China Star Jump, the star diving reality show created by Zhejiang Satellite TV, will be broadcast next month, following the China Dream Show and The Voice of China. Zhou Jihong, the head of the Chinese national diving team, made an appearance as the general adviser of the program and the head of the jury at the launch ceremony of the first season in Beijing yesterday, while the two-time Olympic champion, "Prince of Diving" Tian Liang, will serve as the star captain, overseeing the formation of his best 10m project. Zhou Jihong, Tian Liang’s mentors and apprentices, who reunited many years later, still hug each other on stage.
"Devil Training" will not lose to the Olympics
"China Star Jump" was purchased from the Dutch "Celebrity Splash". As the only owner of the international genuine copyright, in addition to the original reality show spirit of "star diving", it has also received the full support of the Dutch and French "international troops" in the construction of stage art, underwater photography and other technologies. It is reported that the program team will select nearly 30 strong and pressure-resistant people from nearly 100 stars such as Xia Yu, Wang Baoqiang, Liu Yan, etc., and will conduct "group competition" after receiving special training from diving Olympic champions such as Tian Liang. Zhou Jihong said that this time, according to the characteristics of the stars, they will be fully enclosed "devil training", which is no less severe than Olympic standards. Since the participating stars are all athletes with no diving experience, they need to overcome the huge difficulties and psychological obstacles of high platform jumping. In order to ensure the safety of the athletes and the fluency of the competition, the training will implement a one-to-one event system, and the "Olympic champion’s coaching team" will also become the standard of the stars. As for the jumping standards and scoring standards, Zhou Jihong said that they will be strictly implemented in accordance with the Olympic standards. It is also understood that the top training venues of the international diving team will also be exclusively open to star athletes. "The venues of the national diving team are the most advanced in the world. Players only need to overcome psychological barriers, and there is no need to worry about safety."
Tian Liang wants to demonstrate "10-meter jump" with his wife
As a two-time Olympic gold medalist, Tian Liang, who has been away from the jumping platform for many years, admits that the "diving complex" is still deeply rooted. He said: "Now that you turn on the TV, you will habitually lock the sports channel." He even revealed that he joined the program with "selfishness". When he learned that the former national diving team reached a strategic cooperation with the program, and his former teacher "supervised the whole process" as a guest judge, he did not hesitate to choose to join the program. He was immediately ridiculed by the host. "So it’s Mr. Zhou who called you home to dive." As the first time the two mentors and apprentices met on the same stage after many years, Tian Liang and Zhou Jihong embraced each other tacitly on the spot.
"In fact, when I jumped the 10-meter platform for the first time, my heart was also full of fear," Tian Liang said. Although he is a two-time Olympic champion, he is still under a lot of pressure to train "Cainiao-level" athletes into "professional-level" athletes. For this, he may "make fun of" his wife Ye Yiqian and demonstrate "mixed double dance". "When necessary, you should also make a strong move, such as letting my wife demonstrate the dance, and everyone may not be so worried." Tian Liang said. And his mentor Zhou Jihong immediately picked up the ante: "It must be 10 meters."
Bao Zhang Lunshuo "No Water Test Jump"
In recent years, a number of variety shows that focus on star competition have emerged on the screen. In the past, there were various stars competing for dance skills in "Dance Forest Conference", and now there are singers competing for song skills in "I Am a Singer". Watching the stars in a state of competition, facing the fate of being eliminated at any time, the audience will have an inexplicable sense of excitement. However, the field of diving is relatively unfamiliar to the vast majority of stars, which undoubtedly increases the attractiveness of the show. "Diving requires a lot of physical quality of artists, so the selection of artists is strict. In addition, there are three criteria for screening the show, namely, really dare, really dance, and really beautiful." Although it sounds like an "impossible task", the person in charge said that some of the invited stars are already in place, and the stars will start training one after another this month. Bao, Wen Ya, and Zhang Lunshuo have already put into training and canvassed votes on the spot. Bao went into battle with a white headscarf and sheepskin jacket in order to get high marks. He was more confident and declared that "diving is much easier than herding sheep." Zhang Lunshuo had already practiced in advance in private. "Now I stand on the balcony on the fourth floor of my house and look down every day, and feel the feeling of jumping on the platform." Several contestants also seized the opportunity and asked Tian Liang to learn the jumping and entering movements in advance, and staged a "waterless test jump" on the spot.