Singer season 5

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Singer
Season 5
Judges500 public audiences
WinnerSandy Lam
Runner-upDimash Kudaibergen
Finals venueHunan Broadcasting System
Release
Original networkHunan Television
Original releaseJanuary 21 (2017-01-21) –
April 22, 2017 (2017-04-22)
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Singer 2017 was the fifth season of the Chinese television series of the rebranded version of I Am a Singer. Due to the banning of Korean-related brands and artists in China, the series went with a rebranding under a simplified title of Singer, but otherwise retained similar competition format from the past four seasons of I Am a Singer. This is the only season in which no singers doubled their roles as the hosts, and He Jiong, who hosted the finale after a year's absence, served as the host.

The fifth season premiered on January 21, 2017, on Hunan Television, and ended on April 22, 2017. Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam was named the winner of the season, Kazakhstan's Dimash Kudaibergen and Taiwanese band Lion were named runner-up and third place, respectively.

Competition rules[edit]

In spite of the renaming of the show, the format was otherwise similar from previous seasons of I Am a Singer. As seen in the last season, the competing singers performed on stage and the 500-member audience panel voted, deciding the outcome of the results. At the end of each Knockout round, the singer with the fewest votes combined from both Qualifier and Knockouts was eliminated.

The Challenge round twist first seen in the third season, also returned with a modification with two singers (one Challenger and one Returning Singer from previous seasons) entering the competition. As in the previous series, in order to be safe, challengers, but not returning singers, had to beat a majority of singers by ranking in the top four or better, while the results from the Challenge rounds were counted individually.

This is the only season to have an increased number of finalists (ten), and the first season to feature returning singers from previous seasons. This was the last season to feature Singer voting which was introduced in Season 3.

Contestants[edit]

The following singers participated in Singer 2017 are listed in alphabetical order (singers without a placement for the final are listed as finalists; singers eliminated before the finals are listed as non-finalists; singers who withdrew are listed as withdrawn):

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
  – Other finalist
  – Withdrew
  – Withdrew (Initially eligible for Breakout round but did not participate)

New singers[edit]

Contestant Country Music Partner Status Week Entered Week Exited Result
Teresa Carpio Hong Kong/Canada Jeffrey G Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1)
Week 11 (Breakout round)
Week 4 (Knockout round 2)
Week 12 (Semi-finals)
Semi-finalist (9th/10th place)
Hins Cheung Hong Kong Since Seah Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Withdrew
Dimash Kudaibergen Kazakhstan Aray Aydarhan Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 13 (Finals) Runner-up
Sandy Lam Hong Kong /Canada Shen Ling Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 13 (Finals) Winner
Liang Bo China Yu Shasha Challenger Week 9 (Challenge round 3) Week 9 (Challenge round 3)
Week 11 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
Lion Taiwan Shen Mengchen Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 13 (Finals) Third place
Justin Lo United States Zhang Dexing Challenger Week 5 (Challenge round 2) Week 6 (Knockout round 3)
Week 11 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
Tia Ray China Aaron Sun Pu Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1)
Week 11 (Breakout round)
Week 3 (Challenge round 1)
Week 13 (Finals)
7th place
Tan Jing China Wayne Zhang Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 7 (Qualifier round 2) Withdrew
Michael Wong Malaysia Young Yang Initial singer Week 1 (Qualifier round 1) Week 2 (Knockout round 1)
Week 11 (Breakout round)
Eliminated
Diamond Zhang China Oscar Sun Challenger/Substitute singer[a] Week 7 (Qualifier round 2)
Week 11 (Breakout round)
Week 8 (Knockout round 3)
Week 13 (Finals)
6th place
Zhao Lei China Mandy Jin Challenger Week 3 (Challenge round 1) Week 5 (Challenge round 2) Withdrew

Returning singers[edit]

This is the first season to feature former I Am a Singer contestants returning to the competition. All four singers were given Substitute Singer status and entered the competition on the start of their respective Challenge round.

Contestant Country Music Partner Previous IAaS performance Week Entered Week Exited Result
Li Jian China Li Rui Season 3 - Runner-up Week 7 (Qualifier round 2) Week 13 (Finals) 4th place
Terry Lin Taiwan Eliza Liang Season 1 - Runner-up Week 5 (Challenge round 2) Week 13 (Finals) 5th place
Julia Peng Taiwan Wang Qiao Season 1 - Finalist Week 9 (Challenge round 3) Week 12 (Semi-finals) Semi-finalist (9th/10th place)
Jason Zhang China Li Weijia Season 2 - Finalist Week 3 (Challenge round 1) Week 13 (Finals) 8th place

Future appearances[edit]

Dimash Kudaibergen, Lion, Tia Ray and Diamond Zhang returned as guest singers for the Biennial concert on season six. Tia Ray and Kudaibergen appeared as guest assistant singers during the finals for season seven. Ray and Jam Hsiao (of the Lion band) returned as contestants on the eighth season.

Outside Singer, Kudaibergen also appeared in CBS's reality competition The World's Best in 2019 where he withdrew after the Top 12 rounds.[1][2][3][4]

Results[edit]

First Safe Bottom Eliminated Return Performance Challenger Challenge Success
Challenge Failure Breakout Success Breakout Failure Winner Runner-up Withdrew
Singer Broadcast Date (2017)
Jan 21 Jan 28 Feb 4 Feb 11 Feb 18 Feb 25 Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 18 Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 8 Apr 15
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round 5th Round Breakout Semifinal Final Round
Qualifying Knockout Challenge Knockout Challenge Knockout Qualifying Knockout Challenge Knockout Finals Overall
1 Sandy Lam 2 3 6 2 2 3 1 4 5 1 1 1 1
2 Dimash Kudaibergen 1 1 3 3 6 1 3 5 2 3 2 2 2
3 Lion 4 4 5 1 7 5 4 3 3 5 5 3 3
4 S3 Li Jian 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 4
5 S1 Terry Lin 4 4 5 1 1 7 3 3 5 5
6 Diamond Zhang 7 7 5 6 6 6
7 Tia Ray 7 6 8 6 7 8 7
8 S2 Jason Zhang 4 5 3 6 6 6 8 2 4 8 7 8
=9 Teresa Carpio 3 5 7 4 2
=9 S1 Julia Peng 7 6 6
=11 Liang Bo 6 8
=11 Michael Wong 6 7 9
=11 Justin Lo 4 7 10
=11 Zhao Lei 2 7 8
=11 Tan Jing 5 2 1 6 1 2 4
=11 Hins Cheung 7

Details of competitions[edit]

Note: The grey colour items mean it don't appear in the broadcast version.

First round[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

  • Taping Date: January 10, 2017
  • Airdate: January 21, 2017

The order of performance for this episode was determined through audience voting for their anticipated songs; singers may discuss their re-arrangement of performance order, which was reflected in the table. As there were eight first-round singers, the first round featured elimination for the singer who receive the fewest votes.

Tia Ray would have been eliminated for finishing last; however, Ray was later declared safe following Hins Cheung's sudden withdrawal; Cheung was later revealed to have participated in the political Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong after the episode was taped. Cheung's appearance (with the exclusion of a shot with him and Teresa Carpio) and performance were unaired and edited out of broadcast.[5][6]

Singer 2017 1st Qualifying Round January 21, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "SOS d'un terrien en détresse" (French) Daniel Balavoine Luc Plamondon Michel Berger Kubert Leung 1
2 Tia Ray Aaron Sun Pu "阿楚姑娘" Frankie Liang Meng Ye Frankie Liang Zhao Zhao 7 3 (tie)
3 Michael Wong Young Yang "第一次" Michael Wong Zhang Tiancheng Michael Wong Kubert Leung 6 2
4 Hins Cheung Since Seah "吻得太逼真" Hins Cheung Chan Yiu Chuen Chow Bing Fai Johnny Yim 7[a] -
5 Teresa Carpio Jeffrey G "Imagine" (English) John Lennon John Laudon 3 1 (tie)
6 Lion Shen Mengchen "Lion" Lion Jam Hsiao Lee Q Wu 4
7 Tan Jing Wayne Zhang "再见青春" Wang Feng Rama Liu 5
8 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "不必在乎我是谁" Sandy Lam Jonathan Lee Zheng Nan 2 3 (tie)
^ a. Hins Cheung withdrew from Singer 2017 prior to the episode's airing. Cheung was ranked seventh, but his performance was excluded from the tally. Footage of his performance was edited out from the episode re-runs and in video-sharing websites as well.

Knockout[edit]

  • Taping Date: January 20, 2017
  • Airdate: January 28, 2017
Singer 2017 1st Knockout Round January 28, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Michael Wong Young Yang "那一段日子" Eric Moo Zhao Zhao 7
2 Tan Jing Wayne Zhang "九儿" Han Hong Roc Chen
He Qiling
Roc Chen Yian Tianwu 2 3
3 Tia Ray Aaron Sun Pu "Love On Top" Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles
Terius Youngdell Nash
Shea Taylor
Ni Ke 6 2
4 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "Opera 2" Vitas Vitas
V. Borovsky
Vitas Da Ridan 1
5 Teresa Carpio Jeffrey G "Carmen" (Mandarin adaptation of Habanera from the opera Carmen) Grace Chang
Angel Lee
A-Mei
Li Junqing Georges Bizet John Laudon 5 1
6 Lion Shen Mengchen "你是我心爱的姑娘" Wang Feng Zhang Renjie Lee Q Wu 4
7 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "无赖" Penny Tai Zheng Nan 3

Overall ranking[edit]

Singer 2017 1st Round overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total percentages of votes
1 Dimash Kudaibergen 27.00% (1) 24.36% (1) 25.68%
2 Sandy Lam 22.60% (2) 13.43% (3) 18.01%
3 Tan Jing 10.45% (5) 23.88% (2) 17.16%
4 Teresa Carpio 16.05% (3) 10.79% (5) 13.42%
5 Lion 12.74% (4) 12.95% (4) 12.84%
6 Tia Ray 3.74% (7) 9.24% (6) 6.49%
7 Michael Wong 7.41% (6) 5.33% (7) 6.37%
WD Hins Cheung — (7)

Second round[edit]

Challenge[edit]

  • Taping Date: January 21, 2017
  • Airdate: February 4, 2017

The first returning singer was Jason Zhang from Season 2, while the first challenger of the season was Zhao Lei.

Singer 2017 2nd Challenge Round February 4, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "Run" Snow Patrol Johnny Yim 6
2 Tan Jing Wayne Zhang "欲水" Chyi Yu Johnny Chen Rama Liu 1
3 Lion Shen Mengchen "百年孤寂" Faye Wong Lin Xi CY Kong
Adrian Chan
Tsou Chiang 5
4 Tia Ray Aaron Sun Pu "蒙娜丽莎的眼泪" Terry Lin Zheng Huajuan Kubert Leung 8
5 Michael Wong Young Yang "请不要在别人的肩上哭泣" Chao Chuan Steve Chow Lo Hung Wu Zhao Zhao Return Performance
6 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "The Show Must Go On" Queen Brian May Queen Erlan Bekchurin 3
7 Teresa Carpio Jeffrey G "Vincent" Don McLean John Laudon 7 3
8 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "很奇怪我愛你" Jason Zhang Qu Shicong Qu Shicong
Jason Zhang
4
9 Zhao Lei Mandy Jin "成都" Zhao Lei Zhao Lei
Xi Zi
Liu Sen
2

Knockout[edit]

  • Taping Date: February 2, 2017
  • Airdate: February 11, 2017
Singer 2017 2nd Knockout Round February 11, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Tan Jing Wayne Zhang "定风波" Jacky Cheung Chris Shum Leon Ko Kubert Leung 6
2 Tia Ray Aaron Sun Pu "Golden" Jill Scott Anthony Bell Fergus Chow Return Performance
3 Zhao Lei Mandy Jin "理想" Zhao Lei 7
4 Teresa Carpio Jeffrey G "真的爱你" Beyond Siu Mei Wong Ka Kui John Laudon 4 2
5 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "Better Man" Robbie Williams Robbie Williams
G.Chambers
Ni Ke 5
6 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "秋意浓" Jacky Cheung Daryl Yao Kōji Tamaki Samal Ermakhanov 3
7 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "我最亲爱的" A-mei Lin Xi Russell Harris Ni Ke 2 1
8 Lion Shen Mengchen "你是我最深爱的人" Shaun 1 2

Overall ranking[edit]

Singer 2017 2nd Round overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total percentages of votes
1 Tan Jing 24.54% (1) 12.49% (6) 19.00%
2 Dimash Kudaibergen 14.82% (3) 15.56% (3) 15.19%
3 Lion 10.90% (5) 18.17% (1) 14.53%
4 Sandy Lam 10.69% (6) 17.50% (2) 14.09%
5 Zhao Lei 16.75% (2) 9.27% (7) 13.01%
6 Jason Zhang 11.40% (4) 13.16% (5) 12.28%
7 Teresa Carpio 9.91% (7) 13.84% (4) 11.87%

Third round[edit]

Challenge[edit]

  • Taping Date: February 9, 2017
  • Airdate: February 18, 2017

The second returning singer was Terry Lin from Season 1, while the second challenger of the season was Justin Lo.

Singer 2017 3rd Challenge Round February 18, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson
Bruno Mars
Devon Christopher Gallaspy
Mark Ronson
Bruno Mars
Nicholas Williams
Philip Martin Lawrence II
Jeff Bhasker
Kong Xiao Yi 6
2 Teresa Carpio Jeffrey G "爱是永恒" Jacky Cheung Richard Lam Dick Lee John Laudon Return Performance
3 Zhao Lei Mandy Jin "月亮粑粑" Zhong Zhigang Kubert Leung
Xizi
8
4 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "默" Na Ying Yi Yue Qian Lei Ni Ke 3 2
5 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "克卜勒" Stefanie Sun Hush Johnny Yim 2
6 Lion Shen Mengchen "It's My Life" (English) Bon Jovi Jon Bon Jovi
Richie Sambora
Max Martin
Kenn C 7 3
7 Tan Jing Wayne Zhang "赛里木湖的月光" Tan Jing Tan Jing
Lin Du
Rama Liu
Rama Liu 1
8 Terry Lin Eliza Liang "你永远不知道" Terry Lin Louise Lou Jennifer Johan Lee Baby Chung 4 (tie)
9 Justin Lo Zhang Dexing "命硬" Justin Lo Wyman Wong Justin Lo Edward Chan
Nick Wong

Knockout[edit]

  • Taping Date: February 16, 2017
  • Airdate: February 25, 2017
Singer 2017 3rd Knockout Round February 25, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "哥哥" Chang Shilei Wang Pingjiu Chang Shilei Ni Ke 6 3
2 Zhao Lei Mandy Jin "三十岁的女人" Zhao Lei Return Performance
3 Terry Lin Eliza Liang "Writing's On The Wall" (English) Sam Smith Sam Smith
Jimmy Napes
Baby Chung 4
4 Justin Lo Zhang Dexing "很想很想说再见" Justin Lo Albert Leung Justin Lo Edward Chan 7
5 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "Adagio") Lara Fabian Tomaso Albinoni
Rick Allison
Lara Fabian
Dave Pickell
Erlan Bekchurin 1
6 Tan Jing Wayne Zhang "怨苍天变了心" Sophia Fang Howard Ho Hsu Chia Liang Yian Tianwu 2 1
7 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "盛夏光年" Mayday Ashin Martin Tang 3 1
8 Lion Shen Mengchen "用情" Jeff Chang Chan Ga-lai Jamie Hsueh James Yeo 5

Overall ranking[edit]

Tan withdrew from the competition after the Knockout episode aired, and results of her scores were displayed in grey text.

Singer 2017 3rd Round overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total percentages of votes
1 Tan Jing 21.21% (1) 18.53% (2) 19.88%
2 Dimash Kudaibergen 11.64% (6) 23.88% (1) 17.76%
3 Sandy Lam 17.12% (2) 17.30% (3) 17.21%
4 Terry Lin 11.93% (4) 14.11% (4) 13.02%
5 Jason Zhang 15.12% (3) 9.97% (6) 12.54%
6 Lion 11.05% (7) 10.78% (5) 10.91%
7 Justin Lo 11.93% (4) 5.43% (7) 8.68%

Fourth round[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

  • Taping Date: February 23, 2017
  • Airdate: March 4, 2017

The third returning singer was Li Jian from Season 3, while the third challenger of the season was Diamond Zhang.

Two days after the episode was taped, Tan announced her withdrawal from the competition, and footage of Tan's performances for this episode were edited out in broadcast due to privacy.[7] Due to the sudden withdrawal, the rules of this round was changed to a Qualifying round, and consequently Diamond was declared safe after being initially eliminated for failing the challenge as she finished last this round.

Singer 2017 4th Qualifying Round March 4, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "Daididau" Unknown Erlan Bekchurin
Bakytbek Zeinelov
3
2 Justin Lo Zhang Dexing "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran
Amy Wadge
Nick Wong Return Performance
3 Terry Lin Eliza Liang "御龙铭千古" Terry Lin He Xiaotong Gou Yin
Zhang Keke
Baby Chung 5
4 Lion Shen Mengchen "听不到" Fish Leong Ashin Kenn C
Orion J.
4 2
5 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "蓝莲花" Xu Wei Nick Pyo 1
6 Tan Jing Wayne Zhang "达尼亚" Pu Shu Rama Liu 4 2
7 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "突然想爱你" Valen Hsu Nick Pyo 6
8 Li Jian Li Rui "异乡人" Li Jian Liu Zhuo 2
9 Diamond Zhang Oscar Sun "时间有泪" Jacky Cheung Chan Siu Kei Balonz Su Zheng Nan 7

Knockout[edit]

  • Taping Date: March 2, 2017
  • Airdate: March 11, 2017
Singer 2017 4th Knockout Round March 11, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "你就不要想起我" Hebe Tien Derek Shih Venk
Liu Dajiang
Nick Pyo 6
2 Li Jian Li Rui "父亲写的散文诗" Xu Fei Dong Yufang Xu Fei Liu Zhuo 2
3 Diamond Zhang Oscar Sun "红玫瑰" Eason Chan Francis Lee Kubert Leung Zheng Nan 7
4 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "崇拜" Fish Leong Chen Mei Percy Phang 4
5 Lion Shen Mengchen "三天两夜" Jacky Cheung Hsu Chang Te Jimmy Ye Kenn C
Christine Sham
3 1
6 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "天亮了" Han Hong Erlan Bekchurin 5
7 Terry Lin Eliza Liang "卷珠帘" Henry Huo Li Shu
Luna
Henry Huo Baby Chung 1
"Scarborough Fair" Tie Ming

Overall ranking[edit]

Singer 2017 4th Round overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total percentages of votes
1 Li Jian 18.88% (2) 19.98% (2) 19.43%
2 Terry Lin 13.11% (5) 22.47% (1) 17.79%
3 Sandy Lam 19.83% (1) 13.68% (4) 16.75%
4 Lion 13.90% (4) 16.36% (3) 15.13%
5 Dimash Kudaibergen 17.30% (3) 9.79% (5) 13.55%
6 Jason Zhang 8.76% (6) 8.99% (6) 8.87%
7 Diamond Zhang 8.21% (7) 8.72% (7) 8.46%
WD Tan Jing — (4)

Fifth round[edit]

Challenge[edit]

  • Taping Date: March 9, 2017
  • Airdate: March 18, 2017

The fourth and final returning singer was Julia Peng from Season 1, while the fourth and final challenger of the season was Liang Bo. Jason Zhang would have been eliminated for finishing last, however, Bo was unsuccessful in his challenge (finished 6th) and was eliminated instead.

Singer 2017 5th Challenge Round March 18, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Li Jian Li Rui "十点半的地铁" Liu Jinze Yu Ge Liu Jinze Liu Zhuo 4
2 Diamond Zhang Oscar Sun "胡桃夹子" Diamond Zhang Zheng Nan Return Performance
3 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "All by Myself" Eric Carmen Eric Carmen
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Erlan Bekchurin 2
4 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "多得他" Faye Wong Lin Xi Babyface
L.A. Reid
Daryl Simmons
Nick Pyo 5
5 Terry Lin Eliza Liang "Feeling Good" Cy Grant Anthony Newley
Leslie Bricusse
Baby Chung 1 2 (tie)
6 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "我要你" Lao Lang
Ren Suxi
Fan Chong Zhao Zhao 8
"天涯歌女" Zhou Xuan Tian Han He Luting
7 Lion Shen Mengchen "爱不爱我" Lingdian Kenn C
Christine Sham
3 2 (tie)
8 Julia Peng Wang Qiao "爱上一个不回家的人" Sandy Lam Ting Hsiao Wen Chan Chi Yuen Again 7
9 Liang Bo Yu Shasha "灵魂歌手" Liang Bo 6 1

Knockout[edit]

  • Taping Date: March 16, 2017
  • Airdate: March 25, 2017
Singer 2017 5th Knockout Round March 25, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Terry Lin Eliza Liang "裂心" Wang Leehom Baby Chung 7
"Heaven Knows" Rick Price Heather Field
Rick Price
2 Liang Bo Yu Shasha "男孩" Liang Bo Return Performance
3 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "柿子" Sandy Lam Chang Shilei
Francis Lee
Chang Shilei 1 2
4 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "Unforgettable Day" Dimash Kudaibergen Oral Baisengir (Kazakh) Dimash Kudaibergen Erlan Bekchurin 3
Kaysha Tabarakkyzy (Mandarin)
5 Li Jian Li Rui "红豆曲" Ye Mao Cao Xueqin Wang Liping Liu Zhuo
Jin Rui
4
"一生所爱" Shu Qi Wendyz Zheng Lowell Lo
"May It Be" (English) Enya Roma Ryan Nicky Ryan
Eith Ni Bhraonain
6 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "自己" Xu Jun Liu Zhou 2 1
7 Lion Shen Mengchen "最后的请求" Lion Jam Hsiao Lion
Kenn C
5
8 Julia Peng Wang Qiao "想你想疯了" Mindy Quah Julia Peng
Huang Kwei Lan
Tai Wei Cheng
Julia Peng Nick Pyo 6

Overall ranking[edit]

Singer 2017 5th Round overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total percentages of votes
1 Dimash Kudaibergen 17.63% (2) 16.71% (3) 17.17%
2 Sandy Lam 14.14% (5) 18.68% (1) 16.41%
3 Li Jian 15.25% (4) 16.04% (4) 15.64%
4 Lion 16.36% (3) 12.03% (5) 14.19%
5 Terry Lin 17.79% (1) 8.92% (7) 13.35%
6 Jason Zhang 8.18% (8) 17.02% (2) 12.60%
7 Julia Peng 10.64% (7) 10.59% (6) 10.61%

Breakout[edit]

  • Taping Date: March 23, 2017
  • Airdate: April 1, 2017

Three of the six singers who were initial singers (Lam, Lion and Kudaibergen) were exempt for this round, while the other three singers (with the exception of Cheung, Tan and Lei; Lei was however eligible but unable to take part due to scheduling conflicts on his concert[8]) participated with eliminated singers for a chance to enter the semi-finals. The order was decided on ballot, with the exception of surviving non-initial singers (Li, Lin and Jason) who could choose their performance order for the night without ballot.

For the first time, the number of finalists was increased from seven to ten, thus seven Breakout spots were offered, and the top seven singers receiving the highest number of votes advanced to the semi-finals.

Singer 2017 Breakout April 1, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Michael Wong Young Yang "勇气" Fish Leong Ruiye Michael Wong Kubert Leung 9
2 Liang Bo Yu Shasha "日落大道" Liang Bo 8
3 Diamond Zhang Oscar Sun "你给我听好" Eason Chan Lin Xi JJ Lin Zheng Nan 5
4 Tia Ray Aaron Sun Pu "开往春天的地铁" Yu Quan Wu Xiangfei Zhang Yadong Michael Ning
Phil Wen
6 (tie) 1 (tie)
"Kiss from a Rose" (English) Seal
5 Julia Peng Wang Qiao "大龄女子" Julia Peng Chen Hung-yu Ricky Hsiao Nick Pyo
"走在红毯那一天" Preston Lee Chen Kuo Hua
6 Teresa Carpio Jeffrey G "Someone like You" Adele Adele
Dan Wilson
John Laudon 2 1 (tie)
"Rumour Has It" Adele
Ryan Tedder
7 Justin Lo Zhang Dexing "停格" Tanya Chua Yao Chien Tanya Chua Edward Chan
Nick Wong
10
8 Li Jian Li Rui "Love is Over" Ouyang Fei Fei Li Jian Kaoru Ito Liu Zhuo 1
9 Terry Lin Eliza Liang "你在最近的天边" (Mandarin adaptation of Le Temps des cathédrales from the opera Notre-Dame de Paris) Bruno Pelletier Louise Lou Riccardo Cocciante Baby Chung 3
10 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "别来纠缠我" Black Panther Dou Wei Liu Zhou 4
"Bleed It Out" Linkin Park

Total percentages of votes[edit]

Singer 2017 Breakout Total percentages of votes
Ranking Singer Total percentages of votes
1 Li Jian 20.04%
2 Teresa Carpio 19.89%
3 Terry Lin 12.37%
4 Jason Zhang 9.17%
5 Diamond Zhang 8.32%
6 (Tie) Tia Ray 8.22%
6 (Tie) Julia Peng 8.22%
8 Liang Bo 5.66%
9 Michael Wong 4.75%
10 Justin Lo 3.36%

Semi-finals[edit]

  • Taping Date: March 30, 2017
  • Airdate: April 8, 2017

The semi-finals featured double elimination, and the two singers receiving the fewest votes were eliminated. For this round, singers went with a ballot with the singer who performed last going first. After the performance, the singer then choose a second singer to perform next among the remaining nine singers until only six singers remain, after which another ballot will take place and chooses the next four singers performing next in order, followed by a third ballot for the final two singers who draw first and last.

Singer 2017 Semi-Finals April 8, 2017
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking Singer Voting
1 Jason Zhang Li Weijia "We Will Rock You" Queen Brian May Liu Zhou 8
"我的王国" Li Yuchun Zhang Nan
Yee Kar Yeung
Jonas Jeberg
Anders Bagge
Kenisha Pratt
2 Li Jian Li Rui "一往情深的恋人" Li Jian Liu Zhuo 4
3 Julia Peng Wang Qiao "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (English) Whitney Houston George Merrill
Shannon Rubicam
Nick Pyo
4 Tia Ray Aaron Sun Pu "Sex Machine" James Brown James Brown
Bobby Byrd
Ron Lenhoff
7 1 (Tie)
"爱是怀疑" Eason Chan Hanjin Tan
5 Diamond Zhang Oscar Sun "不散,不见" Karen Mok Francis Lee Chang Shilei Zheng Nan 6
6 Sandy Lam Shen Ling "Leslie Forever" medley Jaydon Joo
Martin Tang
1 1 (Tie)
"拒绝再玩" Leslie Cheung Richard Lam Koji Tamaki
"无心睡眠" Andrew Lam Alvin Kwok
7 Teresa Carpio Jeffrey G "假如" Teresa Carpio Lo Ta-yu John Laudon
"是否" Su Rui Lo Ta-yu
8 Lion Shen Mengchen "Forever Love" Wang Leehom Wang Leehom
10 square
He Qi Hong
Yu Jingwen
Wang Leehom Kenn C 5
9 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "Confessa" Adriano Celentano Mogol (Italian) Gianni Bella Erlan Bekchurin 2
Tang Tian (Mandarin)
"The Diva Dance" Inva Mula Tchako Éric Serra
10 Terry Lin Eliza Liang "Somebody to Love" Queen Freddie Mercury Baby Chung 3

Finals[edit]

  • Airdate: April 15, 2017

During the finals, each singer invited a musical guest to perform with him or her on the first song. The winner was determined based on the combined number of votes accumulated during the semi-finals and the finals.

Singer 2017 Finals April 15, 2017 Host: He Jiong
Order of Performance Singer Music Partner Help Singer Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Final Results
1 Jason Zhang Li Weijia Cathleena Liu "You Raise Me Up" Secret Garden Brendan Graham Rolf Løvland Yan Tianwu
Liu Zhuo
7
2 Diamond Zhang Oscar Sun Aska Yang "凉凉" Diamond Zhang
Aska Yang
Liu Chang Tan Xuan Nick Pyo 6
3 Lion Shen Mengchen Lala Hsu
Vanness Wu
"平凡之路" Pu Shu Han Han
Pu Shu
Pu Shu Kenn C
James Yeo
3
"Faded" Alan Walker Alan Walker
Jesper Borgen
Mood Melodies
Gunnar Greve
4 Tia Ray Aaron Sun Pu Liu Huan "奋不顾身" Liu Huan
Summer
Liu Huan Zhao Zhao
Meng Ke
8
"凤凰于飞" Liu Huan
5 Li Jian Li Rui Yue Yunpeng "Tripitaka In Daughter Country Lyrical To See Daughter king's Eyes" medley Liu Zhuo 4
"女儿情" Wu Jing Yang Jie Xu Jingqing
"唐僧抒怀" Chi Zhongrui Yan Su
"你的眼睛" Panda Hsiung
Valen Hsu
Adam Hsu Panda Hsiung
6 Terry Lin Eliza Liang Hayley Westenra "The Prayer" (English/Italian) Celine Dion
Andrea Bocelli
Carole Bayer Sager
Tony Renis
Alberto Testa
David Foster
Carole Bayer Sager
Baby Chung 5
7 Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan Shang Wenjie "A Tribute to MJ" medley Erlan Bekchurin
Chen Di
2
"The Way You Make Me Feel" Michael Jackson
"Billie Jean"
"Dangerous" Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
Bill Bottrell
Teddy Riley
"Earth Song" Michael Jackson
8 Sandy Lam Shen Ling A-mei "也许明天" A-mei Shih Li Martin Tang Nick Pyo 1
9 Teresa Carpio
Julia Peng
Jeffrey G
Wang Qiao
Nick Chung
Stella Chung
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Frankie Valli Bob Crewe
Bob Gaudio
John Laudon Return Performance
"天天想你" Chang Yu-sheng Fred Chen Chen Chih-yuan

Overall ranking (Winner of Battle)[edit]

Before the final results were announced, the host named Kudaibergen, Lion, Lam, and Li as "Ultimate Winner Candidates". Lam was declared as the winner of Singer 2017 with 22.74% of the combined votes cast.

Singer 2017 Results of Winner of Battle
Ranking Singer Semi-Finals[a] Finals Total percentages of votes
1 Sandy Lam 22.60% (1) 22.89% (1) 22.74%
2 Dimash Kudaibergen 19.35% (2) 17.59% (2) 18.47%
3 Lion 9.75% (5) 16.44% (3) 13.09%
4 Li Jian 10.13% (4) 12.35% (4) 11.24%
5 Terry Lin 12.09% (3) 9.48% (5) 10.78%
6 Diamond Zhang 9.07% (6) 8.26% (6) 8.66%
7 Tia Ray 8.84% (7) 6.39% (8) 7.61%
8 Jason Zhang 8.16% (8) 6.60% (7) 7.38%
^ a. The percentage counting towards the total votes does not include votes cast from Carpio and Peng, who were eliminated at the semi-finals.

Biennial Concert[edit]

  • Airdate: April 22, 2017

The concert featured nine singers, which include Season 3 winner Han Hong, Season 4 winner Coco Lee, as well as the top seven singers Lam, Kudaibergen, Lion, Li, Lin, Diamond and Ray.

Singer 2017 Biennial Concert April 15, 2017 Host: Wayne Zhang
Order of Group Order of Performance Team Singer Music Partner Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger
1 1 Sounds of Nature Team Li Jian Li Rui "三月的一整月" Toru Takemitsu Toru Takemitsu Toru Takemitsu Zhao Zhao
2 Golden Melody Team Tia Ray
Chang Shilei
Aaron Sun Pu "Misty" (English) Johnny Mathis Johnny Burke Erroll Garner Chang Shilei
"来日方长" Isabelle Huang
Joker Xue
Chang Shilei Tia Ray
Chang Shilei
3 Golden Voice Team Terry Lin Eliza Liang "离人" Jacky Cheung Li Manting He Jiawen Baby Chung
2 4 Sounds of Nature Team Dimash Kudaibergen Aray Aydarhan "Give Me Love" Dimash Kudaibergen Мұнайдар Балмолда Аigül Bajanova Erlan Bekchurin
5 Golden Voice Team Diamond Zhang Oscar Sun "袖手旁观" Chyi Chin Yao Chien Huang Kuo Lun Long Long
6 Golden Melody Team Lion Shen Mengchen "一起摇摆" Wang Feng Lion
"Alive and Kickin'" Mr. Big Paul Gilbert
Eric Martin
André Pessis
Billy Sheehan
Pat Torpey
3 7 Sounds of Nature Team Han Hong Jeffrey G "山丘" Jonathan Lee Qu Shicong
8 Golden Voice Team Coco Lee Young Yang "Happy" Pharrell Williams Terence Teo
9 Golden Melody Team Sandy Lam Shen Ling "小情歌" Sodagreen Wu Tsing-Fong Kenn C
James Yeo

Ratings[edit]

 China Hunan Television premiere ratings
Episode Name Date Time CSM52 CSM national network
Rating Share Ranking Rating Share Ranking
Legend:  The Singers   Singer
1 The Singers January 21, 2017 22:05:01-22:29:24 1.547 5.902 2 1.21 5.44 1
Singer 22:29:55-00:07:38 1.324 9.229 4 0.96 7.92 1
2 The Singers January 28, 2017 22:11:07-22:29:18 1.239 4.755 4 1.0 7.46 1
Singer 22:29:49-00:13:33 1.230 7.694 5
3 The Singers February 4, 2017 22:07:33-22:29:18 1.493 5.720 2 0.87 7.45 1
Singer 22:29:49-00:25:20 1.367 9.861 4
4 The Singers February 11, 2017 22:07:58-22:27:53 1.388 4.651 4 1.12 7.6 1
Singer 22:28:23-00:17:40 1.418 8.818 2
5 The Singers February 18, 2017 22:06:18-22:29:17 1.359 5.248 6 0.95 8.06 1
Singer 22:29:48-23:51:59 1.386 9.062 5
Singer Announcement Period 23:55:37-00:17:50 0.778 11.079 9
6 The Singers February 25, 2017 22:13:09-22:29:18 1.364 5.387 4
Singer 22:29:48-23:35:10 1.312 7.863 5
Singer Announcement Period 23:55:37-00:17:50 0.837 9.014 10
7 The Singers March 4, 2017 22:10:12-22:29:18 1.586 6.331 2 1.12 5.45 1
Singer 22:29:49-23:48:04 1.518 9.725 3 0.88 7.33 1
Singer Announcement Period 23:52:25-00:08:23 0.937 11.625 8 0.44 7.58 1
8 The Singers March 11, 2017 22:09:48-22:29:18 1.229 4.882 5 1.05 5.06 1
Singer 22:29:49-23:44:41 1.422 9.137 3 0.94 7.74 1
Singer Announcement Period 23:50:00-00:07:30 0.893 11.596 6 0.46 8.2 1
9 The Singers March 18, 2017 22:10:30-22:29:17 1.425 5.647 2
Singer 22:29:48-23:58:56 1.350 9.110 4
Singer Announcement Period 23:59:56-00:16:08 0.847 12.333 8
10 The Singers March 25, 2017 22:09:48-22:29:18 1.399 5.719 3 1.12 5.58 1
Singer 22:29:49-23:42:14 1.379 8.913 4 0.81 6.84 1
Singer Announcement Period 23:46:20-00:10:52 0.813 10.453 8 0.36 6.26 1
11 The Singers April 1, 2017 22:10:49-22:29:18 1.271 5.268 3 0.97 4.82 1
Singer 22:29:49-23:48:46 1.138 7.732 4 0.68 5.86 1
Singer Announcement Period 23:53:33-00:10:27 0.742 10.316 8 0.29 5.53 1
12 The Singers April 8, 2017 22:09:58-22:29:21 1.467 5.973 3 1.05 5.24 1
Singer 22:29:52-23:53:38 1.345 9.019 4 0.77 6.9 1
Singer Announcement Period 23:57:28-00:12:54 0.787 10.722 8 0.34 6.17 1
13 Countdown to Singer Finals April 15, 2017 22:00:01-22:11:38 1.467 5.61 5 1.28 5.64 1
Singer Finals 22:11:38-00:01:30 1.718 10.94 2 1.28 10.45 1
Singer Announcement Period 00:05:35-00:27:30 0.856 13.88 9 0.52 11.78 1
14 Countdown to Biennial Concert April 22, 2017 22:00:00-22:10:14 1.405 5.36 3
Biennial Concert 22:10:14-23:49:01 1.058 6.58 6 0.66 5.11 1
Singer Announcement Period No statistics
  1. Simultaneous or time-crossed main programs:
  2. The data determined by CSM.
  3. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
  4. Sources:衛視這些事兒, 衛視小露電, 瀟湘臥龍, Hunan Television official WeChat (ID: happychina1997).
  5. The ranks are according to all variety shows aired on Saturday nights, and do not have to be at the same timing.
  6. The actual broadcast time period is according to the starting time of the standard version.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Zhang was made a substitute singer following Tan Jing's withdrawal, while Week 7 which was initially planned as a Challenge round (which would have caused Zhang to be eliminated) was modified as a Qualifier round.

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