Singer (season 6)

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Singer
Season 6
Singer 2018.jpg
Judges500 public audiences
Winner Jessie J
Runner-up Hua Chenyu
Finals venue Hunan Broadcasting System
Release
Original network Hunan Television
Original releaseJanuary 12 (2018-01-12) 
April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)
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Singer 2018 is the sixth season of the Chinese television series Singer, a rebranded version of I Am a Singer that aired on Hunan Television. It is produced by Hong Tao, and its music director is Hong Kong senior musician Kubert Leung. The first episode was recorded in the Hunan Broadcasting System Radio and Television Center, Changsha, Hunan on December 28, 2017 and premiered on January 12, 2018 and ended on April 20, 2018. For the first time this series, YouTube provided English captions for the show.

Contents

On April 13, 2018, British singer Jessie J was declared winner of Singer 2018, and was the first non-Chinese and foreign singer to win I Am a Singer. Chinese singers Hua Chenyu and Wang Feng were placed second and third, respectively.

Competition rules

As like the previous seasons of I Am a Singer and Singer 2017, Singer 2018 was divided into four rounds of three stages, and seven singers performed for a 500-member audience each week. Similar to the previous series, the total votes cast from both Qualifiers and Knockouts determined which singer was eliminated from the competition.

This series features a modification to the Challenge rounds, with the Challenger entering the competition starting at the Knockout rounds instead of Challenge round (where a new substitute singer would enter the competition instead). Challengers must avoid last place on their first week in addition to finishing in the top four on the second week (in a combination of both knockout and challenge rounds) to be declared safe; failing either challenge instantly eliminates the singer from the competition.

A new pre-voting introduced in the season, Pre-Audience Voting, replaces the Singer Voting which debuted in season 3. Midway after the fourth performance, the audience were asked to make early predictions on which three singers would receive the most votes after the remaining performances of that episode. Similar to Singer Voting, Pre-audience voting has no impact onto the outcome of the competition (with one exception, see below) and does not count towards the audience's vote count.

The announcement of results was also changed, with only the results for the top four revealed during the Qualifiers, while the remaining results (bottom three) would not be revealed until the Knockouts; in most cases, they could choose their performance order by ballot for the next night.

Contestants

The following Singer 2018 contestants are listed in alphabetical order (singers without a placement for the final is listed as finalist; singers eliminated before the finals are listed as non-finalist; singers withdrew were listed as withdrawn):

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
  – Other finalist
  – Withdrew
ContestantCountryMusic PartnerStatusWeek EnteredWeek ExitedResult
Angela Chang Taiwan Ava ShenInitial singerWeek 1 (Qualifier round 1)Week 13 (Finals)Finalist (5th-7th place)
Tien Chong United Kingdom Young YangInitial singerWeek 1 (Qualifier round 1)Week 5 (Knockout round 2)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
GAI China Leo Li Initial singerWeek 1 (Qualifier round 1)Week 2 (Knockout round 1)Withdrew
Hua Chenyu China Li Weijia Substitute singerWeek 4 (Qualifier round 2)Week 13 (Finals)Runner-up
Henry Huo China Yu MeirenChallengerWeek 8 (Knockout round 3)Week 13 (Finals)Finalist (5th-7th place)
Jessie J United Kingdom Jeffrey GInitial singerWeek 1 (Qualifier round 1)Week 13 (Finals)Winner
Sam Lee Taiwan Qi SijunInitial singerWeek 1 (Qualifier round 1)Week 3 (Challenge round 1)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
James Li China Wang QiaoSubsistute singerWeek 3 (Challenge round 1)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Week 9 (Challenge round 3)
Week 13 (Finals)
Finalist (5th-7th place)
Li Xiaodong China Mandy JinInitial singerWeek 1 (Qualifier round 1)Week 2 (Knockout round 1)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
Juno Su China Ryan ZuoChallengerWeek 2 (Knockout round 1)Week 6 (Challenge round 2)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
KZ Tandingan Philippines Jackie Tam ChallengerWeek 5 (Knockout round 2)Week 9 (Challenge round 3)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
Tengger China Eliza LiangSubstitute singerWeek 7 (Qualifier round 3)Week 13 (Finals)Fourth place
Wang Feng China Li RuiInitial singerWeek 1 (Qualifier round 1)Week 13 (Finals)Third place
Yisa Yu China Shen MengchenSubstitute singerWeek 10 (Qualifier round 4)Week 12 (Breakout round)Eliminated

Future appearances

Hua Chenyu would appear as a contestant on the eighth season in 2020.

Results

FirstSafeBottomEliminatedReturn PerformanceChallengerChallenge Success
Challenge FailureBreakout SuccessBreakout FailureWinnerRunner-upAbsentWithdrew
SingerBroadcast Date (2018)
Jan 12Jan 19Jan 26Feb 2Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23Mar 9Mar 16Mar 23Mar 30Apr 6Apr 13
1st Round2nd Round3rd Round4th RoundBreakoutFinal Round
QualifyingKnockoutChallengeQualifyingKnockoutChallenge1st ShowQualifyingKnockout / ChallengeQualifyingKnockout1st Round2nd Round
1 Jessie J 11122231311 Gold Medal.svg
2 Hua Chenyu 1311352212 Silver Medal.svg
3 Wang Feng 432544512463 Bronze Medal.svg
4 Tengger 2271434
=5James Li44757562
=5 Angela Chang 52636367353
=5 Henry Huo 44755
=5 KZ Tandingan 164684
=9 Juno Su 536576
=9 Yisa Yu 677
=9 Tien Chong 285788
=9 Sam Lee 667
=9Li Xiaodong77
=9 GAI 34

Competition details

First round

Qualifying

  • Taping Date: January 3, 2018
  • Airdate: January 12, 2018
Singer 2018 1st Qualifying Round January 12, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun"You and I" Lady Gaga Jason Huang6
"What's Up?" 4 Non Blondes Linda Perry
2Li XiaodongMandy Jin"後來" Rene Liu Derek Shih Kiroro Wu Muchan
Fan Junzhe
7
3 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"夢裏花"Angela ZhangWu I-WeiXiao Wang Zi
Hua lun
Qu Shicong5
4Tien ChongYoung Yang"Queen Bee" SuiteRama Liu2 [b]
"舞孃" Jolin Tsai Isaac Chen Miriam Nervo
Olivia Nervo

Greg Kurstin
"Lady Marmalade" Labelle Robert Crewe
Kenny Nolan
5 GAI Leo Li "滄海一聲笑" Lo Ta-yu
James Wong Jim
Tsui Hark
James Wong JimSong Yang3 [c]
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G"Domino" Jessie J Lukasz Gottwald
Max Martin
Claude Kelly
Jessie J
Henry Russell Walter
Nick Pyo1
7 Wang Feng Li Rui"無處安放"Wang FengJia Yinan
Huang Yi
4
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting
^ b. GAI's performance was edited out from the episode re-runs and in video-sharing websites, due to his withdrawal [lower-alpha 1] .

Knockout

  • Taping Date: January 11, 2018
  • Airdate: January 19, 2018

The first challenger of the season was Juno Su. Due to Beijing's sudden ban on hip-hop culture, [2] GAI withdraw from the competition; footage on GAI's performances from both episodes (and re-runs) were edited out, and clips of his involvement in the competition were also subsequently removed from video-sharing websites as well. His appearance was neither mentioned nor shown in the later episodes, thus effectively confirming his withdrawal from the competition.

Singer 2018 1st Knockout Round January 19, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun"痴心絕對"Sam LeePonan TsaiChen Fei-wu6
2Li XiaodongMandy Jin"消愁" Mao Buyi Wu Muchan
Fan Junzhe
7
3 Wang Feng Li Rui"普通Disco" Luo Tianyi
Yanhe
IlemHuang Yi3
4 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"阿刁" Zhao Lei Kong Deyue
Long Long
2 [a]
5 Tien Chong Young Yang"Shape of You" Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran
Steve Mac
Johnny McDaid
Kandi Burruss
Tameka Cottle
Kevin Briggs
Tien Chong
Geoff King Luk
8
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G"I Have Nothing" Whitney Houston David Foster
Linda Thompson
Nick Pyo1
7 GAI Leo Li "難念的經" Wakin Chau Albert Leung Wakin ChauRama LiuWithdrew
8Juno SuRyan Zuo"再見螢火蟲" Faye Wong C.Y. KongJason Gu5
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

Singer 2018 1st Round overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total percentages of votes
1 Jessie J 27.11% (1)28.55% (1)27.83%
2 Angela Zhang 12.31% (5)19.05% (2)15.68%
3 Wang Feng 12.65% (4)16.59% (3)14.62%
4 GAI [a] 13.40% (3)13.32% (4)13.36%
5 Sam Lee 12.18% (6)10.38% (6)11.28%
6 Tien Chong 15.99% (2)4.19% (8)10.09%
7Li Xiaodong6.36% (7)7.92% (7)7.14%
^ a. As GAI withdrew from the competition before the airing of the first knockout round, his results were not publicly announced; his votes were not removed from the count, and instead calculated based on the votes given to other singers.

Challenge

  • Taping Date: January 18, 2018
  • Airdate: January 28, 2018

The first substitute singer of the season was James Li. Normally Su was required to place in top four in a combination of both Knockout and Challenge rounds to be declared safe; however, due to GAI's withdrawal from last week, only the scores from the Challenge round determined the outcome alone.

Singer 2018 1st Challenge Round January 26, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun"離人" Jacky Cheung Mercy LiHe Jiawen Kubert Leung
Da Ridan
7
2 Tien Chong Young Yang"Hello" Adele Adele
Greg Kurstin
Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
5
3Juno SuRyan Zuo"狼" William Wei Zeng Yu
NIA
3 [a]
4Li XiaodongMandy Jin"心的祈禱" Zang Tianshuo Huang XiaomaoZang TianshuoWu MuchanReturn Performance
5 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"全世界失眠" Eason Chan Albert Leung Chen WeiKubert Leung
Da Ridan
6
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G"Killing Me Softly with His Song" Lori Lieberman Norman Gimbel Charles Fox Nick Pyo1
7 Wang Feng Li Rui"下墜"Shi Jian-BoHuang Yi2
8James LiWang Qiao"我要我們在一起" Mavis Fan James Li4
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting
Total percentages of votes
Singer 2018 1st Challenge Round Total percentages of votes
RankingSingerTotal percentages of votes
1 Jessie J 25.46%
2 Wang Feng 18.17%
3Juno Su16.61%
4James Li13.07%
5 Tien Chong 10.21%
6 Angela Zhang 9.53%
7 Sam Lee 6.94%

Second round

Qualifying

  • Taping Date: January 25, 2018
  • Airdate: February 2, 2018

The second substitute singer of the season was Hua Chenyu.

Singer 2018 2nd Qualifying Round February 2, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Wang Feng Li Rui"兒時"Liu HaolinTang YingfengLiu HaolinHuang Yi5
2James LiWang Qiao"愛的箴言" Teresa Teng Lo Ta-yu Huang Yang4
3 Jessie J Jeffrey G"Flashlight" Jessie J Sia
Christian Guzman
Jason Moore
Sam Smith
Nick Pyo2 [b]
"Earth Song" Michael Jackson
4 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"Bésame Despacito" medleyLong Long3
"Bésame Mucho" Emilio Tuero Consuelo Velázquez
"Despacito" Luis Fonsi
Daddy Yankee
Luis Fonsi
Erika Ender
Daddy Yankee
5 Tien Chong Young Yang"我" Leslie Cheung Albert Leung Leslie Cheung Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
7
6Juno SuRyan Zuo"她"William WongZeng Yu
Bi Jianbo
6
7 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "齊天"Hua ChenyuDing Yanxue
Jin Hezai
Fang Hao
Hua ChenyuZheng Nan1
8 Sam Lee Qi Sijun"安靜" Jay Chou Terence TeoReturn Performance
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Knockout

  • Taping Date: February 1, 2018
  • Airdate: February 9, 2018

The second challenger of the season was KZ Tandingan.

Singer 2018 2nd Knockout Round February 9, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Tien Chong Young Yang"不在乎"Tien ChongHippie Zhao
Xu Xu
Tien Chong Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
8
"One Day I'll Fly Away" Randy Crawford Joe Sample
Will Jennings
2 Jessie J Jeffrey G"Ain't Nobody" Rufus
Chaka Khan
Hawk Wolinski Nick Pyo2 [a]
3James LiWang Qiao"秋意濃" Jacky Cheung Daryl Yao Koji Tamaki Huang Yang7
4 Wang Feng Li Rui"Mr.Man"Man JiangWan LainingMan JiangHuang Yi4
5 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"來過我生命的你"Audio MonsterIvyan YanSean He
Wang Zitong
Chen Di6
6 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "孩子"WestloftHsiang Yueh-eWestloftZheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
3
7Juno SuRyan Zuo"舍離斷"Hollis HeZeng Yu
Baby Chung
5
8 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Rolling in the Deep" Adele Adele
Paul Epworth
Rama Liu1
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

Singer 2018 2nd Round Episode 4–5 overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total percentages of votes
1 Jessie J 27.58% (2)28.29% (2)27.93%
2 Hua Chenyu 27.94% (1)24.63% (3)26.28%
3 Wang Feng 7.66% (5)18.25% (4)12.95%
4 Angela Zhang 14.89% (3)8.47% (6)11.68%
5James Li11.13% (4)7.60% (7)9.36%
6Juno Su7.09% (6)8.82% (5)7.95%
7 Tien Chong 3.69% (7)3.93% (8)3.81%

Challenge

  • Taping Date: February 9, 2018
  • Airdate: February 16, 2018
Singer 2018 2nd Challenge Round February 16, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Wang Feng Li Rui"所有人都在玩手機"Mosaic BandZhuo YueHuang Yi4
"夜貓"
2 Jessie J Jeffrey G"Purple Rain" Prince
The Revolution
PrinceNick Pyo2
3 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "雙截棍" Jay Chou Vincent Fang Jay ChouZheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
1 [a]
4 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "你不知道的痛" medleyRama Liu6
"你還要我怎樣" Joker Xue
"你不知道的事" Wang Leehom Wang Leehom
Rui Ye
Wang Leehom
"還隱隱作痛" Power Station Yu Chiu-hsin
5James LiWang Qiao"眼色" Yoga Lin James Li
Xiao Lin
James LiHuang Jianyi
Li Shihai
5
6Juno SuRyan Zuo"賊" Penny Tai NIA7
7 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"情人流浪記"Matzka BandLin Ban GeTerence Teo
James Yeo
3
"流浪記" Panai Kusui
8 Tien Chong Young Yang"走鋼索的人"James Li Kevin Yi James Li Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
Return Performance
"Tightrope" Janelle Monáe Nathaniel Irvin III
Charles Joseph II
Antwan Patton
Janelle Monáe Robinson
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

Singer 2018 2nd Round Episode 5–6 overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Match 3 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total percentages of votes
1 Hua Chenyu 19.46% (3)26.11% (1)22.78%
2 Jessie J 22.36% (2)19.67% (2)21.01%
3 KZ Tandingan 26.08% (1)9.59% (6)17.83%
4 Wang Feng 14.42% (4)11.38% (4)12.90%
5 Angela Zhang 6.69% (6)16.86% (3)11.77%
6James Li6.00% (7)10.83% (5)8.41%
7Juno Su6.97% (5)5.55% (7)6.26%

Third round

First Show

  • Taping Date: February 10, 2018
  • Airdate: February 23, 2018

The third substitute singer of the season was Tengger. For this week, the results for this round was void due to Jessie J's illness on the following week (See Qualifiers below).

Singer 2018 3rd Round 1st Show February 23, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "我管你"Hua ChenyuGuo DeziyiHua ChenyuZheng Nan1 [c]
2 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"追夢人" Fong Fei-fei Lo Ta-yu Qu Shicong6
3 Jessie J Jeffrey G"Never Too Much" Luther Vandross Nick Pyo3
4 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Say Something" A Great Big World
Christina Aguilera
Ian Axel
Chad King
Mike Campbell
KZ Tandingan
Makoy Portado
4
5James LiWang Qiao"一生所愛" Shu Qi Wendy Zheng Lowell Lo Yan Jun7
6 Wang Feng Li Rui"的青春"ErbaiHuang Yi5
7 Tengger Eliza Liang"天堂"TenggerDa Ridan2
8Juno SuRyan Zuo"身後" A-mei Hush JJ Lin NIA
Baby Chung
Return Performance
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Qualifying

  • Taping Date: February 28, 2018
  • Airdate: March 9, 2018

The final challenger of the season was Henry Huo; Huo came in fourth and was temporarily declared safe. Normally, this round would have featured elimination; however, eliminations were cancelled as Jessie J was too ill to perform during rehearsal; Jessie would have perform "My Heart Will Go On", but actually performed the song the following week.

Singer 2018 3rd Qualifying Round March 9, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Real Gone" Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
John Shanks
Rama Liu6
2 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "易燃易爆炸" Chen Li Shang Mengdi
Pian Tan
Chen LiLong Long3
3 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"在人間"Wang JianfangLong Zhangjian
Ivyan Yan
Rodney Jerkins
Andre Lindal
Lauren Christy
Long Long
Zheng Nan
7
4 Wang Feng Li Rui"再也沒有"Ryan.B
AY
Ryan.B
Ying Wu Suo Wang
AY
Ryan.BHuang Yi1 [b]
5James LiWang Qiao"哪怕我很小" Roger Yang James Li
Lin Hai
James LiZhao Zhao5
6 Tengger Eliza Liang"懷念戰友"Li ShirongLei ZhenbangDa Ridan2
"花兒為什麼這樣紅" Tajik folk songUnknown
7 Henry Huo Yu Meiren"紅顏劫" Yao Beina Cui Shu Liu Huan Zheng Wei
Tian Mi
Henry Huo
4
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Knockout/Challenge

  • Taping Date: March 7, 2018
  • Airdate: March 16, 2018

As Jessie J was able to return after being absent in the previous week, this week featured a double elimination (any two singers with the two lowest votes, or one if Huo fails the Challenge). Tandingan and Hua were initially going to perform 1st and 3rd, respectively, but both orders were swapped on mutual agreement after Tandingan not wished to perform first after doing so on last week and Hua volunteered in taking her place.

Singer 2018 3rd Knockout/Challenge Round March 16, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "山海" No Party for Cao Dong Zheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
5
2 Tengger Eliza Liang"絨花" Li Guyi Liu Guofu
Tian Nong
Wang MingDa Ridan7
3 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Royals" Lorde Lorde
Joel Little
KZ Tandingan
Ivan Lee Espinosa
8
4 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"追夢赤子心"GALA BandSu DuoJi Yuan
Wang Nana
3 [a]
5 Wang Feng Li Rui"等待" Huang Qishan Wang FengHuang Yi2
6 Henry Huo Yu Meiren"小草"Fang XinhuaXiang Tong
He Zhaohua
Wang Zujie
Zhang Zhuoya
Zheng Wei
Tian Mi
Henry Huo
4
"Princess Mononoke" (partly in Italian) Yoshikazu Mera Hayao Miyazaki Joe Hisaishi
7James LiWang Qiao"想愛你"David WongDavid Wong
Wang Chi-san
David WongNick Pyo6
8 Jessie J Jeffrey G"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion Will Jennings James Horner 1
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

Singer 2018 3rd Round Episode 8–9 overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) [b] Match 3 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total percentages of votes
1 Wang Feng 18.33% (1)15.09% (2)16.71%
2 Hua Chenyu 16.00% (3)13.07% (5)14.53%
3 Henry Huo 15.60% (4)13.21% (4)14.40%
4 Jessie J Absent [a] (8)27.23% (1)13.61%
5 Tengger 17.53% (2)6.10% (7)11.81%
6 Angela Zhang 7.33% (7)14.75% (3)11.04%
7James Li15.33% (5)6.50% (6)10.91%
8 KZ Tandingan 9.86% (6)4.02% (8)6.94%
^ a. Jessie J's score for that round was zero (and was ranked 8th) as a result of her absence on the Qualifying rounds.
^ b. Has a gap of 45 votes between the top five singers, with a difference of four votes cast between the 4th and 5th place singer.

Fourth round

Qualifying

  • Taping Date: March 15, 2018
  • Airdate: March 23, 2018

Yisa Yu was the final substitute singer of the season.

Singer 2018 4th Qualifying Round March 23, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Jessie J Jeffrey G"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Marvin Gaye
Tammi Terrell
Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson
Nick Pyo3
2 Henry Huo Yu Meiren"你好嗎 少年"Henry HuoHe JialeSanbaoTian Mi7
3 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "假行僧" Cui Jian Hua Chenyu2
4 Wang Feng Li Rui"忘了我"Li OuHuang Yi4 [a]
5 Tengger Eliza Liang"從頭再來"Cui JianCang Lang Band
Da Ridan
1
6 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"再見青春"Wang FengLong Long5
7 Yisa Yu Shen Mengchen "C'est la Vie" Emerson, Lake & Palmer Peter Sinfield Greg Lake Zheng Nan6
"飛鳥與魚" Chyi Yu Chyi Chin
8 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "See You Again" (mixed in English and Mandarin) Wiz Khalifa
Charlie Puth
Wiz Khalifa
Charlie Puth
Andrew Cedar
Dann Hume
Justin Franks
Josh Hardy
Phoebe Cockburn
Kong Xiao YiReturn Performance
9James LiWang Qiao"My Way" Frank Sinatra Paul Anka Claude François
Jacques Revaux
Simon Qi
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Knockout

  • Taping Date: March 22, 2018
  • Airdate: March 30, 2018
Singer 2018 4th Knockout Round March 30, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1 Wang Feng Li Rui"空空如也"Ren RanXue WuyingHuang Yi6
2 Angela Zhang Ava Shen"Walking Through the Clouds" medleyLong Long3
"不害怕"Angela ZhangJennifer HsuZac Maloy
Tommy Henriksen
Sofi Bonde
"歐若拉"Shih LiLee Tien-Lung
"不痛"Huang Yun-Ru
Chen Hwai-En
Chen Hwai-En
"遺失的美好"Daryl YaoReal Huang
"隱形的翅膀"Wang Ya-Chun
"手心的太陽"Daryl YaoPeng Kang-Shen
3 Yisa Yu Shen Mengchen "秦淮景"Xu Huifen
Wu Jianfang
Zhang Jianzhen
Qigang Chen Chen Di7
"舊夢" Julia Peng Peng Chi-Kang
Chen Dieyi
Lee Cheng-Fan
Yao Min
4 Tengger Eliza Liang"離不開你" Liu Huan Zhu YigongLiu HuanBaby Chung4 [a]
5 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "平凡之路" Pu Shu Han Han
Pu Shu
Pu ShuZheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
2
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G"Reflection" Christina Aguilera David Zippel Matthew Wilder Nick Pyo1
7 Henry Huo Yu Meiren"茉莉花" Jiangsu folk songJiangsu folk song
Daryl Yao
Jiangsu folk song
Lee Cheng-Fan
Lao Zai5
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

Singer 2018 4th Round overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total percentages of votes
1 Hua Chenyu 19.35% (2)20.77% (2)20.06%
2 Jessie J 14.77% (3)21.64% (1)18.20%
3 Tengger 22.27% (1)12.42% (4)17.34%
4 Angela Zhang 12.37% (5)16.23% (3)14.30%
5 Wang Feng 12.59% (4)8.81% (6)10.70%
6 Henry Huo 8.00% (7)12.09% (5)10.04%
7 Yisa Yu 10.62% (6)8.01% (7)9.31%

Breakout

Three of the six singers who were initial singers (Chang, Jessie J and Wang) were exempt for this round, while the other three singers would participate along with previously eliminated singers (except for GAI) for a chance to enter the finals. The performance order were determined through the contestant's status quo and their duration on the stage, with the three remaining non-initial singers (Hua, Huo, and Tengger), as well as James Li (by-virtue on performing the longest (seven shows) among other singers) chose the performance order, while remaining singers drew their lots to decide the order; the order for the first four performers with a white-colored envelope are told not to open it until the start of the episode- Tien and Yu drew the gold-colored envelopes and were given their orders as fifth and sixth, respectively.

For the first time in the show's history, interim eliminations occur during the Pre-Audience Voting: midway through the fourth and seventh performance, the 500-members cast one vote to save a singer- the singer receiving the fewest votes after each round of the Pre-Audience Voting will be eliminated immediately (breakout failure).

The singers sang one song, and the four singers (of the remaining eight) having the most votes qualified for the finals. Hua, James Li, Tengger, KZ & Huo were the top five singers who received the highest number of votes and advanced to the finals.

Singer 2018 Breakout April 6, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerRanking
1Li XiaodongMandy Jin"我心常自在"Li XiaodongHuang Juncong [a]
2 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Anak" (Tagalog/Mandarin) Freddie Aguilar He Qi4
3 Sam Lee Qi Sijun"說散就散" JC
Tia Ray
Cheung Cho KiuRonald NgTerence Teo [a]
4Juno SuRyan Zuo"紅眼睛"Isabelle HuangShan Qingqing Chang Shilei An Dong6
5 Tien Chong Young Yang"玫瑰玫瑰我愛你" Yao Li
Joanna Wang
Sharon Au
Wu Cun Chen Gexin Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
8
6 Yisa Yu Shen Mengchen"影子"Wu QiongRay WangChen Di7
7James LiWang Qiao"Sunny II" Bobby Hebb Lin HaiBobby HebbB62
8 Henry Huo Yu Meiren"卷珠簾"Henry HuoLi Shu
Luna
Henry HuoAn Dong
Song Siheng
Tian Mi
5
9 Tengger Eliza Liang"父親的草原母親的河"Dedema Xi Murong UlaantgaCang Lang Band
Da Ridan
3
10 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "我" Leslie Cheung Albert Leung Leslie CheungLong Long
Hua Chenyu
1
^ a. Eliminated midway for finishing last during Pre-Audience Voting.

Total percentages of votes

Singer 2018 Breakout Total percentages of votes
RankingSingerTotal percentages of votes [a]
1 Hua Chenyu 22.99%
2James Li18.40%
3 Tengger 15.31%
4 KZ Tandingan 14.66%
5 Henry Huo 12.10%
6Juno Su11.66%
7 Yisa Yu 10.00%
8 Tien Chong 7.20%
^ a. The percentage counting towards the total votes does not include votes cast from Xiaodong and Lee, who were the first and second singers, respectively, to be eliminated during the Pre-Audience Voting.

Finals

The finals were divided into two rounds, with the first song being a duet with a guest singer, and the second song being a solo encore performance. Similar to the previous season, votes cast were the sole determinant of the season's winner.

Round 1

The first round of the finals was a guest singer's duet. The grouping was decided by the singers starting with the most wins prior to the Breakouts (if there is a tie in terms of wins, a prior online vote serves as a tiebreak); each group can consist of either two or three members, meaning that two groups will be head-to-head and one being a three-way. After the groups are decided, one member drew lots to decide the order of performance for this round. The result of the grouping are reflected in the table below.

The singer with the highest number of votes on each group directly advanced to Round 2, leaving four singers eligible for the save through a re-vote; the singer receiving the highest number of votes cast will be saved and also advance to the second round.

Legend  Group 1  Group 2  Group 3
Singer 2018 Finals Round 1 April 13, 2018 Host: He Jiong
OrderSingerMusic PartnerGuest SingerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerResult
1 Tengger Eliza LiangWu Bixia"Go Forward Boldly, Jiu'er" medleyDaridanSaved
"妹妹你大膽地往前走" Zhang Yimou
Jiang Wen
Zhang Yimou Zhao Jiping
"九兒" Han Hong He Qiling
A-kun
A-kun
2 Jessie J Jeffrey G Coco Lee and KZ Tandingan "Bang Bang"Jessie J
Ariana Grande
Nicki Minaj
Max Martin
Savan Kotecha
Rickard Göransson
Onika Maraj
Nick PyoAdvanced
"龍拳" Jay Chou Vincent Fang Jay Chou
3 Henry Huo Yu Meiren Cecilia Han "飄雪"Cecilia HanLin Hai Ryoki Matsumoto Bi HechenEliminated
4 Angela Zhang Ava Shen Mao Buyi "花房姑娘" Cui Jian Long Long
Chen Shimu
Yang Ming
Eliminated
"We Are the Champions" Queen Freddie Mercury
5 Wang Feng Li Rui Sitar Tan "Hey Jude" The Beatles Lennon-McCartney Huang YiAdvanced
6James LiWang Qiao Kit Chan "Endless Love" Diana Ross
Lionel Richie
Lionel RichieQi YanfengEliminated
7 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia G.E.M. "光年之外"G.E.M.Zheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
Advanced

Had Henry Huo, Angela Zhang and James Li advanced to the next round, they would've performed "被遺忘的時光", "Faded" and "再見憂傷" as their encore songs, respectively.

Round 2

The second round of the finals is an encore song, and the singer receiving the highest number of votes (this vote was separate from the Round 1 vote) was crowned as the winner. The order for this round was determined by ballot, except for Tengger who would perform first for being the last to advance to Round 2.

Singer 2018 Finals Round 2 April 13, 2018 Host: He Jiong
OrderSingerMusic PartnerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArrangerResult
1 Tengger Eliza Liang"蒼狼大地"TenggerBuheaosir
Tengger
TenggerDaridan4
2 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "吶喊" Angela Zhang Deepwhite Zheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
2 Silver Medal.svg
3 Jessie J Jeffrey G"I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston Dolly Parton Nick Pyo1 Gold Medal.svg
4 Wang Feng Li Rui"我愛你中國"Wang FengHuang Yi3 Bronze Medal.svg

Winner of Battle

Jessie J was declared the winner of Singer 2018 with 47.49% of the votes cast, leading by a 21.84% margin ahead of runner-up Hua. Prior to the announcement, it was revealed that Hua's performance from week four ("齊天") won the "Most Popular Song" of the season.

Singer 2018 Results of Winner of Battle
RankingSingerPercentages of Votes
1 Jessie J 47.49%
2 Hua Chenyu 25.65%
3 Wang Feng 16.83%
4 Tengger 10.03%

Biennial Concert

The concert features 11 singers, which include singers from the last season Dimash Kudaibergen, Lion, Tia Ray and Diamond Zhang, as well as all of the seven finalists (Angela Zhang, Hua Chenyu, Henry Huo, Jessie J, James Li, Tengger and Wang Feng).

Singer 2018 Biennial Concert April 20, 2018 Host: He Jiong
Order of GroupOrder of PerformanceTeamSingerSong TitleOriginal SingerLyricistComposerArranger
11Classic Voices Tengger "一簾幽夢" Shiao Lih-ju Chiung Yao Liu Chia-chang Daridan
2Classic Partnerships Angela Zhang
Henry Huo
"寓言"Angela ZhangWang Ya-ChunAndrew ChenZheng Wei
"Liberian Girl" Michael Jackson
3Classic Works Lion "我們的愛" F.I.R. F.I.R.
Félicité Hsieh
F.I.R.Kenn C
James Yeo
24Classic Partnerships Tia Ray
Victor Ma
"下個,路口,見" Li Yuchun Chen Hanwen
Chang Shilei
5Classic Works Hua Chenyu "微光"Hua ChenyuZhou JieyingQian LeiHua Chenyu
6Classic Voices Wang Feng "出走" Cui Jian Huang Yi
37Classic Works Diamond Zhang "我變了 我沒變" Aska Yang Xiao KeZheng Nan
8Classic PartnershipsJames Li
David Wong
"說…錯"David WongLou Wen-ChungDavid WongZheng Wei
9Classic Voices Dimash Kudaibergen "Hello" Lionel Richie Erlan Bekchurin
410 Jessie J
Luke James
"I'll Be There" The Jackson 5 Berry Gordy
Bob West
Willie Hutch
Hal Davis
Nick Pyo

Ratings

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hunan Television premiere ratings
EpisodeDateCSM52CSM national network
RatingShareRankingRatingShareRanking
1January 12, 20181.2414.1920.93.061
2January 19, 20181.0633.4520.92.951
3January 26, 20181.1963.7921.03.261
4February 2, 20181.0633.4731.093.571
5February 9, 20181.1863.9021.113.641
6February 16, 20180.7444.3290.624.011
7February 23, 20181.0273.3330.983.31
March 2, 2018Not aired due to live broadcast of Hunan TV Lantern Festival Gala
8March 9, 20181.1483.8720.933.021
9March 16, 20180.8942.9640.772.592
10March 23, 20180.8833.0550.732.572
11March 30, 20180.8743.0150.752.592
12April 6, 20180.8422.8150.782.642
13April 13, 20181.2644.4730.752.752
14April 20, 20180.6992.4740.682.432
  1. Simultaneous or time-crossed main programs:
  2. The data determined by CSM.
  3. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
  4. Sources:卫视这些事儿, 卫视小露电, 潇湘卧龙, Hunan Television official WeChat (ID: happychina1997).
  5. The ranks are according to all variety shows aired on Friday nights, and do not have to be at the same timing.
  6. "The Singers" and "Singer Announcement Period" are not taken into account.

Notes

  1. The performance was not cut in Singapore Channel U's broadcast (aired April 28, 2019) in order not to cause broadcast inconsistencies. [1]

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