China's Got Talent (series 4)

Auditions were held in Shanghai Concert Hall. In this series, it features four judges instead of three. Jerry Huang, Dou Wentao, Xu Jinglei, Leon Lai, Yang Wei, Gao Xiaosong, and Annie Yi has all been featured throughout the auditions.

The top 16 were shown at the end of January 6 episode. They will be performing in Beijing at Great Hall of the People.

The semifinals began on January 13, 2013. The Great Hall of the People in Beijing was the venue for the semifinals.

Rules When the contestant is performing, judges can press their buzzers if the judges dislike the performance. When all 4 buzzers is pressed, the contestant must stop.

When the contestant is finished with their performance, a media jury of 100 can vote by raising their signs that was given to them. The most votes from the jury's votes will be automatically be in the finals. For second finalist, each of 4 judges has a chance of giving 10 votes to the 7 remaining contestants. The contestant that gets the most votes advance to the final. For the third finalist, judges vote between the third and fourth place contestants, and choose the best. If the result is tied, it goes to the public vote.

Key	Buzzed Out	Judges' choice for third place	Advanced to the finals. Highest votes of the night	Finished in second place with the judges votes	Finished in third place; Winning the text voting choice.	Finished in fourth place; Losing the text voting choice.

Italics indicate the second stage where each judges gave 10 points to their favorites. The contestants with the most votes combined with the jury points and judges' points will be the second finalist of the week.

Week 1 (Jan 13, 2013)

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Order	Performer	Act Description	Jury's Votes (Round 1)	Jury's Votes (Round 2)	Judges' Choices (Final Round)
					Huang	Lai	Xu	Dou
1	Zhang Ruofeng[note 1]	Contortionist/dancer	87+10(Xu)=97	91	—	—	—	—
2	Wang Jungru	Acrobat	93	Advanced in Round 1	—	—	—	—
3	Shenyang Fantasy Dance Group	Glowlight dance group	69	Eliminated	—	—	—	—
4	Jing Jing	Singer	59	Eliminated	—	—	—	—
5	Dong Jilan[note 2]	Ethnic Dancer	75+10(Dou)+10(Huang)=95	Not the highest vote getter in Round 2		—	—
6	Qian Brothers	Mouth sound effects	71	Eliminated	—	—	—	—
7	Lin Fei and Li Ming	Disabled dancers	87+10(Lai)=97	52	—			—
8	Ma Ziyue	Singer	85	Eliminated	—	—	—	—

1. Since Zhang Ruofeng and dancing duo, Lin Fei and Li Ming got the same votes, 97, the media jury had to vote again.
2. Since judges were deadlock in the final round, both Dong Jilan and dancing duo, Lin Fei and Li Ming will be voted by the public via text voting.

Week 2 (Jan 20, 2013)

Key	Buzzed Out	Judges' choice for third place	Advanced to the finals. Highest votes of the night	Finished in second place with the judges votes	Finished in third place; Winning the judges' choice.	Finished in fourth place; Losing the judges' choice.

Italics indicate the second stage where each judges gave 10 points to their favorites. The contestants with the most votes combined with the jury points and judges' points will be the second finalist of the week.

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Order	Performer	Act Description	Jury's Votes (Round 1)	Judges' Choices (Final Round)
				Huang	Lai	Xu	Dou
1	Tian Weiwei	Dancer	62	—	—	—	—
2	Zhang Qianyun	Opera Singer	72	—	—	—	—
3	Duan Zhimin	Yo-Yo player	90+10(Lai)+10(Huang)=110	—	—	—	—
4	Latin Duo	Latin dancers	96	—	—	—	—
5	Li Peng	Gymnast	94+10(Duo)=104
6	Wei Wei	Contortionist/dancer	74	—	—	—	—
7	Yan Xu	Singer	58+10(Xu)=68	—	—	—	—
8	Tibetan Choir	Choir	84	—	—	—	—

Rules

Before the final 6 acts performed one last time, the judges picked two more contestants from the semifinals to the finals for second chance. They were Ma Ziyue and Zhang Qianyun. Each 8 acts will perform for the judges and the judges will decide who will make it to the next stage. It is based on best of six. The second stage is by text voting by the Chinese public and it will determine the final four. The third stage will determine who is the top 2 and this is picked by the judges. The last stage, 101 selected jury will determine who is the winner. The individual who reaches 51 points will declared winner.[11]

Key	Yes to Second Stage	No to Second Stage	Winner	Runner-Up	Reached Final Four

Order	Performer	Act Description	Jury's Votes (of 101)-Final 2	Judges' Choices-1st stage
				Huang	Yang	Lai	Xu	Gao	Dou
1	Zhang Ruofeng	Contortionist/dancer
2	Zhang Qianyun	Opera singer
3	Latin Duo	Dancing
4	Wang Jungru	Acrobat	55
5	Duan Zhimin	Yo-Yo player	46
6	Ma Ziyue	Singer
7	Li Peng	Gymnast
8	Dong Jilan	Ethnic Dancer

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