I Live Alone (TV program)
| I Live Alone | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality television |
| Directed by | Oh Yun-hwan Choi Hang-ho |
| Starring | see 'Hosts' |
| Narrated by | Kim Kwang-kyu |
| Opening theme | "Suit & Tie" by Justin Timberlake |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 141 |
| Production | |
| Production location | South Korea |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 75-80 minutes |
| Production company | MBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC, MBC+ Drama, MBC Every 1 |
| Release | March 22, 2013 – present |
| Related | |
| When a Man Lives Alone (남자가 혼자 살 때)[1] | |
I Live Alone (Korean: 나 혼자 산다; RR: Na Honja Sanda) is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by MBC.
Contents
I Live Alone is recognized as one of the "Real-Variety" show in Korean television. The program is unscripted with using documentary techniques with variety show elements, and also follows a similar format of reality television programs, familiar to the viewers of Infinite Challenge on same network,[2] and also some audiences in the West. Every Friday night, this programme shows selected Rainbow members' everyday lives, both in and out of their residing places. As proclaimed on its official homepage,[3] there are about 5 million 'single's in South Korea, and about one-third of South Korean entertainers are also in 'single' status. This programme is to recollect their daily lives, and form its unique sympathies among the singles within South Korea by showing celebrities' lives without significant filtering.
Hosts
Since its beginning, each hosts of this programme gathered to form a club called Rainbow (Korean: 무지개; RR: Mujigae). Here is the list of its members, as of 2016
- Eric Nam
- Jun Hyun-moo
- Kim Dong-wan
- Hwang Chi-yeul
- Kim Yong-gun
- Kim Young-chul
- Lee Guk-joo
- Han Chae-ah
Former members
- Noh Hong-chul (Host-in-chief of both this club and this programme, resigned after drunk driving.)
- Kim Kwang-kyu (Founding member)
- Kim Tae-won (Founding member)
- Seo In-guk (Founding member)
- Lee Sung-jae (Founding member)
- Defconn (Founding member)
- Kim Min-joon
- Yoseob
- Kangta
- Fabien
- Hwang Seok-jeong
- Kangnam
- Kang Min-hyuk
- Yuk Jung-wan
Guests
- Jang Yoon-ju
- Hong Seok-cheon
- Kim Do-kyun
- Kwak Dong-yeon
- Han Sang-jin
- Cheetah
- Soyou
- Lee Tae-gon
- Ha Seok-jin
References
- ^ a pilot-programme during the 2013 Korean New Year season. (broadcast on February 10, 2013)
- ^ Even the host-in-chief of this show is Noh Hong-chul, who is both founding and famous member of Infinite Challenge.
- ^ The reason of creating 'Mujiegae', MBC(iMBC), Retrieved on December 13, 2013