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The top 3 finalists of the 2009 Happy Girl Voice have been determined, they are Jiang Yingrong, Huang Ying, and Li Xiaoyun. The final showdown will take place on September 4th at 19:30, where the national champion will be ultimately revealed.
"The Top 3 has officially been decided!" As rumors suggested, on September 4th during the live broadcast of the Happy Girl Voice Championship, the last contestant to leave was chosen between Huang Ying and Yu Ke'wei from the Chengdu district. In the live broadcast of the Happy Girl Voice National Finals, Yu Ke'wei, whose singing skills were highly recognized, eventually stopped at the top 3, becoming this year's fourth place in the "Happy Girl" competition.
The Top 3 Struggle Turns into an Internal Battle in Chengdu
As early as when the top 4 was announced, with Chengdu district occupying three spots in the Happy Girl Voice National Finals, it was destined that the ultimate internal battle would unfold. In the live broadcast of the 2009 Happy Girl Voice Finals, the video of the Happy Girl Voice National Finals, and the viewing of the 2009 Happy Girl Voice Finals, even before the start of the 4-to-3 match, the last contestant to leave was locked down to either Yu Ke'wei or Huang Ying.
In line with many rumors, Li Xiaoyun, as the only "outsider" among the top 4, fell into the danger zone first in the first round. Just as everyone thought the top 3 would all be from Chengdu, Li Xiaoyun made a comeback, successfully switching places with Huang Ying, laying the groundwork for the subsequent internal battle within Chengdu. With Jiang Yingrong and Li Xiaoyun entering the top 3 one after another, Yu Ke'wei and Huang Ying entered the ultimate PK.
In the end, Yu Ke'wei, whose singing skills were most recognized, lost to Huang Ying in a fierce battle, shattering Chengdu's dream of the top 3. This was considered the most cruel part of the "Happy Girl" 4-to-3 competition - the live broadcast video of the Happy Girl Voice Finals, the live broadcast of the Happy Girl Voice Finals, and the Youku website's live broadcast of the Happy Girl Voice Finals on September 4th gathered the six contestants who had left earlier along with those who successfully entered the top 3 to participate in the selection process. Choosing one out of the final two contestants to enter the top 3 and the other to enter the ultimate PK undoubtedly made many fans and on-site audience feel the cruelty of the competition.
Being sisters who once stood together, when the top 6 who had already left and Jiang Yingrong who had advanced chose between Li Xiaoyun and Yu Ke'wei, they were filled with hesitation. Contestants like Li Yuanxi and Tan Lina even shed tears while making their choices. Interestingly, seemingly unwilling to make a choice, the "Happy Girls" all chose the method of each casting one vote, causing the two to frequently tie. When the final decision-making power was seen as being handed over to Jiang Yingrong who usually advanced, Liu Xijun, voting sixth, decisively broke the previous pattern by choosing Li Xiaoyun without hesitation. This resulted in a 4-2 decision, sending Yu Ke'wei into the ultimate PK. Many people directly linked Liu Xijun's choice to her elimination by Yu Ke'wei in the previous week. A media worker surnamed Li frankly stated, "Regardless of the starting point, Liu Xijun's action has already avenged a grudge."
The PK between Yu Ke'wei and Li Xiaoyun was decided by votes from the eliminated contestants among the top 10. Some netizens questioned the fairness of this move on the Happy Girl Voice Tudou website. Even more netizens pointed fingers at Liu Xijun, believing her choice of Li Xiaoyun was an act of "revenge" since she was eliminated by Yu Ke'wei in the previous match. In the live broadcast of the Happy Girl Voice Finals, the video of the Happy Girl Voice Finals, and the viewing of the Happy Girl Voice Finals, the ultimate PK was between Yu Ke'wei and Huang Ying. At the beginning, Yu Ke'wei led with a score of 9-4, but suddenly the situation changed. All the public judges who came on stage later sided with Huang Ying, resulting in Yu Ke'wei losing by a single vote.
Before stepping off the stage, Yu Ke'wei cried particularly hard. After the match, she admitted that her tears were not unrelated to the cruelty of the competition rules. However, regarding many people's belief that Liu Xijun's choice of Li Xiaoyun was an intentional act of revenge for being PK'd out by herself in the previous match, Yu Ke'wei politely denied it: "I don't think so." But upon seeing Pan Hongyue, another sister from Chengdu, cast her vote for Li Xiaoyun, Yu Ke'wei couldn't help but well up with tears, lowering her head in silence before speaking her mind: "I do feel somewhat surprised, but I respect her choice."
Yesterday, the top 3 of "Happy Girl" arrived at the recording site of the "Behind the Story" program. From the arrangement of seats on stage, it couldn't help but make people speculate whether the results of next week's top 3 finals might have been leaked prematurely. Since the prediction of the dance master started from the 10-strong elimination match and maintained an 80% accuracy rate, he had already predicted Jiang Yingrong's championship; Huang Ying's advancement was to cater to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, promoting red songs; and Li Xiaoyun, who was "protected" to enter the top 3, could only settle for third place. On the recording site yesterday, the seating order on stage was Jiang Yingrong in the middle, flanked by Li Xiaoyun and Huang Ying. Such coincidental visual impact made some spectators mutter, "Won't the ranking of the finals be like this?" Could the final rankings of "Happy Girl" have been leaked prematurely? Regarding such seating arrangements, a director of "Behind the Story" said it had nothing to do with the production team, "We didn't arrange it, it was their own decision to sit like this."