Misplaced Pages

Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed. (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Informal Talks
Genre	talk-variety show
Directed by	Chen Juan, Wan Longhua, Wang Ziting, Gu Xueying, Zhang Longfu, Ma Xiao
Starring	Da Zuo, Yang Di, Chen Ming, Chen Chao, Brian Gonzalez, Dylan Jaye, Sasha Chzhao, Idris Kartav, Steven Oo, Ichinose Asuka, Ben McMahon, Alex Martini, Kyle Obermann
Opening theme	Season 1 Sugar by Maroon 5 We Like 2 Party by Big Bang What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction Season 2 Shadowfall by Audiomachine Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon Season 3 Blood and Wine by Marcin Przybyłowicz New York Memories by Borislav Slavov Les Champs-Élysées by Joe Dassin Sunny Day by Joy Williams Legacy of Six by Really Slow Motion Season 5 Pay It Later by Joshua Francois & Franco Junior Wake Me Up (cover) by Madilyn Bailey Season 6 Walk Thru Fire by Vicetone (ft. Meron Ryan)
Country of origin	China
Original language	Chinese
No. of seasons	6
Production
Production location	China
Running time	80 minutes
Original release
Network	Hubei Television
Release	April 24, 2015 (2015-04-24) – 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 co-produced by Bilibili and Hubei Television. Informal Talks airs on Hubei Television and Heilongjiang Television on Fridays 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 debates 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 the tone of the show can range from serious to emotional to humorous.

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 and 3 special episodes that look back at certain moments on the show. Season 6 consisted of 8 episodes filmed in the studio in Beijing, and 16 episodes filmed remotely due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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.

Current Hosts

Past Substitute Hosts

Representatives

In Season 1, there were 10 representatives of Informal Talks (known as IT10): Brian Gonzalez, Beijing International Studies University international business student; Arash Estilaf, actor and PhD Film Studies student; YOYO, model; Giuseppe Mighali, Suhrobjon Nazarov, Renmin University of China student; Alexandre Dubos, founder of French-Street (wine company); Nathaus Patrick, Audi executive; Kim Han-il (Jack), singer; Zack Ireland Splittgerber, actor and Mohammed Osama, Xinhua News Agency journalist. After Episode 4, Giuseppe Mighali left due to work related reasons and was replaced by Alec Odahara, marketing manager, in Episode 5. After Episode 15, Suhrobjon Nazarov left to serve in the Russian Army and was replaced by Vladislav Shergin in Episode 17. At the end of Season 1, Alexandre Dubos and Nathaus Patrick left due to work related reasons.

In Season 2, there were 11 representatives (IT11). Alistair Bayley, Monash University arts student; James Ifeanyi Ogbobe, tourism management student and kindergarten teacher; and Steven Oo, fashion designer joined the cast. At the end of Season 2, Steven Oo left due to work related reasons. Mohammed Osama, Zach Ireland Splittgerber, and Vladislav Shergin announced on Weibo that they were informed by the producers of Informal Talks they would not continue to be representatives in Season 3. Kim Han-il (Jack) left for unknown reasons.

In Season 3, Cedric Jun Jie Loo (guest representative in Season 2 Episode 13), actor and model; Mirco Tranchina, Beijing Normal University Linguistics student; Sasha, Harbin Engineering University international business student; Idris Kartav, Xiamen University International Relations and Affairs student and Dominic Romeo joined the cast. After Season 3, Mirco left due to immigration difficulties, and Alec and James left due to work. In Season 3.5, they were replaced with Dylan Jaye, an investment banker; Brian O'Shea and Patrick Köllmer.

Current Representatives

Country	Name	Chinese name	Occupation	Birthday	Since	Absences
Argentina  Spain	Brian Alejandro Gonzalez Ruiz	功必扬	BISU International Business student	(1991-04-13) April 13, 1991 (age 33)	S1 E1	S4 E8
Russia	Aleksandr "Sasha" Chzhao	萨沙	HRBEU International Business student	(1998-09-29) September 29, 1998 (age 26)	S3 E1	S3 E5, 6, 46 S4 E5-8 S5 E4
Italy	Alessandro Martini	阿雷	Student	(1996-06-19) June 19, 1996 (age 28)	S6 E1
United Kingdom	Harry Moore	欧阳森			S6.5
South Africa	Brett Lyndall Singh	阿乐	Medical Technology Entrepreneur		S6 E9	S6, E12 - 13
United States	Zach Bielak	小白/姜海			S6.5
Norway	Gustav Gillund	顾思达			S6.5
Japan	Takeuchi Ryo	竹内亮			S6.5
Cameroon	Challi	沙力			S6.5
Myanmar	Steven Oo (Than Naing Oo)	赖合成 OO	Fashion Designer	(1984-11-10) November 10, 1984 (age 40)	S2 E1-E47 S6 E1	S2 E36, 44 - 47

Past Representatives

Country	Name	Chinese name	Occupation	Birthday	Episodes	Absences	Returns
Italy	Giuseppe Mighali	朱赛	Researcher in Chinese Classical Philology		S1 E1 - 4
Russia  Tajikistan	Suhrobjon Nazarov	阿克毛	Student	(1993-11-20) November 20, 1993 (age 31)	S1 E1 - 15	S1 E14	S3 E5, 6, 25
France	Alexandre Dubos	杜波		1986	S1 E1 - 23		S2 E15, 16 S4 E8
Germany	Nathaus Patrick	潘天楷	Audi Executive		S1 E1 - 23	S1 E5 - 7, 9 - 12	S2 E4, 6 - 8, 33, 34 S3 E15, 16
South Korea	Jack Kim (Kim Han-il) †	金韩一	Singer	(1990-06-04)June 4, 1990	S1 E1 - S2 E47	S2 E25, 41 - 47
United States	Zach Mark Ireland Splittgerber	左右		(1990-02-13) February 13, 1990 (age 34)	S1 E1 - S2 E47	S2 E2, 4, 6 - 8
Egypt	Mohamed Osama Mohamed Ragab	穆小龙	Translator	(1988-09-06) September 6, 1988 (age 36)	S1 E1 - S2 E47		S3 E18 - 22, 25 S4 E5
Russia	Vladislav Aleksandrovich Shergin	卷弗/弗拉德		(1990-10-15) October 15, 1990 (age 34)	S1 E17 - S2 E47		S4 E6
United Kingdom  Australia	Alexander "Alec" Guy Odahara	田原皓	Marketing manager IT Analyst	(1990-02-09) February 9, 1990 (age 34)	S1 E5 - S3 E40	S2 E27 - 30 S3 E28, 34 - 40
Nigeria	James Ifeanyi Ogbobe	钱多多	Tourism Management student	1988	S2 E1 - S3 E40	S2 E35
Italy	Mirco Tranchina	米可	BNU Linguistics student	(1991-06-26) June 26, 1991 (age 33)	S3 E1 - 40	S3 E13, 14, 18 19, 28 - 30, 34, 37 - 40	S5 E9, 10
Japan	Yūsuke Asai	浅井悠佑 YOYO	Model	(1985-09-15) September 15, 1985 (age 39)	S1 E1 - S3 E61	S2 E36 - 43 S3 E25
Malaysia	Cedric Jun Jie Loo	吕锐 吕俊杰	Model, actor	1988	S3 E1 - 61
Italy  Argentina	Brian O'Shea	波波		(1993-04-10) April 10, 1993 (age 31)	S3 E41 - 61
Germany	Patrick Köllmer	吴雨翔		(1988-09-16) September 16, 1988 (age 36)	S3 E41 - 61	S3 E46
France	Wilfried Buiron	阮奕信	Student, Entrepreneur	(1995-09-02) September 2, 1995 (age 29)	S4 E1 - 12		S5 E6
Iran	Arash Estilaf	华波波	Actor, Film Studies student	(1988-08-28) August 28, 1988 (age 36)	S1 E1 - S5 E12	S4 E8 (start)
Australia  United Kingdom	Alistair Bayley	贝乐泰	Monash Arts student	(1993-05-26) May 26, 1993 (age 31)	S2 E1 - S5 E12	S2 E2, 32 - 35, 45, 46 S3 E29, 30
United States	Dominic Joseph Romeo	罗狮杰	Student	1992	S3 E1 - S5 E12	S4 E1 (end), 2
United Kingdom	Russell	成明	Student		S5 E1 - S5 E12	S5 E4, 9, 10
United States  Italy	Dylan Jaye	钟逸伦	Investment Banker Musician	(1995-10-22) October 22, 1995 (age 29)	S3 E41	S4 E9, 10
South Africa	Mark Minnie Jr.	宁大人	Student	(1994-05-09) May 9, 1994 (age 30)	S4 E1
India  Thailand	Siwathep Singh Khanderpor	天乐	Student	(1993-06-04) June 4, 1993 (age 31)	S4 E1	S5 E5, 6
Japan	Ichinose Asuka	一之瀬飞鸟	Video blogger	1995	S4 E1
United States	Kyle Obermann	欧阳凯	Photographer		S6 E1
Australia	Ben McMahon	孟杰明	Real Estate Developer		S6 E1
Turkey	Idris Talha Kartav †	唐小强	Stone Importer	(1992-08-24)August 24, 1992	S3 E1		S3 E18 - 22 S4 E5-8

Guest Representatives

Country	Name	Chinese name	Birthday	Episodes
Brazil	Kevin Tai	戴启明	1992 - 1993	S1 E1 (cut from episode), E14
Spain	Antonio Coll (Nio)	蓝子龙	(1989-03-11) March 11, 1989 (age 35)	S1 E3, 16
Ukraine	Yegor Shyshov	椰果	(1989-05-22) May 22, 1989 (age 35)	S1 E5
Canada	Brendan Frentz	范柏仁		S1 E6
Australia		小白		S1 E10
United States	Martin	马丁	1986 - 1987	S1 E10
United States		龙小龙	2001	S1 E11
New Zealand	Patrick Rosevear	罗斯文	(1987-06-24) June 24, 1987 (age 37)	S1 E14, 21
Spain	David Garcia Lou	搂大卫	October 25	S1 E15
Italy	Anthony	安东尼	(1990-05-09) May 9, 1990 (age 34)	S1 E15, 33
Spain	Gerald	杰拉德		S1 E19
Cameroon	David	大卫		S1 E20
Egypt		周晓龙		S1 E22
India	Mani	马尼	August 22	S2 E2
United States		罗罗		S2 E3
South Africa	Oliver	奥利/赵子玉	August 11	S2 E4, 7, 35
Italy	Andre	安德		S2 E5
Sweden	Markus	张维		S2 E6 S3 E2, 3
United States		李越	(1992-12-30) December 30, 1992 (age 32)	S2 E6, 8, 31
Spain	Isa	伊萨		S2 E8, 31
United States	Paul Craddock	美保/美宝	(1993-10-14) October 14, 1993 (age 31)	S2 E9
Italy	Jacopo Maria Lasala	徐天佑		S2 E10
Germany	Simon Dominic	西蒙		S2 E11, 12
Malaysia	Cedric Jun Jie Loo	吕锐/吕俊杰		S2 E13
Switzerland	Franco Lodovico Maglio	弗朗克		S2 E14
France		方兴为		S2 E17, 18
Thailand	Palang Jakkrawansilp	帕朗		S2 E19
Brazil	Eduardo de Carvalho Rodrigues Filho	栎树		S2 E20
United States	Josh Gordon	戈登		S2 E21, 29, 30, 32, 35 S3 E21, 22
Italy	David	伟鸥	1992	S2 E22
Turkey	Yasin	亚星	(1993-09-28) September 28, 1993 (age 31)	S2 E23
Italy	Mauri	风明睿		S2 E24
United Kingdom	Elliot O'Donnell	董锦程	1993 - 1994	S2 E25
Italy	Riccardo Moratto (Skanda)	韦佳德	(1985-12-04) December 4, 1985 (age 39)	S2 E26
Switzerland	Machi	马喜	(1981-08-15) August 15, 1981 (age 43)	S2 E27
Belgium	Romuald Bronchart	彭望龙	(1989-06-24) June 24, 1989 (age 35)	S2 E28
Russia	Gaudi	高迪		S2 E32
Japan	Nakamura Onishi	中村大西		S2 E36
France	Pascal Bonnisseau	宋博宁	(1981-07-02) July 2, 1981 (age 43)	S2 E36, 37, 41 - 46 S3 E9 - 11, 37 - 40
France	Quentin Albert	信誓蛋蛋 (钢蛋)		S2 E38, 39
France	Romeo Delebecque	信誓蛋蛋 (铁蛋)		S2 E38, 39
Thailand		徐才文		S2 E39
Germany	Constantin	康廷	(1987-01-11) January 11, 1987 (age 37)	S2 E40
Japan	Tsukagoshi Hirotaka	冢越博隆	(1978-04-18) April 18, 1978 (age 46)	S2 E42, 43 S3 E13, 14
France		晓冬		S2 E43
Russia	Andrey	安德烈		S2 E44
Australia		黎昕		S2 E45, 46
Bangladesh	Rashed	瑞江明		S2 E45
Netherlands	Sander Kole	柯桑德	(1994-09-19) September 19, 1994 (age 30)	S2 E46
Uzbekistan	Kamol Munisov	康晓鑫		S3 E23
United Kingdom	Mark	马克		S3 E26
Costa Rica	Rodley	罗德利		S3 E27
Germany	David	江南		S3 E28, 34
Thailand		范桂忠		S3 E28
Thailand		兴川瑞		S3 E29, 30
United States		马爱文		S3 E30
Japan		坂尚		S3 E31
Italy  Argentina	Brian O'Shea	波波	April 10	S3 E34
Brazil	Uyan Tien	田舞阳	(1985-08-01) August 1, 1985 (age 39)	S3 E35, 36
Germany	Patrick Köllmer	吴雨翔	(1988-09-16) September 16, 1988 (age 36)	S3 E37, 38
United States  Italy	Dylan Jaye	钟逸伦	(1995-10-22) October 22, 1995 (age 29)	S3 E39
United Kingdom	Laurence Heyes	何安杰	(1995-01-01) January 1, 1995 (age 29)	S3 E46
United Kingdom		葛金鹰		S3 E49
Israel	Raz Galor	高佑思	(1994-09-28) September 28, 1994 (age 30)	S3 E50, 51 S5 E8
Lebanon	Michael	卡子彤		S3 E53
United States	Lila Kidson	星悦		S3 E54
Somalia		莫哈		S3 E56
Thailand	Phichet Ang	洪健城		S3 E57
Egypt		王力宏		S3 E59
Brazil	Vinicius Batista de Oliveira	欧力	September 17, 1991 (age 27)	S4 E5
Germany		发币		S4 E6
China	Oscar Sun	孙坚	(1983-05-23) May 23, 1983 (age 41)	S4 E7
Venezuela  Spain		文楷		S4 E8
DRC		龙儿		S4 E9
United Kingdom		梁悦信		S4 E10
United States	Stephen Turban	唐文理		S5 E3
Sudan		白石		S5 E4
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Elie Kipanga	苏阳		S5 E5
Poland	Philip	菲利普		S5 E7
Japan	Yamashita Tomohiro	山下智博		S5 E11
Egypt  Palestine		刘正曦		S6 E5
France		广坦	1983 (age 37)	S6 E7
Japan	Erica	林绘梨华		S6 E7
Belgium	Gianni Girolami	杰宁	1988	S6 E8
Malaysia	Joey Chua	蔡卓宜		S6 E9
Malaysia	Yan Rujing	颜如晶		S6 E10

Similar shows

South Korean show

Non-Summit is the original show. It is produced by Korean television company JTBC and features handsome Korean-speaking foreign men discussing a wide range of political and social issues.

In 2015, a Non-Summit spin-off aired called Where is My Friend's Home. The show features the cast of Non-Summit and was filmed across 12 different countries.

Turkish franchise

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

Chinese franchises

In 2015, Jiangsu Television purchased the rights for a Chinese adaptation of Non-Summit, titled A Bright World (世界青年说), which premiered on 16 April 2015.

References

1. "不止二次元！走"B站特色"的内容生产道路是怎么诞生？_财富号_东方财富网". caifuhao.eastmoney.com. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
2. "非正式会谈 第6季". www.bilibili.com. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
3. Alexandre's Linkedin
4. Nathaus' Linkedin
5. Mohammed's Linkedin
6. "Brian Gonzalez". Instagram. Retrieved Jun 16, 2018.
7. "功必扬". Weibo. Retrieved Nov 18, 2017.
8. "小萨超人". YiZhiBo. Retrieved Sep 26, 2017.
9. "非正式会谈第三季换人吗 非正式会谈第3季成员". 5011. Retrieved Dec 26, 2016.
10. ^ "非正式会谈第3季成员". 771q. Retrieved Jan 15, 2017.
11. Harry's social media
12. Zach's social media
13. Gustav's Instagram
14. Giuseppe's weibo
15. Explained in Season 1 Episode 5 that he left for work reasons]
16. Suhrobjon's vk page
17. Suhrobjon's weibo
18. Explained in Season 1 Episode 15 that he would leave to return to Russia]
19. Season 1 Episode 16
20. Season 2 Episode 15
21. ^ Explained in Season 1 Episode 23 that he would leave for work reasons]
22. Nathaus' LinkedIn page
24. ^ Season 1 Episode 17
25. Zach's weibo
26. Zach confirms he will not be in Season 3
27. Season 1 Episode 15
28. Mohamed's weibo
29. Mohammed confirms he will not be in Season 3
30. Vlad's weibo
31. Vlad confirms he will not be in Season 3
32. Alec's weibo
33. James' instagram
34. Mirco's instagram post
35. Mirco's weibo
36. He is called YOYO on the show
37. "YOYO浅井悠佑". Weibo. Retrieved Mar 18, 2017.
38. ^ "Cedric Loo". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved Sep 26, 2017.
39. "Wilfried BUIRON (阮奕信)". Linkedin. Retrieved Jul 21, 2018.
40. "BUIRON, Wilfried Bernard Jean - Sep '95 - Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing". Limited Reviews. Retrieved Jul 21, 2018.
41. Arash's instagram
42. "Arashi华波波아라시". Instagram. Retrieved Feb 10, 2017.
43. "Arash". Weibo. Retrieved Mar 18, 2017.
44. "Alistair Bayley 🗿". Instagram. Retrieved Apr 17, 2017.
45. "Beiletai". Weibo. Retrieved Oct 26, 2016.
46. "Our Team". Romeo Education. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved Feb 21, 2017.
47. "钟逸伦 Dylan Jaye". Instagram. Retrieved Jul 21, 2018.
48. "Emotional farewell for author Mark Minnie". Times Live. Retrieved Apr 20, 2019.
49. "ndr宁大人". Weibo. Retrieved Jun 21, 2018.
50. "天乐Siwathep Singh Khanderpor". Weibo. Retrieved Jun 21, 2018.
51. "天乐Thep". Weibo. Retrieved Jun 21, 2018.
52. "《叫我男神》迎来了6位来自中国综艺节目《非正式会谈》的男神，这6位男神都说会一口流利的华语! 一起来盘点这6位"歪果仁"男神!". 天上的一朵云. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
53. Article on Idris
54. 唐小強's weibo
55. Kevin's instagram
56. Season 1 Episode 14
57. Nio's LinkedIn
58. Nio's weibo
59. Yegor's weibo
60. Article on Brendan
61. Season 1 Episode 10
62. Season 1 Episode 11
63. Article on Patrick
64. Patrick's weibo
65. ^ David's weibo
66. Season 1 Episode 15
67. Anthony's weibo
68. 马尼's weibo
69. ^ Oliver's weibo
70. Markus' weibo
71. Paul's instagram
72. Paul's weibo
73. Article on Jacopo
74. Franco's youtube channel
75. Palang's weibo
76. Season 2 Episode 20
77. Josh's university profile
78. Alec's huajiao account
79. ^ Yasin's weibo
80. Mauri's youku page
81. 董锦程：What A Mr. Dong
82. Season 2 Episode 25
83. Riccardo's facebook post
84. Riccardo's weibo
85. ^ Machi's weibo
86. Article on Romuald
87. Romuald's weibo
88. Pascal's LinkedIn
89. Pascal's weibo
90. Quentin Albert, a young man from Montpellier who has become China's most popular web influencer
91. Xinshidandan - Le duo français qui fait rire la Chine
92. ^ Constantin's weibo
93. Rashed's weibo
94. Sander's bike company website
95. Q&A video
96. Article
97. Gianni linkedin
98. ^ ‘비정상회담’ 중국 이어 터키판 제작…21일 첫 방송 (in Korean). Ten Asia. March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
99. ^ Ghim, Sora (April 13, 2015). "The Chinese And Turkish Versions Of 'Non-summit' Reveal Its Poster". BNT News. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
100. 중국판 ‘비정상회담’, 단체사진 공개… “잘생겼다!” (in Korean). The Dong-A Ilbo. April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.

External links

• Official website

• 2015 Chinese television series debuts
• Bilibili original programming
• Chinese-language television shows
• Chinese television talk shows
• Non-Summit
• Chinese television series based on South Korean television series