The Voice of the Silk Road (Uyghur: يىپەك يولى ساداسى, romanized: Yipek Yoli Sadasi, Йипәк Йоли Садаси; Chinese: 丝绸之路好声音; pinyin: Sīchóu Zhī Lù Hǎo Shēngyīn) is a reality talent show based in Xinjiang, China and broadcast in the Uyghur language.
[2] The show premiered on 31 October 2014 as the first Uyghur televised singing competition of its kind and received positive reviews from the start.
Contestants are typically, but not always, aspiring singers from Xinjiang or surrounding areas, including residents of other parts of China as well as Central Asia.
Only a select few contestants advance to the blind audition phase which is broadcast live on television.
Contestants come forward to sing a selected song on stage with the judges' backs turned.