The fourth season of the Chinese realitytalent showSing! China premiered on 19 July 2019, on Zhejiang Television. Harlem Yu returned as a coach for his third season. Na Ying, who last coached in the second season, returned with new coaches Li Ronghao and Wang Leehom, who all replaced Jay Chou, Li Jian and Nicholas Tse as coaches. On 7 October, Xing Hanming (邢晗铭) of Team Ronghao was announced as the winner of the season,[1] making her the first female winner of Sing! China. This also marked Ronghao's first win as coach. Sidanmanchu 斯丹曼簇 of Team Na Ying, Nasi Li (李芷婷) of Team Leehom, and Chen Qinan (陈其楠) of Team Harlem finished runner-up, third, and fourth places, respectively. This marks the first instance of the Top 3 artists being all female.
Similar from the previous season, the blind auditions would see the coaches listening to the contestants' performances while they faced away from the stage. If they like what they hear from a contestant, they press the button on their chairs which would rotate them to face the stage. This signifies that the contestant has been recruited to join the respective coach's team. If more than one coach presses their button, the contestant would then choose the coach they want to work with. If none of the coaches presses their button, the losing artist would leave the stage straight away, without any conversations with the coaches, and the chairs would remain unturned (though this rule could be reversed upon request from the coaches).
The performance order during the blind auditions would be decided on the spot by the coaches. The coaches would be given a list of songs which the artists would be performing, and the coaches would take turn to pick the songs which they would like to hear first, and the respective artist would be called upon the stage to perform the song. Therefore, the artists would only be notified of their performance order minutes before their performances. Before the artists perform, they would each select a coach which they would like to work with the most, and the coach's head shot would be shown in real-time on the large screen attached to their respective chairs during their performance. This allows the artists to see how their preferred coaches are reacting to their performances while the latter is facing away from the stage, thus potentially influencing the artist's final choice of coach.
In this season, a new feature named as the "mute-the-mic" button was added during the blind auditions. This allows the coaches to block one coach from pitching to an artist by having the particular coach's chair faced away from the stage and muting their personal microphone. Despite the block, the coach would still be available for selection by the artist as their coach. Unlike the previous season, there is no limit in the number of artists that can be recruited on a team.
Colour key
Coach picked this artist to perform (via artist's song choice)
Artist selected this coach as their preferred coach before performance
✔
Coach pressed their button
Artist defaulted to this coach's team
Artist elected to join this coach's team
Artist eliminated with no coach pressing the button
✘
Coach pressed their button, but was later blocked by Ronghao from pitching to the artist
✘
Coach pressed their button, but was later blocked by Harlem from pitching to the artist
✘
Coach pressed their button, but was later blocked by Na Ying from pitching to the artist
✘
Coach pressed their button, but was later blocked by Leehom from pitching to the artist
Episode 1 (19 July)
The four coaches performed a medley of each other's songs – Li Ronghao performed Wang Leehom's "Kiss Goodbye", Wang performed Na Ying's "梦一场", Na performed Harlem Yu's "改变所有的错", and Yu performed "龙的传人". All coaches later joined forces and performed a remixed version of "龙的传人".
The four mentors are divided into two groups for a duel. The teams of the two main battle instructors are divided into four or five rounds to decide the winner, with the winning team receiving one point and the losing team receiving no points. Each coach has a one-time bonus point (via the coach's trump card) that can be used on any artist on his team. If that artist who was given the coach's trump card wins the duel, he or she will receive two points, otherwise he will still not receive points. The team with the highest points wins and all of his/her artists will advance to the next card, while the losing coach will eliminate two artists from his/her team as a punishment.
In episode 8, the winning coaches from episode 6 and 7 had a duel and the same rules apply in this round.
Colour key
Artist was given the coach's trump card
Artist won the Cross Battle (one or two points allocated to the team)
Artist lost the Cross Battle (no points allocated to the team)
Team won the Cross Battles with highest winning points
✔
Artist advanced to the Cross Knockouts
✘
Artist was eliminated by coach
Episode
Coach
Order
Artist
Song
Panel votes
Coach votes
Total votes
Result
Ronghao
Harlem
Na Ying
Leehom
Episode 6 (23 August)
Wang Leehom
1.1
Wang Wenfang 王文芳✔
"一样的月光"
16
—
✔
✔
—
26
Li Ronghao
1.2
Liu Jiaqi 刘佳琪✔
"散了吧"
35
—
—
35
+1
Wang Leehom
2.1
Qu Yang 屈杨✔
"依然爱你"
40
—
✔
45
+1
Li Ronghao
2.2
Luo Lei 骆蕾✔
"小半"
11
✔
—
16
Li Ronghao
3.1
Li Fanyi 李凡一✔
"你的酒馆对我打了烊"
38
—
✔
43
+1
Wang Leehom
3.2
Harry Hong 洪雨雷✔
"流星雨"
13
✔
—
18
Wang Leehom
4.1
Nasi Li 李芷婷✔
"流沙"
32
✔
—
37
+1
Li Ronghao
4.2
Hu Rui 胡睿✔
"爱错"
19
—
✔
24
Li Ronghao
5.1
Xing Hanming 邢晗铭✔
"疯子"
32
✔
✔
42
+2
Wang Leehom
5.2
Sujane 以格✔
"I'm not a star"
19
—
—
19
Episode 7 (30 August)
Harlem Yu
1.1
Chen Qinan 陈其楠✔
"拿走了什么"
36
—
—
✔
41
+1
Na Ying
1.2
Jasmyn Aisin Gioro 爱新觉罗媚✔
"长腿叔叔"
15
✔
—
20
Na Ying
2.1
Jisashama 吉萨莎玛✔
"淺淺"
40
✔
—
45
+1
Harlem Yu
2.2
Zhang Peng 张鹏✔
"离歌"
11
—
✔
16
Harlem Yu
3.1
Wang Shuai 汪帅✔
"走钢索的人"
28
✔
✔
38
+1
Na Ying
3.2
Annabella Chua 蔡咏琪✔
"回忆见"
23
—
—
23
Na Ying
4.1
Sidanmanchu 斯丹曼簇✔
"我的名字"
10
—
—
10
Harlem Yu
4.2
Jia Zheng 贾铮✔
"恋人未满"
41
✔
✔
51
+2
Episode 8 (6 September)
Harlem Yu
1.1
Chen Runqiu 陈润秋✔
"都挺好"
35
—
✔
✔
45
+1
Li Ronghao
1.2
Tian Ying 田颖✔
"大江东去"
16
—
—
16
Li Ronghao
2.1
Liu Jiaqi 刘佳琪✔
"曲終人散"
28
—
✔
33
+1
Harlem Yu
2.2
Zhang Peng 张鹏✘
"走着走着就散了"
23
✔
—
28
Harlem Yu
3.1
Dolma Intshok 卓玛殷措✘
"星晴"
6
—
—
6
Li Ronghao
3.2
Xing Hanming 邢晗铭✔
"你啊你啊"
45
✔
✔
55
+2
Harlem Yu
4.1
Chen Qinan 陈其楠✔
"Loving you"
31
—
✔
36
+1
Li Ronghao
4.2
Li Fanyi 李凡一✔
"亲爱的那不是爱情"
20
✔
—
25
Harlem Yu
5.1
Yao Fei 姚斐✔
"爱上疯狂的节奏"
33
✔
✔
43
+1
Li Ronghao
5.2
You Bowen 由博文✔
"当年情"
18
—
—
18
Li Ronghao
6.1
Luo Lei 骆蕾✔
"野薔薇"
35
—
—
35
+1
Harlem Yu
6.2
Chen Runqiu 陈润秋✔
"第一个清晨"
16
✔
✔
26
The Cross Knockouts
Before the Cross Knockout, each coach has to eliminate half of his/her teammates, which means team Ronghao, team Harlem, team Na Ying, and team Leehom will remain six, six, three, and seven artists, respectively. Besides, the "Block" is allowed for coaches in this round to avoid some artists have to compete with the strongest artist on each team. The artist will perform based on the ascending of coaches by draw, and he/she will decide his/her opponent by draw as well. If the artist is used the "Block" by the coach, which means 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.
Colour key
Artist won the Cross Knockout and advanced to the Playoffs
Artist lost the Cross Knockout and was eliminated
Episode
Coach
Order
Artist
Song
Panel votes
Result
"Block" result
Blocked artist
Ronghao
Harlem
Na Ying
Leehom
Episode 10 (13 September)
Li Ronghao
1.1
Liu Jiaqi 刘佳琪
"放手去爱"
6
Eliminated
—
—
—
—
—
Harlem Yu
1.2
Chen Qinan 陈其楠
"你等我"
45
Advanced
—
—
—
—
—
Na Ying
2.1
Yang Yige 杨一歌
"南海姑娘"
6
Eliminated
—
—
—
—
—
Li Ronghao
2.2
Xing Hanming 邢晗铭
"儿歌"
45
Advanced
—
—
—
—
—
Wang Leehom
3.1
Xiao Qiang 肖蔷
"执迷不悔"
42
Advanced
—
—
—
✔
Li Fanyi 李凡一
Li Ronghao
3.2
Hu Rui 胡睿
"柠檬草的味道"
9
Eliminated
—
—
—
Block used
—
Harlem Yu
4.1
Jia Zheng 贾铮
"就是现在"
15
Eliminated
—
✔
—
Nasi Li 李芷婷
Wang Leehom
4.2
Liu Meilin 刘美麟
"时候"
36
Advanced
—
Block used
—
—
Li Ronghao
5.1
Luo Lei 骆蕾
"时间里的飞人"
23
Eliminated
✔
—
Sidanmanchu 斯丹曼簇
Na Ying
5.2
Jasmyn Aisin Gioro 爱新觉罗媚
"暧昧"
28
Advanced
Block used
—
—
Episode 11 (20 September)
Na Ying
1.1
Su Yang 苏洋
"不散的筵席"
10
Eliminated
Block used
Block used
—
Block used
—
Wang Leehom
1.2
Qu Yang 屈杨
"父親寫的散文詩"
41
Advanced
—
—
Wang Leehom
2.1
Andy Lin 林言奕
"幻聽"
9
Eliminated
—
Li Ronghao
2.2
Li Fanyi 李凡一
"第一次"
42
Advanced
—
Harlem Yu
3.1
Wang Shuai 汪帅
"走西口"
40
Advanced
—
Li Ronghao
3.2
Chen Xiaotong 陈小同
“我們都傻"
11
Eliminated
—
Na Ying
4.1
Annabella Chua 蔡咏琪
"晚安晚安"
20
Eliminated
—
—
Wang Leehom
4.2
Nasi Li 李芷婷
"你是愛我的"
31
Advanced
—
—
Wang Leehom
5.1
CPU
"愛的初體驗"
11
Eliminated
—
Na Ying
5.2
Sidanmanchu 斯丹曼簇
"水妖"
40
Advanced
—
—
Na Ying
6.1
Zhang Tianyu 张天予
"自己"
17
Eliminated
—
—
Wang Leehom
6.2
Cui Jiaying 崔佳莹
"我懷念的"
34
Advanced
—
—
The Playoffs
The Top 11 performed in the Playoffs for a spot in the finals. The selection of the winner may be different, depending on which team the artist belongs to. For Team Na Ying and Team Harlem, the remaining two artists will perform a song respectively, and their coaches will choose one as their winners. For Team Ronghao, the coach assigned his teammates have a duo, and the coach has to choose one of them as a winner, which is similar to the Battles of The Voice series. For Team Leehom, since five artists advance to the Playoff, the selection of finalists is divided into two parts. Five artists will perform a solo song, and two will advance to the second round. This selection method is similar to the six-chair challenge of The X Factor series. The rule of the second round is same as Team Na Ying and Team Harlem.
Episode
Coach
Order
Artist
Song
Result
Switched with (for team Leehom only)
Episode 12 (27 September)
Li Ronghao
1
Xing Hanming 邢晗铭
"流行歌曲"
Advanced
—
Li Fanyi 李凡一
Eliminated
Wang Leehom
2
Cui Jiaying 崔佳莹
"是日救星"
Eliminated
—
3
Liu Meilin 刘美麟
"已来不及"
Eliminated
4
Xiao Qiang 肖蔷
"寻人启事"
Eliminated
—
5
Qu Yang 屈杨
"带我走"
Advanced to Round 2
Cui Jiaying 崔佳莹
6
Nasi Li 李芷婷
"黑色柳丁"
Advanced to Round 2
Liu Meilin 刘美麟
Round 2
—
7
Qu Yang 屈杨
"拆穿"
Eliminated
8
Nasi Li 李芷婷
"一直走"
Advanced
Episode 13 (30 September)
Na Ying
1
Jasmyn Aisin Gioro 爱新觉罗媚
"Melody"
Eliminated
—
2
Sidanmanchu 斯丹曼簇
"我看我自己"
Advanced
Harlem Yu
3
Wang Shuai 汪帅
"危險"
Eliminated
—
4
Chen Qinan 陈其楠
"如果你愛我"
Advanced
Non-competition performances
Order
Performers
Song
12.1
Li Ronghao & his team
(Xing Hanming 邢晗铭 & Li Fanyi 李凡一)
"黄种人"
12.2
Wang Leehom & his team
(李芷婷, Liu Meilin 刘美麟, 崔佳莹, Qu Yang 屈杨 & Xiao Qiang 肖蔷)
"华人万岁"
13.1
Na Ying & her team
(Jasmyn Aisin Gioro 爱新觉罗媚 & Sidanmanchu 斯丹曼簇)
"我和我的祖国"
13.2
Harlem Yu & his team
(Chen Qinan 陈其楠 & Wang Shuai 汪帅)
"蜗牛"
Finals
The Top 4 performed live in a two-part season finale on 7 October, held at the Beijing National Stadium. In the first round of the competition, the four finalists performed a duet with their coach, and a solo song. Based on the public votes received from the live audience at the end of the first round, the bottom two artists with the fewest votes would be eliminated.
The final two artists would then sing their winner's song before an 81-person panel and live audience, who will vote for the winner at the end of the performances. Every member of the panel would be entitled to one vote, and the total number of votes received by the artists from the panel and live audience would be converted into percentage points accordingly. The artist who received the highest number of points would be announced as the winner.
The ninth episode was a two-hour special aired on 12 September, featuring performances by the coaches and artists in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The episode was hosted by Yi Yi.
Episode
Order
Performer(s)
Song
Episode 9
(12 September)
1
Harlem Yu
"猴Lonely"
2
Ronghao Li
"耳朵"
3
The Top 42
"龙的传人"
4
Xing Hanming 邢晗铭
"疯子"
5
Li Fanyi 李凡一
"踮起脚尖爱"
6
Liu Minxuan 刘珉轩
"肆意的河"
7
Ronghao Li
"贫穷或富有"
8
Zhang Peng 张鹏
"大江东去"
9
Harlem Yu
"在一起"
10
Sidanmanchu 斯丹曼簇
"忘我"
11
Na Ying
"出现"
12
"珊瑚颂"
13
CPU
"玫瑰玫瑰我爱你"
14
Jasmyn Aisin Gioro 爱新觉罗媚
"中国姑娘"
15
Wang Leehom
"缘份一道桥"
16
Harry Hong 洪雨雷 (with 熊域进, 王世澍 & 彭冠滔)
"流星雨"
17
Wang Leehom
"心中的日月"
18
Deer Chen
"妄想的月光"
The National Day Special (4 October)
The fourteenth episode was a two-hour special episode aired on 4 October, featuring performances by the coaches and artists in celebration of the National Day of the People's Republic of China. The episode was taped on 28 September 2019, at the Cotai Arena.
Episode
Order
Performer(s)
Song
Episode 9
(12 September)
1
The Top 11 (plus Luo Lei 骆蕾, Jia Zheng 贾铮 & Zhang Tianyu 张天予, minus Cui Jiaying 崔佳莹 & Liu Meilin 刘美麟)
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