Chapter 485 (1/2)

Chapter 485

The second day.

Around noon.

Central TV's Department 11's program team began contacting every contestant to inform them that the preliminary round had been completed. They asked them to gather for the recording of the next round of compet.i.tion rules by 2PM.

This year's rules and compet.i.tion progress were slightly different from the previous years. The pace of this year’s compet.i.tion was much faster than before, with the preliminary rounds, which had taken 3-4 days before, now shortened to only one and a half days. This was because Central TV had approved the usage of many more recording studios, so even with over a thousand groups of contestants and 10 minutes per performance, the recording progress moved very quickly.

At the venue.

The contestants were all gathered before 2PM.

In front of them was a large screen where the votes for each contestant pair were flas.h.i.+ly updated in real time. It still wasn't time for the polling to be closed yet, so the numbers were still constantly changing.

”Aiya, I'm dropping off!”

”d.a.m.n, I can't make it into the top 500 either.”

”I heard that the compet.i.tion has started eliminating contestants from the preliminary rounds and only 500 teams will be able to advance to the second round. Then from there, only 100 teams will make it through to the 3rd round.”

”I'm currently in 488th place. This is cutting it too close.”

”Old Zhang, you did well this time! At 231st place, you will definitely advance to the second round.”

”Teacher w.a.n.g, congratulations on being placed so high!”