Chinese Singing Competition

2012: Asian Wave

Shanghai media group invited shila to join their singing competition 'asean wave' . ( shila's father - who managed shila's carrier ) excepted the invitation and decided to join Asian Wave. On 20 September 2012, Shila became the champion of Asian Wave, a Chinese reality singing talent show held in Shanghai,China. Shila had the most online votes among all the contestants. She sang three songs which were "Gemilang" by Jaclyn Victor, "Grenade" by Bruno Mars, and "Zheng Fu (征服)" by Na Ying. She also sang "Forever Love" by Wang Leehom and "Set Fire to The Rain" by Adele in one of the preliminary rounds of Asian Wave. The judges praised her performance^. As the champion of Asian Wave, a reality Chinese singing competition, she was given a 6 year recording contract and 5 Million MYR.

2014: I Am A Singer (Season 2)

In February 2014, Shila's manager got her an invitation to "I Am A Singer" (season two). In the 7th round, aired 21 February 2014, she gained popularity through her performance of the song "Xiang Ni De Ye", a song originally sung by Chinese pop star Guan Zhe, which also increased her online presence in China as her Weibo followers increased by almost 2 million . In the Breakthrough round, aired 21 March 2014, she reached first place by singing a cover of "Rolling in the Deep".Shila's popularity rose in China after I Am A Singer aired beside her remarkable performance at the Asian Wave.

Throughout the show, she showed great versatility in her range of music styles, from languages (Chinese and English), performance methods (dance while singing) and musical styles (high note. pop, R&B,rap). On 4 April 2014, she came third overall, losing to Han Lei from China and G.E.M. from Hong Kong.

Through I Am A Singer 2, besides her remarkable performance, she was able to quickly adapt to a new language. Being a non-Chinese speaker or singer, she only needed 2 days to learn an entire new Chinese song. I Am A Singer 2 helped her in gaining a larger base of China and Hong Kong fans. She finds it exhilarating that she was able to communicate with her Chinese fans in Mandarin. Currently, she attends Mandarin classes in Beijing diligently and is working hard in improving her Mandarin.