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.

Singer
Season 6
Judges500 public audiences
WinnerJessie J
Runner-upHua Chenyu
Finals venueHunan Broadcasting System
Release
Original networkHunan Television
Original releaseJanuary 12 (2018-01-12) –
April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)
Season chronology
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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

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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

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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
Contestant Country / Region Music Partner Status Week Entered Week Exited Result
Angela Chang Taiwan Ava Shen Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 13 (Finals) Finalist (5th-8th place)
Tien Chong United Kingdom Young Yang Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 5 (Knockout round 2)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
GAI China Leo Li Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 2 (Knockout round 1) Withdrew
Hua Chenyu China Li Weijia Substitute singer Week 4 (Qualifier round 2) Week 13 (Finals) Runner-up
Henry Huo China Yu Meiren Challenger Week 8 (Knockout round 3) Week 13 (Finals) Finalist (5th-8th place)
Jessie J United Kingdom Jeffrey G Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 13 (Finals) Winner
Sam Lee Taiwan Qi Sijun Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 3 (Challenge round 1)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
James Li China Wang Qiao Subsistute singer Week 3 (Challenge round 1)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Week 9 (Challenge round 3)
Week 13 (Finals)
Finalist (5th-8th place)
Li Xiaodong China Mandy Jin Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 2 (Knockout round 1)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
Juno Su China Ryan Zuo Challenger Week 2 (Knockout round 1) Week 6 (Challenge round 2)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
KZ Tandingan Philippines Jackie Tam Challenger Week 5 (Knockout round 2)
Week 12 (Breakout round)
Week 9 (Challenge round 3)
Week 13 (Finals)
Finalist (5th-8th place)
Tengger China Eliza Liang Substitute singer Week 7 (Qualifier round 3) Week 13 (Finals) Fourth place
Wang Feng China Li Rui Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 13 (Finals) Third place
Yisa Yu China Shen Mengchen Substitute singer Week 10 (Qualifier round 4) Week 12 (Breakout round) Eliminated

Future appearances

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

Results

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First Safe Bottom Eliminated Return Performance Challenger Challenge Success
Challenge Failure Breakout Success Breakout Failure Winner Runner-up Absent Withdrew
Singer Broadcast Date (2018)
Jan 12 Jan 19 Jan 26 Feb 2 Feb 9 Feb 16 Feb 23 Mar 9 Mar 16 Mar 23 Mar 30 Apr 6 Apr 13
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round Breakout Final Round
Qualifying Knockout Challenge Qualifying Knockout Challenge 1st Show Qualifying Knockout / Challenge Qualifying Knockout 1st Round 2nd Round
1 Jessie J 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 1 1  
2 Hua Chenyu 1 3 1 1 3 5 2 2 1 2  
3 Wang Feng 4 3 2 5 4 4 5 1 2 4 6 3  
4 Tengger 2 2 7 1 4 3 4
=5 Angela Chang 5 2 6 3 6 3 6 7 3 5 3
=5 James Li 4 4 7 5 7 5 6 2
=5 Henry Huo 4 4 7 5 4
=9 Juno Su 5 3 6 5 7 5
=9 Yisa Yu 6 7 6
=9 KZ Tandingan 1 6 4 6 8 7
=9 Tien Chong 2 8 5 7 8 8
=9 Sam Lee 6 6 7
=9 Li Xiaodong 7 7
=9 GAI 3 4

Competition details

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First round

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Qualifying

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  • Taping Date: January 3, 2018
  • Airdate: January 12, 2018
Singer 2018 1st Qualifying Round January 12, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "You and I" Lady Gaga Jason Huang 6
"What's Up?" 4 Non Blondes Linda Perry
2 Li Xiaodong Mandy Jin "後來" Rene Liu Derek Shih Kiroro Wu Muchan
Fan Junzhe
7
3 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "夢裏花" Angela Zhang Wu I-Wei Xiao Wang Zi
Hua lun
Qu Shicong 5
4 Tien Chong Young Yang "Queen Bee" Suite Rama Liu 2[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 Jim Song Yang 3[c]
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Domino" Jessie J Lukasz Gottwald
Max Martin
Claude Kelly
Jessie J
Henry Russell Walter
Nick Pyo 1
7 Wang Feng Li Rui "無處安放" Wang Feng Jia 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[a].

Knockout

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  • 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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "痴心絕對" Sam Lee Ponan Tsai Chen Fei-wu 6
2 Li Xiaodong Mandy Jin "消愁" Mao Buyi Wu Muchan
Fan Junzhe
7
3 Wang Feng Li Rui "普通Disco" Luo Tianyi
Yanhe
Ilem Huang Yi 3
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 Pyo 1
7 GAI Leo Li "難念的經" Wakin Chau Albert Leung Wakin Chau Rama Liu Withdrew
8 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "再見螢火蟲" Faye Wong C.Y. Kong Jason Gu 5
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

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Singer 2018 1st Round overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 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%
7 Li Xiaodong 6.36% (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

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  • 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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "離人" Jacky Cheung
Terry Lin
Mercy Li He Jiawen Kubert Leung
Da Ridan
7
2 Tien Chong Young Yang "Hello" Adele Adele
Greg Kurstin
Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
5
3 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "狼" William Wei Zeng Yu
NIA
3[a]
4 Li Xiaodong Mandy Jin "心的祈禱" Zang Tianshuo Huang Xiaomao Zang Tianshuo Wu Muchan Return Performance
5 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "全世界失眠" Eason Chan Albert Leung Chen Wei Kubert Leung
Da Ridan
6
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Lori Lieberman
Roberta Flack
Norman Gimbel Charles Fox Nick Pyo 1
7 Wang Feng Li Rui "下墜" Shi Jian-Bo Huang Yi 2
8 James Li Wang Qiao "我要我們在一起" Mavis Fan James Li 4
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting
Total percentages of votes
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Singer 2018 1st Challenge Round Total percentages of votes
Ranking Singer Total percentages of votes
1 Jessie J 25.46%
2 Wang Feng 18.17%
3 Juno Su 16.61%
4 James Li 13.07%
5 Tien Chong 10.21%
6 Angela Zhang 9.53%
7 Sam Lee 6.94%

Second round

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Qualifying

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  • 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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Wang Feng Li Rui "兒時" Liu Haolin Tang Yingfeng Liu Haolin Huang Yi 5
2 James Li Wang Qiao "愛的箴言" Teresa Teng Lo Ta-yu Huang Yang 4
3 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Flashlight" Jessie J Sia
Christian Guzman
Jason Moore
Sam Smith
Nick Pyo 2[b]
"Earth Song" Michael Jackson
4 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "Bésame Despacito" medley Long Long 3
"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
6 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "她" William Wong Zeng Yu
Bi Jianbo
6
7 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "齊天" Hua Chenyu Ding Yanxue
Jin Hezai
Fang Hao
Hua Chenyu Zheng Nan 1
8 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "安靜" Jay Chou Terence Teo Return Performance
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Knockout

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  • 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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Tien Chong Young Yang "不在乎" Tien Chong Hippie 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 Pyo 2[a]
3 James Li Wang Qiao "秋意濃" Jacky Cheung
Winnie Goh
Daryl Yao Koji Tamaki Huang Yang 7
4 Wang Feng Li Rui "Mr.Man" Man Jiang Wan Laining Man Jiang Huang Yi 4
5 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "來過我生命的你" Audio Monster Ivyan Yan Sean He
Wang Zitong
Chen Di 6
6 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "孩子" Westloft Hsiang Yueh-e Westloft Zheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
3
7 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "舍離斷" Hollis He Zeng Yu
Baby Chung
5
8 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Rolling in the Deep" Adele Adele
Paul Epworth
Rama Liu 1
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

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Singer 2018 2nd Round Episode 4–5 overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 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%
5 James Li 11.13% (4) 7.60% (7) 9.36%
6 Juno Su 7.09% (6) 8.82% (5) 7.95%
7 Tien Chong 3.69% (7) 3.93% (8) 3.81%

Challenge

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  • Taping Date: February 9, 2018
  • Airdate: February 16, 2018
Singer 2018 2nd Challenge Round February 16, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Wang Feng Li Rui "所有人都在玩手機" Mosaic Band Zhuo Yue Huang Yi 4
"夜貓"
2 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Purple Rain" Prince
The Revolution
Prince Nick Pyo 2
3 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "雙截棍" Jay Chou Vincent Fang Jay Chou Zheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
1[a]
4 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "你不知道的痛" medley Rama Liu 6
"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
5 James Li Wang Qiao "眼色" Yoga Lin James Li
Xiao Lin
James Li Huang Jianyi
Li Shihai
5
6 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "賊" Penny Tai NIA 7
7 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "情人流浪記" Matzka Band Lin Ban Ge Terence 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

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Singer 2018 2nd Round Episode 5–6 overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 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%
6 James Li 6.00% (7) 10.83% (5) 8.41%
7 Juno Su 6.97% (5) 5.55% (7) 6.26%

Third round

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First Show

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  • 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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "我管你" Hua Chenyu Guo Deziyi Hua Chenyu Zheng Nan 1[c]
2 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "追夢人" Fong Fei-fei
Evon Low
Lo Ta-yu Qu Shicong 6
3 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Never Too Much" Luther Vandross Nick Pyo 3
4 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Say Something" A Great Big World
Christina Aguilera
Ian Axel
Chad King
Mike Campbell
KZ Tandingan
Makoy Portado
4
5 James Li Wang Qiao "一生所愛" Shu Qi Wendy Zheng Lowell Lo Yan Jun 7
6 Wang Feng Li Rui "的青春" Erbai Huang Yi 5
7 Tengger Eliza Liang "天堂" Tengger Da Ridan 2
8 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "身後" A-mei Hush JJ Lin NIA
Baby Chung
Return Performance
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Qualifying

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  • 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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Real Gone" Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
John Shanks
Rama Liu 6
2 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "易燃易爆炸" Chen Li Shang Mengdi
Pian Tan
Chen Li Long Long 3
3 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "在人間" Wang Jianfang Long 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.B Huang Yi 1[b]
5 James Li Wang Qiao "哪怕我很小" Roger Yang James Li
Lin Hai
James Li Zhao Zhao 5
6 Tengger Eliza Liang "懷念戰友" Li Shirong Lei Zhenbang Da Ridan 2
"花兒為什麼這樣紅" Tajik folk song Unknown
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

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  • 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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
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 Ming Da Ridan 7
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 Band Su Duo Ji Yuan
Wang Nana
3[a]
5 Wang Feng Li Rui "等待" Huang Qishan Wang Feng Huang Yi 2
6 Henry Huo Yu Meiren "小草" Fang Xinhua Xiang 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
7 James Li Wang Qiao "想愛你" David Wong David Wong
Wang Chi-san
David Wong Nick Pyo 6
8 Jessie J Jeffrey G "My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion
Celtic Woman
Will Jennings James Horner 1
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

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Singer 2018 3rd Round Episode 8–9 overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 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%
7 James Li 15.33% (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

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Qualifying

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  • 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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Marvin Gaye
Tammi Terrell
Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson
Nick Pyo 3
2 Henry Huo Yu Meiren "你好嗎 少年" Henry Huo He Jiale Sanbao Tian Mi 7
3 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "假行僧" Cui Jian Hua Chenyu 2
4 Wang Feng Li Rui "忘了我" Li Ou Huang Yi 4[a]
5 Tengger Eliza Liang "從頭再來" Cui Jian Cang Lang Band
Da Ridan
1
6 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "再見青春" Wang Feng Long Long 5
7 Yisa Yu Shen Mengchen "C'est la Vie" Emerson, Lake & Palmer Peter Sinfield Greg Lake Zheng Nan 6
"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 Yi Return Performance
9 James Li Wang Qiao "My Way" Frank Sinatra Paul Anka Claude François
Jacques Revaux
Simon Qi
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Knockout

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  • Taping Date: March 22, 2018
  • Airdate: March 30, 2018
Singer 2018 4th Knockout Round March 30, 2018 Host: Angela Zhang
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Wang Feng Li Rui "空空如也" Ren Ran Xue Wuying Huang Yi 6
2 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "Walking Through the Clouds" medley Long Long 3
"不害怕" Angela Zhang Jennifer Hsu Zac Maloy
Tommy Henriksen
Sofi Bonde
"歐若拉" Shih Li Lee Tien-Lung
"不痛" Huang Yun-Ru
Chen Hwai-En
Chen Hwai-En
"遺失的美好" Daryl Yao Real Huang
"隱形的翅膀" Wang Ya-Chun
"手心的太陽" Daryl Yao Peng Kang-Shen
3 Yisa Yu Shen Mengchen "秦淮景" Xu Huifen
Wu Jianfang
Zhang Jianzhen
Qigang Chen Chen Di 7
"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 Yigong Liu Huan Baby Chung 4[a]
5 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "平凡之路" Pu Shu Han Han
Pu Shu
Pu Shu Zheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
2
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Reflection" Christina Aguilera David Zippel Matthew Wilder Nick Pyo 1
7 Henry Huo Yu Meiren "茉莉花" Jiangsu folk song
Zeng Lin
Jiangsu folk song
Daryl Yao
Jiangsu folk song
Lee Cheng-Fan
Lao Zai 5
^ a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting

Overall ranking

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Singer 2018 4th Round overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 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

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  • Taping Date: March 30, 2018
  • Airdate: April 6, 2018

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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Li Xiaodong Mandy Jin "我心常自在" Li Xiaodong Huang Juncong [a]
2 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Anak" (Tagalog/Mandarin) Freddie Aguilar He Qi 4
3 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "說散就散" JC
Tia Ray
Cheung Cho Kiu Ronald Ng Terence Teo [a]
4 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "紅眼睛" Isabelle Huang Shan Qingqing Chang Shilei An Dong 6
5 Tien Chong Young Yang "玫瑰玫瑰我愛你" Yao Li
Angel Lee
Joanna Wang
Sharon Au
Wu Cun Chen Gexin Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
8
6 Yisa Yu Shen Mengchen "影子" Wu Qiong Ray Wang Chen Di 7
7 James Li Wang Qiao "Sunny II" Bobby Hebb Lin Hai Bobby Hebb B6 2
8 Henry Huo Yu Meiren "卷珠簾" Henry Huo Li Shu
Luna
Henry Huo An Dong
Song Siheng
Tian Mi
5
9 Tengger Eliza Liang "父親的草原母親的河" Dedema Xi Murong Ulaantga Cang Lang Band
Da Ridan
3
10 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "我" Leslie Cheung Albert Leung Leslie Cheung Long Long
Hua Chenyu
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^ a. Eliminated midway for finishing last during Pre-Audience Voting.

Total percentages of votes

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Singer 2018 Breakout Total percentages of votes
Ranking Singer Total percentages of votes[a]
1 Hua Chenyu 22.99%
2 James Li 18.40%
3 Tengger 15.31%
4 Henry Huo 12.10%
5 Juno Su 11.66%
6 Yisa Yu 10.00%
7 KZ Tandingan 6.30%
8 Tien Chong 3.20%
^ 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

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  • Airdate: April 13, 2018

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

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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
Order Singer Music Partner Guest Singer Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Result
1 Tengger Eliza Liang Wu Bixia "Go Forward Boldly, Jiu'er" medley Daridan Saved
"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 Pyo Advanced
"龍拳" Jay Chou Vincent Fang Jay Chou
3 Henry Huo Yu Meiren Cecilia Han "飄雪" Cecilia Han Lin Hai Ryoki Matsumoto Bi Hechen Eliminated
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 Yi Advanced
6 James Li Wang Qiao Kit Chan "Endless Love" Diana Ross
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie Qi Yanfeng Eliminated
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

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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
Order Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Result
1 Tengger Eliza Liang "蒼狼大地" Tengger Buheaosir
Tengger
Tengger Daridan 4
2 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "吶喊" Angela Zhang Deepwhite Zheng Nan
Hua Chenyu
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3 Jessie J Jeffrey G "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston Dolly Parton Nick Pyo 1  
4 Wang Feng Li Rui "我愛你中國" Wang Feng Huang Yi 3  

Winner of Battle

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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
Ranking Singer Percentages of Votes
1 Jessie J 47.49%
2 Hua Chenyu 25.65%
3 Wang Feng 16.83%
4 Tengger 10.03%

Biennial Concert

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  • Airdate: April 20, 2018

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 Group Order of Performance Team Singer Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger
1 1 Classic Voices Tengger "一簾幽夢" Shiao Lih-ju Chiung Yao Liu Chia-chang Daridan
2 Classic Partnerships Angela Zhang
Henry Huo
"寓言" Angela Zhang Wang Ya-Chun Andrew Chen Zheng Wei
"Liberian Girl" Michael Jackson
3 Classic Works Lion "我們的愛" F.I.R. F.I.R.
Félicité Hsieh
F.I.R. Kenn C
James Yeo
2 4 Classic Partnerships Tia Ray
Victor Ma
"下個,路口,見" Li Yuchun Chen Hanwen
Chang Shilei
5 Classic Works Hua Chenyu "微光" Hua Chenyu Zhou Jieying Qian Lei Hua Chenyu
6 Classic Voices Wang Feng "出走" Cui Jian Huang Yi
3 7 Classic Works Diamond Zhang "我變了 我沒變" Aska Yang Xiao Ke Zheng Nan
8 Classic Partnerships James Li
David Wong
"說…錯" David Wong Lou Wen-Chung David Wong Zheng Wei
9 Classic Voices Dimash Kudaibergen "Hello" Lionel Richie Erlan Bekchurin
4 10 Jessie J
Luke James
"I'll Be There" The Jackson 5 Berry Gordy
Bob West
Willie Hutch
Hal Davis
Nick Pyo

Ratings

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  China Hunan Television premiere ratings
Episode Date CSM52 CSM national network
Rating Share Ranking Rating Share Ranking
1 January 12, 2018 1.241 4.19 2 0.9 3.06 1
2 January 19, 2018 1.063 3.45 2 0.9 2.95 1
3 January 26, 2018 1.196 3.79 2 1.0 3.26 1
4 February 2, 2018 1.063 3.47 3 1.09 3.57 1
5 February 9, 2018 1.186 3.90 2 1.11 3.64 1
6 February 16, 2018 0.744 4.32 9 0.62 4.01 1
7 February 23, 2018 1.027 3.33 3 0.98 3.3 1
March 2, 2018 Not aired due to live broadcast of Hunan TV Lantern Festival Gala
8 March 9, 2018 1.148 3.87 2 0.93 3.02 1
9 March 16, 2018 0.894 2.96 4 0.77 2.59 2
10 March 23, 2018 0.883 3.05 5 0.73 2.57 2
11 March 30, 2018 0.874 3.01 5 0.75 2.59 2
12 April 6, 2018 0.842 2.81 5 0.78 2.64 2
13 April 13, 2018 1.264 4.47 3 0.75 2.75 2
14 April 20, 2018 0.699 2.47 4 0.68 2.43 2
  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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Singer 2018 歌手2018 EP1". toggle.sg. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "'Tasteless, Vulgar and Obscene.' China Just Banned Hip-Hop Culture and Tattoos From Television". Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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