for many years to come, despite the darkness of the industry.
**** EXTRA MATERIALS.
I’m not sure if this is a positive or negative point. For me, it is a plus, because it means there were many things to watch besides the main episodes. Also, the personality of the trainees could be expressed more accurately through the way they interacted with their roommates, the games they played, the activities they participated in.
Still, I admit there were tons of flaws and they might put people off from watching it.
* SILLY FORMAT
There were so many strange things about the rules in this show which made me really mad.
First of all, I don’t get the whole point of dividing the students into different classes (A-F) if in the end the ones with a lot of fan votes would still end up in the top classes and didn’t get eliminated. It’s all about popularity level not actual talent or effort.
Also, the judges were completely useless in this show. They didn’t have any saying in the trainee’s ranking and didn’t get to give the trainees any extra points/ votes if they tried exceptionally hard or performed well. Most of their comments weren’t even constructive.
Finally, I didn’t like the Final round. It’s just messy and draggy. Instead of giving the finalists more time on their solo performances, they just ran through them like fast and furious!!! And why did they wait until the very very last moment to give the trainees the chance to do a live show?? It could have changed the result had people known how their picks really were on stage without the help of the producing teams.
** UNEQUAL SCREEN TIME
There were 90 trainees but only a dozen of them were featured. The rest totally disappeared and the viewers could hardly remember their names or face. If your “picks” got to be focused then lucky for you, yet if the ones you supported were on the “invisible list” (like me, sometimes), you would feel really sad for them.
*** STRANGE SONGS
There were good songs in the show but … about 70% of them were meeeee~ Or maybe it’s just me. I could hardly like the music in this show.
**** FILTER
I could forgive the other problems but I could not let this pass. The filter they used for this show was so terrible! It made all the trainees looked over-exposed with unnatural white skin and pink/ red/ orange lips. They actually looked much much better after they left the show. In fact, some of them look really nice without any make-ups or filters.
I could rant about the weird things in Chuang 2021 all day but ...
ANYWAYS
For me, Chuang 2021 would forever have a special place in my heart. It gave me a lot of joy during the time I had to stay home because of my injury, which is why I couldn’t judge as partially as one should. Despite its (soooo) many flaws, it didn’t stop me from watching the show and loving the idols coming from Chuang 2021.
With all the turbulent things going on, I wish all the best for the ones who got to debut and those who weren’t.
Below are the reasons why you should really watch the show:
* VISUAL (aka Handsome boys/ men of all varieties and many different nationalities)
If you are a girl and your life, unfortunately, lacks of good-looking males (like mine), this is the place for you.
** TALENTS
There were real talents in the show. Some could dance really well, others could sing really beautifully that they made your heart ached when you saw them on stage.
*** “CPs” and “FAMILIES”
There’s no arguing that this is a “reality” show and what’s on the screen might only be for the sakes of fandoms. Still, I’ve followed these guys (on social media) for a while and from what’ve seen so far, their relationships seem genuine. I do hope they stay good friends for many years to come, despite the darkness of the industry.
**** EXTRA MATERIALS.
I’m not sure if this is a positive or negative point. For me, it is a plus, because it means there were many things to watch besides the main episodes. Also, the personality of the trainees could be expressed more accurately through the way they interacted with their roommates, the games they played, the activities they participated in.
Still, I admit there were tons of flaws and they might put people off from watching it.
* SILLY FORMAT
There were so many strange things about the rules in this show which made me really mad.
First of all, I don’t get the whole point of dividing the students into different classes (A-F) if in the end the ones with a lot of fan votes would still end up in the top classes and didn’t get eliminated. It’s all about popularity level not actual talent or effort.
Also, the judges were completely useless in this show. They didn’t have any saying in the trainee’s ranking and didn’t get to give the trainees any extra points/ votes if they tried exceptionally hard or performed well. Most of their comments weren’t even constructive.
Finally, I didn’t like the Final round. It’s just messy and draggy. Instead of giving the finalists more time on their solo performances, they just ran through them like fast and furious!!! And why did they wait until the very very last moment to give the trainees the chance to do a live show?? It could have changed the result had people known how their picks really were on stage without the help of the producing teams.
** UNEQUAL SCREEN TIME
There were 90 trainees but only a dozen of them were featured. The rest totally disappeared and the viewers could hardly remember their names or face. If your “picks” got to be focused then lucky for you, yet if the ones you supported were on the “invisible list” (like me, sometimes), you would feel really sad for them.
*** STRANGE SONGS
There were good songs in the show but … about 70% of them were meeeee~ Or maybe it’s just me. I could hardly like the music in this show.
**** FILTER
I could forgive the other problems but I could not let this pass. The filter they used for this show was so terrible! It made all the trainees looked over-exposed with unnatural white skin and pink/ red/ orange lips. They actually looked much much better after they left the show. In fact, some of them look really nice without any make-ups or filters.
I could rant about the weird things in Chuang 2021 all day but ...
ANYWAYS
For me, Chuang 2021 would forever have a special place in my heart. It gave me a lot of joy during the time I had to stay home because of my injury, which is why I couldn’t judge as partially as one should. Despite its (soooo) many flaws, it didn’t stop me from watching the show and loving the idols coming from Chuang 2021.
With all the turbulent things going on, I wish all the best for the ones who got to debut and those who weren’t.
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