Hurry Up, Brother
| Hurry Up, Brother 奔跑吧兄弟 |
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| Genre | Game-variety show |
| 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 |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language(s) | Chinese |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 54 (including two special episodes and a movie episode) (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Im Hyung-taek |
| Location(s) | China, Korea, United States of America, Australia, United Kingdom |
| Running time | 80-100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | SBS (supervising company) |
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| Original network | ZRTG: Zhejiang Television |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | October 10, 2014 – present |
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| Related shows | Running Man |
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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.
In 2017, the show changed its official name to Keep Running (奔跑吧) for its fifth season.
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.
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).
A two-part episode filmed in Australia made headlines for the show not paying Australian contractors and breaching contracts, causing an international dispute.
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.
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