; pinyin: SPOP Tīng Wǒ Chàng) is a Chinese singing reality competition broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8.
[1] Season 1 premiered on 9 August after the broadcast of National Day Parade and ended on the live finale on 4 November at Padang.
[2][3][4] The show was first revealed to the public on 22 April 2018 during the broadcast of Star Awards 2018 with a teaser clip uploaded to Toggle, aimed to promote the Chinese culture, the music genre of mandopop and xinyao, and paying tribute to local singing talents of Singapore.
is a cash prize of S$30,000, and the winner's own debut single, titled "逆风飞翔" (originally sung by Hsiao Huang-chi and composed by Peter Lee) released under a recording deal.
China finalists Nathan Hartono and Joanna Dong, as well as songwriter Boon Hui Lu, were appointed as the show's ambassadors, while Lee Teng, Bonnie Loo and YES 933 DJ Gao Meigui hosted the programme.
[22] A Toggle-exclusive six-episode spin-off of the show, All About SPOP, premiered on 27 July, featuring celebrities and composers sharing their knowledge on Mandopop/xinyao music genre.
The identities of the top 20 were revealed to public for the first time in a meet-and-greet session on 21 July at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard.
[28] The Top 20 contestants appeared at Shine Festival at OCBC Square on 4 August,[29] where they sang "无底洞", "幸福不难", "王妃" and "不为谁而作的歌" in groups.
It featured interviews from singers, songwriters and producers in Singapore's music industry, as well as the competition's ambassadors, and provided a brief introduction to each of the 20 contestants.
[30] A two-hour special aired the day before the grand finals, which features a compilation of performances, was titled Non-Stop Music (歌曲马拉松).
The semi-finalists also appeared in Ngee Ann Plaza for guest performances in the Mediacorp Subaru Car Challenge.
[32] A non-telecast pre-show music showcase was held at the Padang on 4 November at 4.00pm and featured local musicians Derrick Hoh and Trouze, Kelvin Tan, Desmond Ng, AL4HA, Kelly Poon, StellaVee (Stella Seah and Vee), The Apex Project, and Elton Lee.
The series consist of seven episodes (five one-hour quarter-finals, one 2.5-hour semi-finals, and one three-hour live broadcast grand finals), with the first episode first aired on Toggle via Toggle-It-First service (with free viewing, and captions were not added until the actual broadcast) on 21 September and on Mediacorp Channel 8 on 24 September, and ending on 4 November for both Toggle and Mediacorp Channel 8.
Color key: For the first four quarter-finals (复赛), five contestants compete each week to vie for a place in the semi-final (半决赛).
At the end of the fourth quarter finals, it was announced that all judges agreed to bring back one further act who they felt should not have been eliminated on the quarter-finals; the singer was later revealed to be Karena Yeo.
Quan Yi Fong was officially introduced as the fourth host of SPOP Sing!, and Joi Chua served as the episode's third judge.
[43] Unlike regular episodes, the grand final does not have captions (including the re-run), as it was a live broadcast.