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.
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
ContestantCountry / RegionMusic PartnerStatusWeek EnteredWeek ExitedResultTaiwanInitial singerUnited KingdomInitial singerChinaInitial singerChinaSubstitute singerChinaChallengerUnited KingdomInitial singerTaiwanInitial singerChinaSubsistute singerChinaInitial singerChinaChallengerPhilippinesChallengerChinaSubstitute singerChinaInitial singerChinaSubstitute singer
Future appearances Hua Chenyu would appear as a contestant on the eighth season in 2020.
Results 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
First round
Qualifying Taping Date: January 3, 2018 Airdate: January 12, 2018 Singer 2018 1st Qualifying Round January 12, 2018 Host: Angela ZhangOrder 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 MuchanFan Junzhe 7 3 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "夢裏花" Angela Zhang Wu I-Wei Xiao Wang ZiHua lun Qu Shicong 5 4 Tien Chong Young Yang "Queen Bee" Suite Rama Liu 2 "舞孃" Jolin Tsai Isaac Chen Miriam NervoOlivia NervoGreg Kurstin "Lady Marmalade" Labelle Robert CreweKenny Nolan 5 GAI Leo Li "滄海一聲笑" Lo Ta-yuJames Wong JimTsui Hark James Wong Jim Song Yang 3 6 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Domino" Jessie J Lukasz GottwaldMax MartinClaude KellyJessie JHenry Russell Walter Nick Pyo 1 7 Wang Feng Li Rui "無處安放" Wang Feng Jia YinanHuang 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.
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, 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 ZhangOrder Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking 1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "痴心絕對" Ada JinKwon Vook VookSam LeeSammyPan Mei-chen Ponan Tsai Chen Fei-wu 6 2 Li Xiaodong Mandy Jin "消愁" Mao Buyi Wu MuchanFan Junzhe 7 3 Wang Feng Li Rui "普通Disco" Luo TianyiYanhe Ilem Huang Yi 3 4 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "阿刁" Zhao Lei Kong DeyueLong Long 2 5 Tien Chong Young Yang "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran Ed SheeranSteve MacJohnny McDaidKandi BurrussTameka CottleKevin Briggs Tien ChongGeoff King Luk 8 6 Jessie J Jeffrey G "I Have Nothing" Whitney Houston David Foster Linda Thompson Nick Pyo 1 Albert Leung 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 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 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 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 ZhangOrder Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking 1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "離人" Jacky CheungTerry Lin Mercy Li He Jiawen Kubert LeungDa Ridan 7 2 Tien Chong Young Yang "Hello" Adele AdeleGreg Kurstin Kelvin AvonChris Carpio 5 3 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "狼" William Wei Zeng YuNIA 3 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 LeungDa Ridan 6 6 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Lori LiebermanRoberta 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 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
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 ZhangOrder 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 SiaChristian GuzmanJason MooreSam Smith Nick Pyo 2 "Earth Song" Michael Jackson 4 Angela Zhang Ava Shen "Bésame Despacito" medley Long Long 3 "Bésame Mucho" Emilio Tuero Consuelo Velázquez "Despacito" Luis FonsiDaddy Yankee Luis FonsiErika EnderDaddy Yankee 5 Tien Chong Young Yang "我" Leslie Cheung Albert Leung Leslie Cheung Kelvin AvonChris Carpio 7 6 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "她" William Wong Zeng YuBi Jianbo 6 7 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "齊天" Hua Chenyu Ding YanxueJin HezaiFang 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 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 ZhangOrder Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyricist Composer Arranger Ranking 1 Tien Chong Young Yang "不在乎" Tien Chong Hippie ZhaoXu Xu Tien Chong Kelvin Avon Chris Carpio 8 "One Day I'll Fly Away" Randy Crawford Joe SampleWill Jennings 2 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Ain't Nobody" RufusChaka Khan Hawk Wolinski Nick Pyo 2 3 James Li Wang Qiao "秋意濃" Jacky CheungWinnie 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 HeWang Zitong Chen Di 6 6 Hua Chenyu Li Weijia "孩子" Westloft Hsiang Yueh-e Westloft Zheng NanHua Chenyu 3 7 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "舍離斷" Hollis He Zeng YuBaby Chung 5 8 KZ Tandingan Jackie Tam "Rolling in the Deep" Adele AdelePaul Epworth Rama Liu 1 a. Ranked first in the Pre-Audience Voting
Overall ranking 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 Taping Date: February 9, 2018 Airdate: February 16, 2018