Singer 2018''' is the second season of Chinese television series Singer, a rebranded version of I Am a Singer that will air on Hunan Television. It is produced by Hong Tao, and its music director is Hong Kong senior musician Kubert Leung. It will be recorded in the Hunan Broadcasting System Radio and Television Center, Changsha, Hunan on January 3, 2018 and aired from January 12 to April 20, 2018 on Hunan Television.

 Results 
 

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"
|+
|-
! rowspan="4" width="20" | !! rowspan="4" width="250" class="unsortable" |Singer !! colspan="14" | Broadcast Date (2018)
! rowspan="4" | Average Ranking
|-
! Jan 12 !! Jan 19 !! Jan 26
! Feb 2 !! Feb 9 !! Feb 16
! Feb 23 !! Mar 9 !! Mar 16 
! Mar 23 !! Mar 30
! Apr 6 !! colspan="2" |Apr 13
|-
! colspan="3" |1st round
! colspan="3" |2nd round
! colspan="3" |3rd round
! colspan="2" |4th round
! rowspan="2" |Breakout
! colspan="2" |Final Round
|-
! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Qualifying!! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Knockout !! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Challenge !! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Qualifying !! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Knockout !! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Challenge !! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Match 1  !! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Qualifying !! width="100" data-sort-type="text" |KnockoutChallenge   !! width="70" data-sort-type="text" |Qualifying 
!Knockout!! width="70" data-sort-type="text" | 1st round !! width="70" |2nd round 
|-
| 1
|  Jessie J
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 3
| style="background:#F25B40; color: black" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 3
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="1"| —
| style="background: lime; color: black"| 1 
| 1.64
|-
| 2
|  Hua Chenyu
| data-sort-value="10"| —
| data-sort-value="10"| —
| data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 3
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 3
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 5
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background:#C697F3; color: black"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="2"| —
| style="background: yellow; color: black"| 2 
| 2.1
|-
| 3
|  Wang Feng
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 4
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 3
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 5
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 4
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 4
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 5
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 4
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 6
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="3"| —
| style="background: yellow; color: black"| 3 
| 3.58
|-
| 4
|  Teng Geer
| data-sort-value="12"| —
| data-sort-value="12"| —
| data-sort-value="12"| —
| data-sort-value="12"| —
| data-sort-value="12"| —
| data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 7
| style="background: blue; color: white"| 1
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 4
| style="background:#C697F3; color: black"| 3
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="4"| —
| style="background: yellow; color: black"| 4
| 3.29
|-
| 5
|  James Li
| data-sort-value="9"| —
| data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 4
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 4
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 7
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 5
| style="background: red; color: white" | 7
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 5
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 6
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: #C697F3; color: black"| 2
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="5"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="5"| —
| 5
|-
| 6
|  Angela Chang
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 5
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 2
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 6
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 3
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 6
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 3
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 6
| style="background: red; color: white" | 7
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 3
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 5
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 3
| style="background: pink; color: black" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="6"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="6"| —
| 4.45
|-
| 7
| style="background:#92D3DA; color: black"|  Henry Huo
| data-sort-value="13"| —
| data-sort-value="13"| —
| data-sort-value="13"| — 
| data-sort-value="13"| —
| data-sort-value="13"| —
| data-sort-value="13"| —
| data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 4
| style="background:#994299; color: white" | 4
| style="background: red; color: white" | 7
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 5
| style="background:#C697F3; color: black"| 4
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="7"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="7"| —
| 4.8
|-
| 8
| style="background:#92D3DA; color: black"|  Juno Su
| data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 5
| style="background: #994299; color: white"| 3
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 6
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 5
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 7
| style="background:#F89B40; color: black" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black"| 5
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="8"| —
| 5.17
|-
| 9
|  Yisa Yu
| data-sort-value="14"| — 
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 6
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 7
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black"| 6
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| 6.33
|-
| 10
| style="background:#92D3DA; color: black"|  KZ Tandingan
| data-sort-value="11"| —
| data-sort-value="11"| —
| data-sort-value="11"| —
| data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: blue; color: white" | 1
| style="background:#994299; color: white"| 6
| style="background: pink; color: black" | 4
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 6
| style="background: grey; color: white"| 8
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black"| 7
|  style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
|  style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| 5.33
|-
| 11
|  Tien Chong
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 2
| style="background: red; color: white" | 8
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 5
| style="background: red; color: white" | 7
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 8
| style="background:#F89B40; color: black" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black"| 8
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| 6.33
|-
| 12
|  Sam Lee
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 6
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 6
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 7
| style="background:#F89B40; color: black" data-sort-value="8"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="12"| —
| 6.33
|-
| 13
|  Li Xiaodong
| style="background: red; color: white" | 7
| style="background: grey; color: white" | 7
| style="background:#F89B40; color: black" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background:#7FFFD4; color: black" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: grey; color: white" data-sort-value="13"| —
| 7
|-
| 14
|  GAI
| style="background: pink; color: black"| 3
| style="background: pink; color: grey"| 4
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="9"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="10"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="11"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="12"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="13"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| style="background: black; color: white" data-sort-value="14"| —
| 3.5
|-
|}Notes: A. Average ranking is calculated using the weekly ranking, ignoring the bi-weekly overall ranking of each round

 Details of competitions 
 1st round 
 Qualifying 
This episode is the first episode of Singer 2018. It was recorded on January 3, 2017, and premiered on January 12, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television.

  A. No.1 of pre-vote

  B. Rap is written by GAI and Lin Du

  C. Also for live pianist

 Knockout 
This episode is the second episode of Singer 2018. It was recorded on January 11, 2018, and was broadcast on January 19, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television. 1st round, Juno Su is going to participate challenge round, as the first challenge singer, at last she gets No.5 temporarily safe, and Li Xiaodong is the lowest percentages of votes in 1st round first two matches.

 First two matches overall ranking 
1st round, due to Juno Su gets No.5 temporarily safe in matches, Li Xiaodong is eliminated, as the lowest percentages of votes in 1st round first two matches.

 Challenge 
This episode is the third episode of Singer 2018. It was recorded on January 18, 2018, and was broadcast on January 26, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television. James Li joins the competition in the 1st challenge round, as the first substitute singer.

 Percentages of votes 
In match 3, Juno Su gets No.3 challenge success, as Sam Lee is No.7 in the episode thus eliminated.
{| width="100%" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#99CCFF"
| colspan="3" |Singer2018 1st Roung Match 3 Percentages of Votes
|- style="background:#99CCFF"
| style="width:33%"|Ranking || style="width:34%"|Singer || style="width:33%"|Percentages of Votes
|-
| 1 || Jessie J || 25.46%
|-
| 2 || Wang Feng || 18.17%
|-
| 3 || Juno Su || 16.61%
|-
| 4 || James Li || 13.07%
|-
| 5 || Tien Chong || 10.21%
|-
| 6 || Angela Chang || 9.53%
|-
| 7 || Sam Lee || 6.94%
|}

 2nd round 
 Qualifying 
This episode is the fourth episode of Singer 2018. It was recorded on January 25, 2018, and was broadcast on February 2, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on Hunan Television. In second round, Hua Chenyu joins the competition, as the second substitute singer. 

 Process of production 
 Preparation 
At the end of Singer 2017, many many Weibo entertainment marketing accounts said that Singer 2017 as the last series of I Am a Singer and Singer, the series of the show will not be made from 2018. There are three reasons, first in the preparation and broadcasting of Singer 2017 faced a lot of uncertainty, second the invitation of competitors difficulties is harder than before, the last is the director Duyan and the screenwriter Sunli will leave after Singer 2017. However on 14 June of 2017, During the broadcast of Hunan Xinwen Lianbo, Hong Tao accepted the interview of Hunan TV reporter. He said Singer 2018'' has entered the preparation to repudiate the remour.

Sources

Other websites
 

Chinese music
2018 in television