The reality show “All People Make Stars” was born in 2018. I especially remember the top 99 performances at the beginning of the show. The audience who laughed and watched the riding performance, after the baptism of the show every night, were infected and infected. Touched, not only became a fan of the show, but most of them later became fans and wrong fans. The influence of “All People Make a Star” is so great that I believe even the production team who participated in the conception were surprised. In a blink of an eye, the program has come to its fifth edition. We have returned to the basics. For four consecutive weeks, we have interviewed the production team, mentors, and contestants of “All People Making Stars” to discuss a question: whether the program “All People Making Stars” itself can “Star-making”? What is the principle behind it? The first batch of units to play are the heroes behind the show: this year’s producer Xu Jinglin, editor Xie Jiaji, music director CMgroovy, dance director Huang Zuyao and director Tsang Wai-lok who participated in the full five sessions.
The Origin of “All People Make Stars”: Creating Local Idols
Today, “All People Make Stars” is a program that is familiar to all Hong Kong people, but when talking about the origin of the program back then, the editor Xie Jiaji (KK) laughed and pointed out that he originally wanted to be a real person with a lot of heads and enough people Sao: “At that time, Sister Bao (Editor Xiao Baonian), Sister Hua (producer Huang Huijun), me, and A Chang (producer Chen Rongchang) conceived a program that needed enough people, and some people suggested that we should do a talent show. One person said to Ying, how about more people! 99 people! Let’s shoot another MV! 99 people dance together! At first, the sell bridge seems to be impossible, but Sister Hua’s most popular is the sell bridge. She said to the boss: ” You believe me!”, and then the show was successfully launched.” Why is the name of the show “All People Make Stars”? KK:“At that time, there were no idols in Hong Kong, so why not try to create a local idol yourself, see if it works, maybe let the audience know it won’t work in the end! As a result, it will become a star in no time.」
This year, the position of producer was taken over by Xu Jinglin (A Lin). The standards set by the predecessors were very high, which caused Ah Lin a headache: “At first, I was worried, but then again? Boys again? Later, it was better to conceive Recruit more people. I originally wanted to do it all over the world, but because of production costs and manpower constraints, I decided to do it in Malaysia and Canada first. I also wanted to bring impact to the local contestants. The result was indeed impactful, especially the skills they showed, The strength is really much better than that of Hong Kong.” KK: “In fact, many people (overseas) don’t know what “All People Make a Star” is, and only when they come here do they realize that “I’m on a thief ship”!”
CM: Being too friends with a contestant can hurt your health!
“All People Make Stars” is a reality show, and it is also a competition program for singing, dancing, and even various performances. When it comes to the biggest heroes behind these performances, it must be music director CMgroovy (CM) and dance director Huang Zuyao ( Yao Sir). The biggest difference between them and the others is that they are not ViuTV employees, so what drives them to participate in this program year after year, “hard and hurtful”? Yao Sir: “After finishing the first year, MIRROR just came out, wow! I was asked to do it again after taking a break for 3 months. It was very tiring, hard work, and troublesome people, but the people who made troubles were different every time. different things, but in fact, I hope they understand,If you really want to enter this industry and want to become a singer, I want to tell them some basic things, just like preschool before entering the industry.“Sir Yao said that he has always liked being a teacher, and unconsciously, he always wants to pass on knowledge and experience to these young people.
CM: “Sister Hua likes to ask Teacher Yao and I to teach a group of people who don’t know how to sing and dance to sing and dance. In fact, after finishing each year, I vowed not to do it in the next year! After finishing the first year , I found that it is very important to my growth, I watched a lot of performances, and when I saw Sister Hua, I would talk about what was good and what was not good about that performance, and we honed our judgment to be very accurate.” As the first mentor One of them, CM deeply shared the “valuable” experience gained over the years: “Now I have to deliberately keep a distance from the contestants, because being too friendly with them will hurt my health! Every year is a wok, and life is short for a few years.In fact, all of them are your sons, and you are not happy to eliminate any one, and the emotional ups and downs are too intense. “Director Tsang Wai-lok (A Lok) added: “I used to not be very emotional when doing programs, but now I have to give emotion to the program, because I can decide life and death, and the cut can really affect his life. It might make the audience dislike him.We often ask, “Will this cause me to die?” Will that sentence kill him? 』It turned out to be important. “
The Kindness Behind Sister Hua’s Violence
Although there was no specific question, these behind-the-scenes heroes unknowingly talked about Sister Hua in “Auto Wave”. Ah Le: “I remember the first season the most. I just participated in it at that time and didn’t know how to edit films.I tried to receive a call from Sister Hua at 3 or 4 o’clock in the middle of the night, calling me to trouble me for a long time, because she cares about people’s stories and whether they tell the contestants’ humanity. “KK: “At that time, for example, a story was 4 minutes long, and she stopped after seeing it for 1 minute and asked, “Do I want to watch it?” Everyone knew that it had to be cut from the beginning.” CM: “It seems that I have to buy a bunch first. Snacks, appease her first and then watch the movie.”
Regarding Sister Hua, everyone will think of her “evil” first, but in fact behind the evil, CM understands the kindness behind her: “At that time, when I watched the performance, I would think that the performance was not good or not. How can it change in one or two days? I would give up when I went to those positions. But Sister Hua never did, she would continue to push to make the performance better, which actually reflected her confidence in people, because she felt that she could improve. I remember one year In the finals, after the rehearsal, she called a meeting for the whole world, and faced the rundown one by one X (expletive), each one was X.Once the lighting was not allowed, she patted the stage and said, “Can you do better?” People have a bright future! 』I am very impressed. “
Unforgettable ride 193
After five sessions, there were hundreds of contestants. When asked which contestant impressed them the most, KK immediately said: “I remember the one who rode the tweedy the most.” CM: “I often think of 193, if he appears in this year, he will be “melon fire” early in the morning, but there are many things that cannot be controlled when doing entertainment. Some people dance, sing, and are tall and handsome, so why aren’t they popular?But some people just ride it, but the audience likes it.When you see that 193 enters the industry, there will be another development. “KK: “Do you remember the “Persuade 5-member group”? I miss them a little bit. I also want to know the top 99, those who fouled early in the morning, where did they go? Maybe there will be a 15-episode program later, talk about it them.”
Ah Lok recalled a person with a very artistic temperament: “I remember Oscar Li very much. His performance is really good. In fact, he has participated in this year’s competition, but he has already participated and won a very high ranking. He performed It looks good and works hard, we have discussed it for a long time, if he can’t get the same high ranking this year, and force him to do mainstream performances, it may be harming him.”
You don’t need to be “made” to become a “star”: Anson Lo
Back to the root of the question: Can “All People Make Stars” “make stars”? In terms of results, the answer is of course yes. But if only in terms of the design of the program itself, what do they think? CM: “I think (stars) are born, the so-called star quality, and cannot be ‘manufactured’.In fact, Anson Lo hadn’t debuted at that time, he just quit the dance school, and the students held a farewell party for him, many people came!At that time he was only a dance teacher, but he was already very popular.“All People Making Stars” just allows more people to see his star quality.“The funny KK couldn’t help interjecting: “What about 193?” CM: “He just has star quality! He can’t sing, dance, or speak clearly.” KK: “So there are many kinds of “star”, which is funny. have to.”
“All People Make Stars” Creates Hong Kong Stars
Ah Le believes that “All People Make Stars” achieves “star making” by allowing the audience and participants to grow together and have a sense of empathy: “The stars in the past were so high that everyone could not touch them. ButOur program allows the audience to see their real people, and let the audience get to know each other first before chasing the star.Yao Sir: “Because of social media, the trend all over the world is that celebrities should not be too far away from the ground, and people should see their real lives. This program allows people to know and witness their growth.” At this time The honest CM gave another example: “Did you see the appearance of the first Edan competition? “Potato” arrived? We are completely two people with him now.Maybe any record company promotes a newcomer, and the audience will feel that they don’t know each other. But as soon as MIRROR was launched, the audience seemed to be very familiar with them, and they already had a group of supporters before the song was released. “
In recent years, the Hong Kong music scene and Cantonese songs have revived. In the final analysis, “All People Make Stars” has achieved success. Ah Lin: “Look at the current awards ceremony. Many people sitting below are star-making, which occupies a large section.” Ah Le: “To be honest, I didn’t listen to Cantonese songs before, but star-making Later, Cantonese songs became the mainstream, and now many people listen to Cantonese songs.I want to tell everyone that those who make stars are not K-pop or J-pop, they are Hong Kong stars.」
