A popular Chinese talent competition was suspended after the voting system led to crazed fans wasting yoghurt drinks. A GROUP of 40 to 50 elderly people were sitting around a huge ditch, busy unpacking stacks of yoghurt drinks and pouring the content into the drain. Nearly 300,000 bottles were wasted, all for the QR codes printed inside the yoghurt drink bottles to enable fans of a popular Chinese idol programme to support their favourite contestants. “Many children in the rural areas have never tasted yoghurt drinks, ” wrote another netizen. Youth with You is a variety show that saw some 120 youngsters contesting to become members of a nine-man male idol group.

Source: The Star May 10, 2021 00:16 UTC