짠내투어 literally means a salty tour but it can also has meaning as a cheap tour.
Well... the show is a about having a tour in foreign country with a limited money. It's broadcasted on tvN every Saturday at 22:20 (KST) since November 25, 2017. I never heard about this show before. Thanks to Chanyeol being its guest in ep 25, I get to know about this show and totally hooked. Park Myung Soo, Park Na Rae, Kim Sang Min, and Jung Joon Young are the first batch member of the show. The four of them plus guest(s) are having a budget trip. The member will compete with each other to be the guide of the day with a certain budget for foods, transportation, entertainment and place to stay. At the end of the trip, the guest(s) and members will vote whose tour is better in terms of food, accomodation, and a special different term based of the places. The winner can get a small luxurious wish at the end of the trip and can bring out one member to enjoy it together. Because of a past incident, Kim Sang Min has stepped down from the show. Moon Se Yoon and Heo Kyung Hwan are added to the regular casts.
This show is currently being subbed by Viu from ep 26. Is it a Chanyeol's effect? XD Well, I heard ep 25 (Chanyeol's first appearance) was getting so much love and quite high rating. Salty Tour on VIU But honestly, this show idea is awesome. It's such a good information for backpacker travelers. I'm quite surprised with some places that isn't a traditional tourism places. It's also said that this show points out 2 things : good quality for the price and small luxury. Aren't you tempted to have a budget trip??! ^^
PS : I really hope Viu to sub the earlier episodes. I wanna watch from the first episode. XD Or maybe tvN can provide eng subs for international fans. (cr source : Viu, Wikipedia)
There are bunch of traveling reality show out there. But this one is setting on traveling around the border of two countries. They point out the thrill crossing the border.
The show that is produced by MBC, is hosted by Kim Gu Ra, Seol Min Seok, and Lee Si Young. The combination is quite unique. Kim Gu Ra is known by his sharp tongue. Lee Si Young is an actress that is also known as a boxing athlete. Seol Min Seok is a historian that recently becomes a TV personality. I remember him as a teacher in one episode of Infinity Challenge. He teaches history with a fun way and a fun talk tone.
In every episode, they visit two countries and cross the borders directly. They point out the difference between two neighborhood countries. Usually, they visit its famous tourism places, try its local food, its culture, etc. Along the way, Seol Min Seok gives the historical perspective of the country that they visit.
It's awesome that Kshow has so many style for its variety show. Mixing traveling with history education is something new. This show can be watched in Viu with title : On The Border .
Well... happy watching! ^^
Recently, a new variety show is released in tvN for the weekend time slot : Amazing Saturday.
It will first begin with “Do Re Mi Market” and will continue with other various segments. For the casts, there are Shin Dong Yup, Park Na Rae, SHINee Key, Girls Day Hyeri, Kim Dong Hyun, Moon Se Yoon, Hanhae and Boom.
The format is a game quiz & basicly luring answer with food from
various markets in Korea. The quiz itself is about songs' lyrics. They
listen to a song and need to write the exact lyric to get food.
They also bring out a mukbang (eating) show with Haenim. She brings out the beast in her with her portion of eating and teasing. They get 3 chances for each song to guess the lyric. Every time they fail guessing, some portion of the food will be taken.
Some foods are totally drooling worthy >///.///<
After some episodes, they start taking guest. The format is simple. I don't know how the reception of this show in this Korea, but I hope they'll get long lasting. I think, it's good to have this kind of quiz in the middle of bunch of reality shows.
P.S. : I also think, they need to bring out the casts' interaction more. The chemistry hasn't been out yet.
Where to watch : Ama To Subs
Please watch it in the real subber video since no official videos in eng subs.^^
SHINee's is back for their 10th anniversary this year. It's a triple comeback with 3 tittle tracks. <3 And for celebrating their 10th anniversary, Mnet is presenting SHINee's reality show : "SHINee's Back".
It's a reality show which covering SHINee's preparation for this comeback. Every episode is using SHINee's song as the title. The best part is it has english subtitles <3 <3 . Its episode is only around 10 minutes long.
EP 1 (June, 6th 2018) : Replay
EP 2 (June, 8th 2018) :Why So Serious
Ep 3 (June, 13th 2018) : 산소같은 너/ Love Like Oxygen
Ep 4 (June, 15th 2018) : View
Ep 5 (June, 20th 2018) : Our Page
Bonus Episode ( June, 22nd 2018) : I Want You
It has been 9 years for me being SHINee World. We go through high and low together. They're always there in my loneliness and sadness but also along my happiness.
I hope they'll keep together for a long time. It won't be long till Jinki's enlistment. 2 years TT_TT..
But, I'm sure their bond is not something that can be broke easily. Hoping for a 20th..30th... 40th... anniversary together. ^^
Finally ... I can watch this one. I've finished 6 episodes in two days. Can't wait for the 7th episode with eng sub. Unfortunately, I haven't found the official for this one. I watch the fan subs one from Emzhaek (twitter link) - PS : thanks for the subs.
Why Not : The Dancer (2018) is a program
about dancing & choreography. The members are Eunhyuk "Super Junior" and Gikwang "Highlight". Later, they adds Taemin "SHINee" and Jisung "NCT".
The purpose of this program is for the members to make their own original choreography for international artists like Madonna, Justin Bieber, Jessie J, etc. That's why they go to LA for filming.
The earlier episode is a little bit boring. They put too much conversation, breakfast preparation, awkward situation, etc. But it's getting better towards the latest one. Jisung "Homecoming fairy" edit is quite refreshing too.
Eunhyuk seems being the leader here. But he also seems bullied a lot by the others XD LOL. Gikwang's style is a little bit reserved and planned style - I think. So that's why when they learn something off the cuff, he's a little bit looks flustered. Taemin is not the old shy maknae anymore. He's the devil master of the group. He's the one who bully Eunhyuk by framing him a lot. XD By Taem joining the team, their choreography style is changing too. He exudes sexy style. Jisung, I don't understand why suddenly he appears. He's too awkward at first. It's sadly a funny scene when he doesn't know what to do. But, I think he'll have a savage style later if he's already been comfortable enough.
The idea of this program is great. It shows that you need a big dream to have a better future. When Gallant contacts them, well... it's still a start - not yet get the choreo but it's better than nothing right?!. I also can understand Gikwang's break down when they learn about dancing in heels. The whole pressure is big. It shows that idol is not only handsome or beautiful faces, but also hard work and bunch pressure that haunted them.
As a shawol, I'm so proud of Taemin. He's so composed and ready. He talks better and also good in point out his opinion. He even teases a lot. When he teaches "Move", I love how he sounds quite composed and confident. He calmly divides the students in 3 section. When he meet Ian Eastwood, his english is just fine. I think, Taemin can communicate in english too.
Well..I do really like this one. Hopefully, we can get the subs regularly. ^^
Update :
Yayy.. from the final episode, here is the coreography of Gallant's Weight in Gold.
SHINee's back for their 10th Anniversary. They came to Weekly Idol and got an anniversary cake (P.S. : the cake was so pretty...). They were asked to make another introduction in a cute, adorable, and lovely style >///o\\\< .
In this episode, SHINee was totally wild ... literary wild. I never know that they could be this free. It was so hilarious. The MC (Kim Shin Young and Lee Sang Min) demanded so many things to them, like recreating The Busyo Busyo CF, roller coaster dance, random dance play and many more. In this episode, they also performed "I Want You" for the first time.
My favorite is roller coaster dance. I never see other group doing roller coaster dance, but I think SHINee's is AMAZING. How could they keep the tempo with those kind of up and down pace?? Well... it shows how they own their choreography. I'm so proud.
In this episode, they also had SHINee's self written segment. Taem has changed. He became so chatty and funny. His answer were out of this world. Key's one was also funny. His meditation's hobby was on point XD LOL. Minho's one was games : peeling plastic wrap, gonggi king, face rainbow slinky,
face chewing gum, hangul card game, and the cushion game. Onew's one was the one who led an aegyo disaster. They chose one member to present aegyo with rock paper scissor games and Key was lose. He tried to escape from the studio XD.
Maybe because I'm a fan, this episode is 100% funny. Taemin owns this episode. His remarks and actions are soooo funny. The whole episode makes me laughing like crazy. I can't wait for the next episode.
Here is the link for this episode with eng sub one :
Can't find the official one with eng sub. I really hope that MBC can make an english channel too.
Enjoy ^^
Here come one of my fave PDnim, Yoo Ho Jin with a brand new variety show : Where On Earth?? It's a traveling based reality show in KBS every Friday, 11PM KST. The first episode is broadcasted on June, 1st 2018.
Ji Jin Hee, Cha Tae Hyun, Jo Sae Ho, and Bae Jung Nam were "trapped" to join the expedition team in Where On Earth. They were challenged to explore unusual places by themselves.
The first expedition was Arabian Desert - Raqi, Ash Sharqīyah, Oman. They got a mission to walk on feet for around 40 km in 3 days 4 night in the desert.
They got briefed by a professional explorer and choosing Ji Jin Hee as the captain of the expedition.
Ji Jin Hee is the captain team. He is the one with the power of decision making on the expedition. He also assigns the role for members. Cha Tae Hyun is the information source. He's like the news/gossip channel on TV for the team. Jo Sae Ho is the health center. He makes the sanitary, boasting the member's mental and improving the spirit. But from the preview, it seems he is the one who get hurt a lot XD LOL. Bae Jung Nam, is the chef of the expedition team. He prepares the groceries, daily menus and cooking for them. The food looks amazing for sure.
I love the idea for exploring the untouchable places on earth. It seems to have a bigger risk than a usual travel based TV show but interesting for sure. As far, I'm quite agree with the member combination. But I think 4 members is too small, right? Or maybe they have plan to invite guests? We'll see along the broadcast.
If not careful, this show will be to similar with the law of the jungle, esp if one day they'll visit a forest like places. The editing process will also be the key point. Places like dessert is usually no entertainment sources. If the members aren't fun or maybe too exhausted to be entertaining, it'll be disaster without a fun editing skill.
Can't wait for the next episode.
Where to watch :
I'm a fan of Korean variety show. I think Korean variety shows give me a fresher and newer perspective. For example, if the variety or reality show is about traveling, it won't be just a simple traveling. They'll always present a specific purpose or a different format.
Nowadays, Korean variety shows have already developed to a new format that I'm a little bit not sure about it.
Busted is the first variety show that I know which is a hybrid between variety show and drama. A little bit like sitcom, I think. It's produced by Netflix with 10 episodes in one season. The show is released on May 4 – June 1, 2018. It's also rumored to have a second season in discussion.
This show presents seven regular members : Yoo Jae Suk, Ahn Jae Wook, Kim Jong Min, Lee Kwang Soo, Park Min Young, Oh Sehun, and Kim Se Jeong. All of them, play as themselves with their own character but with artificial identities. For example, Yoo Jae Suk is himself here, not as a nation MC but as a small town detective.They are united to solve a murder case.
It was started with an invitation. The seven members were invited to a murder game party by "M". It supposed to be a game but then a real murder case happened. M was shot and death. The seven of them were together to investigate the case. It led them to "K" and Project D.
Project D was K's project to reduce criminal case with making a a group of detective that were implanted with a chip containing famous detective DNA. And the seven of them were subjects of that project that was claimed error. After this case, K hired them as private detectives to solves cases, one in each episodes.
Yoo Jae Suk is himself here but with small town detective as his background. He's very confident that he has talent in solving cases. But as if you watch Running Man, his character is almost the same here. But at the positive side, he shows a remarkable leader potential. He leads the team but also bickering with Kwangsoo all of the time. Ahn Jae Wook is a former detective. Have a quite good deduction skill but afraid of snake. He needs to learn pole dancing XD. Kim Jong Min, an errand runner - how could he becomes a detectives?? I think that's the biggest mystery. He has almost zero contribution in investigation but he's quite entertaining. I thought the producer will bring out his history skill in this like 2D1N. Lee Kwang Soo's bad luck is still in its peak. His dumb and unlucky
character is forever stitched on him. (P.S. : But then Kim Jong Min seems dumber
here). He often gives important hints but get ignored by others. XD LOL. Park Min Young is basicly the real detective here. She is a travel and mystery lovers that is the best investigator and the smarter here. But she also shows a sign of 4D personality. It was hilarious when she laid in the ground at the opening of ep 2. Oh Sehun is a choreographer. At the early episodes, he's very silent. But after a while, he's still not chatty but becomes more mischievous. He's good on the running part. Kim Se Jeong is a daughter of a mystery novelist. She joins the team from ep 2 after her invitation is stolen by Yoo Yoon Seok. She's quite boyish and speaks bluntly.
I love the character combination. This team has a brain, a leader, a dumb and a dumber. The guests are awesome. They bring out quite a bunch quality actors here.
I'm really confused which parts are scripted and which parts are not. I wonder if they're really solving the case by themselves or it's just an act? Some of the games are refreshing. Its setting reminds me to Detective Conan. A treasure hunt, a murder in a closed place, bomb threat, etc - really Detective Conan's style right?! But this one could be a choice for entertainment.
To watch Busted, just simply go to the Netflix ! Enjoy!
Writing isn't really my forte and English is not my mother languages but I want to learn to write and also practicing my English.
It's been quite a time since I have a hobby. So maybe I can make blogging as my hobby and also to relieve my stress.
Mostly, I'll write about Korean Variety Show, Korean drama, movies or maybe fangirling. We'll see. ^^ ~
Fighting :)
