Call Me by Fire (Chinese: 披荆斩棘的哥哥; pinyin: pī jīng zhǎn jí de gēgē; lit.
'Big brothers cutting through thorns') is a 2021 Chinese singing reality television show broadcast on Mango TV.
It features 33 male celebrities who have been in the entertainment industry for close to ten years or more competing to form a 17-member performance group.
It is a spin-off of the well-received Sisters Who Make Waves,[3] which featured a similar premise with female celebrities.
Depending on the round's specific rules, the audience and a panel of industry experts vote for their favourite group performances and/or individual contestants.
Voting scores are also tabulated as "firepower," which acts as currency for contestant groups during bidding for the following concert's song selection and performance order.
At the end of the fifth round, the remaining 22 contestants competed in a final "Family Formation Night" concert that determined the successful members of the ultimate 17-member performance group.
This last competition stage to determine the winning members of the ultimate 17-member "Singing Family" was held in three rounds.
Cooking reality show Night in the Greater Bay [zh] (大湾仔的夜) premiered in November 2021, shortly after the final episode of Call Me by Fire, featuring Jordan Chan, Julian Cheung, Michael Tse, Jerry Lamb and Edmond Leung.
These five Hong Kong celebrities were known informally as the "Greater Bay Brothers" after forming the "Jordan Chan tribe" in the First Performance round.
They were tasked with running a small eatery modelled after dai pai dong, an iconic part of Hong Kong food culture.