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 premiered on January 18, 2013. The competitions was divided into five rounds (each round comprising two episodes), and the final phase having three episodes which was not included in the Korean version (Revival Round (which would later be called Breakout Round in the next season), Semifinals and Finals), giving the series a total of 13 episodes. Each round features seven singers performing in front of 500 public audiences to judge. The first episode of each round doesn't has any singer eliminated, but subsequent episodes will eliminate one singer, which was decided on which singers received a lower count of votes, while a new singer will substitute the eliminated singer in the following episode.

Singer
Season 1
Hosted byHu Haiquan (Episode 1, 3-10, Repechage, Semifinal)
Chen Yufan (Episode 2)
Sha Baoliang, He Jiong, Wang Han (final round)
Judges500 public audiences
WinnerYu Quan
Runner-upTerry Lin
Finals venueHunan Broadcasting System
Release
Original networkHunan Television
Original releaseJanuary 18 (2013-01-18) –
April 12, 2013 (2013-04-12)
Season chronology
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Season 2

Chinese music duo Yu Quan, which consists of members Chen Yufan (陳羽凡) and Hu Haiquan (胡海泉), were the inaugural winners of I Am a Singer on the finale aired live broadcast on April 12, 2013.

Production

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I Am a Singer consist of 13 weeks of shows. The first 10 episodes were competition stage divided by five rounds of two episodes, each having a Qualifier and a Knockout round; followed by a Revival episode, Semi-finals and Grand finals. Each episode have a lineup of seven singers competing for the votes of the 500-member studio audience, with a role to decide the outcome at the end of the episode; each member will cast a vote of three singers of their preference, while the semi-finals round onwards changes to a single vote. These votes are accumulative over two episodes and the singer receiving the lowest votes after the Knockout round was eliminated, after which a new round begins with the vote count reset and a new singer will substitute in the place for the previously-eliminated singer.

Each singer was also assigned by the production to a manager or Music Partner, who would serve as an advisor for the singer; when the singer is voted out, the corresponding Music Partner will also be eliminated. Each show (except for the finals) do not have a fixed host, but the host was chosen from one of any eligible singers doubling as a role of the host; like Music Partners, singers will forfeit the hosting role upon their elimination.

Revival round

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The season was originally announced to last 12 weeks without a Revival round; on Week 8, producer Hong Tao announced the Revival round will be added between the fifth Knockout and the semi-finals. Held after the final Knockout round on Week 11, the five previously eliminated singers (except Chyi Chin, due to his withdrawal) compete for the seventh and final place in the semi-finals. Each singer performed two songs, a rendition and an original, with votes cast in-between rounds. These votes are accumulative and the singer receiving a higher vote will be reinstated from the competition.

The season only featured eliminated singers while remaining singers (both initial and substitute singers) were exempt from the round; beginning on the next season, substitute singers were required to participate in the Revival round, due to time constraints and a lineup of many singers, singers sang only one song for the round.

Finals

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The Grand finals were held live on April 12, 2013 over 4-hours starting at 7.30pm. Singers each compete for the title by performing two songs, a duet with a guest performer, and a solo. Votes cast after each round carries a percentage which would be converted into a score to determine the winning singer. The finals also invited previously eliminated and withdrawn singers to perform an additional, returning performance. This is the only season to date to do so; starting in the next season, though not mentioned or otherwise, only eliminated singers were invited to watch the performance.

Contestants

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The following I Am a Singer season one contestants are listed in alphabetical order. Singers without a placement for the final are listed as finalists, and singers who withdrew are listed as withdrawn.

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Other finalist
  – Withdrew
Contestant Country Manager Status Week Entered Week Exited Result
Chen Ming China Wang Qiao Initial singer Week 1 (qualifying round 1) Week 6 (knockout round 3)
Week 11 (Revival round)
Eliminated
Chyi Chin Taiwan Li Rui Initial singer Week 1 (qualifying round 1) Week 4 (knockout round 2)[a] Withdrew
Winnie Hsin Taiwan KK Substitute singer Week 7 (qualifying round 4) Week 13 (finals) Finalist (4th–7th place)
Huang Qishan China Du Haitao Initial singer Week 1 (qualifying round 1) Week 13 (finals) Third place
Terry Lin Taiwan Shen Mengchen Initial singer Week 1 (qualifying round 1) Week 13 (finals) Runner-up
Julia Peng Taiwan Xiao Yanzi Substitute singer Week 9 (qualifying round 5) Week 13 (finals) Finalist (4th–7th place)
Sha Baoliang China YOYO Initial singer Week 1 (qualifying round 1) Week 11 (Revival round) Eliminated
Shang Wenjie China Wu Xin Initial singer Week 1 (qualifying round 1) Week 8 (knockout round 3)
Week 11 (Revival round)
Eliminated
Paul Wong Hong Kong Wayne Zhang Initial singer Week 1 (qualifying round 1) Week 2 (knockout round 1)
Week 11 (Revival round)
Eliminated
Aska Yang Taiwan Tian Yuan Substitute singer Week 3 (qualifying round 2)
Week 11 (Revival round)
Week 4 (knockout round 2)
Week 13 (finals)
Finalist (4th–7th place)
Yu Quan China Li Weijia Initial singer Week 1 (qualifying round 1) Week 13 (finals) Winner
Zhou Xiao'ou China Shen Ling Substitute singer Week 5 (qualifying round 3) Week 13 (finals) Finalist (4th–7th place)

Future appearances

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Yu Quan, Terry Lin, Aska Yang, Julia Peng and Shang Wenjie appeared as guest performers on the Biennial concert on the following season. Yu Quan also appeared on the same season as a guest performer in the premiere episode, while Huang Qishan returned on the finals as a guest assistant singer during round one. Huang and Yang appeared again on the Biennial concert on the third season. Zhou Xiao'ou returned as a guest assistant singer, while Yu Quan returned again (along with Han Lei and Han Hong) on a special Winners exhibition performance on the finals on the fourth season.

Lin and Peng again returned as contestants, while Yang and Shang appear as guest assistant singers in the final episode, both on the fifth season.

Results

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First Safe Bottom Eliminated Return Performance Repechage Success Repechage Failure Winner Runner-up Withdrew
Singer Broadcast Date (2013)
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 Qualifying Knockout Qualifying Knockout Qualifying Knockout Qualifying Knockout 1st Round 2nd Round Overall
1 Yu Quan 2 1 4 1 2 6 4 4 2 2 3 1 2 1  
2 Terry Lin 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2  
=3 Huang Qishan 6 2 1 3 4 1 1 3 4 6 6 3
=3 Aska Yang 7 5 1 1 3
=3 Julia Peng 3 4 4 5
=3 Winnie Hsin 3 6 6 5 7 6
=3 Zhou Xiao'ou 3 5 7 2 7 1 5 7
=8 Sha Baoliang 5 3 6 2 7 4 6 5 5 7
=8 Shang Wenjie 4 4 3 5 6 2 5 7
=8 Chen Ming 7 6 5 4 5 7
=8 Paul Wong 3 7
=8 Chyi Chin 1 5 2 7

Competition details

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1st round

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Qualifying

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  • Taping Date: January 10, 2013
  • Airdate: January 18, 2013
I Am a Singer Season 1 1st Qualifying round January 18, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Yu Quan Li Weijia "心似狂潮" Yu Quan Hu Haiquan Yu Quan 2
2 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "等你愛我" Chen Ming
Eason Chan
小柯 Kubert Leung 7
3 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "最终信仰" Shang Wenjie 唐恬
Shang Wenjie
Shang Wenjie Daniel Merior 4
4 Paul Wong Wayne Zhang "海阔天空" (Cantonese) Beyond Wong Ka Kui Beyond
Yang Bang Ean
3
5 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "等待" Huang Qishan Wang Feng Kubert Leung 6
6 Sha Baoliang YOYO "飄" Sha Baoliang 老沫 三寶 5
7 Chyi Chin Li Rui "夜夜夜夜" Chyi Chin Panda 江建民 1

Knockout

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  • Taping Date: January 17, 2013
  • Airdate: January 25, 2013
I Am a Singer Season 1 1st Knockout Round January 25, 2013 Host: Chen Yufan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "离不开你" Liu Huan 劉文歧 Liu Huan Kubert Leung
黃綺珊音樂工作室
2
2 Chyi Chin Li Rui "用心良苦" Phil Chang Tracy Chang Yu 鐘宗豪 5
3 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "你怎么舍得我难过" Huang Ping Yuan 劉卓 4
4 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "當我想你的時候" Wang Feng Kim Ji Mun 6
5 Sha Baoliang YOYO "秋意濃" Jacky Cheung Daryl Yao Kōji Tamaki Kubert Leung 3
6 Paul Wong Wayne Zhang "吻别" 何啟弘 Philip Yin Wong Koon Chung 7
7 Yu Quan Li Weijia "燭光裡的媽媽" Mao Amin 王健
李春莉
谷建芬 Yu Quan 1

Overall ranking

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I Am a Singer Season 1 1st Round Overall ranking
Ranking Singer Total Votes Total Percentages of Votes
1 Yu Quan 661 22.12%
2 Chyi Chin 492 16.46%
3 Huang Qishan 475 15.90%
4 Sha Baoliang 388 12.98%
5 Shang Wenjie 381 12.75%
6 Chen Ming 301 10.07%
7 Paul Wong 290 9.70%
Total Votes 2988 [a] 99.98%
^ A. The total votes does not include 12 rejected votes.

2nd round

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Qualifying

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  • Taping Date: January 25, 2013
  • Airdate: February 1, 2013

The first substitute singer of the season was Aska Yang.

I Am a Singer Season 1 2nd Qualifying round February 1, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sha Baoliang YOYO "瀏陽河" (Folk song) Li Guyi 徐叔華 朱立奇
唐璧光
Kubert Leung 6
2 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "Let's Get It Started" (English) The Black Eyed Peas 3
3 Yu Quan Li Weijia "老男孩" (Mandarin) Chopstick Brothers Wang Taili 大橋卓彌 Yu Quan 4
4 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "情人的眼淚" Pan Xiuqiong 陳蝶衣 Yao Min Kim Ji Mun 5
"思念是一種病" Chyi Chin 虹樂隊
5 Chyi Chin Li Rui "張三的歌" Lee Shou Chuan
Blue Bird Flying Fish
Jocelyn How
張子石 李壽全 江建民 2
6 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "I Will Always Love You" (English) Whitney Houston 劉卓 1
7 Aska Yang Tian Yuan "矜持" Faye Wong 許常德 郭子 王文穎 7
8 Paul Wong Wayne Zhang "我終於失去了你" Chao Chuan Jonathan Lee Paul Wong Return Performance

Knockout

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  • Taping Date: January 31, 2013
  • Airdate: February 8, 2013

During this week, Chen was originally going to perform a medley of two songs with "悶" and "心痛的感覺", but later reversed after initially hesitated on her performance during rehearsal. Chin temporary withdrew from the competition earlier this week due to family reasons. The eliminations for the Knockout round went ahead as normal.

I Am a Singer Season 1 2nd Knockout Round January 25, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Chyi Chin Li Rui "如果雲知道" Valen Hsu 季忠平
許常德
季忠平 Baby Chung 7
2 Sha Baoliang YOYO "你把我灌醉" David Wong Daryl Yao David Wong Kubert Leung 2
3 Yu Quan Li Weijia "熱情的沙漠" Harlem Hsu
Ou-Yang-Fei-Fei
李潔心 加瀨邦彥
山上路夫
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4 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "跟着感覺走" Su Rui 陳家麗 陳志遠 3
5 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "心痛的感覺" 邰肇玟 丁寧 4
6 Aska Yang Tian Yuan "征服" Na Ying
Kwon Yan Yan
John Kubert Leung 5 (Tie)
7 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "可惜不是你" Fish Leong Francis Lee 曹軒賓

Overall ranking

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I Am a Singer Season 1 2nd Round Overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total Percentages of Votes
1 Huang Qishan 26.21% (1) 15.69% (3) 20.65%
2 Yu Quan 12.73% (4) 27.38% (1) 20.48%
3 Sha Baoliang 9.13% (6) 16.70% (2) 13.13%
4 Shang Wenjie 16.32% (3) 10.15% (5) 13.06%
5 Chen Ming 11.83% (5) 12.49% (4) 12.18%
6 Chyi Chin 16.40% (2) 7.41% (7) 11.65%
7 Aska Yang 7.34% (7) 10.15% (5) 8.82%

3rd round

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Qualifying

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  • Taping Date: February 7, 2013
  • Airdate: February 15, 2013

Due to Chin's temporary withdrawal, one more singer for a total of two singers substituted the singers; they were Terry Lin and Zhou Xiao'ou.

I Am a Singer Season 1 3rd Qualifying round February 7, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen "沒離開過" Terry Lin 樓南蔚 Sam Watters Keith Stuart  1
2 Yu Quan Li Weijia "再回首" Jiang Yuheng 陳樂融 Lowell Lo Yu Quan 2
3 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "Man In The Mirror" (English) Michael Jackson
Wang Leehom
Glen Ballard Siedah Garrett Kubert Leung 6
4 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "牽手" Su Rui
Sharon Au
李子恆 4
5 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "日不落" Jolin Tsai 崔惟楷 Bodies Without Organs 5
6 Sha Baoliang YOYO "女人的選擇" Jiang Yuheng 許常德 Lee Young Hun 7
7 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling "愛不愛我" Zero Band 欒樹 3
8 Aska Yang Tian Yuan "空白格" Tanya Chua Kubert Leung Return Performance

Knockout

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  • Taping Date: February 14, 2013
  • Airdate: February 22, 2013

During this week, Sha volunteered to perform first as he was urgent on traveling to Beijing for the 2013 CCTV New Year's Gala, thus he was absent during the results; however, Sha was informed of the outcome via satellite telephone link from Beijing.

I Am a Singer Season 1 3rd Knockout Round February 22, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sha Baoliang YOYO "讓每個人都心碎" David Wong
A-Mei
陳家麗 David Wong Kubert Leung 4
2 Yu Quan Li Weijia "我想有個家" Ben How
Pan Mei Chen
Pan Mei Chen Yu Quan 6
3 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "王妃" Jam Hsiao 陳鎮川 Lee Shih Shiong Kubert Leung 2
4 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "新不了情" One-Fang 黃鬱 Chris Babida 丁寧 7
5 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen "烟花易冷" Jay Chou Vincent Fang Jay Chou Kubert Leung
阮德軍
3
6 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling "天空" Faye Wong 黃桂蘭 楊明煌 欒樹 5
7 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "回來" Luo Qi 洛兵 周迪 Pyo Keun Soo 1

Overall ranking

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I Am a Singer Season 1 3rd Round Overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total Percentages of Votes
1 Huang Qishan 15.51% (4) [a] 29.10% (1)* 22.48%
2 Terry Lin 21.86% (1) 14.62% (3) 18.15%
3 Shang Wenjie 11.49% (6) [b] 15.35% (2) 13.47%
4 Zhou Xiao'ou 15.58% (3) 11.13% (5) 13.30%
5 Yu Quan 17.06% (2) 8.98% (6) 12.92%
6 Sha Baoliang 6.91% (7) 13.07% (4) 10.07%
7 Chen Ming 11.56% (5) 7.71% (7) 9.59%
^ A. Has one vote difference between 3rd place singer
^ B. Has one vote difference between 5th place singer
*highest percentage of votes for any singer during the main competition of "Singer" for eight consecutive seasons

4th round

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Qualifying

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  • Taping Date: February 21, 2013
  • Airdate: March 1, 2013

The fourth substitute singer of the season was Winnie Hsin. Chin, who announced his temporary withdrawal on week four, confirmed on this episode that he will permanently withdrawal from the competition due to mother's health. Lin initially performed "無字歌" but later changed it to "Opera" (instrumental) because his performance was identical to Huang's.

I Am a Singer Season 1 4th Qualifying round February 21, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sha Baoliang YOYO "鴻雁" Husileng 呂燕衛 張宏光 Kubert Leung
達日丹
6
2 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "The Power of Love" (English) Jennifer Rush Gunther Mende
Candy DeRouge
Jennifer Rush
Mary Susan Applegate
劉卓 1
3 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "Moves Like Jagger" (English) Maroon 5 Adam Levine
Benny Blanco
Ammar Malik
Shellback
Kubert Leung 5
4 Yu Quan Li Weijia "大中国" Gao Fong Yu Quan 4
"We Will Rock You" (English) Queen Brian May
5 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen "Opera" Vitas Vitas Kubert Leung
屠穎
韓賢光
2
6 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling "無情的雨無情的你" Chyi Chin 董榮駿 欒樹 7
7 Winnie Hsin KK "领悟" Winnie Hsin Jonathan Lee Jenny Chin
Mac Chew
3
8 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "听说愛情回來过" Sandy Lam Lee Shih Shiong Kubert Leung Return Performance

Knockout

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  • Taping Date: February 28, 2013
  • Airdate: March 8, 2013

For this episode, the songs (dubbed as "Pot Luck") are determined by the audience online. Each singer chose three songs which he or she did not want to sing. If the audience picked one of these songs, the singer could choose another.

I Am a Singer Season 1 4th Knockout Round March 8, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sha Baoliang YOYO "你快回來" Sun Nan 劉沁 Kamada Toshiya
Funayama Motoki
5
2 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "让我一次爱个夠" Harlem Yu 陳家麗 Harlem Yu Pyo Keun Soo 3
3 Winnie Hsin KK "至少還有你" Sandy Lam Lin Xi Davy Chan Koji Sakurai 6
4 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling "無地自容" Black Panther Dou Wei 李彤 欒樹
張張
2
5 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "Super Star" S.H.E Derek Shih Jade Valerie Villalon
Roberto Geoman Rosan
Kubert Leung 7
6 Yu Quan Li Weijia "爱" Little Tigers 陳大力
李子恆
陳大力 Yu Quan
劉卓
4
7 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen "你的眼神" Tsai Chin 蘇來 Kubert Leung 1

Overall ranking

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I Am a Singer Season 1 4th Round Overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 2 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total Percentages of Votes
1 Huang Qishan 27.90% (1) 17.63% (3) 22.78%
2 Terry Lin 18.14% (2) 27.25% (1) 22.70%
3 Yu Quan 15.16% (4) 13.36% (4) 14.26%
4 Zhou Xiao'ou 5.83% (7) 20.30% (2) 13.07%
5 Winnie Hsin 15.58% (3) 6.68% (6) 11.13%
6 Sha Baoliang 7.75% (6) 10.75% (5) 9.25%
7 Shang Wenjie 9.60% (5) 4.00% (7) 6.80%

5th round

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Qualifying (final qualifying round)

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  • Taping Date: March 7, 2013
  • Airdate: March 15, 2013

The fifth and last substitute singer of the season was Julia Peng. Hsin was initially going to perform "一样的月光" but later changed to "親愛的小孩" to pay respect to the victims of the baby murdering case in Changchun, occurred three days prior to the taping.[1][deprecated source]

I Am a Singer Season 1 5th Qualifying round (Final Qualifying round) March 15, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "剪愛" A-mei Eric Lin 塗惠源 劉卓 4
2 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" (English) Air Supply Jim Steinman Kubert Leung
劉敏宏
1
3 Yu Quan Li Weijia "男人哭吧不是罪" Andy Lau Liu Tianjian Kamada Toshiya
Ishiduka Tomoki
2
4 Sha Baoliang YOYO "死了都要愛" Shin Daryl Yao Yoo Hae-jun Kamada Toshiya
Munakata Hitoshi
5
5 Winnie Hsin KK "親愛的小孩" Su Rui 楊立德 陳復明 Kubert Leung 6
6 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling "不再掩飾" Cui Jian 欒樹 7
7 Julia Peng Xiao Yanzi "走在红毯那一天" Julia Peng Preston Lee Chen Kuo Hua Kubert Leung 3
8 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "Dog Days Are Over" (English) Florence and the Machine Florence Welch
Isabella Summers
Return Performance

Knockout (final knockout round)

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  • Taping Date: March 15, 2013
  • Airdate: March 22, 2013

For this episode, singers had to sing at least one song that pays tribute to Chyi Chin (who withdrew from the competition after week 7).

I Am a Singer Season 1 5th Knockout Round (Final Knockout Round) March 22, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen "夜夜夜夜" Chyi Chin Panda Kubert Leung
薛位山
3
2 Julia Peng Xiao Yanzi "殘酷的溫柔" Li Gedi Chyi Chin Kubert Leung 4
3 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "不讓我的眼淚陪我過夜" 白進法 張真
呂禎
Pyo Keun Soo 6
4 Yu Quan Li Weijia "狂流" 戚小戀 Chyi Chin
黃大軍
Yu Quan
Liu Zhuo
2
5 Sha Baoliang YOYO "往事隨風" Adam Hsu 塗惠源 Kamada Toshiya
Munakata Hitoshi
7
6 Winnie Hsin KK "原來的我" 呂承明 Aska Mike Mdaughlin 5
7 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling "愛情宣言" Chyi Chin
王念慈
Chyi Chin 欒樹
Zhang Zhang
Li Jiujung
1
"九個太陽" Chyi Chin
8 Chyi Chin Wu Xin "我只在乎你" Teresa Teng Shen Zhi 三木剛 江建民 Return Performance

Overall ranking

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I Am a Singer Season 1 5th Round Overall ranking
Ranking Singer Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Match 1 Percentages of Votes (Ranking) Total Percentages of Votes
1 Terry Lin 27.15% (1) 19.57% (3) 23.07%
2 Yu Quan 16.67% (2) 21.44% (2) 19.23%
3 Zhou Xiao'ou 8.37% (7) 22.17% (1) 15.79%
4 Julia Peng 15.20% (3) 12.35% (4) 13.67%
5 Huang Qishan 13.80% (4) 8.28% (6) 11.04%
6 Winnie Hsin 9.07% (6) 8.95% (5) 9.00%
7 Sha Baoliang 9.69% (5) 7.21% (7) 8.36%

Revival

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  • Taping Date: March 21, 2013
  • Airdate: March 29, 2013

In this Revival round, five of the six eliminated singers (with the exception of Chin) will participate in a chance to enter the semi-finals. Each singer sang two songs, and the singer having the most combined votes after the two songs was reinstated in the competition. For this week, the order of performances is decided by ballot, and the performance order were reversed during the second round.

1st round

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After the first song, Yang was revealed to be temporarily leading the votes.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Revival Round 1 March 29, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Paul Wong Wayne Zhang "特别的爱给特别的你" Sky Wu 陳家麗 Sky Wu Paul Wong -
2 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "Love Warrior戰" (English) Shang Wenjie Jean-Francois Maljean -
3 Aska Yang Tian Yuan "流浪記" Samingad Panai Kubert Leung 1
4 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "寂寞讓我如此美麗" Chen Ming 妮南 劉彤 -
5 Sha Baoliang YOYO "最初的信仰" Sha Baoliang 老沫
劉佳
劉佳 -

2nd round

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After combining the overall votes from the two songs, Yang was revealed to be the singer who received the highest number of votes, thus reinstating him from the competition and advanced to the semifinals. The placements for the other four singers were not revealed.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Revival Round 2 March 29, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance [b] Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Sha Baoliang YOYO "Someone Like You" (English) Adele Adele
Dan Wilson
Kubert Leung [a]
2 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "梨花又開放" Jonathan Zhou 丁小齊 因幡晃 撈仔
3 Aska Yang Tian Yuan "饞" Aska Yang Jonathan Lee Jonathan Lee
周國儀
Pyo Keun Soo 1 [b]
4 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "我" Leslie Cheung Lin Xi Leslie Cheung Kubert Leung [c
5 Paul Wong Wayne Zhang "我就是這樣的" Paul Wong
^ A. Voted 1st in the 40s and 50s age group
^ B. Voted 1st in the Professional jury, the 10s and 20s age group.
^ C. Voted 1st in the Singer vote and the 30s age group.

Semifinals

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  • Taping Date: March 28, 2013
  • Airdate: April 5, 2013

The Semifinals carries a 40% weightage in the final round, and each audience member could now cast one vote each, down from the usual three.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Semifinals April 5, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling "流星無悔" Zhou Xiao'ou 梁茫 Elton John 欒樹
張張
5 [a]
2 Huang Qishan Du Haito "一样的月光" Angel Lee
Su Rui
Wu Nien Jen
Lo Ta Yu
Lee Shou Chuan Pyo Keun Soo 6
3 Julia Peng Xiao Yanzi "One Moment in Time" (English) Whitney Houston Albert Hammond John Bettis Kubert Leung 4
4 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen "斷了線" Mindy Quah Chris Babida 樓南蔚 Kubert Leung
薛位山
2 [b]
"回家" Shunza
5 Winnie Hsin KK "Memory" (English) Barbra Streisand Trevor Nunn Andrew Lloyd Webber Kubert Leung 7
6 Yu Quan Li Weijia "大地" Beyond Lau Cheuk Fai Wong Ka Kui Kamada Toshiya
CHOKKAKU
3
7 Aska Yang Tian Yuan "最爱" Michelle Pan 鍾曉陽
Cheng Kwok Kong
Jonathan Lee Kubert Leung 1
^ A. 3 vote difference with 6th place singer.
^ B. 1 vote difference with 3rd place singer.

Grand finals

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  • Airdate: April 12, 2013

The Grand Finals consist of two rounds, with the first song being a duet with a guest singer, and the second song being a solo encore performance. The weightages for both rounds were 30% and 30%, respectively; the contestant who received a higher combined total (both the semi-finals and grand finals) was crowned as the overall winner.

Non-competition performances

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I Am a Singer Season 1 Grand Finals (Return Performances, Guest Performance) April 12, 2013 Host: Sha Baoliang, He Jiong, Wang Han
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Paul Wong Wayne Zhang "龙的传人" Li Jian Fu Hou Dejian Paul Wong Return Performance
2 Chen Ming Wang Qiao "闷" Sandy Lam Yao chien Robbie Williams
Guy Chambers Bennett
Kubert Leung
3 Shang Wenjie Wu Xin "Bored" Faye Wong Lin Xi Zhang Yadong
4 Sha Baoliang YOYO "十年" Eason Chan 陳小霞
5 Chyi Chin
Chyi Yu
Li Rui "梦田" Chyi Yu
Michelle Pan
Sanmao 翁孝良 Return Performance, Guest Performance

First round: guest duets

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The order of performance of this round were based on their rankings from the semi-finals, starting with the singer who ranked first.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Grand Finals Round 1 April 12, 2013 Host: He Jiong, Wang Han
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Help Singer Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Ranking
1 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling Sitar Tan "天下沒有不散的筵席" (Mandarin) Zheng Jun 欒樹
張張
7
2 Winnie Hsin KK Wakin Chau "当爱已成往事" Jonathan Lee
Sandy Lam
Jonathan Lee Koji Sakurai 6
3 Huang Qishan Du Haitao The One "Without You" (English) Badfinger
Mariah Carey
Pete Ham
Tom Evans
Pyo Keun Soo 3 (Tie)
4 Julia Peng Xiao Yanzi Shunza "酒干倘卖无" Su Rui Lo Ta-yu
Hou Dejian
Hou Dejian Yao Hung
Hong Xinjie
5
"一无所有" Cui Jian
5 Yu Quan Li Weijia Deng Chao "奔跑" Yu Quan Yu Quan
Liu Zhuo
1
"冷酷到底" (Mandarin)
6 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen Jam Hsiao "Easy Lover" (English) Phil Collins
Philip Bailey
Philip Bailey
Phil Collins
Nathan East
Kubert Leung
Phil Collins
2
7 Aska Yang Tian Yuan James Li "我要我們在一起" Mavis Fan James Li Kubert Leung 3 (Tie)

Second round: winner's song

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The order of performance of this round were based on their rankings from the first song, starting with the singer who ranked last place; if tied, the singer with a higher ranking from the semifinals will perform first.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Grand Finals Round 2 April 12, 2013 Host: He Jiong, Wang Han
Order of Performance Singer Comedian Manager Song Title Original Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Final Results
1 Zhou Xiao'ou Shen Ling "Everything I Do" (English) Bryan Adams Bryan Adams
Michael Kamen
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
欒樹
Zhang Zhang
2 Winnie Hsin KK "味道" Winnie Hsin Yao chien Huang Kuo Lun Kubert Leung
3 Julia Peng Xiao Yanzi "相见恨晚" Julia Peng Wawa Chen Kuo Hua
4 Aska Yang Tian Yuan "我離開我自己" Faith Yang Kwan Diane Chen 王文穎
5 Huang Qishan Du Haitao "只有你" Huang Qishan 馮銳 張宏光 Liu Zhuo 3
6 Terry Lin Shen Mengchen "浮夸" (Mandarin) Terry Lin 樓南蔚 C.Y.Kong 薛位山 2  
7 Yu Quan Li Weijia "给所有知道我名字的人" Chao Chuan Jonathan Lee Liu Tianjian Kamada Toshiya
Munakata Hitoshi
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Winner of battle
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Before the final results were announced, the host named Lin and Yu Quan as the "ultimate winner candidates". Yu Quan was declared the first-ever I Am a Singer winner with 25.78% of the combined total, beating Lin's combined total of 22.59%.

I Am a Singer Season 1 Winner of Battle
Ranking Singer Semi-finals Percentages of Votes (40%) Grand Finals Round 1 Percentages of Votes (30%) Grand Finals Round 2 Percentages of Votes (30%) Total Percentages of Votes
1 Yu Quan 17.24% 28.60% 34.38% 25.78%
2 Terry Lin 17.44% 15.60% 36.47% 22.59%

Ratings

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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
3 February 1, 2013 2.014 9.34
4 February 8, 2013 2.067 8.24
5 February 15, 2013 1.963 9.07
6 February 22, 2013 2.022 8.83
7 March 1, 2013 2.381 10.56
8 March 8, 2013 2.368 11.35
9 March 15, 2013 2.336 11.63
10 March 22, 2013 2.480 12.20
11 March 29, 2013 2.206 11.56
12 April 5, 2013 2.430 11.94
13 April 12, 2013 4.127 13.24
  1. The data determined by CSM.
  2. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
  3. Information source:衛視小露電.

Notes

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  1. ^ While Chyi Chin's withdrawal on Week 4 was announced as temporary, his withdrawal was not confirmed until Week 7 (qualifying round 4).

References

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