The 27-year-old who was “trapped” in reality and begged people to vote for him to leave

He entered πή by chance in a Chinese reality show show for boy band and reached the final despite asking the audience to vote for him to leave. The Russian finally managed to leave the game after almost three months.

The story of 27-year-old Vladislav Ivanov from Vladivostok is published in several international media. He left the reality show Produce Camp 2021 on Saturday, April 24, while the spectators had ignored his calls to leave and reached him until the final.

Ivanov, who speaks Chinese, first joined the show as a teacher. But he was invited to sign contract as a contestant when the directors saw that he was presentable. “I was asked if I would like to try a new life,” he said during the show, as reported by Agence France-Presse.

The 27-year-old seemed to regret his decision almost immediately, but he could not leave without violating his contract.

His lack of enthusiasm was evident in his half-hearted performances, alongside other much more enthusiastic contestants.

Under the stage name Lelush, the 27-year-old called on the public to vote against him, saying he did not want to be among the show’s 11 winners, who are required by contract to form a band. “Do not love me, it will not work,” he said at one point. But the viewers kept him in reality for almost three months.

Shows of this kind have become very popular in China. In particular, the contestants entered dormitories on an island in Hainan province while for most of the season, their mobile phones were confiscated. Anyone who wanted to break his contract and leave in the middle of the season, which started in mid-February, had to pay a high fine.

And while critics question the transparency of the vote on these shows, Ivanov seems to have been moved and appeared as an anti-hero to the Chinese public.

Fans, some seriously and others ironically, he was described as the “slave with the most miserable salary”. “Do not let him give up,” one viewer commented on a video of Ivanov.

The 27-year-old, who became a star of Chinese reality against his will, reached the last episode on Saturday, where he failed to collect enough votes to join the boy band. He appeared relieved…

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