Sing! China (season 5)

The fifth season of the Chinese reality talent show Sing! China premiered on 21 August 2020, on Zhejiang Television. Li Ronghao was the only coach returning from the previous season. Meanwhile, Li Jian and Nicholas Tse also returned after their one-season hiatus, replacing Harlem Yu and Wang Leehom. Li Yuchun joined the coaching panel as a new coach, replacing Na Ying.

Sing! China
Season 5
Hosted by
Coaches
WinnerShan Yichun 单依纯
Winning coachLi Jian
Runner-upZebra Forest 斑马森林
Release
Original networkZhejiang Television
Original release21 August (2020-08-21) 
21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)
Season chronology

On 21 November 2020, Shan Yichun was announced the winner of the season, making her youngest winner. In addition, with Li Jian's second win, he became the first coach to win multiple seasons. Zebra Forest from Team Li Ronghao was the runner-up. Hence, this is the first time in the history of Sing! China where a finalist is a stolen artist whom their coach did not originally turn for in the blind auditions. Pan Hong, Cao Yang and Su Yuning finished third, fourth and fifth places respectively.

Coaches and hosts

On 28 July 2020, it was announced that Nicholas Tse would be returning as a coach after a one-season hiatus. A few days later, on 31 July 2020, it was confirmed that Li Ronghao would be returning as a coach, along with Li Jian who returned after a one-season hiatus. On 18 August 2020, it was announced that Li Yuchun would be joining the trio as a new coach. Hu Qiaohua returned as a host for the season.[1][2][3]

Sing! China season 5 coaches

Teams

Colour key
Coaches Top 28 artists
Nicholas Tse
Cao Yang 曹杨 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 Xi Xin 祁馨
Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团 Gao Rui 高睿 Mu Su 穆苏 Wang Tianyang 王天阳
Yan Maolin 晏茂淋
Li Jian
Shan Yichun 单依纯 Song Yuning 宋宇宁 Su Wei 苏伟 Gao Rui 高睿
Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼 Sun Meiqi 孙美琪 Fan Tianli 房田立 Mu Su 穆苏
Li Yuchun
Pan Hong 潘虹 Ma Lu 马璐 Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅
Wang Tianqi 王天琦 Zebra Forest 斑马森林 Fan Lu 范茹 Taijin Zhizhi 太金之之
Dragon Girl and Flying Elephant 龙女和飛象
Li Ronghao
Zebra Forest 斑马森林 Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 Sumyee Ma 马心怡 Cheng Xin 程欣
Moses Yan 严雯君 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams).

Blind auditions

In this season, a new feature was added where artists can choose to perform their original songs at any point in time, which extends the blind audition rules of Sing My Song, a show that has been cancelled after 3 seasons.

In this stage, the coaches are to recruit a total of five artists to form a team of their own, contrary to six in Season 3. The forming of the teams would move to a format that is similar to the "Six-Chair Challenge" featured in the British version of The X Factor but modified. Once a team is full with five artists occupying all the spots, the subsequent artists which the coach has successfully recruited would have to face-off with one of the five artists in the sing-offs for a spot in the team.

The incoming artist may select any of the five 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. However, unlike Season 3, this season introduces the 'Save', where other coaches can save any losing artist from the sing offs (the same function as the steals from The Voice). The coaches are given 10 seconds to save the losing artist for elimination. If one coach presses their button, he/she will be automatically on the new coach's team and if more than one coach presses, same as with the blind auditions, the artist has the opportunity to choose which coach they want.

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.

Colour key
   Coach picked this artist to perform (via artist's song choice)
   Artist selected this coach as their preferred coach before performance
     Coach pressed their button
     Artist defaulted to this coach's team
     Artist elected to join this coach's team
     Artist eliminated with no coach pressing the button
     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 saved by other coaches after losing sing-off
     Artist eliminated after losing sing-off

Episode 1 (21 August)

The show started with the coaches performing each other's songs. Li Ronghao performed Nicholas Tse's "谢谢你的爱1999", Nicholas then performed Li Jian's "傳奇", Li Jian, performed Li Yuchun's "漂浮地铁", and Li Yuchun performed Li Ronghao's "要我怎么辦".

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao
1 Cheng Xin 程欣 23 Ningguo, Anhui "童来"
2 Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 24 Yongkang, Zhejiang "昨日青空"
3 Dragon Girl and Flying Elephant 龙女和飛象 26 & 27 "再不疯狂我们就老了"
4 Pan Hong 潘虹 21 Ganzhou, Jiangxi "最好"
5 Song Yuning 宋宇宁 26 Harbin, Heilongjiang "三巡"
6 Mu Su 穆苏 23 Fuyang, Anhui "上头歌"

Episode 2 (28 August)

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao
1 Taijin Zhizhi 太金之之 19 Sichuan "浪里游"
2 Moses Yan 严雯君 24 Shanghai "一个人的行李"
3 Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团 "Mojito"
4 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 32 Beijing "一滴泪的时间"
5 Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼 20 Xinjiang, Tacheng "不亏不欠"
6 Ma Lu 马璐 32 Shanghai "T-me"
7 Wang Tianyang 王天阳 28 Baotou, Inner Mongolia "空"
8 Sumyee Ma 马心怡 29 Nantong, Jiangsu "Imagine"
9 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 22 Henan, Zhengzhou "走"

Episode 3 (4 September)

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao
1 Sun Meiqi 孙美琪 20 Guangzhou, Guangdong "speak softly love"
2 Gao Rui 高睿 20 Chongqing, Sichuan "炼爱"
3 Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 24 Hangzhou "如果我不是我"
4 Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 21 Yongan, Fujian "想着你"
5 Su Wei 苏伟 25 Fujian, Datian "逝去的歌"
6 Shan Yichun 单依纯 18 Dongyang, Zhejiang "永不失联的爱"
7 Xi Xin 祁馨 23 Inner Mongolia "西京雁"

Episode 4 (11 September)

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao
1 Li Jiaen 李佳恩 26 Chengdu, Sichuan "關山酒"
2 Qian Mingyang 钱明暘 25 Shanghai "香水"
3 Zhang Yiwen 张艺雯 25 Yuncheng, Shanxi "燈光"
4 Wang Tianqi 王天琦 27 Bozhou, Anhui "清白之年"
5 Zebra Forest 斑马森林 25/22/24 "真的忘了"
6 Fan Tianli 房田立 24 Huangshan, Anhui "补修"

Episode 5 (18 September)

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao
1 Huang Chenchen 黄晨晨 19 Chongqing, Sichuan "萤火之森"
2 Tong Jun 童珺 31 Shenzhen, Guangdong "愛到底"
3 Cao Yang 蓸杨 28 Shanghai "微光"
4 Fan Lu 范茹 23 Xunyi, Jiangsu "生而为人"
5 Yan Maolin 晏茂淋 27 Jiangyou, Sichuan Province "北极星"

Sing-off details

Episode Order Song Incoming artist Defending artist Song Final 5 replacement chart
1 2 3 4 5
Team Nicholas
First five defending artists Mu Su 穆苏 Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团 Wang Tianyang 王天阳 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 Gao Rui 高睿
3 1 "蠅" Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 Gao Rui 高睿 (saved by Li Jian) "Dancing On My Own" Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶
2 "我要去哪裡" Xi Xin 祁馨 Wang Tianyang 王天阳 "擁有" Xi Xin 祁馨
5 1 "走散" Cao Yang 蓸杨 Mu Su 穆苏 (saved by Li Jian) "戀曲1980" Cao Yang 蓸杨
2 "無法逃脫" Yan Maolin 晏茂淋 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 "要死就一定要死在你手裡"
Team Li Jian
First five defending artists Song Yuning 宋宇宁 Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼 Sun Meiqi 孙美琪 Gao Rui 高睿 Su Wei 苏伟
3 1 "像風一樣" Shan Yichun 单依纯 Sun Meiqi 孙美琪 "La Vie En Rose" Shan Yichun 单依纯
5 1 "深夜不要思考" Fan Tianli 房田立 Gao Rui 高睿 "在你的雙眼遇見"
2 "時候到溜" Mu Su 穆苏 Su Wei 苏伟 "同花順"
Team Li Yuchun
First five defending artists Dragon Girl and Flying Elephant 龙女和飛象 Pan Hong 潘虹 Taijin Zhizhi 太金之之 Ma Lu 马璐 Qian Jingtao 钱江涛
4 1 "500 Miles" Wang Tianqi 王天琦 Taijin Zhizhi 太金之之 "追了太陽三條街" Wang Tianqi 王天琦
2 "听說" Zebra Forest 斑马森林 (saved by Li Ronghao) [4] Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 "Foolish Heart"
3 "理由" Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 Dragon Girl and Flying Elephant 龙女和飛象 "Play 我呸" Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅
5 1 "燈光" Fan Lu 范茹 Pan Hong 潘虹 "那女孩對我說"
Team Li Ronghao
First five defending artists Cheng Xin 程欣 Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 Moses Yan 严雯君 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 Sumyee Ma 马心怡
4 1 "燈塔" Zebra Forest 斑马森林 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 (saved by Li Yuchun) "因為你來過" Zebra Forest 斑马森林

The Cross Battles

Before the start of the Cross Battles, the coaches would decide on the appearance order of their artists, and this was done without the knowledge of their opposing coach. Therefore, all artists would not know who they are competing against until they were revealed on stage by the host. The coaches were also allowed to modify the appearance order of their artists at any point in the competition to counter the opposing artists in the remaining Cross Battles.

A total of four Cross Battles were held between two opposing coaches. At the end of each Cross Battle, the winning artist will earn one point for their team, while the losing artist would not get any points. Each of the coaches are allowed to pick an artist from their team to let the artist receive bonus points. If the artist wins, two points will be added to the team, otherwise, the artist will not receive any points.

At the end of the Cross Battles, the team with the highest number of winning points will advance to the Cross Knockouts. Meanwhile, the losing team would have to face a penalty and eliminate an artist from their team to move on to the next round of the competition.

Colour key
        Artist won the Cross Battle (one or two points allocated to the team)
        Artist lost the Cross Battle (no points allocated to the team)
  Team won the Cross Battles with highest winning points
     Artist received Bonus Points
     Artist was eliminated by coach
Episode Order Song Team Li Jian Result Team Yuchun Song
5 1
Episode 6
(26 September)
1 "流浪" Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼 19 34 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 "怪我更愛我自己"
2 "浮光掠影" Su Wei 苏伟 29 24 Ma Lu 马璐 "蔓延"
3 "爱的勇氣" Gao Rui 高睿 36 17 Wang Tianqi 王天琦 "往事只能回味"
4 "你我约定有三" Song Yuning 宋宇宁 30 23 Pan Hong 潘虹 "我曾经也想过一了百了"
5 "Forever Young" Shan Yichun 单依纯 42 11 Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 "雨天"
Episode 7
(2 October)
Order Song Team Ronghao Result Team Nicholas Song
2 5
1 "香格里拉" Cheng Xin 程欣 6 47 Cao Yang 蓸杨 "擱淺"
2 "我已經敢想你" Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 26 27 Xi Xin 祁馨 "尼可拉斯"
3 "一路向北" Zebra Forest 斑马森林 36 17 Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团 "卷珠帘"
4 "雨爱" Moses Yan 严雯君 16 37 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 "飞"
5 "星空" Zebra Forest 斑马森林1 24 29 Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 "消失"
  1. ^ Sumyee Ma 马心怡 was absent due to a surgery, hence Zebra Forest 斑马森林 had to take her place.

The Cross Knockouts

In this round, coaches will draw to determine the order in which they can select first. That coach will choose an artist from his team and state which opposing team he wants that artist to face off against. The chosen coach from the representative team will decide his/her opponent by draw as well. Each coach is allowed one block in this round. If a coach used a "Block" on his artist, he/she may not face a certain artist from another team by default. At the end of each Cross Knockout, the two artists will receive votes of approval from a 51-person judging panel. The artist with the most votes will advance to the Playoffs, while the other would be eliminated.

For the first time, two artists from the same team competed in the cross knockouts.

Colour key
        Artist won the Cross Knockout and advanced to the Playoffs
        Artist lost the Cross Knockout and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Panel votes Result "Block" result Blocked artist
Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao
Episode 9
(23 October)
Li Ronghao 1.1 Cheng Xin 程欣 "半句再見" 9 Eliminated Not selected
Li Yuchun 1.2 Pan Hong 潘虹 "靈魂伴侶" 42 Advanced
Li Yuchun 2.1 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 "爸,你在哪裡" 22 Eliminated Shan Yichun 单依纯
Li Jian 2.2 Su Wei 苏伟 "苔" 29 Advanced Block used Not selected
Nicholas Tse 3.1 Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团 "马灯调" 24 Eliminated
Li Ronghao 3.2 Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 "我的心太乱" 27 Advanced
Li Jian 4.1 Song Yuning 宋宇宁 "我已不怪你" 31 Advanced
Li Yuchun 4.2 Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 "我我" 20 Eliminated
Episode 10
(30 October)
Li Ronghao 1.1 Zebra Forest 斑马森林 "都是你害的" 33 Advanced Shan Yichun 单依纯
Li Jian 1.2 Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼 "Hello" 18 Eliminated Block used Not selected
Li Yuchun 2.1 Ma Lu 马璐 "T+ME" 13 Eliminated
Li Jian 2.2 Shan Yichun 单依纯 "如此" 38 Advanced
Nicholas Tse 3.1 Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 "Yellow" 34 Advanced
Li Jian 3.2 Gao Rui 高睿 "孩子(你還在我身旁)" 17 Eliminated
Li Ronghao 4.1 Sumyee Ma 马心怡 "可爱" 24 Eliminated
Nicholas Tse 4.2 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 "攀山者" 27 Advanced
Nicholas Tse 5.1 Cao Yang 蓸杨 "旧伤口" 33 Advanced
Nicholas Tse 5.2 Xi Xin 祁馨 "我们的爱情" 18 Eliminated

The Playoffs

The Top 9 performed in the Playoffs for a spot in the Top 7. The order of appearance of the artists was decided through the drawing of lots by their respective coaches. In deciding who moves on, a professional judging panel made up of 50 veteran record producers, music critics, and media practitioners from various media companies; as well as the studio audience made up of 300 members of the public were given an equal say. Each of the voters was entitled to one vote per artist, and they can either choose to vote or not vote for a particular artist. The maximum score that the student will receive of the professional judging panel review is 50, and 50 for the live audiences, thus having the maximum score of was 100. Seven artists with higher overall scores advanced, while two artists with the lowest scores will be eliminated from the competition.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Judges' score
(out of 50)
Public votes
(out of 300)
Total Points Result
Episode 11
(6 November)
Li Jian 1 Song Yuning 宋宇宁 "Is It a Dream" 30 272 75.33 Advanced (5th)
Li Jian 2 Su Wei 苏伟 "陪我看日出" 23 235 62.17 Eliminated (8th)
Li Jian 3 Shan Yichun 单依纯 "人啊" 45 293 93.83 Advanced (1st)
Li Ronghao 4 Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 "对不起 谢谢" 13 228 51 Eliminated (9th)
Li Ronghao 5 Zebra Forest 斑马森林 "怀珠" 43 277 89.17 Advanced (3rd)
Nicholas Tse 6 Cao Yang 蓸杨 "给我一个理由忘记" 37 281 83.83 Advanced (4th)
Nicholas Tse 7 Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 "追光者" 25 266 69.33 Advanced (7th)
Nicholas Tse 8 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 "再见马戏团" 28 278 74.33 Advanced (6th)
Li Yuchun 9 Pan Hong 潘虹 "普希金" 44 295 93.17 Advanced (2nd)

The Semi-finals

The Top 7 performed in the semi-finals for a slot in the finals. Just like in the playoffs, the order of appearance of the artists was decided through the drawing of lots by their respective coaches. The same voting procedure in the playoffs will be done in the semi-finals: a 50-member professional judging panel, except that there will be a 400-member audience instead of 300. Five artists with higher overall scores will advance to the final, while the other two will be eliminated.

With Zebra Forest's advancement to the final, this is the first time that a stolen artist made into the finale.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Judges' score
(out of 50)
Public votes
(out of 400)
Total Points Result
Episode 12
(13 November)
Li Jian 1 Shan Yichun 单依纯 "给电影人的情書" 42 362 87.25 Advanced (3rd)
Nicholas Tse 2 Cao Yang 蓸杨 "就是爱你" 30 312 69 Advanced (5th)
Nicholas Tse 3 Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 "口袋的夢" 31 260 63.5 Eliminated (6th)
Li Yuchun 4 Pan Hong 潘虹 "让她降落" 44 368 90 Advanced (1st)
Nicholas Tse 5 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 "梦游歌" 20 288 56 Eliminated (7th)
Li Jian 6 Song Yuning 宋宇宁 "那年,年少" 30 370 76.25 Advanced (4th)
Li Ronghao 7 Zebra Forest 斑马森林 "那些花儿" 43 361 88.125 Advanced (2nd)

The Finals

The Top 5 performed live in a two-part season finale on 21 November, held at the Beijing National Stadium. In the first round of the competition, the five finalists performed a duet with their coach, and a solo song. Based on the public votes received from the live audience at the end of the first round, the bottom three artists with the fewest votes would be eliminated.

The final two artists would then sing their winner's song before a 100-person panel and live audience, who will vote for the winner at the end of the performances. Every member of the panel would be entitled to one vote, and the total number of votes received by the artists from the panel and live audience would be converted into percentage points accordingly. The artist who received the highest number of points would be announced as the winner.

Coach Artist Round 1 Round 2 Result
Order Duet song (with coach) Order Solo song Public votes Order Winner's song Panel votes (points) Public points Total points
Li Jian Song Yuning 宋宇宁 1 "城市之光" 5 "总有人会拥抱你" 22,974 N/A (already eliminated) Fifth place
Li Jian Shan Yichun 单依纯 1 "城市之光" 6 "好久不见" 38,869 10 "星 + Sailing" 68 35,311(74.30) 74.51 Winner
Li Yuchun Pan Hong 潘虹 2 "皇后与梦想" 7 "身后" 33,451 N/A (already eliminated) Third place
Nicholas Tse Cao Yang 蓸杨 3 "给天使看的戏" 8 "只有你不知道" 26,809 N/A (already eliminated) Fourth place
Li Ronghao Zebra Forest 斑马森林 4 "倒带" 9 "匆匆" 36,119 11 "一滴泪的时间" 23 12,217(25.70) 25.49 Runner-up

Contestants who appeared on previous seasons or TV shows

References

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