Idols Around the World 235

Chapter 235 – #33. Amazing Star (5)

– We have gathered special talents from all over the world. And they are already certified stars in their country. You have to judge whether the stars gathered here deserve to be the best. There will be a total of 4 rounds of competition, and voting will start from the 1st round. Before the stage, we will introduce the participants.

The scene changes, and the video containing the participant introduction plays.
We were supposed to sit on the chairs installed on the stage and watch the video to get reactions.

– This is the first contestant!

The first singer introduced was a female black singer.
She is 23 years old this year.
A pop singer under the stage name of ‘Anna’, she was a woman with a voluptuous body with a height that seemed to exceed 180 cm.
She aspires to be a model, but accidentally discovers that she has excellent singing skills, and she is scouted and debuted as a singer.
She boasts a great voice, but all of her aspiring models are so good that she started to gain popularity with her male fans.
Not only that, but also her personality is cool and outspoken, so women start to think of her as a wannabe woman.
To be honest, a female singer should not be able to appeal to women.
Most of the population is female, and there are only a few males.

“It’s no joke.”
“It feels like my ears are being pierced.”

A camera captures our reaction.
There is a concert scene where Anna sings with her great singing voice.
It was an overwhelming singing ability that spontaneously left her mouth wide open.
A huge number of fans cheer while listening to her song.
Naturally, the eyes of the participants turned to Anna.
It was the moment when it was revealed that he was a participant who needed to be more vigilant than anyone else.
Anna skillfully deflected her alertness with a shrug of her shoulders.
The situation in which she was wary of herself meant that she was recognized for her skills, so she was able to pass it on happily.

“What do you think?”
“Since the genres are different, it is difficult to say confidently.”

While we were whispering about ‘Anna,’ the video moved on.
The next contestant was also a formidable performer.
As the personal information of the participants came out one by one, the atmosphere heated up.
Everyone knew that each other was a formidable talent.
Thanks to that, the gaze towards us has also decreased a lot.
Coincidentally, around that time, the video introducing us started.
Our introduction started with a music video.
In the music video, we show each of our faces one by one, followed by short snippets of us actually performing on stage and singing at concerts.
And along with that, a great commotion began to arise among the participants.

Malevolent malevolent-

“?”
“What?”
“… Well.”

Even when I saw a stage with overwhelming singing ability, it hadn’t become this loud.
Apparently, the camera was rolling, so I kept my dignity in moderation.
We weren’t completely free with the camera, and we were showing our reactions with as much honesty as possible.
The participants who reacted for a long time.
However, when our introductory video came out, all of them were showing reactions of surprise to the point of being excessive.
We weren’t the only contestants who could dance well, and we weren’t the only contestants who could sing well.

-Is there a problem? Why are you like that?

In the end, I couldn’t stand it and had no choice but to ask the other participants.
The overreactions directed at us all at once could have been seen as racism.
Because we are the only Asians currently participating in Astar.

‘I’d be very disappointed if it was real racism.’

No matter how much talent is used to select participants, it was not pleasant to have to perform on stage with racist people.
As soon as the participants were announced by the company, they handed over the information, and because of that, the music they heard in advance was enough to create a sense of familiarity.
I hope there will be an opportunity to become close and talk about music in more depth.
However, as soon as I started the program, I was properly restrained, and all those expectations came to nothing.

-Is that really live?
-Yes? Live?

Why are we talking about live here?
It was an incomprehensible question, but he answered it once.

-Yes, it’s true that we did it live…
– As I’ve heard, they’re no joke friends. So, isn’t 1st place already decided?
– No way. We are also worried about how we will survive.
-Really, that’s because it’s live…
– Didn’t everyone come out live? I don’t think our group is anything special.
-Isn’t that special? Oh my god. Listen to what these guys have to say!

Eyes are pouring on us as to what was wrong with my words.

– Do you seriously think so? Doing live while dancing like that?
-Ah… Ah!
‘Why did these people keep us in check?!’

Now I know why.
Looking at the talents of the cast, it was either the performance or the singing ability, but there was no case where both were good at both.
Of course, a singer with excellent singing skills does not sing standing stiffly.
They also sing while doing appropriate choreography.
But we don’t sing while choreographing intensely like we do.
It was only us who had both of them.
I immediately informed the members of the situation.

“Are we the number one candidates?”
“Ah, I’m so self-sacrificing. That’s not it.”
“It’s an underdog cosplay. What kind of first place candidates are we?”

Rather, there was a team of interest that seemed unlikely to be easy to win on our side, so I was worried.
Even the stone band, which used to make bad provocations like bullies, had formidable skills.
After our video came out, the video continued.
The exclamation that opened the water once was also active in the next video.

“It’s no joke.”
“Isn’t that the team with a lot of fans?”
“There are so many fans overseas, so my manager noona said that we were one of the candidates for the top spot.”

Is there a law that says we can only be checked?
We had already identified a team that could be a threat to some degree.
After each team introduction video, MC Jim came up on stage again.
The camera focuses on MC Jim.

-I checked the introduction of the participants so far. From now on, we will conduct individual interviews for each team. A full-fledged tournament group draw will be held later, so please wait for a moment.

MC Jim’s words raised tension between us again.
After the personal interview, the most important group draw begins.
At this point, you need to select the group well.
If you choose a group that is too strong, your body and mind will be hard, and there is even a risk of being eliminated.
But what if you pick a group that is too weak?

‘The topicality is going down. It’s a program that I appeared in to make fans, but it can’t be buried.’

People don’t pay attention unless it’s an exciting confrontation.
No matter how hard you work on a stage, if there is no audience, all your efforts are useless.

‘The best group is a group with a participant who can make a moderately fierce confrontation. We’ll have to meet someone who’s great enough to surpass us later.’

I took out a lucky item ahead of the group draw.
This lucky item will help you become the most suitable group.
Isn’t luck the most necessary stat in a random draw?

– I will take a personal interview with the stone band.

The participants vacated their seats for individual interviews one by one.

-Anna, I will take a personal interview.

So far, there has been no active conversation with the participants.
To be precise, it seems that he is rolling his eyes and grasping the situation.

‘Still, it’s better than before.’

No matter how much we are candidates for 1st place, even after watching the video, we are not the only ones on our guard.
Couldn’t Py PD have casted such a difference?
Just like us, there were a few talented groups that deserved to be nominated for first place.
Thanks to that, a lot of the eyes that were on us were scattered.
I already made a good first impression, though.

-Excuse me. Do you know English?

A girl with a somewhat unusual pronunciation of the name ‘Zumbai’ from our point of view spoke to us.
It was also a girl wearing fancy gold jewelry on her ears, neck, and bracelets as if they were plastered.
In particular, he was very noticeable because he was wearing a gold choker around his neck.
But it’s never easy to look at the outside and look at it easily.
She’s petite and short, and she’s only 17 years old, but she’s one of our top contenders.

– I know how to do it. Nice to meet you, Zumbai.
-Call me Bay. My friends usually call me Bay.

If we call ourselves what our friends call us, does that mean we want to be close to each other?

“What? Are you messing around again?”
“No, I think I came to say hello.”
“Oh! Nice to meet you!”

Since he was the first person to say hello positively after appearing on the program, all the other members greeted him with a big smile.
Zumbai hesitated, perhaps feeling a bit embarrassed, then she shyly held out her hand and held her brother’s hand.

“You rap amazingly well. I know you Please tell me something.”
– This hyung is in charge of rapping in our group. His brother used to know Mr. Bay.
-Ah! Really? Thank you. I just found out today sorry.

Bay felt sorry for not recognizing her older brother, Kyung-tae.
Kyeong-tae laughed lightly, saying, “It doesn’t matter.”

– I tried to say let’s do well in the future. To be honest, everyone was so handsome that I wanted to talk to them. I’ve never had a conversation with such a handsome guy before…

Bay’s shy confession didn’t offend me at all.
She was more like that once she was a girl who was only 17 years old.

-Good job. See you often in the future. We also give each other what we can help each other with.
– To do that, you don’t have to be in the same group as me. Because if you meet me, you will be eliminated.

The reason why I couldn’t help but laugh at his confident and bold words was that those words were not bluffing at all.

-Are you declaring war?
-If you are in the same group. But I hope the brothers can meet later if possible. Like a final, if anything?
– You mean to make it to the finals, right?
-That’s right! I will definitely go to the finals. So, brothers, survive as long as possible. I like to see pretty things.

We were also greatly encouraged by the proud girl’s declaration of war.
That girl proudly said that she would win first place, but we couldn’t keep cowering.
The members grinned as they heard the girl’s declaration of war through interpretation for Zeki.

“Even a child like that is trying to get first place, don’t you think we shouldn’t give up?”
“Interview, I have to work hard.”
“Are you throwing me away?”
“If I keep arguing in a situation like this, will it have the opposite effect?”

After watching the video of the talented players, the members who were worried about the confrontation disappeared.
It was nice to see the members burning up in a combative way again.
Because of that, I couldn’t help but say thank you to Bey.

– Thanks to that, I think the members have received a lot of energy. We will do our best so that we can meet you in the finals.
– If it’s the older brothers, it’s possible enough. My brothers are my only rivals. You’re going to step on all the other teams and come up against me. Promised?

Despite the fact that there are many other teams that are not formidable, and the other team members are overhearing our conversations, the girl is confident and outspoken.
Of course, the girl’s attitude hurt the pride of the other team.

– I’m trying to stay still, so I can’t do it. It’s hard to think that people will look at you as cute just because you’re young.

The stone band, not knowing when they returned from the interview, was the first to tackle them.