| Native Name: | 男生女生向前冲 |
| Genre: | Sports entertainment Comedy |
| Country: | China |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes (including adverts) |
| Presenter: | Wang Xiaochuan (reg.) Wang Lele (reg.) Yu Sheng (reg.), etc. |
| Channel: | Anhui Satellite Television |
| Last Aired: | present |
| Num Seasons: | 5 (1 for Special Edition) |
Nan sheng nü sheng xiang qian chong (Pinyin, In Chinese: "男生女生向前冲", directly in English "Race Forward, Boys and Girls!") is a Chinese game show which is based on one of Endemol USA's best-selling game shows, Wipeout. This program has several changes to the original US settings. The latest season is finished on October 24, 2013.
This show was premiered on July 1, 2010. Every summer the show is produced in Hefei, Anhui Province.
In the episodes there are usually 6 hosts, but sometimes 7 (especially in the Knockouts since Season 2). The hosts are selected from all channels of Anhui Television. There are 2 tracks with eight single obstacles (in Season 1, the number of obstacles was 6) in them, one is for male contestants, and the other one is for females. There are always 2 obstacles for all the players.
In the current episodes, the obstacles are listed as follows:
In this obstacle, contestant must step on the "Lotus" about 80 centimeters above the pool, one by one.
There are two trampolines trembling above the pool. The contestant should walk through the quivering trampolines to finish the obstacle.
There are two podiums standing 2.5 meters above the pool. The contestant's job is going through the podiums to move on, just like triple long jump. Sounds easy? But there are two pointers with rings turning around above the podiums, so you must dodge them to move on.
In this obstacle, there are three turntables turning in random directions. The contestant must race through the turntables. If someone lies on one single turntable for 3 seconds, the table will automatically turn faster so that she will be turned into the pool and out of the show.
This obstacle may be the most difficult and dangerous one of the show's obstacles. The five platforms are turning in random directions and trembling. What's more, the "fists" on all the platforms are manufacturing interference to the contestants, so he or she must overcome the shock and struggle to go through this obstacle.
Just like the English obstacle name, the contestant must go over the 8-meter-long beam, dodging the turning "fingers" to win.
The contestant must dodge both the swinging W-sized stand and the 2 turning columns to deal with it.
This is the last and the easiest one of the tracks, just move on to the 6-meter-high final stage to win.
This job may be easy, just switching yourself to the next obstacle. But the turning bars add the difficulty.
Three flabellums in a row are turning in the same direction, contestant must go with the flabellums to deal with this obstacle.
You must hug the cylinder on the huge stand and roll down beyond the pool.
It has the same setting as the women's track's Obstacle 4.
It has the same setting as the women's track's Obstacle 5.
This obstacle is the same as Wipeout's original obstacle, "The Big Balls". But there is a flatbed before the last big ball, and the second one and the last one are moving up and down.
There are 5 "fists" trembling ahead, so the contestant must go over the fists to move on. You can deal with them one by one or race over them at once.
It has the same setting as the women's track's Obstacle 8.
Contestant must go over all the 8 single obstacles to win the prize. Unlike the US original version, if someone falls into the pool, termed "Wipeout!", he or she is eliminated. If he or she passes first 5 of the 8 obstacles, he or she will win a small prize instead.
The show uses a different mode to the US original version, the male players and female players play as single contestants, but work as two teams. Usually the people with the same gender play as the same team, but sometimes the team contains the same Family Name or the same hometown. The team with the smaller team to the other team will be punished by the presenters or the lifeguards.
This was introduced in season 5. The 8 contestants must work as a team, moving on and moving back. The track is divided into 4 parts, so there are 2 players in each part. If someone is wiped out, he or she is out of play.
The team leader, one of the hosts of the show, has an opportunity to save a contestant to play again. But the right can be used only once during the whole episode. If the two contestants of one part are both wiped out, the leader should decide whether he or she want to use it if the right is still available. If someone saved by his or her team leader is wiped out again, or both of the players are phased out, the game immediately ends and the team is automatically eliminated from the track.
The winner is the fastest team for both the two tracks, win the prize of CN¥20,000 in cash. If the winners of the two tracks are not the same team, each team will choose a contestant to play a one-on-one original game on the same track. The person who completes the most obstacles or finish the race with the shortest time wins the show, and the winning team wins the big cash.
The Knockouts' rules are the same as the US original version's Wipeout Zone. The top 4 of each track are proceeded to the next round. In the Final, the winner wins a new car's 100,000-kilometer right to use, while the runners-up win home appliance or small cash prizes.
The person who is wiped out in the game or falls behind the 4th (sometimes the 3rd) is phased out immediately and win nothing. If he or she has finished the task, small prizes are awarded.
The hosts vary by episode. Unlike the original version which uses only three, this show uses 6 or 7 hosts, sometimes one on the backstage.
Although the show's hosts are varied well, some of them are regularly seen on the stage as follows:
There are some guest hosts which are rarely seen, such as Lu Yao, Bai Yu (one of the hosts who are often seen on the backstage), Chen Qi, Xu Yifei, and so on. They are all selected from all the television channels of Anhui TV Network.
| Year | Date Aired | Track | Top Prize Winner | Winning Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | November 11, 2012 | Female | Zhu Jiajia (朱佳佳) | 53 secs | |
| 2012 | November 11, 2012 | Male | Dong Hang (董航) | 43 secs | |
| 2013 | October 5, 2013 | Female | Jia Lizhi (贾利芝) | 1 min 28 secs | |
| 2013 | October 5, 2013 | Male | Xia Dengwen (夏邓文) | 1 min 17 secs |
There is an studio-based kids edition of this program called "加油好baby" (combined with Simplified Chinese and English), premiering on Anhui TV on January 18, 2014.
The contestants are families whose child is between 8 and 18 months.
The child must climb over the 12-meter long track in 90 seconds. He or she should get over the temptation zones, climb uphill and go over the obstacle. Failure to do these jobs in the allowed time, the father should stand in the "Punishment Zone" and be hit into the pool by the "Whale" at the end of the punishment zone.
Standing is prohibited in this game.
Completing the temptation zone, the contestant will win a cooker worth CN¥ 800; finishing the uphill zone, an electric bicycle worth CN¥ 2,000 instead; crossing the finish line, the ultimate prize is an air conditioner worth CN¥ 3,500.