Battle of the Buskers

The season premiered on its Mediacorp streaming website meWATCH and its YouTube channel on 23 July 2023, and the finals were held on 5 November 2023.

The competition were held across 11 locations islandwide beginning at Hougang Central Hub and ending with CQ @ Clarke Quay Fountain Square.

Buskers with a valid identification issued by the National Arts Council of Singapore are eligible to take part.

Part III's member Tan Yi Zhen was absent on that day of performance due to illness.

[14][15] The top ten buskers will compete in five weeks of elimination rounds beginning 23 September to determine the winner of the competition.

A two-part post-produced version of the competition, with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes and post-competition footage and its results, would broadcast on Channel 8 on Wednesday and Thursday 8 pm (only Chinese captions are provided).

Introduced as a twist during the elimination rounds (打赏战币), at any time during each of the performance, audience with a liking of it are allowed to go to the booth to collect a gold coin and then tip it to the suitcase.

The number of coins obtained for each busker, along with the results for the week's performance were announced on the Thursday's episode.

[18][19] While this week was a non-elimination, the bottom three in terms on the public vote were announced during the Thursday's episode (highlighted in blue).

[23] The semifinalists compete at ION Orchard for a place in the final, singing on both local mandopop and xinyao songs.

In addition to the public vote, the semifinal also features a judging panel, which consists of Peter Li, Hong Junyang and Ling Kai, in-lieu on the battle coins.