I Am a Singer (season 1)

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. The show's first season originally aired in early 2013. The competitions divide into 5 rounds, each round has 2 episodes, it is also include repechage, semifinal and finals, total 13 episodes. Each round has 7 singers is going to performances, each episode has 500 public audiences to judge. The first episode of each round doesn't has any eliminated, this second episode will eliminated 1 singer.

Results

	Singer	Broadcast Time (2013)																			Average Ranking
		18 Jan	25 Jan		1 Feb	8 Feb		15 Feb	22 Feb		1 Mar	8 Mar		15 Mar	22 Mar		29 Mar	5 Apr	12 Apr
		1st Round			2nd Round			3rd Round			4th Round			5th Round			Repechage	Semifinal	Final Round
		Qualifying	Knockout	Overall Ranking	Qualifying	Knockout	Overall Ranking	Qualifying	Knockout	Overall Ranking	Qualifying	Knockout	Overall Ranking	Qualifying	Knockout	Overall Ranking			1st Round	2nd Round
1	Yu Quan	2	1	1	4	1	2	2	6	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	—	3	1	1	2.54
2	Terry Lin	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	1	—	2	2	2	1.89
3	Huang Qishan	6	2	3	1	3	1	4	1	1	1	3	1	4	6	5	—	6	3	4	3.38
4	Aska Yang	—	—	—	7	5	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	3	3	3.33
5	Julia Peng	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	4	—	4	5	5	4.2
6	Winnie Hsin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	5	6	5	6	—	7	6	6	5.57
7	Zhou Xiao'ou	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	5	4	7	2	4	7	1	3	—	5	7	7	4.89
8	Sha Baoliang	5	3	4	6	2	3	7	4	6	6	5	6	5	7	7	—	—	—	—	4.72
9	Shang Wenjie	4	4	5	3	5	4	6	2	3	5	7	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.5
10	Chen Ming	7	6	6	5	4	5	5	7	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.67
11	Chyi Chin	1	5	2	2	7	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.75
12	Paul Wong	3	7	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5

Details of Competitions

1st Round

Qualifying

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) first time shows, is 1st qualifying round. Episode 1, in Beijing time January 10, 2013 recording, January 18, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television premiere. Each singer can sing their own masterpiece, then they need to sing other people's songs.

Knockout

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) second times shows, is 1st knockout round. Episode 2, in Beijing time January 17, 2013 recording, January 25, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast.

Overall Ranking

1st round, Wong Koon-chung is eliminated, in 1st round total percentages is the lowest.

2nd Round

Qualifying

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) third times shows, is 2nd qualifying round. Episode 3, in Beijing time January 24, 2013 recording, February 1, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast. 2nd round, Aska Yang join the competitions, as the first singer to fill the seat, substitute Wong Koon Chung in 1st round is eliminated.

Knockout

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) fourth times shows, is 2nd knockout round. Episode 4, in Beijing time January 17, 2013 recording, January 25, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast. This episode, Chen Ming hesitation in Faye Wong "Bored" (Mandarin) and Su Rui "跟着感覺走" (Mandarin), at last she decide to sing "跟着感覺走" because can stable to sing, then "Bored" is sung by Shang Wenjie in final round of guest performances. Chyi Chin temporarily withdrew from the competition due to family factors start from next round, so that next round has 2 singers to substitute.

Overall Ranking

2nd round, Aska Yang is eliminated, in 2nd round total percentages is the lowest.

3rd Round

Qualifying

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) fifth times shows, is 3rd qualifying round. Episode 5, in Beijing time February 7, 2013 recording, February 15, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast. 3rd round, Terry Lin and Zhou Xiao'ou 2 singers join the competitions, as the second singer to fill the seat, substitute Aska Yang in 2nd round is eliminated and Chyi Chin temporarily withdrew the competitions start from this round.

Knockout

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) sixth times show, is 3rd knockout round. Episode 6, in Beijing time February 14, 2013 recording, February 22, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast.

Overall Ranking

3rd round, Chen Ming is eliminated, in 3rd round total percentages is the lowest.

4th Round

Qualifying

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) seventh times shows, is 4th qualifying round. Episode 7, in Beijing time February 21, 2013 recording, March 1, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast. 4th round, Winnie Hsin join the competitions, as the third singer to fill the seat, substitute Chen Ming in 3rd round is eliminated. Chyi Chin officially announced to withdraw from the competition due to mother's health, others singer also decide in later episode use "tribute to Chyi Chin" as the them of the competition (Episode 10).

Knockout

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) eighth times show, is 4th knockout round. Episode 8, in Beijing time February 28, 2013 recording, March 8, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast.

Overall Ranking

4th round, Shang Wenjie is eliminated, in 4th round total percentages is the lowest.

5th Round

Qualifying (Ultimate Qualifying Round)

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) ninth times show, is 5th qualifying round (ultimate qualifying round). Episode 9, in Beijing time March 7, 2013 recording, March 15, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast. 5th round, Julia Peng join the competitions, as the last singer to fill the seat, substitute Shang Wenjie in 5th round is eliminated.

Knockout (Ultimate Knockout Round)

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) tenth times show, is 5th knockout round (ultimate knockout round). Episode 10, in Beijing time March 14, 2013 recording, March 22, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast. This episode, is Chyi Chin session, each singers at most can choose 3 songs of him.

Overall Ranking

5th round, Sha Baoliang is eliminated, in 5th round total percentages is the lowest.

Repechage

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) eleventh times shows, is repechage, it is for the singer who is eliminated give them a chance to relive. Episode 11, in Beijing time March 21, 2013 recording, March 29, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast.

Repechage: It divide into 2 rounds. 1st round and 2nd round total percentages of votes who is the highest, then relive.

1st Round

1st round of repechage, Aska Yang is the highest percentages of votes singer.

2nd Round

2nd round of repechage, Aska Yang is the highest percentages of votes singer. Sum up the percentages of votes of 2nd round, at last Aska Yang relive.

Semifinal

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) twelfth times shows, is semifinal. Episode 12, in Beijing time March 28, 2013 recording, April 5, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. in Hunan Television broadcast. Semifinal occupy 30% of the total results. Start from this episode, original competition rules is one audience can vote 3 singers that they think is the best in that episode, now change to one audience only can vote 1 singer that they think is the best in that episode, thus Terry Lin question it.

Final Round

Final Round—7 singers Upper: Zhou Xiao'ou, Winnie Hsin, Huang Qishan, Julia Peng; Lower: Hu Haiquan, Chen Yufan (Yu Quan), Terry Lin, Aska Yang

This episode is I Am a Singer (season 1) thirteenth times shows, is final round. Episode 13, in Beijing time April 12, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in Hunan Television live broadcast. Final round: It divide into 2 rounds. 1st final round, is help to sing section, singer can invite Help singer to so-star. 2nd round, is solo, accumulate 1st round and 2nd round total percentages of votes, then it has this season winner. 1st final round occupy 30% of total results, 2nd final round occupy 40% of total results.

Encore Performances, Guest Performance

To let us forget the atmosphere of the competition, in final round it has encore performances, guest performance.

1st Round

1st final round, is help to sing section, singer can invite Help singer to so-star. 1st round occupy 30% of total results.

2nd Round

2nd final round, is solo, accumulate 1st round and 2nd round total percentages of votes, then it has this season winner. 2nd round occupy 40% of total results.

I Am a Singer (season 1) 2nd Final Round April 12, 2013 Host: He Jiong、Wang Han
Order of Performances [a]	Singer	Comedian Manager	Song Title	Original Singer	Lyrics	Composer	Arrange	Final Results
1	Zhou Xiao'ou	Shen Ling	"Everything I Do" (English)	Bryan Adams	Bryan Adams Michael Kamen Robert John "Mutt" Lange		欒樹 張張	7
2	Winnie Hsin	KK	"Scent" (Mandarin)	Winnie Hsin	Yao chien	Huang Kuo Lun	Kubert Leung	6
3	Julia Peng	小燕子	"相見恨晚" (Mandarin)	Julia Peng	娃　娃	陳國華		5
4	Aska Yang	Tian Yuan	"我離開我自己" (Mandarin)	Faith Yang	Kwan	Diane Chen	王文穎	3
5	Huang Qishan	Du Haitao	"Only You" (Mandarin)	Huang Qishan	馮銳	張宏光	劉　卓	4
6	Terry Lin	Shen Mengchen	"浮誇" (Mandarin)	Terry Lin	樓南蔚	C.Y.Kong	薛位山	2
7	Yu Quan	Li Weijia	"給所有知道我名字的人" (Mandarin)	Chao Chuan	Lee Tsung Sheng	Liu Tianjian	Kamada Toshiya Munakata Hitoshi	1

Ratings

China Hunan Television premiere ratings (CSM46)
Episode	Date	Rating	Share	Ranking
1	January 18, 2013	1.434	6.38	1
2	January 25, 2013	1.714	8.08	1
3	February 1, 2013	2.014	9.34	1
4	February 8, 2013	2.067	8.24	1
5	February 15, 2013	1.963	9.07	1
6	February 22, 2013	2.022	8.83	1
7	March 1, 2013	2.381	10.56	1
8	March 8, 2013	2.368	11.35	1
9	March 15, 2013	2.336	11.63	1
10	March 22, 2013	2.480	12.20	1
11	March 29, 2013	2.206	11.56	1
12	April 5, 2013	2.430	11.94	1
13	April 12, 2013	4.127	13.24	1

References