Vietnamese audiences divided, disparaging older artists

Erik's apology reflects the situation every Saturday night, when the audience is divided into two groups watching the shows Anh trai say hi and Anh trai vu ngan cong gai. However, the fans of both sides arguing puts pressure on many people, especially the 63 artists participating.

On the morning of July 8, Erik apologized. The male singer hopes that his 62 "brothers" will sympathize with him for commenting "Thank you" under the post that was said to praise the show Anh trai say hi, somewhat denigrating the show Anh trai vu ngan. thorny (Thorny Brother).

"All artists, no matter what program they participate in or what age they are, deserve to be respected and loved equally. More than anyone else, Erik "I understand the passion, effort and affection that you, my brothers, friends and juniors have devoted to each performance and each stage," the male singer shared.

Erik's apology reflects the state of the audience every Saturday night. One side supports 30 young brothers (the oldest is Isacc, 36 years old), the song is completely new. The other group of audience supports 33 brothers (over 30 years old, the oldest is former football star Hong Son, 53 years old) overcoming thousands of obstacles, reviving a series of hits from the 2000s.

33 "Middle-aged Talents" compete with 30 "Young Men" every Saturday night.

63 brothers make the audience divided

Since the announcement on television, two games show The show called "Brother" was compared because of the same format of survival music show, auctioning to choose songs, eliminating people after each episode, choosing the debut group.

The difference is, Brother. drunk hi sings all new music. A series of songs with modern lyrics, strange song titles, melodies with strong Gen Z music style. The program is aimed at young viewers.

With the criteria of "overcoming obstacles", the show has 33 talents who can choose to renew old hits, bring nostalgia or choose new songs. Therefore, the show is suitable for older audiences, enjoying the return of their idols.

Join game show Mainly to entertain the audience on weekends, the brothers accidentally became the cause of viewers' division.

Usually, game show producers often announce the number of views, interactions, and top trending positions after each episode. The data is used as a "report" to sponsors and a way to attract advertising.

Mr. Tien Dat, 43 years old, and "uncle" Tien Luat, 41 years old, went viral on social networks after episode 2 of the show Chong Gai.

However, when two shows with the same format air, the numbers become something for the audience to consider. handrail on stage

This happens in Say Hi Brother and Overcoming Thousands of Conquering Thorns.

When Anh trai chong gai aired, Anh trai say hi had only been around for two episodes. After the show ended, fans immediately compared the number of viewers watching the show while it was airing on YouTube.

At that time, the audience of Say Hi Brother said that 30 Young Brothers "temporarily won" because the online views of episode 3 were three times higher than those of Say Hi Brother episode 1.

Fans of Anh trai chong gai immediately protested. Viewers said they were "busy" watching the show on VTV3 and did not watch YouTube because the show was broadcast 30 minutes later than the TV broadcast.

"The premiere viewership is low because the audience likes to watch live on VTV3 first", "The audience is different, Anh tai on VTV3 is shown earlier, don't compare like that", fans of Anh trai chong gai gave the reason.

After that, the audience continued to use the data released by the producer of Anh trai chong gai to argue.

According to SocialTrend's hot music topic rankings, Anh trai chong gai ranked first with 17,800 discussions. Anh trai say hi ranked fourth with 12,300 discussions, after the MV. Rockstar and Don't break my heart.

The data of Anh trai vu ngan cong gai ranked 2nd on Google Trends, surpassing the discussion topic about Midu's wedding. The number of searches on Google for the show Anh tai is only behind the keyword about the football match between Germany and Denmark.

While Anh trai chong gai fans claim that "discussion data" and "Google data" say it all, Anh trai say hi relies on YouTube views to assert that the show has 30 hotter brothers.

Audience arguing, brother under pressure

Because the audience likes to watch this show more than the other, the 63 brothers were accidentally dragged into the argument.

Fans of Say Hi Brother cling to appearance factors, from not liking "rival shows" easily leading to appearance discrimination. The moment the U50-U60 talents appeared on VTV3, they were criticized as "old, boring to watch".

"What a show, full of old artists", "This show is probably for artists who have passed their prime", "There's nothing interesting to watch, old artists, old music, what's worth watching"... the audience attacked the show Anh trai chong gai.

On the other hand, the brothers of the show Anh Trai were considered by the audience to be "lacking masculinity", "using a filter that completely erases gender", "a bunch of playboys", "lacking experience, inexperienced, unhappy"...

After that, the audience continued to dig up the past and private lives of the 63 artists participating in the program. In other words, fans of the two game shows tried every way to "sink" the artists of both sides. From participating in TV shows to entertain the audience on weekends, the artists suddenly had to live with pressure from the viewers.

Say Hi Brother episode aired on the evening of July 6 went viral with the body showing of Hieuthuhai, Jsol, Vu Thinh and Ali Hoang Duong.

To the neutral audience, the way the brothers were brought down was uncivilized.

"As a viewer in the middle, I watched both shows. I watched Anh trai say hi because the guys were young and sang attractively. I also watched Anh trai chong gai because I was looking for old memories. I don't understand why they had to put each other down, they probably didn't really hate each other", "In the two Anh trai shows, the artists were close before. They probably didn't expect the audience to split into factions to argue like that"... the audience commented.

Last week, when Say Hi Brother aired episode 4 and Gai Brother aired episode 2, the show's statistics continued to divide the audience.

Say Hi Brother boasts that episode 4 is in the Top 1 YouTube Trending after 24 hours of release, with the highest number of live views being 300,000. The latest episode also has more than 3.2 million views, 18,900 comments and 51,000 likes (as of 1:00 p.m. on July 8).

Meanwhile, the producer of Anh trai chong gai provided data from the Social Trend chart of the YouNetMedia platform. In the Hot Topics chart, Anh trai chong gai ranked first with 28,200 discussions, Anh trai say hi ranked third with 8,200 discussions. In the comments section, the audience has not stopped dividing into sides and comparing the two shows.

Currently, neutral fans give a solution: "If you like to reminisce about Anh trai chong gai, are passionate about new songs, and enjoy the music of young singers, then watch anh trai say hi, don't split into factions and put pressure on the brothers and make many people uncomfortable."

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