/ Aswen News/August 10, 2022 Guangzhou -- The world finals of the 2022 "Culture China · Water Cube Cup" Chinese Song Contest began. The online competition began on August 10, and 236 singers, named Cloud, were selected from overseas preliminary competitions.
Since the official launch, each division responded enthusiastically and made active preparations. The professional selection of the trial was completed successively in July. After ten days of careful preparation, the contestants who have won the ticket to the finals in the Cloud are now in competition condition.
The competition system has been innovated again.
< P > This competition is the 12th "Water Cube Cup" competition and the third "cloud" competition. In order to promote the competition to a new level and better meet the new wishes and expectations of friends at home and abroad, the competition has been upgraded again: a new Beijing competition area has been set up, providing a channel for international students from universities in Beijing and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to participate in the competition. At the same time, we will set up parallel competitions for foreign friends in overseas competition areas, and set up special awards.
Among them, the newly added foreign friends group will have the semi-finals and finals; There are semi-finals, semi-finals and finals for the adult group and the youth group in the overseas division. Hong Kong and Macao Division and Beijing Division will have the final. At present, the rematch of the three groups in the overseas division has been fully launched. The three teachers invited to serve as judges for the rematch have finished reviewing the contestants' video singing works. After this round of scoring, the foreign friends group will decide the list of finalists according to the score; Overseas players of the adult group and the youth group will get the results of the first round of the rematch, with the score of this round accounting for 30% of the total score of the two rounds.
"As the influence of the Water Cube Cup expands year by year, the number and strength of competitors have increased," said the event director of Beijing Radio and Television. At the same time, many foreign audiences who love Chinese songs are eager to try them. Therefore, this year, the organizing committee not only continued the semifinal of the adult group and the youth group, but also tried to set up a foreign friends group, welcome them to show themselves on this stage.It is reported that the establishment of the foreign friends group in each division of the response. For example, in the final of the competition in Johannesburg, South Africa, the foreign friends group brought great surprises in terms of costume, program arrangement, Chinese expression and so on, becoming the biggest highlight. In the Frankfurt competition, Ina Gu, a German girl who graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature of Frankfurt University, and Gu Shu, a Chinese and German couple, both entered the competition and sang Xiangxi folk song "You don't Leave" together on the stage. They shared their happiness in life with the interesting and loving lyrics "You don't leave, I don't leave, have a baby and raise a dog". Guina has advanced to the world Finals as a foreigner.
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From now on, overseas players of the adult group and the youth group will complete the second round of the rematch in eight matches from 10th to 13th. Contestants log in the professional system, connect the performance screen to the main venue in Beijing, and sing the songs in turn.
Wang Lifen, associate professor of vocal music of China Conservatory of Music, supervisor of postgraduate students, and director of Vocal Music Teaching and Research Section of School of Education; Chen Xia, Secretary of Party Committee, professor, supervisor of postgraduate students and academic leader of international Music Communication of School of Arts of Beijing Language and Culture University; and Wang Hexiang, baritone singer in residence of National Center for the Performing Arts, were invited to serve as judges of the rematch stage of this competition. They will score and give comments on musical skills, vocal performance and Chinese proficiency.
The score of the second round will be superimposed with the score of the first round in real time through the calculation formula to get the total score of the final round. Based on the overall ranking, 20 players from the adult and youth groups will advance to the semifinals. They will play in the semifinals on Aug. 15 for a place in the final after a brief tune-up.
It is reported that this year, the way to connect has also changed, in addition to the usual computer operations, but also increased the use of mobile phone. To this end, the director group arranged two rounds of connection testing and equipment debugging guidance for the players. Many contestants chose to participate through mobile phones and external sound cards, saying that mobile phones make them feel more convenient and familiar, and the flexible operation makes them more comfortable when singing.
Music is the language of the world, and this year's "Water Cube Cup" will be more open, more fashionable and closer to overseas audiences. The official Youtube account of the competition will work with iQiyi to broadcast the real-time content of the competition globally.
After 12 years of persistence and development, "Culture China · Water Cube Cup" Chinese Song Contest has increasingly become a music and cultural event widely participated by overseas Chinese at home and abroad, as well as Hong Kong and Macao compatriots. At the same time, it also provides an opportunity for overseas Chinese who pursue their music dreams and show their personal style to enter the professional field of study. < /p>This competition is organized by Beijing Radio and Television, Beijing National Aquatics Center Co., LTD., Beijing Performance Co., LTD., iQiyi, and Taihe Music Group, Blue Sea Tianyang Film and Television Culture (Beijing) Co., LTD. With the theme of "Sing Together, Create the Future", the competition attracted more than 3,000 contestants from 53 divisions in 30 countries.
