The third season of the Chinese reality talent show Sing! China premiered on 13 July 2018, on Zhejiang Television. Jay Chou is the only coach to return from the previous season. Returning coach Harlem Yu and new coaches Li Jian and Nicholas Tse replaced Eason Chan, Liu Huan and Na Ying in this season.
This is the first season which resumed the usage of the Chinese show name "中国好声音", following the withdrawal of a legal dispute between Star China Media and its former partner Talpa Media in 2016 which barred the former from using the name that was previously seen on The Voice of China, a show which the latter owns the franchise. Despite reverting to its original Chinese name, the show would not be produced as part of The Voice franchise. It would retain its English name and continue to run in its original Sing! China competition format.
On 7 October, Tenzin Nyima 旦增尼玛 of Team Li Jian was announced as the winner of the season, with Li Zhenwu 黎真吾 of Team Harlem as runner-up. Liu Junge 刘郡格 of Team Nicholas finished in third place, while Team Jay's Su Han 宿涵 and Cering 周兴才让 finished in fourth and fifth place respectively.
Coaches and hosts
On 11 October 2017, three days after previous season's grand finals, Na Ying announced via her management that she has decided to leave the show and would not be returning for her third season as a coach. Her move also ended her six-year consecutive stint as a coach, which began since the first season of The Voice of China. Individuals rumoured to be replacing Na included Faye Wong, Tsai Chin and Su Rui. In an official statement, Chou's management said the rumour is "fake" as the team had yet to decide on Chou's involvement in the third season as the latter was "busy touring" and it was still premature to discuss a show that would only take place a year later. Lu Wei, the show's publicity director, said Chou would be invited to return as a coach, and refuted the claim that he has signed a three-year contract with the show as the show's production team renews contracts with the coaches every year. On 3 November, Chou was confirmed to be returning for his third season. On 28 March 2018, it was announced that Li Jian and Nicholas Tse would also be joining the show as new coaches, with a fourth coach that was yet to be announced. On 4 May, it was reported by the Taiwanese media that former coach Harlem Yu, who left the show after the first season, would be returning to the show as the unannounced fourth coach. Yu's involvement in the show was neither confirmed by his management nor the show's production team till 29 May, when it was officially announced via the show's social media that Yu would be the fourth and final coach to join the show. Eason Chan and last season's winning coach Liu Huan were therefore confirmed to have left the show.
This is the first season in the show's history not to feature a female coach, and also the first to have more than two coaches not originating from mainland China.
Hu Qiaohua returned for his second season as the main host. The eleventh episode was hosted by Rosy Luo.
Teams Colour key
Coaches Top 44 artists Nicholas Tse Liu Junge 刘郡格 Double Angel 打包安琪 Deng Zixiao 邓紫霄 Vash Hsu 徐暐翔 Wang Chao 王朝 Li Jiadan 李佳丹 Hao Yaqing 郝亚青 Jun Chan 陈俊皓 Liao Yingxuan 廖颖轩 Su Yuhan 宿雨涵 Xing Kaixiang 邢凯翔 Xu Shihan 徐诗寒 Jay Chou Su Han 宿涵 Cering 周兴才让 Zhang Shen'er 张神儿 Evis Wy Golden Eggplosives 金色炸蛋 Bryce Wu 吴奇 Eli Low 刘嘉慧 Nix 陈佳杏 Wang Naiying 王乃迎 Zhang Chaoyang 张超洋 Annabella Chua 蔡咏琪 Harlem Yu Li Zhenwu 黎真吾 Nigel Tay 郑伟杰 Huang Renqin 黄稔钦 Suzanne Low 刘思延 Ericson Bi 毕晓鑫 June Wong 黄玉儿 Blue Wang 王曼玉 JC 陈泳彤 Kenny Chan 陈旭侃 Peng Anni 彭安妮 Li Jian Tenzin Nyima 旦增尼玛 Kang Shulong 康树龙 Tiger 谭秋娟 Gary Zhao 赵家豪 Li Zhiyu 李志宇 Wang Xuan 王轩 Beverly Lim Morata 村田白慧莉 Chen Guanyu 陈冠宇 Gao Jinli 高巾立 Liao Yetian 廖野天 Wang Kai 王恺
Blind auditions The taping of the blind auditions began on 20 June and ended on 6 July. This season saw the return of the rotating coaches' chairs that are similar to the ones featured in The Voice which the show is rebranded from. The coaches would listen to the contestants on stage in those chairs which are faced away from the stage. If they like what they hear from a contestant, they press the button on their chairs which rotates them to face the stage. This signifies that the contestant has been recruited to join the respective coach's team. If more than one coach presses their button, the contestant would then choose the coach they want to work with. If none of the coaches presses their button, the losing artist would leave the stage straight away, without any conversations with the coaches, and the chairs would remain unturned.
In the blind auditions, the coaches are to recruit a total of six artists to form a team of their own. The forming of the teams this season would move to a format that is similar to the "Six-Chair Challenge" featured in the British version of The X Factor. Once a team is full with six artists occupying all the spots, the subsequent artists which the coach has successfully recruited would have to face-off with one of the six artists in the sing-offs for a spot in the team. The incoming artist may select any of the six defending artists to compete against in the sing-off, and both artists would each sing a new song and the coach would decide on the winner. The winner would be given the spot in the team while the other would be eliminated. For defending artists, once they have won a sing-off against an incoming artist, they would receive immunity from the subsequent sing-offs and immediately advance to the next round of the competition.
In this season, the performance order during the blind auditions would be decided on the spot by the coaches. The coaches would be given a list of songs which the artists would be performing, and the coaches would take turn to pick the songs which they would like to hear first, and the respective artist would be called upon the stage to perform the song. Therefore, the artists would only be notified of their performance order minutes before their performances. Before the artists perform, they would each select a coach which they would like to work with the most, and the coach's head shot would be shown in real-time on the large screen attached to their respective chairs during their performance. This allows the artists to see how their preferred coaches are reacting to their performances while the latter is facing away from the stage, thus potentially influencing the artist's final choice of coach.
The second episode, which was originally slated to air on 20 July, failed to air as planned due to "post-production complications and scheduling conflicts".
Colour key Coach picked this artist to perform (via artist's song choice) Artist selected this coach as his or her preferred coach before performance Coach pressed his button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his button Artist withdrew from the competition Artist remained on the team after winning sing-off; immune from subsequent sing-offs Artist remained on the team after winning sing-off; replaced a defending artist Artist eliminated by coach after losing sing-off
Episode 1 (13 July) The four coaches performed a medley of each other's songs – Nicholas Tse and Harlem Yu performed their personal hits "让我一次爱个够" and "因为爱所以爱", Jay Chou performed Li Jian's "抚仙湖", Li performed Chou's "等你下课" – and concluded the performances with "霍元甲" and "万里长城永不倒".
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Lost sing-off to Nicholas Jay Harlem Li Jian 1 Annabella Chua 蔡咏琪 17 Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia "Love U U" — 2 Li Zhenwu 黎真吾 23 Yibin, Sichuan "山海" 3 Kang Shulong 康树龙 31 Harbin, Heilongjiang "魔鬼中的天使" — — 4 Tiger 谭秋娟 20 Chongqing "Loving Strangers" — 5 Double Angel 打包安琪(Huang Anqi 黄安琪 & Liu Anqi 刘安琪) 23 / 26 Wuhan, Hubei / Xiangtan, Hunan "权御天下" 6 Su Yuhan 宿雨涵 20 Shijiazhuang, Hebei "等下一个他" — — — Deng Zixiao 邓紫霄 7 Vash Hsu 徐暐翔 26 Taichung, Taiwan "情歌" — — — 8 Jun Chan 陈俊皓 23 Sha Tin, Hong Kong "半点心" — — — Xu Shihan 徐诗寒 9 Xing Kaixiang 邢凯翔 30 Chaoyang District, Beijing "潜龙勿用" — — — Liao Yingxuan 廖颖轩 10 Wang Chao 王朝 26 Yuci, Shanxi "黄河谣" —
Annabella Chua 蔡咏琪 was originally featured in the first episode and was prominently known as the first artist to join Team Jay. However, she is believed to have been removed from the show as her age (17 years) has violated the new rules set out by the State Administration of Radio and Television which ban individuals below 18 years old from participating local television talent shows. Her audition was completely edited out in the rerun of the first episode, and clips of her involvement in the competition were also subsequently removed from video-sharing websites. She was neither mentioned nor shown in the later episodes as an artist of Team Jay, thus effectively confirmed her withdrawal from the competition. Huang Anqi 黄安琪 chose Li Jian as her preferred coach, while Liu Anqi 刘安琪 chose Jay Chou.
Episode 2 (27 July) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Lost sing-off to Nicholas Jay Harlem Li Jian 1 Beverly Lim Morata 村田白慧莉 39 Singapore "雪の華" / "飘雪" — — — Li Zhiyu 李志宇 2 Kenny Chan 陈旭侃 25 Jingzhou, Hubei "十二楼" — — — Peng Anni 彭安妮 3 Jess Wy 雷婉妍 29 Malaysia "等你下课" — — — — 4 Zhang Chaoyang 张超洋 28 Xi'an, Shaanxi "遇见" — — Cering 周兴才让 5 Liao Yingxuan 廖颖轩 26 Guangzhou, Guangdong "我真的需要" — — — Li Jiadan 李佳丹 6 Li Jiadan 李佳丹 27 Shenyang, Liaoning "英雄" 7 Tenzin Nyima 旦增尼玛 26 Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai "隐形纪念" — 8 Deng Zixiao 邓紫霄 20 Chengdu, Sichuan "因为爱所以爱" — — — 9 Gao Jinli 高巾立 26 Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang "的青春" — — Wang Xuan 王轩 10 Gary Zhao 赵家豪 21 Shenzhen, Guangdong "慢慢喜欢你" — — 11 Liao Yetian 廖野天 28 Qingdao, Shandong "空心" — — Gary Zhao 赵家豪
Episode 3 (3 August) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Lost sing-off to Nicholas Jay Harlem Li Jian 1 Nix 陈佳杏 24 New York, United States "听妈妈的话" — — — Su Han 宿涵 2 Wang Naiying 王乃迎 25 Nanping, Fujian "不爱我就拉倒" — — — Eli Low 刘嘉慧 3 Evis Wy 33 Philadelphia, United States "爱在西元前" — — 4 Golden Eggplosives 金色炸蛋(Kinny Jin 金玲莉 & Meng Weixuan 孟维轩) 21 / 23 Anshun, Guizhou / Jilin, Jilin "忍者" / "黄金甲" / "将军" / "止战之殇" — — — 5 Zhang Shen'er 张神儿 23 Wuhan, Hubei "母系社会" 6 Eli Low 刘嘉慧 24 Singapore "时间轴" Bryce Wu 吴奇 7 Su Han 宿涵 24 Shenyang, Liaoning "止战之殇" / "Rap God" 8 Nigel Tay 郑伟杰 28 Malaysia / United States "催眠" — — 9 Bryce Wu 吴奇 23 Chengdu, Sichuan "体面" — —
Episode 4 (10 August) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Lost sing-off to Nicholas Jay Harlem Li Jian 1 Ericson Bi 毕晓鑫 24 Shenyang, Liaoning "Loving You" — — — 2 Suzanne Low 刘思延 21 Penang, Malaysia "天天" — — 3 Blue Wang 王曼玉 25 Beijing "花火" — — Huang Renqin 黄稔钦 4 Li Zhiyu 李志宇 34 Shijiazhuang, Hebei "侠客行" — — 5 Cering 周兴才让 23 Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai "大雁" — — 6 Peter Chen 陈彼得 74 Taipei, Taiwan "Remember Me" — — — — 7 Wang Kai 王恺 35 Xi'an, Shaanxi "What'd I Say" — — Kang Shulong 康树龙 8 Huang Renqin 黄稔钦 24 Kunming, Yunnan "Shape of You" — — 9 JC 陈泳彤 20 Hong Kong "说散就散" — — Huang Renqin 黄稔钦
Episode 5 (17 August) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Lost sing-off to Nicholas Jay Harlem Li Jian 1 Xu Shihan 徐诗寒 22 Xi'an, Shaanxi "风流女生" — — — Liu Junge 刘郡格 2 Peng Anni 彭安妮 34 Wuhan, Hubei "你安静起来" — June Wong 黄玉儿 3 June Wong 黄玉儿 31 Malaysia "Love Song" — — — 4 Tsakhiagiin 道尔吉 29 Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai "海然海然" — — — — 5 Hao Yaqing 郝亚青 28 Jinzhong, Shanxi "你想干什么" — Vash Hsu 徐暐翔 6 Chen Guanyu 陈冠宇 20 Xiangcheng City, Henan "Let You Go" — Tenzin Nyima 旦增尼玛 7 Wang Xuan 王轩 31 Beijing "差一步" — — — 8 Liu Junge 刘郡格 28 Beijing "No Fear in My Heart" — —
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