Genre Reality competition Country of origin China No. of seasons 1 First episode date 15 July 2016 Number of episodes 15 | Directed by Jin Lei No. of episodes 15 | |
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Similar The Voice of China, Sound of My Dream, Hurry Up - Brother, Chinese Dream Show, CCTV New Year's Gala Profiles | ||
2016
Sing! China (Chinese: 中国新歌声; pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīn gēshēng) is a Chinese reality television singing competition broadcast on Zhejiang Television. It is a rebranded version of The Voice of China, a show based on the original The Voice of Holland. The concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or duets) contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by votes cast by a media judging panel and live audience. They receive a record deal with various labels for winning the competition.
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The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. Members of the coaching panel include Jay Chou, Na Ying, Wang Feng, and Harlem Yu.
Sing! China began airing on 15 July 2016.
Format
The series consists of three main phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. The four judges / coaches choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team. If two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.
Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving four acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining the best of four acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.
In the final phase, the remaining contestants compete against each other in live broadcasts. The audience and the coaches have equal say in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one contestant remaining for each coach, the four contestants will compete against each other in the final round with the outcome decided solely by public vote.
Coaches and hosts
Li Yong is the host.
Coaches' advisors
Season synopses
Names in bold type indicate the winner of the season.
Season 1
The first season of Sing! China premiered on 15 July 2016 and concluded on 7 October 2016. The coaching panel consisted of Jay Chou, Na Ying, Wang Feng, and Harlem Yu, with Li Yong, Yi Yi, and Hu Qiaohua as the hosts.
Each coach was allowed to advance five top to the playoffs:
Six finalists were advanced to the final round. Jiang Dunhao 蒋敦豪 was announced as the winner of the season, while Nathan Hartono 向洋, Wang Chenrui 汪晨蕊, Xu Geyang 徐歌阳, Yang Meina 杨美娜, and Jeryl Lee 李佩玲 placed second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.