Year-ender: Hit Chinese variety shows in 2024

Become a Farmer Season 2

Become a Farmer, a phenomenal agriculture-themed show by iQIYI returned for its second season in February 2024, concluding in July. It offers an inspiring portrayal of young people's growth and efforts in farming, with tech-driven and industry-promoting concepts.

Season 2 of Become a Farmer solidified the success of its first season, topping the ranking of Chinese variety shows for eight consecutive weeks on Douban, a major Chinese review site. Enlightent data shows that Become a Farmer Season 2 garnered 560 million views on iQIYI in 2024.

This season saw ten young men, with enhanced farming skills and business abilities, expanded their farm size to 30 hectares. They introduced diverse new crops such as chilies alongside wheat and roses, developed products such as chili sauce and strawberry jam, and created an integrated farm featuring fishponds and crayfish fields.

Audiences continued to show strong support for the participants, closely following their entrepreneurial journeys as they launched businesses, embraced livestream commerce, perform at music festivals, and more.