Call Me by Fire season 2

Call Me by Fire (Season 2) (Chinese: 披荊斬棘; pinyin: Pī jīng zhǎn jí) is a 2022 Chinese singing reality television show which premiered on August 19, 2022, on Mango TV.^[1] The second season of Call Me by Fire, it features 32 seasoned male celebrities from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and the US who compete to form a boy band. The Chinese title of the show has also been renamed from 披荆斩棘的哥哥 to 披荊斬棘.^[2]

Call Me by Fire
Season 2
Official poster of season 2
Native name
Traditional Chinese	披荊斬棘
Simplified Chinese	披荆斩棘
Literal meaning	Big Brothers That Cut Through Thorns
Hanyu Pinyin	Pī jīng zhǎn jí
Presented by	Qi Sijun
No. of contestants	32
Release
Original network	Mango TV
Original release	August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) – 4 November 2022 (2022-11-04)

Contestants

Each contestant's English name will be used if known. Otherwise, the hanyu pinyin version of the name would be used in the order of surname followed by given name. All Chinese names are in simplified Chinese.

Name		Profession	Birth Place	Birthdate (Age)
Jordan Chan	陈小春	Actor, singer	Guangdong	(1967-07-08) July 8, 1967 (age 57)
Raymond Lam	林峯	Actor, singer	Xiamen	(1979-12-08) December 8, 1979 (age 44)
Ron Ng	吴卓羲	Actor, singer	Hong Kong	(1979-09-02) September 2, 1979 (age 45)
Deric Wan	温兆伦	Actor, singer, songwriter	Hong Kong	(1964-11-18) November 18, 1964 (age 60)
Vanness Wu	吴建豪	Singer, actor	United States	(1978-08-07) August 7, 1978 (age 46)
Mike D.Angelo	迈克·D·安吉洛	Actor, singer	Thailand	(1989-12-19) December 19, 1989 (age 34)
Fan Shiqi	范世锜	Singer	Jilin	(1992-03-23) March 23, 1992 (age 32)
Zhu Jiaqi	朱嘉琦	Actor	Hebei	(1992-10-21) October 21, 1992 (age 32)
Shin	信	Singer, actor	Taiwan	(1971-05-14) May 14, 1971 (age 53)
Hao Yun	郝云	Singer, songwriter	Henan	(1979-02-25) February 25, 1979 (age 45)
Julian Cheung	张智霖	Actor, singer	Hong Kong	(1971-08-27) August 27, 1971 (age 53)
Ma Di	马𬱖	Singer, songwriter	Beijing	(1989-01-15) January 15, 1989 (age 35)
Zheng Jun	郑钧	Singer-songwriter	Xi'an	(1967-11-06) November 6, 1967 (age 57)
Yida Huang	黄义达	Singer, songwriter	Singapore	(1979-08-11) August 11, 1979 (age 45)
Ren Ke (lead singer of folk band Wu Tiao Ren (五条人))	仁科	Singer, accordionist, guitarist	Guangdong	(1986-06-17) June 17, 1986 (age 38)
Pakho Chau	周柏豪	Singer, actor	Hong Kong	(1984-11-12) November 12, 1984 (age 40)
Richie Jen	任贤齐	Singer, actor	Taiwan	(1966-06-23) June 23, 1966 (age 58)
Will Pan	潘玮柏	Singer, actor	United States	(1980-08-06) August 6, 1980 (age 44)
Kenji Wu	吴克群	Singer, songwriter, actor	Taiwan	(1979-10-18) October 18, 1979 (age 45)
Ice Yang	杨长青	Rapper, singer	Sichuan	(1996-05-14) May 14, 1996 (age 28)
Chang Chen-yue	张震岳	Singer, songwriter	Taiwan	(1974-05-02) May 2, 1974 (age 50)
Hawick Lau	刘恺威	Actor, singer	Hong Kong	(1974-10-13) October 13, 1974 (age 50)
Darren Wang	王大陆	Actor	Taiwan	(1991-05-29) May 29, 1991 (age 33)
Cai Heng	蔡珩	Actor	Shanghai	(1986-11-17) November 17, 1986 (age 38)
Nathan Lee	李承铉	Singer, actor	United States	(1984-10-30) October 30, 1984 (age 40)
Fang Yilun	方逸伦	Singer, actor	Zhejiang	(1992-12-26) December 26, 1992 (age 31)
Johnny Zhang	张峻宁	Actor, singer	Jiangsu	(1985-03-22) March 22, 1985 (age 39)
Alex To	杜德伟	Singer, actor	Hong Kong	(1962-02-10) February 10, 1962 (age 62)
Jin Han	金瀚	Actor, singer	Qinghai	(1993-06-07) June 7, 1993 (age 31)
Mike Tsang	曾比特	Singer	Shanwei	(1993-11-07) November 7, 1993 (age 31)
Leon Zhang Yunlong	张云龙	Actor	Dalian	(1988-03-02) March 2, 1988 (age 36)
Alec Su	苏有朋	Actor, singer	Taiwan	(1973-09-11) September 11, 1973 (age 51)

References

1. "Call Me By Fire season 2 contestants confirmed, include Singapore's Huang Yida, Julian Cheung, Van Ness Wu". AsiaOne. August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
2. "Alex To, Richie Ren, Raymond Lam And The Other Stars Competing In Call Me By Fire 2". 8 Days. Retrieved August 20, 2022.