Sisters Who Make Waves Season 5 (2024)

When capability meets luck

First things first, this year’s sisters’ performances caught me by surprise. Each stage has at least 1 song (or more) I played on a loop. Some was due to compatible song selection, some was due to 姐姐‘s great vocals, and some was due to catchy song options. Either way, I feel these performances speak for itself considering this is a singing competition after all.

Here are my favourites
1. 留不住的雪 - https://youtu.be/qZTexvlRQHc
2. 过 - https://youtu.be/Pxw5IYYQOvQ
3. 小雨 - https://youtu.be/H1n4nrm_xAs
4. 精卫 - https://youtu.be/YMDwBXjNzAo
5. 问风 - https://youtu.be/xAP8Dmd7ctE
6. 密不透风 - https://youtu.be/eDVv6lKdUro
7. 爱 - https://youtu.be/HQ8YoEwVEdk
8. This is Me - https://youtu.be/kzPH4z6lkiY

Secondly, the production team got a lucky break with the right script with some sisters. Chen Haoyu is the formidable black horse story that we audience will always root for - the unexpected unscripted deserving champion; Shang Wenjie is the humble solid tutor whom most if not everyone would respect - as shown in how she visibly raising her teammates’ performance capability; Cai Wen Jing and Vanida provide a lot of laughters - making the off stage part of this show enjoyable. And of course, I am only naming my top personal biases for purpose of my review. I do feel every sister is great and each has her own story that’s worth listening.

Third, I enjoy the onscreen interactions and interviews I’ve seen with the sisters. Chemistry is an odd thing, and this includes friendship chemistry. I am glad Chen Haoyu and Vanida had the chance to form a team together with Li Jiage and Suni during 3rd stage, and since then, had been in the same team. Their team has great team spirit, energy, friendship and fitting skill set of a girl group. Especially after Tia, Nicole and Xie Jingyan joined, they amped up the vocal and dance capability. Love seeing them overcoming the popularity disadvantage with their teamwork, lucky break, and capability.

As for Shang Wenjie, I love seeing her storyline too - the introverted awkward businesswoman with a caring personality. She is smart and knowledgeable. She’s also sincere, truthful and kind. One can tell Shang Wenjie’s tactfulness today is a result of being humbled by the “world’s” abrasiveness yesterday. It was awe inspiring hearing her Live version of Chandelier, and heartwarming hearing her singing Love, a song that hold so much meaning to her. RE: No.7 in the song list above.

If all these doesn’t persuade you to give this year’s sisters a try, at least tune in to episode 7 where Chen Haoyu, Cai Wenjing and Sa Ding Ding got appointed to be team leaders from the competition rules. Get a feel of how likeable they are :D

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