Youth Over Flowers
| Youth Over Flowers | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Variety show |
| Written by | Lee Woo-jung |
| Directed by |
Na Young-seok Shin Won-ho |
| Starring |
Yoon Sang You Hee-yeol Lee Juck Yoo Yeon-seok Son Ho-jun Baro |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Seoul Peru Laos |
| Running time |
90 minutes Fridays at 22:00 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original channel | tvN |
| Original release | August 1, 2014 – October 10, 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Three Meals a Day |
| Related shows |
Grandpas Over Flowers Sisters Over Flowers |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Youth Over Flowers (Hangul: 꽃보다 청춘; RR: Ggotboda Cheongchun)[1] is a 2014 South Korean travel-reality show that aired on tvN from August 1 to October 10, 2014 on Fridays at 22:00 for 11 episodes.[2]
Cast
Peru
Laos
History
Episodes one to six starred singer-songwriters in their forties, Yoon Sang, You Hee-yeol and Lee Juck as they go on a backpacking tour of Peru, with Machu Picchu as their ultimate destination.[3]
Episodes seven to eleven starred actors and Reply 1994 costars Yoo Yeon-seok, Son Ho-jun (both 30 years old) and Baro (22 years old) as they travel through Laos.[4][5]
Reception
Though lower than its predecessor Grandpas Over Flowers, the first three episodes of spin-off Youth Over Flowers recorded a solid average viewership rating of 5.8 percent (Korean cable programs typically have difficulty reaching 1 percent).[6]
References
- ↑ The title is a word play/parody of Boys Over Flowers (花より男子 Hana Yori Dango), a popular Japanese manga about four handsome young men.
- ↑ Jang, Seo-young (1 August 2014). "Flowers takes on a youthful twist". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ↑ Kim, Hee-eun (26 June 2014). "Younger actors chosen for Flowers". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ↑ Park, Ji-ryun (28 July 2014). "Son Ho Jun Says He Would Date Yoo Yeon Seok If He Was a Woman". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ↑ Jo, Yeon-kyung (21 September 2014). "Interview: Yoo Yeon Seok Spills Stories Behind Filming Youth Over Flowers". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- ↑ Baek, Byung-yeul (24 August 2014). "tvN leads cable network boom". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
External links
- Official website (Korean)