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SPOP Wave!
Presented byKenneth Chung Kun Wah
Chen Ning
JudgesKit Chan
Paul Lee
Peter Lee
Kelly Yu
William Wei
Where Chou
Angela Zhang
No. of contestants8
WinnerGao Meigui
Winning mentorThe Freshmen
Runner-upRidhwan Azman
LocationCapitol Singapore
MentorsHong Junyang
The Freshmen
Companion showSPOP Sing!
No. of episodes8 (announced)
Release
Original networkmeLISTEN
meWatch
YouTube
Channel 8 (preview)
Channel U (preview)
Original release2 November (2021-11-02) –
21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)

SPOP Wave (Chinese: SPOP 艺起唱!; pinyin: SPOP Yì Qǐ Chàng) is a Singaporean Chinese singing reality competition featuring eight celebrities competing live in front of the nation and facing the judges who consist of various music professionals. It is a spin-off to the 2018's SPOP Sing! due to its similarities. The competition was streamed digitally on meLISTEN, meWatch LIVE and the Entertainment Mediacorp YouTube channel, which premiered on 2 November 2021.

The competition ended on 21 December 2021 with Gao Meigui (mentored by The Freshmen) named as the winner, while Ridhwan Azman (mentored by Hong Junyang) and Sherly Devonne Ng (mentored by The Freshmen) named as runner-up and third place, respectively.

Development

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SPOP Wave was first announced on 15 October 2021 on 8world and Mediacorp, revealing that eight celebrities would compete in eight weeks of competition to determine the best celebrity singer with several elements borrowed from other popular singing competitions.[1] YES 933 radio actors Kenneth Chung and Chen Ning were announced as hosts, while Hong Junyang and The Freshmen were revealed as mentors to the celebrity contestants.[2] On 21 October, Kit Chan, Paul and Peter Lee were revealed as resident judges to the competition, and on the 27th, the panel was expanded with four international A-list artists as guest judges, namely Where Chou, Kelly Yu, William Wei and Angela Zhang.[3][4][5]

A virtual livestream was held on 26 October through YES 933's social media, meListen and meWATCH live and a preview of the show was unveiled.[6] A second livestream was held on 9 November through meListen and meWATCH as well as televised on Channel 8 and U. The entire competition was shot "live-to-tape" at Capitol Singapore, the site previously used for the semifinal.

Like the flagship competition, a mandatory rule requires all celebrities to sing songs featuring at least one Singaporean in either the lyrics, composition or arrangement.

Sponsorship

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None of the sponsors from SPOP Sing! returned to sponsor the show. The new sponsors were Powerhouse Karaoke, Osim International, Simmons, Nature Drops, KKBox and IMC Live Global, which used for the basis of teleconferencing the guest judges at Shanghai as a result of the travel restrictions imposed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Contestants

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On 29 October, the eight celebrities were unveiled but they are not explicitly known, and they have been masked as digital avatars and altered microphone keys to conceal their identities. Among the cast announced, six out of eight had previously competed in singing competitions (four of which are from Singapore), five with prior acting roles, a radio DJ, a former getai singer, a YouTube personality and a chef.[7] These eight singers were revealed on two shows on 2 and 9 November, as follows:[8][9]

  •   – Winner
  •   – Runner-up
  •   – Third place
Name Avatar Mentor/Team Known for Result
Gao Mei Gui 高美贵 Panda Team Freshmen YES 933 radio anchor and singer Winner
Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 Lion Team Junyang YouTube personality/singer Runner-up
Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 Otter Team Freshmen That Girl in Pinafore and Tanglin actress Third place
Leon Lim 林纯隆 Hamburger Team Freshmen MasterChef Singapore season 2 runner-up 4th place
Rao Zi Jie 饒梓杰 Xuanfeng Pig Team Junyang Singer/actor 5th place
Kele Lau 阳光可乐 Lucky Dog Team Junyang Stage hostess/singer 6th place
Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 Angry Bomb Team Freshmen Stage host/singer 7th/8th place
Aden Tan 陈昱志 Baby Shark Team Junyang Singer/actor 7th/8th place

Competition summary

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Live shows color key
      Celebrity was safe
      Celebrity was at risk of elimination/saved by the mentor
      Celebrity was at risk of elimination but declared saved
      Celebrity earned immunity/immune from elimination
      Celebrity was eliminated

Week 1 & 2 - Hidden Identity Singer (2 and 9 November)

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The eight celebrities are revealed for the first time in a similar unmasking format in the Masked Singer franchise, with the first week revealing the four celebrities from Team Freshmen while the second week saw the debut of four Team Junyang's celebrities, hence both weeks are non-elimination. A list of songs are determined by an online vote from 15 to 20 October and the songs were announced on 27 October. Kenneth Chung was not present for hosting during the first three weeks of shows.[4][10]

Episode Team Order Singer Song Score
Episode 1
(2 November 2021)
Team Freshmen 1 Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 "空白格" 66.6
2 Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 "到时见" 75
3 Gao Mei Gui 高美贵 "我" 88.3
4 Leon Lim 林纯隆 "迟" 83.3
Episode 2
(9 November 2021)
Team Junyang 5 Aden Tan 陈昱志 "马德里不思议" 78.3
6 Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 "双栖动物" 88.6
7 Kele Lau 阳光可乐 "爱情字典" 63.3
8 Rao Zi Jie 饒梓杰 "刻在我心底的名字" 71.6

Week 3 - Quarterfinal 1- Duets (16 November)

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In this round, the eight celebrities are each divided into four pairs of duets by their mentors to perform a song, with the order of performance decided by the celebrities with the highest scores from the preliminary round. After both duets, the pair with a higher score are declared safe, while the losing pair are at risk of elimination, as the mentor had to eliminate one celebrity. Kelly Yu served as the guest judge.

Team Order Singer Song Score Result
Team Junyang 1 Kele Lau 阳光可乐 "天黑请闭眼" 78 Safe
Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 Safe
2 Aden Tan 陈昱志 "凭什么" 75 Eliminated
Rao Zi Jie 饒梓杰 Mentor Save
Team Freshmen 3 Gao Mei Gui 高美贵 "除此之外" 87 Safe
Leon Lim 林纯隆 Safe
4 Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 "接受" 79.25 Mentor Save
Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 Eliminated

Week 4 - Quarterfinal 2- Team Battle (23 November)

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In this episode, teams collaborated and performed a medley of three songs in unison (the order are based on the celebrity's role as a lead singer for the respective song from the medley). After both performances, the judges will then vote for the team who performed better. The losing team (either with a minority of votes or in the case of a deadlock, a lower score) will have one team member eliminated by decision from the mentor. Teams participated in a pop quiz (based on the celebrities' profiles, in a series of quizzes) presented by the hosts; teams took turns answer as many questions in 40 seconds, and the team with the most questions correct will decide the performance order. William Wei served as the guest judge.

Team Order Singer Song Judges' votes Judges' score Result
Paul Kit Peter William
Team Junyang 1 Kele Lau 阳光可乐 "绿光"/"如燕"/"心牆" 321 Eliminated
Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 Mentor's Save
Rao Zi Jie 饒梓杰 Mentor's Save
Team Freshmen 2 Gao Mei Gui 高美贵 "开始懂了"/"电话"/"爱是怀疑" 336 Safe
Leon Lim 林纯隆 Safe
Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 Safe

Week 5 - Quarterfinal 3- Mixed Battle (30 November)

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In the third week of the quarterfinals, one celebrity performed a song of their choice and are put through the "hot seat" (represented as a bar stool). For every subsequent performance, the celebrity tries to beat the score from incumbent in the "hot seat"; if the score is higher, the celebrity is safe and is seated on the "comfy seat" (represented as four gaming chairs); otherwise, the incumbent on the "hot seat" is unseated to replace the celebrity on the "hot seat". The celebrity who remained in the "hot seat" (meaning the lowest score) at the end of all the performances is eliminated from the competition. Angela Chang served as the guest judge.

Team Order Singer Song Score Result
Team Junyang 1 Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 "我不难过" 69.5 Safe
Team Freshmen 2 Gao Mei Gui 高美贵 "二人同行" 77 Safe
Team Junyang 3 Rao Zi Jie 饒梓杰 "亲爱的做个好梦" 67.5 Eliminated
Team Freshmen 4 Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 "讨厌" 82 Safe
5 Leon Lim 林纯隆 "我恨我爱你" 79.9 Safe

Week 6 - Quarterfinal 4- Mystery Guest Singer PK (7 December)

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In the fourth and final Quarterfinals, each celebrity challenged against a mystery guest singer with the identity unknown to the singer prior to the start of each song; the mystery singer's represented as Drogon (billed as "fierce dragon") during introduction, later revealed as Kelvin Tan. The mystery singer sang "心如刀刻" and sets a target score of 86; one-at-a-time, celebrities will attempt to beat the score. All the scores are not revealed until all the celebrities have performed; if at least one celebrity managed to beat Tan's score, the week became non-elimination, and the celebrity with the highest score would earn immunity and immediately advance to the finals, otherwise, the celebrity with the lowest score would face elimination. Where Chou served as the guest judge.

Team Order Singer Song Score Result
Team Freshmen 1 Gao Mei Gui 高美贵 "人间烟火" 87.75 Advanced
2 Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 "对爱渴望" 83.75 Safe
Team Junyang 3 Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 "My Little Princess" 82.75 Safe
Team Freshmen 4 Leon Lim 林纯隆 "疼憨人" 79.25 Saved

Week 7 - Semifinal- Guest Duets (14 December)

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Each celebrity partnered with a guest singer to perform a duet. The scores received for this round will influence the order of performance during the finale. With the previous week's being non-elimination and Gao being immune from elimination (and exempting her from the semifinal),[11] the celebrity with the lowest score for this round will face elimination.

Avatar/Team Order Singer Partner Song Score Result
Team Freshmen 1 Leon Lim 林纯隆 Jimmy Yap "假面的告白" 80 Eliminated
Team Junyang 2 Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 Olivia Ong "梦想起飞" 84.3 Safe
Team Freshmen 3 Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 Serene Koong "幸福不难" 81 Safe

In the finale broadcast, surprise guest singer JJ Lin made an appearance to advise on the finalists.

Week 8 - Finale (21 December)

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Each celebrity sang two songs, one uptempo and one ballad, and during the finals, a voting window opens during the live shows until 9.15 pm on meListen's YES 933's page. Both the public vote (for up to three) and the judges scores are given equal say, and the celebrity who received a higher combined score will win SPOP Wave!.[12][13][14] William Wei returned as a guest judge while Jim Lim, the musical director, made an appearance in the finale.

Team Singer Order Uptempo song Order Ballad song Public vote rank Result
Team Freshmen Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 1 "王妃" 6 "你好不好" 3rd Third place
Gao Mei Gui 高美贵 2 "慢慢来" 4 "像天堂的悬崖" 1st Winner
Team Junyang Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 3 "Show Your Love" 5 "天黑" 2nd Runner-up
Non-competition performance
Order Performers Song
8.1 Top 8 celebrities "听我唱响"
8.2 William Wei "如果可以"
8.3 Jarrell Huang "触电"

Elimination chart

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Color key:

  Team Freshmen
  Team Junyang
  Winner
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Did not perform
  Saved by the judges
  Advanced
  Immune from elimination
  Saved by the mentor
  Saved/lowest score
  Eliminated
Results per stage
Place Contestant Preliminary[a] Quarterfinal 1 Quarterfinal 2[b] Quarterfinal 3 Quarterfinal 4[c] Semifinal Finale[d]
11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/14 12/21
1 Gao Mei Gui 高美贵 1st N/A Safe Safe Safe Advanced[c] Immune Winner
2 Ridhwan Azman 任毅翔 N/A 1st Safe Mentor save Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
3 Sherly Devonne Ng 黄艺萱 4th N/A Mentor save Safe Safe Safe Safe Third place
4 Leon Lim 林纯隆 2nd N/A Safe Safe Safe Saved[c] Eliminated
5 Rao Zi Jie 饒梓杰 N/A 3rd Mentor save Mentor save Eliminated
6 Kele Lau 阳光可乐 N/A 4th Safe Eliminated
7-8 Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 3rd N/A Eliminated
Aden Tan 陈昱志 N/A 2nd
  1. ^ Both weeks of the preliminary rounds were non-elimination. The placements reflected in the column are the placements for each contestant during the episode.
  2. ^ The judges' vote resulted in a tie. Per the competition rules, the team with a higher judges' score is used for resolving a tie.
  3. ^ a b c During the fourth Quarter-finals, the celebrities then compete to best the target score of 86 to determine the fate for this week's shows. If at least one celebrity was successful, the week became non-elimination and the celebrity with a higher score won immunity and was exempt in the semifinals; otherwise, eliminations for this week ran ahead as normal. Gao was the only celebrity to beat the target score to win her immunity, and thus saving Lim from elimination.
  4. ^ During the finale, both judge's scores and the public viewers voted for which finalist should win SPOP Wave!.

Reception

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The set with wrinkled curtains, which was seen in the first two episodes, was criticized by viewers after the first episode aired, with comments such as "derogatory" and "unprofessional setting" in the background. The set was modified beginning episode three, with the curtains removed and changing the judging panel's position aligned parallel to the audience's row.[15]

The elimination of Jeremy Chan after episode three had also been criticized, citing either as a technical foul on competition rules,[16] or its format as either confusing or inconsistent, but the production had replied on the controversy as the competition rules had already been explained during the show, and had been followed accordingly.[17]

The naming of Gao Meigui as the champion was also criticised as being rigged, as she was a DJ with YES 933 at the time of the show's airing.[18]

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References

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  16. ^ "不甘田铭耀被淘汰 网民心疼喊话:他只是输给了赛制". Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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