(#なにわAぇ生放送) What is the story behind this trend in Social Media today?
The hashtag refers to a nationwide live television special that aired this evening on the Kansai Television and Fuji Television network. The program brings together the two Kansai-origin idol groups Naniwa Danshi and Aぇ! group. Members from both groups were mixed into four new teams, each assigned a location shoot produced by a well-known comedian. The themes included an unusual gourmet challenge, an original live comedy sketch performed with almost no rehearsal, an escape-game style task, and a hidden-identity food-stall experiment.Viewers were shown short promotional clips of each shoot in the days leading up to the broadcast and asked to vote for the team whose full video they most wanted to see. Only the three highest-ranked teams had their footage aired during the live show; the lowest-ranked team’s material was withheld. The live studio portion featured the members, the comedian producers, and a host reacting to the vote results and the selected videos in real time.The unusual formatviewer votes literally deciding what appears on aircombined with the rare mixed-group teams and the high-energy, physically demanding shoots generated widespread conversation among fans as the program went out and immediately afterward.