Goofball Academy (Chinese TV series)

[[Image:|256px]] Goofball Academy Genre Reality competition Format Created by Judges Creative director Starring Voices of Composer(s) Opening theme Country of origin China Original language(s) Chinese English Number of seasons 18 Number of episodes 180 Production Executive producer(s) Producer(s) Running time roughly an hour Production company(s) Broadcast Original channel DragonTV Picture format 1080i (HDTV) Audio format Stereo 5.1 Surround Sound Original run April 15, 2004 – June 29, 2021

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Goofball Academy, also known as Xià yīgè xǐjù yǎnyuán (Chinese: 下一个喜剧演员) was a Chinese reality competition based on the titular franchise.

Format

Casting calls were accepted online. Participation was only available for contestants over the age of 18.

Judges' timeline

Judge	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
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Season summary

Season	Premiere	Finale	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Judges (chair order)
1	April 15, 2004	June 17, 2004				???	???	???
2	April 21, 2005	June 23, 2005				???	???	???
3	April 13, 2006	June 15, 2006				???		???
4	April 19, 2007	June 21, 2007				???	???	???
5	April 17, 2008	June 19, 2008
6	April 23, 2009	June 25, 2009				???	???
7	April 15, 2010	June 17, 2010
8	April 28, 2011	June 30, 2011				???	???	???
9	April 26, 2012	June 28, 2012					???	???
10	April 18, 2013	June 20, 2013					???
11	April 10, 2014	June 12, 2014					???
12	April 23, 2015	June 25, 2015					???
13	April 21, 2016	June 23, 2016				???	???	???
14	April 13, 2017	June 15, 2017
15	April 19, 2018	June 21, 2018					???
16	April 11, 2019	June 13, 2019
17	April 16, 2020	June 18, 2020				???	???	???
18	April 22, 2021	June 29, 2021

Cancellation

Only days before the season 17 finale aired, DragonTV announced that season 18 would be the last. Since the show's inception in 2004, it peaked in viewership at roughly 50 viewers per episode in 2007, slipping to nearly 10 million viewers per episode in 2013, and down further since with an average of about 7.20 million viewers per episode in 2020.