Informal Talks

Informal Talks
Genre	talk-variety show
Directed by	Chen Juan, Wan Longhua, Wang Ziting, Gu Xueying, Zhang Longfu, Ma Xiao
Opening theme	Sugar by Maroon 5 We Like 2 Party by Big Bang What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction (season 1) Shadowfall by Audiomachine Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon (season 2)
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Standard Chinese
No. of seasons	3
Production
Location(s)	China
Running time	80 minutes
Release
Original network	Hubei Television
Original release	April 24, 2015 – present

Informal Talks (simplified Chinese: 非正式会谈; traditional Chinese: 非正式會談; pinyin: Fēi Zhèngshì Huìtán) is a Chinese talk show based on the talk show 世界大不同 (pinyin: Shìjiè Dà Bù Tóng, meaning "Big differences in the world"), a Hubei Television show from 2009. Informal Talks airs on Hubei Television and Heilongjiang Television on Friday at 21:20 beginning April 24, 2015.

Starting Season 1 Episode 5, every episode begins with a Culture Discussion (Chinese: 全球文化相对论; pinyin: Quánqiú Wénhuà Xiāngduìlùn), followed by questions related to the discussion topic (Chinese: 提案环节; pinyin: Tíàn Huánjié), where representatives can share their opinions. The show discusses various topics and issues in Mandarin. The atmosphere is meant to emulate a meeting of world leaders, but presented with humour.

Series overview

In Season 1, there were 20 regular episodes, and 3 special episodes (Episode 17, 18, 23). In Season 2, there were 46 regular episodes. Although, the last regular episode aired on November 11, 2016, some special episodes have aired afterwards that look back at certain moments on the show.

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	23		April 24, 2015	October 16, 2015
	2	TBA		December 11, 2015	TBA

Hosts

The panel consists of a "President" (Chinese: 会长; pinyin: Huìzhǎng), a "Vice President" (Chinese: 副会长; pinyin: Fù Huìzhǎng), a “Secretary General" (Chinese: 秘书长; pinyin: Mìshūzhǎng), a "Clerk" (Chinese: 书记官; pinyin: Shūjì guān) and "representatives" from different countries.

Name	Chinese Name	Birthday	Title	Episodes	Absences
Liu Yiwei	刘仪伟	April 28, 1969	President	S1 E1 - E4
Yuan Chengjie	袁成杰	March 10, 1983	Vice President	S1 E1 - E4
Chen Chao (Cynthia)	陈超	October 24	Clerk	S1 E1 - present	S2 E38, 39
Ma Weiwei (Vivian)	马薇薇		Secretary General	S1 E1 - S1 E4
			Vice President	S1 E5 - E23
Da Zuo (Ryan)	大左	July 29, 1985	President	S1 E5 - present
Yang Di	杨迪	August 26, 1986	Clerk	S1 E5 - E23	S1 E10, 11
			Vice President	S2 E1 - present
Huang Yixin	黄艺馨	November 16, 1982	Clerk	S1 E10, 11
Li Yitong	李艺彤	December 23, 1995	Secretary General	S2 E1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10
Chen Si	陈思	September 14, 1991	Secretary General	S2 E4, 7
Yu Shasha	于莎莎	May 30, 1985	Secretary General	S2 E6, 8, 11, 12, 17 - 20, 31
Xie Binbin	谢彬彬	December 20, 1995	Secretary General	S2 E13, 14
Shao Mingming	邵明明	October 25, 1996	Secretary General	S2 E15, 16
Chen Ming (Calvin)	陈铭	April 7, 1986	Secretary General	S2 E22 - 25, 32 - 39, 44 - 47
Jiang Chen (Joanna)	姜尘	November 27, 1987	Secretary General	S2 E26 - 30
Liu Xiye	刘熙烨		Clerk	S2 E38, 39
Jiang Tao	江涛		Secretary General	S2 E40, 43
Zang Hongna	臧洪娜	June 28	Secretary General	S2 E41, 42

Representatives

Current representatives

Country	Name	Chinese name	Birthday	Episodes	Absences
Argentina  Spain	Brian Gonzalez[1]	功必扬	April 13, 1991[2]	S1 E1 - present
Iran	Mohammad Javad Arash Estilaf[3]	华波波	August 28, 1988[4]	S1 E1 - present
Japan	Yūsuke Asai	浅井悠佑 (YOYO)[5]	September 15, 1985[6]	S1 E1 - present	S2 E36 - 39, 41 - 43
South Korea	Jack Kim (Kim Han-il)	金韩一	June 4, 1990[7]	S1 E1 - present	S2 E25, 41 - 47
United Kingdom  Australia	Alexander "Alec" Guy Odahara[8]	田原皓	February 9, 1990[9]	S1 E5 - present	S2 E26 - 30
Nigeria	James Ifeanyi Ogbobe[10]	钱多多	1988	S2 E1 - present	S2 E35
Myanmar	Steven Oo[11]	OO	November 10, 1984	S2 E1 - present	S2 E36, 44 - 47
Australia  United Kingdom	Alistair Bayley[12]	贝乐泰	May 26, 1993[13]	S2 E1 - present	S2 E2, 32 - 35, 45, 46

Past representatives

Country	Name	Chinese name	Birthday	Episodes	Absences	Returns
Italy		朱赛		S1 E1 - 4[14]
Russia  Tajikistan	Suhrobjon Nazarov[15]	阿克毛	November 20, 1993[16]	S1 E1 - 15[17]	S1 E14
France	Alexandre Dubos[18]	杜波	1986[19]	S1 E1 - 23[20]		S2 E15, 16
Germany	Nathaus Patrick[21]	潘天楷		S1 E1 - 23[22]	S1 E5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12	S2 E4, 6, 7, 8, 33, 34
Egypt	Mohamed Osama Mohamed Ragab[23]	穆小龙	September 6, 1988[24]	S1 E1 - S2 E47[25]
United States	Zach Mark Ireland Splittgerber[26]	左右	February 13, 1990[27]	S1 E1 - S2 E47[28]	S2 E2, 4, 6 - 8
Russia	Vladislav Aleksandrovich Shergin[29]	卷弗/弗拉德	October 15, 1990[30]	S1 E17 - S2 E47[31]

Guest representatives

Country	Name	Chinese name	Birthday	Episodes
Brazil	Kevin Tai[32]	戴启明	1992 - 1993[33]	S1 E1 (cut from episode), E14
Spain	Antonio Coll (Nio)[34]	蓝子龙	March 11, 1989[35]	S1 E3, 16
Ukraine	Yegor Shyshov[36]	椰果	May 22, 1989[37]	S1 E5
Canada	Brendan Frentz[38]	范柏仁		S1 E6
Australia		小白		S1 E10
United States	Martin	马丁	1986 - 1987[39]	S1 E10
United States		龙小龙	2001[40]	S1 E11
New Zealand	Patrick Rosevear[41]	罗斯文	June 24, 1987[42]	S1 E14, 21
Spain	David Garcia Lou[43]	搂大卫	October 25[44]	S1 E15
Italy	Anthony[45]	安东尼	May 9, 1990[46]	S1 E15, 33
Spain		杰拉德		S1 E19
Cameroon	David	大卫		S1 E20
Egypt		周晓龙		S1 E22
India		马尼	August 22[47]	S2 E2
United States		罗罗		S2 E3
South Africa	Oliver[48]	奥利/赵子玉	August 11[49]	S2 E4, 7, 35
Italy		安德		S2 E5
Sweden	Markus[50]	张维		S2 E6
United States		李越	December 30, 1992	S2 E6, 8, 31
Spain		伊萨		S2 E8, 31
United States	Paul Craddock[51]	美保/美宝[52]	October 14, 1993	S2 E9
Italy	Jacopo Maria Lasala[53]	徐天佑		S2 E10
Germany		西蒙		S2 E11, 12
Malaysia	Cedric Loo[54]	吕锐		S2 E13
Switzerland	Franco Lodovico Maglio[55]	弗朗克		S2 E14
France		方兴为		S2 E17, 18
Thailand	Palang Jakkrawansilp[56]	帕朗		S2 E19
Brazil	Eduardo de Carvalho Rodrigues Filho[57]	栎树		S2 E20
United States	Josh Gordon[58]	戈登		S2 E21, 29, 30, 32, 35
Italy		伟鸥	1992[59]	S2 E22
Turkey	Yasin[60]	亚星	September 28, 1993[61]	S2 E23
Italy	Mauri[62]	风明睿		S2 E24
United Kingdom	Elliot[63]	董锦程	1993 - 1994[64]	S2 E25
Italy	Riccardo Moratto (Skanda)[65]	韦佳德	December 4, 1985[66]	S2 E26
Switzerland	Machi[67]	马喜	August 15, 1981[68]	S2 E27
Belgium	Romuald Bronchart[69]	彭望龙	June 24, 1989[70]	S2 E28
Russia		高迪		S2 E32
Japan	Onishi Nakamura	中村大西		S2 E36
France	Pascal Bonnisseau[71]	宋博宁	July 2, 1981[72]	S2 E36, 37, 41 - 46
France	Quentin[73]	信誓蛋蛋 (钢蛋)		S2 E38, 39
France	Romeo[74]	信誓蛋蛋 (铁蛋)		S2 E38, 39
Thailand		徐才文		S2 E39
Germany	Constantin[75]	康廷	January 11, 1987[76]	S2 E40
Japan	Hirotaka	博隆		S2 E42, 43
France		晓冬		S2 E43
Russia		安德烈		S2 E44
Australia		黎昕		S2 E45, 46
Bangladesh	Rashed[77]	瑞江明		S2 E45
Netherlands		柯桑德	1994[78]	S2 E46

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References

1. Brian's instagram
2. Brian's weibo
3. Arash's instagram
4. Arash's weibo
5. He is called YOYO on the show
6. YOYO's weibo
7. Kim's wikipedia page
8. Season 1 Episode 17
9. Alec's weibo
10. James' instagram
11. Steven's weibo
12. Alistair's instagram
13. Alistair's weibo
14. Explained in Season 1 Episode 5 that he left for work reasons]
15. Suhrobjon's vk page
16. Suhrobjon's weibo
17. Explained in Season 1 Episode 15 that he would leave to return to Russia]
18. Season 1 Episode 16
19. Season 2 Episode 15
20. Explained in Season 1 Episode 23 that he would leave for work reasons]
21. Nathaus' LinkedIn page
22. Explained in Season 1 Episode 23 that he would leave for work reasons]
23. Season 1 Episode 15
24. Mohamed's weibo
25. Mohammed confirms he will not be in Season 3
26. Season 1 Episode 17
27. Zach's weibo
28. Zach confirms he will not be in Season 3
29. Season 1 Episode 17
30. Vlad's weibo
31. Vlad confirms he will not be in Season 3
32. Kevin's instagram
33. Season 1 Episode 14
34. Nio's LinkedIn
35. Nio's weibo
36. Article about Yegor Shyshov
37. Yegor's weibo
38. Article on Brendan
39. Season 1 Episode 10
40. Season 1 Episode 11
41. Article on Patrick
42. Patrick's weibo
43. David's weibo
44. David's weibo
45. Season 1 Episode 15
46. Anthony's weibo
47. 马尼's weibo
48. Oliver's weibo
49. Oliver's weibo
50. Markus' weibo
51. Paul's instagram
52. Paul's weibo
53. Article on Jacopo
54. Cedric's instagram
55. Franco's youtube channel
56. Palang's weibo
57. Season 2 Episode 20
58. Josh's university profile
59. Alec's huajiao account
60. Yasin's weibo
61. Yasin's weibo
62. Mauri's youku page
63. Elliot's weibo
64. Season 2 Episode 25
65. Riccardo's facebook post
66. Riccardo's weibo
67. Machi's weibo
68. Machi's weibo
69. Article on Romuald
70. Romuald's weibo
71. Pascal's LinkedIn
72. Pascal's weibo
73. Season 2 Episode 28
74. Season 2 Episode 28
75. Constantin's weibo
76. Constantin's weibo
77. Rashed's weibo
78. Season 2 Episode 46
79. ‘비정상회담’ 중국 이어 터키판 제작…21일 첫 방송 (in Korean). Ten Asia. March 12, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
80. Ghim, Sora (April 13, 2015). "The Chinese And Turkish Versions Of 'Non-summit' Reveal Its Poster". BNT News. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
81. 중국판 ‘비정상회담’, 단체사진 공개… “잘생겼다!” (in Korean). The Dong-A Ilbo. April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.

External links

• Official website