Singer Season 11

The eleventh season of Chinese television series Singer (Chinese: 歌手; previously titled I Am a Singer), a Friday prime time music reality show , was broadcast on Hunan Television and Mango TV between May and August 2026. Singer 2026 is still produced by Zhang Danyang, who is part of the team of Hong Xiao and its music director is Taiwanese senior musician George Chen Chien Chi. The season premiere was broadcast live on May 22, 2026 at HBS production base (commonly known as the seven colourful boxes) in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan province, and this was the fifth season to feature returning contestants, after season five, season eight, season nine and season ten The season premiered on 22 May 2026, and will end on 14 August 2026.

Singer 2026 continues to gather famous singers of Greater China and other regions to participate.^[1][2][3]

Not yet revealed

The sign up channel for the audience members of the program in this season will officially open at 12 noon Beijing time on 27 April 2026. That evening, a set of AI-generated posters featuring《Singer 2026》line-up of initial singers began circulating online. This set of posters highly matched the official layout of the production team in visual design, and included names such as Angela Zhang, Henry Lau, and Mai Mizuhashi, who were previously rumored to be part of the Singer line-up. That evening, Mai Mizuhashi, who was rumored to be one of the initial singers, responded first, claiming that "she was also surprised", whereas she did not make a clear statement regarding the authenticity of the content in the poster. However, the performances of Japanese artists have been completely suspended in China starting from 28 November 2025 due to the 2025 China–Japan diplomatic crisis. On April 28, the production team issued a statement through its official Weibo account, stating that the posters in question were all created by netizens and were not official version, and the official line-up have not been announced .^[4][5]

On 15 May 2026, Hunan Television and Mango TV broadcast a special project of《Singer 2026》, featuring interviews with ten participating singers from past seasons: Susan Huang, Wei Wei, Kit Chan, Joey Yung, Jam Hsiao, Tengger, Yang Kun, Charlie Zhou, Na Ying, and Jess Lee.^[6] On 16 May, the production team announces the line-up of the initial singers for this season officially on its official Weibo account.^[2]

Episode 1 is the first round of competition for Singer 2026, which is also the first opening round. It was broadcast live on 22 May 2026 at 19:30 CST.

The season will begin airing on 22 May 2026, with the show broadcast live every Friday at 19:30 CST on both Hunan TV and Mango TV. It will also be the first time to implement dual-platform 4K ultra-high-definition large-screen live broadcast. During the live broadcast, Mango TV will simultaneously provide live camera footage from the Singer's Home and live individual camera footage of each singer. Mango TV subscribers can also watch the "Advanced Show" segment and "Additional Version" segment on demand every Thursday and every Saturday at 12:00 CST. It will be broadcast exclusively through the Mango TV International APP (MangoTV) for foreign countries. All the songs in this season's competition are available in both live and collection's edition versions.

Malaysia's Astro QJ and Singapore's HUB E City will broadcast this season's program live every Friday night, simultaneously with Hunan TV and Mango TV, starting 22 May.

1. Major programs airing in the same or overlapping time slots:

     • Zhejiang Television:  《Keep Running Season 14》                
     • Jiangsu Satellite TV：《Melody Roaming 3》

2. Data provided by Kuyun Digital Entertainment(https://www.ky.live/#/), survey scope includes smart two-way interactive TV viewer.

3. The above viewership rankings do not include CCTV.

4. The rankings are for all variety shows on Friday nights, and not necessarily in the same time slot.

5.《Singer 2026 Countdown To Start Of Show》is not included in the viewership and rankings.

• 湖南衛視歌手 on Weibo (in Chinese)
• 《Singer 2026》Mango TV Official Channel

• ^ a. From 27 February 2026 to 15 May 2026,《The Inn 2026》will air during prime time every Friday. One episode of《Golden Eagle Exclusive Theater》will air at 19:30, and 《The Inn 2026》will air at 20:10.