''Sing! China'' (; formerly ) is a Chinese singing competition television series broadcast on

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. It premiered during the summer on 15 July 2016. It is a re-branded version of ''

The Voice of China ''The Voice of China'' () is a Chinese reality television singing competition broadcast on Zhejiang Television. Based on the original ''The Voice of Holland'', the concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or duets) contested by as ...

'', a show based on the original ''

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''. It has aired six seasons and aims to find new singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by live audience voting by SMS text. They receive a

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with various labels for winning the competition. Winners of the past six seasons have been: Jiang Dunhao (蒋敦豪), Tashi Phuntsok (扎西平措), Tenzin Nyima (旦增尼玛), Xing Hanming (邢晗铭), Shan Yichun (单依纯) and Wu Keyue (伍珂玥). The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. The original panel featured

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Na Ying Na Ying (born 27 November 1967) is a Chinese singer and musical judge. She is known for her prominent roles as a judge on Chinese TV singing shows such as ''The Voice of China''. She later transferred to the show '' Sing! China'' and remained th ...

, Wang Feng, and

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; the panel for the seventh season features

Li Ronghao Li Ronghao (born July 11, 1985, in Bengbu, Anhui) is a Chinese singer-songwriter, actor and producer. He has released six studio albums, three EPs, and won the Golden Melody Award for Best New Singer in 2013. He has also acted in 3 movies, most ...

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, and

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. Other coaches from previous seasons include

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, Li Jian,

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and Chris Li. On 13 July 2022, it was confirmed that Hacken Lee, Liao Changyong and Li Ronghao will be returning as coaches for Season 7.

was confirmed as a new coach.

Format

The series consists of three main phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. The four judges/coaches choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team. If two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach. Since 2018, artists that are not selected by any of the coaches leave the stage directly after their song and do not talk with the coaches. The chairs do not turn and hence the coaches do not see any artists that are not picked. Exceptions include if a coach wants to see the unchosen artist after their performance by request. Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, originally called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of the individual "battles". However, from Season 5 onwards, the second stage consists of a cross battle phase, which is similar to the regular battle phase, except for the fact that two artists who are not from the same team battle against each other. Winning artists score a point for their team. The losing artists do not earn any points but are not immediately eliminated. At the end of the cross battle rounds, whichever team that achieved a lower score will have to eliminate one artist from their team as a penalty. Other artists advance to the cross knockout rounds. Cross Knockout rounds are similar to the cross battle rounds except that losing artists are immediately eliminated. Winning artists move on to the first live rounds. Within that first live round, the surviving four acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining the best of four acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team. In the final phase, the remaining contestants compete against each other in live broadcasts. The audience and the coaches have equal say in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one contestant remaining for each coach, the four contestants will compete against each other in the final round with the outcome decided solely by public vote. Initially, there were no steals/saves in the entire competition. However, since

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, any artist eliminated during the sing-offs by their coach can be stolen/saved by other coaches.

Coaches and hosts

Coaches

;Notes # In Season 6,

Momo Wu Wu Mochou (born 18 April 1992), also known as Momo Wu, is a Chinese singer. She rose to fame after finishing as the runner-up in The Voice of China (season 1). Biography 1992–2012: Early life Wu was born in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China, t ...

, Jike Junyi,

Zhang Bichen Zhang Bichen (; born September 10, 1989), also known as Diamond Zhang, is a Chinese singer. She was a member of the South Korean girl group Sunny Days. In 2014, she won the Chinese singing contest ''The Voice of China''. Early life Zhang was b ...

and

Huang Xiaoyun Huang Xiaoyun (; born 22 December 1998), is a Chinese singer and actress of Bouyei ethnicity. She first gained recognition in the Chinese television talent show ''The Voice of China 4'' in 2015 and later on in 2020, when she was a competito ...

took responsibility as advisors to their respective coaches. # In Season 7,

and

Curley G Xilinnayi Gao (; Uyghur: شىرىن اي گائو ''Shirinay Gaw''; born July 31, 1998), professionally known by her stage name Curley G or Curley Gao, is a Chinese singer-songwriter. She first gained attention in 2017 on the Chinese singing co ...

took responsibility as "Comeback Stage" coaches. ; Legend : Featured as a full-time coach. : Featured as a part-time coach. : Featured as a full-time assistant coach.

Hosts

; Legend : Featured as a full time host. : Featured as a backstage host. : Featured as a part time host.

Dream coaches (as Coaches' advisors)

Singing-accompanying guests

Coaches' teams

: Winning coach; winners are denoted by boldface. : Runner-up : Third Place : Fourth Place

Series overview

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sing! China 2016 Chinese television series debuts Chinese reality television series Chinese music television series Chinese-language television shows Zhejiang Television original programming