Just when the frenzy caused by Sunny's murder began to die down and things were getting back to normal.
A video of Sunny's murder was released, in which she confessed to maltreatment of staff members and suppressing of fellow artists under KM entertainment among the List were two of her former group mates Liu Qiao Qiao and Zeng Xuefeng.
The video was released under an account named The Truth Crusader. The account was opened recently, the video was the first post from that account.
The video was viewed by over a million people within an hour of itsreleased and reposted so many times.
Liu Qiao Qiao had mixed reactions to the video. While the video helped clear her name, She couldn't dismiss how the video came to be.
Since the video was released, a few staff members that had worked with Sunny came out to support her confession.
The reporters began to run an in-depth investigation on Sunny's career that before long a lot of articles were released detailing every sordid detailof her career.
From the drinking to the drug use. The sleeping around and the bullying before long Sunny's reputation was destroyed. She went from being one of the most loved female idols to the most hated female idol.
A lot of reporters called Shi Xiaotong none stop hoping to tell Liu Qiao Qiao's side of the story. Liu Qiao Qiao turned down all the offers, she didn't want that kind of publicity.
Liu Qiao Qiao avoided the press, focusing solely on preparing for the upcoming elimination rounds.
On the day ofthe Dual Elimination Rounds, Liu Qiao Qiao left for the broadcasting station. In order to avoid the reporters, She went in through the back door.
Liu Qiao Qiao changed into her performance clothes black ripped jeans, a dark red corset blouse l, a leather jacket,, and black boots. Her hair was braided into cornrows, her make-up was very fierce.
Liu Qiao Qiao stood backstage with the other contestants waiting to be called. Contestants went up to the stage in order, a few came out smiling while others came out with long faces.
This requirement to pass these rounds of elimination was very high. This time, unlike other rounds 15 contestants, would be eliminated. At the end of of this round the top five contestants would be selected.
There were going to be two rounds of elimination this time. During the first round, contestants were to perform the song from the artist they had selected to move to the next stage.
At the next stage,, contestants would go up against each other in a battle for the will. The contestant with the highest scores wins and movess up to the Top Five.
The first rounds of the elimination were currently taking, so far six contestants havee been eliminated.
The contestants had all prepared two songs for this particular round of the competition. All of which must be from the same artist.
After the seventh contestant was eliminated Liu Qiao Qiao was called in. There was a lot of noise from the audience as she climbed up the stage.
"Hello everyone, I am Liu Qiao Qiao. I will be singing Danger by Lai Zhiqiang".
Her announcement left everything shocked, no one was expecting her to pick Danger. Everyone Lai Zhiqiang included was expecting her to choose to to hold on to you.
Lai Zhiqiang was already prepared to seat through another one of her usual performances.
When the applause had died down and the the hall was quiet, The beginning tracks for Danger began to play. A few seconds later Liu Qiao Qiao began to sing.
Her performance of Danger was unique, the song had been arranged to fit her voice. The most amazing thing about her performance was that none of the rap lines were removed.
The audience exploded as soon as the song ended. This was her best performance yet, Lou Qiao Qiao had taken them on a journey throughout her performance.
Lai Zhiqiang was equally impressed with her performance. Liu Qiao Qiao had completely shown a different part of herself. She had managed to sing one of his most difficult songs without any mistakes.
He was seeing a new version of Liu Qiao Qiao and he like this version of Liu Qiao Qiao. This performance was proof that she was ready to let go of the societal mold and take a risk. He initially didn't like complacent she was.
"Wow, this was a wonderful performance, Qiao Qiao. It was like you were coming out of yourr shell. Wow, I have a lot to say but I don't want to take any moree time. Let's hear from our judges starting with Wu Tong", the competition host said looking towards the judge's table.
"When you announced that you would be performing Danger, honestly I was skeptical. Since the song is rather dark with a lot of rap lyrics and you are not a rapper.
"So far during erformed were ballads. Your voice is also rather soft and high-pitched so I didn't expect much from you." Wu Tong leaned forward and spoke into her microphone.
"well neither did I. I was honestly praying for you when you started because you are one of my favorite constant", the second female judge Lienna Song said.
"Just one of your favorite contestants, why are you underplaying things. We all know that she's your only favorite contestant. When I added Liu Qiao Qiao to my team you almost challenged me for her", TJ teased.
"That's because I wanted her on my team. She is very talented and has a lot of potentialss. I didn't want anyone to ruin that", said Lienna Song.
"I saw her potential which was why I choose her out of everyone else's and she didn't disappoint at all. I enjoyed working with her", TJ replied.
"You both ood job, I like how you arranged the song to suit her voice TJ. I recognized your work anywhere", Wu Tong said.
"it was a joint effort, Liu Qiao Qiao is an artist to watch out for" He replied, rolled back his seat, and turned to Lai Zhiqiang and said "You have been icing, you are making me nervous. Your the original songwriter off the songwriter you should make the last judgment"
"You're right TJ, that honors should be left to Producer Lai. Producer Lai what do you think about Liu Qiao Qiao's performance, did she do justice to your song?" Lienna Song asked.
Lai Zhiqiang leaned forward sightly to approach the microphone and spoke "TJ arrangement of the song wasn't bad and Liu Qiao Qiao singing has improved. You stepped out of your necessary comfort zone.
when you havebeenin this industry as long as I have, you easily recognize people's potential. I think that this is the first time we are seeing the real Liu Qiao Qiao and not the idolized version.
"Your previous performance though very good were a little bland because you weren't trying anything new. I think that after this performance, I would like to see you develop your kind of style. That is something you discover yourself.
Hopefully, You won't go back to your challenging song. See you in the next round you have my vote".
Liu Qiao Qiao had received all four judgevvvotessssote so she moved to the next elimination rounds. For the next round, she performed a ballad by Lai Zhiqiang title Graveyard flowers.
She had been put up against another strong contestant named Hu Yanying. Hu Yanying had selected Amy during the balloting, so for this round of the competition, she performed My first love a ballad by Amy.
At the end of both performances, Liu Qiao Qiao received a higher amount of votes from both the audience and Judges so she advanced to the next round.
At the end of the elimination rounds, the list of the top five contestants was was released. They were Liang Changying, Jiao Jiao, Liu Qiao Qiao, Wang Yongriu, and Niko Chang.
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