Sing! China (season 6)
The sixth season of the Chinese reality talent show "Sing! China" premiered on 30 July 2021, on Zhejiang Television. Li Ronghao returned as coach for his third consecutive season. Former coaches Wang Feng and Na Ying, returned to the coaching panel after a four-season and one-season hiatus. They brought along Hacken Lee who is a new coach this season, replacing Li Jian, Nicholas Tse and Chris Li from the previous season. On 15 October 2021, Wu Keyue was announced the winner of the season, marking Hacken Lee's first win as coach. Wang Jingwen , Chen Wenfei, Yao Xiaotang, and Kazu finished runner-up, third, fourth, and fifth places, respectively. With Keyue's win, she is the first person to receive all turns from coaches in the blind auditions and win the competition. Blind auditions. This season introduces teaching assistants. Coaches Na Ying, Wang Feng, Li Ronghao and Hacken Lee will team up with assistants Zhang Bichen, Huang Xiaoyun, Jike Junyi and Momo Wu respectively. Teaching Assistants function like normal coaches. However, when it comes to recruiting contestants, the final decision is up to the coach on whether or not they want the contestant on  their team. In other words, the contestant cannot be recruited to their team unless the coach presses their button. If the teaching assistant pressed their button but not their coach counterpart, then the coach has the last 30 seconds to decide if they want the contestant after the song finishes. While there is a 30 second countdown, if the teaching assistant is really impressed by an artist's performance, they can choose to use their Instant Recruit ability. This means that the teaching assistant can press their button again, causing the chair's voice system to say "I WANT  YOU" and the respective coach to instantly turn around. This also makes their team available for the artist to choose. However, this action can only be done once per team. In this stage, the coaches are to recruit a total of six artists to form a team of their own. The forming of the teams would move to a format that is similar to the "Six-Chair Challenge" featured in the British version of The X Factor. Once a team is full with six artists occupying all the spots, the subsequent artists which the coach has successfully recruited would have  to face-off with one of the six artists in the sing-offs for a spot in the team. The incoming artist may select any of the six defending artists to compete against in the sing-off, and both artists would each sing a new song and the coach would decide on the winner. The winner would be given the spot in the team. However, continuing from last season, the losing artist has the chance to be saved by other coaches. The coaches are given 10 seconds to save the losing artist for elimination. For defending artists, once they have  won a sing-off against an incoming artist, they would receive immunity from the subsequent sing-offs and immediately advance to the next round of the competition. The Cross Battles. In this round, each coach will compete against each other in groups of two. Artists from these respective teams will compete each other in six rounds to decide a winner. The winning artist will receive one point for their team while the other artist will not receive any points. However, if the coach uses the bonus point into the artist and won, the artist will receive two points for their  team; otherwise, the artist will not receive any points. At the end of the episode, the team that achieved a lower score will have to eliminate one artist from their team as a penalty. After participating in the Blind Auditions this season, Na Ying decided to leave the show and was replaced by Liao Changyong. The Cross Knockouts. In this round, coaches will draw to determine when they will have the power to choose first. That coach will choose an artist from his team and state which opposing team he wants that artist to face off against. The chosen artist  from the representative team will decide his/her opponent by draw as well. Each coach is allowed one block in this round. If a coach used a "Block" on his artist, he/she may not face a certain artist from another team by default. At the end of each Cross Knockout, the two artists will receive votes of approval from a 51-person judging panel. The artist with the most votes will advance to the Playoffs, while the other would be eliminated. The Playoffs. The Top 11 performed in the Playoffs for a spot in the Top 8. The order  of appearance of the artists was decided through the drawing of lots by their respective coaches. In deciding who moves on, a professional judging panel made up of 51 veteran record producers, music critics, and media practitioners from various media companies; as well as the studio audience made up of 200 members of the public were given an equal say. Each of the voters was entitled to one vote per artist, and they can either choose to vote or not vote for a particular artist. The maximum score that the student will receive of the professional judging panel review is  51, and 50 for the live audiences, thus having the maximum score of was 101. Eight artists with higher overall scores advanced, while the other three will be eliminated. The Semi-finals. The Top 8 performed in the semi-finals for a slot in the finals. Just like in the playoffs, the order of appearance of the artists was decided through the drawing of lots by their respective coaches. The same voting procedure in the playoffs will be done in the semi-finals: a 51-member professional judging panel, as well as 200-member public. Five artists with higher overall  scores will advance to the final, while the other three will be eliminated. With the elimination of Wang Honghao 王泓昊, this is the first time in the show's history where no male singers are represented in the finale.