The 6th Best50 Request Time isn’t likely to go into anyone’s history books.
The show delivered on its usual promises but, as seen during the last election, it is very clear that Migu Music as a key broadcast partner is no substitute for Tencent which stopped streaming SNH48 events earlier this year. Less than stellar camera coverage and lighting all made this one probably best left for the ages.
To make matters worse, many of the performances by members felt uninspired and lackluster. It is difficult to say if it was the result of lack of practice or simply some of the older members simply not caring anymore but the end result was the same.
Final straw is the fact that many, many seats were clearly empty which has been a constant challenge for SNH48 events in the city. This puts into question the wisdom of moving the next election there in 2020 (more on that in a seperate article).
This is not to say that the show was entirely horrible. There were still many great performances (especially in unit songs) and some good nuggets of things to come as well as some reprieve.
The good news
Many fans had anticipated for a long time that the 6th Best50 event would see the disbandment of Teams J (BEJ48) and Z (GNZ48) but that did not come to pass. It is unknown if this had been just a rumour or if recent events involving Huang TingTing have caused management to rethink or delay the change.
Many fans of those two teams quietly rejoiced at the end of the night. We will have to wait and see if that is going to remain true.
The bad news
Sadly for fans of Zhang DanSan
(SNH48 Team X and subunit DeMOON), the night was not as happy. Zhang DanSan posted a statement on her Weibo account (below) indicating that this was the end of her activities with the group at the end of the concert.
It is a known fact that Zhang DanSan had been on the fence about staying with the group dating all the way back to the last election so, this did not come as a total surprise beyond the timing of it.
And the winners are…
Once again this year, the winning songs are grouped based on the number of votes received. Each category from “Firefly” up to “Golden” earned the song an increasingly better stage setting.
The two winning songs for this year were “Hold Me Tight” performed by Lu Ting
and Feng XinDuo
of SNH48 Team NII as well as the team song “雪之国” by SNH48 Team NII.
All the results are in the tables below.
Golden Group
Team Group
Blazing Group
Cloud Group
Firefly Group
