The Next Top Bang (Chinese: 下一站传奇; pinyin: xià yí zhàn chuán qí) is an original Chinesereality variety show produced by Dragon Television. It was first aired on 21 October 2018.
Concept
The Next Top Bang brings together 108 trainees from 13,699 auditionees. Out of the 108 trainees, they are split according to their genders, and to compete for their debut.[1]
Mentors
The mentor teams are William, G.E.M. and Haiquan for male and Kris, Victoria and Bibi for female.[2]
In this round, contestants first danced inside individual 'lifts' on stage in groups of 3. Only those who did not get 2 or more 'red arrows' by the mentors get the chance to exit the lift and sing a song of their choice. Contestants who managed to get all 3 'green arrows' from the mentors after singing will then successfully join the team.
Once all 7 seats in the group have been filled, further contestants who get 3 'green arrows' will have to replace an existing contestant, either by the mentors' decision or by audience voting if the mentors cannot reach a unanimous decision.
Throughout the show, each mentor has one single chance to use a 'golden button' to retain any contestant within the team.
Episode 1 (broadcast date : 21 October 2018)
Order
Male Team
Female Team
Contestant
Result
Contestant
Result
1
He Kailun 何凯伦
IN
Jiang Dan 姜丹
IN
2
Jiang Tingkai 蔣霆凱
OUT
Zhou Liyang 周昱杨
IN
3
Lu Siheng 陸思恆
OUT
Xiao Wu 小伍
IN
4
Wang Yiran 王一然
OUT
Jiang He 姜賀
OUT
5
Yang Haoming 杨昊铭
IN
Chen Zeyu 諶澤宇
OUT
6
Huang Zonghui 黃宗輝
OUT
Zhang Jiaxin 張嘉欣
OUT
7
Pan Xingyu 潘星宇
OUT
Liu Qianyu 刘阡羽
IN
8
Dong Ziming 董子鳴
OUT
Zhangyu Qiujing 章于秋晶
OUT
9
Ren Hao 任豪
OUT
Zhu Jiaxi 朱佳希
OUT
Episode 2 (broadcast date : 28 October 2018)
Order
Male Team
Female Team
Contestant
Result
Contestant
Result
1
Heer Lijun 苛尔力钧
IN
Xu Xinwen 许馨文
IN
2
Zhu Minrui 朱敏睿
OUT
Chen Jiaxin 陈嘉歆
IN
3
Xier Zhati 西爾札提
OUT
Wu Jingyi 吳靜怡
OUT
4
Wang Jichao 王驥超
OUT
Xu Yiyang 徐艺洋
IN
5
Bogu Yuguang 波谷御光
OUT
He Xinyu 和星妤
IN
6
Li Jiajie 李嘉捷
IN
Wang Linqing 汪林晴
OUT
7
Ruan Zeyi 阮澤軼
IN
Zhang Jingwei 張婧薇
OUT
8
Ying Cong 寅聰
OUT
Lin Junyi 林君怡
IN
9
Gao Yuchen 高雨晨
OUT
Yang Mingyao 楊茗遙
OUT
Zhou Liyang and Liu Qianyu were eliminated in this episode as the Female team has exceeded 7 members.
Episode 3 (broadcast date : 4 November 2018)
Order
Male Team
Female Team
Contestant
Result
Contestant
Result
1
Lu Chenyu 呂晨瑜
OUT
Cheng Mo 程茉
OUT
2
Ding Li 丁力
IN
Yu Ziyan 余紫妍
IN
3
Shi Jiapeng 石佳鹏
IN
Zhu Tingchen 朱庭辰
OUT
4
Luo Jie 罗杰
IN
Chen Leyi 陈乐一
IN
5
Raymond 雷蒙
IN
Wu Haha 吳哈哈
OUT
6
Wu Zhongyuan 伍中元
OUT
Xu Ziyin 徐紫茵
IN
Li Jiajie was eliminated in this episode as the Male team has exceeded 7 members.
Xu Yiyang, Jiang Dan and Chen Jiaxin were eliminated in this episode as the Female team has exceeded 7 members.
Shi Jiapeng was accepted as the 8th member of the Male team by mentor William Chan's golden button.
Episode 4 (broadcast date : 11 November 2018)
Order
Male Team
Female Team
Contestant
Result
Contestant
Result
1
Ming Liang 铭亮
IN
Yang Han 楊晗
OUT
2
Li Zhijie 李志杰
OUT
Gu Libo 菇力帕
OUT
3
Hong Yulei 洪雨雷
OUT
Xiao Xianer 小仙儿
IN
4
Xu Junjie 徐俊杰
OUT
Wu Zhuofan 吴卓凡
IN
5
Zuo Qibo 左其铂
IN
Xi Yu 席宇
OUT
6
Zhang Chao 張超
OUT
Liu Shixuan 劉詩璇
OUT
7
Wang Guangyun 王廣允
IN
-
-
8
Liu Keshuai 劉克帥
OUT
-
-
9
Liu Yuzhong 劉羽中
OUT
-
-
Heer Lijun and Raymond were eliminated in this episode as the Male team has exceeded 8 members.
Xiao Wu and He Xingyu were eliminated in this episode as the Female team has exceeded 7 members.
Episode 5 (broadcast date : 18 November 2018)
Order
Male Team
Female Team
Contestant
Result
Contestant
Result
1
Hu Xiaoling 胡瀟靈
OUT
Shu Shu 舒舒
OUT
2
Yang Xiaodong 楊曉東
OUT
Zhu Kejia 朱可佳
IN
3
Hou Jinyao 侯錦堯
IN
Jiang Yu 蒋语
IN
4
-
-
Qu Xue 曲雪
IN
5
-
-
Liu Danmeng 劉丹萌
OUT
6
-
-
Mi Chenchen 米晨晨
OUT
Zuo Qibo and Shi Jiapeng were eliminated in this episode as the Male team has exceeded 7 members.
Hou Jinrao was accepted as the 8th member of the Male team by mentor G.E.M.'s golden button.
Xu Ziyin, Yu Ziyan and Zhu Kejia were eliminated in this episode as the Female team has exceeded 7 members.
Episode 6 (broadcast date : 25 November 2018)
Order
Male Team
Female Team
Contestant
Result
Contestant
Result
1
-
-
Ni Qiuyun 倪秋云
IN
2
-
-
Pan Xueying 潘雪莹
OUT
3
-
-
Xie Keyin 谢可寅
IN
4
Hu Xuchen 胡旭晨
OUT
Zhou Xue 周雪
IN
5
Ding Yunjia 丁韵嘉
OUT
Chen Qiuyu 陈秋雨
OUT
6
Zhou Yinting 周殷廷
OUT
Li Tianyun 李天韵
OUT
7
Luo Qicong 罗启聪
OUT
Yang Meiqi 楊美琪
OUT
8
Wang Yaochen 王耀晨
OUT
Yang Meiling 楊美玲
OUT
9
-
-
Wang Zhiyan 王芷嫣
IN
Ni Qiuyun and Wang Zhiyan were accepted as the 8th and 9th member of the Female team by mentors Victoria Song's and Kris Wu's golden buttons respectively.
He Kailun was eliminated in this episode as the Male team has exceeded 7 members.
Ni Qiuyun, Jiang Yu, Qu Xue and Xu Xinwen were eliminated in this episode as the Female team has exceeded 7 members.
Round 2 : Eliminations
In this round, the male and female teams battle against each other with 3 performances in each episode. The losing team will then have one member from their team in the elimination stand, who will potentially be replaced by a substitute member.
Episode 7 (broadcast date : 2 December 2018)
Joey Yung was invited as a guest mentor for the male team due to G.E.M.'s scheduling issues.
Order
Male Team
Points awarded
Female Team
Points awarded
1 Team battle
Yang Haoming 楊昊銘 Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Ruan Zeyi 阮澤軼 Luo Jie 羅杰 Ming Liang 銘亮 Ding Li 丁立 Hou Jinyao 侯锦尧
5
Zhou Xue 周雪 Wu Zhuofan 吳卓凡 Lin Junyi 林君怡 Chen Leyi 陳樂一 Xiao Xianer 小仙兒 Xie Keyin 谢可寅 Wang Zhiyan 王芷嫣
2
2 Duet battle
Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Ruan Zeyi 阮澤軼
2
Wu Zhuofan 吳卓凡 Lin Junyi 林君怡
5
3 Solo battle
Yang Haoming 楊昊銘
5
Zhou Xue 周雪
2
Total points
WON
12
LOST
9
As the Male team won 12 points vs 9 points in this episode, Wang Zhiyan 王芷嫣 from the female team was selected to stand in the elimination stand. Liu Danmeng 劉丹萌 was selected to replace Wang Zhiyan 王芷嫣 as a contesting member.
Hu Xiaoling 胡潇灵 was selected as the substitute member for the Male Team, while Liu Danmeng 劉丹萌 and Xu Yiyang 徐艺洋 for the Female Team.[nb 1]
Episode 8 (broadcast date : 9 December 2018)
Zhao Yingjun was invited as a guest mentor for the male team due to Hu Haiquan's scheduling issues.
Order
Male Team
Points awarded
Female Team
Points awarded
1 Team battle
Yang Haoming 楊昊銘 Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Ruan Zeyi 阮澤軼 Luo Jie 羅杰 Ming Liang 銘亮 Ding Li 丁立 Hou Jinyao 侯锦尧
6
Zhou Xue 周雪 Wu Zhuofan 吳卓凡 Lin Junyi 林君怡 Chen Leyi 陳樂一 Xiao Xianer 小仙兒 Xie Keyin 谢可寅 Liu Danmeng 刘丹萌
1
2 Group battle
Hou Jinyao 侯锦尧 Wang Guangyun 王廣允
2
Xiao Xianer 小仙兒 Zhou Xue 周雪 Xie Keyin 谢可寅
5
3 Solo battle
Ming Liang 銘亮
4
Liu Danmeng 刘丹萌
3
Total points
WON
12
LOST
9
As the Male team won again with 12 points vs 9 points in this episode, Wang Zhiyan 王芷嫣 from the Female team was selected as the member from the team to be eliminated. For the next episode, Xu Yiyang 徐艺洋 was selected to replace Zhou Xue as a contesting member.
Episode 9 (broadcast date : 16 December 2018)
Order
Male Team
Points awarded
Female Team
Points awarded
1 Team battle
Yang Haoming 楊昊銘 Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Ruan Zeyi 阮澤軼 Luo Jie 羅杰 Ming Liang 銘亮 Ding Li 丁立 Hou Jinyao 侯锦尧
5
Wu Zhuofan 吳卓凡 Lin Junyi 林君怡 Chen Leyi 陳樂一 Xiao Xianer 小仙兒 Xie Keyin 谢可寅 Liu Danmeng 刘丹萌 Xu Yiyang 徐艺洋
2
2 Group battle
Ming Liang 銘亮 Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Luo Jie 羅杰
4
Liu Danmeng 刘丹萌 Xie Keyin 谢可寅
3
3 Final battle
Ding Li 丁立
4
Wu Zhuofan 吳卓凡 Xiao Xianer 小仙兒
3
Total points
WON
13
LOST
8
As the Male team won again in this episode, Zhou Xue 周雪 was selected as the member from the female team to be eliminated.
Episode 10 (broadcast date : 23 December 2018)
Zheng Kai was invited as a guest mentor for the female team due to Kris Wu's scheduling issues.
Order
Male Team
Points awarded
Female Team
Points awarded
1 Team battle
Yang Haoming 楊昊銘 Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Ruan Zeyi 阮澤軼 Luo Jie 羅杰 Ming Liang 銘亮 Ding Li 丁立 Hou Jinyao 侯锦尧
6
Wu Zhuofan 吳卓凡 Lin Junyi 林君怡 Chen Leyi 陳樂一 Xiao Xianer 小仙兒 Xie Keyin 谢可寅 Liu Danmeng 刘丹萌 Xu Yiyang 徐艺洋
1
2 Group battle
Yang Haoming 楊昊銘 Ming Liang 銘亮 Ding Li 丁立
5
Wu Zhuofan 吳卓凡 Xie Keyin 谢可寅 Xu Yiyang 徐艺洋
2
3 Final battle
Hou Jinyao 侯锦尧 Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Luo Jie 羅杰
4
Chen Leyi 陳樂一
3
Total points
WON
15
LOST
6
As the Male team won again in this episode, Xiao Xianer 小仙兒 was selected as the member from the female team to be eliminated.
Lin Junyi 林君怡 Chen Leyi 陳樂一 Xie Keyin 谢可寅 (with Tia Ray)
4
Total points
LOST
10
WON
11
As the Female team won for the first time in this episode, Luo Jie 羅杰 was selected to stand in elimination stand. Hu Xiaoling 胡潇灵 was selected to replace Luo Jie 羅杰 as a contesting member.[nb 2]
Final Round
Episode 12 (broadcast date : 6 January 2019)
Order
Male Team
Points awarded
Female Team
Points awarded
1 Team battle
Yang Haoming 楊昊銘 Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Ruan Zeyi 阮澤軼 Ming Liang 銘亮 Ding Li 丁立 Hou Jinyao 侯锦尧 Hu Xiaoling 胡潇灵
4
Wu Zhuofan 吳卓凡 Lin Junyi 林君怡 Chen Leyi 陳樂一 Xie Keyin 谢可寅 Liu Danmeng 刘丹萌 Xu Yiyang 徐艺洋
3
2 Group battle
Ruan Zeyi 阮澤軼 Wang Guangyun 王廣允 Luo Jie 羅杰 (with William Chan)
As the Male Team won in this final round, one of its members gets to be the MVP of the year. Yang Haoming 楊昊銘 was eventually voted to be the MVP of the year, beating second placed Wang Guangyun 王廣允 and third placed Hou Jinyao 侯锦尧.
Teams
Round Two
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Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Male Team
Female Team
Male Team
Female Team
Male Team
Female Team
1
Yang Haoming
Lin Junyi
Yang Haoming
Lin Junyi
Yang Haoming
Lin Junyi
2
Ruan Zeyi
Chen Leyi
Ruan Zeyi
Chen Leyi
Ruan Zeyi
Chen Leyi
3
Ding Li
Xiao Xianer
Ding Li
Xiao Xianer
Ding Li
Xiao Xianer
4
Luo Jie
Wu Zhuofan
Luo Jie
Wu Zhuofan
Luo Jie
Wu Zhuofan
5
Ming Liang
Xie Keyin
Ming Liang
Xie Keyin
Ming Liang
Xie Keyin
6
Wang Guangyun
Zhou Xue
Wang Guangyun
Zhou Xue
Wang Guangyun
Liu Danmeng
7
Hou Jinyao
Wang Zhiyan
Hou Jinyao
Liu Danmeng
Hou Jinyao
Xu Yiyang
Substitute members
Hu Xiaoling
Liu Danmeng
Hu Xiaoling
Xu Yiyang
Hu Xiaoling
Zhou Xue
–
Xu Yiyang
–
Wang Zhiyan
–
–
#
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Male Team
Female Team
Male Team
Female Team
Male Team
Female Team
1
Yang Haoming
Lin Junyi
Yang Haoming
Lin Junyi
Yang Haoming
Lin Junyi
2
Ruan Zeyi
Chen Leyi
Ruan Zeyi
Chen Leyi
Ruan Zeyi
Chen Leyi
3
Ding Li
Xiao Xianer
Ding Li
Wu Zhuofan
Ding Li
Wu Zhuofan
4
Luo Jie
Wu Zhuofan
Luo Jie
Xie Keyin
Ming Liang
Xie Keyin
5
Ming Liang
Xie Keyin
Ming Liang
Liu Danmeng
Wang Guangyun
Liu Danmeng
6
Wang Guangyun
Liu Danmeng
Wang Guangyun
Xu Yiyang
Hou Jinyao
Xu Yiyang
7
Hou Jinyao
Xu Yiyang
Hou Jinyao
–
Hu Xiaoling
–
Substitute members
Hu Xiaoling
–
Hu Xiaoling
–
Luo Jie
–
Notes
^Female Team can select 2 substitute members as Xie Keying won the week's MVP.
^As Male Team lost the first round, all members were to stay in elimination stand. After winning the second round, Jinyao and Ming Liang chose to rescue Luo Jie. After losing overall, a member have to be chosen to remain in the stand while the rest can return. Mentors chose Luo Jie and Wang Guangyun to battle, and Luo Jie lost, resulting him in becoming a substitute member.
