I Am a Singer (Chinese Season 1)
| I Am a Singer | |
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| Season 1 | |
| Broadcast from | January 18 – April 12, 2013 |
| Judges | 500 public audiences |
| Host(s) |
Hu Haiquan (Episode 1, 3-10, Repechage, Semifinal) Chen Yufan (Episode 2) Sha Baoliang, He Jiong, Wang Han (Final Round) |
| Broadcaster | Hunan Television |
| Finals venue | Hunan Broadcasting System |
| Winner | |
| Yu Quan | |
| Origin |
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| Song |
"大地 (Mandarin) Run Run Run (Mandarin) 冷酷到底 (Mandarin) 給所有知道我名字的人 (Mandarin)" |
| Runner-up | |
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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.
Music Band 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.
Results
| Safe | First | Bottom | Eliminated | Return Performance | Revival Success | Revival Failure | Winner | Runner-up | Withdrew |
| Singer | Broadcast Date (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 | Revival | Semifinal | Final Round | ||||||||||||||
| Qualifying | Knockout | Overall | Qualifying | Knockout | Overall | Qualifying | Knockout | Overall | Qualifying | Knockout | Overall | Qualifying | Knockout | Overall | 1st Round | 2nd Round | |||||
| 1 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1  |
2.54 |
| 2 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2  |
1.89 |
| 3 | |
— | — | — | 7 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 3.33 |
| 4 | |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | — | 6 | 3 | — | 3.38 |
| 5 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | 5 | — | 4.2 |
| 6 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | — | 7 | 6 | — | 5.57 |
| 7 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 7 | — | 4.89 |
| 8 | |
5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 4.72 |
| 9 | |
4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.5 |
| 10 | |
7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.67 |
| 11 |  |
3 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 12 | |
1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.75 |
Details of Competitions
1st Round
Qualifying
- 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" (Mandarin) | Yu Quan | Hu Haiquan | Yu Quan | 2 | |
| 2 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "等你愛我" (Mandarin) | Chen Ming | 小柯 | Kubert Leung | 7 | |
| 3 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "Final Belief" (Mandarin) | Shang Wenjie | 唐恬 Shang Wenjie | Shang Wenjie | Daniel Merior | 4 |
| 4 | Paul Wong | Wayne Zhang | "Under A Vast Sky" (Cantonese) | Beyond | Wong Ka Kui | Beyond Yang Bang Ean | 3 | |
| 5 | Huang Qishan | Du Haitao | "Await" (Mandarin) | Huang Qishan | Wang Feng | Kubert Leung | 6 | |
| 6 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "飄" (Mandarin) | Sha Baoliang | 老沫 | 三寶 | 5 | |
| 7 | Chyi Chin | Li Rui | "夜夜夜夜" (Mandarin) | Chyi Chin | Panda | 江建民 | 1 | |
Knockout
- 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 | "Can't Leave You" (Mandarin) | 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" (Mandarin) | Phil Chang | Tracy | Chang Yu | 鐘宗豪 | 5 |
| 3 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "How Can You Allow Me to be in Sorrow" (Mandarin) | Huang Ping Yuan | 劉卓 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "當我想你的時候" (Mandarin) | Wang Feng | Kim Ji Mun | 6 | ||
| 5 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "秋意濃" (Mandarin) | Jacky Cheung | Daryl Yao | Kōji Tamaki | Kubert Leung | 3 |
| 6 | Paul Wong | Wayne Zhang | "Kiss Goodbye" (Mandarin) | 何啟弘 | Philip Yin | Wong Koon Chung | 7 | |
| 7 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | "燭光裏的媽媽" (Mandarin) | Mao Amin | 王健 李春莉 | 谷建芬 | Yu Quan | 1 |
Overall Ranking
After combining the overall votes from the two episodes, Paul Wong was eliminated as the singer with the fewest audience votes.
| 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 spoiled votes.
2nd Round
Qualifying
- 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 | "Old Boys" (Mandarin) | Chopstick Brothers | Wang Taili | 大橋卓彌 | Yu Quan | 4 |
| 4 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "情人的眼淚" (Mandarin) | Pan Xiuqiong | 陳蝶衣 | Yao Min | Kim Ji Mun | 5 |
| 思念是一種病 (Mandarin) | Chyi Chin | 虹樂隊 | ||||||
| 5 | Chyi Chin | Li Rui | "張三的歌" (Mandarin) | Lee Shou Chuan | 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 | "Restrained" (Mandarin) | Faye Wong | 許常德 | 郭子 | 王文穎 | 7 |
| 8 | Paul Wong | Wayne Zhang | "我終於失去了你" (Mandarin) | Chao Chuan | Jonathan Lee | Paul Wong | Return Performance | |
Knockout
- Taping Date: January 31, 2013
- Airdate: February 8, 2013
Chen Ming initially hesitated on singing Faye Wong "Bored" (Mandarin) and Su Rui "跟着感覺走" (Mandarin) as her respective songs, before she finally went to sing the songs on reverse (with "Bored" sung by Shang Wenjie in final round of her guest performance). Chyi Chin temporary withdrew from the competition earlier this week due to family reasons; following Chin's withdrawal, two new singers, instead of one, would be substituted in the following week.
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" (Mandarin) | Valen Hsu | 季忠平 許常德 | 季忠平 | Baby Chung | 7 |
| 2 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "Intoxicated" (Mandarin) | David Wong | Daryl Yao | David Wong | Kubert Leung | 2 |
| 3 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | "熱情的沙漠" (Mandarin) | Ou-Yang-Fei-Fei | 李潔心 | 加瀨邦彥 山上路夫 | 1 | |
| 4 | Huang Qishan | Du Haitao | "跟着感覺走" (Mandarin) | Su Rui | 陳家麗 | 陳志遠 | 3 | |
| 5 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "心痛的感覺" (Mandarin) | 邰肇玟 | 丁寧 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Aska Yang | Tian Yuan | "Remastered" (Mandarin) | Na Ying | John | Kubert Leung | 5 (Tie) | |
| 7 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "Unfortunately Not You" (Mandarin) | Fish Leong | Francis Lee | 曹軒賓 | ||
Overall Ranking
After combining the overall votes from the two episodes, Aska Yang was eliminated as the singer with the fewest audience votes.
| 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
Qualifying
- Taping Date: February 7, 2013
- Airdate: February 15, 2013
The next two substitute singers of the season 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 | "I Surrender" (Mandarin) | Terry Lin | 樓南蔚 | Sam Watters | Keith Stuart | 1[a] |
| 2 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | "再回首" (Mandarin) | Jiang Yuheng | 陳樂融 | Lowell Lo | Yu Quan | 2 |
| 3 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "Man In The Mirror" (English) | Michael Jackson | Glen Ballard | Siedah Garrett | Kubert Leung | 6 |
| 4 | Huang Qishan | Du Haitao | "牽手" (Mandarin) | Su Rui | 李子恆 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "Sun Will Never Set" (Mandarin) | Jolin Tsai | 崔惟楷 | Bodies Without Organs | 5 | |
| 6 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "女人的選擇" (Mandarin) | Jiang Yuheng | 許常德 | Lee Young Hun | 7 | |
| 7 | Zhou Xiao'ou | Shen Ling | "愛不愛我" (Mandarin) | Zero Band | 欒樹 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Aska Yang | Tian Yuan | "Empty Space" (Mandarin) | Tanya Chua | Kubert Leung | Return Performance | ||
- ^ A. First one to record the performance and later went on to get first place.
Knockout
- Taping Date: February 14, 2013
- Airdate: February 22, 2013
I Am a Singer Season 1 3rd Knockout Round February 22, 2013 Host: Hu Haiquan | ||||||||
| Order of Performance [a] | Singer | Comedian Manager | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyrics | Composer | Arranger | Ranking |
| 1 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "讓每個人都心碎" (Mandarin) | David Wong | 陳家麗 | David Wong | Kubert Leung | 4 |
| 2 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | "我想有個家" (Mandarin) | Pan Mei Chen | Yu Quan | 6 | ||
| 3 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "王妃" (Mandarin) | Jam Hsiao | 陳鎮川 | Lee Shih Shiong | Kubert Leung | 2 |
| 4 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "新不了情" (Mandarin) | One-Fang | 黃鬱 | Chris Babida | 丁寧 | 7 |
| 5 | Terry Lin | Shen Mengchen | "Fade Away" (Mandarin) | Jay Chou | Vincent Fang | Jay Chou | Kubert Leung 阮德軍 | 3 |
| 6 | Zhou Xiao'ou | Shen Ling | "天空" (Mandarin) | Faye Wong | 黃桂蘭 | 楊明煌 | 欒樹 | 5 |
| 7 | Huang Qishan | Du Haitao | "回來" (Mandarin) | Luo Qi | 洛兵 | 周迪 | Pyo Keun Soo | 1 |
Overall Ranking
After combining the overall votes from the two episodes, Chen Ming was eliminated as the singer with the fewest audience votes.
| 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% | ||||
4th Round
Qualifying
- Taping Date: February 21, 2013
- Airdate: March 1, 2013
The fourth substitute singer of the season was Winnie Hsin. Chyi Chin, who announced his temporary withdrawal on week 4, confirmed on this episode that he will permanently withdraw from the competition due to mother's health.
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" (Mandarin) | 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 | "The Grand China" (Mandarin) | Gao Fong | Yu Quan | 4 | ||
| "We Will Rock You" (English) | Queen | Brian May | ||||||
| 5 | Terry Lin | Shen Mengchen | "Opera" [a] | Vitas | — | Vitas | Kubert Leung 屠穎 韓賢光 | 2 |
| 6 | Zhou Xiao'ou | Shen Ling | "無情的雨無情的你" (Mandarin) | Chyi Chin | 董榮駿 | 欒樹 | 7 | |
| 7 | Winnie Hsin | KK | "Understanding" (Mandarin) | Winnie Hsin | Jonathan Lee | Jenny Chin Mac Chew | 3 | |
| 8 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "I Heard That Love Had Returned" (Mandarin) | Sandy Lam | Lee Shih Shiong | Kubert Leung | Return Performance | |
- ^ A. The original song is identical to Huang Qishan's song choice, until Terry Lin voluntarily changed the song to "Opera", which contained no lyrics.
Knockout
- 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 [a] | YOYO | "你快回來" (Mandarin) | Sun Nan | 劉沁 | Kamada Toshiya Funayama Motoki | 5 | |
| 2 | Huang Qishan | Du Haitao | "Give You All My Love" (Mandarin) | Harlem Yu | 陳家麗 | Harlem Yu | Pyo Keun Soo | 3 |
| 3 | Winnie Hsin | KK | "至少還有你" (Mandarin) | Sandy Lam | Lin Xi | Davy Chan | Koji Sakurai | 6 |
| "Scent" (Mandarin) | Winnie Hsin | Yao chien | Huang Kuo Lun | |||||
| 4 | Zhou Xiao'ou | Shen Ling | "無地自容" (Mandarin) | Black Panther | Dou Wei | 李彤 | 欒樹 張張 | 2 |
| 5 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "Super Star" (English) | S.H.E. | Derek Shih | Jade Valerie Villalon Roberto Geoman Rosan | Kubert Leung | 7 |
| 6 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | "愛" (Mandarin) | 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" (Mandarin) | Tsai Chin | 蘇來 | Kubert Leung | 1 | |
- ^ B. Up until episode 8, Sha Baoliang performed first for four times.
Overall Ranking
After combining the overall votes from the two episodes, Shang Wenjie was eliminated as the singer with the fewest audience votes.
| 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
Qualifying (Ultimate Qualifying Round)
- Taping Date: March 7, 2013
- Airdate: March 15, 2013
The fifth and last substitute singer of the season was Julia Peng.
I Am a Singer Season 1 5th Qualifying Round (Ultimate 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" (Mandarin) | 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 | "The Man Cry Isn't an Offense" (Mandarin) | Andy Lau | Liu Tianjian | Kamada Toshiya Ishiduka Tomoki | 2 | |
| 4 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "死了都要愛" (Mandarin) | Shin | Daryl Yao | Yoo Hae-jun | Kamada Toshiya Munakata Hitoshi | 5 |
| 5 | Winnie Hsin | KK | "親愛的小孩" (Mandarin) | Su Rui | 楊立德 | 陳復明 | Kubert Leung | 6 |
| 6 | Zhou Xiao'ou | Shen Ling | "不再掩飾" (Mandarin) | Cui Jian | 欒樹 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Julia Peng | Xiao Yanzi | "The Day On The Red Carpet" (Mandarin) | 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 (Ultimate Knockout Round)
- 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 (Ultimate 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 | "Night Night Night Night" (Mandarin) | Chyi Chin | Panda | Kubert Leung 薛位山 | 3 | |
| 2 | Julia Peng | Xiao Yanzi | "Cruel Gentle" (Mandarin) | Li Gedi | Chyi Chin | Kubert Leung | 4 | |
| 3 | Huang Qishan | Du Haitao | "Don't Let My Tears With Me Overnight" (Mandarin) | 白進法 | 張真 呂禎 | Pyo Keun Soo | 6 | |
| 4 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | "Frenzy" (Mandarin) | 戚小戀 | Chyi Chin 黃大軍 | Yu Quan Liu Zhuo | 2 | |
| 5 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "The Past With The Wind" (Mandarin) | Adam Hsu | 塗惠源 | Kamada Toshiya Munakata Hitoshi | 7 | |
| 6 | Winnie Hsin | KK | "The Original of Me" (Mandarin) | 呂承明 | Aska | Mike Mdaughlin | 5 | |
| 7 | Zhou Xiao'ou | Shen Ling | "Declaration of Love" (Mandarin) | Chyi Chin 王念慈 | Chyi Chin | 欒樹 Zhang Zhang Li Jiujung | 1 | |
| "Nine Sun" (Mandarin) | Chyi Chin | |||||||
| 8 | Chyi Chin | Wu Xin | "I Only Care About You" (Mandarin) | Teresa Teng | Shen Zhi | 三木剛 | 江建民 | Return Performance |
Overall Ranking
After combining the overall votes from the two episodes, Sha Baoliang was eliminated as the singer with the fewest audience votes.
| 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
- Taping Date: March 21, 2013
- Airdate: March 29, 2013
In this Revival round, five of the six ousted singers (with the exception of Chyi 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.
1st Round
After the first song, Aska 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 [a] | Singer | Comedian Manager | Song Title | Original Singer | Lyrics | Composer | Arranger | Ranking |
| 1 | Paul Wong | Wayne Zhang | "Give My Special Love to the Special" (Mandarin) | Sky Wu | 陳家麗 | Sky Wu | Paul Wong | — |
| 2 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "Love Warrior" (English) | Shang Wenjie | Jean-Francois Maljean | |||
| 3 | Aska Yang | Tian Yuan | "流浪記" (Mandarin) | Samingad | Panai | Kubert Leung | 1 | |
| 4 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "Moonlight Rose" (Mandarin) | Chen Ming | 妮南 | 劉彤 | — | |
| 5 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "最初的信仰" (Mandarin) | Sha Baoliang | 老沫 劉佳 | 劉佳 | ||
- ^ A. Order of performances is decided by ballot
2nd Round
After combining the overall votes from the two songs, Aska Yang was revealed to be the singer who received the highest number of votes; Yang was reinstated from the competition and thus 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 | — [c] | |
| 2 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "梨花又開放" (Mandarin) | Jonathan Zhou | 丁小齊 | 因幡晃 | 撈仔 | — |
| 3 | Aska Yang | Tian Yuan | "饞" (Mandarin) | Aska Yang | Jonathan Lee | Jonathan Lee 周國儀 | Pyo Keun Soo | 1 [d] |
| 4 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "我" (Mandarin) | Leslie Cheung | Lin Xi | Leslie Cheung | Kubert Leung | — [e] |
| 5 | Paul Wong | Wayne Zhang | "我就是這樣的" (Mandarin) | Paul Wong | — | |||
Semifinals
- Taping Date: March 28, 2013
- Airdate: April 5, 2013
The Semifinals carries a 30% 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" (Mandarin) | Zhou Xiao'ou | 梁茫 | Elton John | 欒樹 張張 | 5 |
| 2 | Huang Qishan | Du Haito | "The Same Moon" (Mandarin) | 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" (Mandarin) | Mindy Quah | Chris Babida | 樓南蔚 | Kubert Leung 薛位山 | 2 |
| "Go Home" (Mandarin) | Shunza | |||||||
| 5 | Winnie Hsin | KK | "Memory" (English) | Barbra Streisand | Trevor Nunn | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Kubert Leung | 7 |
| 6 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | "大地" (Mandarin) | Beyond | Lau Cheuk Fai | Wong Ka Kui | Kamada Toshiya CHOKKAKU | 3 |
| 7 | Aska Yang | Tian Yuan | "My Best Love" (English) | Michelle Pan | 鍾曉陽 Cheng Kwok Kong | Jonathan Lee | Kubert Leung | 1 |
Grand Finals
- Airdate: April 12, 2013
The Grand Finals was divided into 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 40%, respectively; the contestant who received a higher combined total (both the semi-finals and grand finals) was crowned as the overall winner.
Encore Performances, Guest Performance
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 | "Legend of The Dragon" (Mandarin) | Li Jian Fu | Hou Dejian | Paul Wong | Return Performance | ||
| 2 | Chen Ming | Wang Qiao | "Better Man" (Mandarin) | Sandy Lam | Yao chien | Robbie Williams Guy Chambers Bennett | Kubert Leung | ||
| 3 | Shang Wenjie | Wu Xin | "Bored" (Mandarin) | Faye Wong | Lin Xi | Zhang Yadong | |||
| 4 | Sha Baoliang | YOYO | "十年" (Mandarin) | Eason Chan | 陳小霞 | ||||
| 5 | Chyi Chin Chyi Yu | Li Rui | "Dreamland" (Mandarin) | Chyi Yu Michelle Pan | Sanmao | 翁孝良 | Return Performance, Guest Performance | ||
1st Round
The first round of the finals is a guest singers duet, which carries a 30% weightage of the final round scores. The order of performance of this round were based on their rankings from the semi-finals, starting with the singer who ranked last place.
| 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 | "Bygone Love" (Mandarin) | Jonathan Lee Sandy Lam | Jonathan Lee | Koji Sakurai | 6 | |
| 3 | Huang Qishan | Du Haito | The One | "Without You" (English) | Badfinger | Pete Ham Tom Evans | Pyo Keun Soo | 3 (Tie) | |
| 4 | Julia Peng | Xiao Yanzi | Shunza | "Any Beer Bottles For Sale" (Mandarin) | Su Rui | Lo Ta Yu Hou Dejian | Hou Dejian | Yao Hung Hong Xinjie | 5 |
| "Nothing to My Name" (Mandarin) | Cui Jian | ||||||||
| 5 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | Deng Chao | "Run Run Run" (Mandarin) | 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" (Mandarin) | Mavis Fan | Li Quan | Kubert Leung | 3 (Tie) | |
2nd Round
The second round of the finals is an encore song, which carries a 40% weightage of the final round scores. The order of performance of this round were based on their rankings from the first song, starting with the singer singer who ranked last place; if tied, the singer with a higher ranking from the semifinals will perform first.
At the end of the 2nd Round, Yu Quan was revealed to have the highest combined total in the finals and the band was named as the first-ever I Am a Singer winner, while Terry Lin became the runner-up. The placements for the other five singers were not revealed.
| 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 | "Scent" (Mandarin) | Winnie Hsin | Yao chien | Huang Kuo Lun | Kubert Leung | |
| 3 | Julia Peng | Xiao Yanzi | "Tegret Not Having Met Earlier" (Mandarin) | Julia Peng | Wawa | Chen Kuo Hua | ||
| 4 | Aska Yang | Tian Yuan | "I Leave Myself" (Mandarin) | Faith Yang | Kwan | Diane Chen | 王文穎 | |
| 5 | Huang Qishan | Du Haitao | "Only You" (Mandarin) | Huang Qishan | 馮銳 | 張宏光 | Liu Zhuo | |
| 6 | Terry Lin | Shen Mengchen | "Exaggeration" (Mandarin) | Terry Lin | 樓南蔚 | C.Y.Kong | 薛位山 | 2 |
| 7 | Yu Quan | Li Weijia | "Give All People Who Know My Name" (Mandarin) | Chao Chuan | Jonathan Lee | Liu Tianjian | Kamada Toshiya Munakata Hitoshi | 1 |
Ratings
| 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 |