Online.
Ever since last night, there had not been any discussion about The Voice. Even at 3 or 4 AM in the morning, there were still people online discussing the show, the contestants, and Zhang Ye's amazing speaking speed. There were all sorts of discussions and none of them were unified. But from this morning onwards, the discussions among the public and industry insiders were all focused on the same topic — how high would The Voice's viewership ratings be!
"It's still not out yet?"
"How slow!"
"I've already watched the replay of last night's episode of The Voice three times!"
"I've been waiting since last night, but there's still no quick report!"
"It's already 9 AM, but the staff are still not awake yet. Hurry up and get up to calculate the viewership ratings. The entire nation's citizens are waiting for this!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"F * * k, this isn't a matter of waking up or not. The calculation of the viewership ratings is a little more complicated. We have to combine a lot of data before we can calculate the most accurate viewership ratings."
"I'm really looking forward to it!"
"It's so urgent!"
"Me too, I really want to know just how high it is!"
"I wonder if The Voice will be able to take down those shows that started from the Koreans!"
"Don't you know Zhang Ye's nickname? That fellow is a professional Korean Defamer for 20 years! I feel that the reason why he made The Voice was probably because he was aiming for those Korean shows that were replicas of those Korean shows! I know that fellow Zhang Ye too well! "
"Let's be mentally prepared first. The first episode of a typical show will not do too well, unless it's an overseas show that has been famous for a long time, or if it's the second or third season of a phenomenal show. Only when there's an audience base will the first episode have an advantage and get a viewership rating of 1%. Otherwise, even the most popular variety shows in our country would only get 0.7% or 0.8% for their first episode. As for the average 1.1% viewership ratings, that's because they slowly gain popularity and accumulate bit by bit. That's why I'm guessing that The Voice will get a 0.9% first episode, or perhaps 0.85%! Let's be more conservative! "
"Previous poster, your analysis makes sense."
"I agree, but don't get your hopes up too high. If the viewership ratings are not ideal, I won't be able to accept it!"
"0.9% first episode? That's really heaven-defying! "
"I think it's more than that. This show is too good to watch. We can't use normal methods to analyze it. The Voice's first episode should at least get a viewership rating of 1%! That's a must! "
"Is there a chance for the 1%?"
"It's hard to say, but it's not certain. Anything is possible!"
"I'm also optimistic about The Voice! Zhang Ye is so awesome! "
"I love Zhang Ye so much! I love The Voice a lot! This was what a real singing show should be like! This was a genuine work of sincerity! A Like for Teacher Zhang Ye! "
Many industry insiders in the television industry also expressed their opinions and made their own analysis and ratings predictions.
For example, Beijing Television's Hu Fei — his prediction was 1.2%, which was quite high!
For example, Beijing Television's host, Dong Shanshan, had posted on Weibo that The Voice would get a 1.1% viewership rating, which was also very high!
Weiwo WebTV's Wang Xiong predicted 1.0%.
Central Radio Station's Tian Bin predicted 0.95%.
…
Before 10 PM, a Weibo poll was suddenly launched. It was a poll posted by the official Weibo website, asking everyone to predict the viewership ratings of The Voice!
There were five voting options.
1: Viewership ratings below 0.5%.
Two: Viewership: 0.5% -0.8%.
3. Viewership: 0.8% -1.0%.
Four: Viewership: 1.0% -1.2%
5: Viewership: 1.2% -1.5%.
The netizens fought to vote and participated in it!
"Choose four!"
"Damn, isn't four too high?"
"Hmm, the third option is the most likely!"
"I choose five!"
"F * ck, that's impossible!"
"Five … that's too high!"
"Ahem, calm down, calm down. I also like The Voice, but the fifth option is a little too ridiculous. Let's not even talk about The Voice's first episode airing. Even the most popular variety shows that are still airing, those that were imported from Korea, the United States, and Japan, the highest average viewership ratings are only around 1.3%. Like that Korean copyrighted reality show, its current viewership rating is only 1.4%, right? The highest viewership rating for an episode did not even reach 1.5%, but that was already the highest among all the variety shows currently airing. The viewership ratings for the same time slot, same period, and same month were the highest. Yes, there was also a Japanese reality show on Sunday that had a viewership rating of 1.35%. It was the highest viewership rating for the same time slot on Sunday and second for the same month. This was only second to that Korean copyrighted program. This was the overall situation of the variety show industry. Other typical variety shows were struggling at around 0.5%, but The Voice wanted to achieve a viewership rating of 1.2% to 1.5% in its first episode? It wanted to compete with those foreign copyrighted phenomenal variety shows in its first episode? That's too unbelievable! "
"Why is it impossible? My confidence in Zhang Ye has no upper limit! "
"Support! Choose five without further explanation! "
"Uh, I also hope that The Voice can fight for our country's own variety shows. I also hope that The Voice can win against those foreign copyrighted programs, but that's still a little uncertain. After all, it's only the first episode, so we can wait for the later episodes. When The Voice really grows and gathers more and more viewers, we can wait for the grand finals of The Voice to come. At that time, we can challenge them to a showdown at the summit of the forbidden city! Let's see who's better! "
"We still have to wait for so many episodes?"
"We have to get rid of them in the first episode!"
"That's right, kill them! "That's right, we have to get rid of them!
"Back then, didn't everyone say that The Voice would do well? Didn't everyone think that Teacher Zhang's words of 'looking down at all the mountains dwarfed by a single glance' were nonsense? Didn't everyone think that Teacher Zhang's words of 'looking down on all the other mountains' were just nonsense? I'll also choose the fifth option! F * * k them all! "
Whenever they saw a foreigner or anything related to a foreigner, they would shout 'f * * k them all'. Without even looking or asking, they were definitely Zhang Ye's fans. Because only this fellow's fans would have so many angry youths. They were just like Zhang Ye, getting pumped up whenever they saw a foreigner!
"Five!"
"I also choose five!"
"Right, we can't lose in terms of momentum! Vote for the fifth option! "
"Supporting Zhang Ye! Supporting our country's own variety shows! "
"Right! Let's compete with those foreign copyrighted programs with the highest viewership ratings! "
The determination of Zhang Ye's fans moved a lot of people. It also spurred a lot of people to vote for the fifth option that was the most unlikely: 1.2% -1.5%.
Finally, the results of the two hours of voting were out. A total of 35,000 people voted!
The first option's voting percentage: 6%.
The second option: 9%.
The third option: 18%.
The fourth option: 42%.
The fifth option: 25%.
Even more people voted for the fourth option: 1.0% -1.2%. They felt that this option was the most likely one, and also the one with the greatest hope. It could even be considered as a beautiful hope.
… …
When the leaders of Central TV Department 1 saw the online voting results, they nodded their heads slightly. This voting result was more or less what they had expected. They also hoped that The Voice would get off to a good start and get 1% in the viewership ratings. That way, Central TV Department 1 would be able to get first place in the same time slot and on Thursday. As for first place for the week or month, they did not even dare to think about it. After all, there were so many Japanese and Korean copyrighted programs with 1.3% or 1.4% of viewership ratings.
Ha Qiqi was very surprised by the results of the voting. She had not expected the netizens to think so highly of them and trust them so much!
Zhang Zuo did not even see the results of the voting. He was sitting at home restlessly, looking forward to it and feeling very nervous. He kept checking his cell phone to see if there were any updates as he waited for the viewership ratings.
Other than Central TV, the other television stations were also watching intently.
… …
Liaodong Television Station.
"Is it out yet?"
"Not yet."
"Hur hur, have you seen the netizens' votes?"
"I've seen it. They're all a bunch of amateurs."
"They're indeed amateurs. There were actually people who chose the fifth option? Did they really think that The Voice could get a viewership rating of 1.2% -1.5%? "
"They're just blindly voting. It doesn't matter which option they vote for."
… …
Shanghai Television Station.
"How much do you guys think it will get?"
"Maybe 0.9%."
"That's more like it. Seeing so many votes from the netizens, I'm really amused."
"That's because they don't know the industry and don't understand the situation in the industry."
"Yeah, although I don't want to admit it, there really isn't a domestic variety show that can beat a foreign copyrighted show in a straight fight in viewership ratings. Hai."
… …
Beijing Television Station.
"I hope that The Voice will do well for us!"
"But surely it won't exceed 1.0%, right?"
"It's all up to Teacher Zhang!"
"We definitely have to support him. Teacher Zhang is a host from our Beijing Television Station, after all! Let's hope that the viewership ratings can reach 1.0%! "
… …
The television station that had bought the Japanese copyrights to the second most popular variety show in the country, especially within the program team, was not optimistic about the results.
"They can't do it."
"It's impossible for them to compete with us in viewership ratings."
"Yeah, how can they compete with 1.35%?"
"The netizens are really funny. They even voted for the fifth option?"
"It's hard to say if The Voice's viewership ratings will exceed 0.9%. After all, this is only the first episode!"
"Back then, Zhang Ye even boasted that he wanted to beat all the variety shows? He said that all the variety shows in the country can't compare to him? I'd like to see how high The Voice's viewership ratings will be! "
"He's too arrogant."
… …
Everyone's predictions were different!
Every television station's predictions were also different!
But the same thing was that everyone was paying close attention to The Voice's viewership ratings!
Suddenly, just after noon, the nationwide viewership ratings for Thursday's variety shows were released under the watchful eyes of everyone!
"Ya!"
"It's here, it's here!"
"Let me see!"
"Holy shit, it's finally here!"
"What's the situation? How high is The Voice's viewership rating? "
Countless people flooded in!
Countless industry insiders were watching!
But when they saw the viewership ratings statistics, everyone was stunned. They all cursed in their hearts, "Fuck your second granny!"
"How is this possible!"
"Heavens!"
"I'm blind!"
"Fuck your grandpa!"
"This … could this have been written wrongly!?"
The statistics on the table were simply shocking!
The Voice of China's first episode viewership ratings — 2.01%!!!
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