Sing! China (season 6)

Only Li Ronghao returned from the previous season. Li Jian did not return for Season 6, making room for the return of Wang Feng after a four-season hiatus. Na Ying also returned after being absent from the previous season. However, she only participated in the blind auditions, leading to Liao Changyong replacing her afterwards. These coaches were joined by first-time coach Hacken Lee. Therefore, Nicholas Tse and Li Yuchun have been confirmed to leave the show. The host remained the same as last season.

Sing! China season 6 coaches

Hacken Lee

Wang Feng

Na Ying (blind auditions)

Liao Changyong (cross battles - finals)

Li Ronghao

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This season introduces teaching assistants. Coaches Na Ying, Wang Feng, Li Ronghao and Hacken Lee will team up with assistants Zhang Bichen, Huang Xiaoyun, Jike Junyi and Momo Wu respectively. Teaching Assistants function like normal coaches. However, when it comes to recruiting contestants, the final decision is up to the coach on whether or not they want the contestant on their team. In other words, the contestant cannot be recruited to their team unless the coach presses their button. If the teaching assistant pressed their button but not their coach counterpart, then the coach has the last 30 seconds to decide if they want the contestant after the song finishes. While there is a 30 second countdown, if the teaching assistant is really impressed by an artist's performance, they can choose to use their Instant Recruit ability. This means that the teaching assistant can press their button again, causing the chair's voice system to say "I WANT YOU" and the respective coach to instantly turn around. This also makes their team available for the artist to choose. However, this action can only be done once per team.[6][7]

In this stage, the coaches are to recruit a total of six artists to form a team of their own, contrary to five in the previous season. 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. Once a team is full with six artists occupying all the spots, the subsequent artists which the coach has successfully recruited would have to face-off with one of the six artists in the sing-offs for a spot in the team.

The incoming artist may select any of the six 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, continuing from last season, the losing artist has the chance to be saved by other coaches (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.

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✔	Coach pressed their button
	Coach's Teaching Assistant used "Instant Recruit Ability"
	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 3 (13 August)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Hacken	Feng	Ying	Ronghao
1	Yao Xiaotang 姚晓棠	22	Shanwei, Guangdong	"不忘"	—	✔	—	—
2	Pei Chen 裴宸	24	Tangshan, Hebei	"不要这样"		—	—	—
3	Ran Zaojia 冉皂莢	25	Shanxi, Xi'an	"茶卡茶卡"	✔	—	—	—
4	Mini G 迷你机乐队	—	—	"三体/COSMOS647"	—	✔	✔	✔
5	Fashion 时尚	27	Shandong	"反正"	✔	—	✔	—
6	Dong Shuhan 董书含	20	Zhoushan, Zhejiang	"天渊之别"	—	—	✔	✔
7	Zheng Zhihong 鄭智鴻	25	Lishui, Zhejiang	"无人知晓"	✔	—	—	—
8	Kazu 贺三	25	Guangyuan, Sichuan	"白象"	—	✔	✔	—

Episode 4 (20 August)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Hacken	Feng	Ying	Ronghao
1	Zeng Sushu 曾溯恕	19	Yibin, Sichuan	"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"	—	—	—	✔
2	Fan Qing 凡清	19	Beijing	"52 HZ"	✔	—	✔	✔
3	Billy Sun 孙郎朗	25	Beijing	"镀金者"	✔	✔	—	—
4	Wang Xin 王馨	22	Shanxi, Xi'an	"似曾"	—	✔	—	—
5	WeiBird 韦礼安	34	Taiwan	"忽然"	—	—	✔	✔
6	Zhuang Yuliang 壯煜亮	28	Huzhou, Zhejiang	"暖光"	—		—	—
7	Teconan 铁柯楠	24	Luoyang, Henan	"给你的歌"	—	—	✔	—

In this round, each coach will compete against each other in groups of two. Artists from these respective teams will compete each other in six rounds to decide a winner. The winning artist will receive one point for their team while the other artist will not receive any points. However, if the coach uses the bonus point into the artist and won, the artist will receive two points for their team; otherwise, the artist will not receive any points.

At the end of the episode, the team that achieved a lower score will have to eliminate one artist from their team as a penalty.

After participating in the Blind Auditions this season, Na Ying decided to leave the show and was replaced by Liao Changyong.

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	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 Ronghao	Result		Team Changyong	Song
				4	4
Episode 7 (10 September)	1	"不用告诉我"	WeiBird 韦礼安	41	12	Zhang Luxin 张露馨	"纵身一跃"
	2	"下一个"	Wang Jingwen 王靖雯 ✔	42	11	Teconan 铁柯楠 ✘	"我会等着你"
	3	"苏州雪"	Jasmine Ren 任媚爽	11	42	Clockwork Moon 发条月亮乐队 ✔	"天空中的树"
	4	"下一个天亮"	Dong Shuhan 董书含	25	28	Chen Wenfei 陈文非	"好不容易"
	5	"中毒"	Wang Honghao 王泓昊	25	28	Rob Caiwang 才旺羅布	"Someone You Loved"
	6	"是但求其爱"	Yu Zibei 于梓贝	39	14	Master Lee 李炎欣	"Stand Up for What"
	Total Points earned by Ronghao's artists：183				Total Points earned by Changyong's artists：135
Episode 8 (17 September)	Order	Song	Team Feng	Result		Team Hacken	Song
	3	5
	1	"小情歌Little Love Song"	Mini G 迷你机乐队 ✘	17	36	Yu Kong 余空 ✔	"星辰大海"
	2	"CD盒"	step.jad 依加	40	13	Yang Yaoyang 杨耀扬	"说散就散"
	3	"Finally"	Yao Xiaotang 姚晓棠	19	34	Fashion 时尚	"家"
	4	"孤岛"	Tan Xuanyuan 谭轩辕 ✔	32	21	Wu Keyue 伍珂玥	"海阔天空"
	5	"二三四个字"	Wang Xin 王馨	20	33	Kazu 贺三	"醉"
6	"第一次做人"	Zhuang Yuliang 壯煜亮	10	43	Zeng Sushu 曾溯恕	"You Are the Reason"

In this round, coaches will draw to determine when they will have the power to choose 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 artist 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.

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The Top 11 performed in the Playoffs for a spot in the Top 8. The order of appearance of the artists was decided through the drawing of lots by their respective coaches. In deciding who moves on, a professional judging panel made up of 51 veteran record producers, music critics, and media practitioners from various media companies; as well as the studio audience made up of 200 members of the public were given an equal say. Each of the voters was entitled to one vote per artist, and they can either choose to vote or not vote for a particular artist. The maximum score that the student will receive of the professional judging panel review is 51, and 50 for the live audiences, thus having the maximum score of was 101. Eight artists with higher overall scores advanced, while the other three will be eliminated.

The Top 8 performed in the semi-finals for a slot in the finals. Just like in the playoffs, the order of appearance of the artists was decided through the drawing of lots by their respective coaches. The same voting procedure in the playoffs will be done in the semi-finals: a 51-member professional judging panel, as well as 200-member public. Five artists with higher overall scores will advance to the final, while the other three will be eliminated. With Wang Jingwen and Kazu's advancement to the final, this is the second instance that a stolen artist advanced to the finale. This is also the first time that more than one stolen artist advanced to the finale Coincidentally, this is the second consecutive season that Li Ronghao managed to advance a stolen artist to the finale. Also, with the elimination of Wang Honghao 王泓昊, this is the first time in the show's history where no male singers are represented in the finale.

• Tan Xuanyuan was in Season 4 of the original show The Voice of China and was on Team Harlem, where he landed third place in the Finals.
• Yu Zibei previously appeared in the second season on Team Eason. She was eliminated in the Knockout rounds.
• Huang He was in Season 1 of the original show under Na Ying's team, and was eliminated in the battles
• Step.jad competed in the show Rap for Youth and was part of the Top 34
• Sha Nanjie competed in the third season of Sing My Song under Liu Huan's team, and was eliminated in the battle stage.
• Rob Caiwang was a contestant in the first season of The Coming One, where he placed 9th.