The Playoffs began on 16 September and comprised episodes 11, 12, and 13, aired over three weeks. They were followed by the live show on the fourth week, the final phase of the competition. From this point on in the competition, the remaining artists went head-to-head against artists from the other teams, which introduced the possibility of having a group of finalists without equal team representation.
Week 1–2: The Cross Fightings (16 & 23 September) The first two weeks of the Playoff rounds featured coaches competing with an opposing coach with their remaining artists. Through the drawing of lots, it was decided that coach Na Ying would be given the opportunity to pick her opposing coach, and the remaining two coaches who were not picked by her would go head-to-head against each other in a separate episode. Na eventually picked Harlem Yu, and competed with him in the twelfth episode; while Team Jay competed with Team Wang Feng in the eleventh. In a Cross Fighting, an artist would be sent by his or her coach to compete against an artist from the opposing team. The selection of the artists and their order of appearance were all decided by their respective coaches, and all of which were done without the knowledge of the opposing coach. Therefore, the pairings were completely by random, and would only be revealed when the coaches revealed their selection on stage. At the end of each Cross Fighting round, the artist receiving the most votes from the 51-person professional judging panel would advance to the next Playoff round. Each member of the judging panel was entitled to one vote per pairing. Each of the coaches was allowed to save one losing artist from their respective team, and they had to decide on the spot if they would like to exercise the power on the artist once he or she was announced as the loser of a Cross Fighting. If the losing coach decides not to, the artist would be immediately eliminated. The two artists that were saved by the coaches (one from each team) would then perform again in the "coach's save" round, with the one receiving the most judges votes moving on to the Top 12. In the event when there was only one saved artist as the opposing coach failed to exercise his or her power, the only saved artist would be given walkover and automatically advance to the next round without having to perform again. ; Colour key
Week 3: Top 12 (30 September) The Top 12 performed on the third week of the Playoffs for a spot in the finals. The order of appearance was decided through the drawing of lots by the coaches. In deciding who moves on, a professional judging panel made up of 51 veteran record producers, music critics, and media practitioners from various media companies; as well as the studio audience made up of 350 members of the public were given an equal say. Each of the voters was entitled to one vote per artist, and they can either choose to vote or not vote for a particular artist. The total number of votes cast by the professional judging panel and studio audience were converted into points accordingly to the weightage (50% each). The six artists with the highest accumulated total points would advance to the finals. ; Colour key
Week 4: Finals (7 October) The Top 6 performed in the two-part season finale on 7 October 2016, held at the
Beijing National Stadium. In the first round of the competition, the six finalists performed a duet or trio with their respective coach and a finalist from their team (if any), then a solo song. Based on the public votes received from the live audience at the end of the first round, the bottom four artists with the fewest votes were eliminated. The final two artists then sang their winner's song in the second round of the competition, with the 81-person professional judging panel and live audience voting for the winner. Every member of the professional judging panel was entitled to one vote, and the total number of votes received by each artist were converted into percentage points based on the total voting strength, 81. Similarly, the public votes received from the live audience were also converted into percentage points based on the total number of the votes received by the final two artists. The artist who received the higher total average points was announced as the winner. • Before the commencement of the solo performances in the first round, it was revealed Nathan Hartono 向洋 and Xu Geyang 徐歌阳 were leading in the number of public votes. • Nathan Hartono 向洋 received 35,577 votes in the first round, and accumulated 45,613 votes by the end of second round. • Jiang Dunhao 蒋敦豪 received 39,962 votes in the first round, and accumulated 59,852 votes by the end of second round. • Even though it was confirmed only 81 judges cast their votes, the total professional judging panel vote count added up to 92 instead of 81, due to a technical glitch. As the vote count was acknowledged on the show and the producers have yet to respond to the irregularity, the percentage points were converted based on the total vote count, 92, instead of the supposed 81. ==Non-competition shows==