Singer 2018

Singer 2018 is the second season of Chinese television series Singer, a rebranded version of I Am a Singer that will air on Hunan Television. It is produced by Hong Tao, and its music director is Hong Kong senior musician Kubert Leung. It will be recorded in the Hunan Broadcasting System Radio and Television Center, Changsha, Hunan on January 3, 2018 and aired from January 12 to April 20, 2018 on Hunan Television.[1]

Singer
Season 2018
Broadcast fromJanuary 12 (2018-01-12) –
April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)
BroadcasterHunan Television
Finals venueHunan Broadcasting System
Winner
United Kingdom Jessie J
Runner-up
People's Republic of China Hua Chenyu
Chronology

Results

First Safe Bottom Eliminated Return Performance Challenger Challenge Success Breakout Success Breakout Failure Winner Runner-up Absent Quit
Singer Broadcast Date (2018) Average Ranking
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 Match 1 Qualifying Knockout
Challenge
Qualifying Knockout 1st round 2nd round
1   Jessie J 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 1 1   1.64
2   Hua Chenyu 1 3 1 1 3 5 2 2 1 2   2.1
3   Wang Feng 4 3 2 5 4 4 5 1 2 4 6 3   3.58
4   Teng Geer 2 2 7 1 4 3 4 3.29
5   James Li 4 4 7 5 7 5 6 2 5
6   Angela Chang 5 2 6 3 6 3 6 7 3 5 3 4.45
7   Henry Huo 4 4 7 5 4 4.8
8   Juno Su 5 3 6 5 7 5 5.17
9   Yisa Yu 6 7 6 6.33
10   KZ Tandingan 1 6 4 6 8 7 5.33
11   Tien Chong 2 8 5 7 8 8 6.33
12   Sam Lee 6 6 7 6.33
13   Li Xiaodong 7 7 7
14   GAI 3 4 3.5

Notes:

^  A. Average ranking is calculated using the weekly ranking, ignoring the bi-weekly overall ranking of each round

Details of competitions

1st round

Qualifying

This episode is the fourth episode of Singer 2018. It was recorded on January 25, 2018, and was broadcast on February 2, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television. In second round, Hua Chenyu joins the competition, as the second substitute singer.

Singer2018 2nd Qualifying Round February 2, 2018 Host: Angela Chang
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Wang Feng Li Rui "Er Shi" (Mandarin) Liu Haolin Tang Yingfeng Liu Haolin Huang Yi 6
2 James Li Wang Qiao "Ai De Zhen Yan" (Mandarin) Teresa Teng Lo Ta Yu Huang Yang 4
3 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Flashlight" (English) Jessie J Sia Furler
Christian Guzman
Jason Moore
Sam Smith
Nick Pyo 2
"Earth Song" (English) Michael Jackson
4 Angela Chang Ava Shen "Bésame Despacito" medley (Spanish) Long Nong 3
"Bésame Mucho" Emilio Tuero Consuelo Velázquez
"Despacito" Luis Fonsi
Daddy Yankee
Luis Rodríguez
Erika Ender
Ramón Ayala
5 Tien Chong Young Yang "Me" (Mandarin) Leslie Cheung Lin Xi Leslie Cheung Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
7
6 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "She" (Mandarin) Wang Seyuan Zeng Yu
Bi Jianbo
5
7 Hua Chenyu Li Weija "Equal to Heaven" (Mandarin) Hua Chenyu Zheng Nan 1
8 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "Silence" (Mandarin) Jay Chou Terence Teo Return performance

Knockout

This episode is the second episode of Singer 2018. It was recorded on January 11, 2018, and was broadcast on January 19, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television. 1st round, Juno Su is going to participate challenge round, as the first challenge singer, at last she gets No.5 temporarily safe, and Li Xiaodong is the lowest percentages of votes in 1st round first two matches.

Singer2018 1st Knockout Round January 19, 2018 Host: Angela Chang
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "Chi Xin Jue Dui" (Mandarin) Sam Lee Cai Bolan Chen Feiwu 6
2 Li Xiaodong Mandy Jin "Xiao Chou" (Mandarin) Mao Buyi Wu Muchan
Fan Qunzhe
7
3 Wang Feng Li Rui "Normal disco" (Mandarin) Luo Tianyi
Yan He
Ilem 3
4 Angela Chang Ava Shen "A Diao" (Mandarin) Zhao Lei Kong Deyue
Long Nong
2
5 Tien Chong Young Yang "Shape of You" (English) Ed Sheeran Tien Chong
Geoff King Suk
8
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G "I Have Nothing" (English) Whitney Houston David Foster
Linda Thompson
1
7 GAI Leo Li "Nan Nian De Jing" (Cantonese) Wakin Chau Lin Xi Wakin Chau 4
8 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "Grave to fireflies"

(Mandrain)

Faye Wong C.Y. Kong 5

First two matches overall ranking

1st round, due to Juno Su gets No.5 temporarily safe in matches, Li Xiaodong is eliminated, as the lowest percentages of votes in 1st round first two matches.

Singer2018 1st Round First Two Matches 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 Chang 12.31% (5) 19.05% (2) 15.68%
3 Wang Feng 12.65% (4) 16.59% (3) 14.62%
4 GAI 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%

Challenge

This episode is the third episode of Singer 2018. It was recorded on January 18, 2018, and was broadcast on January 26, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television. James Li joins the competition in the 1st challenge round, as the first substitute singer.

Singer2018 1st Challenge Round January 26, 2018 Host: Angela Chang
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sam Lee Qi Sijun "Li Ren" (Mandarin) Jacky Cheung 7
2 Tien Chong Young Yang "Hello" (English) Kelvin Avon
Chris Carpio
5
3 Juno Su Ryan Zuo "Fox" (Mandarin) William Wei 3
4 Li Xiaodong Mandy Jin "The Pray Of Heart" (Mandarin) Return performance
5 Angela Chang Ava Shen "Rang Quan Shi Jie Shi Mian" (Mandarin) Eason Chan Lin Xi Chan Wai Kubert Leung
Da Ridan
6
6 Jessie J Jeffrey G "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (English) Lori Lieberman Norman Gimbel Charles Fox Nick Pyo 1
7 Wang Feng Li Rui "Xia Zhui" (Mandarin) Shi Jianbo Huang Yi 2
8 James Li Wang Qiao "I Want Us To Be Together" (Mandarin) Mavis Fan James Li 4

Percentages of votes

In match 3, Juno Su gets No.3 challenge success, as Sam Lee is No.7 in the episode thus eliminated.

Singer2018 1st Roung Match 3 Percentages of Votes
Ranking Singer 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 Chang 9.53%
7 Sam Lee 6.94%

2nd round

Process of production

Preparation

At the end of Singer 2017, many many Weibo entertainment marketing accounts said that Singer 2017 as the last series of I Am a Singer and Singer, the series of the show will not be made from 2018. There are three reasons, first in the preparation and broadcasting of Singer 2017 faced a lot of uncertainty, second the invitation of competitors difficulties is harder than before, the last is the director Duyan and the screenwriter Sunli will leave after Singer 2017. However on 14 June of 2017, During the broadcast of Hunan Xinwen Lianbo, Hong Tao accepted the interview of Hunan TV reporter. He said Singer 2018 has entered the preparation to repudiate the remour.[2]

Sources

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