You heard it right... Call Me By Fire, or 披荆斩棘 in Chinese, is finally here debuting its fourth season in 2024! Man, it felt as if Season 3 was just last month!!
What is Call Me By Fire? (披荆斩棘)
This is a music program by MangtoTV, an internet video platform in China featuring a group of male celebrities competing for a few rounds to be in the finale. You can find all my blog posts about this music program using this tag, CallMeByFire.
Now, now... what about Call Me By Fire Season 4?
Season 4 no longer focuses on the Elder Brothers, but rather an even split between Elder and Younger Brothers.
Yup, you read it right. This show's initial conception is to reintroduce the Elder Brothers (male celebrities in their late 30's to early 40's) to the industry.
This season chose to do the opposite, so be prepared to expect the unexpected!
This year, the show invites 34 male celebrities to evenly split them into two groups: the Elder and Younger Brother. The latter has a competitive edge over the former, considering the audiences are from the younger generation. After all, this music competition is heavily decided by the audience's votes.
I will not be surprised to see the younger brothers winning by a landslide... so much so that even the producers cannot tamper the votes to balance out the playing field.
Spoiler alert: all the participants are regrouped once more after Round 2 LOL
Who are the contestants of Call Me By Fire Season 4?
By birth year order:
Elder Brothers:
Hakken Lee (李克勤) - 6 December 1967
Allen Lin Yi Lun (林依轮) - 4 April 1970
Liang Long (梁龙) - 18 October 1977
Reno Wang Zheng Liang (王铮亮) - 30 November 1977
Charlie Qin Hao (秦昊) - 19 May 1978
Yan Yi Kuan (严屹宽) - 24 January 1979
Akira (黑泽良平) - 23 August 1981
Miyavi - 14 September 1981
Jerry Yuan Cheng Jie (袁成杰) - 10 March 1983
Joe Xu Hai Qiao (徐海乔) - 17 April 1983
Sammy Sum Chun Hin (沈震轩) - 4 May 1983
Li Ze Feng (李泽锋) - 22 June 1983
Jacky Heung Cho (向佐) - 20 July 1984
Evan Yo (蔡旻佑) - 12 November 1986
Fu Xin Bo (付辛博) - 5 March 1987
William Wei Li An (韦礼安) - 5 March 1987
Du Hai Tao (杜海涛) - 28 October 1987
Younger Brothers:
Rhydian Vaughan Feng Xiao Yue (凤小岳) - 10 March 1988
Jason Fu Long Fei (符龙飞) - 21 May 1988
Huang Xiao (黄潇) - 9 November 1989
Fox Hu Xia (胡夏) - 1 March 1990
Dylan Xiong Zi Qi (熊梓淇) - 6 June 1992
Austin Li Jia Qi (李佳琦) - 7 June 1992
Zao An (早安) - 1 February 1993
Ning Huan Yu (宁桓宇) - 11 September 1993
Alan Aruna (阿如那) - 18 September 1993
J.zen Zhu Xing Jie (朱星杰) - 17 April 1994
Wang Yi Zhe (王一哲) - 14 May 1994
You Zhang Jing (尤长靖) - 19 September 1994
Jiao Mai Qi (焦迈奇) - 4 October 1996
Jing Long (井胧) - 7 July 1997
Nine Gao Qing Chen, or Kornchid Boonsathipakdee (高卿尘) - 11 July 1999
Shi Kai (石凯) - 7 December 1999
Caelan Moriarty (庆怜) - 12 April 2001
Isn't this an interesting division... Rhydian Vaughan, or stage name Feng Xiao Yue is not even 6 months behind Du Hai Tao yet categorised as the younger brother!
"Who is the oldest and youngest brother?"
The oldest participant in Call Me By Fire Season 4 is 56-year-old Hakken Lee, one of the OG Hong Kong singers.
Meanwhile, the youngest brother is Caelan Moriarty. This Japanese-American singer and dancer was not even 25 years old when he joined this music program.
Outstanding Participants and Trivia
1. This season is a bit rebellious... the producers decided not to invite any of the Brothers from the previous season! Season 2 saw four returning brothers, whereas Season 3 had at least one. Seeing new faces and antics would be pretty entertaining!
2. We see more international contestants hailing from Malaysia and Thailand... as well as mixed-race. They are Azora Chin You Zhang Jing, Nine Gao Qing Chen, Feng Xiao Yue and Caelan.
3. Akira and Miyavi are among the first Japanese members to join this music program.
4. After months of teasing, former contestant of "Happy Boys" Reno Wang Zheng Liang was finally invited to the show! The quadro of "Happy-Boys" in Season 3 are Chen Chu Sheng (陈楚生), Bird Zhang Yuan (张远), Wang Yue Xin (王栎鑫) and Yu Hao Ming (俞灏明).
5. Zao An is the only professional rapper of this cycle. Notorious for super speed talking, his masterpiece is Qilin (麒麟) that was performed by Gem's team in Season 3.
6. Huang Xiao is the only dancer by trade this season. He also happened to be a close friend of Derek Ma Xiao Long (马晓龙), a winning dancer and brother of Season 3.
Do you have more trivia to add? Let's gossip!! :D
What's Next?
"Where can I watch Call Me Be Fire Season 4?"
That'd be 披荆斩棘的哥哥 Call Me By Fire YouTube channel.
For official English subtitles, try China HunanTV Official Channel 湖南卫视芒果TV官方频道.
Thank you for reading and see you in the next blog post!
Disclaimer:
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