I Am a Singer (2013)

Original title

歌手

Genre

reality television, talent show

Country

People's Republic of China

Length

11 seasons, 152 episodes

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Professional singers from around the world compete each week in front of a live audience of 500 voters. The audience votes determine who stays and who gets eliminated with a new singer replacing them.

competitivetenseliveemotionaldramaticunpredictablehigh-stakesweekly showcase

What happens

Singer (Chinese: 歌手; pinyin: Gēshǒu), previously known as I Am a Singer (Chinese: 我是歌手; pinyin: Wǒ Shì Gēshǒu), is a Chinese singing competition show broadcast on Hunan Television. It is based on the Korean show I Am a Singer. The competition is open to well-known professional singers worldwide, and features a rotating cast of usually seven singers performing each week in front of a 500-member audience. The votes cast from the audience are the sole determinant for the results and the singer who receives the fewest votes is eliminated, with a new singer substituted in their place. The first season featured 12 contestants, but later increased to as many as 22 due to twists and competition rules added in later seasons. The inaugural series was first taped on 10 January 2013 and premiered on 18 January 2013. After four seasons under the name of I Am a Singer, in 2017, the show was rebranded as Singer (Chinese: 歌手; pinyin: Gēshǒu), but retained the same competition format. The eighth season, entitled Singer 2020, or Singer: Year of the Hits (Chinese: 歌手:当打之年; pinyin: Gēshǒu: Dāngdǎ zhī Nián), began taping on 3 January 2020; the season was initially slated for a premiere on 10 January 2020, but was postponed twice; the season was first announced to premiere on 31 January 2020, but was again postponed to 7 February 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic that occurred prior to the intended premiere date. The series finale aired on 24 April 2020. On 22 September 2020, the showrunner Hong Tao announced that Singer would cease production after eight seasons. However, in 2023, Mango TV decided to revive the series, allowing a ninth season to premiere on May 10, 2024 after a four-year hiatus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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