''I Am a Singer'' (season 2), is the second season of the Chinese TV series ''

I Am a Singer ''I Am a Singer'' () is a popular South Korean singing competition program; a part of MBC's '' Sunday Night'' lineup. Seven talented, veteran Korean singers perform for a selected audience, which votes to eliminate one singer after each week's ...

'' produced by

Hunan TV Hunan Television or Hunan TV () is a state-owned provincial satellite TV station launched on September 29, 1970. It is currently China's second-most-watched television channel, second to China Central Television's CCTV-1, although Hunan TV has oc ...

, produced by Hong Tao, and the show's music director is

Kubert Leung Kubert Leung () is a musician and Cantopop songwriter in Hong Kong. In the 1980s he set up two Cantopop bands, Life Exhibition and Ukiyo-e (浮世繪). Later, Kubert Leung became a songwriter for singer Candy Lo. He has also written songs for Easo ...

. The season premiered on January 3, 2014, and concluded on April 4, 2014, with a live Biennial concert aired on April 11, 2014. Chinese Singer

Han Lei Han Lei (; born February 23, 1968), also known in Mongolian as Senbor, is a Chinese folk and pop singer-songwriter. Music Appearance Han rose to prominence in 1997 on the CCTV New Year's Gala, performing a song called "1997, A.D." (公元一� ...

was the winner of the season, with Hong Kong singer G.E.M. finishing as runner-up.

Competition format

Most of the competition format were retained from the first season, with seven singers each week singing for a 500-member audience; they then cast their ballots for the top three singers of their preference after all the singers had performed. Both the Qualifying and Knockout round scores are combined and decide which singer with a fewer vote share was eliminated. This season introduced format changes to the Revival round, which renamed to Breakouts; any first-round singers who survived every elimination rounds were automatically exempt and thus guaranteeing one of seven places in the finals; remaining singers compete along with eliminated singers to vie for the remaining places in the finals, where the number is seven minus the number of exempted singers. Another change made is to the withdrawn singers, singers who voluntarily withdrew from the competition without performing have not been eligible for return performances, in addition to being ineligible to participate in the Breakout rounds. In the previous season,

Chyi Chin Chyi Chin (; born 12 January 1960) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. Early life Chyi was born in Taichung, Taiwan. When he was young, his father had a strict daily regimen of study that started at 5 am. His studies varied from ...

(who withdrew from the competition on week 7) was given return performance on week 10, but Chin was not eligible from participating the Revival round. This is also the first season to feature Biennial Concert, aired one week after the finals. Unlike other weeks, Biennial concert is a live-telecast exhibition performance with no voting featuring the best singers of the season plus selected singers from former seasons, similar to Graduation in the original Korean franchise.

Contestants

The following singers participated in the second season listed in alphabetical order (singers without a placement for the final is listed as finalist and singers withdrew were listed as withdrawn): Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up : – Other finalist : – Withdrew

Future appearances

Gary Chaw Gary Chaw (; born 9 July 1979 in Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia), also known as Gary Cao or Cao Ge or by his alter ego Cao Xiaoge, is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter based in Taiwan, who has had achieved success in Taiwan, Mainland China, ...

Jason Zhang Zhang Jie (; born 20 December 1982), also known as Jason Zhang, is a Chinese singer. He made his television series debut in the reality singing competition ''My Show'' in 2004, which he won and signed with Universal Music China. In 2007, he joine ...

and

Bibi Zhou Zhou Bichang (; born 26 July 1985), also known as Bibi Zhou, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, and musician. She debuted her singing career by winning the second place at the Chinese singing contest '' Super Girl'' in 2005. The next year she rel ...

returned as guest performers for the Biennial concert on the third season the following year. Han again returned as a guest performer in the finale of the fourth season for an all-winners exhibition performance. Zhang returned as a contestant on the fifth season.

Shang Wenjie Shang Wenjie (, born on December 22, 1982 in Shanghai, China), also known as Laure Shang, is a Chinese singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. She won the third season of the Chinese singing competition ''Super Girl (TV series), Super Girl' ...

, G.E.M., and Zhang returned again as a guest assistant singers on the finale of the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons, respectively.

Results

Details of competitions

1st round

Qualifying

*Taping Date: December 19, 2013 *Airdate: January 3, 2014 This episode featured the winning duo from the last season,

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; however, a majority of their performance was edited out of broadcast due to time constraints. : A. Voted 4th in the 40s and 50s age group : B. Voted 1st in the 10s age group : C. Voted 6th in the 20s and 50s age group : D. Voted 1st in the 20s, 30s and 50s age group : E. Voted 3rd in the 40s and 50s age group

Knockout

*Taping Date: December 26, 2013 *Airdate: January 10, 2014 : A. Voted 2nd in the 50s age group : B. Voted 1st in the 30s age group : C. Voted 4th in the 40s age group : D. Voted 4th in the 10s and 30 age group : E. Voted 1st in the 10s, 20s and 40s age group : F. Voted 1st in the 30s and 50s age group

Overall ranking

: A. Has one vote less with 4th place singer

2nd round

Qualifying

*Taping Date: January 9, 2014 *Airdate: January 17, 2014 The first substitute singer of the season was

. : A. Voted 4th in the 20s age group : B. Voted 2nd in the 20s and 30s age group : C. Voted 5th in the 50s age group : D. Voted 1st in the 10s, 20s and 30s age group : E. Voted 4th in the 10s and 30s age group : F. Voted 2nd in the 10s and 50s age group

Knockout

*Taping Date: January 16, 2014 *Airdate: January 23, 2014 Chang and G.E.M. were originally going to perform 1st and 3rd, respectively, but swapped after a mutual agreement with both singers.

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also requested to swap their performance order with Wei, but refused. : A. Voted 1st in the 20s, 30s and 40s age group : B. Voted 3rd in the 10s and 40s age group : C. Voted 4th in the 40s age group : D. Voted 4th in the 10s age group : E. Voted 2nd in the 50s age group : F. Voted 1st in the 10s age group

Overall ranking

3rd round

Qualifying

*Taping Date: January 23, 2014 *Airdate: January 31, 2014 The second substitute singer of the season was Victor Wong. : A. Voted 1st in the 10s and 20s age group : B. Voted 4th in the 30s age group : C. Voted 1st in the 30s, 40s and 50s age group : D. Voted 5th in the 30s and 40s age group : E. Voted 4th in the 10s, 20s and 40s age group : F. Voted 2nd in the 50s age group : G. Voted 5th in the 50s age group

Knockout

*Taping Date: January 30, 2014 *Airdate: February 7, 2014 Wong and Zhang were originally going to perform 1st and 4th, respectively, but were later changed when Zhang Jie requested to reorder his performance along Wong Pin Kuan, as well as G.E.M. having to retake her performance due to a headphone malfunction.

withdrew from the competition prior to the results due to her pregnancy (she was seven-months pregnant at time of taping and that her expected delivery is near), but cited that she will return. The eliminations for the Knockout round went ahead as normal.

Overall ranking

4th round

Qualifying

*Taping Date: February 13, 2014 *Airdate: February 21, 2014 Due to Luo's withdrawal, one more singer for a total of two singers substituted the singers; they were Man Wenjun and

Shila Amzah Nurshahila binti Amir Amzah (born 13 August 1990) better known as Shila Amzah is a Malaysian singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, she began going to recording studios at the age of four with her father and recorded a pop studio ...

. During this week, Zhou forget to bring the headphone when performing.

Knockout

*Taping Date: February 20, 2014 *Airdate: February 28, 2014 Zhou and Shila were originally going to perform 4th and 7th respectively, but were changed when Chang and Man also requested to reorder the performance as well.

Overall ranking

: A. Zhang garnered 274 votes in the first round. : B. Han garnered 302 votes in the first round. : C. Shila garnered 298 votes in the first round. : D. G.E.M. garnered 185 votes in the first round. : E. Zhou garnered 117 votes in the first round. : F. Chang garnered 173 votes in the first round. : G. Man garnered 142 votes in the first round.

5th round

Qualifying (Ultimate Qualifying Round)

*Taping Date: February 27, 2014 *Airdate: March 7, 2014 The season's last substitute singer was

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. G.E.M. and Chang were originally going to perform 2nd and 5th respectively, but later swapped when both singers mutually agreed their request.

Knockout (Ultimate Knockout Round)

*Taping Date: March 6, 2014 *Airdate: March 14, 2014

Overall ranking

: A. Has one vote less with 1st place singer

Breakout

*Taping Date: March 13, 2014 *Airdate: March 21, 2014 The Repechage round was renamed to Breakout rounds, and unlike the first season, where only one Breakout finalist was offered, the number of Breakout finalists was seven minus the number of remaining initial singers, who were automatically exempted from the Breakouts; four singers (Chang, Han, G.E.M. and Zhou) were the initial singers, thus three Breakout finalists were offered. The other two singers (Shila and Zhang) will participate along previously eliminated singers (with the exception of Luo) for a chance to enter the semi-finals. The singers sang one song, with the three singers having the most votes will qualified for the Semifinals. Shila, Zhang and Chaw were the top three singers (who 30.35%, 22.01% and 19.51% of the votes, respectively) garnered were the top three singers who received the highest number of votes, and advanced to the finals. During the vote count, eight votes were rejected, and it also revealed Shila and Zhang garnered 448 and 325 votes, respectively.

Semifinal

*Taping Date: March 20, 2014 *Airdate: March 28, 2014 The semifinals carries a 30% weightage in the final round. Unlike the finals from the last season, the audience could still cast three votes instead of one.

Finals

*Airdate: April 4, 2013 The 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 singer accumulating the highest total combining from the three rounds was the winner.

1st round

The first round of the finals was a guest singer's duet, which carries a 30% weightage of the final round scores. The order of performance of this round is determined by the singer who place first in the Semifinals. This round features double elimination; the two singers who received the two lowest votes combined from this round were eliminated. Had

and

Phil Chang Phil Chang (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chong Yí, born 30 April 1967) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor. Education and career By the time he graduated from Feng Chia University in financial services, he was already known ...

advanced to the next round, they would've performed "The Offering to Love" () and "Four Hundred Dollars" () as their encore songs, respectively.

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 is determined by the singer who place first in the first song.

Winner of Battle

Before the final results are announced, the host named G.E.M. and

as "Ultimate Winner Candidates". Han was declared the winner with 28.31% of the combined total, beating G.E.M.'s combined total of 24.95%.

Biennial concert

*Airdate: April 11, 2014 The concert consisted of ten singers from the first two series, which included the top five finalists, as well season 1's singers

Terry Lin Terrance Lin (; born 6 July 1966) is a Taiwanese singer. He has been nominated for the Golden Melody Awards 5 times for Best Mandarin Male Artist. He is known for his clear and elegant high voice, which utilizes different resonance in his head ...

Aska Yang Aska Yang (, born April 4, 1978, in Taoyuan City (now Taoyuan District), Taiwan) is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. Education He graduated from the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE), with a major in Guidance and Counselling. Durin ...

Julia Peng Julia Peng (; born 20 April 1972) is a Taiwanese singer. She won the Best Mandarin Female Singer award at the 27th Golden Melody Awards in 2016. ''I Am a Singer'' Peng has been active in the Mandarin pop music scene since the 1990s and is kn ...

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Ratings

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References

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