''Asian Wave'' is a 2012

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singing

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featuring contestants from many different Asian countries. The show premiered on 11 July 2012 on

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. On 20 September 2012,

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n singer-songwriter

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won the competition by unanimous vote, after performing 3 songs (in the final rounds) in 3 languages ( Malay, English and

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Format

The first 16 episodes, first shown between 11 July 2012 and 30 August 2012, feature competitions amongst 66

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contestants (including

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s). Competition was so strong that established singer

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from

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failed to reach even the Final 16. In the end, the 6 finalists were selected (in order of finish): # Chang Shilei # Sun Bolun (孙伯纶) # Liang Yi-chen (梁一貞) # Guo Yifan (郭一凡) #

Henry Huo Henry Huo ( zh, s=霍尊, p=Huò Zūn; born 18 September 1990) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and actor. He gained fame by placing in the top three in singing competition '' Asian Wave'' 《声动亚洲》

# Yu Chaoying (余超颖) & Guo Meizi (郭美孜) They qualified to the Asian Region contest for a chance to compete with 18 contestants from the rest of Asia. * Anirudh Bhola * Priyanka Negi & Bhavin Dhanak * Tia Kar * Flow *

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* Athena Beh (马嘉轩) * Lau Wan Yin (刘婉滢) * By2 * Rachel Chua (蔡艾珈) *

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* 7942 *

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* ZE:A * Whee (휘) * Techin Chayuti (จิรัฐชัย ชยุติ) * Ten Nararak (นรารักษ์ ใจบำรุง) * Ploy (พลอย) & Gun Achi (กัน อชิ)

Preliminary rounds

The preliminary rounds of the Asian-wide competition consist of 6 episodes and were first aired from 3 September 2012 to 19 September 2012. In each group of 8 contestants, 4 will advance to the final rounds. In Round 1, eight contestants are divided into 4 pairs, with the 4 winners directly advancing to Round 2. Then the judges do a second round of voting to determine the best 2 contestants among the 4 losers. Then, the remaining 2 contestants do a 30-second

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battle to determine the last contestant to advance. In Round 2, the 4 winners from Round 1 are divided into 2 pairs, with the 2 winners directly advancing to the final rounds. Then the judges do a second round of voting to determine the better contestant between the 2 losers. Later, the best contestant from the 3 losers from Round 1 does a 30-second

battle with the remaining winner from Round 1, to determine the last contestant to advance.

Group one

;Round 1 ;Round 2

Group two

;Round 1 ;Round 2

Group three

;Round 1 ;Round 2 Extra battle: judges could not decide between the Indian duo and the Chinese duo who both lost their first battle in Round 2.

Final rounds

The final 3 rounds were broadcast live on 20 September 2012. Before the competition, some of the previously eliminated contestants performed; as well as invitees

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from Taiwan and Michael Wong from Malaysia. Likely due to the violent anti-Japanese demonstrations in China at the time, Japan's

and South Korea's

(which includes a Japanese member) had to withdraw from the final rounds. As a result, only 10 of the originally selected 12 finalists remain, and after Round 1 the judges do a second round of voting to select one of the five battle losers to advance to Round 2. ;Round 1 ;Round 2 ;Round 3

International broadcasting

References

External links

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