
"Now is not the time to cry and give up Shae, but this is a golden opportunity for me to prove to everyone how the quality of my voice. The slander of Mila I will make as my biggest motivation to make me more enthusiastic in training and show everyone who is consumed by the slander of Mila that I can and have quality." shae encouraged herself.
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A week later on Tuesday, tomorrow night is Shae's first performance on the competition stage. The time for contestants to play HP is only given for one hour per day.
Yaya took advantage of this moment for a video call with her father asking for prayers and support from her father, Mr. Farhan.
"Assalamualaikum sir?"
"Waalaikumussalam. The father's son of pride. You're healthy there, aren't you, son?"
"Alhamdulillah, I'm healthy. How's father? Don't forget to drink?"
"Actually my life feels empty without you at home. But after you know that now you are struggling to make your name, our family name, you become excited again. Thank you son? Fight for the victory for your own sake, for the sake of the father too, the spirit of the son."
"Thank you for your prayers and support sir. I will also make my father my biggest motivation to win. Yaudah, I want to practice first sir, tomorrow night I perform. Don't forget to watch?"
"Yes son. Passion and most importantly you must always take care of your health."
Shae closes the VC then Shae goes to the practice room. Tomorrow is his first appearance. The organizers deliberately put Shae into the group hell, a group where all the contestants are the best voice owners.
It was a subtle way on the part of the organizers to get rid of Shae subtly because of Shae's bad image after the accusations from Mila back then.
The contest organizers believed SMS support for Shae would be low and Shae could be eliminated easily if one group with other participants with the best vocal quality.
It was time for group 4 to perform. The two participants who performed first already showed their best performances. They are Yati and Ian. Yati and Ian both got standing applause from the judges.
The third participant's appearance was Shae. Shae will sing a mellow genre song from a famous singer named Yuni Ajeng Purwanti.
"Let's welcome our third participant tonight, Shae Puspita Sari!" said the host. However due to Shae's bad image there were only a few people clapping to greet Shae.
Shae felt sad but Shae had to show her the quality of her voice. Shae did not care what people said. Now is the time to show who he is on this big stage.
Mellow music began to accompany Shae in singing.
Beyond the belief of many people that the Shae they know is the bully Mila. But Shae's voice was indeed truly the best and admirable. Mirza Pratama's sister even cried in the jury because Shae really lived the contents of the song well.
The message of sadness from the song actually pierced into the hearts of the audience. Not only did Mirza's sister cry but almost all of the audience present in the studio, they also shed tears while Shae was singing. The camera recorded the moment and people outside were watching the fourth group IMPC Academy event tonight, many were amazed and wanted to send support via SMS voting for Shae.
When Shae singing part towards the ending of the song, in the part there is a high pitch part as the peak of the song. Shae shot that high note much higher than the original singer. I don't know how many octaves but Shae manages to make everyone in the studio stand up giving their applause for the best performance from Shae except for a bespectacled female judge named Indah Setiani.
Indah Setiani was the only judge who seemed unhappy with Shae's appearance. Indah is one of the top singers currently lined up to be one of the judges of the IMPC Academy this season. Beautiful does not stand to give standing applause for Shae even though all other judges are equally compact to give standing applause to Shae.
Outside the bully stamp that is now pinned to Shae, but the quality is really topnotch.
"Thank you everyone?" shae said from the stage. Shae stood up gracefully in a long white dress by famous designer Ihsan Galih.
Ihsan Galih who also participated in sitting in the jury chair seemed proud to see his design used by talented participants in front of his eyes.
"Amazing!" scream Irfan from the jury.
Kak Irfan also gave special comments for the participants' gesture and their stage action on stage.
"It's just amazing. The first appearance but immediately get a lot of applause from the judges except for Kak Indah nih. Why didn't Kak Indah give Shae an applause like the other judges? Is Shae's appearance unsatisfactory to Kak Indah or is there a mistake made by Shae but not realized by the other judges?" ask Sis Cakra the host who has been a host for five seasons at IMPC Academy.
"Not really. Shae's appearance was actually very good. Just I don't want to close standing applause for the participants let alone this is still the initial round of Kakra" replied Kak Indah with a look on the face of bete.
"But why did you give the applause for Ian and Yati while for Shae not. Though in my opinion, Shae's appearance is by far the best. That's in my opinion yes sis, hehehe." asked Kakra again a neutral host in assessing the quality of the participants.
"For me Shae has not been lucky to get applause from my brother Cakra. Maybe next time if Shae managed to display a better performance than now, if suppose Shae can go to the next round, then, it is possible that I will also give a standing applause for Shae just like the other jury sisters." replied Kak Indah then Kak Indah put again a microphone on the jury table sign kak Indah no longer want to comment on Shae's appearance tonight.
"Thank you so much, Brother Indah." said Shae thanks the mysterious jury even though Kak Indah like not liking Shae.
"Thank you very much for your comment. What about Mirza's comments for his hero's performance tonight? Mirza's sister is still Jagoin Shae right?"
"Of course as long as Shae is still standing on this magnificent stage, as long as it is I will take care of Shae as well. I am consistent with my words of Cakra. Okay, well I'll comment on my debut performance. For Shae's performance tonight is, you..."
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