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聲夢傳奇2 第6-8集 回顧 Stars Academy 2 TVB - Episode 6-8 Review

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Hey Everyone, This is our second review on  Stars Academy 2, and we will be reviewing episodes 6-8! If you haven't read our episode 1-5 review yet, check it out here . In these 3 episodes, the competitors had their first team battle. The Red team was led by Eric Kwok and consisted of Gin Lee, Vincy Chan, and Phil Lam's students. The Blue team was led by Hanjin Tan and consisted of JW, Eman Lam, and Alan Po's students. In each round, both Red and Blue teams send one of their students to perform against another, and the 25 judges choose if they like the Red or Blue team's performance. The mentors of the winning team after each round gets to pick if their student goes first or second in the subsequent round. The team with the most points after everyone has performed will win, and the losing team needs to eliminate a student. If the losing team loses by more than 50 total points, they must eliminate 2 students from their team. The winning team of each round gets to pick if ...

Big White Duel II 白色強人II TVB Review

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Hello fellow TVB viewers and fans, This is guest contributor Ah Tao here with a review of the sequel Big White Duel II . At the time of writing, the entire series has been released by mainland platform Youku, and the drama will air on TVB from July 25, 2022 - September 2, 2022 for 30 episodes (an increase from the first series's 25). If you don't mind the spoilers, then I hope this review will give you some advance info on whether you should pick up this drama! And if you just want a brief verdict, then skip ahead to the 'final thoughts' section. SPOILERS BELOW! Plot Overview Two years after the events of the first series Big White Duel , Marshall Paxton Hospital is at the forefront of yet another health care system reform. The chief executive of the hospital, Dr. YT Yeung (Roger Kwok), is campaigning for the Hong Kong SAR Government to fully open its drug formulary. Doing so will allow all patients to afford the prescription drugs they need, no matter how chronic or ra...

聲夢傳奇2 第1-5集 回顧 Stars Academy 2 TVB - Episode 1-5 Review

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Hello Everyone, We are excited to be back with a new review! This time, we will be looking at TVB's large scale singing competition show, Stars Academy 2 . Because the show will be airing for a few months and there are plenty of discussion points each episode, we will be doing reviews periodically based on groups of episodes. Since the first round of elimination just ended, we will be talking our thoughts for Episodes 1-5 so far. We were thrilled that this season finally began to broadcast, especially after filming had to be delayed due to the pandemic. When Stars Academy  (we may refer it to as "SA" throughout the post) aired last year, we grew attached to the students and eagerly waited each week to catch the latest episode. We were amazed by how the students improved and now represent the new generation of Cantopop. In this review, we've included a summary and our thoughts of each episode, along with a breakdown of which judges gave each student a green light. Disc...

Forever Young At Heart 青春本我 TVB Review

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Hi Everyone, We hope you have all been staying healthy and taking care of yourselves. Lately, we have been catching TVB's drama  Forever Young At Heart  (青春本我) every Sunday. We thought this was a refreshing and inspiring youth drama and wanted to share our thoughts about it. Drama Overview This 10 episode musical youth drama aired from December 5th, 2021 to February 13th, 2022. Directed by Erica Li, the drama is full of new faces onscreen, most of which are acting for the first time. If you watched the TVB reality show, Stars Academy , you will be familiar most of the student cast combined with a few Dance for Life competitors. The series revolves around high school students and their struggles in school, mental health, and relationships as they discover more about themselves. The drama boasts 10 original songs written for the cast along with several reenacted songs. Cast The main students were played by Gigi Yim, Chantel Yiu, Yumi Chung, Windy Zhan, Aeren Man, Steven Suen, S...