Keep Running (TV series)

Keep Running
奔跑吧

Poster for season 3 of Running Man China
Genre Game-variety show
Based on Original South Korean variety show Running Man
by SBS
Starring Deng Chao
Angelababy
Li Chen
Chen He
Zheng Kai
Wong Cho-lam
Luhan
Dilraba Dilmurat
Former:
Wang Baoqiang
Bao Bei'er
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 67 (as of July 7, 2017, including two special episodes and a movie episode) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Im Hyung-taek
Location(s)  China (main location)
 Australia
 Czech Republic
 South Korea
 United Kingdom
 United States
Running time 80-100 minutes
Production company(s) SBS (supervising company)
Release
Original network ZRTG: Zhejiang Television
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10) – present
Chronology
Related shows Running Man (Korean)
External links
Website rm.zjstv.com
Production
website		 zjtv.cztv.com

Keep Running (Chinese: 奔跑吧; pinyin: Bēnpǎo Ba), previously known as Running Man (Chinese: 奔跑吧兄弟; pinyin: Bēnpǎo Ba Xiōngdì) before 2017, is a Chinese variety show broadcast on ZRTG: Zhejiang Television.[1][2] It is a spin-off from the popular original South Korean variety show Running Man by SBS.[3] 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.

Program name

When the show was first announced, it was known as "跑男" or "Running Man" in Chinese. Zhejiang TV programs required five stars names,[4] 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.[5]

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).

Personnel

Cast

The original members of Running Man 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. From the 8th episode onwards, Angelababy returned to the show and since then there have been 8 cast members.

Name Age Nickname(s) Theme Song(s) Duration Notes
Deng Chao 38 Captain Superman La Song, by Rain Season 1 – present The leader of the whole cast. Usually wins the name-tag ripping.
"Jerry" Li Chen 38 Black Bull The Imperial March, by John Williams Season 1 – present Strongest member of the team. Whole cast is afraid of his strength in the name tag ripping game.
Wang Zulan
(Wong Cho-lam)		 37 Grab-Chance King In the Sentimental Past, by Leslie Cheung Season 1 – present Usually thought of as the weakest and funniest. Often teased about his height.
"Michael" Chen He 31 Genius
Pig		 I Got You (I Feel Good), by James Brown Season 1 – present Always either very perceptive or very oblivious. Often teased about his flaws like his weight and teeth.
"Ryan" Zheng Kai 31 Romantic Prince
Leopard		 I Believe I Can Fly, by R. Kelly Season 1 – present One of the fastest. Usually very cool and calm or very hot and raging.
Angelababy 28 Scream Goddess
East BB		 Baby, by Justin Bieber
Can't Take My Eyes Off You, by Frankie Valli
Fantastic Baby, by BIGBANG		 Season 1 to 4, Season 5 Episode 8 - present Left the cast at the end of Season 4 due to pregnancy. Angelababy came back for the show second half of season 5 on June 2, 2017 during Episode 8. [6]
Lu Han 27 Little Deer
Little Lu
Silly Roe Deer
Xiao Lu		 That Good Good, by Luhan
Football Gang, by Luhan
Medals, by Luhan		 Season 3 – present Replaced Bao Bei'er from season 3 onwards. Often perceived as the "young" one compared to Deng Chao and Li Chen.
Dilraba Dilmurat
(Dilireba)		 25 Little Di
Little Fat
Xiao Di
Captain Tuo		 Your Song, by Luhan
Hangover, by Taio Cruz		 Season 5–present Replaced Angelababy in the first half of season 5. Retained as regular member for season 5.

Former cast

Name Age Nickname(s) Theme Song(s) Duration Notes
Wang Baoqiang 33 Shaolin Baoqiang
Chinese Key Master		 Tall in the Saddle, by George Lam Season 1 Couldn't participate in the second season due to scheduling conflicts.
Bao Bei'er 33 The Bald
Little Bald Donkey		 none Season 2 Left the crew due to being cast in Stephen Chow's Journey to the West II.

Timeline

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MemberSeason 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5
10/10/201417/04/201530/10/201515/04/201614/04/201702/06/2017
Deng Chao
Angelababy
Li Chen
Chen He
Zheng Kai
Wong Cho-lam
Luhan
Wang Baoqiang
Bao Bei'er
Dilraba Dilmurat

Timeline

Relationships

Members Relation Details
Wang Baoqiang
Wang Zulan		 Royal Brothers
Bao-Lam Brothers		 Because the two are of similar height, they were close to each other from the beginning of the series.
Angelababy
Zheng Kai		 Friday Couple
Friday Partner
Cuckoo Couple

White and Green Snake sisters

 Inspired by the Monday Couple on SBS Running Man, the two became known as the Friday Couple. Whenever there are no teams, they ally, the others mostly assuming that Zheng Kai is protecting her from punishments. After Angelababy got married, the pair has developed into a 'sisterhood'.
Zheng Kai
Wang Baoqiang		 Zheng-Wang Combination During Episode 4, they formed a team to manufacture a cardboard boat. The surnames of Zheng Kai and Wang Baoqiang were combined to create the team name. The name was a homophonic pun of "zhen-wang" (perished) and they were made fun of, especially after theirs became the only boat that sank. The relationship name appears in Episode 9. In Episode 10 of the 3rd season, the group appears again, now with Wong Cho-lam and a different name: "bao-zheng-bu-wang" (guaranteed not to perish).
Deng Chao
Chen He		 Chao He Union
Sky Ba Move Ba Tua		 In Episode 10, the two had fun acting as dummies and the subtitles referred to them as the dummy brothers. In Episode 4 of the 3rd season, they grouped again and create their catchphrase, Sky Ba Move Ba Tua (in pinyin, "tian-ba-dong-ba-tua"). In one episode, "pao" was tacked on to the end for Luhan, because it meant "deer" and so did "lu". This slogan later appears several times in the latter episodes of the show.
Li Chen
Chen He		 Mother and Child
Chen-He Combination
Li-Chen Combination		 Since the fight before Episode 4, Chen He often succumbed to the rules set by Li Chen. Though he occasionally disobeys him, he still follows obediently along to Li Chen's instructions. Li Chen comes help Chen He a lot, even though he tends to "betray" Li Chen a lot, ripping off his name tag and such.
Lu Han
Zheng Kai		 Leopard Deer Combination In Episode 5 of Season Three, the two were in the same team. Lu Han's nickname is little deer (鹿, or Lu, is his surname and can also mean deer) and Zheng Kai's nickname is leopard (because of his speed), ergo "Leopard Deer".
Deng Chao
Luhan		 Father and Son At the beginning of season 4, Deng Chao asked if he was allowed to help his son in the game they were playing. Ever since then, Luhan has called Deng Chao his father many times and vice versa (in and outside of the show). This might be partially because Luhan is the second youngest and Deng Chao the second oldest of the cast.
Angelababy
Luhan		 Siblings
Brother and Sister		 Throughout seasons 3 and 4, Angelababy and Luhan sometimes paired up together and would not betray each other, even referring to themselves as siblings in an episode. As a team, they managed to rip the name tag off of Blackie Chen in season 4 Episode 1, who is very strong, which shocked and impressed everyone. In the season 4 finale, Angelababy was sad he was eliminated because she would have protected him until the end.
Diliraba Dilmurat
Luhan		 Lu-Di Combination Since Angelababy went on a temporary hiatus post-pregnancy and Diliraba Dilmurat joined the cast. Luhan and Diliraba are paired together in many episodes.
Diliraba Dilmurat
Angelababy		 Attractive Sisters After Angelababy returned from her hiatus as a special guest to signify her return on season 5 episode 8, she was temporarily paired up with Diliraba, to jokingly spite the rest of the male members for being unattractive and being unwelcoming.
Chen He
Dilraba Dilmurat		 Ba-He Combination Ever since the beginning of the show, Chen He has been known to be the member that eats the most. Also, since Dilraba arrived on the show, she has known to always be eating throughout the episodes, and always pulling out junk food from random places. In episode 9 of season 5, they, along with Li Chen, were paired up by chance to eat seafood. Surprisingly, although they did not have the most people in their group, they finished the most food within the given time.

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.

List of episodes

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
Premiere Finale
Season 1 15 October 10, 2014 January 16, 2015
Season 2 12 April 17, 2015 July 3, 2015
Season 3 12 October 30, 2015 January 15, 2016
Season 4 12 April 15, 2016 July 1, 2016
Season 5 13 April 14, 2017 July 7, 2017

Movie

Running Man is a 2015 Chinese reality comedy film directed by Hu Jia and Cen Junyi.[7] Deng Chao was unable to participate in the movie filming due to scheduling conflicts. The movie was released to theaters on January 30, 2015.[8]

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.

Ratings

First season

 China Zhejiang Television premiere ratings (CSM50)
Episode Date Rating Share Ranking
1/01 October 10, 2014 1.132 3.92 3
1/02 October 17, 2014 1.808 5.95 1
1/03 October 24, 2014 2.180 7.25 1
1/04 October 31, 2014 2.140 6.68 1
1/05 November 7, 2014 2.489 8.04 1
1/06 November 14, 2014 2.210 7.09 1
1/07 November 21, 2014 2.455 7.81 1
1/08 November 28, 2014 2.408 7.73 1
1/09 December 5, 2014 2.486 8.01 1
1/10 December 12, 2014 2.775 9.05 1
1/11 December 19, 2014 2.889 9.59 1
1/12 December 26, 2014 3.162 10.07 1
1/13 January 2, 2015 3.180 9.52 1
1/14 January 9, 2015 4.116 12.43 1
1/15 January 16, 2015 3.993 12.22 1
1/SP January 23, 2015 2.373 7.14 2
  1. The data determined by CSM.
  2. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
  3. Information source:卫视小露电.

Second season

 China Zhejiang Television premiere ratings (CSM50)
Episode Date Rating Share Ranking
2/01 April 17, 2015 4.794 15.10 1
2/02 April 24, 2015 4.886 16.24 1
2/03 May 1, 2015 4.484 15.21 1
2/04 May 8, 2015 4.549 14.81 1
2/05 May 15, 2015 4.303 13.95 1
2/06 May 22, 2015 4.830 15.75 1
2/07 May 29, 2015 4.462 14.86 1
2/08 June 5, 2015 4.828 15.62 1
2/09 June 12, 2015 5.002 16.43 1
2/10 June 19, 2015 5.016 16.20 1
2/11 June 26, 2015 4.999 16.04 1
2/12 July 3, 2015 4.915 16.35 1
  1. The data determined by CSM.
  2. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
  3. Information source:卫视小露电.

Third season

 China Zhejiang Television premiere ratings (CSM50)
Episode Date Rating Share Ranking
3/01 October 30, 2015 3.929 13.95 1
3/02 November 6, 2015 3.970 13.17 1
3/03 November 13, 2015 4.461 14.40 1
3/04 November 20, 2015 4.345 14.84 1
3/05 November 27, 2015 4.337 14.32 1
3/06 December 4, 2015 3.963 13.00 1
3/07 December 11, 2015 4.427 14.53 1
3/08 December 18, 2015 5.284 18.05 1
3/09 December 25, 2015 4.071 13.64 1
3/10 January 1, 2016 3.832 12.02 1
3/11 January 8, 2016 4.701 15.30 1
3/12 January 15, 2016 3.969 13.14 1
  1. The data determined by CSM.
  2. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
  3. Information source:卫视小露电.

Fourth season

 China Zhejiang Television premiere ratings (CSM50)
Episode Date Rating Share Ranking
4/01 April 15, 2016 3.631 12.18 1
4/02 April 22, 2016 3.725 12.60 1
4/03 April 29, 2016 3.367 11.42 1
4/04 May 6, 2016 3.765 12.52 1
4/05 May 13, 2016 3.908 13.13 1
4/06 May 20, 2016 3.667 12.29 1
4/07 May 27, 2016 3.934 13.64 1
4/08 June 3, 2016 3.178 11.16 1
4/09 June 10, 2016 3.545 12.39 1
4/10 June 17, 2016 3.156 10.78 1
4/11 June 24, 2016 3.394 11.85 1
4/12 July 1, 2016 3.754 13.74 1
  1. The data determined by CSM.
  2. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
  3. Information source:卫视小露电.

Fifth season

 China Zhejiang Television premiere ratings (CSM50)
Episode Date Rating Share Ranking
5/01 April 14, 2017 3.049 11.73 1
5/02 April 21, 2017 2.685 10.62 1
5/03 April 28, 2017 2.766 11.18 1
5/04 May 05, 2017 3.284 13.41 1
5/05 May 12, 2017 3.260 14.52 1
5/06 May 19, 2017 2.901 12.41 1
5/07 May 26, 2017 1.654 7.61 1
5/08 June 02, 2017 3.045 13.10 1
5/09 June 09, 2017 2.907 12.919 1
5/10 June 16, 2017 2.746 10.73 1
5/11 June 23, 2017 3.062 12.54 1
5/12 June 30, 2017 2.715 11.63 1
5/BTS July 07, 2017 1.631 6.73 1
  1. The data determined by CSM.
  2. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
  3. Information source:卫视小露电.

Other activities

Date Location Event Attendees
November 9, 2014 Hangzhou, Zhejiang
(China)		 "Running Mans" National Press Conference on Zhejiang TV Deng Chao, Angelababy, Li Chen, Chen He, Zheng Kai, Wang Baoqiang, Wong Cho-lam
December 31, 2014 Guangzhou, Guangdong
(China)		 "Running 2015" New Year's Eve Party on Zhejiang TV Running Man Members:
Deng Chao, Angelababy, Li Chen, Chen He, Zheng Kai, Wang Baoqiang, Wong Cho-lam
Running Man Members:
Ji Suk-jin, Song Ji-hyo
January 9, 2015 Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai
(China)		 Lamando's Night Deng Chao, Angelababy, Li Chen, Chen He, Zheng Kai, Wong Cho-lam
April 11, 2015 Guangzhou, Guangdong
(China)		 "Running Mans" Season 2 National Press Conference on Zhejiang TV Deng Chao, Angelababy, Li Chen, Chen He, Zheng Kai, Bao Bei'er, Wong Cho-lam

References

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  3. ↑ ‘런닝맨’ 중국판 ‘달려라 형제들’ 10일 중국 전역 첫방송 (in Korean). Tenasia. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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