Hello, I am currently on a lookout for interesting Chinese variety shows. I prefer shows about everyday life. I also don't mind quiz shows or game shows. If y'all have any good recommendations, do feel free to give a reply :))) thanks in advance.

Super Mom - More about parenting but i'm 17, i enjoyed seeing the opinions of celeb mothers.

Youth has You - Music TV Show 

Go Fridge - Cooking,  features the fridges of a celeb and they have to make the best dish using those items.

Back to Field - Features celebs going to a farm and do daily housework and work around the area.The premise of this show is to live the life that you are yearning for. 4th season is currently airing.

Heart Signal - Dating Show

Who's the Murderer - Crime solving

Ace vs Ace - Game show

Keep running - Game show. They have to complete quests in different areas


I'm not sure if these are what you wanted but I hope you like at least one :)

Thanks for the suggestions :)

  • Back to Field - I only watched the episodes with guest actors/actresses that I was familiar with. The show concept is okay but not really that interesting. 
  • Keep running - I have watched the first few seasons of this but I stopped when the show switched out some of the original casts. Not sure if I should pick up on this... (I watch running man though) 

I shall try Super Mom, Who's the Murderer, and Ace vs Ace soon.

极限挑战 Go Fighting! Season 1 to 4 were pretty great overall. It's a game show similar to Running Man.  I wouldn't recommend to watch Season 5 and 6, because the regular members and director were changed, hence the drop in quality.

朋友请听好 Welcome Back to Sound is a pretty good one too. It's about the regular hosts(He Jiong, Xie Na and Jackson Yee) and some other guest artists sharing and listening stories from people through phone calls and letters.  Highly recommend this if you are looking for a relaxing and slow paced variety show. 

我们的歌 Our Song is a singing variety show. Experienced singers were paired up with younger singers/ artists to compete with other duets of the same pairing form. A watch worthy singing variety show lately.

明星大侦探 Who's the Murderer, a variety show in which the members solve one fictional murder case per episode. It's a game show in which one of the members is the murderer and the others have to look for clues at the studio/ murder scene set up by the production team in order to reveal the murderer.

开讲啦 Voice, not sure if it is considered as a variety show but it was pretty good imho, so would just recommend it. The show invites a well-known figure (actors, singers, sportsmen, professors, etc.) to give a ~30 minutes talk at different universities. There are many themes/ topics on this and each speaker shared about different things/ stories. It's quite a long show with many speakers invited, so I only watched selected few speakers.

非正式会谈 Informal Talks is a show in which youth representatives from various countries share their thoughts on the discussed topics. One representative from each country (total ~15 iirc) and  about one to two topics per episode. Quite an entertaining and informative show to watch. 

我们战斗吧 Fighting Men, a game show similar to Go Fighting! It doesn't start very great imho but got better gradually. The interactions between the hosts are funny and entertaining to watch.  

@Dramadrama 

Wow, they all sound very interesting! I will check them out one by one :))) Thank you! 

I'd totally recommend Who's the Murderer (明星大侦探). It's probably my favorite Chinese variety tv show. It's funny, but the cases are very smart too. They even try to work in some very realistic problems with society in some of the cases. My favorite episodes are Season 2 Episode 7 and 8, Season 3 Episode 1 and 2, Season 3 Episode 7 and 8, and Season 4 Episode 11. 

Another one of my favorites is the earlier seasons of Running Man China (奔跑吧兄弟). With the change in cast members the quality of the show did drop a lot, so I like seasons 1 - 4 the most. It's a perfect show to watch when you just want to relax and laugh. The main games include the "ripping name tag" game, in which the last person standing wins.

Back to Field (向往的生活) is really good too. Celebrities visit the countryside and grow food, do chores and eat delicious meals. 

@xjs Thanks for the suggestions :)))

Out of the three that you mentioned, I will probably check out Who's the Murderer first. 

I'm currently watching Let Go Of My Baby! If you like watching cute babies being watched by celebrities (actors, singers), give it a try. I really like that it shows their growth over a longer period of time - they don't just watch the kids for a day, they watch them for weeks. So you really get to know everyone! :D

@Devitto 

Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out in time to come :) 

I just finished watching three seasons of a variety show called Go Fighting (极限挑战) and it's so good! It's super funny and the friendship between the six MCs is hilarious. I'd 100% recommend. 

 xjs:
I just finished watching three seasons of a variety show called Go Fighting (极限挑战) and it's so good! It's super funny and the friendship between the six MCs is hilarious. I'd 100% recommend. 

Will check it out :)

Dad, where are we going? is another variety show were celebrities take their kids for trips and have games-competitions. I've watched season 5 with eng subs on youtube and really liked it (it also has Deng Lun).

 Evi Stranger:
Dad, where are we going? is another variety show were celebrities take their kids for trips and have games-competitions. I've watched season 5 with eng subs on youtube and really liked it (it also has Deng Lun).

Thanks :) Will check it out