KZ Tandingan Wins 1st Place in Singer 2018's Last Week's Episode

KZ Tandingan in Singer 2018

A few days ago, a lot of Filipinos were very happy to learn that our very own KZ Tandingan finished 1st place in Singer 2018 during their last week's episode. I actually didn't know about this show until it was reported that KZ will be joining the series/competition. So I did my research about the show & so far this is what I found out: 

Singer 2018 is a Chinese television series/competition & a re-branded version of "I Am Singer" which is a Chinese version of the Korean reality show with the same title. From what I understand, the show features talented singers from everywhere & they will perform each week in front of 500-member audience. These audience will cast their votes for the top 3 performance that night. The last person in the ranking will be up for elimination.

It is said that the competition is divided into several rounds. A Challenger enters the competition during the Knockouts & have to avoid last place on their first week, in addition to finishing in top four per the usual Challenge round, in order to be declared safe; failing either challenge eliminates the singer immediately. Additionally, the number of Challenge rounds is usually one less than of the number of Knockout rounds.

At the end of the last Knockout round was the "Breakout" round, which featured ousted singers (except withdrawn singers) for a chance to re-enter the competition & take part in the finals.

And last February 9, 2018 at 8:00 pm in Hunan Television,  the second challenger of the season was KZ Tandingan. She finished 1st place & was temporarily declared safe. This means we will have to wait for another week to know if she can stay there to compete longer until the finals.

For those who want to know, KZ Tandingan is a Filipina singer who rose to fame following her win on the first season of The X Factor Philippines in 2012. You can check her out in YouTube to see how talented of a singer she is. She's known for changing a lot of things in an original song making it her own version & putting her own trademark on it. 

She won 1st place in Singer 2018 in last week's episode while Jessie J, KZ's idol, was 2nd. That's something, right? Both women are good & I love them. But it's nice to know that KZ took the 1st place.

Will she be able to make it to the finals? Hopefully. 

Here's a sneak peak of Singer 2018 Episode 5 - KZ's performance:

Singer 2018 airs on Hunan Television every Friday at 8 pm.