Asian Wave
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| Broadcast from | 11 July – 20 September 2012 |
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 Sun Nan Gao Xiaosong Alan Tam Hacken Lee Chyi Chin Jerry Huang (黃舒駿) Phil Chang Eric Moo Penny Tai Lee Min-woo Lisa Ono Pang Prakasit Bosuwan AnaidaNote: not all judges are present in any given episode |
| Host(s) | Lin Hai (林海) |
| Broadcaster | Dragon Television |
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| Finals venue | Baoshan Sports Center, Shanghai, China |
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Shila Amzah
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| Origin | Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| Literal meaning | Voices Moving Asia | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Shēng Dòng Yàzhōu |
Asian Wave is a 2012 Chinese reality singing talent show featuring contestants from many different Asian countries. The show premiered on 11 July 2012 on Dragon Television.
On 20 September 2012, Malaysian singer-songwriter Shila Amzah won the competition by unanimous vote, after performing 3 songs (in the final rounds) in 3 languages (Malay, English and Mandarin).
The first 16 episodes, first shown between 11 July 2012 and 30 August 2012, feature competitions amongst 66 Greater China contestants (including music groups). Competition was so strong that established singer Fiona Fung from Hong Kong failed to reach even the Final 16. In the end, the 6 finalists were selected (in order of finish):
They qualified to the Asian Region contest for a chance to compete with 18 contestants from the rest of Asia.
The preliminary rounds of the Asian-wide competition consist of 6 episodes and were first aired from 3 September 2012 to 19 September 2012.
In each group of 8 contestants, 4 will advance to the Final Rounds.
In Round 1, eight contestants are divided into 4 pairs, with the 4 winners directly advancing to Round 2. Then the judges do a second round of voting to determine the best 2 contestants among the 4 losers. Then, the remaining 2 contestants do a 30-second a cappella battle to determine the last contestant to advance.
In Round 2, the 4 winners from Round 1 are divided into 2 pairs, with the 2 winners directly advancing to the Final Rounds. Then the judges do a second round of voting to determine the better contestant between the 2 losers. Later, the best contestant from the 3 losers from Round 1 does a 30-second a cappella battle with the remaining winner from Round 1, to determine the last contestant to advance.
Extra battle: judges could not decide between the Indian duo and the Chinese duo who both lost their first battle in Round 2.
The final 3 rounds were broadcast live on 20 September 2012. Before the competition, some of the previously eliminated contestants performed; as well as invitees Jam Hsiao from Taiwan and Michael Wong from Malaysia.
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