Shanghai Rush
Shanghai Rush () is a Chinese reality television program broadcast by International Channel Shanghai as part of the TV scheduling leading up to the 2010 Shanghai Expo and designed to showcase the city. The series borrowed heavily from the themes of the American reality show "The Amazing Race" and was produced by Fly Films. The show aired in early 2009, and ended broadcast in July of the same year. "Shanghai Rush" focused on travel throughout the municipality of Shanghai. After finishing "Shanghai Rush", International Channel Shanghai acquired the rights to produce a show under the "Amazing Race" brand, resulting  in the 2010 broadcast of "". The winning team of "Shanghai Rush" was Richard Lin and Alice Tsui Lin. Cast. Applications for the first season ended February 28, 2009. Teams race through the many districts of Shanghai while performing tasks. The host is Brian Yang. There are ten teams. Some legs have a Final Challenge. At this point, teams' overall times are converted from minutes to seconds (i.e., if a team took 45 minutes to complete the first part of the leg, their time would be reduced to 45 seconds.) Then, they would complete the Final Challenge and have the time  from that challenge added to their total time. Sometimes, all teams complete the Final Challenge at the same time, but this is not always the case. Results. Lauren & William did not have a pre-existing relationship before participating on "Shanghai Rush". While they were auditioning, their original teammates could not make it and they decided to team up. Prizes. The prize for each leg is awarded to the first place team for that leg.