Call Me By Fire has come to an end. The Season 4 Finale Night was premiered on YouTube on 25 October 2024. Now, now... the most awaited answers:
Who are the Winners of Call Me By Fire Season 4 披荆斩棘4???
Malaysian Azora Chin You Zhang Jing (尤长靖) won Call Me By Fire Season 4!
Azora Chin's (尤长靖) achievement broke two records in Call Me By Fire history:
The first Malaysian to champion Call Me By Fire; and
The youngest celebrity to date at only 30 years old.
This result isn't unprecedented, since his tribe was the strongest and most consistent performing group since the Debut Round.
He successfully led his team to victory in three rounds out of five... That's 60% winning rate!
Azora Chin isn't the sole winner of Call Me By Fire! As per the music program's tradition...
The Winners are the Top 17 Artists in Individual Popularity Votes.
The remaining 16 male celebrities are:
2. Reno Wang Zheng Liang (王铮亮)
3. Fox Hu Xia (胡夏)
4. Hacken Lee (李克勤)
5. MIYAVI (雅)
6. Shi Kai (石凯)
7. Nine Gao Qing Chen, or Kornchid Boonsathipakdee (高卿尘)
8. Fu Xin Bo (付辛博)
9. Liang Long (梁龙)
10. Akira (黑泽良平)
11. Joe Xu Hai Qiao (徐海乔)
12. William Wei Li An (韦礼安)
13. Zao An (早安)
14. Jason Fu Long Fei (符龙飞)
15. Caelan Moriarty (庆怜)
16. Huang Xiao (黄潇)
17. Allen Lin Yi Lun (林依轮)
Below is the final vote count:
X-Fire: the Top Three Favourite Brothers
The X-Fire award is based on the top three Brothers in the Individual Popularity Votes. As seen in the list above, we congratulate once more Azora Chin You Zhang Jing (尤长靖), Reno Wang Zheng Liang (王铮亮), and Fox Hu Xia (胡夏).
Hacken Lee (李克勤) was awarded the X-Leader Award.
It's no surprise Hong Kong veteran celebrity was chosen as the best leader. Even though he's the oldest contestant at 56 years old, this man is humble and never once exercised his seniority throughout the show.
The younger contestants are not afraid to approach him; some even video-called their dads so they could talk to the legendary man himself!
Here's another proof of Hacken Lee's humbleness: he doesn't hoard the stage. During the Graduation ceremony held in the program's dormitory, the directors compiled footage of how Hacken Lee gently coached the Brothers and let them shine.
For example, letting J.zen Zhu Xing Jie (朱星杰) to adapt and lead "Twilight 黄昏" and encouraging Akira (黑泽良平) to rap in Chinese in "The Sky is High, The Earth is Thick 天高地厚."
Another more prominent example is extending his X-Leader award to his fellow tribe member, Charlie Qin Hao (秦昊). Do you know that Qin Hao conceptualised the majority of their team's performances?
Not only Hacken Lee listened to the proposals, he even followed them through and through!
All in all, this prestigious award landed on one of the most deserving hands. Congratulations once again, Hacken Lee!
The Best Singing-Dancing Award goes to "The King and the Beggar 国王与乞丐!"
Congratulations to Joe Xu Hai Qiao (徐海乔), Huang Xiao (黄潇), Fox Hu Xia (胡夏), and Reno Wang Zheng Liang (王铮亮)!
The 2nd place goes to "Popular 流行."
Well done to Azora Chin You Zhang Jing (尤长靖), MIYAVI (雅), Du Hai Tao (杜海涛), and Rhydan Vaughan Feng Xiao Yue (凤小岳).
The 3rd place goes to "Growing Up with Immense of Pressure 负重一万斤长大".
William Wei Li An's (韦礼安) team did it! Well done to his fellow members Caelan Moriarty (庆怜), Joe Xu Hai Qiao (徐海乔) and Yan Yi Kuan (严屹宽).
"A Bloody Love Story 血腥爱情故事" won the Best Singing-Performing Category!
Congratulations to Fox Hu Xia (胡夏), Zao An (早安), Fu Xin Bo (付辛博), and Ning Huan Yu (宁桓宇)!
The 2nd place goes to "Orchid Pavilion Preface 兰亭序".
The performers include Hacken Lee (李克勤), Akira (黑泽良平), and Charlie Qin Hao (秦昊).
The 3rd place goes to "Soul of the Sword 剑魂".
The winners include Shi Kai (石凯), Liang Long (梁龙), Jason Fu Long Fei (符龙飞), Austin Li Jia Qi (李佳琦), and Jzen. Zhu Xing Jie (朱星杰). You guys are awesome!
Some Trivia and Nuggets for Thought
Round 2 was the most successful Rounds!
Why successful? Because they produced the most award-winning stages!
Round 2 had:
"The King and The Beggar 国王与乞丐" - Singing-Dancing 1st place;
"Growing Up with Immense of Pressure 负重一万斤长大" - Singing-Dancing 3rd place; and
"Orchid Pavilion Preface 兰亭序" - Singing-Performing 2nd place
Round 4, meanwhile, came close with two award-winning stages:
"Popular 流行" - Singing-Performing, 2nd place and
"Soul Sword 剑魂" - Singing-Performing, 3rd place.
Technically speaking, Fox Hu Xia (胡夏) is the most all-rounded Brother.
The keyword lies in "technically". This is because the 34-year-old singer is the only Brother who gets Number 1 for both categories:
"The King and The Beggar 国王与乞丐" - Singing-Dancing Number, 1st place
"Bloody Love Story 血腥爱情故事" - Singing-Performing, 1st place
P/S The irony, Fox Hu Xia never danced in this competition until the very end, yet championed the Singing-Dancing category hahahahhaaaa
The icing on the cake? He's also a X-Fire contender! Dude is on fire on Finale Night and nabbed three different medals to call his own!
The second all-rounder goes to Huang Xiao (黄萧).
After Fox Hu, Huang Xiao is the only Brother who worked on two award-winning pieces:
"The King and The Beggar 国王与乞丐" - Singing-Dancing, 1st place
"Orchid Pavilion Preface" - Singing-Performing, 2nd place
After binge-watching this season, I think Huang Xiao deserved a more honourable award:
The TRUE Call Me By Fire Award.
The initial conception of Call Me By Fire is to push the participants out of their comfort zones to overcome challenges. This music show's Chinese name literally translates as Overcoming Obstacles.
In other words, Huang Xiao (黄萧) is the living definition of the program's concept. Do you know Huang Xiao was ranked last in the Debut and Round 1?
And look where he is now... He truly expanded his boundaries to slowly climb his way to the limelight!
He's a dancer by profession. Does this mean he should won the Best Dancer Award too?
Well, technically... Joe Xu Hai Qiao (徐海乔) is the winner LOL.
Ah, notice how I used the word "technically" again?
Indeed, it depends on the awards category! Even though the 41-year-old Brother is better known for his acting and puppy eyes, Joe Xu has two trophies in the Singing-Dancing category!
"The King and The Beggar 国王与乞丐" - Singing-Dancing, 1st place
"Growing Up with Immense Pressure 负重一万斤长大" - Singing-Dancing, 3rd place
What a coincidence, Joe Xu shines the most in these two stages!
This brings my next point...
This Season's Finale Award Categories are Odd.
The two categories, namely Singing-Dancing and Singing-Performing sound distinctive enough. However, several nominations blur their boundaries as they clearly do not fall on either.
Season 3 had a separate category dedicated solely to vocals. I suspect this category took the axe because of too few nominations. After all, the invitation of Younger Brothers in this Season simply meant a huge shift in performance types for half of the competition.
They are young. They are energetic. They are ambitious enough to explore new territories. Makes no sense to keep them static!
Season 4 witnessed the first winners from Japan!
MIYAVI (雅) and Akira (黑泽良平) were among the first Japanese Brothers to participate in this show... And they both made it to Top 17!
P/S Caelan Moriarty (庆怜) was half-American-half-Japanese, so I suppose he counts too hahaha!
Azora Chin has the most successful team.
In Season 3, everyone from Chen Chu Sheng's (陈楚生) tribe made it to the Top 17.
This success does not repeat in Season 4 as most teams have 2 members left out.
However, Azora Chin's tribe only has 1 member who did not make it to the finals. This unfortunate member is Rhydan Vaughan, or stage name Feng Xiao Yue 凤小岳 who narrowly missed out by placing the 18th.
P/S might be something fishy at play here, but I'm not going to elaborate any further. This is just a Reality TV show, everyone... don't take any of this seriously!
This is the end of Call Me By Fire Season 4. What a journey it has been!
All the premium-quality music performances also brought us lots of sweat, tears, and laughter. Most importantly, all contestants have lived up to the competition's name:
To step out of one's comfort zone and overcome various challenges!
Thank you for reading thus far! I enjoy writing about this music program, so do keep in touch if you have any ideas on any blog posts. Check out the tag CallMeByFire for more Call Me By Fire blog posts!
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See you all next time!
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