After keeping a relatively low profile following her husband Blackie Chen’s #MeToo scandal in 2023, Taiwanese singer Christine Fan made a surprising return to the spotlight by appearing on the Chinese singing show, Singer 2025.

The 49-year-old joined the show after the elimination of singer Terry Lin.

Dressed in a glittery gold gown, Christine performed her own hit ‘The First Dream’, immediately sounding shaky and pitchy.

In fact, sharp-eyed netizens noticed that she looked visibly affected by how she sounded during the performance.

Following the performance, a visibly emotional Christine was seen crying backstage and host He Jiong was spotted comforting her as she tearfully apologised saying, “I’m sorry. I really lost control”.

Unsurprisingly, Christine was eliminated from the show that same night. While her studio audience score wasn’t the lowest, the lack of online support sealed her fate as

Singer 2025 tallies votes from both in-person audiences and Internet users.

Clips of her pitchy singing quickly went viral, appearing on Weibo’s hot search list.

Later that night, Christine posted a video on Weibo, saying, “It’s my first time participating on such a program and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous”.

She then thanked everyone for listening to her sing and promised that she will continue to work hard despite the setback.

Photos: Sinchew, Christine Fan/Weibo