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Surprise! The Supposed Talent Show Was Actually–?!
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225 WN Chapters + 13 Extras (Completed)
6 Volumes (Completed)
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Wu Jin, as a trainee from a certain entertainment company, had a peerless, stunning face. He was qualified to debut as a lead performer even if he just sat there and did nothing.

After signing up for a certain talent show, the shining path to stardom beckoned to him––

Wu Jin: Hold on, why is this show different from what we agreed on? Wasn’t it supposed to be about jumping around, dancing, and singing songs? Why do you have to send me out into the wilderness…

Program Producer: You’re a once-in-a-century high appearance value competitor! We’re relying on you to save the program’s ratings!

Wu Jin: … I seem to be on the wrong show. Wait a minute, this isn’t an idol show, it’s a fighting survival reality show ahhh!!

Ten months later, the little cutie who had been thrown into the show––

Turned into a human weapon.

Powering up through various instances, slight entertainment circle elements.

Extremely overpowered gong x little cutie who grows to become an overpowered shou.

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STSTSWA
Sốc! Sao Bảo Là Show Tài Năng Cơ Mà
The surprising talent show
สู้จนเลือดหยดสุดท้าย เป้าหมายฉันต้องได้เด
惊！说好的选秀综艺竟然
驚！說好的選秀綜藝竟然
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Latest Release

Date Group Release
10/27/20 XIIN c210
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10/25/20 XIIN c208 part2
10/24/20 XIIN c208 part1
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10/21/20 XIIN c205 part2
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10/18/20 XIIN c204 part1
10/17/20 XIIN c203
10/16/20 XIIN c202 part2
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sbob
sbob rated it
July 20, 2024
Status: Completed
Came for an idol entertainment industry type novel, turned out to be multiple history lessons and I’m not a fan of history.

The initial premise and up to about a third of the novel was interesting up with the uncovering of the leads’ backstories, but the subsequent parts were a little too draggy and fanservice-y. The extras were mostly cute though—wish I could have zoomed through the latter half of the novel and got there sooner.

Although I did enjoy the fluff and badass tacit understanding and skills of the two leads,... more>> the foundation of their romance was a bit iffy for me; like MC was kinda weak and naive but still resilient with OP learning skills—I was not really convinced why ML would fall for him. Then the eventual

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Oh they were meant for each other sword-scabbard genetically modified humans thing felt cheesy and eh.

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Maybe I didn’t understand it properly, lol. Because all my brain cells were used up trying to picture the different elimination scenarios.

I must say ‘quick transmigration’ type stories are not my preference hence my struggle.

The side characters are all very good! All dimensional, fleshed out, unique and funny. They weren’t just there as plot props but actually helped build the world and enrich the story. Their interactions were one of my favourite parts of the novel.

Overall, enjoyed it somewhat. No heart palpitations or stomach butterflies, so likely won’t want to re-read and go through history class again. <<less
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733ash
733ash
January 22, 2024
Status: c53
The premise seemed interesting, but the story so far seems boring. From reading up until chapter 53, I can see we are meant to follow the main character's (mc) on their leveling up journey (weak-to-strong) but, it all seems to come easy to the MC. The author just has the MC work for long hours of time, and boom MC is skilled now. In other stories it's written in an engaging manner, like the reason the MC suddenly becomes skilled is usually attributed to finding something useful, so a... more>> cheat. Here the author seems to be going the working hard way, but it's boring. So much time is dedicated towards describing the mc's looks. I can ususally skim past this, but in this story IT'S SO MUCH. <<less
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jsdhwdmaXandQuestionKing
jsdhwdmaXandQuestionKing rated it
January 1, 2024
Status: c238.4
Loved it!

when I first started reading it I was a bit sceptical because of the whole emphasis on how the MC is so innocent and stuff but as the story progresses and you get to learn more about him it’s fine.

I really really loved how much the writer thought out each game and how much effort was put in researching eras and people!

I also think the side characters were interesting and funny and I wasn’t bored for one moment. The translation was also good and I was genuinely a bit... more>> sad when the story ended.

I would 100% recommend this one! <<less
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Jiiemm
Jiiemm rated it
September 22, 2023
Status: Completed
It took me a full week to finish this story in between my busy schedule in teaching.

ooh, this is like a sweet vitamin that gives me a lot of sugar in the midst of a busy schedule and accumulating boredom.

their characters are bright and fun. Even the possessive Wei Shi and the crazy Shao Yu are portrayed very epically in this novel.

Sweet side CP but very short I want to tell more about the cute Jingyi Couple..

Read this story. Really!! It's a fun story with epic world building.

4.7/5
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Nom de Plume
Nom de Plume
December 9, 2022
Status: Completed
Interesting take on the survival game genre and ‘transmigration. The author used the interstellar setting to its full advantage to provide a live action MOBA-esque game competition. The twist for the mc’s ‘time travel’ was well played and his confusion at the unfamiliar environment provided some really good tension that immediately hooked me as a reader.

The puzzles for each arc were complex and contained some real historical knowledge. This was both good and bad for the story. The logistics of getting some of the effects to work were a little... more>> crazy and I’m shocked they didn’t have a much higher death toll from the environmental dangers. The trainee competition also came across a lot more fancy than the professional completion, like playing minigame events rather than the game itself. The tarot card level was the most unreasonable/unrealistic.
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The permutations for possible level configurations means that each of the 12 or so chambers had to have been able to change its environment and game mode on the fly to any of the possible 52 cards, unless the initial order was rigged in advance. Even rigging the initial card order would only be able to narrow down the possibilities. That overly complex field had to have been one of the most complex and expensive outside of the Versailles level (that art would have been expensive af if it were real). And then they just burned it down equipment and all??? At least for the bug and dinosaur levels stuff was on loan from sponsors and then returned safely.

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The main couple is cute. The side characters are all unique and engaging. Even the ‘villain’ is handled well.

Worth a read. <<less
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hy-d-ra
hy-d-ra
November 25, 2022
Status: --
I'm sitting and laughing my ass off at other reviews mentioning the description overuse how MC is all cute, has doe eyes, his clear skin is glowing and his milky scent, good god please don't tell me he has butterlies in his stomach and he poops rainbows!! So thanks for good laughs, especially moon-bunnies, you made my day.

But I can't help, but agree to this point in the story. Sometimes authors get too much water with character description, which is not needed, but it adds the word count. Yet being... more>> reminded every second how MC looks like and how cute he should be it makes me feel like I'm being underestimated, more my ability to remember things. Men sweat, it's wrong to be delusional about it, sweating is okay and getting stinky too. Also, don't you find strange when MC has all description of what you'd say about a kid? I know it shouldn't be interpreted in the wrong way, but this aesthetic that originates from rl where, especially women, are expected to be always young. I once saw a video of a Chinese girl describing women stereotypes and being young, cute, silly little white was one of them (e.g. I especially got shocked from TV drama screenshots where an old guy stands with much younger actress who plays his mother lol). I suppose it got spread on shous too. But I prefer my men being described as not so tender. Thus this aesthetic sometimes leaves me with questions.

As for the story... I must admit, it's beed pending in my on-hold list for a very long time, by long time I mean more than a year for sure. I've read a ton of other stories after that and every time I see my list and this novel pending in there it always ends up in - nah~, not feeling it. This should be credited to the fact that unlike many who are so obsessed with this story and are so into the romance between the two I'm not feeling it and I got bored. I would have finished this off, but when it was apparent how ML has issues and for a reason MC keeps him more sane, yet also it's like the bordering "want to protect, but also would bully" type of thing, the game was all shooting here and there with bit of humor coming and going, anyway you saw where things would go from there and that very moment is deciding for me, I can get bored in a second with a flick because of that, unless there's one redeeming factor that would keep me going. I had none, so I put this away and I'm not sure I want to come back.

For others who seek a bit of fluff on the bloody arena with a seasoned ML slowly getting close to a cute little guy damn this story will be fore you. It's all about taste, not really to my taste. <<less
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shuulys
shuulys rated it
September 23, 2022
Status: Completed
too great!!!!

amazing plot and characters. Loved the romance as well. Wasn't too fast paced.

WuJin is toooo cute and adorable ❤ cuteness overload. Plus WeiShi is super doting (in his own way) and damn cool. Heh.

highly recommended. Its actually my second time reading this :)
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loneplum
loneplum rated it
July 10, 2022
Status: Completed
Premise: A 21st century boy band lead dancer trainee suddenly finds himself as a contestant in a survival game 1000 years in the future.

Since the main plot centers around a survival show, I had assumed that the story pacing would be much faster. As a result, the story moved slower than I had expected, and it took about 50 chapters before I really got into it. Then, it all became very exciting and was well worth reading.

The antics and bickering amongst the show contestants, moderators, and fans are hilarious.... more>> The themes and puzzles of the survival game are inventive and complex; the author (and translators) clearly put a lot of research and effort into this aspect. It’s a great story about a hard-working innocent boy who slowly becomes a tough combatant.

I wavered between giving 4 or 5 stars as the pacing is my main gripe - it took a while to delve into the story - and the story repeatedly describes the MC as obedient, bunny-like, or beautiful which, depending on your mood, can get tiresome. Despite his outer appearance, the MC is actually a strong character who is unafraid to implement his own ideas. The ML is awesome as he is super supportive of the MC, helping him grow from a pretty boy into a fearsome survival show contestant.

Overall, I decided to give it 5 stars because the novel’s deficiencies were ultimately made up by its strengths. <<less
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Ality
Ality rated it
April 8, 2022
Status: c1
This story is about love and guns.

It's wonderful and easy going. The MC is a youth without any combat experience in the beginning, but very hardworking and smart. He climbes up in the rankings with his own strengths and power (with his intelligence in particular, because the point that he can't just overbeat the contestants with more experience and strength is very realistic and well written). The ML is seems a bit OP, but it's not a minus, but a setting! He teachs MC, so he becomes a thoroughly sturdy... more>> survival player. Although ML's power is based on his history line, and he doesn't intervene in MC doings and fights when MC wants to do it himself, even if he can lose. MC isn't scared to force his own way to the top without ML help and even ready to fight against ML in future brawls! And I like that MC chooses not the same life way, that he knows,
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instead of rising on the solid foundation of his idol skills he chooses the completely anknown pass as a survivol trainee, and I like it so much!

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. There are also games-instanes that are like in quick transmigration novels, carefully designed and very interesting, with complicated rules. Other characters are different from each other and well written, some of them becomes a family and friends for MC, some of them not, but even opponents are interesting and do not fall in front of MC (except big evils that related to MC and ML histories. They just flip over like broken houses of cards when ML reaches them, and some of their moves are very predictable. But even so it's quite nice to watch these badass fall) There is some drama in heroes backstories, but overall this story is a comedy with fluff ending.

If you like harworking MC, fights, puzzles, guns and romance, you would enjoy "Surprise!...", the story is absolutely worth reading (ﾉ◕ヮ◕) ﾉ*.✧ <<less
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Yumeru
Yumeru
March 9, 2022
Status: c100
Leaving first a review here

There's twist in the storey. Our MC is so hardworking and loveable! ML also has his own struggles and slowlybeing melted by MC. Their past is tragic but fate connects them. May exciting scenes on the survival show. Although there's too much description sometimes I jjst browse it. I took a peek at the end and of course it's HE
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bloommingdays
bloommingdays rated it
February 17, 2022
Status: Completed
I absolutely love this and the amount of research that is put into its world building. It has everything that I love in a novel. The plot and twists explains why this novel is as long as it is. The relationship of MC and ML progess well and its not out of place. I also adore the other characters and their relationship with the MC.

Thank you for translating this! Props to you guys for the links to additional info too, satisfying this curious curious me.
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Fate led me here
Fate led me here
November 16, 2021
Status: Completed
Thank you very much for writing such a heart warming novel. If there's a 6 I would definitely give it. It was entertaining and fluffy. It really has so many lessons
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xuevie
xuevie rated it
October 21, 2021
Status: Completed
I really enjoyed reading this a lot! The 'survival games' here do have the option of 'solve the mystery to win', but do include a twist of actual survival against other humans equipped with guns - the topics revolving around these games are pretty interesting and some of them are real, historically or scientifically. Learning something new from reading novels is great :)

Besides the 'talent show' actually being gun-based survival games, the background stories behind the main characters are just great! This is another thing that makes the novel... more>> so fun to read. Super enticing! (Won't spoil it for you cuz it really is awwww and wowzie)

Also, MC and ML are very cute together - they're truly fated to be with each other!!! Actual power couples are the best! (The ones where both the MC and ML are depicted as equally powerful) Also, there's nothing wrong with a cute, adorable bunny-like MC!

So, go read it :) <<less
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Akame XiaoXiao
Akame XiaoXiao
September 26, 2021
Status: Completed
Rate: 4.5 (Not satisfying enough.)

This novel is good just like The Earth is Online. Though there were some boring chapters there were also many interesting and exciting scenarios.

I really like the MC (Little Witch). He's not really OP. He starts off from scratch and improves little by little. He works really hard just like how an idol works hard (but he's a survival show trainee). MC also didn't rely on ML, even though he was in a hard situation. Little Witch was cute and funny, but when he's fighting,... more>> he's cool and smart.

ML is OP, of course. A novel is not good without a powerful ML (for me). I don't know what to say about him. Just read the novel hahaha.

The supporting characters and side couples (potential CPs) were all funny and have their own characteristics. I like them all, also, the small villain.

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I want him to be close to MC as an older brother. But it's also impossible after what he did. Still, he deserves a good life. It's a pity that the novel's already finished. I want more chapters for every character. Especially, for Jingyi double C, OrangeXDongqing, Wei Yan and his potential lover, and ZoeXLin! I also love our best mama fan, Vera! Unfortunately, I can only dream about it.

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The instances were complex and hard to understand but you can just enjoy it without really understanding other things.
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My favorite instance is the Palace of Versailles. It's really good. Even though some historical details were not relevant but it's still interesting and thrilling. Here, I saw our MC being a gentleman.

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There were so many plot twists and the world-building was complex.

The translator did a good job translating this novel. I think I already read many of her translated novels. It must be hard for her to work on this. <<less
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MissJo47
MissJo47 rated it
September 23, 2021
Status: --
Ahhhh this one is sooo good! Fluffy, brainstorming, funny and hardcore! Meet Big Boss Wei Shie the King of Floating City and his Rabbit Little Witch Wu Jin a Entertainment Survival Trainee... After reading this novel I learned a lot about Science and History.. the instances is brainstorming. The translator did a great job translating it. I also love the other side characters.. I laugh so hard when it comes to Caesar, Red and Thin Fire interactions.. and love their pets, Rabbit, black Cat and Pterosaurs. A must read.. great... more>> novel in futuristic setting.. <<less
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Minty22
Minty22 rated it
September 2, 2021
Status: Completed
Well it's my first time reviewing, but this novel is soooo good. It's between fluffy and some mystery novel. At first you'll find it like "transmigration?" And later it'll revealed

The MC is so cute, fluffy, and smart at first it seems he's really dont know anything (imagine he's at first want to go to idol variety but suddenly he's in survival show w/o any knowledge about weapon) but in the game he's developing from 0 he's really look up to the ML and want to able stand beside him

The ML... more>> is cold but he's really care to the MC, he's OP but hidden his strenght, he's really respect the mc's decision and both of them really understand each other

Andd the most I like is every elimination stage. The author is really creative. Like I dont find it in other novel. And the instance, some of it I went googling to have an image about it

So it really worth try to read <<less
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ichigofanz
ichigofanz
September 2, 2021
Status: Completed
Love it!! The story is very interesting & funny. Both MC & ML is very loveable, other characters also very cute & lovely, lots of side pairing (or potential side pairing). All potential plot hole is wonderfully explained as the story progress. I think the author is kinda obsessed with Pokemon, there's some references here and there, it's cute tho LoL. Anyway, a wonderful story that doesn't emphasize on the villains.
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Solunter
Solunter rated it
August 28, 2021
Status: Completed
I really thought that I was supposed to read a bloody story filled with deaths, but I guess I was wrong. The story made me laugh, smile, gave me knowledge and also delivered me lots of dog food. The setting is quite intriguing and unique. Others should read it completely first before commenting as to how and why things happened or else they will really miss the answers. I don't really get others that just read a few chapters from the beginning then skip to the very end.

The characters are... more>> fun, they seem alive with how the author described them. And I really think that the author did their best to give the characters their well-deserved ending. I could walk away freely from the story with just one regret.

I want Zoe x WL. <<less
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cherryb379
cherryb379 rated it
August 24, 2021
Status: Completed
Brilliant!!! Very lovable characters superb storyline, amazing support characters... there is no negative according gto me for this book. It's amazing and a very very superb read. Tha king the author and the translator for this gem 💎🙌.
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gr4y
gr4y rated it
August 22, 2021
Status: Completed
It's everything that I could have asked for!! Other than the fact that I liked how the author is lowkey a pokemon fan, I absolutely love everything that this novel offered!! Especially the characters growth and development. Don't miss out on life and read this precious gem immediately!!
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