Meanwhile, Li Jian and Nicholas Tse also returned after their one-season hiatus, replacing Harlem Yu and Wang Leehom.
China where a finalist is a stolen artist whom their coach did not originally turn for in the blind auditions.
Pan Hong, Cao Yang and Su Yuning finished third, fourth and fifth places respectively.
On 28 July 2020, it was announced that Nicholas Tse would be returning as a coach after a one-season hiatus.
In this stage, the coaches are to recruit a total of five artists to form a team of their own, contrary to six in Season 3.
The forming of the teams would move to a format that is similar to the "Six-Chair Challenge" featured in the British version of The X Factor but modified.
At the end of each Cross Knockout, the two artists will receive votes of approval from a 51-person judging panel.
In deciding who moves on, a professional judging panel made up of 50 veteran record producers, music critics, and media practitioners from various media companies; as well as the studio audience made up of 300 members of the public were given an equal say.
Just like in the playoffs, the order of appearance of the artists was decided through the drawing of lots by their respective coaches.
The same voting procedure in the playoffs will be done in the semi-finals: a 50-member professional judging panel, except that there will be a 400-member audience instead of 300.
The Top 5 performed live in a two-part season finale on 21 November, held at the Beijing National Stadium.
In the first round of the competition, the five finalists performed a duet with their coach, and a solo song.