# Call Me by Fire season 2

Call Me by Fire (Season 2) (Chinese: 披荊斬棘; pinyin: Pī jīng zhǎn jí) is a 2022 Chinese singing reality television show which premiered on August 19, 2022, on Mango TV. The second season of Call Me by Fire, it features 32 seasoned male celebrities from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and the US who compete to form a boy band. The Chinese title of the show has also been renamed from 披荆斩棘的哥哥 to 披荊斬棘.

## Contestants

Each contestant's English name will be used if known. Otherwise, the hanyu pinyin version of the name would be used in the order of surname followed by given name. All Chinese names are in simplified Chinese.
| Name | Name | Profession | Birth Place | Birthdate (Age) |
| Jordan Chan | 陈小春 | Actor, singer | Guangdong | (1967-07-08) July 8, 1967 (age 57) |
| Raymond Lam | 林峯 | Actor, singer | Xiamen | (1979-12-08) December 8, 1979 (age 44) |
| Ron Ng | 吴卓羲 | Actor, singer | Hong Kong | (1979-09-02) September 2, 1979 (age 45) |
| Deric Wan | 温兆伦 | Actor, singer, songwriter | Hong Kong | (1964-11-18) November 18, 1964 (age 59) |
| Vanness Wu | 吴建豪 | Singer, actor | United States | (1978-08-07) August 7, 1978 (age 46) |
| Mike D.Angelo | 迈克·D·安吉洛 | Actor, singer | Thailand | (1989-12-19) December 19, 1989 (age 34) |
| Fan Shiqi | 范世锜 | Singer | Jilin | (1992-03-23) March 23, 1992 (age 32) |
| Zhu Jiaqi | 朱嘉琦 | Actor | Hebei | (1992-10-21) October 21, 1992 (age 31) |
| Shin | 信 | Singer, actor | Taiwan | (1971-05-14) May 14, 1971 (age 53) |
| Hao Yun | 郝云 | Singer, songwriter | Henan | (1979-02-25) February 25, 1979 (age 45) |
| Julian Cheung | 张智霖 | Actor, singer | Hong Kong | (1971-08-27) August 27, 1971 (age 53) |
| Ma Di | 马𬱖 | Singer, songwriter | Beijing | (1989-01-15) January 15, 1989 (age 35) |
| Zheng Jun | 郑钧 | Singer-songwriter | Xi'an | (1967-11-06) November 6, 1967 (age 56) |
| Yida Huang | 黄义达 | Singer, songwriter | Singapore | (1979-08-11) August 11, 1979 (age 45) |
| Ren Ke (lead singer of folk band Wu Tiao Ren (五条人)) | 仁科 | Singer, accordionist, guitarist | Guangdong | (1986-06-17) June 17, 1986 (age 38) |
| Pakho Chau | 周柏豪 | Singer, actor | Hong Kong | (1984-11-12) November 12, 1984 (age 39) |
| Richie Jen | 任贤齐 | Singer, actor | Taiwan | (1966-06-23) June 23, 1966 (age 58) |
| Will Pan | 潘玮柏 | Singer, actor | United States | (1980-08-06) August 6, 1980 (age 44) |
| Kenji Wu | 吴克群 | Singer, songwriter, actor | Taiwan | (1979-10-18) October 18, 1979 (age 44) |
| Ice Yang | 杨长青 | Rapper, singer | Sichuan | (1996-05-14) May 14, 1996 (age 28) |
| Chang Chen-yue | 张震岳 | Singer, songwriter | Taiwan | (1974-05-02) May 2, 1974 (age 50) |
| Hawick Lau | 刘恺威 | Actor, singer | Hong Kong | (1974-10-13) October 13, 1974 (age 49) |
| Darren Wang | 王大陆 | Actor | Taiwan | (1991-05-29) May 29, 1991 (age 33) |
| Cai Heng | 蔡珩 | Actor | Shanghai | (1986-11-17) November 17, 1986 (age 37) |
| Nathan Lee | 李承铉 | Singer, actor | United States | (1984-10-30) October 30, 1984 (age 39) |
| Fang Yilun | 方逸伦 | Singer, actor | Zhejiang | (1992-12-26) December 26, 1992 (age 31) |
| Johnny Zhang | 张峻宁 | Actor, singer | Jiangsu | (1985-03-22) March 22, 1985 (age 39) |
| Alex To | 杜德伟 | Singer, actor | Hong Kong | (1962-02-10) February 10, 1962 (age 62) |
| Jin Han | 金瀚 | Actor, singer | Qinghai | (1993-06-07) June 7, 1993 (age 31) |
| Mike Tsang | 曾比特 | Singer | Shanwei | (1993-11-07) November 7, 1993 (age 30) |
| Leon Zhang Yunlong | 张云龙 | Actor | Dalian | (1988-03-02) March 2, 1988 (age 36) |
| Alec Su | 苏有朋 | Actor, singer | Taiwan | (1973-09-11) September 11, 1973 (age 51) |