Sing! China season 2
Template:Infobox reality music competition The second season of the Chinese reality talent show Sing! China premiered on 14 July 2017 on Zhejiang Television. Jay Chou and Na Ying returned as coaches. Eason Chan and Liu Huan replaced Wang Feng and Harlem Yu as coaches. The show is hosted by Hu Qiaohua, who had previously hosted the finals in the last season and replaced Li Yong, who left after just one season.
Coaches and hosts
On 24 November 2016, Jay Chou was confirmed to be returning for his second season. Eason Chan was also announced to join the show as a new coach, which effectively confirmed that there would be changes to the coaching panel with at least one of the coaches from the previous season exiting the show.[1] On 8 December, it was claimed by an unknown media outlet that Liu Huan, who was formerly a coach on The Voice of China, would also be joining the show as a coach. Lu Wei, the show's publicity director, later refuted the claim.[2] On 28 March 2017, Na Ying was confirmed to be returning for her second season.[3] A month later, on 28 April, Wang Feng issued a statement via his management to announce his departure from the show to focus on his music career, but hinted a possibility of returning in the future seasons.[4] On the same day following Wang's announcement, a photo showing a promotional banner that was claimed to have set up at one of the show's preliminary auditions began to circulate online. The banner in question revealed Liu as part of the coaching lineup, together with the other three coaches who have all been confirmed to join the show. With this, Liu was once again rumoured to be joining the show to fill the final seat on the coaching panel. Lu once again refuted the claim, stating that the promotional banner is "fake", and the team has yet to finalise on the selection of the final coach.[5] However, despite the constant denial from Lu, Liu was announced on 19 May as the fourth coach to join the show, via one of the show's promotional video.[6] Harlem Yu was therefore confirmed to have left the show.[7]
Up till the airing of the premiere episode, it was not revealed who would take on the hosting role for the second season. It was previously rumoured that Li Yong would not return for his second season and be replaced by Shen Tao, a host from Zhejiang Telvision.[8] On 14 July, Hu Qiaohua was revealed on the premiere episode as the host for the season, with Li exiting the show.
Teams
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| Coaches | Top 43 artists | |||||
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| Eason Chan | ||||||
| Cirenlaky 次仁拉吉 | Du Xingying 杜星萤 | Han Shuai 韩帅 | Jeslyn Khoo 古洁縈 | |||
| Xia Qiming 夏启明 | Ye Xiaoyue 叶晓粤 | Yu Zibei 于梓贝 | Zhang Ze 张泽 | |||
| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| Na Ying | ||||||
| Billdisc Wang 王乐汀 | Curley G 希林娜依·高 | Doris Guo 郭沁 | Edward Wang 王振诺 | |||
| Shao Yuan 邵元 | Stella Seah 谢慧娴 | Ye Xuanqing 叶炫清 | TBA | |||
| TBA | ||||||
| Liu Huan | ||||||
| Ethan Zhang 张一腾 | Frank Ju 鞠红川 & Annie 唐伯虎 | Hu Dongdong 胡栋栋 | Hu Simo 胡斯默 | |||
| Ji Hang 冀行 | Zhaxipingcuo 扎西平措 | Zizi 子子 | Zhu Tingting 朱婷婷 | |||
| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| TBA | ||||||
| Jay Chou | ||||||
| Angel Mo 莫安琪 | Darren 达布希勒图 | Joanna Dong 董姿彦 | Kim Zhang 张鑫 | |||
| Lucas Lee 李硕 | Olinda Cho 卓猷燕 | Xiao Minye 肖敏晔 | Zhu Wenting 朱文婷 | |||
| TBA | ||||||
| Note: Italicised names are contestants who were not shown in the Blind Auditions episodes. | ||||||
Blind auditions
The taping of the blind auditions began on 5 June and ended on 20 July. In the blind auditions, the coaches are to recruit nine artists to form a team of their own. As there is no upper limit to the team size, the coaches may also recruit more than nine artists. Coaches with more than nine artists by the end of the blind auditions would have to conduct a special elimination round to select the nine artists they would like to advance to the next phase of the competition.
This season saw the introduction of the team badges and flags, which are specially designed by the coaches themselves. When an artist is defaulted or elected to join a coach's team, the respective coach's team flag would be lowered on stage, with the coach going forward to present the artist with the team badge as a signification of their addition to the team.
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| ✔ | Coach pressed his or her button |
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | |
| Artist elected to join this coach's team | |
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button |
Episode 1 (14 July)
The four coaches performed a medley of each other's songs – Eason Chan and Na Ying performed "天地在我心", Jay Chou & Liu Huan performed a medley of "一笑而过" and "你的背包", Chan & Chou performed a medley of "印第安老斑鸠" and "谢谢侬", Chou and Na performed "因为爱情", Chan and Liu performed "菊花台", Liu and Na performed "过把瘾" – and concluded the performances with "沧海一声笑".[9]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eason | Ying | Huan | Jay | |||||
| 1 | Cirenlaky 次仁拉吉 | 26 | Lhasa, Tibet | "穷开心" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 2 | Zhu Wenting 朱文婷 | 29 | Wuhan, Hubei | "淘汰" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Ye Xuanqing 叶炫清 | 19 | Shaoxing, Zhejiang | "从前慢" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Zhang Ze 张泽 | 22 | Jinan, Shandong | "天气这么热" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 5 | Fu Rongpeng 符荣鹏 | 21 | Haikou, Hainan | "无条件" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Joanna Dong 董姿彦 | 35 | Singapore | "恋曲1990" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (21 July)
Eason Chan auditioned as a joke with one of his signature songs "十年", with all three other coaches pressing their buttons for him.
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eason | Ying | Huan | Jay | |||||
| 1 | Jaymie Cheung 张美仪 | 20 | Hong Kong | "想和你去吹吹风" | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Angela 乐洋 & Feeling 菲林 | 17 / 21 | Shanghai | "告白气球" / "Now You See Me" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Frank Ju 鞠红川 & Annie 唐伯虎 | 23 / 26 | Ürümqi, Xinjiang / United States | "我要你" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 4 | Hu Simo 胡斯默 | 23 | Wuhan, Hubei | "三月" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 5 | Ye Xiaoyue 叶晓粤 | 26 | Shantou, Guangdong | "闷" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 6 | Zhaxipingcuo 扎西平措 | 30 | Shigatse, Tibet | "一面湖水" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7 | Yu Zibei 于梓贝 | 22 | Guangzhou, Guangdong | "模特" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 8 | Zizi 子子 | 33 | Vancouver, Canada | "Careless Whisper" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 9 | Edward Wang 王振诺 | 23 | Taipei, Taiwan | "别说没爱过" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
Episode 3 (28 July)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eason | Ying | Huan | Jay | |||||
| 1 | Han Shuai 韩帅 | 26 | Tongliao, Inner Mongolia | "烽火扬州路" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 2 | Shao Yuan 邵元 | 20 | Zhengzhou, Henan | "推开世界的门" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 3 | Xiao Minye 肖敏晔 | 25 | Heyuan, Guangdong | "回到过去" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Jeslyn Khoo 古洁縈 | 18 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | "Oh Boy" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 5 | Darren 达布希勒图 | 19 | Bole, Xinjiang | "第三人称" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Curley G 希林娜依·高 | 18 | Beijing / Xinjiang | "无与伦比的美丽" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 7 | Billdisc Wang 王乐汀 | 37 | Ningbo, Zhejiang | "Leave Me Alone" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 8 | Yen Li Phaye 颜力妃 | 30 | Banqiao, Taiwan | "完美的一天" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Ethan Zhang 张一腾 | 28 | Chengdu, Sichuan | "性别" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 10 | Du Xingying 杜星萤 | 21 | Wuhan, Hubei | "致姗姗来迟的你" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 11 | Xia Qiming 夏启明 | 23 | Yiyang, Hunan | "Only You (And You Alone)" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 12 | Ji Hang 冀行 | 24 | Baoding, Hebei | "极乐世界" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
Episode 4 (4 August)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eason | Ying | Huan | Jay | |||||
| 1 | Zhang Shanshan 张珊珊 | 23 | Fuzhou, Fujian | "刚刚好" | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Yang Xiaoshuai 杨小帅 | 26 | Linzhou, Henan | "儿时" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Wang Yijia 王懿佳 | 22 | Tianshui, Gansu | "心的距离" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Angel Mo 莫安琪 | 26 | Chongqing | "好汉歌" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Olinda Cho 卓猷燕 | 37 | Singapore | "不能说的秘密" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Doris Guo 郭沁 | 17 | Changsha, Hunan | "美若黎明" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 7 | Kim Zhang 张鑫 | 23 | Hohhot, Inner Mongolia | "如果来生还能遇见你" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 8 | Wawa 娃娃 | 53 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | "时间都去哪儿了" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Zhu Tingting 朱婷婷 | 22 | Shenzhen, Guangdong | "我" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 10 | Hu Dongdong 胡栋栋 | 20 | Taizhou, Zhejiang | "我想我不会爱你" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 11 | Stella Seah 谢慧娴 | 25 | Singapore | "我是一只鱼" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 12 | Lucas Lee 李硕 | 27 | Xi'an, Shaanxi | "如果你爱我" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
Ratings
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| Episode | Original airdate | Production | Time slot (UTC+8) | Rating | Share | Ranking | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere" | 14 July 2017 | 201 | Friday 9:10 p.m. | 2.604 | 10.34 | 1 | [10] |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" | 21 July 2017 | 202 | Friday 9:10 p.m. | 2.377 | 9.45 | 1 | [11] |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | 28 July 2017 | 203 | Friday 9:10 p.m. | 2.281 | 9.57 | 1 | [12] |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | 4 August 2017 | 204 | Friday 9:10 p.m. | ||||
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