Comparison between Tencent's Idol Survival Seasons
After viewing all seasons, I would say that this season is the most disappointing.
EP6 - How can Chuang Asia Thailand make trainees wait for their ranking under the unbearable hot sun? If you guys have travelled to Bangkok, you would know that Bangkok is 1 of the hottest city. The trainees can be seen taking off their jacket and the worst thing is the production team would still FILM them having a hard time. I feel so sad for them.
EP7 - They announced that there will be 7 groups performing but there are only 4 groups performing in Part 1. We have to wait 1 more week for Part 2 where the other 3 groups would perform. What is the production team looking for in the trainees? Talent? If so, it is unfair to the other 3 groups performing in Part 2. How do we vote based on this? By purely talents or fans favorite trainee?
Overall, I am disappointed in this season. First of all, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, each episode is 2+ hours while 2024 and 2025 is 1+ hours. I am also disappointed that this season had only 2 stage performances while the other seasons had 3 stage performances before the finals.
Anyway, this season had only 60 trainees compared to the previous season.
2018 - 101 Trainees
2019 - 100 Trainees
2020 - 101 Trainees
2021 - 90 Trainees
2024 - 70 Trainees
2025 - 60 Trainees
This means that after Tencent shifted their Idol survival show to Thailand, the trainees drop almost 30-40%. I understand that China restricted the Idol survival show and hence they move to Thailand. I hope that the next few seasons will have more trainees because I feel that with more trainees, more talents will motivate other trainees to work harder.
EP6 - How can Chuang Asia Thailand make trainees wait for their ranking under the unbearable hot sun? If you guys have travelled to Bangkok, you would know that Bangkok is 1 of the hottest city. The trainees can be seen taking off their jacket and the worst thing is the production team would still FILM them having a hard time. I feel so sad for them.
EP7 - They announced that there will be 7 groups performing but there are only 4 groups performing in Part 1. We have to wait 1 more week for Part 2 where the other 3 groups would perform. What is the production team looking for in the trainees? Talent? If so, it is unfair to the other 3 groups performing in Part 2. How do we vote based on this? By purely talents or fans favorite trainee?
Overall, I am disappointed in this season. First of all, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, each episode is 2+ hours while 2024 and 2025 is 1+ hours. I am also disappointed that this season had only 2 stage performances while the other seasons had 3 stage performances before the finals.
Anyway, this season had only 60 trainees compared to the previous season.
2018 - 101 Trainees
2019 - 100 Trainees
2020 - 101 Trainees
2021 - 90 Trainees
2024 - 70 Trainees
2025 - 60 Trainees
This means that after Tencent shifted their Idol survival show to Thailand, the trainees drop almost 30-40%. I understand that China restricted the Idol survival show and hence they move to Thailand. I hope that the next few seasons will have more trainees because I feel that with more trainees, more talents will motivate other trainees to work harder.
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