I Am a Singer (season 2), is the second season of the Chinese TV series I Am a Singer produced by Hunan TV, produced by Hong Tao, and the show's music director is Kubert Leung.
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 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 Another change made is to the withdrawn singers, singers who voluntarily withdrew from the competition without performing have not been eligible for return performances, in addition to being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 (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alphabetical order (singers without a placement for the final is listed as finalist and singers withdrew were listed as withdrawn):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
Han Lei, Gary Chaw, Jason Zhang and Bibi Zhou 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, 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, Yu Quan; 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 Jason Zhang.
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. Luo also requested to swap their performance order with Wei, but refused.