Happy Camp
Title screen
Also known as	Chinese: 快乐大本营
Genre	Variety show
Created by	Ouyang Changlin
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	24
No. of episodes	>1000
Production
Running time	Around 120 minutes
Original release
Network	Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS)
Release	11 July 1997 (1997-07-11) – 25 September 2021 (2021-09-25)
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Happy Camp was a Chinese variety show produced by Hunan Broadcasting System. The series debuted on 7 July 1997, and was off air on 25 September 2021. The show was hosted by the Happy Family: He Jiong, Li Weijia, Xie Na, Du Haitao and Wu Xin.

Happy Camp was one of China's most popular shows, consistently achieving record high ratings and viewership in its episodes, with a minimum active viewership of tens of millions.^[1] The show was broadcast every Saturday, with each of its episodes featuring celebrities and famous figures from all over the world, including musicians, singers, actors, sports players and more. Guests and hosts of the show participated in various activities which include performances, games, interviews, parodies and more.

Because of its tremendous popularity and success, Happy Camp won many awards across Asia and received several international recognitions, while serving as a stage opportunity for many celebrities to showcase their talents or to promote themselves. As the show became so well known, many singers and actors advertised their productions and works, including movies, books and music, on the show. Over the years, the Happy Camp Family has produced numerous music albums and movies.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

After the last episode was broadcast on 25 September 2021, the official Weibo account of Happy Camp announced that a new variety show, Hello Saturday, will take its place, marking the end of its 24-year run.^[7]

Format

Each episode aired weekly feature several popular celebrities as guest stars. Sometimes other regional celebrities from Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore are invited. The Happy Camp stage gives many celebrities the opportunity to show their talents. Because the show is so well known, many singers and actors want to advertise their productions such as movies, books and songs. They participate in interviews, performing, and party games. ^[8]

Program change

Title change

• In 1997, when it was first broadcast, it used a purple and blue opening title, which implied the logo of Hunan Satellite TV (the English name of "Happy Camp" at that time was "Happy Corner").
• In 2002, it was revised to a light yellow five-color round head, with five words "happy camp" written on the five-color round.
• In 2003, it was changed to an orange title and changed to red art word "Happy camp" five words.
• In November 2004, in line with the program "He Li" competition concept, it changed to the opening title of the orange stage. The picture content is that two computers He Jiong and Li WeiJia collide.
• In July 2005, the title was changed to a star spinning out of the word "happy". Host PK after the game, change for a number of He Jiong dance umbrella titles, and background music using "La La song".
• In 2007, due to the birth of "Happy Family", the opening title was changed to a short drama in which He Jiong meets other happy family members and the English name of "Kuai le da ben ying" was changed to "Happy Camp".
• In 2019, the title was changed to the Happy Family head image contest into the castle cartoon short.

Background

He Jiong was born in Changsha, Hunan in 1974. He is a well-known host in China. Many people recognize him because of his hosting in the Happy Camp show, which he joined in 1998. Currently, he is still hosting the show, in addition to being the head of the Happy family. Besides the Happy Camp show, He Jiong was also hosting other shows such as New Year shows. He has published albums, books and movies. He is also a college professor.

Xie Na was born in 1981 in Deyang, Sichuan. She has performed in many movies and dramas. She has been recognized as a top ten popular host in China, in addition to having produced two albums, a book and many movies. Her special way of hosting the show has brought happiness to the audiences.

Li Weijia was born in 1976 in Changsha, Hunan. He is a Chinese host and actor. His nose was like an aquiline nose, so it became his trademark and was often mistaken for mixed blood.

Du Haitao was born in 1987 in Shenyang, Liaoning. Because of participating in Talent Show, he joined HNTV and from then on began his hosting career. Now, he is one of the most famous hosts in HNTV.

Wu Xin was born in 1983 in Shenyang, Liaoning. She is a Chinese host and actress. Wu attended Shenyang 120 High School. She graduated from Dalian University of Foreign Language, where she majored in French Language.

Theme Song

When it started airing in 1997, "Happiness is the brightest star in the world" (also known as "Happy Like the Wind") composed by Zhang Boxu is used as the theme song.Around 2000, it was changed to "La La Song" as the opening song.

A new theme song released in July 11, 2021 (Which is the 24th birthday of Happy Camp).

Awards

• In 1998, Happy Camp was awarded the star awards and the sixteenth session of Chinese television drama.
• In 2005, Happy Camp is " new weekly " as the 15 years of China's most influential one of the television program.
• In 2007, Happy Camp was awarded 2007 stars by the year's most popular variety shows and award and The 13 Asian Television Awards ceremony of the 2008 Asian Television Awards for best entertainment program.
• In 2009, Happy Camp won the 2009 hot list of Google 's variety show search list and the world record of China's Association 2009 Annual China top-rated TV entertainment program.
• Happy family has made an album, making happy camp became the first album of the variety show.
• Happy Camp won the first student TV Festival the most watched Entertainment Award (the student TV Festival Provincial Taichung only winning program)
• Happy Camp won the second national excellent television culture (Literature) columns and large special programs recommend commend won the excellent column Award (State Administration of Radio Film and Television Award)

Guest appearances

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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2013

2014

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2015

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2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021