Chinese "Sing Song" Contest Sing English Songs...WTF ?

[Queen Seok Duk]

Here in Taiwan there are at least 3 variety shows run like singing competition. The thing I don't understand is why do some contestants choose to sign English songs in a Chinese singing competition ? And why do the organizers allow contestants to sing English songs in the first place ?

I haven't come across any English/American singing competitions where contestants sing Chinese songs. What the fuck is wrong with Chinese these days ?

 

[NoelVermillion]

Because 95% of the Chinese suffer from Pinkerton's Syndrome.
Anybody who sings Western songs will be perceived as superior.

 

[NoNewsGood]

Here in Taiwan there are at least 3 variety shows run like singing competition. The thing I don't understand is why do some contestants choose to sign English songs in a Chinese singing competition ? And why do the organizers allow contestants to sing English songs in the first place ?

I haven't come across any English/American singing competitions where contestants sing Chinese songs. What the fuck is wrong with Chinese these days ?

Unlike narrow minded Singaporeans, Taiwanese programmes are not so particular about the language of the song.

I remember Liang Wen Ying sang a Cantonese song during the competition.

 

[Queen Seok Duk]

Unlike narrow minded Singaporeans, Taiwanese programmes are not so particular about the language of the song.

I remember Liang Wen Ying sang a Cantonese song during the competition.

Most judges don't understand anything other than Chinese. How are they going to judge the pronunciation ?

 

[jw5]

Most judges don't understand anything other than Chinese. How are they going to judge the pronunciation ?

They don't judge the pronounciation, they only judge based on tone and pitch.

Some of the Taiwan singers who sing english songs don't even recognize or know the meaning the words. They simply memorize the pronounciation.

 

[Queen Seok Duk]

They don't judge the pronounciation, they only judge based on tone and pitch.

Some of the Taiwan singers who sing english songs don't even recognize or know the meaning the words. They simply memorize the pronounciation.

But when they sing Chinese, the judges have lots to say about pronunciation. Surely the judge must first understand the meaning of a particular phrase in the song before he or she can advise on the proper articulation. This, they always do with Chinese songs. But English ? It's not that they don't; they CAN'T, for goodness sake.

WTF is wrong with the Chinese ? Despise their own culture ?

 

[jw5]

But when they sing Chinese, the judges have lots to say about pronunciation. Surely the judge must first understand the meaning of a particular phrase in the song before he or she can advise on the proper articulation. This, they always do with Chinese songs. But English ? It's not that they don't; they CAN'T, for goodness sake.

WTF is wrong with the Chinese ? Despise their own culture ?

Not all the judges don't understand chinese.
Huang Guo Lun for example (the moustached guy who wrote songs for Faye Wong and is married to Nancy Kou) is pretty fluent in english.
Sometimes, it's the contestants who can't pronounce the words properly and not that the judges can't judge.

Don't think that the taiwanese despise their own culture. It's just that they appreciate the western culture including the music and artistes. And after the fame achieved by fatboy Lin Yuchun, they realise that being able to sing english songs is one way towards fame.

 

[wonerman]

Mandarin Radio Stations play english songs but u never hear english radio stations playing mandarin songs. Ning Nah Beh!

 

[Queen Seok Duk]

Not all the judges don't understand chinese.
Huang Guo Lun for example (the moustached guy who wrote songs for Faye Wong and is married to Nancy Kou) is pretty fluent in english.
Sometimes, it's the contestants who can't pronounce the words properly and not that the judges can't judge.

Don't think that the taiwanese despise their own culture. It's just that they appreciate the western culture including the music and artistes. And after the fame achieved by fatboy Lin Yuchun, they realise that being able to sing english songs is one way towards fame.

The problem is Huang Guolun is not the only judge. It's only fair the contestants sing something that ALL judges understand. So it's an off day for the rest who couldn't understand English. I can tell you Yuan Weiren's English is zero. Which means he is blank when a contestant sings an English song. It's very unfair in a Chinese singing competition for 'some' and not all contestants to be singing English songs. It's not fair to the rest who sing Chinese songs who will be judged more critically.

So Taiwanese appreciate Western culture and sing English songs. But the truth is Western singing competition you will never see their contestants singing Chinese songs.

 

[Cruxx]

Mandarin Radio Stations play english songs but u never hear english radio stations playing mandarin songs. Ning Nah Beh!

Might is right. Has always been the case since time immemorial. It's the victors that write the history and dictate what is "good" and "evil".

 

[Leongsam]

I haven't come across any English/American singing competitions where contestants sing Chinese songs. What the fuck is wrong with Chinese these days ?

English rules the world.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

English rules the world.

Yup they rule your arabic shitty camel humping ass too.

 

[Leongsam]

Yup they rule your arabic shitty camel humping ass too.

Arabic??? Where did you get that from?

 

[chootchiew]

Here in Taiwan there are at least 3 variety shows run like singing competition. The thing I don't understand is why do some contestants choose to sign English songs in a Chinese singing competition ? And why do the organizers allow contestants to sing English songs in the first place ?

I haven't come across any English/American singing competitions where contestants sing Chinese songs. What the fuck is wrong with Chinese these days ?

Another fuck up thing is even when they sing chinese songs, they sang it in English R&B style.

 

[chootchiew]

Mandarin Radio Stations play english songs but u never hear english radio stations playing mandarin songs. Ning Nah Beh!

"Within You'll remain" counted or not ? got a few chinese words in it .

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Arabic??? Where did you get that from?

As if i can even tell you desert humping semitic fools apart?

Iranians, arabs, jews, assyrians.....


You're all arabic speaking rag head muslim terrorists. :oIo:

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

Another fuck up thing is even when they sing chinese songs, they sang it in English R&B style.

To be fair it's black influenced way of singing so it's the ang mohs that adopted the blacks way and spread it.

 

[cleareyes]

Here in Taiwan there are at least 3 variety shows run like singing competition. The thing I don't understand is why do some contestants choose to sign English songs in a Chinese singing competition ? And why do the organizers allow contestants to sing English songs in the first place ?

I haven't come across any English/American singing competitions where contestants sing Chinese songs. What the fuck is wrong with Chinese these days ?

Is there any rules in the contest stating that taiwanese singing contest cannot sing English songs?

 

[scroobal]

All your questions are very simplistic. Here is how you resolve issues that are seems challenging.

1) What are the motive behind such competition? - commercial, cultural etc
2) If its commercial, then profit motives will call for wider audience and variety
3) Are the organisers concerned about the Chinese culture or should they be.


Do you wonder why American Banks in Canal Street, New York and Chinatown, SF have Chinese Character sign boards?

You can't even fill in simple emigration form to NZ not because it is hard, because you refuse to think and comprehend.

Honestly if you are custodian of Chinese culture do you want a commercial entity like TV competitions to wave the cultural flag.

Here in Taiwan there are at least 3 variety shows run like singing competition. The thing I don't understand is why do some contestants choose to sign English songs in a Chinese singing competition ? And why do the organizers allow contestants to sing English songs in the first place ?

I haven't come across any English/American singing competitions where contestants sing Chinese songs. What the fuck is wrong with Chinese these days ?

 

[Wang Ye]

1) To stand out.

2) To impress people that they know another language.

3) It is a singing competition not a chinese song only singing competition.

Don't read too much into it.