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shadowetienne · 3 years

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I’ve been watching both Qing Chun You Ni 3 and Chuang 2021 approximately as they air (mainly on the weekend though) as a thing to do when I need down time from all the work that student teaching brings with it. So far, I’m mostly enjoying both of them, though I have some definite opinions. I’m for sure happy to talk about my favorites and performances.

Favorites: Sun Yinghao | Kachine (QCYN3), Xue Bayi (Chuang), Hu Yetao (Chuang)

My current top [debut number] lists for the two groups post first eliminations are under the cut.

First eliminations are always hard, but they sure do make it easier to keep track of what’s going on with all the people remaining on the show. It’s funny because I don’t notice nearly as big a difference after second elimination any time I watch a season. But there’s just a lot of people to keep track of before first elimination and people get lost in the shuffle.

With the votes reset, I feel like the most important thing to take away from the votes for each person in the first round is the way their ranking has trended. Someone who’s been steadily going up a good number of places each time may experience a big jump with the vote reset. I’ll be really interested to see rankings next week for both shows.

Chuang 2021 Personal Top 11 (after 1st elimination):

Xue Bayi [Rank Progression: 54 > 47 > 33 > 28]: I love his aesthetic and his talent. He did really well in his first performance and grabbed my attention with being part of the group in hanfu. He’s got a beautiful voice every time we get to hear him sing. I think that he is fighting a little bit of an uphill battle because his appeal is in many ways the intersection of the appeal of two other trainees (Liu Yu and Hu Yetao). I was really interested that he actually mentioned something that I’d been noticing in his speech on this episode: he likes being in a group and doesn’t mind if that means being in a supporting role. I hope that the show highlights how good his teamwork is more and more because it’s honestly so important to have members like that in a group. I am really glad that he’s been consistently moving up each week, and I’m hoping that will mean a bit of a ranking jump.

Hu Yetao [Rank Progression: 37 > 34 > 29 > 25]: I love his aesthetic and talent and attitude. He’s a great dancer, and while his vocals still need work, they’re steady and seem to be progressing (I don’t think that he’s got much vocal training at all). The show has given him a lot of space to shine, and I really appreciate that. I do also feel like he seems to be making good bonds on the show, and fans reacting well to him is shown through that upward vote trajectory, which leaves me hopeful.

Liu Yu [Rank Progression: 7 > 6 > 1 > 1]: I love Liu Yu as a center and I’m also very nervous about it. They even touched on it in the show that Chuang (Produce 101 China) has never had a theme song center debut, but there is promising evidence that Liu Yu could be the one to disrupt that, and I really really hope so. I love his attitude, and he immediately won bonus points from me for being an integral part of the hanfu group at the start. I love his dancing, and I love the bits that we see of his and Xue Bayi’s friendship.

Bo Yuan [Rank Progression: 46 > 36 > 20 > 18]: Bo Yuan caught my attention for his voice and all around well rounded skill set during QCYN1, and I was disappointed for him that he didn’t make it through there. I wasn’t sure that I’d get the chance to see him try again, but I’m really glad to see him here. I think that he’s a huge asset to this group and show because of his ability in Japanese, and I really hope that that continues to give him a boost. He’s so well rounded and talented, and I’m appreciating seeing him get so appreciated on this show. That ranking progression is really hopeful for me.

Rikimaru (Li Wan) [Ranking Progression: 8 > 8 > 4 > 3]: His choreo is amazing, and he’s really struck me with his attitude in this show. I appreciate so much how willing he is to learn from other people and work with other people. He seems like a good teammate and to be endlessly curious about gaining skills and working with others.

Nine (Gao Qinchen) [Ranking Progression: 13 > 15 > 15 > 16]: I like his voice a lot, and I really appreciate how he’s meshed with the other trainees. It was really interesting to see him to do the recreation of the theme song group with Liu Yu and Xue Bayi (and others) with the hanfu. I think that it spoke really well to him and his fit on the show. I’m a little worried for him that he’s getting left behind of the two Thai contestants though. Hopefully that turns around some.

Rong Yao [Ranking Progression: 48 > 37 > 37 > 40]: I’m sad that he’s gotten very overshadowed through the stage and episode production choices so far. He’s got an amazing voice, and he definitely was on my radar from the start as part of the hanfu group. I’m glad that he’s made it through to this round, and I hope that he gets a really good chance to show his skills.

Eisho [Ranking Progression: 61 > 62 > 49 > 49]: He’s one of my favorite of the Japanese contestants, especially because he’s been emphasizing his mixed heritage (Chinese grandfather) and how it’s influenced him, including getting the chance to show lion dance. He’s clearly talented and this show is such a good fit for him. I hope he gets enough chances to shine this round to make it through to the next.

Han Peiquan [Ranking Progression: 27 > 21 > 17 > 19]: He’s very amusing and has a very nice voice. I think that he’s also definitely an interest point on the show, and he’s got a very meta level understanding of how the show works that many other trainees don’t seem to have. At the same time, he feels very genuine.

Lin Mo [Ranking Progression: 9 > 9 > 6 > 6]: He’s struck me as doing a very good job and being very well rounded from his early performances. I’m really excited to see how he further develops on the show.

Ichika [Ranking Progression: 69 > 65 > 46 > 44]: I really like his stage presence, and I appreciate his honesty in talking about it being really strange to be in his little brother’s shadow. I also appreciate how hard he works at Chinese among the Japanese contestants. I hope he gets the chance to make it through to the next round.

Qing Chun You Ni 3 Personal Top 9 (after the 1st elimination):

Sun Yinghao (Kachine) [Ranking Progression: 29 > 12 > 11 > 11]: He’s an incredible dancer and I love his aesthetic and style so much. His voice is nice if sometimes a little unsteady, but I think that a little more training will get him in a really good place on that. He’s an incredible dancer though, one of the best on the show. I love that he’s very open about his choices when it comes to his style (and basically being pretty gender non-conforming). I was very gratified by how stunned a lot of the other trainees were for him to not be in the top 9, and I like how he’s clearly close to a lot of people.

Duan Xingxing (X) [Ranking Progression: 95 > 23 > 21 > 18]: He’s another one of the best dancers on the show, and I love that he appears to adore cute things and styles despite the fact that at first glance he comes off as a little bit stern. It’s a fun contrast.

Lian Huaiwei [Ranking Progression: 4 > 6 > 6 > 3]: I’ve liked him since QCYN1, and he’s clearly come so far since his promising beginnings there. I really hope that we see him do really really well and make it to debut this time.

Liu Jun [Ranking Progression: 7 > 9 > 9 > 8]: Possibly the single most talented dancer in the show. I love his choreo and overall style, but I also find him really charming. He clearly wants to get along with the others and mesh well into a group.

Jiang Jingzuo [Ranking Progression: 8 > 13 > 14 > 17]: I liked him in YWY and liked him even more in Tangram, and I was a little surprised to see him back for QCYN3. He’s very well rounded and I hope that he gets what he wants from QCYN3, though I do worry for him a little.

Wang Nanjun (Krystian) [Ranking Progression: 36 > 24 > 26 > 24]: He’s talented and charming, and he seems to get along well with a lot of other trainees that I like. We’ve definitely reached the point in this list where people can start being interchanged though.

Zhang Siyuan (GG) [Ranking Progression: 24 > 17 > 19 > 19]: He’s tentatively one of my favorite rappers on the show, and I like his singing voice as well. He just seems very earnest about being here, and I was worried for him being injured.

Shi Qi (Chase Lee) [Ranking Progression: 14 > 10 > 10 > 10]: The other rapper that I’ve liked a fair bit so far. I don’t normally super like rap, so I kind of have to be convinced with performances that hit the right note for me. Also a solid vocal from what I’ve seen. He’s also just kind of adorably charming.

Sun Yihang [Ranking Progression: 5 > 7 > 7 > 7]: Super good dancer, hilarious dynamic with Lian Huaiwei that makes me like him all the more.

There are several more people in QCYN3 that I ran out of spaces for, but are kind of in that 6-9 mix for me, including Yu Jingtian (Tony), Xu Ziwei, and Luo Yizhou.

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shadowetienne · 3 years

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I’m going to babble a little bit about Chuang 2021 and QCYN3 under the cut. I’ve been following them, but not posting a ton about them because grad school/student teaching and life eating my time, but we’ve had another elimination since last I posted for each of them (QCYN3′s today), so I’m going to update my top debut # lists for each and just babble a little. There are spoilers under the cut, you’ve been warned...

Chuang 2021

Per usual, I think that my tastes don’t align with Tencent’s as well as they do with iQiyi’s, just in terms of who they seem to choose to promote/elevate and the sorts of narratives that they write. I’m not the target audience for either though, so this isn’t super surprising. I lost several favorites in this last elimination, but my top top cluster made it, so that’s nice.

We’ve had 3rd stage for Chuang, and I’ve got to say that I wasn’t super caught by any of the songs. I’ll rewatch the performances later though, and maybe some of them will grow on me. I thought that a lot of people performed well (or at least better than I would have expected though).

My Top 11 for Chuang 2021:

Xue Bayi - He’s gorgeous, all around quite talented, and was in my favorite audition performance and favorite of the position stages. I love the aesthetic that he has for himself, and his dynamics with other trainees. He is clearly someone that Tencent badly wants to gloss over though (all the camerawork involving him just makes me grumpy, it’s like watching for crumbs). I’m glad for his friendships keeping him onscreen as much as they do.

Liu Yu - Also gorgeous, also all around talented, especially amazing dancer, also in my top audition performance. I’m a little worried for him (not in terms of making it through, but in terms of honestly the pressure being put on him right now). He’s come up to my second position on this list partially because of his friendship with Bayi though.

Hu Yetao - I struggled a little with him deciding to cut his hair short, to be honest, not because it makes him less pretty, just because that’s an aesthetic choice that I have feelings about. Poor kid seems to be having a rough time of it, and I hope that the positive treatment in the performance episode was enough to help carry him through to the final.

Bo Yuan - I’ve adored Bo Yuan since partway through QCYN1. He’s all around talented, an amazing vocalist, and an amazing leader. I love how caring he is towards all the other trainees, and I really really hope that this is where he gets his big break.

Rong Yao - So as you might be realizing, this first audition performance left an impression on me. Rong Yao’s again, very well rounded, has an awesome voice, and I really love how positive he’s been and how well he’s meshed with a variety of styles. I don’t have much hope of him making it through this next elimination though.

Nine - He’s adorable, and has a wonderful voice, and solid, rapidly increasing all around skills. I’ve really enjoyed him as part of room 1002 as well. The friendships in that room are so precious.

Riki - He’s an incredible dancer, and I love the way he meshes with groups and works with others. I’ve got to say the fact that in his first blog he highlighted Bayi’s dance really did endear him to me, but overall, I like his personality a lot, and I think that he’s super talented. His voice is pleasant too, if in need of a little more training. --- (This is where I stop having strong feelings) ---

Lin Mo - Ridiculous, adorable kid. Nice voice, seems pretty well liked among the others.

Jing Long - Very good vocalist.

Yu Gengyin - Good leader, good all around skills. Like his dynamics with a bunch of other trainees.

He Yifan - Very nice voice, I’ve enjoyed his overall presence.

There are a ton of other talented trainees, and it’s really that top seven that I have strong feelings about. The last four, I was scrolling through the list of who’s left and going, who do I enjoy? So who I put in those last 4 on my list could vary in name and order just based on how I was feeling/which names popped out at me first. I’ll probably need at least 3 of that top 7 of mine to make it to actually follow follow group activities rather than casually keep an eye on what the final group is up to.

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Qing Chun You Ni 3

I do think that I’m having closer feelings on the two shows this year than I have in a lot of past years, but QCYN3 continues to highlight things that I like a little bit more. I will always appreciate that QCYN/IP in all its iterations has included variation in their uniforms that allows trainees to pick what they are comfortable in and what suits them. While it’s less prominent in this season than in last season, it’s one of those little things that makes me like their treatment of the trainees better in many ways.

I’m really excited to see the 3rd stage here where they get to do their own songs that were produced for them, and I’m interested to see the rearrangement process (though I’ve read spoilers on that, and I’m tentatively happy with some of it).

My Top 9 for QCYN3:

Sun Yinghao (Kachine) - He’s gorgeous, he’s an amazing dancer, he messes with gender binaries, if anyone’s surprised that I like him, I’m a little baffled honestly. His voice is relatively untrained (he was a backup dancer and dance teacher and small time makeup vlogger before he was a trainee, so really well trained dancer, very little time on voice so far). He shows potential though, and as long as he stays in the parts of his range where he’s comfortable, does fine. He has been improving on this front quite a lot, and I’m proud of him for it.

Liu Jun - The best dancer on the show, hands down. His personality is also delightful, and I love his dynamics with so many other trainers. Like Yinghao, didn’t come in with a ton of vocal training (and he’s an independent trainee, so didn’t even have that structure). He’s got some natural ability on that front and training seems to be doing his voice a lot of good.

Jiang Jingzuo - I liked him in IP, and I liked him in Tangram, and he just keeps getting better. I love his all around skill and how well he’s adapted to and helped different groups.

Lian Huaiwei - I liked him a lot in QCYN1, and I was sad when he didn’t make it through to the group, so I’m thrilled to be seeing him to so well here. Another very good all around talent.

Duan Xingxing (X) - Amazing dancer, solid basic skills across the board in other things. I love how much he seems to like trying cute/sweet concepts. He’s also got a great bond with other trainees, and that’s fun to see.

Sun Yihang - Really good dancer, solid all arounder, really charming interactions with Huaiwei (and many others).

Wang Nanjun (Krystian) - He’s got such a good solid base of skill and he’s really all around talented. I’m definitely soft for his childishness/reactions, in a way that I wouldn’t be necessarily if he didn’t have the skill to back it up, but his dynamics with a lot of other trainees, but most notably to me Liu Jun, are really endearing.

Liu Guanyou (Neil) - All around good talent, adorable but versatile in his skill set. Really sweet dynamics with a lot of other trainees, most notably Duan Xingxing.

Xu Ziwei - One big reason: voice! He’s a really good vocalist, and he works hard on dance and has been improving dramatically. Basically in the exact opposite position training wise from trainees like Yinghao and Liu Jun.

There are many other people I like (including most of the top 9 that aren’t in my list, though I’m kind of neutral on a few of them). There are a whole lot of interesting and talented trainees, and this is just a list that reflects my personal tastes.

I’d love the chance to talk to other people about the shows and trainees that we both like (especially Bayi and Yinghao and gender presentation related feelings).

#personal thoughts #Etienne reacts to #Chuang 2021 #Chuang2021 #Qing Chun You Ni 3 #QCYN3 #feel free to talk to me about these shows

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