The fourth and final season of the Chinese reality talent show The Voice of China premiered on 17 July 2015 on Zhejiang Television. Hu Qiaohua continued his role as host, while Na Ying and Wang Feng returned for their fourth and third consecutive seasons as coaches, respectively. Former coach Harlem Yu, who returned after a one-season absence, and Jay Chou joined the coaching panel following the departures of Chyi Chin and Yang Kun.
For this season, the team sizes were reduced to 12 per team, down from 16 last season. Due to the possibility of having multiple potential winners on the same team, this season would see the show moving to a format more similar to the American version of the show. In the Playoff rounds, the final 16 would compete against each other, with the eliminations adjusted to eliminate contestants who earned the lowest number of votes, regardless of which team they are in, thus not guaranteeing a coach and an artist in the finals. Also, the number of finalists increased from four to five.
On 7 October 2015, Zhang Lei of Team Na Ying was announced as the winner of the season, with Tifa Chen of Team Jay as runner-up. Tan Xuanyuan of Team Harlem, Beibei of Team Wang Feng, and Leon Lee of Team Jay finished in third, fourth, and fifth place respectively. This season is also Na Ying's third win and final victory throughout the series of the show. making Na Ying first coach to win more than two seasons.
Coaches and hosts
The coaching panel once again saw a change as Na Ying and Wang Feng were rejoined by Harlem Yu, who returned from a one-season hiatus. The trio was joined by Jay Chou, who was a new addition to the panel. Chyi Chin and Yang Kun did not return from the previous season. Hu Qiaohua returned as host.
Individuals rumoured to serve as the advisors for this season included A-mei, Eason Chan, G.E.M. and Li Jian. On 14 August 2015, it was revealed on the final episode of the blind auditions that G.E.M. would be serving as the advisor for Team Wang Feng, Li for Team Na Ying, JJ Lin for Team Harlem and A-mei for Team Jay.
Teams Colour key
Coaches Top 48 artists Harlem Yu Tan Xuanyuan 谭轩辕 Ika Zhao 赵大格 Lotus Zhang 张姝 Ma Yinyin 马吟吟 Rex Li 李文豪 Tong Yushuo 童予硕 Jaffri Cao 曹景豪 Jóhannes Koo 古振邦 Li Wenhui 李文慧 Ray Duan 段欣芮 Usay Kawlu 舞思爱·羔露 Wang Di 王帝 Wang Feng Beibei 贝贝 Huang Yong 黄勇 Huang Xiaoyun 黄霄雲 Zhang Xinxin 张鑫鑫 Heo Chul 许哲 Zhang Bolin 张博林 Bek 别日克 Huang Kai 黄恺 Lin Yan 林燕 Wang Feixue 王飞雪 Xiu'er 修儿 Yang Baoxin 杨宝心 Na Ying Zhang Lei 张磊 Sun Bolun 孙伯纶 Shuhei Nagasawa 长宇 Vanatsaya Viseskul 朗嘎拉姆 Kiki Li 李嘉琪 Zhang Nan 张楠 Chenyo 晨悠 Leonala Ling 凌菱 Saya Chang 张惠春 Su Hao 苏浩 Zhou Xiaoxiao 周晓晓 Zhu Qiang 朱强 Jay Chou Tifa Chen 陈梓童 Leon Lee 李安 Gin Lee 李幸倪 Sharon Kwan 关诗敏 Samuel Huang 黄圣文 Will Jay 刘伟男 Abigail Garza 李安安 Jeffery Zhang 张旸 Jiang Yuandong 江源东 Lim Xu 徐林 Michael Liu 柳畅源 Zhan Xiaoli 詹小栎
Blind auditions The taping of the blind auditions began on 17 June 2015, and ended on 5 August 2015.
This season saw the introduction of the "double-blind auditions", which gave some of the artists the opportunity (or requested by the producers) to perform behind a translucent blind on stage, and only reveal themselves to the coaches and audiences after their performances. The "double-blind auditions" format was featured on the show on episode two and four for Lin Yan's and Tong Yushuo's performances respectively.
Colour key Coach hit his or her "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button
Episode 1 (17 July) The four coaches performed a medley of each other's songs – Na Ying performed Jay Chou's "青花瓷", Wang Feng performed Harlem Yu's "春泥", Chou performed Na's "默", and Yu performed Wang's "一起摇摆".
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Harlem Feng Ying Jay 1 Tifa Chen 陈梓童 25 Nanjing, Jiangsu "双截棍" 2 Tan Xuanyuan 谭轩辕 26 Chongqing "Still Loving You" — 3 Zhu Qiang 朱强 24 Changle, Fujian "但愿人长久" — 4 Beibei 贝贝 27 Wuhan, Hubei "花火" 5 Lim Xu 徐林 27 Quanzhou, Fujian "姐姐" — 6 Vanatsaya Viseskul 朗嘎拉姆 16 Thailand "千言万语" — — — — 7 Leon Lee 李安 21 Sydney, Australia "逝去的爱"
Episode 2 (24 July) Season one runner-up Momo Wu returned to the stage to perform "舞底线", a soundtrack from the film Monster Hunt. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Harlem Feng Ying Jay 1 Yang Baoxin 杨宝心 21 Shangzhi, Heilongjiang "Are You Ready" — 2 Ika Zhao 赵大格 19 Shenzhen, Guangdong "All About That Bass" / "我在人民广场吃炸鸡" 3 Saya Chang 张惠春 38 Taitung, Taiwan "怎么说我不爱你" — — — 4 Shuhei Nagasawa 长宇 20 Canada "氧气" — — 5 Will Jay 刘伟男 19 Hollywood, Los Angeles "Lemon Tree" 6 Ren Boru 任柏儒 40 Liaoning "不再让你孤单" — — — — 7 Usay Kawlu 舞思爱·羔露 26 Hualien, Taiwan "如果没有你" — 8 Sun Bolun 孙伯纶 33 Harbin, Heilongjiang "如果你也听说" — — 9 Lin Yan 林燕 39 Xiamen, Fujian "别来纠缠我" — —
Episode 3 (31 July)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Harlem Feng Ying Jay 1 Zhang Nan 张楠 22 Heihe, Heilongjiang "逃亡" — — — 2 Lotus Zhang 张姝 26 Changchun, Jilin "一起摇摆" 3 Zhang Lei 张磊 34 Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang "南山南" — 4 Wang Feixue 王飞雪 30 Tangshan, Hebei "柏拉图之恋2060" — — 5 Wang Di 王帝 23 Qingdao, Shandong "别找我麻烦" — — — 6 Michael Liu 柳畅源 21 Los Angeles "双截棍" — 7 Pu Yue 蒲悦 17 Dazhou, Sichuan "梨花又开放" — — — — 8 Jiang Yuandong 江源东 22 Lu'an, Anhui "昨夜小楼又东风" — 9 Ma Yinyin 马吟吟 27 Kunming, Yunnan "海上花" — — 10 Huang Xiaoyun 黄霄雲 16 Luodian, Guizhou "你" — —
Episode 4 (7 August)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Harlem Feng Ying Jay 1 Ray Duan 段欣芮 23 Dazhou, Sichuan "算你狠" — — — 2 Huang Yong 黄勇 31 Changde, Hunan "太阳" — — 3 Leonala Ling 凌菱 28 Chengdu, Sichuan "为爱痴狂" — — — 4 Abigail Garza 李安安 23 Manila, Philippines "I Surrender" / "没离开过" — — — 5 Gin Lee 李幸倪 29 Johor Bahru, Malaysia "心痛" — — 6 Rex Li 李文豪 24 Wanzhou, Chongqing "思念是一种病" / "See You Again" — — 7 Li Wenhui 李文慧 21 Ürümqi, Xinjiang "Yellow" / "流星" — — 8 Chenyo 晨悠(Ginny Kuo 郭惟晨 & Monica Wu 吴以悠) 24 / 19 Chiayi City, Taiwan / Taitung, Taiwan "野子" — 9 Bek 别日克 35 Karamay, Xinjiang "Señorita" — 10 Sharon Kwan 关诗敏 19 Los Angeles "晴天" — — 11 Huang Kai 黄恺 26 Changsha, Hunan "Better Man" 12 Zhan Xiaoli 詹小栎 39 Qingdao, Shandong "弯弯的月亮" — — 13 Kiki Li 李嘉琪 21 Hong Kong "漫步" — — 14 Tong Yushuo 童予硕 19 Guiyang, Guizhou "对爱渴望"
Episode 5 (14 August) This episode was dubbed as the "finale of the blind auditions", which featured mostly rejected artists (who failed to get any chair-turn on their first try) returning to compete in the revival round. The revival round was brought in after all the 150 artists has performed, and all teams were still left with vacancies the coaches failed to fill up with. Harlem Yu and Wang Feng were left with one spot in their teams, while Na Ying and Jay Chou were left with two.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Harlem Feng Ying Jay 1 Zhang Bolin 张博林 17 Shijiazhuang, Hebei "Home" — 2 Zhang Xinxin 张鑫鑫 25 Turpan, Xinjiang "秋天" — — — 3 Heo Chul 许哲 33 Changchun, Jilin "生来彷徨" — — — 4 Jaffri Cao 曹景豪 24 Keelung, Taiwan "心的距离" — — 5 Zhou Xiaoxiao 周晓晓 27 Wuhan, Hubei "温柔" — — — Revival round 6 Du Xingying 杜星萤 20 Wuhan, Hubei "得不到的爱情" — — — — 7 Jeffery Zhang 张旸 37 Auckland, New Zealand "菊花台" — — — 8 Vanatsaya Viseskul 朗嘎拉姆 16 Thailand "独上西楼" — — — 9 Ren Boru 任柏儒 40 Liaoning "牡丹亭外" — — — — 10 Xiu'er 修儿 25 Cangzhou, Hebei "张三的歌" — — — 11 Pu Yue 蒲悦 18 Dazhou, Sichuan "如果有来生" — rowspan=5 — — 12 Jóhannes Koo 古振邦 24 Ipoh, Malaysia "Say Something" — — 13 Su Hao 苏浩 23 Baotou, Inner Mongolia "单行的轨道" rowspan=3 — 14 Iky Loke 陆蔚綝 28 Ipoh, Malaysia "到不了" rowspan=2 — 15 Samuel Huang 黄圣文 36 Hsinchu, Taiwan "印第安老斑鸠" / "I Got You (I Feel Good)" / "Fallin'"
The Battles The taping of the Battle rounds (together with the Knockout rounds) began on 17 August 2015 for Team Wang Feng, and later on 19 August 2015 for Team Jay. Team Na Ying's and Team Harlem's episodes were taped on 23 and 25 August 2015, respectively. The Battles were featured on the first half of the episodes aired on 21, 28 August and 6, 11 September 2015.
Season four's advisors are G.E.M. for Team Wang Feng, A-mei for Team Jay, Li Jian for Team Na Ying and JJ Lin for Team Harlem. Continuing with the format used in the previous seasons, coaches of the other teams and the respective team advisor were allowed to provide recommendations to the team coach on who they should advance to the next round. However, the recommendations would not have an effect on the outcome of the results as the final decisions lie solely on the team coaches themselves. Artists who won their battle will advance to the Knockout rounds.
Arnold Schwarzenegger made a brief appearance at the start of the sixth episode to announce the commencement of the Battle rounds, as part of the promotional efforts for the film Terminator Genisys.
Colour key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser Coach's recommendations Harlem Feng Ying Jay Advisor Episode 6 Wang Feng 1 Zhang Bolin 张博林 "Jailhouse Rock" Yang Baoxin 杨宝心 Bolin rowspan=6 Baoxin Bolin Baoxin 2 Huang Xiaoyun 黄霄雲 "I Believe" Wang Feixue 王飞雪 Xiaoyun Feixue Xiaoyun Xiaoyun 3 Heo Chul 许哲 "曾经的你" Bek 别日克 Chul Bek Bek Chul 4 Huang Yong 黄勇 "从头再来" Lin Yan 林燕 Yan Yan Yan Yong 5 Zhang Xinxin 张鑫鑫 "少年锦时" Huang Kai 黄恺 Xinxin Xinxin Xinxin Xinxin 6 Beibei 贝贝 "我的天空" Xiu'er 修儿 Xiu'er Beibei Beibei Beibei Episode 7 Na Ying 1 Zhang Nan 张楠 "Mama" Zhou Xiaoxiao 周晓晓 Xiaoxiao Nan rowspan=6 Xiaoxiao Nan 2 Shuhei Nagasawa 长宇 "每天爱你多一些" Chenyo 晨悠 Chenyo Chenyo Chenyo Shuhei 3 Sun Bolun 孙伯纶 "最长的电影" Su Hao 苏浩 Bolun Hao Hao Bolun 4 Vanatsaya Viseskul 朗嘎拉姆 "红豆" Leonala Ling 凌菱 Leonala Vanatsaya Vanatsaya Leonala 5 Zhang Lei 张磊 "车站" Zhu Qiang 朱强 Qiang Lei Lei Lei 6 Kiki Li 李嘉琪 "真的爱你" / "Amani" Saya Chang 张惠春 Saya Saya Kiki Kiki Episode 8 Jay Chou 1 Tifa Chen 陈梓童 "刀剑如梦" Michael Liu 柳畅源 Tifa Tifa Tifa rowspan=6 Tifa 2 Sharon Kwan 关诗敏 "自己" / "Reflection" Abigail Garza 李安安 Sharon Sharon Abigail Abigail 3 Gin Lee 李幸倪 "红尘客栈" Jeffery Zhang 张旸 Jeffery Gin Jeffery Jeffery 4 Leon Lee 李安 "剪爱" / "Hero" Jiang Yuandong 江源东 Leon Yuandong Yuandong Yuandong 5 Samuel Huang 黄圣文 "比较大的大提琴" / "水手怕水" Zhan Xiaoli 詹小栎 Samuel Samuel Xiaoli Samuel 6 Will Jay 刘伟男 "Just the Way You Are" / "稻香" Lim Xu 徐林 Lim Lim Will Will Episode 9 Harlem Yu 1 Lotus Zhang 张姝 "燕尾蝶" Li Wenhui 李文慧 rowspan=6 Lotus Lotus Wenhui Lotus 2 Ika Zhao 赵大格 "亲密爱人" Ray Duan 段欣芮 Ika Ika Ray Ika 3 Rex Li 李文豪 "叶子" Jóhannes Koo 古振邦 Jóhannes Jóhannes Rex Rex 4 Ma Yinyin 马吟吟 "情人的眼泪" Usay Kawlu 舞思爱·羔露 Yinyin Yinyin Usay Usay 5 Tong Yushuo 童予硕 "表白" Wang Di 王帝 Yushuo Di Di Yushuo 6 Tan Xuanyuan 谭轩辕 "It's My Life" Jaffri Cao 曹景豪 Xuanyuan Jaffri Jaffri Xuanyuan
The Knockouts The Knockouts, which were taped together with the Battles, were featured on the second half of the episodes aired on 21, 28 August and 6, 11 September 2015. Similar to the Battles, coaches of the other teams and the respective team advisor were allowed to provide recommendations to the team coach on who they should advance to the next round, and once again they would not have an effect of the final outcome.
A new element was added in this season where each of the coaches were given one "double selection" power to save both contestants of a Knockout pair from elimination and advance them to the next round of competition. The top 16 contestants will then move on to the Playoffs.
Colour key Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Playoffs Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated