Singer 2018

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 
 First Safe Bottom Eliminated Return Performance Challenger Challenge Success Breakout Success Breakout Failure Winner Runner-up Absent Quit 

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"
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! 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 20px
| 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 20px
| 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 20px
| 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.
Singer2018 1st Qualifying Round January 12, 2018 Host: Angela ChangOrder of PerformanceSingerMusic PartnerSong Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking 1  Sam Lee  Qi Sijun  "You and I" (English)  Lady Gaga  Huang Yuxun  6 "What's Up" (English)  4 Non Blondes  Linda Perry 2  Li Xiaodong  Mandy Jin  "Hou Lai" (Mandarin)  Rene Liu  Shi Rencheng  Yu Cheng Qian Chun  Wu MuchanFan Qunzhe  7 3  Angela Chang  Ava Shen  "Meng Li Hua" (Mandarin)  Angela Chang  Wu Yiwei  Xiao WangziHua Lun  Qu Shicong  5 4  Tien Chong  Young Yang  "Queen Bee" medley  Li Zhou  2  "Dancing Diva" (Mandarin)  Jolin Tsai  Isaac Chen  Miriam NerveLiv NervoGrag Kursten "Lady Marmalade" (English)  Labelle  K.Nolan 5  GAI  Leo Li  "Cang Hai Yi Sheng Xiao" (Mandarin)  Lo Tai YauWong JimTsui Hark  Huang Zhan  Song Yang  3 6  Jessie J  Jeffrey G  "Domino" (English)  Jessie J  Jessica CornishLukasz GottwaldClaude KellyMax MartinHenry Walter  Nick Pyo  1 7  Wang Feng  Li Rui  "Wu Chu An Fang" (Mandarin)  Wang Feng  Huang Yi  4

  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.
Singer2018 1st Knockout Round January 19, 2018 Host: Angela ChangOrder of PerformanceSingerMusic PartnerSong Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking 1  Sam Lee  Qi Sijun  "Chi Xin Jue Dui" (Mandarin)  Sam Lee  Cai Bolan  Chen Feiwu  6 2  Li Xiaodong  Mandy Jin  "Xiao Chou" (Mandarin)  Mao Buyi  Wu MuchanFan Qunzhe  7 3  Wang Feng  Li Rui  "Normal disco" (Mandarin)  Luo TianyiYan He  Ilem   3 4  Angela Chang  Ava Shen  "A Diao" (Mandarin)  Zhao Lei  Kong DeyueLong Nong  2 5  Tien Chong  Young Yang  "Shape of You" (English)  Ed Sheeran      Tien ChongGeoff King Suk  8 6  Jessie J  Jeffrey G  "I Have Nothing" (English)  Whitney Houston  David FosterLinda Thompson    1 7  GAI  Leo Li  "Nan Nian De Jing" (Cantonese)  Wakin Chau  Lin Xi  Wakin Chau    4 8  Juno Su  Ryan Zuo  "Grave to fireflies"
(Mandrain)Faye Wong  C.Y. Kong    5

 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.
Singer2018 1st Round First Two Matches Overall RankingRankingSingerMatch 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking)Total Percentages of Votes 1  Jessie J  27.11% (1)  28.55% (1)  27.83% 2  Angela Chang  12.31% (5)  19.05% (2)  15.68% 3  Wang Feng  12.65% (4)  16.59% (3)  14.62% 4  GAI  13.40% (3)  13.32% (4)  13.36% 5  Sam Lee  12.18% (6)  10.38% (6)  11.28% 6  Tien Chong  15.99% (2)  4.19% (8)  10.09% 7  Li Xiaodong  6.36% (7)  7.92% (7)  7.14%

 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.
Singer2018 1st Challenge Round January 26, 2018 Host: Angela ChangOrder of PerformanceSingerMusic PartnerSong Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking 1  Sam Lee  Qi Sijun  "Li Ren" (Mandarin)  Jacky Cheung        7 2  Tien Chong  Young Yang  "Hello" (English)        Kelvin AvonChris Carpio  5 3  Juno Su  Ryan Zuo  "Fox" (Mandarin)  William Wei    3 4  Li Xiaodong  Mandy Jin  "The Pray Of Heart" (Mandarin)          Return performance 5  Angela Chang  Ava Shen  "Rang Quan Shi Jie Shi Mian" (Mandarin)  Eason Chan  Lin Xi  Chan Wai  Kubert LeungDa Ridan  6 6  Jessie J  Jeffrey G  "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (English)  Lori Lieberman  Norman Gimbel  Charles Fox  Nick Pyo  1 7  Wang Feng  Li Rui  "Xia Zhui" (Mandarin)  Shi Jianbo  Huang Yi  2 8  James Li  Wang Qiao  "I Want Us To Be Together" (Mandarin) Mavis Fan James Li  4

 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. 
Singer2018 2nd Qualifying Round February 2, 2018 Host: Angela ChangOrder of PerformanceSingerMusic PartnerSong Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer ArrangerRanking 1  Wang Feng  Li Rui  "Er Shi" (Mandarin)  Liu Haolin  Tang Yingfeng  Liu Haolin  Huang Yi  6 2  James Li  Wang Qiao  "Ai De Zhen Yan" (Mandarin)  Teresa Teng  Lo Ta Yu  Huang Yang  4 3  Jessie J  Jeffrey G  "Flashlight" (English)  Jessie J  Sia FurlerChristian GuzmanJason MooreSam Smith  Nick Pyo  2 "Earth Song" (English)  Michael Jackson 4  Angela Chang  Ava Shen  "Bésame Despacito" medley (Spanish)  Long Nong  3 "Bésame Mucho"  Emilio Tuero  Consuelo Velázquez "Despacito"  Luis FonsiDaddy Yankee  Luis RodríguezErika EnderRamón Ayala 5  Tien Chong  Young Yang  "Me" (Mandarin) Leslie Cheung  Lin Xi  Leslie Cheung  Kelvin AvonChris Carpio  7 6  Juno Su  Ryan Zuo  "She" (Mandarin)  Wang Seyuan  Zeng YuBi Jianbo  5 7  Hua Chenyu  Li Weija  "Equal to Heaven" (Mandarin)  Hua Chenyu      Zheng Nan  1 8  Sam Lee  Qi Sijun  "Silence" (Mandarin)  Jay Chou  Terence Teo  Return performance

 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 

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