The first season of the Chinese reality talent show Sing! China premiered on 15 July 2016 on Zhejiang Television. The show is loosely based on a similar competition format in the Netherlands, The Voice of Holland. The show is hosted by Li Yong. Jay Chou, Na Ying, Wang Feng, and Harlem Yu are the coaches, same as the fourth season of The Voice of China
On 7 October 2016, Jiang Dunhao of Team Wang Feng was announced as the winner of the season, with Nathan Hartono of Team Jay as runner-up. Wang Chenrui of Team Na Ying, Xu Geyang of Team Wang Feng, Yang Meina of Team Harlem, and Jeryl Lee of Team Na Ying finished in third, fourth, fifth, and sixth place respectively. This is the first and only season to feature 6 finalists.
Coaches and hosts
Teams Colour key
Coaches Top 48 artists Jay Chou Nathan Hartono 向洋 Lokey 低调 Yutian 羽田 Pu Xiang 朴翔 Zeng Minjie 曾敏杰 Bao Shiyu 包师语 Cheng Sijia 程思佳 Huang Junjie 黄俊杰 Shan Liang 单良 Wu Jiang 吴江 Gao Rui 高瑞 You Miao 游淼 Wang Feng Jiang Dunhao 蒋敦豪 Xu Geyang 徐歌阳 Liu Wentian 刘文天 Karen Lam 林恺伦 Zheng Jiawen 郑迦文 Ari 阿瑞 Bai Ruoxi 白若溪 Liu Xuejing 刘雪婧 Lv Junzhe 吕俊哲 Xiang Yahong 项亚蕻 Wen Ni 温妮 Na Ying Wang Chenrui 汪晨蕊 Jeryl Lee 李佩玲 Su Lisheng 苏立生 Vinida 万妮达 Yang Bo 杨搏 Bai Jingchen 白静晨 Hou Zhibin 侯志斌 Yang Shan 杨山 Yue Jingqi 岳靖淇 Zhou Yang 周旸 Aisikaner 艾斯坎尔 Guan Shipeng 关世鹏 Liu Yutong 刘雨潼 Zhu Lanlan 朱兰兰 Harlem Yu Yang Meina 杨美娜 Jike Hao 吉克皓 Zhao Xiaoxi 赵小熙 Wang Chuang 王闯 Yao Xi 姚希 Emily Guan 官灵芝 Fu Hao 付豪 Li Ruixuan 李瑞轩 Lil'Akin 阿克江‧阿依丁 Lucia Wu 吴映香 Zhang Zihe 张姊禾
Blind auditions The taping of the blind auditions began on 19 June 2016.
Colour key Coach pressed his or her button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated by coach before the Cross Fighting rounds Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button
Episode 1 (15 July) The four coaches performed a medley of each other's songs – Na Ying performed Harlem Yu's "只有为你", Wang Feng performed Jay Chou's "安静", Yu performed Na's "不管有多苦", and Chou performed Wang's "满" – and concluded the performances with Chou's "我要夏天".
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Jay Feng Ying Harlem 1 Nathan Hartono 向洋 25 Singapore "有没有" 2 Bai Ruoxi 白若溪 30 Zhuozhou, Hebei "无处安放" — — 3 You Miao 游淼 30 Yibin, Sichuan "双截棍" — — — 4 Jeryl Lee 李佩玲 16 Penang, Malaysia "心有独钟" — — 5 Jiang Dunhao 蒋敦豪 21 Bole, Xinjiang "天空之城" — — 6 Yang Bo 杨搏 26 Wuhan, Hubei "十万毫升泪水"
Episode 2 (22 July) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Jay Feng Ying Harlem 1 Liu Xuejing 刘雪婧 22 Shenzhen, Guangdong "就是现在" — 2 Jike Hao 吉克皓 25 Meigu County, Sichuan "找自己" 3 Bai Jingchen 白静晨 21 Pingdingshan, Henan "小幸运" — — — 4 Su Lisheng 苏立生 29 Yichun, Heilongjiang "寂寞有多长" — — 5 Zeng Minjie 曾敏杰 20 Dongguan, Guangdong "我是不是该安静的走开" — 6 Liu Wentian 刘文天 36 Ulan Hot, Inner Mongolia "梦回唐朝" — — 7 Zheng Jiawen 郑迦文 19 Taizhou, Zhejiang "停格" — —
Episode 3 (29 July) Da Shan, Tan Xuanyuan and Ika Zhao, artists from Team Harlem on the previous seasons of The Voice of China, performed "我要给你" at the start of the show to celebrate Yu's 55th birthday. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Jay Feng Ying Harlem 1 Cheng Sijia 程思佳 21 Shiyan, Hubei "Bang Bang" 2 Hou Zhibin 侯志斌 27 Chengdu, Sichuan "爱情废柴" — — 3 Xu Geyang 徐歌阳 20 Shenyang, Liaoning "追梦赤子心" — 4 Ari 阿瑞 26 Macau "一起来" / "Uptown Funk" — — 5 Yao Xi 姚希 29 Shantou, Guangdong "小苹果" — 6 Pu Xiang 朴翔 26 Tacheng, Xinjiang "恋曲1980" 7 Zhao Xiaoxi 赵小熙 26 Sanya, Hainan "Kiss"
Episode 4 (5 August) Host Li Yong performed a medley of songs by the four coaches – Wang's "春天里", Yu's "情非得已", Na's "征服", and Chou's "听妈妈的话" – at the start of the show. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Jay Feng Ying Harlem 1 Li Ruixuan 李瑞轩 21 Chongqing "双刀" — — 2 Wang Chuang 王闯 19 Wangmo County, Guizhou "过不去" — 3 Shan Liang 单良 23 Shenyang, Liaoning "悟空" — 4 Yang Meina 杨美娜 27 Yanji, Jilin "Diamonds" 5 Chen Chen 陈晨 25 Nanjing, Jiangsu "夏洛特烦恼" — — — — 6 Vinida 万妮达 22 Fuzhou, Fujian "牛仔很忙" 7 Yang Shan 杨山 36 Kaili, Guizhou "小雪" — — 8 Huang Junjie 黄俊杰 22 Shenyang, Liaoning "雨下一整晚" —
Episode 5 (12 August) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Jay Feng Ying Harlem 1 Lil'Akin 阿克江‧阿依丁 25 Kuytun, Xinjiang "在那遥远的地方" — — 2 Fu Hao 付豪 24 Beijing "恼人的秋风" / "Wake Up Call" / "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" — — 3 Lv Junzhe 吕俊哲 33 Puyang, Henan "大惊小怪" / "Back in Black" 4 Yue Jingqi 岳靖淇 21 Zunyi, Guizhou "冬季到台北来看雨" — — — 5 Xiang Yahong 项亚蕻 26 Jinhua, Zhejiang "Don't Cry" — — — 6 Emily Guan 官灵芝 57 Taipei, Taiwan "Unchain My Heart" — — 7 Zhou Yang 周旸 20 Jinhua, Zhejiang "我好想你" — 8 Lokey 低调(Yang Hesu 杨和苏 & Zhang Xinyue 张馨月) 21 / 24 Chengdu, Sichuan / Shenyang, Liaoning "Me, Myself & I" / "我的天空" / "Rap God" 9 Wang Chenrui 汪晨蕊 25 Guangzhou, Guangdong "深海" — — 10 Wu Jiang 吴江 30 Mianyang, Sichuan "17岁女生的温柔" / "我是女生" — — 11 Lucia Wu 吴映香 17 São Paulo, Brazil "我的梦" / "Dream It Possible" / "Undo" 12 Karen Lam 林恺伦 18 Los Angeles, United States "爱是什么" — 13 Yutian 羽田 24 Toronto, Canada "那些花儿" 14 Bao Shiyu 包师语 19 Changchun, Jilin "安和桥" —
The Fighting In this revamped version of the show, the Battle and Knockout rounds from The Voice franchise were combined and rebranded as the "Fighting rounds". The battling element from the Battle rounds – two artists paired together for a duet – did not return due to copyright concerns from show's producers. Only the concept from the Knockout rounds were kept and presented in the Fighting rounds – an artist performing a solo song against another artist from their own team, with their respective coach picking the winner among the two to advance to the Playoff rounds. The Fightings episodes were aired on 19, 26 August and 2, 9 September 2016.
The coaches' advisors for the season are Tanya Chua for Team Wang Feng, Fei Yu-ching for Team Jay, Mavis Fan for Team Harlem and Lang Lang for Team Na Ying. Occasionally, the advisors would provide recommendations to their respective team coach on who they should advance to the next round. However, the recommendations would not have an effect on the outcome of the results as the final decisions lie solely on the team coaches themselves.
Colour key Artist won the Fighting and advanced to the Playoffs Artist lost the Fighting and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Song Winner Loser Song Episode 6 Wang Feng 1 "Goodbye My Lover" Zheng Jiawen 郑迦文 Ari 阿瑞 "Beat It" / "一起摇摆" 2 "一万次悲伤" Xu Geyang 徐歌阳 Liu Xuejing 刘雪婧 "See You Again" / "再见" 3 "乌兰巴托的夜" Jiang Dunhao 蒋敦豪 Xiang Yahong 项亚蕻 "空空如也" 4 "你要的爱" Karen Lam 林恺伦 Bai Ruoxi 白若溪 "追梦人" 5 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Liu Wentian 刘文天 Lv Junzhe 吕俊哲 "没时间后悔" Episode 7 Jay Chou 1 "Bad" Lokey 低调 Cheng Sijia 程思佳 "不同凡想" 2 "Thinking Out Loud" / "凤凰于飞" Yutian 羽田 Shan Liang 单良 "南屏晚钟" / "I'm Yours" 3 "伤痕" Zeng Minjie 曾敏杰 Bao Shiyu 包师语 "彩虹" 4 "我们都寂寞" Nathan Hartono 向洋 Huang Junjie 黄俊杰 "迷迭香" 5 "把悲伤留给自己" Pu Xiang 朴翔 Wu Jiang 吴江 "在雨中" Episode 8 Harlem Yu 1 "旋木" Jike Hao 吉克皓 Lil'Akin 阿克江‧阿依丁 "让我一次爱个够" 2 "青春修炼手册" / "听妈妈的话" Yao Xi 姚希 Li Ruixuan 李瑞轩 "谢谢侬" 3 "忘记拥抱" Wang Chuang 王闯 Lucia Wu 吴映香 "秋天别来" 4 "花田错" Zhao Xiaoxi 赵小熙 Fu Hao 付豪 "东风破" / "Can't Feel My Face" 5 "当" Yang Meina 杨美娜 Emily Guan 官灵芝 "给自己的歌" Episode 9 Na Ying 1 "少年故事" Yang Bo 杨搏 Bai Jingchen 白静晨 "克卜勒" 2 "爱情转移" / "富士山下" Wang Chenrui 汪晨蕊 Hou Zhibin 侯志斌 "不醉不会" 3 "难道" Su Lisheng 苏立生 Yang Shan 杨山 "九月" 4 "不要对他说" Jeryl Lee 李佩玲 Zhou Yang 周旸 "Racheal" 5 "给我一个吻" Vinida 万妮达 Yue Jingqi 岳靖淇 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
+ Non-competition performances Order Performer(s) Song 6.1 Tanya Chua "当我想你的时候" 7.1 Fei Yu-ching "青花瓷" 7.2 Fei Yu-ching & Jay Chou "千里之外" 8.1 Mavis Fan & Harlem Yu "快乐颂" 9.1 Lang Lang & Na Ying "相爱恨早"
The Playoffs & Live Show The Playoffs began on 16 September and comprised episodes 11, 12, and 13, aired over three weeks. They were followed by the live show on the fourth week, the final phase of the competition.
From this point on in the competition, the remaining artists went head-to-head against artists from the other teams, which introduced the possibility of having a group of finalists without equal team representation.
Week 1–2: The Cross Fightings (16 & 23 September) The first two weeks of the Playoff rounds featured coaches competing with an opposing coach with their remaining artists. Through the drawing of lots, it was decided that coach Na Ying would be given the opportunity to pick her opposing coach, and the remaining two coaches who were not picked by her would go head-to-head against each other in a separate episode. Na eventually picked Harlem Yu, and competed with him in the twelfth episode; while Team Jay competed with Team Wang Feng in the eleventh.
In a Cross Fighting, an artist would be sent by his or her coach to compete against an artist from the opposing team. The selection of the artists and their order of appearance were all decided by their respective coaches, and all of which were done without the knowledge of the opposing coach. Therefore, the pairings were completely by random, and would only be revealed when the coaches revealed their selection on stage. At the end of each Cross Fighting round, the artist receiving the most votes from the 51-person professional judging panel would advance to the next Playoff round. Each member of the judging panel was entitled to one vote per pairing.
Each of the coaches was allowed to save one losing artist from their respective team, and they had to decide on the spot if they would like to exercise the power on the artist once he or she was announced as the loser of a Cross Fighting. If the losing coach decides not to, the artist would be immediately eliminated. The two artists that were saved by the coaches (one from each team) would then perform again in the "coach's save" round, with the one receiving the most judges votes moving on to the Top 12. In the event when there was only one saved artist as the opposing coach failed to exercise his or her power, the only saved artist would be given walkover and automatically advance to the next round without having to perform again.
Colour key Artist won the Cross Fighting and advanced to the Top 12 Artist lost the Cross Fighting but was saved by coach Artist won the Cross Fighting in the "coach's save" round and advanced to the Top 12 Artist lost the Cross Fighting and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Panel votes Result Episode 11 Jay Chou 1.1 Nathan Hartono 向洋 "天台的月光" / "Moondance" 41 Judges' vote Wang Feng 1.2 Karen Lam 林恺伦 "Writing's on the Wall" 10 Eliminated Jay Chou 2.1 Zeng Minjie 曾敏杰 "爱什么稀罕" 16 Eliminated Wang Feng 2.2 Jiang Dunhao 蒋敦豪 "离开北京" 35 Judges' vote Jay Chou 3.1 Lokey 低调 "Lose Yourself" / "平凡之路" 38 Judges' vote Wang Feng 3.2 Zheng Jiawen 郑迦文 "Lost Stars" 13 Eliminated Jay Chou 4.1 Yutian 羽田 "搁浅" 16 Jay's save Wang Feng 4.2 Xu Geyang 徐歌阳 "横冲直撞" 35 Judges' vote Jay Chou 5.1 Pu Xiang 朴翔 "Is This Love" 20 Eliminated Wang Feng 5.2 Liu Wentian 刘文天 "晚安北京" 31 Judges' vote Coach's save performances Jay Chou Yutian 羽田 Given walkover as Wang Feng failed to save an artist from his team Episode 12 Na Ying 1.1 Jeryl Lee 李佩玲 "Fight Song" 38 Judges' vote Harlem Yu 1.2 Wang Chuang 王闯 "逃亡" 13 Eliminated Na Ying 2.1 Yang Bo 杨搏 "枫" 16 Eliminated Harlem Yu 2.2 Yang Meina 杨美娜 "黄豆" 35 Judges' vote Na Ying 3.1 Vinida 万妮达 "不潮不用花钱" / "Dirty Mind" 19 Na Ying's save Harlem Yu 3.2 Jike Hao 吉克皓 "静心等" 32 Judges' vote Na Ying 4.1 Wang Chenrui 汪晨蕊 "友情岁月" 34 Judges' vote Harlem Yu 4.2 Zhao Xiaoxi 赵小熙 "Happy" 17 Harlem's save Na Ying 5.1 Su Lisheng 苏立生 "流着泪说分手" 26 Judges' vote Harlem Yu 5.2 Yao Xi 姚希 "醉拳" 25 Eliminated Coach's save performances Harlem Yu 1 Zhao Xiaoxi 赵小熙 "不敢停止想你" 27 Judges' vote Na Ying 2 Vinida 万妮达 "焚心以火" 24 Eliminated