Singer season 1 explained

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Judges:500 public audiences
Host:Hu Haiquan (Episode 1, 3-10, Repechage, Semifinal)
Chen Yufan (Episode 2)
Sha Baoliang, He Jiong, Wang Han (final round)
Finals Venue:Hunan Broadcasting System
Winner:Yu Quan
Runner Up:Terry Lin
Network:Hunan Television

I Am a Singer is a Chinese version of the Korean reality show I Am a Singer and it is broadcast on Hunan Television. The show's first season premiered on January 18, 2013. The competitions was divided into five rounds (each round comprising two episodes), and the final phase having three episodes which was not included in the Korean version (Revival Round (which would later be called Breakout Round in the next season), Semifinals and Finals), giving the series a total of 13 episodes. Each round features seven singers performing in front of 500 public audiences to judge. The first episode of each round doesn't has any singer eliminated, but subsequent episodes will eliminate one singer, which was decided on which singers received a lower count of votes, while a new singer will substitute the eliminated singer in the following episode.

Chinese music duo Yu Quan, which consists of members Chen Yufan (陳羽凡) and Hu Haiquan (胡海泉), were the inaugural winners of I Am a Singer on the finale aired live broadcast on April 12, 2013.

Production

I Am a Singer consist of 13 weeks of shows. The first 10 episodes were competition stage divided by five rounds of two episodes, each having a Qualifier and a Knockout round; followed by a Revival episode, Semi-finals and Grand finals. Each episode have a lineup of seven singers competing for the votes of the 500-member studio audience, with a role to decide the outcome at the end of the episode; each member will cast a vote of three singers of their preference, while the semi-finals round onwards changes to a single vote. These votes are accumulative over two episodes and the singer receiving the lowest votes after the Knockout round was eliminated, after which a new round begins with the vote count reset and a new singer will substitute in the place for the previously-eliminated singer.

Each singer was also assigned by the production to a manager or Music Partner, who would serve as an advisor for the singer; when the singer is voted out, the corresponding Music Partner will also be eliminated. Each show (except for the finals) do not have a fixed host, but the host was chosen from one of any eligible singers doubling as a role of the host; like Music Partners, singers will forfeit the hosting role upon their elimination.

Revival round

The season was originally announced to last 12 weeks without a Revival round; on Week 8, producer Hong Tao announced the Revival round will be added between the fifth Knockout and the semi-finals. Held after the final Knockout round on Week 11, the five previously eliminated singers (except Chyi Chin, due to his withdrawal) compete for the seventh and final place in the semi-finals. Each singer performed two songs, a rendition and an original, with votes cast in-between rounds. These votes are accumulative and the singer receiving a higher vote will be reinstated from the competition.

The season only featured eliminated singers while remaining singers (both initial and substitute singers) were exempt from the round; beginning on the next season, substitute singers were required to participate in the Revival round, due to time constraints and a lineup of many singers, singers sang only one song for the round.

Finals

The Grand finals were held live on April 12, 2013 over 4-hours starting at 7.30pm. Singers each compete for the title by performing two songs, a duet with a guest performer, and a solo. Votes cast after each round carries a percentage which would be converted into a score to determine the winning singer. The finals also invited previously eliminated and withdrawn singers to perform an additional, returning performance. This is the only season to date to do so; starting in the next season, though not mentioned or otherwise, only eliminated singers were invited to watch the performance.

Contestants

The following I Am a Singer season one contestants are listed in alphabetical order. Singers without a placement for the final are listed as finalists, and singers who withdrew are listed as withdrawn.

Key:

– Winner

– Runner-up

– Other finalist

– Withdrew

ContestantCountryManagerStatusWeek EnteredWeek ExitedResult
ChinaInitial singer
TaiwanInitial singer
TaiwanSubstitute singer
ChinaInitial singer
TaiwanInitial singer
TaiwanSubstitute singer
ChinaInitial singer
ChinaInitial singer
Hong KongInitial singer
TaiwanSubstitute singer
ChinaInitial singer
ChinaSubstitute singer

Future appearances

Yu Quan, Terry Lin, Aska Yang, Julia Peng and Shang Wenjie appeared as guest performers on the Biennial concert on the following season. Yu Quan also appeared on the same season as a guest performer in the premiere episode, while Huang Qishan returned on the finals as a guest assistant singer during round one. Huang and Yang appeared again on the Biennial concert on the third season. Zhou Xiao'ou returned as a guest assistant singer, while Yu Quan returned again (along with Han Lei and Han Hong) on a special Winners exhibition performance on the finals on the fourth season.

Lin and Peng again returned as contestants, while Yang and Shang appear as guest assistant singers in the final episode, both on the fifth season.

Results

FirstSafeBottomEliminatedReturn PerformanceRepechage SuccessRepechage FailureWinnerRunner-upWithdrew
Singer Broadcast Date (2013)
18 Jan25 Jan1 Feb8 Feb15 Feb 22 Feb1 Mar8 Mar15 Mar22 Mar29 Mar 5 Apr 12 Apr
1st Round2nd Round3rd Round4th Round5th RoundRepechageSemifinalFinal Round
QualifyingKnockout QualifyingKnockout Qualifying Knockout Qualifying Knockout Qualifying Knockout 1st Round 2nd Round Overall
12 1 4 12 6 4 4 2 2 3 121
2Terry Lin132 11 3 2 212
=36 2 13 4113 4 6 6 3
=3Aska Yang751 1 3
=33 4 4 5
=33 6 6 5 7 6
=3Zhou Xiao'ou357 27 15 7
=8Sha Baoliang5 3 62 74 65 5 7
=84 4 3562 57
=8Chen Ming7 6 54 57
=83 7
=81 5 27

Competition details

1st round

Qualifying

I Am a Singer Season 1 1st Qualifying round January 18, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "心似狂潮" Yu Quan Yu Quan 2
2 "等你愛我" Chen Ming
Eason Chan
小柯 7
3 "最终信仰" Shang Wenjie 唐恬
Shang Wenjie
Shang Wenjie 4
4 "海阔天空" (Cantonese) 3
5 "等待" Huang Qishan Kubert Leung 6
6 YOYO "飄" Sha Baoliang 老沫 5
7 "夜夜夜夜" Chyi Chin 江建民 1

Knockout

I Am a Singer Season 1 1st Knockout Round January 25, 2013 Host: Chen Yufan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "离不开你" 劉文歧 Liu Huan Kubert Leung
黃綺珊音樂工作室
2
2 "用心良苦" Tracy Chang Yu 鐘宗豪 5
3 "你怎么舍得我难过" 劉卓 4
4 "當我想你的時候" 6
5 YOYO "秋意濃" Kubert Leung 3
6 "吻别" Wong Koon Chung 7
7 "燭光裡的媽媽" 王健
李春莉
Yu Quan 1

Overall ranking

I Am a Singer Season 1 1st Round Overall ranking
RankingSingerTotal VotesTotal Percentages of Votes
1 661 22.12%
2 492 16.46%
3 475 15.90%
4 388 12.98%
5 381 12.75%
6 301 10.07%
7 290 9.70%
Total Votes 2988 99.98%

A. The total votes does not include 12 rejected votes.

2nd round

Qualifying

The first substitute singer of the season was Aska Yang.

I Am a Singer Season 1 2nd Qualifying round February 1, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 YOYO "瀏陽河" (Folk song) 徐叔華 朱立奇
唐璧光
6
2 "Let's Get It Started" (English) 3
3 "老男孩" (Mandarin) 大橋卓彌 Yu Quan 4
4 "情人的眼淚" 5
"思念是一種病"虹樂隊
5 "張三的歌" Lee Shou Chuan
Blue Bird Flying Fish
Jocelyn How
張子石 李壽全 江建民 2
6 "I Will Always Love You" (English) 劉卓 1
7 "矜持" 王文穎 7
8 "我終於失去了你" Paul Wong Return Performance

Knockout

During this week, Chen was originally going to perform a medley of two songs with "悶" and "心痛的感覺", but later reversed after initially hesitated on her performance during rehearsal. Chin temporary withdrew from the competition earlier this week due to family reasons. The eliminations for the Knockout round went ahead as normal.

I Am a Singer Season 1 2nd Knockout Round January 25, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "如果雲知道" 季忠平 7
2 YOYO "你把我灌醉" David Wong 2
3 "熱情的沙漠" Harlem Hsu
Ou-Yang-Fei-Fei
李潔心 加瀨邦彥
山上路夫
1
4 "跟着感覺走" 陳家麗 3
5 "心痛的感覺" 邰肇玟 丁寧 4
6 "征服" Na Ying
Kwon Yan Yan
Kubert Leung 5 (Tie)
7 "可惜不是你" 曹軒賓

Overall ranking

I Am a Singer Season 1 2nd Round Overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total Percentages of Votes
1 26.21% (1) 15.69% (3) 20.65%
2 12.73% (4) 27.38% (1) 20.48%
3 9.13% (6) 16.70% (2) 13.13%
4 16.32% (3) 10.15% (5) 13.06%
5 11.83% (5) 12.49% (4) 12.18%
6 16.40% (2) 7.41% (7) 11.65%
7 7.34% (7) 10.15% (5) 8.82%

3rd round

Qualifying

Due to Chin's temporary withdrawal, one more singer for a total of two singers substituted the singers; they were Terry Lin and Zhou Xiao'ou.

I Am a Singer Season 1 3rd Qualifying round February 7, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "沒離開過" Terry Lin 樓南蔚 Keith Stuart 1
2 "再回首" Yu Quan 2
3 "Man In The Mirror" (English) 6
4 "牽手" Su Rui
Sharon Au
4
5 "日不落" 崔惟楷 5
6 YOYO "女人的選擇" Lee Young Hun 7
7 "愛不愛我" 欒樹 3
8 "空白格" Kubert Leung Return Performance

Knockout

During this week, Sha volunteered to perform first as he was urgent on traveling to Beijing for the 2013 CCTV New Year's Gala, thus he was absent during the results; however, Sha was informed of the outcome via satellite telephone link from Beijing.

I Am a Singer Season 1 3rd Knockout Round February 22, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 YOYO "讓每個人都心碎" 陳家麗 David Wong 4
2 "我想有個家" Pan Mei Chen Yu Quan 6
3 "王妃" 陳鎮川 Kubert Leung 2
4 "新不了情" 黃鬱 丁寧 7
5 "烟花易冷" Jay Chou Kubert Leung
阮德軍
3
6 "天空" 欒樹 5
7 "回來" 洛兵 周迪 Pyo Keun Soo 1

Overall ranking

I Am a Singer Season 1 3rd Round Overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total Percentages of Votes
1 15.51% (4) 29.10% (1)* 22.48%
2 21.86% (1) 14.62% (3) 18.15%
3 11.49% (6) 15.35% (2) 13.47%
4 15.58% (3) 11.13% (5) 13.30%
5 17.06% (2) 8.98% (6) 12.92%
6 6.91% (7) 13.07% (4) 10.07%
7 11.56% (5) 7.71% (7) 9.59%

A. Has one vote difference between 3rd place singer

B. Has one vote difference between 5th place singer

*highest percentage of votes for any singer during the main competition of "Singer" for eight consecutive seasons

4th round

Qualifying

The fourth substitute singer of the season was Winnie Hsin. Chin, who announced his temporary withdrawal on week four, confirmed on this episode that he will permanently withdrawal from the competition due to mother's health. Lin initially performed "無字歌" but later changed it to "Opera" (instrumental) because his performance was identical to Huang's.

I Am a Singer Season 1 4th Qualifying round February 21, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 YOYO "鴻雁" Husileng 呂燕衛 張宏光 6
2 "The Power of Love" (English) 劉卓 1
3 "Moves Like Jagger" (English) Kubert Leung 5
4 "大中国" Yu Quan 4
"We Will Rock You" (English) Brian May
5 "Opera" Vitas Vitas 2
6 "無情的雨無情的你" 董榮駿 欒樹 7
7 "领悟" Winnie Hsin Jenny Chin
Mac Chew
3
8 "听说愛情回來过" Kubert Leung Return Performance

Knockout

For this episode, the songs (dubbed as "Pot Luck") are determined by the audience online. Each singer chose three songs which he or she did not want to sing. If the audience picked one of these songs, the singer could choose another.

I Am a Singer Season 1 4th Knockout Round March 8, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 YOYO "你快回來" 劉沁 Kamada Toshiya
Funayama Motoki
5
2 "让我一次爱个夠" 陳家麗 Harlem Yu Pyo Keun Soo 3
3 "至少還有你" Davy Chan Koji Sakurai 6
4 "無地自容" 李彤 欒樹
張張
2
5 "Super Star" Jade Valerie Villalon
Roberto Geoman Rosan
7
6 "爱" 陳大力 Yu Quan
劉卓
4
7 "你的眼神" 蘇來 Kubert Leung 1

Overall ranking

I Am a Singer Season 1 4th Round Overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total Percentages of Votes
1 27.90% (1) 17.63% (3) 22.78%
2 18.14% (2) 27.25% (1) 22.70%
3 15.16% (4) 13.36% (4) 14.26%
4 5.83% (7) 20.30% (2) 13.07%
5 15.58% (3) 6.68% (6) 11.13%
6 7.75% (6) 10.75% (5) 9.25%
7 9.60% (5) 4.00% (7) 6.80%

5th round

Qualifying (final qualifying round)

The fifth and last substitute singer of the season was Julia Peng. Hsin was initially going to perform "一样的月光" but later changed to "親愛的小孩" to pay respect to the victims of the baby murdering case in Changchun, occurred three days prior to the taping.[1]

I Am a Singer Season 1 5th Qualifying round (Final Qualifying round) March 15, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "剪愛" 塗惠源 劉卓 4
2 "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" (English) 1
3 "男人哭吧不是罪" Kamada Toshiya
Ishiduka Tomoki
2
4 YOYO "死了都要愛" Yoo Hae-jun Kamada Toshiya
Munakata Hitoshi
5
5 "親愛的小孩" 楊立德 陳復明 Kubert Leung 6
6 "不再掩飾" 欒樹 7
7 Xiao Yanzi "走在红毯那一天" Julia Peng Kubert Leung 3
8 "Dog Days Are Over" (English) Return Performance

Knockout (final knockout round)

For this episode, singers had to sing at least one song that pays tribute to Chyi Chin (who withdrew from the competition after week 7).

I Am a Singer Season 1 5th Knockout Round (Final Knockout Round) March 22, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "夜夜夜夜" Chyi Chin Kubert Leung
薛位山
3
2 Xiao Yanzi "殘酷的溫柔" Chyi Chin Kubert Leung 4
3 "不讓我的眼淚陪我過夜" 白進法 張真
呂禎
Pyo Keun Soo 6
4 "狂流" 戚小戀 Chyi Chin
黃大軍
Yu Quan
Liu Zhuo
2
5 YOYO "往事隨風" 塗惠源 Kamada Toshiya
Munakata Hitoshi
7
6 "原來的我" 呂承明 Mike Mdaughlin 5
7 "愛情宣言" Chyi Chin 欒樹
Zhang Zhang
Li Jiujung
1
"九個太陽" Chyi Chin
8 "我只在乎你" 江建民 Return Performance

Overall ranking

I Am a Singer Season 1 5th Round Overall ranking
RankingSingerMatch 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total Percentages of Votes
1 27.15% (1) 19.57% (3) 23.07%
2 16.67% (2) 21.44% (2) 19.23%
3 8.37% (7) 22.17% (1) 15.79%
4 15.20% (3) 12.35% (4) 13.67%
5 13.80% (4) 8.28% (6) 11.04%
6 9.07% (6) 8.95% (5) 9.00%
7 9.69% (5) 7.21% (7) 8.36%

Revival

In this Revival round, five of the six eliminated singers (with the exception of Chin) will participate in a chance to enter the semi-finals. Each singer sang two songs, and the singer having the most combined votes after the two songs was reinstated in the competition. For this week, the order of performances is decided by ballot, and the performance order were reversed during the second round.

1st round

After the first song, Yang was revealed to be temporarily leading the votes.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Revival Round 1 March 29, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "特别的爱给特别的你" 陳家麗 Sky Wu Paul Wong -
2 "Love Warrior戰" (English) Shang Wenjie Jean-Francois Maljean-
3 "流浪記" Panai 1
4 "寂寞讓我如此美麗" Chen Ming 妮南 劉彤 -
5 YOYO "最初的信仰" Sha Baoliang 老沫
劉佳
劉佳 -

2nd round

After combining the overall votes from the two songs, Yang was revealed to be the singer who received the highest number of votes, thus reinstating him from the competition and advanced to the semifinals. The placements for the other four singers were not revealed.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Revival Round 2 March 29, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of Performance SingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:10%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 YOYO "Someone Like You" (English) Adele
Dan Wilson
Kubert Leung
2 "梨花又開放" 丁小齊 因幡晃 撈仔
3 "饞"Aska Yang Jonathan Lee
周國儀
Pyo Keun Soo 1
4 "我" Leslie Cheung Kubert Leung
5 "我就是這樣的" Paul Wong

A. Voted 1st in the 40s and 50s age group

B. Voted 1st in the Professional jury, the 10s and 20s age group.

C. Voted 1st in the Singer vote and the 30s age group.

Semifinals

The Semifinals carries a 40% weightage in the final round, and each audience member could now cast one vote each, down from the usual three.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Semifinals April 5, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:5%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "流星無悔" Zhou Xiao'ou 梁茫 Elton John 欒樹
張張
5
2 "一样的月光" Pyo Keun Soo 6
3 Xiao Yanzi "One Moment in Time" (English) 4
4 "斷了線" 樓南蔚 Kubert Leung
薛位山
2
"回家" Shunza
5 "Memory" (English) Trevor Nunn Andrew Lloyd Webber Kubert Leung 7
6 "大地" Kamada Toshiya
CHOKKAKU
3
7 "最爱" Kubert Leung 1

A. 3 vote difference with 6th place singer.

B. 1 vote difference with 3rd place singer.

Grand finals

The Grand Finals consist of two rounds, with the first song being a duet with a guest singer, and the second song being a solo encore performance. The weightages for both rounds were 30% and 30%, respectively; the contestant who received a higher combined total (both the semi-finals and grand finals) was crowned as the overall winner.

Non-competition performances

I Am a Singer Season 1 Grand Finals (Return Performances, Guest Performance) April 12, 2013 Host: Sha Baoliang, He Jiong, Wang Han

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:5%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "龙的传人" Paul Wong Return Performance
2 "闷" Kubert Leung
3 "Bored" Zhang Yadong
4 YOYO "十年" 陳小霞
5 "梦田" 翁孝良 Return Performance, Guest Performance

First round: guest duets

The order of performance of this round were based on their rankings from the semi-finals, starting with the singer who ranked first.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Grand Finals Round 1 April 12, 2013 Host: He Jiong, Wang Han

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerHelp SingerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:5%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking
1 "天下沒有不散的筵席" (Mandarin) 欒樹
張張
7
2 "当爱已成往事" Jonathan Lee Koji Sakurai 6
3 "Without You" (English) Pyo Keun Soo 3 (Tie)
4 Xiao Yanzi "酒干倘卖无" Hou Dejian Yao Hung
Hong Xinjie
5
"一无所有" Cui Jian
5 "奔跑" Yu Quan 1
"冷酷到底" (Mandarin)
6 "Easy Lover" (English) Kubert Leung
Phil Collins
2
7 "我要我們在一起" Kubert Leung 3 (Tie)

Second round: winner's song

The order of performance of this round were based on their rankings from the first song, starting with the singer who ranked last place; if tied, the singer with a higher ranking from the semifinals will perform first.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Grand Finals Round 2 April 12, 2013 Host: He Jiong, Wang Han

Order of PerformanceSingerComedian ManagerSong TitleOriginal Singerstyle=width:5%"Lyrics Composer ArrangerFinal Results
1 "Everything I Do" (English) Bryan Adams
Michael Kamen
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
欒樹
Zhang Zhang
2 "味道" Winnie Hsin Kubert Leung
3 Xiao Yanzi "相见恨晚" Julia Peng Wawa
4 "我離開我自己" Kwan 王文穎
5 "只有你" Huang Qishan 馮銳 張宏光 3
6 "浮夸" (Mandarin) Terry Lin 樓南蔚 薛位山 2
7 "给所有知道我名字的人" Jonathan Lee Kamada Toshiya
Munakata Hitoshi
1
Winner of battle

Before the final results were announced, the host named Lin and Yu Quan as the "ultimate winner candidates". Yu Quan was declared the first-ever I Am a Singer winner with 25.78% of the combined total, beating Lin's combined total of 22.59%.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Winner of Battle

RankingSingerSemi-finals Percentages of Votes (40%)Grand Finals Round 1 Percentages of Votes (30%)Grand Finals Round 2 Percentages of Votes (30%)Total Percentages of Votes
1 17.24% 28.60% 34.38% 25.78%
2 17.44% 15.60% 36.47% 22.59%

Ratings

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Notes and References

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