Singer season 9

The ninth season of Chinese television series Singer (歌手; previously titled I Am a Singer) is currently broadcasting on Hunan Television and Mango TV between May and July 2024. Singer 2024 is produced by Hong Xiao, and its music director is Taiwanese senior musician George Chen Chien Chi. The season premiere was broadcast on May 10, 2024, and this was the third season to feature returning contestants, after season five and season eight. For the first time in this series, all episodes are broadcast live and follows the new rules of normal round and foreign guest challenge round. The season premiered on May 10, 2024, and is projected to end on July 26, 2024.

《Singer 2024》continues to gather famous singers of Greater China and other regions to participate. It has a total of 23 participating singers.

Results
Note：
 * 1) Results are according to the broadcast of Hunan Television and Mango TV.
 * 2) As a result of Charlie Puth's withdrawal due to schedule problems，the Second Foreign Guest Challenge Round is replaced by Renowned Singers Challenge Round.

Normal Round
The first normal round was broadcast live on 10 May 2024 at 20:00 CST.

Rising Singers Challenge Round
The first rising singers challenge round was broadcast live on 17 May 2024 at 20:00 CST. Both Hanggai and YELLOW Huang were successful in their challenge against Chanté Moore and Silence Wang respectively.
 * a. The lyrics of the spoken parts of the song is rearranged by Silence Wang himself.

Overall Ranking
As a result of the challenge success of both rising singers, therefore Rainie Yang and Second Hand Rose are eliminated.

Foreign Guest Challenge Round
The first foreign guest challenge round was broadcast live on 24 May 2024 at 20:00 CST. Adam Lambert was successful in his challenge against Na Ying, which resulted in the elimination of Hailai Ahmu.

Normal Round
The second normal round was broadcast live on 31 May 2024 at 20:00 CST. The first substitute singer Sun Nan from Singer season 3 joins the competition. It is free song choice for Silence Wang and Faouzia Ouihya and the range of song choice for the rest of the singers is popular hits.


 * a. Singer rehearsal vote tied at first place.
 * b. Prelude includes Clair de lune from Claude Debussy.
 * c. Singer rehearsal vote third place.


 * d. Also the on-site electric guitarist.
 * e. Singer rehearsal vote second place.

Rising Singers Challenge Round
The second rising singers challenge round was broadcast live on 7 June 2024 at 20:00 CST. Rachel Zhang was successful in her challenge against YELLOW Huang while Fine Band fails in their challenge against Sun Nan. It is free song choice for Na Ying and YELLOW Huang and the range of song choice for the rest of the singers is popular hits. Chanté Moore, whose rank is Number 1 in the second normal round, can choose her own performing order.


 * a. Silence Wang himself is the lyricist and composer for the bridge of the song.


 * b. Performed in Mongolian.


 * c. Original song choice for second normal round.

Overall Ranking
As a result of the challenge success of one rising singer, therefore Hanggai is eliminated.

Renowned Singers Challenge Round
The second renowned singers challenge round was broadcast live on 14 June 2024 at 20:00 CST. It is originally the second foreign guest challenge round, but is replaced by the renowned singers challenge round after Charlie Puth withdraw due to schedule problems. The second renowned singers challenge round follows the rules of rising singers challenge round，except that the renowned singers can only challenge the top four ranked singers in the second round overall ranking. Shang Wenjie fails in her challenge against Faouzia Ouihya while Tia Ray was successful in her challenge against Chanté Moore, which resulted in the elimination of Rachel Zhang. It is free song choice for Sun Nan and Rachel Zhang and the range of song choice for the rest of the singers is popular hits.
 * a. The rap part of the song is composed by Silence Wang himself.

Renowned Singers Challenge Round
The third renowned singers challenge round was broadcast live on 21 June 2024 at 20:00 CST. Both Bird Zhang and Huang Xiaoyun failed in their challenge against Sun Nan and Faouzia Ouihya respectively. It is free song choice for Na Ying and Faouzia Ouihya and the range of song choice for the rest of the singers is popular hits.


 * a. The humming part of the song is《白月光》from Jeff Chang.


 * b. Interlude includes《Honor of Kings》Doria, Heino CP Song《Mermaid Song》, humming part of the song is《打开》from Huang Xiaoyun herself.

Normal Round (Final Normal Round)
The third normal round (Final Normal Round）was broadcast live on 28 June 2024 at 20:00 CST. The final substitute singer Sitar Tan from Singer Season 3 joins the competition. The final normal round combines the rules of normal round and renowned singers challenge round, except that the number of renowned singers reduces from two to one. Rukhiya Baidukenova fails in her challenge against Sun Nan. It is free song choice for Chanté Moore and Na Ying and the range of song choice for the rest of the singers is popular hits, as Faouzia Ouihya originally draws out free song choice but volunteered to switch with Chanté Moore after she confirmed her song choice beforehand.
 * a. The performance alternates between Cantonese and Mandarin, Sun Nan himself is the lyricist for the Mandarin part of the song.

Rising Singers Challenge Round（Final Rising Singers Challenge Round）
The third rising singers challenge round（Final Rising Singers Challenge Round) was broadcast live on 5 July 2024 at 20:00 CST. C-BLOCK fails in their challenge against Faouzia Ouihya while Xu Jun was successful in his challenge against Tia Ray. It is free song choice for Sun Nan and Sitar Tan and the range of song choice for the rest of the singers is popular hits, as Chanté Moore orginally draws out free song choice, but switches with Sitar Tan afterwards.
 * a. Also the on-site pianist.

Overall Ranking
As a result of the challenge success of one rising singer, therefore Tia Ray is eliminated.

Foreign Guest Challenge Round（Final Foreign Guest Challenge Round）
The third foreign guest challenge round（Final Foreign Guest Challenge Round）was broadcast live on 12 July 2024 at 20:00 CST. Lenka Kripac fails in her challenge against Silence Wang. It is free song choice for YELLOW Huang and Sun Nan and the range of song choice for the rest of the singers is popular hits, as Faouzia Ouihya orginally draws out free song choice, but switches with Sun Nan afterwards.

Breakout Round

 * a. Also the on-site pianist.


 * b. Original Name《Love Herby》