I Am a Singer

***I Am a Singer*** (Chinese: 我是歌手; pinyin: *Wǒ Shì Gēshǒu*) is a Chinese version of the Korean reality show *I Am a Singer* and it is broadcast on Hunan Television. Seven talented, veteran Chinese singers perform for a selected audience, which votes to eliminate one singer after each week's performance. The following week, another singer joins the competition, and the lineup of artists varies throughout the course of the show. The program ended its first season on 12 April 2013, its second season on 4 April 2014, its third season on 27 March 2015, and its fourth season on April 8, 2016.

## Results

**^** A. A 2nd runner-up was not announced at the time of broadcast, but some media claimed that Shila Amzah was the 2nd runner-up of the competition.[*citation needed*]

## Formations

### Basic Rules

In the original episodes, 7 singers sing in a certain order. The first 10 episodes are divided into 5 rounds. After Eps. 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, or the second weeks of the rounds, the person who ranks last (in combined voting scores) will be eliminated.

After the eliminations, another singer will replace his or her original state.

### Pot Luck

The songs of Pot Luck in Ep. 8 of Season 1 are selected by the audience online. Each of the singers can choose three from the songs which he or she doesn't want to sing. If one of the three songs is chosen, he can choose another one. There are no pot luck in season 2.

### Second Chance

In Ep. 11 of Season 1, 5 eliminated singers are given one more chance to the semi-final. All the singers must sing for 2 rounds, one is an adaptation, and another one is their own song. The person has highest rank will given the "Second Chance" to the Finale. In Season 2, the resurrection race is replaced by a Breakthrough/Resurrection, meaning the eliminated contestants will compete against the singers they replace to earn a spot back into the semifinals. In season 2, all replacement singers (except for Luo Qi due to her retirement from the contest because of her pregnancy) competed against eliminated singers and each other for a chance to compete in the semifinals. So for example, if there are only 3 people from the first show left to go right into the finals, there will be 4 repechage spots up for grabs.

### Return Performances

These are exhibition performances by eliminated contestants to return and perform with no competition complications. An example was when Chyi Chin return in episode 10 of season 1 as a guest judge, but opted to perform a song by Teresa Teng. In season 2, all performers returned to perform at the odd-numbered rounds after elimination.

### Duet with Guest Singers

In the first segment of the finals in Season 2, the seven finalists have to perform a duet with musical guests. Shila Amzah performed with Huang Qishan, G.E.M. performed with Khalil Fong, Zhang Jie performed with JJ Lin, Gary Chaw performed with Tan Weiwei, Bibi Zhou performed with Shin and Phil Chang performed with Julian Chen. The only exception is that Han Lei performed a trio with Zhang Jiayi and Tiger Hu. In the first segment of the finals in Season 3, Han Hong performed with Eason Chan, and in the second segment, she was declared as the winner of Season 3.

### Challenge Round

In Season 3, every third round is a "Challenge Round", whereby a young singer, defined as being in the music industry for no more than 10 years, will attempt to directly qualify into the competition against the remaining artists. They have to finish within the top 4 to ensure their successful qualification, failing which they will be eliminated. If they do successfully qualify, the lowest ranking singer will be eliminated. After this "Challenge Round", the next round reverts to normal whereby an invited veteran singer will join the cast. This veteran does not need to finish within the top 4 to remain in the competition.

### Internal voting

In Season 3, the results for peer voting between artists are open to air so they can pick and predict the top 3 vote-getters, but will not be added to the final results.

## References

1. ↑ Template:Ko iconDescription of Program, *MBC*, Retrieved on November 15, 2011
2. ↑ Benji (4 April 2014). "Han Lei wins I Am A Singer 2014". cfensi. http://cfensi.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/han-lei-wins-i-am-a-singer-2014/. Retrieved 15 September 2016.  Template:Unreliable?