Are they bullying Janet because they think she has nobody backing her up? Mason scowled deeply as he watched everything occurring on stage.
On the other hand, the contestants watching from backstage were acting like onlookers enjoying a show.
“Janet clearly performed so well. Why are the judges refusing to score her? What is going on?”
“Yeah. Could it be that they’re harassing Janet?”
“No. I think she performed so perfectly that even the judges don’t know how to evaluate her!”
“Emily, what do you think is the reason for their actions?” Hazel looked at Emily with a pleading gaze.
Emily pursed her lips with a troubled expression. “I don’t know!” To be honest, she had caught a whiff of Sweet Tune’s playing style from the song Janet performed just now. To put it bluntly, isn’t Janet plagiarizing Sweet Tune’s songs too? How dare she criticize me for it?
The difference was that the judges found it natural for Emily to have Sweet Tune’s shadow in her songs since she was so deeply involved in music. Unfortunately, Janet was completely uninvolved in music. Therefore, it was not normal for Sweet Tune’s playing style to be reflected in her music! This is probably the reason why the judges are refusing to score Janet. Haha! Even the judges think that she is plagiarizing Sweet Tune’s songs. She won’t be able to escape from this! I’m sure she will be kicked out of this competition after the preliminary round! Thinking about that, Emily secretly rejoiced in Janet’s misfortune!
On the other side, Janet stood on the stage for two minutes. Even so, the judges refused to score her performance. Thus, she questioned, “Dear judges, is my original creation not worthy of being scored?” The girl stood on the stage with her arms folded across her chest. She raised her eyebrows questioningly, an amused and devilish look appearing in the depths of her eyes.
The five judges exchanged glances with each other. A long while later, one of them finally said, “Contestant Janet Jackson, do you know that the song you performed today is very similar to somebody else’s song?”
Looking up, she chuckled and asked, “Are you talking about Sweet Tune?”
Several of the judges were rather taken aback by her answer. One of them immediately replied, “It’s very similar to Sweet Tune’s songs. So, I suspect that this song is not your original creation!”
In the beginning, she claimed that this song was her original creation. If she changed her tune now and admitted that it was not her original song, then her score would be greatly penalized to the point where it was hard to say if she could even pass the preliminary round.
“Dear judges, I’m afraid that you don’t know—” Hilbert started speaking. He was about to explain the situation to the judges.
All of a sudden, Janet stepped forward, seeming to be quite troubled. “Then, what about contestant Emily Jackson just now?” After saying that, she turned to look at the blonde, green-eyed man sitting in the front row. “Great works will always have similarities! Isn’t that right, Mr. Hilbert?” Those words were spoken by Emily herself. If they did not apply to her, then the judges were clearly practicing double standards!
Hilbert was rendered speechless for a moment before he nodded. “I did say that. Moreover, those words can apply to any of the other contestants. Judges, please score her.”
“Uh…” The judges awkwardly glanced at each other again. Since even Hilbert had said so, they had no reason to stubbornly pursue this matter. Therefore, they lowered their heads and wrote their scores on the tablets.
The host soon received the scores from the judges. When he saw the results on the tablet, his eyes widened. However, an expression of incredulity seemed to be within expectation. He took a deep breath and announced, “I hereby announce that the last contestant Janet Jackson received a score of 99.8 points!”
As soon as those words rang out, the entire venue exploded indignantly.
“What the hell?! Janet performed so well! Why is her score so low?!”
