Happiness on the go for travel music reality show

The third season of the travel music reality show Go For Happiness recently concluded on video-streaming platform Mango TV, taking viewers on a journey to destinations like Xi'an in Shaanxi province and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

The show is based around six talented singers — Chen Chusheng, Lu Hu, Su Xing, Wang Yuexin, Wang Zhengliang and Zhang Yuan — whose enduring friendship, forged during the 2007 singing competition Super Boy, has withstood nearly 18 years of career highs and lows, including financial struggles. With self-deprecating humor, they playfully refer to themselves as "once jobless singers now reemployed".

Praised for its genuine emotional expression and the cast's musical talent, Go For Happiness consistently gets high ratings on Douban, with the first two seasons scoring 9.6 and 9.5 out of 10, respectively. The latest season maintains strong acclaim with an 8.9 rating.

This season featured the show's first overseas location in Dubai, where the six singers engaged in cultural experiences, such as trekking through the desert for six hours and volunteering as Chinese-language teachers at a charity school. By adapting Chinese nursery rhymes, they helped children there connect with Chinese culture.

With its winning combination of music, travel, and heartfelt camaraderie, Go For Happiness continues to resonate, underscoring the fact that genuine connections and unscripted moments are the true keys to enduring appeal.