Stars of 1990s Hong Kong film, from Jordan Chan to Dicky Cheung, find fame in their fifties singing and dancing on reality TV contest shows in China

Hong Kong actors Jordan Chan and Michael Tse, among the stars of the Young and Dangerous triad films, recently won Chinese reality-TV contest Call Me By Fire

Also making waves there are fellow showbiz veterans Dicky Cheung and Francis Ng, who appeared on Shine! Super Brothers and who talk to the Post about their work

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In the first episode of Shine! Super Brothers, Francis Ng sang a song from classic Hong Kong movie Infernal Affairs II. He is the latest Hong Kong star to make waves on the Chinese reality show landscape.

Published: 4:15pm, 11 Dec 2021

They were big in Hong Kong cinema in the 1990s and 2000s – and now these male actors are finding a new audience and fans in China.

Stars like Jordan Chan Siu-chun and Michael Tse Tin-wah (both 54), made famous in the Hong Kong triad film series Young and Dangerous (1996-2000), have become overnight sensations in China after they won reality competition show Call Me by Fire last month.

The show, like Sisters Who Make Waves, features experienced celebrities competing against one another – only this time, it’s only men.

Other stars who took part – such as 50-year-old Julian Cheung Chi-lam, Jerry Lamb Hiu-fung (51) and Edmond Leung Hon-man (50) – joined Chan and Tse in spin-off show A Night at Greater Bay Area, which aired after the finale of Call Me by Fire.

The latest stars from Hong Kong to make waves on the Chinese reality show landscape are 56-year-old Dicky Cheung Wai-kin and 59-year-old Francis Ng Chun-yu, who are in the second season of Shine! Super Brothers – another competition for older male celebrities.