China’s singing contest casts out insulting judge

The Chinese singing contest "Super Girl 2016" terminated singer Mindy Quah as one of the judges on April 1 as she insulted a contestant in a mass audition in March.

因为柯以敏在《2016超级女声》海选中辱骂某选手，4月1日，节目组取消了她的评委资格。

Malaysian-Chinese singer Quah got involved in this controversy as an outtake of the show was uploaded to the Internet recently. In the clip, it shows an audition on March 20 recorded in Nanjing. A girl contestant said she might catch a cold before actually singing, implying that she may not have her best performance. Sharp-tongue Quah responded, "Then don’t sing, get off the stage."

最近，随着海选的视频片段流传到网上，马来西亚籍中国裔歌手柯以敏也被推到了风口浪尖。视频显示的是3月20日在南京的一场海选。一位女选手在开唱前表示，自己感冒了，声音可能会受影响，无法发挥出最佳状态。“毒舌”柯以敏立马打断：“那就别唱了，滚吧！”

Later she added, "Don’t make excuses when you step on the stage."

随后她补充说，“不要一上来就给我找借口。”

As the clip went viral, Hunan Satellite TV, the organizer of the famous singing contest, released a unilateral statement without consulting Quah on April 1, apologizing to the insulted contestant and terminating the status of Quah as the judge. Quah also apologized in a video statement on her micro-blog account later that night.

随着这段视频在网上走红， 4月1日，在未知会柯以敏的情况下，超女的主办方湖南卫视单方面发表声明，向这名被辱骂的选手道歉，并取消了柯以敏的评委资格。当晚，柯以敏也在她的微博上发布了视频道歉声明。

However, on April 4, the story took another turn when Quah fought back, saying that Hunan Satellite TV intentionally leaked the video clip to frame her due to her noncooperation to let another unqualified contestant pass the judges’ strict examination. She asserted that the contestant had help from the high-level officials and was decided in the TV networks’ internal circle to get the pass.

然而，三天后，事情发生了逆转。柯以敏回复称，因为自己不愿意让一位不合格的选手通过评委严格的审查，湖南卫视就故意泄露这段视频到网上以陷害她。她表示这名选手有内部高管的帮助，被芒果TV内定。

Quah’s manager Song Tao said the singer apologized to the contestant on the very day the incident happened and he had made sure that the TV network would not release the video.

柯以敏的经纪人宋涛表示，就在骂人事件的事发当天，柯以敏就已经向那位选手道歉，他当时也确认芒果TV不会把视频公开出去。

"In another audition, Hunan Satellite TV sent a show supervisor to force Quah to say a good constant was ’bad’ in order to let another constant get promoted, but Quah refused to follow the instruction," Song said. "Days later, the clip was uploaded. This is a vicious retaliation and a conspired hype."

宋涛说，“在另一场海选里，湖南卫视派出一个负责人要求柯以敏淘汰一位原本唱的很好的选手，只是为了晋级另一位选手。但是柯以敏没有服从他们的命令。几天后，该视频就被传到了网上。这是恶毒的报复和阴谋炒作。”

The leaked video was clearly not an amateur recording but an outtake from the official edit room. Hunan Satellite TV has admitted that it indeed came from them but was "mistakenly" uploaded by staffs. The company didn’t respond to Quah’s accusations.

很显然，泄露的视频并非业余人士所录制，而是专业的视频编辑室加工出来的。湖南卫视承认确实来自于他们，然而是工作人员“误传”上去的，且湖南卫视未对柯以敏的指控给予回应。

In another online interview conducted on April 3, Quah also said it was the show director who asked her to be strict and swear.

在4月3日的另一段视频里，柯以敏也表示，是节目编导要求其表现严厉并说脏话骂人。

Quah said she admitted that she made mistakes and would correct herself in the future. She said during the recent controversy that she even received death threats, however maintaining that "I don’t like encouraging singers who can’t sing but can find excuses. I’m straightforward and sometimes it’s hurtful but I have never acted against real singers who appear on the show. I don’t expect my partners to cause this kind of negative press for the hype and their own interests. "

柯以敏说她承认她错了，希望将来能改正。她表示最近发生的这些争议，她甚至遭到了死亡的威胁，不过仍坚称“我不喜欢鼓励那些唱不好却很会找借口的歌手。我很坦率，有时确实很伤人，但我从来没有针对过真正的歌者。我不希望因为这些炒作给我的经纪人带来负面的压力，并受到伤害。”

Her manager said they would consider legal options to find those who are responsible.

她的经纪人说，他们会寻求法律途径以找出幕后推手。

"Super Girl", one of the most popular entertainment shows in China, has produced a series of young superstars for China’s new generation, such as Li Yuchun, Jane Zhang, Zhou Bichang, Shang Wenjie and more.

“超级女声”是中国非常受欢迎的娱乐真人秀节目之一，打造出了不少中国新生代巨星，如李宇春、张靓颖、周笔畅、尚雯婕和其他一些人。

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来源:China Daily双语版爱语吧作者:橙子