Jess Lee Achieves 'Singer' Reveal Success, 'So Awesome' Hits #1 Trending

Malaysia's 'Queen of Iron Lung' Jess Lee returned on the night of the 4th to compete again on China's show Singer 2025, successfully taking the place of singer Zhelainv who challenged with 'Three Realms, Four Continents' as a reveal challenger. She became the new online singer, and related topics quickly shot to #1 on the trending list, with netizens exclaiming, 'A 10-year promise fulfilled at last!'

Jess Lee's participation in Singer immediately attracted widespread attention. Even the Malaysian Embassy in China specially posted on social media to support her, while Deputy Director of the Malaysia Tourism Board, Lee Taikang, appeared on the show to send blessings from her homeland to the all-out-performing Jess Lee, making her truly a shining light for Malaysia.

The short video played before Jess Lee's stage appearance recapped her 15-year ups and downs. It included experiences like switching to real estate agent work during the pandemic, performing in bars and live houses to make a living, persisting in vocal practice despite scarce commercial gigs, and her words, 'As long as you give me a microphone, I'll never let go,' which moved the audience to tears. This return marks a new beginning after failing as a challenger in 2015's Season 3 of I Am a Singer; she stated that she wanted to show everyone the transformed version of herself. Her performance of Anthony Chen's 'Queen' was interpreted as a metaphor for her life experiences—'The closest I've gotten to being a queen was being the Queen of Home Sales. I want to remove the words "real estate".'

Returning to the Singer stage as a reveal challenger, Jess Lee's performance was praised as 'sound engineer-level live'—solid high notes, stable low notes, combining emotional explosiveness with delicacy, and a live performance as steady as a studio recording. On Mango TV's official site, the live comment section was filled with 'sounds so good' from her very first line. Viewers wanted Jess Lee to stay and keep competing, with many netizens saying her performance was a 'dimensionality reduction attack,' showing a clear gap with Zhelainv. Music critics commented that she had transformed from a 'technical powerhouse' into a 'soulful conversationalist,' and that her performance of 'Queen' showcased emotion surpassing technique.