From Nobody to Star: Her Love with CEO

6.Start of the competition

"Evelyn, you're bound to be the champion of this competition!"

"Oh my god, you're the most beautiful among us."

"Your singing is just so wonderful. Could you teach me to sing 'Shape of You'?"

Boys and girls gathered around Evelyn, chirping and flattering her. Only a few people were minding their own business.

Evelyn was enjoying all the compliments and was extremely smug.

She thought that the championship was already within her grasp. She was pretty, had a lovely singing voice, and her family had already taken care of everything behind the scenes.

The door opened and a woman walked in. Everyone fell silent.

"Ah!" Someone gasped softly.

The woman had a very graceful figure. She was wearing a well-tailored evening dress, and on her neck was a particularly shiny sapphire necklace.

The person who came in was Lyra Lowell.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on Lyra, and no one paid attention to Evelyn anymore.

Evelyn gritted her teeth and thought:

The championship should be mine, as long as this damn Lyra doesn't come and mess things up!

But the next moment, when she saw Lyra's face, she suddenly froze for a moment and then burst out laughing.

"Hahaha... Lyra, what happened to your face? Did you get burned?"

Evelyn's follower joined in the mockery: "Look at your hairstyle. We 're not in the 16th century！"

A girl dressed head to toe in designer brands, walked up to Lyra, looking down on her with contempt all over her face:

"You're even wearing fakes — look at the logo of the GD brand. But GD hasn't produced clothes in this style in years! Look at how shabby you are. This gemstone must be fake too!"

Another person said:"even if your dress is really from a certain brand like GD, the brand has long gone out of fashion and is no longer considered a luxury bran."

Lyra didn't fight back. Instead, she calmly looked around the whole scene.

There were 42 contestants, so the singers' lounge was placed in the atrium on the second floor of the building. t was a completely open-air place with a small swimming pool in the middle.

And Lyra quickly judged everyone's attitude towards her in just a few seconds.

Most people's attitudes were hostile or mocking, they want to please Evelyn.

Only a small number of people looked at Lyra with sympathetic expressions, such as a sweet-looking little girl huddled on the chair on the right.

Among them, there were also some people who were not interested in this farce, like a girl with black hair at the farthest end. She had a cold face and refused anyone who tried to talk to her, and there was also an old man who was wearing a hat and holding a guitar.

"Hey, that's a bit too much. We're all here for the show. There's no need to make it so unpleasant."

Two boys who looked exactly the same stood in front of Lyra.

Those two followers of Evelyn shrugged and walked back to Evelyn's side, but their eyes looking at Lyra were still full of malice.

"Thank you," Lyra said softly.

"You're welcome. We're Asher & Archer, we're twins," the two boys said in unison as they turned around.

"My name is Lyra. Nice to meet you," Lyra showed a smile. "I hope to see you in the finals."

This sentence was clearly heard by the other 41 pairs of ears. Lyra clearly heard a snort.

And just at this moment, the door opened.

"Hey guys, are you all ready? The performance is about to start!"

When the staff saw Lyra, his gaze clearly paused for a moment.

He was a bit confused.

Just now, his friend said that he had seen a real princess. If the princess was this girl with makeup and hairstyle that were... too out of date, then he really had to doubt whether his friend had gone crazy.

Anyway, the competition officially started.

The first one to take the stage was a short girl. Being the first to perform wasn't a favorable choice.

As soon as the girl started singing, the judges below were stunned because she was singing "Rising Star", the signature song of Blaze, the champion of the first session and also one of the judges.

She was just like a female version of Blaze.

Blaze laughed and was the first to press the passing button. Johnson, the musician from PM Company, followed closely. Vivian, the female CEO of GM Company, smiled gracefully and pressed the last button.

After the girl finished singing, besides the three judges' votes, she also got 460 votes from the on-site audience and became the first singer to advance.

She returned to the singers' lounge with a proud smile.And at this time, the singers' lounge was much quieter than before.

Obviously, the girl's performance had brought a lot of pressure to everyone.

The several people who took the stage one after another all had poor performances. Only a young girl sang a children's song.

Although she only got two judges' votes, because her audience support rate exceeded 90%, she can get in to the second round of the competition.

Then, it was the turn for No. 7. This was also one of the contestants that Lyra had noticed before, the old man with a cowboy hat. His name was Theo.

He chose a country music piece, "Sunset Song". He casually and easily strummed the guitar a couple of times, and immediately brought people into that atmosphere.

And as soon as he opened his mouth, the whole place became silent instantly. That affectionate bass voice was like the warm sunlight filtering through the treetops.

In the end, Theo got 481 audience votes, which was the highest number of votes so far. And Mila, the music critic, highly praised Theo's singing and gave out the first pass card.

Lyra's face looked solemn.And the faces of the others in the lounge also didn't look good.

The next contestants to take the stage were the twins, Asher & Archer. They chose a classic rock song, "Rebel’s Roar".

The passionate drumbeats fell like a sudden downpour, releasing endless energy, sweeping away the peaceful and serene atmosphere that Theo had brought to the audience, and making everyone immerse themselves in the powerful rhythm.

Asher's voice was hoarse and full of a sense of story, and Archer's voice was especially penetrating. The two of them cooperated seamlessly.

Unfortunately, at the end of the song, Archer played a wrong note, and this small mistake made Asher miss the beat.

But Blaze was willing to give them a chance.

In the end, although the twins only got two judges' votes and 439 audience votes, Blaze's guaranteed pass card saved them and they successfully advanced to the third round.

Back in the lounge, the twins didn't look dejected for too long. Instead, they smiled and greeted Lyra.

Lyra smiled friendly, but she also knew very well that although the twins had a small mistake, their potential was astonishing. Once they grew up quickly, they would definitely be formidable opponents.

The several singers who took the stage one after another had nothing special. In a blink of an eye, there was a sudden burst of cheers from outside.

"Evelyn! Evelyn! We all love you!"

It was Evelyn's fans. It was her turn to take the stage!

Evelyn stood up, looking like a proud queen. She held her head high and walked towards the stage with the steps of a model.

And Lyra stared closely at Evelyn. As soon as the other's figure disappeared from her sight, she quickly got up and rushed to the pool!

Everyone were confused by what Lyra was doing.

Lyra focused on the pool and quickly took off the hair ties and hairpins on her hair.

She had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Lyra knew that if she had removed her makeup and changed her hairstyle while Evelyn was still in the lounge, Evelyn would definitely have asked her followers to stop her.

Only when it was Evelyn's turn to sing did she have the chance.

Lyra could only remove her makeup by the pool because there wasn't even a mirror here.

She couldn't go to the dressing room because of Mary. She also couldn't use her phone because according to the competition rules, Lyra's phone had been confiscated before she entered the lounge.

She raised her head, listening to the screams and cheers of the fans outside, feeling a bit uneasy in her heart.

She didn't know if Bunny was watching the competition in front of the TV today.

Lyra quickly took apart her hair, but her hair was tied too tightly and it was really hard to handle. She was anxious in her heart: Once Evelyn came back, she would lose the chance.

Just at this moment, a gentle hand was placed on her head and skillfully untied a knot in her hair for her.

Lyra looked up. It was the sweet girl who had been sympathetic to her before.

"Let me help you." The girl said shyly in a low voice. "My name is Cora."

With Cora's help, most of her hair was quickly untied. But there was still a small part that was very stubborn.

"I'll go to the dressing room to get some scissors. Wait a moment," Cora looked around and said to Lyra, then quickly left.

At this time, Evelyn had already finished singing and entered the judges' comment session.

Evelyn got three votes except for Blaze's, and 479 audience votes, which was the second-highest score after Theo.

Lyra sneered. Anyway, Evelyn would definitely directly advance to the third round.

Because that one of the judges, Vivian Grayson was Evelyn's mother.

And now, this mother and daughter would definitely team up to target Lyra crazily.

Just at this moment, Lyra heard the excited voice of the host:

"Just now, Evelyn directly advanced to the third round !"

"And this pass card came from Johnson, the music producer of PM Music Company!"

What?

Lyra was startled.

It wasn't Vivian but Johnson? This also meant that there was only one pass card left from Vivian that hadn't been given out, and Lyra knew that Vivian would never vote for her.

Now, the dream of getting a pass card was shattered.

Just when Lyra was shocked and thinking about it, suddenly a huge force came from behind her.

A hand gave a hard push, Lyra fell into the swimming pool.