Sing! China season 5 explained

Module1:
Winner:Shan Yichun 单依纯
Winner Coach:Li Jian
Runner Up:Zebra Forest 斑马森林
Network:Zhejiang Television

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.

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.

With Harlem Yu's departure as a coach, the fifth season is the first not to feature any coaches from the inaugural season.

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]

Teams

Colour key
  • Winner
  • Runner-up
  • Third place
  • Fourth place
  • Fifth place
  • Eliminated in the Semi-finals
  • Eliminated in the Playoffs
  • Eliminated in the Cross Knockout rounds
  • Eliminated in the Cross Battle rounds
  • Saved by other coaches after losing sing-off in the Blind Auditions
  • Eliminated in the Blind Auditions
CoachesTop 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

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".

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

Episode 2 (28 August)

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

Episode 3 (4 September)

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

Episode 4 (11 September)

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

Episode 5 (18 September)

OrderArtistAgeHometownSongCoach's and artist's choices
NicholasLi JianYuchunRonghao
1Huang Chenchen 黄晨晨19Chongqing, Sichuan"萤火之森"
2Tong Jun 童珺31Shenzhen, Guangdong"愛到底"
3Cao Yang 蓸杨28Shanghai"微光"
4Fan Lu 范茹23Xunyi, Jiangsu"生而为人"
5Yan Maolin 晏茂淋27Jiangyou, Sichuan Province"北极星"

Sing-off details

EpisodeOrderSongIncoming artistDefending artistSongFinal 5 replacement chart
12345
Team Nicholas
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
31"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
51"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
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
31"像風一樣"Shan Yichun 单依纯Sun Meiqi 孙美琪 "La Vie En Rose"Shan Yichun 单依纯
51"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
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
41"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
51"燈光"Fan Lu 范茹Pan Hong 潘虹"那女孩對我說"
Team Li Ronghao
Cheng Xin 程欣Cheng Mohan 程墨寒Moses Yan 严雯君Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅Sumyee Ma 马心怡
41"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
EpisodeOrderSongTeam Li Jian ResultTeam YuchunSong
51
Episode 6
1"流浪"Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼1934Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅"怪我更愛我自己"
2"浮光掠影"Su Wei 苏伟2924Ma Lu 马璐"蔓延"
3"爱的勇氣"Gao Rui 高睿3617Wang Tianqi 王天琦 "往事只能回味"
4"你我约定有三"Song Yuning 宋宇宁3023Pan Hong 潘虹 "我曾经也想过一了百了"
5"Forever Young"Shan Yichun 单依纯 4211Qian Jingtao 钱江涛"雨天"
Episode 7
OrderSongTeam RonghaoResultTeam Nicholas Song
25
1"香格里拉"Cheng Xin 程欣647Cao Yang 蓸杨 "擱淺"
2"我已經敢想你"Cheng Mohan 程墨寒2627Xi Xin 祁馨"尼可拉斯"
3"一路向北"Zebra Forest 斑马森林 3617Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团"卷珠帘"
4"雨爱"Moses Yan 严雯君 1637Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾"飞"
5"星空"Zebra Forest 斑马森林2429Fu 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
EpisodeCoachOrderArtistSongPanel votesResult"Block" resultBlocked artist
NicholasLi JianYuchunRonghao
Episode 9
Li Ronghao1.1Cheng Xin 程欣"半句再見"9Eliminatedrowspan="2"
Li Yuchun1.2Pan Hong 潘虹"靈魂伴侶"42Advanced
Li Yuchun2.1Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅"爸,你在哪裡"22EliminatedShan Yichun 单依纯
Li Jian2.2Su Wei 苏伟"苔"29Advancedrowspan="5"
Nicholas Tse3.1Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团"马灯调"24Eliminated
Li Ronghao3.2Cheng Mohan 程墨寒"我的心太乱"27Advanced
Li Jian4.1Song Yuning 宋宇宁"我已不怪你"31Advanced
Li Yuchun4.2Qian Jingtao 钱江涛"我我"20Eliminated
Episode 10
Li Ronghao1.1Zebra Forest 斑马森林"都是你害的"33AdvancedShan Yichun 单依纯
Li Jian1.2Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼"Hello"18Eliminatedrowspan="9"
Li Yuchun2.1Ma Lu 马璐"T+ME"13Eliminated
Li Jian2.2Shan Yichun 单依纯"如此"38Advanced
Nicholas Tse3.1Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶"Yellow"34Advanced
Li Jian3.2Gao Rui 高睿"孩子(你還在我身旁)"17Eliminated
Li Ronghao4.1Sumyee Ma 马心怡"可爱"24Eliminatedrowspan="4"
Nicholas Tse4.2Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾"攀山者"27Advanced
Nicholas Tse5.1Cao Yang 蓸杨"旧伤口"33Advanced
Nicholas Tse5.2Xi Xin 祁馨"我们的爱情"18Eliminated

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.

EpisodeCoachOrderArtistSongJudges' score
(out of 50)
Public votes
(out of 300)
Total PointsResult
Episode 11
Li Jian1Song Yuning 宋宇宁"Is It a Dream"3027275.33Advanced (5th)
Li Jian2Su Wei 苏伟"陪我看日出"2323562.17Eliminated (8th)
Li Jian3Shan Yichun 单依纯"人啊"4529393.83Advanced (1st)
Li Ronghao4Cheng Mohan 程墨寒"对不起 谢谢"1322851Eliminated (9th)
Li Ronghao5Zebra Forest 斑马森林"怀珠"4327789.17Advanced (3rd)
Nicholas Tse6Cao Yang 蓸杨"给我一个理由忘记"3728183.83Advanced (4th)
Nicholas Tse7Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶"追光者"2526669.33Advanced (7th)
Nicholas Tse8Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾"再见马戏团"2827874.33Advanced (6th)
Li Yuchun9Pan Hong 潘虹"普希金"4429593.17Advanced (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.

EpisodeCoachOrderArtistSongJudges' score
(out of 50)
Public votes
(out of 400)
Total PointsResult
Episode 12
Li Jian1Shan Yichun 单依纯"给电影人的情書"4236287.25Advanced (3rd)
Nicholas Tse2Cao Yang 蓸杨"就是爱你"3031269Advanced (5th)
Nicholas Tse3Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶"口袋的夢"3126063.5Eliminated (6th)
Li Yuchun4Pan Hong 潘虹"让她降落"4436890Advanced (1st)
Nicholas Tse5Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾"梦游歌"2028856Eliminated (7th)
Li Jian6Song Yuning 宋宇宁"那年,年少"3037076.25Advanced (4th)
Li Ronghao7Zebra Forest 斑马森林"那些花儿"4336188.125Advanced (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.

CoachArtistRound 1Round 2Result
OrderDuet song (with coach)OrderSolo songPublic votesOrderWinner's songPanel votes (points)Public pointsTotal points
Li JianSong Yuning 宋宇宁1"城市之光"5"总有人会拥抱你"22,974N/A (already eliminated)Fifth place
Li JianShan Yichun 单依纯1"城市之光"6"好久不见"38,86910"星 + Sailing"6835,311(74.30)74.51Winner
Li YuchunPan Hong 潘虹2"皇后与梦想"7"身后"33,451N/A (already eliminated)Third place
Nicholas TseCao Yang 蓸杨3"给天使看的戏"8"只有你不知道"26,809N/A (already eliminated)Fourth place
Li RonghaoZebra Forest 斑马森林4"倒带"9"匆匆"36,11911"一滴泪的时间"2312,217(25.70)25.49Runner-up

Contestants who appeared on previous seasons or TV shows

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020《中国好声音》谢霆锋再回归,成第一位导师 _音乐 . .
  2. Web site: 《好声音2020》李健李荣浩加盟 将推出原创赛道|中国好声音|李健|李荣浩_新浪娱乐_新浪网 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220415180946/https://ent.sina.com.cn/music/zy/2020-05-27/doc-iircuyvi5322735.shtml . 2022-04-15 . 27 May 2020 .
  3. Web site: Li Yuchun is the sole female mentor for "Sing! China 2020" .
  4. Both Li Ronghao and Nicholas Tse pressed their save buttons for Zebra Forest