Other variety shows all claim to be unscripted, but in reality, they all have scripts and follow them. Whatever the director says goes. But "Man vs. Wild" is different.
This is genuine survival.
Why do I say that? Because the director of this variety show, Su Jing, deliberately filmed it outdoors in order to pursue a sense of realism, which was very risky.
The production team always chooses locations that are either in the mountains or in the desert, places with very few people. The guests need to survive for a week without any supplies provided by the production team. They have to provide for themselves and get whatever they need. If they can't make it and ask the production team for food, they are considered to have given up.
When this variety show was first filmed, many people were skeptical. After all, it's about wilderness survival, and the production team doesn't provide anything. They're not there to suffer; what if something happens to them? Will the production team be responsible? If something serious happens, the production team can't afford the consequences.
So director Su Jing invited many artists and singers, but in the end only five decided to go.
Han Ye is one of them.
He participated simply because he thought it would be fun. He was a newcomer, and his looks alone weren't enough. Nowadays, popular celebrities are only popular for a short time and then disappear. He desperately needed works to maintain his popularity. When "Man vs. Wild" came to him, his agent told him about it, and he agreed without hesitation.
He has an outgoing personality, can take a joke, and knows how to find topics to chat about. He got along well with the other four guests during the first episode of filming. After the first episode was filmed, Su Jing tried filming the second episode. Seeing that they had great chemistry and many funny moments, Su Jing decided to make these five people the regular guests on the show after the second episode was filmed.
This variety show, which was not well-received by everyone, invited more than a dozen guests each episode, but only two or three actually showed up. After the first season was filmed, the rights were sold and it was broadcast on Jiangsu TV. Thanks to Han Ye, a top-tier celebrity, along with the fans of the other four regular guests and the show's various comedic moments, it became a hit.
They only filmed ten episodes in the first season because they didn't have enough money to continue filming. Although it didn't cost much, they could buy trending topics and get high appearance fees from everyone, so they only filmed ten episodes before giving up.
The variety show became a hit, and after the first season ended, there were several more investors, so Su Jing began filming the second season.
The regular cast for the second season is still the same five people from the first season. He also invites other celebrities to participate in each episode. The difference is that in the first season, not many people came, but in the second season, even without invitation, people would take the initiative to contact him, wanting to ride the popularity of the variety show and get exposure so that the audience could become familiar with them.
The invited guests may be actors, singers, or ordinary people. They team up with the regular guests and the guest who successfully stays until the last day wins and receives a small gift specially prepared for them by the production team.
If multiple groups stay until the last day, the production team will pay for them all themselves.
Those who fail, meaning those who give up halfway through and ask the production team for food, will have to post on Weibo to reveal their little secret.
The show "Man vs. Wild" has now reached its third season, with 24 episodes per season, airing one episode every two weeks. Han Ye has been a regular guest on the show for all three seasons and is very popular.
Qiao Nansheng happened to be watching the latest episode, which had just aired. She liked to watch TV shows and movies with the subtitles on, and the same went for variety shows.
I thought everyone would be discussing the guests on the survival show and their survival process, but all I saw on the screen was "hahahaha" and spamming "Han Ye, I love you".
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