Go Fighting!
| Go Fighting! 极限挑战 Jíxiàn Tiǎozhàn | |
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| Also known as | Chinese: 极限挑战; pinyin: Jíxiàn Tiǎozhàn |
| Genre | Game-reality-variety show |
| Developed by |
Yuan Lei(Season 1) Bao Xiaoqun, Xia Chen'an(Season 2) |
| Directed by |
Yan Min Ren Jing |
| Starring |
Sun Honglei Huang Lei Huang Bo Wang Xun Show Lo Zhang Yixing |
| Opening theme | "A Man's Job 男人的事" by all cast members |
| Composer(s) | Peng Fei |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language(s) | Chinese |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 50 (including special episode and movie) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Li Yong Zhu Tao Bao Xiaoqun(Season 1 only) |
| Production location(s) | China |
| Running time | About 90 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | SMG: Dragon Television |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | June 14, 2015 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Sisters Over Flowers |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Go Fighting! (Chinese: 极限挑战; pinyin: Jíxiàn Tiǎozhàn) is a Chinese variety show broadcast on SMG: Dragon Television. It was first aired on 14 June 2015.[1] Go Fighting! is classified as a game-variety-reality show, and the MCs and guests complete missions at a landmark to win the objective. Usually each episode will also have an over-arching theme or story.[2] Each episode varies in the challenges and the instructions given to the MCs, and rules are not strictly enforced, resulting in a largely unscripted show.
The show has been a commercial and critical success since its inception, and the MCs have received praise for 'breaking the rules' of usual variety game shows and mingling with normal people going about their daily lives.[3] The first and second seasons averaged ratings of 8.9/10 and 9.1/10 on China's main review-based social network site Douban.[4][5]
The show's catch phrases are "This is fate / 这就是命" and "This is love / 这就是爱" with a corresponding action that resembles the Chinese character for 'fate / 命'. Go Fighting! has been called the Chinese version of the popular Korean variety show Infinite Challenge; this comparison has led to minor controversies.
Cast
| Name | Age | Occupation | Nickname(s) | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Honglei | 48 | Actor | Handsome King, Big Brother, Big Idiot, Three-year-old Sun, Grandma Wolf, Pretty Sun | 1 - present | |
| Huang Lei | 46 | Actor, Singer, Teacher, Director | Gourmet King, Old Fox, Teacher, Divine Mathematician, Strategist, Commander, Fortune Teller, Big Genius, Intelligent Huang | ||
| Huang Bo | 44 | Actor | Acting King, National Bad Uncle, Qingdao Lady, Second Genius, Mister Huang | ||
| Wang Xun | 43 | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | Talented King, Cherub, Stingy Xun, Little Tailor, Little Salty Meat, Squirrel Xun, Second Idiot, Toothy Wang | ||
| "Show" Luo zhi xiang | 39 | Singer, Actor, Host | Dance King, Little Pig, Flower Girl, Pigeon/Song King, Fourth Idiot, Third Genius, Promotor, Pink Piggy, Zhu Bishi | On episode 1/05, Show was not able to participate. He was replaced by guest Guo Tao. | |
| "Lay" Zhang Yixing | 27 | Singer, Actor | Naive King, Little Lamb, Fresh Meat, Sheep Xing, Changsha Crazy-hoofed Sheep, Old Sheep, Third Idiot, Genius Sheep, Little Fox, Innocent Zhang | On episode 2/04, Lay/Zhang Yixing fainted on set. On episode 4/03, he had schedule conflicts with filming of Idol Producer |
Relationships
| Relation | Members | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Go Fighting Three Idiots 极限三傻 |
Sun Honglei Wang Xun Zhang Yixing |
In episode 1/01, the three were put in a team. Sun Honglei's foolish big brother act, along with Zhang Yixing's absent-mindedness and Wang Xun's slowness to realize, created this lasting combination. |
| Go Fighting Three Geniuses 极限三精 |
Huang Lei Huang Bo Show Lo |
In episode 1/01, the three were put in a team. In comparison to the Three Idiots, these three are considered geniuses (Huang Lei in particular), although recently Show Lo has exhibited sillier behaviour, making him more alike to the Three Idiots and being referred to as the Fourth Idiot. |
| Minesweeper Alliance 扫雷联盟 |
Huang Lei Huang Bo Show Lo Wang Xun Zhang Yixing |
The character 'lei' in Sun Honglei's name is the same as the character for a mine. In episode 2/03, the five banded together to steal Sun Honglei's jogger step counter. In episode 2/09 however, Wang Xun joined Sun Honglei's team and the minesweeper alliance consisted of 4 people instead. |
| Hong-Xing Combination 红兴组合 | Sun Honglei Zhang Yixing |
In episode 1/02, Sun Honglei stole Zhang Yixing's suitcase containing several gold bars, though the latter forgave him afterwards. Sun Honglei also broadcast a missing person notice over Shanghai's local radio station to search for Zhang Yixing in episode 2/01. |
| Lei-Lei Combination 雷磊组合 |
Sun Honglei Huang Lei |
The two actors originally became friends on the set of 2011 drama Men (男人帮), and their affection for each other led to the creation of this pairing. |
| Teacher-Student Combination 师徒组合 |
Huang Lei
Zhang Yixing |
In Season 1, Zhang Yixing is stunned by Huang Lei's reasoning skills, and decides to become his student. In Season 2, the two form a team in the 24-hour bike race. They are also known as the Two-Foxes combination, as Yixing later learns to be more shrewd. |
| Pineapple Combination 菠萝组合 |
Huang Bo Show Lo |
In Season 2, Huang Bo played Show Lo's mother in the comedy sketch remake of Meteor Garden. Combining the two characters from their names makes the word pineapple. |
| Double Huang Combination 双黄组合 |
Huang Lei Huang Bo |
The two have been labelled as the smartest MCs in the show after Show Lo started resembling an 'idiot'. |
| Pig-Sheep Combination 猪羊组合 |
Show Lo Zhang Yixing |
They often paired up for missions, and in the last episode of Season 1, they were known as Mirror Brothers after Show successfully imitated Zhang Yixing during a taxi ride. |
| Lei-Luo Combination 雷罗组合 |
Sun Honglei Show Lo |
In episode 1/06, the two were forced to cross dress as women and fight for a seat on the train. In episode 1/09, Show Lo helped Sun Honglei complete his mission of picking lotus seed heads. |
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.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere | Finale | ||
| Season 1 | 12 | June 14, 2015 | September 20, 2015 |
| Special | 1 special for China's National Day week |
October 5, 2015 | |
| Movie | 1 | January 15, 2016 | |
| Season 2 | 12 | April 17, 2016 | July 3, 2016 |
| Charity Concert (full) | 1 | July 10, 2016 | |
| Season 3 | 12 | July 9, 2017 | November 17, 2017 |
| Season 4 | 12 | April 29, 2018 | TBA |
List of episodes
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.
| Guest | Episode(s) | # of Episodes Appeared | # of Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Chen Chiau-en | 1/03 | 1 | 1 |
| Guo Tao | 1/05, 3/09 | 2 | 2 |
| Zhou Dongyu | 1/07 | 1 | 1 |
| Chen Bolin | 1/08 | 1 | 1 |
| Xu Zheng | 1/10 | 1 | 1 |
| Song Xiaobao (宋小宝) | 2/01,3/09 | 2 | 2 |
| Yue Yunpeng (岳云鹏) | 2/01 | 1 | 1 |
| Xue Zhiqian | 2/01 | 1 | 1 |
| Lin Chi-ling | 2/04, 3/05, 3/06 | 3 | 3 |
| Xie Na | 2/10 | 1 | 1 |
| Jiang Jinfu | 2/10 | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Wang | 2/10, 3/02 | 2 | 2 |
| Phoenix Legend | 2/12, Concert | 2 | 2 |
| JJ Lin | 2/12, Concert | 2 | 2 |
| Jolin Tsai | 2/12, Concert | 2 | 2 |
| Harlem Yu | 2/12, Concert | 2 | 2 |
| Sha Yi (沙溢) | 3/02, 3/09 | 2 | 2 |
| Eric Tsang | 3/03 | 1 | 1 |
| Bosco Wong | 3/03 | 1 | 1 |
| Elvis Tsui | 3/03 | 1 | 1 |
| Kingdom Yuen | 3/03 | 1 | 1 |
| Ronald Cheng | 3/03 | 1 | 1 |
| Lin Gengxin | 3/04 | 1 | 1 |
| Wang Luodan | 3/05, 3/06 | 2 | 2 |
| Yao Chen | 3/05, 3/06 | 2 | 2 |
| Jiang Yiyan | 3/05, 3/06 | 2 | 2 |
| Zhang Xinyi (张歆艺) | 3/05, 3/06 | 2 | 2 |
| Xia Yu | 3/07 | 1 | 1 |
| Jackson Wang | 3/09 | 1 | 1 |
| Li Liqun (李立群) | 3/11 | 1 | 1 |
| Liu Hua | 3/11 | 1 | 1 |
| Han Xue | 3/12 | 1 | 1 |
Ratings
First Season
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| Episode | Date | Rating | Share | Ranking |
| 1/01 | June 14, 2015 | 1.191 | 4.55 | 2 |
| 1/02 | June 21, 2015 | 1.650 | 5.26 | 2 |
| 1/03 | June 28, 2015 | 1.854 | 6.21 | 1 |
| 1/04 | July 5, 2015 | 2.127 | 6.83 | 1 |
| 1/05 | July 12, 2015 | 2.379 | 7.90 | 1 |
| 1/06 | July 19, 2015 | 2.742 | 9.24 | 1 |
| 1/07 | July 26, 2015 | 2.570 | 8.75 | 1 |
| 1/08 | August 2, 2015 | 2.718 | 8.54 | 1 |
| 1/09 | August 9, 2015 | 2.900 | 8.73 | 1 |
| 1/10 | September 6, 2015 | 1.540 | 4.73 | 3 |
| 1/11 | September 13, 2015 | 2.026 | 6.71 | 1 |
| 1/12 | September 20, 2015 | 2.110 | 6.82 | 1 |
Second Season
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| Episode | Date | Rating | Share | Ranking |
| 2/01 | April 17, 2016 | 2.076 | 6.73 | 1 |
| 2/02 | April 24, 2016 | 2.025 | 6.42 | 1 |
| 2/03 | May 1, 2016 | 2.472 | 7.74 | 1 |
| 2/04 | May 8, 2016 | 2.419 | 7.69 | 1 |
| 2/05 | May 15, 2016 | 2.099 | 6.60 | 1 |
| 2/06 | May 22, 2016 | 1.991 | 6.34 | 1 |
| 2/07 | May 29, 2016 | 2.052 | 6.60 | 1 |
| 2/08 | June 5, 2016 | 2.079 | 6.34 | 1 |
| 2/09 | June 12, 2016 | 1.875 | 6.08 | 1 |
| 2/10 | June 19, 2016 | 1.862 | 6.45 | 2 |
| 2/11 | June 26, 2016 | 2.394 | 7.81 | 1 |
| 2/12 | July 3, 2016 | 2.969 | 9.60 | 1 |
Third season
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| Episode | Date | Rating | Share | Ranking |
| 3/01 | July 9, 2017 | 1.606 | 7.73 | 1 |
| 3/02 | July 16, 2017 | 1.587 | 7.69 | 2 |
| 3/03 | July 23, 2017 | 1.436 | 7.12 | 1 |
| 3/04 | July 30, 2017 | 1.506 | 7.46 | 1 |
| 3/05 | August 6, 2017 | 1.615 | 8.56 | 1 |
| 3/06 | August 13, 2017 | 1.314 | 6.85 | 1 |
| 3/07 | August 20, 2017 | 1.190 | 6.236 | 1 |
| 3/08 | August 27, 2017 | 1.095 | 6.80 | 1 |
| 3/09 | September 3, 2017 | 1.124 | 7.10 | 3 |
| 3/10 | November 3, 2017 | 0.580 | 3.91 | 7 |
| 3/11 | November 10, 2017 | 0.265 | 1.97 | 6 |
| 3/12 | November 17, 2017 | 0.474 | 2.54 | 9 |
Fourth Season
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| Episode | Date | Rating | Share | Ranking |
| 4/01 | April 29, 2018 | 1.120 | 4.22 | 2 |
| 4/02 | May 5, 2018 | 1.0 | 3.48 | 2 |
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Results | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Asian Influence Awards Oriental Ceremony
(2015亚洲最具影响力综艺节目) |
Best Variety Show in Asia | Won | [6] |
| 2016 | 2016ENAwards (2016中国泛娱乐指数盛典) | Weibo Special Marketing Award | Won | [7] |
Controversy
Season 1 of Go Fighting has been accused of plagiarizing popular Korean variety show Infinite Challenge, causing a halt in production for almost a month, with the newest episode airing on the 6th of September, 28 days after the previous episode.
Season 3 of Go Fighting was pulled from air by SARFT a few days before Episode 10 was due to broadcast, and it was reportedly due to the promotion of undesirable social attitudes and a heavy focus on entertainment that didn't reflect the lives of ordinary people.[8]
References
- ↑ Zeng, Le. "《极限挑战》6月14日开播 罗志祥"狂吻"黄渤". chinadaily.com.cn. China Daily. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "Go Fighting! Baidu Baike". Baidu Baike. Baidu Baike. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "《极限挑战》黄渤最接地气 机智穷游获赞". Sina Entertainment. Sina. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "极限挑战第二季". Douban. Douban. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "极限挑战 第二季评分". Douban. Douban. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "2015亚洲影响力东方盛典获奖名单 张艺兴获最具影响力全能艺人". www.chnhai.com (in Chinese). 2015-11-05.
- ↑ ""2016中国泛娱乐指数盛典"在京颁奖 《火星情报局》等榜上有名[组图]". China Net (in Chinese). 2016-11-30.
- ↑ Zhang, Tian. "Why is Go Fighting! repeatedly pulled from air?". People.cn. People.cn. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
External links
- Official Weibo (in Chinese)