Year-ender: Hit Chinese variety shows in 2025
Amazing Night II
A comedy competition show embracing realism, absurd imagination and warm storytelling, Amazing Night returned in September 2025 with a laughter-filled yet heartfelt journey for audiences.
This season showcased a wide array of styles and themes. Sketches such as An Old Police Story offered sharp social observation, focusing on corruption in a Hong Kong police station in the 1980s. The piece Skill Gomoku — a playful reimagining of the classic board game with added "skills" — became a viral hit for its offbeat humor. Skill Gomoku earned 1.7 billion topic views on Douyin, with more than 55,000 users joining its song-and-dance challenge.
Season 2 placed greater emphasis on teamwork, encouraging collaboration alongside competition. By means of group brainstorming and joint scriptwriting, the show highlighted ensemble portraits and the power of collective creativity.
