Asian Wave is a 2012 Chinese reality singing talent show featuring contestants from many different Asian countries. The show premiered on 11 July 2012 on Dragon Television.

On 20 September 2012, Malaysian singer-songwriter Shila Amzah won the competition by unanimous vote, after performing 3 songs (in the final rounds) in 3 languages (Malay, English and Mandarin).

The first 16 episodes, first shown between 11 July 2012 and 30 August 2012, feature competitions amongst 66 Greater China contestants (including music groups). 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 (in order of finish):

1. Chang Shilei
2. Sun Bolun (孙伯纶)
3. Liang Yi-chen (梁一貞)
4. Guo Yifan (郭一凡)
5. Henry Huo
6. 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.

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.

Round 1

Pair	Contestant	Song	Result
A	Tia Kar	"Chikni Chameli" originally by Shreya Ghoshal
	Liang Yi-chen	"拒绝再玩" originally by Leslie Cheung
B	Kelvin Tan	"火柴天堂" originally by Hsiung Tien-ping
	Lau Wan Yin	"Bukan Cinta Biasa" originally by Siti Nurhaliza
C	7942	"Paradise" originally by T-max	Eliminated by Techin Chayuti
	Cross Gene	"La-Di Da-Di" own song
D	Henry Huo	"茉莉花 (Mo Li Hua)" folk song
	Techin Chayuti	"ปวดร้าวเท่าๆกัน" own song

Round 2

Group	Contestant	Song	Result
A	Henry Huo	"それぞれに" originally by Kousuke Atari
	Liang Yi-chen	"Rolling in the Deep" originally by Adele
B	Lau Wan Yin	"寂寞先生" originally by Gary Chaw
	Cross Gene	"My Love" originally by Westlife
C	Techin Chayuti	"千里之外" originally by Jay Chou	Eliminated
	Kelvin Tan	"You Raise Me Up" originally by Brian Kennedy	Won the group battle but eliminated by Henry Huo
	Tia Kar	"Unfaithful" originally by Rihanna	Eliminated

Round 1

Pair	Contestant	Song	Result
A	Shila Amzah	"Set Fire to the Rain" originally by Adele
	Rachel Chua	"傻瓜" originally by Landy Wen
B	Sun Bolun	"洋葱" originally by Ding Dang
	Anirudh Bhola	"Bhaag D.K. Bose" originally by Ram Sampath
C	Ploy & Achi	"แทงข้างหลัง ทะลุถึงหัวใจ" originally by Aof Pongsak	Eliminated by Anirudh Bhola
	ZE:A	"Mazeltov" own song
D	Emi Tawata	"Musing" own song
	Chang Shilei	"人间" originally by Faye Wong

Round 2

Group	Contestant	Song	Result
A	ZE:A	"2 in the Morning" originally by New Kids on the Block "The Way I Are" originally by Timbaland	Decided to forfeit against Chang Shilei
	Sun Bolun	"爱我还是他" originally by David Tao
B	Shila Amzah	"Forever Love" originally by Leehom Wang
	Emi Tawata	"I'll Be There"[1] originally by The Jackson 5
C	Anirudh Bhola	"Maa Da Ladla" originally by Master Saleem	Eliminated
	Rachel Chua	"I Surrender" originally by Celine Dion	Eliminated
	Chang Shilei	"对你爱不完" originally by Aaron Kwok

Round 1

Pair	Contestant	Song	Result
A	Priyanka Negi & Bhavin Dhanak	"Subha Hone Na De" originally by Mika Singh & Shefali Alvares
	By2	"When You Believe" originally by Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston
B	Athena Beh	"我是一只小小鸟" originally by Chief Chao	Eliminated by By2
	Whee	"너와 결혼할 사람" own song
C	Guo Meizi & Yu Chaoying	"Tell Him" originally by Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion
	Ten Nararak	"อย่าปล่อยให้คนคนนึงคิดถึงเธอ" own song
D	Guo Yifan	"Give Me One Reason" originally by Tracy Chapman
	Flow	"Go!!!"[1] own song

Round 2

Group	Contestant	Song	Result
A	Priyanka Negi & Bhavin Dhanak	"Just a Kiss" originally by Lady Antebellum	See below
	Guo Yifan	"够了" own song
B	Guo Meizi & Yu Chaoying	"最爱我的人伤我最深" originally by A-mei & Chang Yu-sheng	See below
	Whee	"You Give Love a Bad Name" originally by Bon Jovi
C	By2	"DNA" own song	Eliminated
	Ten Nararak	"Listen" originally by Beyoncé Knowles
	Flow	"Surfin' U.S.A."[1] originally by The Beach Boys	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" originally by Neeraj Shridhar & Amrita Kak
Guo Meizi & Yu Chaoying	"她在睡前哭泣" originally by Mindy Quah & Coco Lee	After the song, Guo Meizi decided to withdraw citing health reasons while Yu Chaoying was eliminated by Ten Nararak

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.

Round 1

Pair	Contestant	Song	Result
A	Liang Yi-chen	"I Hate Myself for Loving You" originally by Joan Jett	Eliminated
	Chang Shilei	"high歌" own song; although originally by Huang Ling
B	Lau Wan Yin	"让每个人都心碎" originally by Huang Dawei
	Guo Yifan	"画心" originally by Jane Zhang
C	Henry Huo	"醒" own song
	Whee	"잠시만 안녕" originally by MC the Max	Eliminated
D	Sun Bolun	"没离开过" originally by Terry Lin
	Priyanka Negi & Bhavin Dhanak	"Jai Ho" & "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" music by A. R. Rahman "最炫民族风" originally by Phoenix Legend	Eliminated
E	Shila Amzah	"Gemilang" originally by Jaclyn Victor
	Ten Nararak	"I Will Always Love You" originally by Dolly Parton	Eliminated

Round 2

Pair	Contestant	Song	Result
A	Chang Shilei	"Hero" originally by Mariah Carey
	Lau Wan Yin	"Picture to Burn" originally by Taylor Swift	Eliminated
B	Henry Huo	"我的城" originally by Chang Shilei
	Sun Bolun	"一无所有" originally by Cui Jian	Eliminated
C	Shila Amzah	"Grenade" originally by Bruno Mars
	Guo Yifan	"If I Ain't Got You" originally by Alicia Keys	Eliminated

Round 3

Contestant	Song
Chang Shilei	"Bad Romance" originally by Lady Gaga
Henry Huo	"记得" originally by A-mei
Shila Amzah	"征服" originally by Na Ying

Country / Region	Channel	Airing
Malaysia	Astro Zhi Zun HD	6 October 2012[2]
Singapore	E City	8 October 2012[3]

• Voice of Asia
• Asia New Singer Competition