The fifth season of the Chinese reality talent show Sing! China premiered on 21 August 2020, on Zhejiang Television. Li Ronghao was the only coach returning from the previous season. Meanwhile, Li Jian and Nicholas Tse also returned after their one-season hiatus, replacing Harlem Yu and Wang Leehom. Li Yuchun joined the coaching panel as a new coach, replacing Na Ying.
On 21 November 2020, Shan Yichun was announced the winner of the season, making her youngest winner. In addition, with Li Jian's second win, he became the first coach to win multiple seasons. Zebra Forest from Team Li Ronghao was the runner-up. Hence, this is the first time in the history of Sing! China where a finalist is a stolen artist whom their coach did not originally turn for in the blind auditions. Pan Hong, Cao Yang and Su Yuning finished third, fourth and fifth places respectively.
With Harlem Yu's departure as a coach, the fifth season is the first not to feature any coaches from the inaugural season.
Coaches and hosts On 28 July 2020, it was announced that Nicholas Tse would be returning as a coach after a one-season hiatus. A few days later, on 31 July 2020, it was confirmed that Li Ronghao would be returning as a coach, along with Li Jian who returned after a one-season hiatus. On 18 August 2020, it was announced that Li Yuchun would be joining the trio as a new coach. Hu Qiaohua returned as a host for the season.
Teams Colour key
CoachesTop 28 artistsNicholas TseCao Yang 曹杨Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶Xi Xin 祁馨Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团Gao Rui 高睿Mu Su 穆苏Wang Tianyang 王天阳Yan Maolin 晏茂淋Li JianShan Yichun 单依纯Song Yuning 宋宇宁Su Wei 苏伟Gao Rui 高睿Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼Sun Meiqi 孙美琪Fan Tianli 房田立Mu Su 穆苏Li YuchunPan Hong 潘虹Ma Lu 马璐Qian Jingtao 钱江涛Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅Wang Tianqi 王天琦Zebra Forest 斑马森林Fan Lu 范茹Taijin Zhizhi 太金之之Dragon Girl and Flying Elephant 龙女和飛象Li RonghaoZebra Forest 斑马森林Cheng Mohan 程墨寒Sumyee Ma 马心怡Cheng Xin 程欣Moses Yan 严雯君Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅
Blind auditions In this season, a new feature was added where artists can choose to perform their original songs at any point in time, which extends the blind audition rules of Sing My Song, a show that has been cancelled after 3 seasons.
In this stage, the coaches are to recruit a total of five artists to form a team of their own, contrary to six in Season 3. The forming of the teams would move to a format that is similar to the "Six-Chair Challenge" featured in the British version of The X Factor but modified. Once a team is full with five artists occupying all the spots, the subsequent artists which the coach has successfully recruited would have to face-off with one of the five artists in the sing-offs for a spot in the team.
The incoming artist may select any of the five defending artists to compete against in the sing-off, and both artists would each sing a new song and the coach would decide on the winner. The winner would be given the spot in the team. However, unlike Season 3, this season introduces the 'Save', where other coaches can save any losing artist from the sing offs (the same function as the steals from The Voice). The coaches are given 10 seconds to save the losing artist for elimination. If one coach presses their button, he/she will be automatically on the new coach's team and if more than one coach presses, same as with the blind auditions, the artist has the opportunity to choose which coach they want.
For defending artists, once they have won a sing-off against an incoming artist, they would receive immunity from the subsequent sing-offs and immediately advance to the next round of the competition.
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 Artist remained on the team after winning sing-off; immune from subsequent sing-offs Artist remained on the team after winning sing-off; replaced a defending artist Artist saved by other coaches after losing sing-off Artist eliminated after losing sing-off
Episode 1 (21 August)
The show started with the coaches performing each other's songs. Li Ronghao performed Nicholas Tse's "谢谢你的爱1999", Nicholas then performed Li Jian's "傳奇", Li Jian, performed Li Yuchun's "漂浮地铁", and Li Yuchun performed Li Ronghao's "要我怎么辦".
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao 1 Cheng Xin 程欣 23 Ningguo, Anhui "童来" 2 Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 24 Yongkang, Zhejiang"昨日青空" — — 3 Dragon Girl and Flying Elephant 龙女和飛象 26 & 27 — "再不疯狂我们就老了" 4 Pan Hong 潘虹 21 Ganzhou, Jiangxi"最好" — 5 Song Yuning 宋宇宁 26 Harbin, Heilongjiang"三巡" — — 6 Mu Su 穆苏 23 Fuyang, Anhui "上头歌" — —
Episode 2 (28 August)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao 1 Taijin Zhizhi 太金之之 19 Sichuan "浪里游" — — — 2 Moses Yan 严雯君 24 Shanghai"一个人的行李" — — — 3 Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团 — —"Mojito" — — — 4 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 32 Beijing"一滴泪的时间" — — 5 Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼 20 Xinjiang, Tacheng"不亏不欠" — — 6 Ma Lu 马璐 32 Shanghai"T-me" — 7 Wang Tianyang 王天阳 28 Baotou, Inner Mongolia "空" — — — 8 Sumyee Ma 马心怡 29 Nantong, Jiangsu"Imagine" — 9 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 22 Henan, Zhengzhou"走" —
Episode 3 (4 September)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao 1 Sun Meiqi 孙美琪 20 Guangzhou, Guangdong "speak softly love" — — 2 Gao Rui 高睿 20 Chongqing, Sichuan"炼爱" — — — 3 Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 24 Hangzhou"如果我不是我" — — — 4 Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 21 Yongan, Fujian"想着你" — — 5 Su Wei 苏伟 25 Fujian, Datian"逝去的歌" — — 6 Shan Yichun 单依纯 18 Dongyang, Zhejiang"永不失联的爱" — — 7 Xi Xin 祁馨 23 Inner Mongolia"西京雁" — — —
Episode 4 (11 September)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao 1 Li Jiaen 李佳恩 26 Chengdu, Sichuan "關山酒" — — — — 2 Qian Mingyang 钱明暘 25 Shanghai "香水" — — — — 3 Zhang Yiwen 张艺雯 25 Yuncheng, Shanxi "燈光" — — — — 4 Wang Tianqi 王天琦 27 Bozhou, Anhui"清白之年" — — 5 Zebra Forest 斑马森林 25/22/24 —"真的忘了" — — — 6 Fan Tianli 房田立 24 Huangshan, Anhui "补修" — — —
Episode 5 (18 September)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Nicholas Li Jian Yuchun Ronghao 1 Huang Chenchen 黄晨晨 19 Chongqing, Sichuan "萤火之森" — — — — 2 Tong Jun 童珺 31 Shenzhen, Guangdong "愛到底" — — — — 3 Cao Yang 蓸杨 28 Shanghai"微光" — 4 Fan Lu 范茹 23 Xunyi, Jiangsu "生而为人" — — — 5 Yan Maolin 晏茂淋 27 Jiangyou, Sichuan Province "北极星" — — —
Sing-off details Episode Order Song Incoming artist Defending artist Song Final 5 replacement chart 1 2 3 4 5 Team Nicholas colspan=6 Mu Su 穆苏 Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团 Wang Tianyang 王天阳 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 Gao Rui 高睿 3 1 "蠅" Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 Gao Rui 高睿 (saved by Li Jian) "Dancing On My Own" Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 2 "我要去哪裡" Xi Xin 祁馨 Wang Tianyang 王天阳 "擁有" Xi Xin 祁馨 5 1 "走散" Cao Yang 蓸杨 Mu Su 穆苏 (saved by Li Jian) "戀曲1980" Cao Yang 蓸杨 2 "無法逃脫" Yan Maolin 晏茂淋 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 "要死就一定要死在你手裡" Team Li Jian colspan=6 Song Yuning 宋宇宁 Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼 Sun Meiqi 孙美琪 Gao Rui 高睿 Su Wei 苏伟 3 1 "像風一樣" Shan Yichun 单依纯 Sun Meiqi 孙美琪 "La Vie En Rose" Shan Yichun 单依纯 5 1 "深夜不要思考" Fan Tianli 房田立 Gao Rui 高睿 "在你的雙眼遇見" 2 "時候到溜" Mu Su 穆苏 Su Wei 苏伟 "同花順" Team Li Yuchun colspan=6 Dragon Girl and Flying Elephant 龙女和飛象 Pan Hong 潘虹 Taijin Zhizhi 太金之之 Ma Lu 马璐 Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 4 1 "500 Miles" Wang Tianqi 王天琦 Taijin Zhizhi 太金之之 "追了太陽三條街" Wang Tianqi 王天琦 2 "听說" Zebra Forest 斑马森林 (saved by Li Ronghao) Both Li Ronghao and Nicholas Tse pressed their save buttons for Zebra Forest Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 "Foolish Heart" 3 "理由" Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 Dragon Girl and Flying Elephant 龙女和飛象 "Play 我呸" Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 5 1 "燈光" Fan Lu 范茹 Pan Hong 潘虹 "那女孩對我說" Team Li Ronghao colspan=6 Cheng Xin 程欣 Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 Moses Yan 严雯君 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 Sumyee Ma 马心怡 4 1 "燈塔" Zebra Forest 斑马森林 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 (saved by Li Yuchun) "因為你來過" Zebra Forest 斑马森林
The Cross Battles Before the start of the Cross Battles, the coaches would decide on the appearance order of their artists, and this was done without the knowledge of their opposing coach. Therefore, all artists would not know who they are competing against until they were revealed on stage by the host. The coaches were also allowed to modify the appearance order of their artists at any point in the competition to counter the opposing artists in the remaining Cross Battles.
A total of four Cross Battles were held between two opposing coaches. At the end of each Cross Battle, the winning artist will earn one point for their team, while the losing artist would not get any points. Each of the coaches are allowed to pick an artist from their team to let the artist receive bonus points. If the artist wins, two points will be added to the team, otherwise, the artist will not receive any points.
At the end of the Cross Battles, the team with the highest number of winning points will advance to the Cross Knockouts. Meanwhile, the losing team would have to face a penalty and eliminate an artist from their team to move on to the next round of the competition.
Colour key 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 received Bonus Points Artist was eliminated by coach
Episode Order Song Team Li Jian Result Team Yuchun Song 5 1 Episode 6 1 "流浪" Martina Duman 玛迪娜·都曼 19 34 Zhao Zihua 赵紫骅 "怪我更愛我自己" 2 "浮光掠影" Su Wei 苏伟 29 24 Ma Lu 马璐 "蔓延" 3 "爱的勇氣" Gao Rui 高睿 36 17 Wang Tianqi 王天琦 "往事只能回味" 4 "你我约定有三" Song Yuning 宋宇宁 30 23 Pan Hong 潘虹 "我曾经也想过一了百了" 5 "Forever Young" Shan Yichun 单依纯 42 11 Qian Jingtao 钱江涛 "雨天" Episode 7 Order Song Team Ronghao Result Team Nicholas Song 2 4 1 "香格里拉" Cheng Xin 程欣 6 47 Cao Yang 蓸杨 "擱淺" 2 "我已經敢想你" Cheng Mohan 程墨寒 26 27 Xi Xin 祁馨 "尼可拉斯" 3 "一路向北" Zebra Forest 斑马森林 36 17 Pinocchio Vocal Orchestra 匹诺曹人声乐团 "卷珠帘" 4 "雨爱" Moses Yan 严雯君 16 37 Jia Yiteng 贾翼腾 "飞" 5 "星空" Zebra Forest 斑马森林 24 29 Fu Xinyao 傅欣瑶 "消失"
Sumyee Ma 马心怡 was absent due to a surgery, hence Zebra Forest 斑马森林 had to take her place.
The Cross Knockouts In this round, coaches will draw to determine the order in which they can select first. That coach will choose an artist from his team and state which opposing team he wants that artist to face off against. The chosen coach from the representative team will decide his/her opponent by draw as well. Each coach is allowed one block in this round. If a coach used a "Block" on his artist, 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.
For the first time, two artists from the same team competed in the cross knockouts.
Colour key Artist won the Cross Knockout and advanced to the Playoffs Artist lost the Cross Knockout and was eliminated