Chuang Asia Season 2 (2025)

One of the Better Survival Shows

When I think back to some of the controversies of past survival shows like Youth With You’s milkgate and recently Kachine’s STOP moment during Starlight Boys, I can’t help but wait to expect something to happen. Surprisingly I’m seeing a lot of talented contestants show their talents, play lots of games and have some live public shows and interviews. It does have the usual online banter and favouratism but which show doesn’t.

What I enjoy the most though is the inclusivity and safety shown towards the contestants. That’s one thing I noticed especially with the Chinese shows and how they handled inclusivity so I’m not surprised seeing them pull away from this type of show and now the number one show filled with boys in China is about farming. I have nothing against farming by the way.

One thing I am finding odd has been the dance and vocal categories. I’m a big believer in live performances that aren’t lip-synched, dance contestants here aren’t forcefully lip syncing, they are only dancing if they’re in the dance category and rightly so, but as a performer, if there are words being sung, I feel they should be sung not lip synched by the contestants if that makes sense.

Actually another oddity is the language barrier, it is shown in all it’s glory here which I think is great as it is a really noticeable disadvantage or advantage for some.

The Judges - I think I need to update this once the show has finished lol. However THE8 is phenomenal. If there was ever a judge with a poker face, it’s him. I’ve never actually heard him say anything negative that I can recall. However, when you watch him, you just expect some very harsh comment but in reality he’s extremely constructive if you listen carefully lol. What am I saying, it is harsh but not in a bad way. Oh dear I think I will need to update this later lol. Update - due to scheduling he wasn’t available for the remainder of the season but shared a recorded message in the finale.

The Finale - opening was truly amazing having past contestants be part of the history of Chuang was A+.

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La próxima ola

Que he sufrido y me he alegrado a partes iguales con algunos de los trainees, no sorprenderá a nadie. Que haya hecho campaña durante los últimos diez días para que Yao Zihao no se quedara fuera del ranking, quizá sí. Teniendo que pelearme con gente que no es capaz de utilizar las redes sociales para informarse un poquito antes de hablar, disgusting lol.

Me hace muy feliz que alguien como Dorn, tan humilde y talentoso, haya sido elegido como el centro. Hay alguna elección que no llego a comprender y me entristece que personas como Ninja o Yuchen se hayan quedado fuera (long live the carrot family), pero chica, solo podían debutar 7.

Estaré esperando la próxima ola para stannear bien fuerte.

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