Genre Game-variety show Original language(s) Chinese Adaptations Running Man (2015) Program creator Seoul Broadcasting System | Country of origin China First episode date 10 October 2014 Number of seasons 5 Number of episodes 54 | |
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Based on Original South Korean variety show Running Man
by SBS Starring Deng Chao
Li Chen
Chen He
Zheng Kai
Wong Cho-lam
Luhan
Dilraba Dilmurat
Former members:
Bao Bei'er
Wang Baoqiang
Angelababy Opening theme "Super Hero 超级英雄" by Deng Chao Languages Chinese, Standard Mandarin Similar Running Man, Variety show, Go Fighting!, Happy Camp, Run for Time Profiles | ||
Hurry Up, Brother or Running Man (Chinese: 奔跑吧兄弟; pinyin: Bēnpǎo Ba Xiōngdì), (known as Running Man China internationally) is a Chinese variety show broadcast on ZRTG: Zhejiang Television. It is the spin-off from the popular original South Korean variety show Running Man by SBS. It was first aired on 10 October 2014. The show is classified as a game-variety show, where the MCs and guests complete missions at a landmark to win a race.
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In 2017, the show changed its official name to Keep Running (奔跑吧) for its fifth season.
Program Name
When theshow was first announced, it was known as "跑男" or "Running Man" in Chinese. Zhejiang TV programs required five stars names, hence the program was then renamed to "奔跑吧兄弟" or "Hurry Up, Brother". But, before the official name changed, ZRTG had registered "跑男" as a trademark with the SAIC.
Episode Style
撕名牌 or "Nametag Elimination" is one of the highlights of each episode and is usually the longest game. There are also many games played by the MCs and guests that often contribute to their result for the final mission. The team that wins the final mission will receive a prize, usually related with the theme for the episode. However, even if a team wins most of the games, victory is not guaranteed (for example in Season 1 Episode 2, Deng Chao and Guli Nazha did not win many games but the other teams who had won did not make the right choices of switching the waters, therefore causing their team to win).
Controversy
A two-part episode filmed in Australia made headlines for the show not paying Australian contractors and breaching contracts, causing an international dispute.
Cast
The original members of Hurry Up, Brother are Deng Chao, Li Chen, Chen He, Zheng Kai, Angelababy, Wong Cho-Lam, and Wang Baoqiang. After season 1, Wang Baoqiang recorded his last episode and has left the program to focus on his career but returned on season 3, episode 10 as a guest. In season 2, Bao Bei'er was a replacement for Wang Baoqiang but left at the end of the season as he was cast in Stephen Chow's Journey to the West II. Singer Luhan then replaced Bao Bei'er from season 3 onwards. In season 5, Dilraba Dilmurat replaced Angelababy, who left the show temporarily to take care of her baby.
List of episodes
If more than one set of teams are used other than the Race Mission teams, they are divided and distinguished to the corresponding mission under Teams. Team members are listed in alphabetical order from Team Leader to Members, to Guests. As some episodes consisted of road missions and were not confined to a single landmark nor was a landmark officially recognized on-air, the landmark shown for those episodes is the final mission venue.
Movie
Running Man is a 2015 Chinese reality comedy film directed by Hu Jia and Cen Junyi. Deng Chao was unable to participate in the movie filming due to scheduling conflicts. The movie was released to theaters on January 30, 2015.
List of guests
The following is a compilation of guests and the number of time they have been on the show. They are listed in order of appearance.