On the night of November 19th, the final of our school’s 16th "Top Ten Singers" kicked off in the third phase of the Students' Activity Center.
Through departmental selection, a total of 12 players stood out and competed for championship on the night of peak. The contest began with the performance of jazz dance given by the Students' Art Group, followed by the songs of "I love You, China" and "Swing Together" sung by the top 12 players together to light up the atmosphere.
The competition consisted of three sections. The first part" singing with the help of a mentor ": the previous "Top Ten Singers" Song Ying, Zhang Yufei and Zhu Xiaoyuan worked as mentors, and led three teams respectively to sing "Fireworks Turn Cold Easily", "Going Too Far" and " Not Unusual Love ". After the first round, three singers were eliminated. Then the second part "duel of strengths": nine players remained after the first round of the knockout in this competition. Two mysterious challengers from Software Engineering appeared, Luo Chunmiao singing "Azalea", and Lv Xinxian singing "Running + Cold Throughout". Once again, the scene atmosphere reached a climax. The audience clapped and cheered for the beautiful signing in different styles.
After the splendid competition of strengths, it came to the audience’s most exciting phase of "the competition for the first, second and third places". Three players performed “Daytime Not Understanding the Night's Black”, "Wukong", "Beijing, Beijing" respectively in the final battle. Through the online voting and the evaluation by professional judges, in the end, Lv Xin from the Department of Computer Science and Technology, won the championship, Liuqi from the School of Continuing Education was the runner-up and Zhang Yaxin from English Department won the third place.
Lv Xin said: "I was very nervous at the beginning, very worried about whether my singing would let the audience down. I didn't expect to win the championship, and I am thankful to friends and relatives who cheered me up!”
Secretary of our school’s League Committee said: "in this year's Top-ten Singers’ Contest, such aspects as open competition, grouping of chorus are very good innovation. We are in an IT university, so hopefully students can actively participate in such activities, through which students can improve professional knowledge with their literary accomplishment."