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The eighth season of Chinese television series Singer (Chinese: 歌手; previously titled I Am a Singer) was broadcast on Hunan Television between February and April 2020. Singer 2020 was produced by Hong Tao, and its music director was Hong Kong senior musician Kubert Leung. The season premiere was first taped on January 3, 2020, and it was announced that the season will be subtitled Year of the Hits,[1] and this was the second season to feature returning contestants, after season five. For the first time in this series, return performances were absent for the entire season. The season premiered on February 7, 2020, and ended on April 24, 2020.
Hua Chenyu, a Chinese singer who previously competed in season six, was named the winner, making him the first previous season returnee to win I Am a Singer, while Tia Ray and Jam Hsiao, both also previously returning singers from season five, finished second and third respectively. This is also the first time none of any new initial singers (outside returning singers) made it to the final round.[2] [3] Additionally, runner-up Ray's became the highest-placing singer who was previously eliminated and advanced via the Breakout round following Aska Yang and Gary Chaw, who also made it to the final round not higher than third place, and Sitar Tan and Lao Lang, both not higher than fourth place.
Despite the announcement on 22 September 2020 that the series would be ending,[4] [5] Mango TV announced on November 2023 that the series would return after nearly four years of hiatus.[6] [7]
Like the previous seasons of I Am a Singer and Singer, it features five rounds of two stages, Qualifier and Knockout, with seven singers performing for a 500-member audience each week. The electronic voting, first appeared as a pre-voting twist in season six and introduced permanently on season seven, where voting (up to three votes) was conducted throughout the performance and accounted for 50% of the final score. As such for past seasons, the scores from both weeks are combined to decide the eliminated singer who received the fewest votes. Unlike the last season, separate scores for paper and electronic votes are not revealed.
The competition reverted to the pre-season three format with Challenge rounds (a round which featured a new singer requiring to rank in the top four to avoid elimination) removed, but instead replaced with a variant round known as Surprise, which in-turn functions similarities to the Substituted singers as well. Three new singers were introduced at the start of the Qualifier round and along with the managers; while on backstage, the singers watched their performance while seated with a microphone stand lever. During the performance, a contestant may pull the lever to issue a challenge to the current contestant, but any current contestants are not aware from their existence until the performance ended. After the challenger performed, an electronic vote will immediately conduct with the results being revealed afterwards (previously after the episode prior to the first round). All three Surprise challenges do not need to be performed on a single episode, but challengers must challenge to a singer within the current elimination round. If at least one challenger succeed in the Surprise round, one contestant from the current lineup will be eliminated at the end of the current Knockout round; if multiple challengers succeed, a re-vote will conduct between the successful singers and the singer with a higher vote advance will replace the eliminated singer, but all successful singers, regardless if they lose the revote will be guaranteed a place in the Breakout round. If all three challengers were unsuccessful, all seven contestants are safe from elimination itself. The final round features a small change in which the Challengers were reduced to two, and no re-vote was conducted for multiple successful singers, meaning that the singers are immediately advanced to the competition and eliminations are conducted as usual. A variant of this twist also apply on the Breakout and Grand Finals where singers who lost the duel were eliminated from the competition regardless of the outcome of the round.
As the season is subtitled Year of the Hits, the contest is suggested for a pool of younger singing talents with an age range of 18 and 35. Contestants are no longer restricted to the songs selection, and may freely choose a song they composed on their own or on someone else.[8]
See main article: COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China. Like most episodes of I Am a Singer, each episode began taping one week before the airing of the episode. The season began filming on January 3, 2020, with a premiere date announced on January 10; however, the premiere was rescheduled to January 31 to avoid clashing with the Chinese New Year holiday. On January 29, Mango TV announced that the show will be postponed for a week to February 7 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and production was postponed until further notice.[9]
After the first Knockout round, all singers returned to their home countries (Hua, Huang and Ray in Beijing, Zhou in Shanghai, Hsiao and Hsu in Taipei, and Misia in Tokyo) to record their performances, known as a "cloud recording"; the host for the first two episodes, Jam Hsiao, was replaced by his manager, Eliza Liang as the host for the remainder of the season, besides Surprise singers, the studio band ensemble, and host Hong Tao, who were the only members present in the studio premises. All of the performances were either pre-recorded or performed live, and results were instead shown through a remote video conference between host Hong Tao and the singers.
Production resumed on February 17, 2020, with further measures enacted such as staggered filming dates. The returning performance for Mao Buyi planned for week three (who was eliminated after the second week) was cancelled, making it the first time eliminated singers (outside previously withdrawn singers) were not given Return performances. The 500-member audience were also absent but instead viewed through live-stream and had votes cast via the Mango TV special livestream website or through their mobile application.[10] These changes were initially enacted until the third Knockout rounds where Mainland Chinese singers were allowed to return to the studios, but other singers remained on their respective cities till the end of the season.
On the finals on April 24 when the show resumed live audience, though safe distancing measures were taken effect. During the finale, host He Jiong revealed the information that the 251 members of the 500-member audience undergo a DNA testing and safety checks before being permitted entry to the studios, while the remaining members watched and judged the performances online.
Almost all of the episodes (with the exception for the tenth week) were delayed from the scheduled time slot at 8.00pm (7.30pm in the finals) due to the extended coverage by Xinwen Lianbo.
The following Singer 2020 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
– Third place
– Other finalist
– Eliminated (not eligible for Breakouts)
Unless otherwise stated, Surprise challenge singers were assigned with temporary music partners, either Jeffery G (round 2 and 3) or Kuo Tao (round 4 or 5). Singers who were not assigned to their partners were reflected as N/A in the Music Partner column.
The list only shows successful Surprise Challengers and other contestants with qualifying status.
| Contestant | Country | Music Partner | Status | Week Entered | Week Exited | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Initial Singer | |||||
| China | Initial Singer | |||||
| China | Surprise Challenger | |||||
| China | Initial Singer | |||||
| China | Surprise Challenger | |||||
| China | Surprise Challenger | |||||
| China | Surprise Challenger | |||||
| China | Shen Mengchen | Surprise Challenger | ||||
| China | Surprise Challenger | |||||
This is the second season to feature former I Am a Singer contestants returning to the competition, after season five. All four singers were given Initial singer status.
| Contestant | Country | Music Partner | Previous IAaS performance | Week Entered | Week Exited | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) | Week 12 (Finals) | |||||
| Taiwan | Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) | Week 12 (Finals) | |||||
| China | Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 11 (Breakout round) | Week 8 (Knockout round 4) Week 12 (Finals) | |||||
| China | Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) | Week 12 (Finals) |
The list of all contesting singers who appeared, but lost in their respective Surprise Challenge, are listed in the table. All of these singers only appeared for one week and were ineligible for the breakouts.
| Contestant | Country | Music Partner | Week Entered/Exited | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | ||||
| China | ||||
| China | ||||
| China | ||||
| China | ||||
| China | ||||
| China | ||||
| China |
| First | Safe | Bottom | Eliminated | Surprise Challenger | Won Surprise Challenge < | --anyone won surprise challenge is eligible for breakout--> |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surprise Challenge Success | Surprise Challenge Failure | Breakout Success | Breakout Failure | Winner | Runner-up | |
| Singer | Broadcast Date (2020) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb | 14 Feb | 21 Feb | 28 Feb | 6 Mar | 13 Mar | 20 Mar | 27 Mar | 3 Apr | 10 Apr | 17 Apr | 24 Apr | ||||
| 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | 4th Round | 5th Round | Breakouts | Final Round | |||||||||
| Qualifying | Knockout | Qualifying | Knockout | Qualifying | Knockout | Qualifying | Knockout | Qualifying | Knockout | 1st Round | 2nd Round | ||||
| 1 | Hua Chenyu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tia Ray | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Jam Hsiao | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Summer Jike | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Lala Hsu | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | — | |
| =6 | Charlie Zhou | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| =6 | Misia | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| =8 | Mao Buyi | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | |
| =8 | Life Journey | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 4 | — | — | |
| =10 | Super Vocal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | |
| =10 | Huang Xiaoyun | — | — | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | —< | --DO NOT INCLUDE THE PLACEMENT FOR THIS CONTESTANT; THIS SINGER WAS ELIMINATED PRIOR TO RESULT AND HENCE THERE IS NO RANKING--> | — | — |
| =10 | Gen Sihan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —< | --DO NOT INCLUDE THE PLACEMENT FOR THIS CONTESTANT; THIS SINGER WAS ELIMINATED PRIOR TO RESULT AND HENCE THERE IS NO RANKING--> | — | — |
| =10 | Hu Xia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —< | --DO NOT INCLUDE THE PLACEMENT FOR THIS CONTESTANT; THIS SINGER WAS ELIMINATED PRIOR TO RESULT AND HENCE THERE IS NO RANKING--> | — | — |
| =14 | Ai Re | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| =14 | Taiyi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| =14 | Qi Fan Qi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| =14 | Zeng Yiming | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| =14 | Pax Congo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| =14 | Ge Bi Lao Fan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| =14 | Lexie Liu | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| =14 | Jeryl Lee | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
The first two Surprise Challengers introduced this week were Jeryl Lee and Huang Xiaoyun.
Singer 2020 Qualifier Round 1 February 7, 2020 Host: Jam Hsiao | ||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank |
| 1 | Enti Jin | "大鱼" | Charlie Zhou | Yi Yue | Qian Ray | Baby Chung | 2 | |
| 2 | Wang Qiao | "我爱" | Tia Ray | Malay Trey Cambell Tia Ray Li Cong | Malay Trey Cambell Tia Ray | 6 | ||
| 3 | Jeryl Lee | Wei Yan | "I Wanna Be Free" | Jeryl Lee | Hurng-Yi Wang | Surprise Challenge Failure | ||
| 4 | JZ Zhou | "借” | Mao Buyi | Daridan | 7 | |||
| 5 | Kuo Tao | "少年他的奇幻漂流" | Ashin | Stone | Nick Pyo | Surprise Success | ||
| 6 | "一样的月光" | Lala Hsu | Steven Lai | 5 | ||||
| "城里的月光" | Jam Hsiao Mavis Hee Sharon Au | Tan Kah Beng | ||||||
| 7 | "逢いたくていま (Missing You Now)" (Japanese) | Misia | 3 | |||||
| 8 | Eliza Liang | "皮囊" | Jam Hsiao | Qu Shicong | Ah Huo Presto'C | 4 | ||
| 9 | "寒鸦少年" | Hua Chenyu | Ding Yanxue | Hua Chenyu | Zheng Nan Hua Chenyu | 1 | ||
The Surprise Challenger introduced this week is Lexie Liu. Due to Huang Xiaoyun being successful in her Surprise Challenge last week, one singer would be eliminated this week.
Singer 2020 Knockout Round 1 February 14, 2020 Host: Jam Hsiao | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Wang Qiao | "不亏不欠" | Tia Ray | Cheung Cho Kiu | Khris Riddick-Tynes Leon Thomas III Debbie Aramide | Huang Yun Xun Zhang Yiyu | 3 | ||
| 2 | Hao Tan | "銀の龍の背に乗って(Ride on the Silver Dragon's Back)" (Japanese) | Nick Pyo | 4 | |||||
| "最初的梦想" | Daryl Yao | Miyuki Nakajima | |||||||
| 3 | JZ Zhou | "一荤一素" | Mao Buyi | Zhao Zhao | 7 | ||||
| 4 | Enti Jin | "在水一方" | Kang Lui | Baby Chung Yiyang | 5 | ||||
| "愿得一心人" | Charlie Zhou | Yi Yue | Qian Ray | ||||||
| 5 | "对的时间点" | JJ Lin | Howe Chen 田雅欣 | 6 | |||||
| "遇见" | Kevin Yi | Chet Lam | |||||||
| 6 | "斗牛" | Hua Chenyu | Pei Yu | Hua Chenyu | Zheng Nan Hua Chenyu | 1 | |||
| 7 | Jeffery G | "Manta" | Lexie Liu | Lexie Liu Femke Weideman Kenn Wu Bijan Amir CJ Wheeler Wong Kong Hao | Surprise Challenge Failure | ||||
| 8 | Eliza Liang | "那女孩对我说" | Kevin Yi | Ludwig Lim Ah Huo Joel Voo | 2 | ||||
Singer 2020 Knockout 1st Round Surprise Challenge results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Singer | Votes | Valid Votes | Results |
| 1 | Jeryl Lee | 239 | 486 | Surprise Challenge Failure |
| 247 | ||||
| 2 | 289 | 495 | Surprise Success | |
| 206 | ||||
| 3 | 90 | 499 | Surprise Challenge Failure | |
| 409 | ||||
Huang Xiaoyun had succeeded in her challenge and was given contestant status, which resulted in the lowest-ranked contestant, Mao Buyi, to be eliminated.
Singer 2019 1st Round overall ranking | ||||
| Ranking | Singer | Match 1 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Match 2 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Total percentages of votes |
| 1 | 22.24% (1) | 24.45% (1) | 23.345% | |
| 2 | 20.98% (2) | 13.63% (5) | 17.305% | |
| 3 | 17.50% (3) | 13.76% (4) | 15.635% | |
| 4 | 15.70% (4) | 15.43% (2) | 15.565% | |
| 5 | 11.89% (5) | 10.82% (6) | 11.355% | |
| 6 | 6.55% (6) | 14.36% (3) | 10.455% | |
| 7 | 5.14% (7) | 7.55% (7) | 6.345% | |
The new Surprise challengers were Ge Bi Lao Fan and Pax Congo.
Singer 2020 Qualifier Round 2 February 21, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Kuo Tao | "你的答案" | A Rong Zi Yao | Lin Chen Yang Liu Tao | Liu Tao | 7 | |||
| 2 | Ge Bi Lao Fan | Jeffery G | "多想在平庸的生活拥抱你" | 隔壁老樊 | Surprise Challenge Failure | ||||
| 3 | Hao Tan | "Toward Tomorrow"（Japanese） | Misia | Toshiaki Matsumoto | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Wang Qiao | "有一种悲伤" | Alex Chang Jien | 5 | |||||
| 5 | Eliza Liang | "太阳" | Pika Chiu | 6 | |||||
| 6 | Pax Congo | Jeffery G | "安排好的人生" | Pax Congo | Surprise Challenge Failure | ||||
| 7 | Li Weijia | "你要相信这不是最后一天" | Hua Chenyu | Pei Yu | Hua Chenu | Zheng Nan Hua Chenyu | 2 | ||
| 8 | "小半" | Chen Li | Hsu Lingzi | Chen Li | Steven Lai | 4 | |||
| 9 | Enti Jin | "能解答一切的答案" | Charlie Zhou | Walter Evaner | Liu Boyong | 3 | |||
The Surprise Challenger introduced in this episode was Zeng Yiming.
Singer 2020 Knockout Round 2 February 28, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Wang Qiao | "Love Can Fly" | Tia Ray | 4 | |||||
| 2 | Enti Jin | "无问" | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Hao Tan | "未来へ (To the Future)"（Japanese） | Chiharu Tamashiro | 5 | |||||
| 4 | Eliza Liang | "纯金打造" | Jam Hsiao | Hsia Yu | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Zeng Yiming | Jeffery G | "第一滴泪" | Adam Hsu | Kinny Liu | Surprise Challenge Failure | |||
| 6 | Li Weijia | "荒野魂斗罗" | Hua Chenyu | Ding Yanxue | Hua Chenyu | 3 | |||
| 7 | Kuo Tao | "打开" | Huang Xiaoyun | Miguo | Huang Xiaoyun | 7 | |||
| 8 | Leo Li | "我还年轻 我还年轻" | Your Woman Sleep with Others | Zhang Lichang | Your Woman Sleep with Others | 1 | |||
Singer 2020 Knockout 2nd Round Surprise Challenge results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Singer | Votes | Valid Votes | Results |
| 1 | Ge Bi Lao Fan | 204 | 488 | Surprise Challenge Failure |
| 284 | ||||
| 2 | Pax Congo | 218 | 484 | Surprise Challenge Failure |
| Jam Hsiao | 266 | |||
| 3 | Zeng Yiming | 181 | 489 | Surprise Challenge Failure |
| 308 | ||||
Huang Xiaoyun would have been eliminated for finishing last but due to all three Contestants failing their surprise challenge, all seven contestants were declared safe from elimination.
Singer 2020 2nd Round overall ranking | ||||
| Ranking | Singer | Match 1 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Match 2 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Total percentages of votes |
| 1 | 23.83% (2) | 16.87% (3) | 20.355% | |
| 2 | 25.34% (1) | 11.34% (5) | 18.345% | |
| 3 | 17.84% (3) | 18.56% (2) | 18.205% | |
| 4 | 11.85% (4) | 22.40% (1) | 17.125% | |
| 5 | 10.67% (5) | 15.92% (4) | 13.295% | |
| 6 | 5.79% (6) | 9.92% (6) | 7.855% | |
| 7 | 4.68% (7) | 4.99% (7) | 4.835% | |
The Surprise Challengers introduced this week are Qin Fan Qi and Summer Jike. Cai Chengyu temporarily replaced Enti Jin as Shen's manager for this round. Hsiao was not allowed to be challenged because of him being challenged twice in a row.
Singer 2020 Qualifier Round 3 March 6, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | ||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank |
| 1 | Eliza Liang | "好的 晚安" | Deng Jian Chao | 6 | ||||
| 2 | Cai Chengyu | "Monsters" | Katie Sky | Caleb Shapiro Bjarte Ludvigsen Robert Ziff Resnick Mads Vathne Lervik Catherine Beatrice Cheadle | 2 | |||
| 3 | Kuo Tao | "连名带姓" | David Ke | 7 | ||||
| 4 | Qin Fan Qi | Jeffery G | "不透气的房间" | Qin Fan Qi | Surprise Challenge Failure | |||
| 5 | Wang Qiao | "凄美地" | Guo Ding | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Summer Jike | Jeffery G | "Power To Forgive" | Summer Jike | Stefan Fernande Niko Westelinck | Surprise Success | ||
| 7 | Hao Tan | "つつみ込むように… (Tsutsumikomu Yō ni...)"（Japanese） | Misia | Satoshi Shimano | 3 | |||
| 8 | Li Weijia | "我们" | David Ke | Chen Chien-Chi | 1 | |||
| 9 | Leo Li | "言不由衷" | Lala Hsu | 5 | ||||
The Surprise Challenger introduced this week was Hu Xia. Due to Summer Jike being successful in her Surprise Challenge last week, one singer would be eliminated this week. Starting this week, remaining Mainland Chinese singers returned to Changsha to do their pre-recorded performance; the 500-member audience would still have to use the Mango TV app watch and vote on their performances.
Singer 2020 Knockout Round 3 March 13, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Hao Tan | "What a Wonderful World" | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | Li Weijia | "神树" | Hua Chenyu | Pei Yu | Hua Chenyu | 5 | |||
| 3 | Wang Qiao | "月牙湾" | Kevin Yi Xie Youhui | Real Huang | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Eliza Liang | "微光" | Cici Yuan | 4 | |||||
| 5 | Enti Jin | "达尼亚" | 1 | ||||||
| "红莓花儿开" | Soviet Union Folk Song | Isaak Dunayevsky | |||||||
| 6 | Kuo Tao | "我用所有报答爱" | Fan Xueyi | 7 | |||||
| 7 | Leo Li | "不难" | Lala Hsu | David Ke | Lala Hsu | 6 | |||
| 8 | Jeffery G | "张三的歌" | Zhang Zishi | Surprise Success | |||||
Singer 2020 Knockout 3rd Round Surprise Challenge results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Singer | Votes | Valid Votes | Results |
| 1 | Qin Fan Qi | 187 | 491 | Surprise Challenge Failure |
| 304 | ||||
| 2 | Summer Jike | 274 | 486 | Won Surprise Challenge |
| 212 | ||||
| 3 | 292 | 493 | Won Surprise Challenge | |
| 201 | ||||
| Revote | Summer Jike | 252 | 492 | Surprise Challenge Success |
| 240 | Eliminated | |||
Both Summer Jike and Hu Xia were successful in their Surprise Challenge, which resulted in the lowest-ranked contestant, Huang Xiaoyun, to be eliminated. A revote revealed Jike receiving a higher vote than Hu and replaced Huang from the competition. Since Hu was successful in his surprise challenge, he is eligible for Breakouts.
Singer 2020 3rd Round overall ranking | ||||
| Ranking | Singer | Match 1 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Match 2 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Total percentages of votes |
| 1 | 17.38%（2） | 18.88%（1） | 18.135% | |
| 2 | 23.53%（1） | 12.31%（5） | 17.925% | |
| 3 | 15.15%（4） | 17.13%（2） | 16.145% | |
| 4 | 15.48%（3） | 16.26%（3） | 15.875% | |
| 5 | 12.58%（5） | 12.12%（6） | 12.355% | |
| 6 | 9.80%（6） | 13.59%（4） | 11.695% | |
| 7 | 6.08%（7） | 9.71%（7） | 7.895% | |
The two Surprise Challengers introduced this week were Taiyi and Super Vocal.
Singer 2020 Qualifier Round 4 March 20, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Li Weijia | "降临" | Hua Chenyu | Ding Yanxue | Hua Chenyu | Zheng Nan Hua Chenyu | 6 | ||
| 2 | Taiyi | Kuo Tao | "玉" | Taiyi | Surprise Challenge Failure | ||||
| 3 | Wang Qiao | "存·不存在" | Tia Ray | Yu Hong Long Ape Kao | Yu Hong Long | 5 | |||
| 4 | Leo Li | "Last Dance" | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | Eliza Liang | "我只想要一个人的感觉" | Cubick Xiao | Jam Hsiao | 7 | ||||
| 6 | Super Vocal | "你的色彩"(Ni De Se Cai / Qui Con Me) | Super Vocal | Italian: Saverio Principini Chinese: Cheng He | Roxanne Seeman, Ivo Moring, George Komsky | Surprise Success | |||
| 7 | Enti Jin | "有可能的夜晚" | 3 | ||||||
| 8 | Summer Jike | — | "直来直往" | Vincent Fang Shuo Hsiao | 4 | ||||
| 9 | Hao Tan | "行かないで" (Ikanaide)(Japanese) | Koji Tamaki | 1 | |||||
The Surprise Challenger introduced this week was Gen Sihan. Due to Super Vocal being successful in their Surprise Challenge last week, one singer would be eliminated this week.
Singer 2020 Knockout Round 4 March 27, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Leo Li | "半途而废" | Tom Pan | 2 | |||||
| 2 | Li Weijia | "新世界" | Hua Chenyu | Ding Yanxue | Hua Chenyu | Zheng Nan Hua Chenyu | 3 | ||
| 3 | Wang Qiao | "我想" | Yu Jiayun | 7 | |||||
| "I Love You 3000 II" | Jackson Wang Stephanie Poetri | ||||||||
| 4 | Eliza Liang | "你啊你啊" | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Hao Tan | "Into The Light" | Hiroshi Matsui | 5 | |||||
| 6 | Enti Jin | "達拉崩吧" | Luo Tianyi YANHE | ilem | 1 | ||||
| "極楽浄土"（Gokurakuzyoudo） (Japanese) | Toku MARiA | ||||||||
| 7 | Summer Jike | — | "彩色的黑" | Summer Jike | Yiu Him | Fingazz | 6 | ||
| 8 | Gen Sihan | Kuo Tao | "鼓樓先生" | Wang Fanrui | Surprise Success | ||||
Singer 2020 Knockout 4th Round Surprise Challenge results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Singer | Votes | Valid Votes | Results |
| 1 | Taiyi | 242 | 495 | Surprise Challenge Failure |
| 253 | ||||
| 2 | 356 | 488 | Won Surprise Challenge | |
| 132 | ||||
| 3 | Summer Jike | 230 | 498 | Won Surprise Challenge |
| Gen Sihan | 268 | |||
| Revote | 257 | 493 | Surprise Challenge Success | |
| Gen Sihan | 236 | Eliminated | ||
Both Super Vocal and Gen Sihan were successful in their Surprise Challenge, which resulted in the lowest-ranked contestant, Tia Ray, to be eliminated. A revote revealed Super Vocal receiving a higher vote than Gen and replaced Tia from the competition. Since Gen was successful in his surprise challenge, he is eligible for Breakouts.
Singer 2020 4th Round overall ranking | ||||
| Ranking | Singer | Match 1 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Match 2 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Total percentages of votes |
| 1 | 16.13% (3) | 21.13% (1) | 18.635% | |
| 2 | 18.89% (2) | 17.57% (2) | 18.235% | |
| 3 | 21.53% (1) | 12.88% (5) | 17.205% | |
| 4 | 7.56% (6) | 16.09% (3) | 11.825% | |
| 5 | Summer Jike | 14.91% (4) | 8.72% (6) | 11.815% |
| 6 | 6.75% (7) | 15.83% (4) | 11.295% | |
| 7 | 14.23% (5) | 7.78% (7) | 11.005% | |
The number of Surprise Challengers in the Ultimate Round were reduced by one to two singers. Unlike previous rounds, singers who won the Surprise challenge were immediately qualified as a place in the round, while other singers were eligible for elimination. The Surprise challenger this week is a band named Life Journey. Due to a successful challenge by The Life Journey, the singer with a lower vote count, Summer Jike, was eliminated. Unlike previous Qualifying rounds, this round only reveal the first and last placed singers and the middle placements for the other five were not shown until the next episode.
Singer 2020 Qualifier Round 5 April 3, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Eliza liang | "披星戴月的想你" | Accusefive | Pan Yanshan | Pam Yunan | 5 | |||
| 2 | Super Vocal | — | "Radioactive" | Imagine Dragons Pentatonix | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Life Journey | Kuo Tao | "永远都会在" | Life Journey | Zijun Huang Wei Wei | Surprise Success 6 | |||
| 4 | Enti Jin | "相思" | Chou Xiaoyuan | Sanbao | 3 | ||||
| "秦淮景"（Wu） | Hsu Huifen Wu Jianfang Chang Jianfeng | Qigang Chen | |||||||
| 5 | Hao Tan | "アイノカタチ feat.HIDE(GReeeeN)" (Ai no Katachi) (Japanese) | GReeeeN | 4 | |||||
| 6 | Li Weijia | "好想爱这个世界啊" | Hua Chenyu | Pei Yu | Hua Chenyu | Zheng Nan] | 2 | ||
| 7 | Summer Jike | — | "不要怕"（Yi） | 瓦其依合 | Moxi Zishi | 8 | |||
| 8 | Leo Li | "大艺术家" | Yan Yunnong | Robin Jessen Anne Judith Wik Nermin Harambasic Ronny Svendsen Charite Viken Reinas Eirik Johansen Alexander Puntervold | 1 | ||||
The final Surprise Challenger introduced this season is Ai Re. Due to the shorter gap between airing of the last episode and taping of this episode, the episode was spoiled as it was revealed that Summer Jike was eliminated prior to the previous episode's airing (since she didn't appear on this episode) and its Surprise Challenger, Life Journey (later revealed to have ranked 6th in the previous episode), replaced Jike as a result of the successful challenge.
Singer 2020 Knockout Round 5 April 10, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Enti Jin | "自己按门铃，自己听" | Charlie Zhou | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Leo li | "克卜勒" | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | Super Vocal | — | "春风十里" | 鹿先森樂队 | Kuo Beibei | 6 | |||
| 4 | Hao Tan | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Frankie Valli Jessica Jay | 5 | |||||
| 5 | Life Journey | — | "逝去的歌" | Life Journey | A Si | Wei Wei | 7 | ||
| 6 | Ai Re | Kuo Tao | "用音乐安慰你" | Ai Re | Surprise Challenge Failure | ||||
| 7 | Li Weijia | "疯人院" | Hua Chenyu | You Ng | Hua Chenyu | 1 | |||
| 8 | Eliza Liang | "Haunting Me" | Jam Hsiao | Andrea Apuy | Alexander Wong Alan Hsia | 2 | |||
Singer 2020 Knockout 5th Round Surprise Challenge results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Singer | Votes | Valid Votes | Results |
| 1 | Life Journey | 309 | 493 | Surprise Challenge Success |
| Super Vocal | 184 | |||
| 2 | Ai Re | 219 | 487 | Surprise Challenge Failure |
| Life Journey | 266 | |||
Singer 2020 5th Round overall ranking | ||||
| Ranking | Singer | Match 1 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Match 2 Percentages of votes (ranking) | Total percentages of votes |
| 1 | 18.36% (2) | 19.57% (1) | 18.965% | |
| 2 | 19.48% (1) | 16.06% (4) | 17.775% | |
| 3 | 13.02% (5) | 18.92% (2) | 15.975% | |
| 4 | 15.47% (3) | 16.28% (3) | 15.875% | |
| 5 | 14.13% (4) | 15.31% (5) | 14.725% | |
| 6 | 9.63% (7) | 8.41% (6) | 9.025% | |
| 7 | Life Journey | 9.91% (6) | 5.44% (7) | 7.675% |
The five initial singers, Jam Hsiao, Lala Hsu, Hua Chenyu, Misia, and Charlie Zhou, were exempt in the Breakout round. The eight participating in the Breakouts, Gen Sihan, Hu Xia, Huang Xiaoyun, Summer Jike, Life Journey, Mao Buyi, Super Vocal, and Tia Ray, compete for the last two places in the Finals.
Similar to the previous Breakout rounds since season six, mid-eliminations occur during the round - eight singers were each grouped into four duels of two, and while the first singer performed, any remaining singers can issue a challenge to perform; if none of the singers elected to perform, the singer have the choice to choose of his/her preference. After all eight singers have performed, an electronic vote will conduct for all four duels; defeated singers were immediately eliminated (Breakout failure), leaving victorious singers eligible for the finals (Breakout success), based on the votes received for this round.
For this episode, few of the solo singers (with the exception of band members) have prepared temporary Music Partners for the performances, indicated in italics.
Singer 2020 Breakout April 10, 2020 Host: Eliza Liang | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank | |
| 1 | Enti Jin | "花期" | Hu Xia | — | |||||
| 2 | JZ Zhou | "深夜一角" | Mao Buyi | 3 | |||||
| 3 | Gen Sihan | Shen Ling | "你的一生我只借一晚" | Wu Yao | Mumu | Xinruan | — | ||
| 4 | LifeJourney | — | "Bye Bye" | 旅行团乐队 | Wei Wei | 4 | |||
| 5 | Summer Jike | Shen Mengchen | "交出邦尼" | Summer Jike | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Kuo Tao | "我们的爱" | F.I.R. ie Youhui | F.I.R. | — | ||||
| 7 | Wang Qiao | "盛夏光年" | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | — | "I Surrender (Chinese)" | Louiselou | — | |||||
Singer 2020 Breakout Duel Results | ||||||||
| Order | Singer | Votes | Valid Votes | Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 183 | 493 | Lost Duel/Breakout Failure | |||||
| 309 | Won Duel | |||||||
| 2 | Gen Sihan | 230 | 489 | Lost Duel/Breakout Failure | ||||
| LifeJourney | 259 | Won Duel | ||||||
| 3 | Summer Jike | 316 | 488 | Won Duel | ||||
| 172 | Lost Duel/Breakout Failure | |||||||
| 4 | 328 | 485 | Won Duel | |||||
| 157 | Lost Duel/Breakout Failure | |||||||
Singer 2020 Breakout Total percentages of votes | |||
| Ranking | Singer | Total percentages of votes | |
| 1 | 38.04% | ||
| 2 | Summer Jike | 28.59% | |
| 3 | 20.69% | ||
| 4 | LifeJourney | 12.68% | |
The finals were divided into two rounds, with the first song being a duet with a guest singer and the second song being a solo encore performance. Similar to the finals since season six, votes cast were the sole determinant of the season's winner. The finals were conduct in a live studio using both live and online audience.
The first round of the finals featured a guest singer's duet. For this round, breakout-success singers (Tia Ray and Summer Jike) will still be able to do duels to any one of the five initial singers, with the losing singer eliminated from the competition; after all the singers had performed for the round, a second vote will conduct to eliminate a third singer from the competition.
Singer 2020 Finals Round 1 April 24, 2020 Host: He Jiong | |||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Guest Singer | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank |
| 1 | Eliza Liang | "Hello" | Milk Six | Alex D Ah Huo | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Leo Li | "管他什么音乐" | He Qi Hong | Mavis Fan Kaneki Yoshinori | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Hao Tan | Little Black Dress-RYO | "さよならの向う側" (Japanese) (Sayonarano Mukougawa) | — | |||||
| 4 | Wang Qiao | Victor Ma | "2020 So Crazy" | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Enti Jin | "不会说拜拜的Disco" | New Pants | — | |||||
| 6 | Summer Jike | Kuo Tao | "Mad Man Killer" | Summer Jike | 代岳东 | Mr. Fantastic | 4 | ||
| 7 | Li Weijia | "西门少年" | Li Yuchun | 1 | |||||
Had Hsu, Misia and Zhou advanced to the next round, their encore songs were respectively "以上皆非", "Everything", and "不想睡".
Singer 2020 Grand Finals Round 1 Duel results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Singer | Votes | Valid Votes | Results |
| 1 | 312 | 485 | Won Duel | |
| 173 | Lost Duel/Eliminated | |||
| 2 | Jike Junyi | 291 | 488 | Won Duel |
| 197 | Lost Duel/Eliminated | |||
The second round of the finals featured an encore song, and the singer who received the most votes (separate from the previous round's votes) was crowned the winner. The order of the round is determined by the placements from the first round.
Singer 2020 Finals Round 2 April 24, 2020 Host: He Jiong | ||||||||
| Order | Singer | Music Partner | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Arranger | Rank |
| 1 | Summer Jike | Kuo Tao | "好女孩" | Mavis Fan | Gu Li | 4 | ||
| 2 | Eliza Liang | "猴笼" | Nai Liu | A Huo Zheng Ren Hao | 3 | |||
| 3 | Wang Qiao | "Starfall" | Tia Ray | TetraCalyx | Zoe Tsai | 2 | ||
| 4 | Li Weijia | "哥谭" (七重人格) | Hua Chenyu | Loo Yi Qiu | Hua Chenyu | Zheng Nan Hua Chenyu | 1 | |
Hua Chenyu was declared the winner of ''Singer 2020'' with 51.12% of the votes cast, leading by a 20.44% margin ahead of runner-up Tia Ray.
Singer 2020 Results of Winner of Battle | |||
| Ranking | Singer | Total percentages of votes | |
| 1 | 51.12% | ||
| 2 | 30.68% | ||
| 3 | 15.54% | ||
| 4 | Summer Jike | 2.66% | |
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CVB viewership is 1.28，share is 2.38, ranked 1st|-| 3| |1.779|5.60|3|1.15|4.17| 1| Show began on 8.40pm due to overrun with Xinwen Lianbo
CVB viewership is 1.12，share is 3.96, ranked 1st
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CVB viewership is 1.03，share is 3.77, ranked 1st|-| 5| | 2.115| 7.03| 1| 1.11| 4.46| 1| Show began on 8.42pm due to overrun with Xinwen Lianbo
CVB viewership is 1.07，share is 3.9, ranked 1st|-| 6| | 2.146| 6.95| 1| 1.06| 4.3| 1| Show began on 8.44pm due to overrun with Xinwen Lianbo
CVB viewership is 0.98，share is 3.65, ranked 1st on timeslot only|-| 7| | | | 3| | | 2| Show began on 8.28pm due to overrun with Xinwen Lianbo|-| 8| | 2.199| 7.24| 1| 1.02| 4.11| 1| Show began on 8.27pm due to overrun with Xinwen Lianbo
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