The roaring applause from the audience was not unexpected.

However, the trainees backstage were even more excited, some even more so than the audience.

Originally, these trainees were all sitting properly in their seats, watching the performance.

But when they watched Jiang Ye's performance, they unconsciously stood up, some even went directly to the screen and stared, afraid to miss a second of Jiang Ye's details.

And when Jiang Ye's performance ended, they all applauded and cheered.

"Jiang Ye! Jiang Ye! Jiang Ye!"

"OMG, I'm stunned by the fan throw! How long has she been practicing?! This performance has only been a few days!"

"OMG, I regret not choosing this song!"

"It's amazing, as expected of Jiang Ye, every stage brings new surprises!"

For a moment, the room was as noisy as a Jiang Ye fan club meeting.

But where there is happiness, there is bound to be unhappiness.

In the corner, Xue Zhihan, although her face was still calm, quietly clenched her fingertips where the cameras couldn't reach.

She hadn't even gone on stage yet, why did these trainees sound like Jiang Ye had already locked in first place in the dance group tonight?

Was it necessary for them to fawn over Jiang Ye like this? They were praising her as if she would take them along for the ride, like they were giving her blood transfusions.

Didn't they know, to avoid being shipped as a couple, she usually only hung out with the top-ranking trainees like Lin Zui and Cheng Zhen?

And for her, the more fatal thing wasn't actually Jiang Ye.

It was Shen Zhiyi.

She had always known that Jiang Ye performed well, even if she won another first place in the dance group, it wouldn't be surprising.

But when did Shen Zhiyi improve so much?

In her impression, Shen Zhiyi's personality was always a bit too timid, especially after she was deliberately told that she was a company's abandoned project.

But how come she suddenly changed her personality?

Xue Zhihan remembered what her agent had said to her before they left.

"You and Shen Zhiyi, only one of you can make it."

"Now the company is putting most of their chips on you, they are more optimistic about you, we hope you won't let us down."

Xue Zhihan took a deep breath, her fingertips dug into her palm, leaving red marks.

She couldn't lose to Shen Zhiyi, no matter who she lost to, she absolutely couldn't.

•••

At this time, Jiang Ye on stage was unaware of everything that was happening backstage, she was leading her teammates and the audience in a bow.

"That was a fantastic performance."

Yang Jingjing clapped and walked onto the stage, "Even though I've seen you rehearse many times, but watching the formal performance is still amazing."

"Does anyone have anything to say to everyone?"

"Ah."

Jiang Ye adjusted her microphone, curved her eyes, and waved to the audience, "Long time no see, everyone."

"Speaking of which, it's only been a few weeks since the last performance."

"But as the saying goes, a day apart is like three autumns, I've been looking forward to seeing you all as soon as possible during the days I was waiting for the performance, so I could show you all a better stage."

These were words to appease the fans.

After finishing, Jiang Ye paused slightly, and turned the topic to the stage.

"Actually, during the rehearsal for this stage..."

Jiang Ye paused slightly.

Zhen Jia's heart was about to jump out of her chest, afraid that she would say something unfavorable to her.

But Jiang Ye just smiled and said, "There were quite a few unexpected things that happened."

She was the C-position now, of course, she wasn't stupid enough to directly criticize her teammates on stage.

Even if she was momentarily triumphant, it would be easy to leave a bad impression later.

"But no matter what, we still presented this stage to everyone, and we hope you like our performance."

So Jiang Ye just mentioned it briefly, leaving it at that.

As for the rest, they would have to wait until this episode was aired and the audience saw the practice room footage to find out.

She could leave that to her fans who watched the show with a microscope, she was sure they would find out.

After Jiang Ye finished speaking, she looked at Shen Zhiyi.

"Hello everyone, I'm Shen Zhiyi."

Shen Zhiyi's voice was soft, but very pleasant, "The Zhiyi from 'The south wind knows my heart, blowing my dreams to the west river'."

Jiang Ye was slightly taken aback.

Shen Zhiyi had already digested the name that the company deliberately changed to the same format as Xue Zhihan's.

She was no longer the Shen Zhiyi whose name was changed to be symmetrical with Xue Zhihan's.

She was the Shen Zhiyi from "The south wind knows my heart", and she was also the Shen Zhiyi who could face her past and stand up on her own.

"For this performance, I've put in a lot of effort so that everyone can see me."

"I also have to thank Jiang Ye for her help, without her, there wouldn't be me on stage today."

Shen Zhiyi curved her eyes and smiled, "So I hope my performance tonight can also blow into everyone's hearts."

She was already beautiful, if the show had a beauty ranking, she would undoubtedly be in the top three.

Plus, her makeup and styling were great this time, she looked so pleasant to look at when she smiled.

The audience immediately cheered for her.

"Sister, you're so beautiful tonight!!"

"The sword dance part really killed me! Be confident!"

Now, it wasn't just Jiang Ye, it wasn't just the mentors.

More people had seen her.

Shen Zhiyi was slightly stunned, her eyes were a little red, she bowed again, "Thank you everyone."

•••

After everyone finished promoting themselves, Jiang Ye and the others went back backstage.

The votes for this performance would be announced together, they didn't have to go to the counting room to see their rankings one by one.

It was also good.

Otherwise, Jiang Ye just thought about the atmosphere of the five of them being in the counting room, and she felt like she would be embarrassed to death.

After Jiang Ye returned backstage, the next group to go on stage was Cheng Zhen's vocal group.

At the beginning, a solitary spotlight shone on her.

Cheng Zhen was enveloped in the light, she quietly played a piano solo.

She had always appeared as a cute and energetic girl.

But now, she was sitting in front of the piano in a white dress, the light fell on her shoulders, she actually looked a bit like an elegant young lady.

After the solo was over, the stage lights lit up, she picked up the microphone again, and walked to the center with her teammates to start singing.

In this show, because of her personality and appearance, her strength had always been underestimated.

Actually, she was a very powerful vocalist, although she was young, her voice had a strong explosive power, her three-part high note directly shocked the entire audience.

Jiang Ye listened for a while, resting her chin on her hand, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Position evaluation was really an important moment for trainees who were good in one area to show off their strength.

•••

The last stage of the night was, as Jiang Ye expected, "Crown".

Xue Zhihan went on stage with her teammates.

The spotlights on the stage lit up.

But when Jiang Ye saw Xue Zhihan for the first time, she felt something was wrong.

In the close-up shot just now, even her eyelashes were trembling.

Lin Zui also noticed, and muttered, "Why does she look a little nervous?"

Sure enough, Xue Zhihan made a small mistake shortly after.

Before the first part of the chorus, when she returned to her team, she was two beats slower than her teammates.

Although it wasn't a big deal, the camera happened to capture a full shot of the five of them, her two-second delay was a bit jarring.

Jiang Ye frowned slightly.

Xue Zhihan was a stable performer.

From the initial evaluation to the theme song to the last performance, she had relied on the company to get the songs in advance, she had practiced all the songs until she knew them by heart, so she had never made any mistakes.

So, was it because the company didn't cheat for her this time.

Or was there another reason?

Jiang Ye glanced at Shen Zhiyi, suddenly raised an eyebrow, "It looks like she's very concerned about you."

"... Me?"

Shen Zhiyi was stunned for a moment, "Shouldn't she be concerned about you?"

Jiang Ye smiled, "No, it's you."

Shen Zhiyi's performance was too good today, it must have put pressure on Xue Zhihan.

She thought she was the company's main focus, she had never taken Shen Zhiyi, who was just a supporting role, seriously.

But she did not expect that Shen Zhiyi would suddenly shine in this performance.

With Shen Zhiyi's face and her strength, it wouldn't be impossible for her to get a supporting role script.

Xue Zhihan had once considered Jiang Ye and Lin Zui to be her rivals.

But when she looked back casually, she found that Shen Zhiyi, from the same company, had also caught up at some point.

She couldn't catch up to the people in front of her, and she also found that she was very likely to be surpassed by her competitor from the same company.

Of course, her mood would collapse.

But having this kind of mentality in the middle of the competition is very fatal.

Tan Meng had also experienced a similar situation, she had also wavered and doubted herself.

But her mentality appeared in the early stages, so after adjusting, she got the script of a bottom-ranked trainee who eventually realized her dream, a script of a comeback against the odds.

But if Xue Zhihan didn't adjust her mentality.

She might get a high-start, low-finish BE script.

•••

After all the trainees finished their performances, everyone gathered in the hall.

Cui Qi was still the one who came to announce the scores.

"Long time no see, did you miss me?"

Cui Qi slapped the script in his hand on the table, looking dissatisfied, "Look at the program team, they always make me do this kind of work, what's the meaning? It makes me feel a lot of pressure."

"By the way, I heard you guys didn't look at your scores beforehand, right?"

"Tsk."

Cui Qi shook his head, couldn't help but sigh, "The program team is really not doing things right."

If the previous score announcement was like checking your own exam results secretly and then being posted outside the school the next day, you already had a little bit of psychological preparation, you just felt a little embarrassed.

Then this performance score announcement was like the teacher handing out the papers from the last place in class.

It was extremely direct and extremely cruel.

The trainees couldn't help but complain.

"OMG, this is really too public an execution."

"I won't be last, will I? That would be so embarrassing!"

"Please, please, I don't want to be first, just let me get a few dozen votes."

Cui Qi scanned the audience, "Well... let me see, which lucky category will be drawn to announce their scores first?"

The trainees in the audience all started to pray.

Cui Qi held the microphone in his hand, randomly pointed at a few people, and smiled, "Then the dance group will go first."

The fifteen trainees in the dance group couldn't help but wail.

"First, we'll start with the fifth place from each group—"

As soon as Cui Qi finished speaking, Jiang Ye looked up.

Their group, Zhen Jia's name was clearly displayed on the panel.

And the number of votes she received was also the lowest among the three groups.

In other words, she was the last place in the entire dance group.

She was also the only trainee who only got a single-digit score.

Zhen Jia was so embarrassed that she didn't even dare to look up.

Jiang Ye laughed wickedly in her heart.

Actually, with her original strength, she shouldn't have been so bad.

It's just that after her mistake, she couldn't hold on, her mentality collapsed, it was good that she still had six people voting for her.

The rankings and scores were announced one by one.

Shen Zhiyi, unsurprisingly, got second place in their group.

Although she was second, she had the highest number of votes among all the second places.

She was also very happy, her eyes sparkled, she whispered to Jiang Ye, "Now it's your turn."

After the second place was announced, the names and scores of the first place in the three groups hadn't popped up yet, but everyone already knew.

First place in the "Crown" group, Xue Zhihan.

First place in the "Follow Me" group, Tan Meng.

First place in the "Listen to the Night Rain" group, Jiang Ye.

The camera cut to each of their faces.

Now it's up to these three to see who can get first place in the dance category.

Jiang Ye was calm on the surface, but she was actually a little nervous.

Backstage, she had confidently told Lin Zui that she would get first place, and told Tan Meng that you have to see who your opponent is when you have dreams, but it was just a common way to brag.

When she saw Shen Zhiyi's score, her heart was already pounding.

There were so many audience members in the venue.

Shen Zhiyi's score was high, which meant that her score would definitely be low.

And now they were already in the second performance.

She had a lot of fans, but the fans of the other groups might deliberately not vote for her during her performance to prevent her from getting the 100,000 votes bonus.

Although Xue Zhihan made a mistake, it was a very small mistake, the audience in the venue didn't have their stage skills, they might not have noticed.

And Tan Meng's performance this time was very eye-catching.

Plus, she's always been unlucky in these kinds of situations.

Jiang Ye couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Cui Qi pointed at the table with his finger, "Let's see which trainee will be the final first place in the dance group?"

In an instant, the names of the three people on the panel refreshed, and the order suddenly changed.

Jiang Ye's heart skipped a beat, she looked up.

Her name jumped to the first line, followed by 171 votes.

Below her, Tan Meng got 269 votes.

In other words, tonight, she narrowly beat Tan Meng by two votes and became the first place in the dance category.