In the darkness of the audience seats.
At thirty-five, Shen Qiu considered himself not an emotional person but merely a pure music enthusiast.
When he listened to songs, he wasn't influenced by sentiment, but instead, he could calmly analyze the singer's performance. What he always adhered to was... listening to songs rationally, acting as a professional judge.
This included when he was invited by the program team to become an evaluating audience member. He believed the same: not to indulge excessively in emotional empathy, but to vote based solely on the live performance of the singer.
Out of the first seven singers who performed, he only voted for the veterans Hou Xueheng and Wen Shuanghua. Both were powerful in strength, with Wen Shuanghua being full-figured and having steady breath support.
In comparison, Yu Zhongyi's stubborn acoustic guitar singing was too self-absorbed. It didn't bring any auditory pleasure but instead was tainted with the flavor of an artistic youth.
