Asian Wave (season 1)
The first season of Asian Wave (声动亚洲) premiered on 11 July 2012 on Dragon Television. On 20 September 2012, Malaysian singer Shila Amzah won the competition by unanimous vote, after performing 3 songs in 3 languages (Malay, English and Mandarin).
Greater China Qualifier
The first 16 episodes, first shown between 11 July 2012 and 30 August 2012, feature competitions amongst 66 Greater China contestants. 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:
Chang Shilei
Sun Bolun (孙伯纶)
Liang Yi-chen (梁一貞)
Guo Yifan (郭一凡)
Huo Zun (霍尊)
Yu Chaoying (余超颖) & Guo Meizi (郭美孜)
They qualified to the Asian Region contest for a chance to compete with 18 contestants from the rest of Asia.
Preliminary Rounds
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.
Key |
Directly advanced by winning battle |
Advanced by judges' selection |
Advanced by winning the a capella battle |
|---|
Group One
- Round 1
Pair |
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Tia Kar |
"Chikni Chameli" |
|
Liang Yi-chen |
"" |
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B |
Kelvin Tan |
"" |
|
Lau Wan Yin |
"Bukan Cinta Biasa" |
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C |
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"Paradise" |
Eliminated by Techin Chayuti |
Cross Gene |
"La-Di Da-Di" |
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D |
Huo Zun |
" (Mo Li Hua)" |
|
Techin Chayuti |
"ปวดร้าวเท่าๆกัน" |
- Round 2
Group |
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Huo Zun |
"それぞれに" |
|
Liang Yi-chen |
"Rolling in the Deep" |
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B |
Lau Wan Yin |
"" |
|
Cross Gene |
"My Love" |
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C |
Techin Chayuti |
"" |
Eliminated |
Kelvin Tan |
"You Raise Me Up" |
Won the group battle but eliminated by Huo Zun |
|
Tia Kar |
"Unfaithful" |
Eliminated |
Group Two
- Round 1
Pair |
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Shila Amzah |
"Set Fire to the Rain" |
|
Rachel Chua |
"" |
||
B |
Sun Bolun |
"" |
|
Anirudh Bhola |
"Bhaag D.K. Bose" |
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C |
Ploy & Achi |
"แทงข้างหลัง ทะลุถึงหัวใจ" |
Eliminated by Anirudh Bhola |
ZE:A |
"Mazeltov" |
||
D |
Emi Tawata |
"Musing" |
|
Chang Shilei |
"" |
- Round 2
Group |
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
ZE:A |
"2 in the Morning" |
Decided to forfeit against Chang Shilei |
Sun Bolun |
"" |
||
B |
Shila Amzah |
"Forever Love" |
|
Emi Tawata |
"I'll Be There" |
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C |
Anirudh Bhola |
"Maa Da Ladla" |
Eliminated |
Rachel Chua |
"I Surrender" |
Eliminated |
|
Chang Shilei |
"" |
Group Three
- Round 1
Pair |
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Priyanka Negi & Bhavin Dhanak |
"Subha Hone Na De" |
|
By2 |
"When You Believe" |
||
B |
Athena Beh |
"" |
Eliminated by By2 |
Whee |
"너와 결혼할 사람" |
||
C |
Guo Meizi & Yu Chaoying |
"Tell Him" |
|
Ten Nararak |
"อย่าปล่อยให้คนคนนึงคิดถึงเธอ" |
||
D |
Guo Yifan |
"Give Me One Reason" |
|
Flow |
"Go |
!" |
- Round 2
Group |
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Priyanka Negi & Bhavin Dhanak |
"Just a Kiss" |
See below |
Guo Yifan |
"" |
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B |
Guo Meizi & Yu Chaoying |
"" |
See below |
Whee |
"You Give Love a Bad Name" |
||
C |
By2 |
"DNA" |
Eliminated |
Ten Nararak |
"Listen" |
||
Flow |
"Surfin' USA" |
Eliminated |
Extra battle: judges could not decide between the Indian duo and the Chinese duo who both lost their first battle in Round 2.
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|
Priyanka Negi & Bhavin Dhanak |
"Character Dheela" |
|
Guo Meizi & Yu Chaoying |
"" |
After the song, Guo Meizi decided to withdraw citing health |
Final Rounds
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.
Likely due to the violent anti-Japanese demonstrations in China at the time, Japan's Emi Tawata and South Korea's Cross Gene (which includes a Japanese member) had to withdraw from the Final Rounds. As a result, only 10 of the originally selected 12 finalists remain, and after Round 1 the judges do a second round of voting to select one of the five battle losers to advance to Round 2.
Key |
Directly advanced by winning battle |
Advanced by judges' selection |
|---|
- Round 1
Pair |
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Liang Yi-chen |
"I Hate Myself for Loving You" |
Eliminated |
Chang Shilei |
"" |
||
B |
Lau Wan Yin |
"" |
|
Guo Yifan |
"" |
||
C |
Huo Zun |
"" |
|
Whee |
"" |
Eliminated |
|
D |
Sun Bolun |
"" |
|
Priyanka Negi & Bhavin Dhanak |
"Jai Ho" & "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" |
Eliminated |
|
E |
Shila Amzah |
"Gemilang" |
|
Ten Nararak |
"I Will Always Love You" |
Eliminated |
- Round 2
Pair |
Contestant |
Song |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Chang Shilei |
"Hero" |
|
Lau Wan Yin |
"Picture to Burn" |
Eliminated |
|
B |
Huo Zun |
"" |
|
Sun Bolun |
"" |
Eliminated |
|
C |
Shila Amzah |
"Grenade" |
|
Guo Yifan |
"If I Ain't Got You" |
Eliminated |
- Round 3
Contestant |
Song |
|---|---|
Chang Shilei |
"Bad Romance" |
Huo Zun |
"" |
Shila Amzah |
"" |
International broadcasting
Country / Region |
Channel |
Airing |
|---|---|---|
Astro Zhi Zun HD |
6 October, 2012 |
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E City |
8 October, 2012 |