Singer 2020, the eighth season of the hit singing competition, attracted much attention by inviting Japanese pop singer Misia to compete. The other six starting contestants for this season include Taiwan’s Jam Hsiao, a co-host of the show, LaLa Hsu, and China’s Hua Chenyu, Tia Ray, Mao Buyi and Zhou Shen.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the reality TV show premiere had been repeatedly postponed, before finally being broadcast on Feb. 7. In order to avoid home quarantine, all the singers have recorded their weekly performances separately in five different locations — Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha, Taipei and Tokyo — without a live studio audience since Episode 3, while a 500-member audience watches the live stream from home and then casts its votes via an app.
In Episode 3, Misia performed her 2011 classic Ashita E, literally Toward Tomorrow, at a Japanese venue where 10,000 candles were lit up to cheer those fighting the epidemic. The 42-year-old singer was voted No. 1, as her heartfelt performance in Japanese successfully crossed the language barrier.
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照片︰自由時報記者胡舜翔
(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)
熱門歌唱競賽《歌手》系列已進入第八季，《歌手2020》因邀請日本流行天后米希亞參賽引發廣大關注。本季另外六位首發參賽者包括︰兼任主持人的台灣歌手蕭敬騰、徐佳瑩，及中國歌手華晨宇、袁婭維、毛不易、周深。
受新冠肺炎爆發影響，該實境節目屢次延期，最終在二月七日開播。為避免遭到居家隔離，所有歌手自第三集起，每週分別在北京、上海、長沙、台北、東京五個不同的地點錄製表演，現場觀眾也全部取消，改由五百名觀眾於線上觀看後，透過手機APP進行投票。
第三集節目中，米希亞演唱了她二○一一年的經典《向著明天》，在日本的演出現場還點起一萬支蠟燭，為和肺炎疫情奮戰的人們打氣。這位四十二歲歌手真誠的日語演唱成功跨越語言障礙，更在當晚奪下第一名。
（台北時報張聖恩〉
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1. 他非常討厭偽君子。 ˇ He has a deep hatred for hypocrites. χ He has a deep hatred to hypocrites. 註︰表示「對某人懷著愛、恨」等， 常用 have a love for/of, have a hatred for/of。 例如： We have a love for/of science. The working people have a hatred for/of all forms of exploitation. 2. 問題的答案其實不難找。 ˇ The answer to this question is not difficult to find. χ The answer of this question is not difficult to find. 註︰中文中的「的」在英語中不一定都用 of 來表示，有時須用 to。其他的例子如下： 我把房間的鑰匙弄丟了。 I lost the key to the room. 中間矗立著烈士紀念碑。 In the center stands the monument to the martyrs. 這部電影的續集你看過沒有？ Have you seen the sequel to the movie? 3. 比起那家餐廳，他更喜歡這家。 ˇ He prefers this restaurant to that one. ˇ He likes
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