A Bright World

A Bright World
Genre	talk-variety show
Presented by	Peng Yu, Shen Ling, Liu Yan, Yu Shasha
Opening theme	Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon (season 2)
Ending theme	Back For You by One Direction (season 1) Your Makeup Is Terrible by Alaska (season 2)
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Standard Chinese
No. of seasons	2
Production
Location(s)	China
Running time	65 minutes
Release
Original network	Jiangsu Television
Original release	April 16, 2015 – present

A Bright World (Chinese: 世界青年说; pinyin: shìjiè qīngnián shuō) is a Chinese talk show based on the popular South Korean talk show Non-Summit. It airs on Jiangsu Television on Thursday at 22:00 beginning April 16, 2015.^[1][2] The show hosts a panel of foreigners living in China, holding discussions in Mandarin on various topics and issues. The atmosphere is meant to emulate a meeting of world leaders, but presented with humor.

The panel consists of a “Secretary General" (Chinese: 秘书长; pinyin: Mìshūzhǎng), a "Vice Secretary General" (Chinese: 副秘书长; pinyin: Fù mìshūzhǎng), and 11 "representatives" from different countries known as TK11. In Season 1, there were 11 TK11 representatives. In Season 2, there are 16 TK11 representatives. Every episode 11 of them sit in the middle, and the other 5 sit in the audience area.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	46		April 16, 2015	March 10, 2016
	2	TBA		September 29, 2016	TBA

Representatives

Current representatives

Country	Name	Chinese Name	Birthday	Start	Absences
United States	Martin Wiley Woods Jr.	吴孟天	August 16, 1989	S1 E1	S1 E3, 4
United Kingdom	Blair Sugarman	布莱尔·休格曼	June 18, 1989	S1 E1	S1 E43
Italy	Mattia Romeo	罗密欧	November 23, 1978	S1 E1
Australia	Cameron Andersen	安龙	October 27, 1983	S1 E1	S1 E17, 18, 39, 40
Iran	Pouya Amani	普雅·阿玛尼	June 26, 1997	S1 E1
Russia	David Kolosov	大卫·科洛索夫	January 9, 1993	S1 E1
Thailand	Muangphum Harnsiripetch	韩冰	March 27, 1986	S1 E1
Costa Rica	Isaac Peña Morales	穆雷	August 24, 1988	S1 E1	S1 E17, 18
Germany	Patrick Köllmer	吴雨翔	September 16, 1988	S1 E1
Japan	Shinji Kuroki	黑木真二	July 29, 1983	S2 E1
Germany	Thomas Derksen	阿福	October 26, 1988	S2 E1
Australia	David	戴维		S2 E1
Brazil	Danny	费丹尼		S2 E1
Israel		高佑思	September 28, 1994	S2 E1
Turkey	Oguzhan Tasdemir	欧赞	September 18, 1991	S2 E1
Republic of the Congo  France	Gaive Junior	朱礼		S2 E1

Past Representatives

Country	Name	Chinese Name	Birthday	Episodes
Canada	James Alofs	詹姆斯·奥夫斯	September 26, 1986	S1 E1 - S1 E46
South Korea	Han Dong-su	韩东秀	January 27, 1990	S1 E1 - S1 E46

Guest Representatives

Country	Name	Chinese Name	Birthday	Episodes
France	Antoine Brunel	安闹闹	December 24, 1979	S1 E3
Zimbabwe	Michael Mashakada	马正桦	January 24, 1991	S1 E4
Japan	Shinji Kuroki	黑木真二	July 29, 1983	S1 E17, 18, 29 - 34, 37
France	Pascal Bonnisseau	宋博宁	July 2, 1981	S1 E17, 18, 35, 38, 41, 43
United States	Jonathan Kott	江喃		S1 E26
Thailand  India	Thep	天乐		S1 E42

Similar Shows

South Korean shows

Non-summit is the original show.

In 2015, a Non-summit spin-off aired.

Turkish franchise

In 2014, atv purchased the rights for a Turkish adaptation of Non-Summit, titled Elİn Oğlu, which premiered on 21 March 2015.^[1][3]

Chinese franchises

Informal Talks (非正式会谈) is a Chinese adaptation of Non-Summit, broadcast on Hubei Television. It began its second season in December, 2015.^[4]

References

1. ‘비정상회담’ 중국 이어 터키판 제작…21일 첫 방송 (in Korean). Ten Asia. March 12, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
2. 《青年说》林志颖自曝曾无证驾驶险被开除 (in Chinese). Sina Entertainment. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
3. Ghim, Sora (April 13, 2015). "The Chinese And Turkish Versions Of 'Non-summit' Reveal Its Poster". BNT News. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
4. Li, Lianxing (January 17, 2016). "Taking ties beyond screen". China Daily. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

External links

• Official website