Love Letter (game show)
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| Love Letter | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Real Romance Love Letter |
| Genre | Comedy, Romance, Game show |
| Presented by | Kang Ho-dong |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 154 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 min per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS |
| Release | 16 October 2004 – 28 October 2006 |
| Related | |
| Real Situation Saturday | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 리얼 로망스 연애편지 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 리얼 로망스 戀愛片紙 |
| Revised Romanization | Liŏl Lomangseu Yeonaepyeonji |
| McCune–Reischauer | Liŏl Lomangseu Yŏnaep'yŏnji |
Real Romance Love Letter (Korean: 리얼 로망스 연애편지) was a South Korean television game show broadcast from 16 October 2004 to 28 October 2006 for three seasons. It was part of the line-up of programme for Real Situation Saturday (Korean: 실제상황! 토요일) which was broadcast from 8 November 2003 to 5 January 2007 on SBS network.
MC was Kang Ho Dong and it featured male and female contestants competing for "each other" in romance games. For example, guests have to dance in order to impress the person they are after. Contestants were artists, actors, models, comedians, and MCs of the South Korean entertainment industry.
Format[edit]
Season one: Each recording is divided and broadcast as two episodes in consecutive weeks. During the show various games are played. At the end of part 1 the female guest chooses two contestants to go on dates with, and the rest goes into training camp. At the end of part 2 the female guest chooses her "Perfect Man" and declared as the winner, who gets a "Perfect Man" pin and a kiss on the cheek from the guest.
Contestants[edit]
Past contestants includes:
- Shinhwa members: Eric Mun, Lee Min-woo, Kim Dong-wan, Shin Hye-sung, Jun Jin, Andy
- Kim Jong-kook
- Shin Jung-hwan
- NRG members: Chun Myung-hoon, Lee Sungjin
- Kim Jong-min
- BUZZ members: Min Kyunghoon, Son Sunghee, Kim Yejun
- Super Junior members: Choi Siwon, Han Geng, Kim Heechul, Lee Donghae, Lee Sungmin
- SS501 members
- Han Hyo-joo
- Chae Yeon
- Jeon Hye-bin
- Hwangbo
- Bae Seul-ki
- Jang Woo-hyuk
- Yoo Ri
- Tablo
- Hwang Jung-eum
- Ayumi Lee
- Sol Bi
- Kang Ho-dong
- Ha Ji-won
Episodes[edit]
| Original Air Date | Season # | Episode #[1] | Contestants | Guest | Dates / Perfect Man | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 October 2004 | #1 | #1 | Kim Jung-eun | Dates: Kim Dong-wan and Eric | ||
| 23 October 2004 | #1 | #2 | Perfect Man: Shin Hye-sung | |||
| Comments: | ||||||
| 6 November 2004 | #1 | #3 | Han Ga-in | Dates: Jun Jin and Eric | ||
| 13 November 2004 | #1 | #4 | Perfect Man: Jun Jin | |||
| Comments: Shin Hyesung was not in these two episodes | ||||||
| 20 November 2004 | #1 | #5 | Kim Min-jung | Dates: Lee Min-woo and Shin Hye-sung | ||
| 27 November 2004 | #1 | #6 | Perfect Man: Shin Hye-sung | |||
| Comments: | ||||||
| 4 December 2004 | #1 | #7 | Ha Ji-won | Dates: Andy and Eric | ||
| 11 December 2004 | #1 | #8 | Perfect Man: Eric | |||
| Comments: | ||||||
| 18 December 2004 | #1 | #9 | Han Eun-jung[2] | Dates: Kim Dong-wan and Andy | ||
| 25 December 2004 | #1 | #10 | Perfect Man: Kim Dong-wan | |||
| Comments: Kim Jong-min joins as another contestant | ||||||
| 8 January 2005 | #1 | #11 | Jang Shin-young[3] | Dates: Andy and Shin Jung-hwan | ||
| 15 January 2005 | #1 | #12 | Perfect Man: Andy | |||
| Comments: Jun Jin was late to the recording thus was not in the beginning of the show | ||||||
| 22 January 2005 | #1 | #13 | Han Ji-hye | Dates: Lee Min-woo and Eric | ||
| 29 January 2005 | #1 | #14 | Perfect Man: Lee Min-woo | |||
| Comments: | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "SBS VOD (in Korean)". SBS. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Kim, Yeong-hyun (2004-12-17). "한은정, '리얼로망스 연애편지' 5번째 주인공". Yonhap news (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ Choi, Jae-wook (2005-01-06). "장신영, '신화'의 연인이 되다". Joynews24 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-18.