GeTai Challenge 2018 (Chinese: 歌台星力量-兴旺发; pinyin: Gē Tái Xīng Lìliàng-XīngWàng Fā), is the second season of GeTai Challenge, a hit reality-singing competition organised by Mediacorp Channel 8, returning after a three-year hiatus.
The second season consist of 17 episodes premiered on Channel 8 on 20 April 2018, with the grand finals taped on 26 July 2018 at MES Theatre and aired on 10 August 2018.
On 10 August 2018, 50-year old Getai veteran singer and sister of resident judge Liu Lingling, Angie Lau was declared the winner of GeTai Challenge 2018 and took home a $20,000 cash award;[3] 45-year old restaurant owner Jason Chung was named the runner-up and won $10,000.
[4] The show was first announced on 12 March 2018 with the auditions happening in February 2018, where Allen Moo and Peter Chen were the judges.
Pornsak reprises his hosting role, while Desmond Ng, the winner of the last season, replaces Wang Weiliang as the co-host of the show.
Two supporting hosts, Dennis Chew and Ho Ai Ling, portrayed their roles of Kachang Puteh Man and Kiam Sng Tee Auntie, respectively, on segments for the community.
The Top 20 contestants were announced on the premiere episode, as follows: ^ Lai's Chinese name was 赖宇涵, but the on-screen captions was displayed as Jaspers instead.
The highest score (or received all three judge's votes in Top 20) each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week (or received none of any judge's votes in Top 20) is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).
The six singers who were saved by the judges will have to face the Final Round to compete for the last two spots in the Top 10.
For the next four weeks, Jim Lim was absent in his judging role due to work commitments; Mediacorp actor Cavin Soh took his place on the panel.
The next two shows were taped at the open field near Arumugam Road at MacPherson for a crowd of 1,200 people.
In the first round, six singers received their paper cutouts from the producers, which determined their pairing and performance order; the scores for this round (which include Team Chemistry; each component now have a 20-point weightage) were judged based on the duet itself, rather than judging individually (meaning both singers from the same duet were given identical set of scores).
Senior Minister of State, Information and Communication & Culture, Community and Youth, Sim Ann, was the guest-of-honour for the finale.
A special teaser for the talkshow The Love 97.2 Breakfast Quartet - Listen To Me (which premieres the week after) was shown during the closing of the show.