Xinhuanet, Beijing, April 12 (Reporter Zhou Xin) Last weekend, two diving star reality shows were broadcast on local satellite TV one after another, which also caused heated discussions. Huang Jianxiang, who hosted Zhejiang Satellite TV’s "China Star Jump", said, "The reality show of diving stars we are now conducting is to convey a message to the audience: diving is a project that can lower the technical threshold and people of different ages and physical conditions can play. As long as you participate in it, there will be progress and gains."
After covering many sporting events, Huang Jianxiang has been wondering for many years: what is sports, what is game, and why do English-speaking people always like to say "it’s a game"? According to Baidu search, the explanation of sport is "sports", which can be extended to "entertainment, recreation, game". Game is "competition, game, competition". Both are entertainment and games. But in the past, sports have always appeared on Chinese TV screens with the serious face of "pursuing higher and faster". This time, by hosting "China Star Jump", Huang Jianxiang has a new insight.
"Sports is fun, it’s a process of constantly improving yourself compared to yourself. Jumping rope, throwing sandbags, fishing, climbing mountains, swimming, track and field, playing ball are all fun, and it’s all sports. Participating in sports itself is a thing that makes people feel happy." Huang Jianxiang said that the emergence of sports-element variety shows like diving reality shows is a natural thing, which makes the original content increasingly homogeneous TV shows a new bright spot.
"Judging from the development trend of international reality TV shows, most of them start with singing and dancing and other talent shows, and slowly transition to skills, and finally to sports, and it is a diving event that Chinese people are good at. This makes me very happy as a sports media person," Huang Jianxiang said. "I don’t want to turn on the TV and there will be an overwhelming number of movies and TV dramas, singing, dancing, blind dates… It seems that only people who engage in literature and art can have dreams. Sports are also dreams. Even if they are not professional athletes, the pursuit of sports by ordinary people is also worthy of respect."
In fact, sports itself is the most authentic reality show. There are rules, no director, no script, and you can’t do it all over again. No one knows what will happen in the next second and what the result will be. This is the most touching part of sports. Huang Jianxiang’s most profound memory is the commentary of the men’s double 3m board final at the 2004 Athens Olympics. "No one expected that a spoiler would suddenly burst out of the audience, and no one expected that the Chinese team that was far ahead would score zero points in the final jump, resulting in the gold medal being dropped. All this makes me feel that every game is the most authentic live reality show."
"China Star Jump", which began broadcasting on April 6, and then "Star Diving Cube" by Jiangsu Satellite TV, have triggered various heated discussions, including some negative remarks, such as celebrities fighting for their lives and making a fool of themselves… Huang Jianxiang believes that the current reality show of diving stars only hopes to convey a message to the audience: diving can lower the technical threshold, and people of different ages and physical conditions can participate in it.
"Diving is an extreme skill sport that must be trained and completed under the guidance of a professional coach. Safety measures must come first. No one will work hard for fun, and so do celebrities. They are very serious when training, and they pay more attention when they are officially recording the program, which inspires the competitive and crazy side of their personality." After watching a lot of star training, Huang Jianxiang did not agree with the star’s statement: "Celebrities are also ordinary people, and they have to’start from scratch ‘in their fields that they are not good at, which can relieve the mystery and alienation of many people about sports. Sports is not’you can only win, you can’t lose’, and there are not various restrictions. Sports are open to everyone."
"We want sports variety shows like’Star Jump ‘to convey positive energy – as long as you participate in sports, you can have fun and enjoy it. Of course, different people can find different sports that suit them, and it’s not necessarily all diving," Huang Jianxiang said.
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