42 Idols & Influencers Join “Live Acting Show” - Audience Feels Bad For The Judges

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Stephanie Soo

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It’s only one of the most important reality shows of China in the past year. 45 actors, influencers, interns, and film students will be gathered in one place to - act - till they’re the last ones standing. It’s like a speed run to get an Oscar and quite literally their entire careers are on the line. They will be acting out improvised “scenes” in front of 4 legends in the industry who will become their mentors during this journey. But instead of racing to the top of the film industry - they are racing to the top of becoming a nationwide meme. With comments reading - “This is not an acting show. This is a live mental institution and it’s testing the 4 judge’s mental stamina.” Some comments are begging for the show to “free” the judges so that they can go back to living peacefully. Because this might be the messiest show in existence.

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0:00.0	There is an acting show in a place.
0:04.0	Uh-Gu-a-Gua.
0:05.0	There is an acting show in China where they take you to a place called Performance City.
0:26.6	This is improv in real life with actors.
0:30.6	There's going to be 45 actors on set and they're going to be improvving different scenes to compete to become the best
0:39.2	actor in the world. This is like the real life competition of the Oscars. This is how people are
0:45.4	going to get recognized for their talent and skills. Are we talking about one of the biggest
0:50.3	show in China last year? Because your sister was telling me about it and she was saying, you don't understand.
0:56.5	You're never going to see anything like it.
0:58.5	She's using these very vague terms.
1:00.5	Like you'll never see anything like it.
1:02.5	It's never been done before.
1:03.5	I mean, I was mind blown.
1:05.0	There were so many parts where I was staring at the screen and my jaw was on the table. So I'm like, okay, I am about to sit here and I'm
1:11.9	about to go on a journey, like an emotional journey with these people who are probably method actors,
1:17.3	who are probably the top, I don't know, I'm so scared naming celebrities these days because I don't
1:22.0	know who's doing what. So like, you know, random celebrities that are really good at acting.
1:29.0	They're going to be like that,
1:32.0	but in China, and I'm going to see a reality show of it.
1:33.7	So tell me why.
1:34.6	Tell me why.
1:41.4	The first sweep of this that I do, I go online and netizens say, basically, this show is a mental institution, and the four mentors, the four judges on the show, have been thrown in there to test their mental fortitude.
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