Weekly Idol
| Weekly Idol! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Variety |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Seoul, South Korea |
| Release | |
| Original network | MBC Every1 |
| Original release | 23 July 2011 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Weekly Idol (Hangul: 주간 아이돌) is a South Korean variety show, which airs on MBC Every1, MBC's cable and satellite network for comedy and variety shows. The show is hosted by comedian Jeong Hyeong Don and rapper Defconn.[1]
Corners/Segments
The show consists of several segments, one of which is called "Real Chart! Idol Self-Ranking", where idols are asked to rank each other on different topics and the results are then presented.
"Idol of the Week", the second segment, on the other hand, features idol groups as the invited guests. The first idol group to record an episode and appear in the segment was INFINITE. This segment usually consists of several featured corners:
- "Random Play Dance" – The staff plays any songs that had been promoted by the guests. A song usually stops at a random point or changes to another song while the guests must dance with the proper choreography for each song.
- "Profile Verification" – The hosts (Hyung Don and Defconn) feature the profile, info, facts, and rumors about the guest that are prepared by the staff on a profile card. The idols need to verify, or even, voluntarily prove the info before the MCs.
- "Win Against Idol" – The guests play a game together with the hosts. If the guests can beat the hosts, the winning side will get the special prize and the losing side (usually the hosts) will get the physical punishment from the winners.
- "Grill Idol" – A special corner where the guests must correctly answer the questions from the hosts that appear on a panel. Only after the guests get the question right, they can eat the grilled pieces of Hanwoo beef that are prepared by the staff. BtoB's Jung Ilhoon frequently appears as a special guest host for this corner since November 2012.
- "DoniConi Idol Call Center" - A special call center is prepared for 1 week before the recording and the fans can personally call in and leave a message for the idol which are later revealed to the idols.
- "99 Seconds Challenge" – The guests need to succeed a certain mission during the 99 seconds in a relay. If they fail, there is a punishment that the Idol wrote before and everyone need to vote who's will take the punishment. This new segment started in 2015 from episode 205 guest Teen Top
During these segments, the talk is usually held without too much formality, giving a chance for the hosts to give a humorous remark about the idols, or conversely, the idols can playing around with the hosts’ lack of physical fitness, engaging in a slapstick activity with the hosts.
An annual year-closing episode, "Weekly Idol Award", held in the last episode of the year was started from December 31, 2011. In this episode, the host usually reviews the segments and the appearances from the guests that were featured in the past year.
Host
Current
- Jeong Hyeong Don (July 23, 2011 – November 25, 2015) - on hiatus
- Defconn (July 23, 2011 – present)
Note: On some occasions, Jeong Hyeong Don and Defconn instead appear as the featured guests ("Hyungdon and Daejun") with their host position replaced by various guest hosts.
Guest hosts
- Haha (Episode 45)
- Sistar's Hyolyn & Soyou (Episode 45)
- After School's Lizzy (Episodes 52-53)
- Infinite's Sungkyu & Hoya (Episode 64)
- 4Minute's Sohyun (Episodes 75, 84)
- Apink's Namjoo (Episodes 114-115)
- BtoB's Sungjae (Episodes 130-131)
- AOA's Jimin (Episodes 140-141)
- BtoB's Eunkwang (Episodes 163, 172, 184)
- VIXX's Hyuk (Episodes 220)
Idol Relay System
Following Jeong Hyeong Don's hiatus from broadcast activities beginning Episode 227, a system was introduced in which idols with whom Hyeong Don is close to would take turns co-hosting the show in his place.[2]
- Infinite's Sungkyu (Episode 227-228)
- Super Junior's Heechul (Episode 229-230)
- Apink's Bomi (Episode 231)
- Girls' Generation's Sunny (Episode 232-233)
- Super Junior's Leeteuk (Episode 234-235)
- CNBLUE's Jung Yong Hwa (Episode 236, 238)
- SHINHWA's Andy (Episode 237)
- Beast's Yoon Doojoon (Episode 239-240)
Assistant MCs
- BtoB's Ilhoon (Episodes 70, 72, 74, 77, 80-81, 83-85, 87-88, 91, 95-99, 102, 104-107, 109-114, 117-141, 143-150, 152-154, 159-168, 170-175, 178-184, 189-191, 194-199, 202-206)
- Apink's Bomi (Episodes 104-107, 109-129, 132-139, 143-150, 152-155, 158-162, 164-168, 170-171, 173-183, 186, 188-199, 202, 204-206)
- Apink's Hayoung (Episodes 155, 158, 176-177, 186, 188, 214-216, 219-220, 222-223, 225, 227-228, 231-235, 237)
- VIXX's N (Episodes 214-216, 219, 222-223, 227-228, 231-235, 237)
- AOA's Mina (Episodes 214-216, 219-220, 222-223, 225, 231-235, 237)
List of Episodes
2011
| Episode | Air Date | Featured guests | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 23, 2011 | — | 'Real Chart! Idol Self-Ranking' corner only |
| 2 | July 30, 2011 | ||
| 3 | August 6, 2011 | ||
| 4 | August 13, 2011 | INFINITE | Introduced 'Idol of the Week' corner |
| 5 | August 20, 2011 | MBLAQ | |
| 6 | August 27, 2011 | ZE:A | |
| 7 | September 3, 2011 | — | Non-guest Special: BEAST |
| 8 | September 10, 2011 | SISTAR | |
| 9 | September 17, 2011 | 4Minute | |
| 10 | September 24, 2011 | U-KISS | |
| 11 | October 1, 2011 | G.NA | |
| 12 | October 8, 2011 | CHI CHI | Special: KARA |
| 13 | October 15, 2011 | Rainbow | |
| 14 | October 22, 2011 | — | Non-guest Special: Girls' Generation |
| 15 | October 29, 2011 | FTISLAND | |
| 16 | November 5, 2011 | — | Non-guest Special: Kim Hyun-Joong |
| 17 | November 12, 2011 | Orange Caramel | |
| 18 | November 19, 2011 | Girl's Day | |
| 19 | November 26, 2011 | Secret | |
| 20 | December 3, 2011 | INFINITE, G.NA | |
| 21 | December 10, 2011 | Rainbow, MBLAQ | |
| 22 | December 17, 2011 | Wonder Girls | |
| 23 | December 24, 2011 | INFINITE | |
| 24 | December 31, 2011 | — | 1st Weekly Idol Awards |
2012
| Episode | Air Date | Featured guests | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | January 7, 2012 | Apink | |
| 26 | January 14, 2012 | B1A4 | |
| 27 | January 21, 2012 | Boyfriend | |
| 28 | January 28, 2012 | Dal Shabet | |
| 29 | February 4, 2012 | T-ara | |
| 30 | February 11, 2012 | MBLAQ | |
| 31 | February 18, 2012 | Teen Top | |
| 32 | February 25, 2012 | Special Appearance: Andy (Shinhwa) | |
| 33 | March 3, 2012 | Jay Park | |
| 34 | March 14, 2012 | FTISLAND | |
| 35 | March 21, 2012 | Miss A | |
| 36 | March 28, 2012 | ||
| 37 | April 4, 2012 | Haha | |
| 38 | April 11, 2012 | ||
| 39 | April 18, 2012 | 2AM | |
| 40 | April 25, 2012 | B1A4 | |
| 41 | May 2, 2012 | SHINee | |
| 42 | May 9, 2012 | ||
| 43 | May 16, 2012 | 4Minute, BtoB | |
| 44 | May 23, 2012 | Apink | |
| 45 | May 30, 2012 | Hyungdon and Daejun | Special MCs: Haha, SISTAR (Hyolyn, Soyou) |
| 46 | June 6, 2012 | Nine Muses | |
| 47 | June 13, 2012 | INFINITE | |
| 48 | June 20, 2012 | ||
| 49 | June 27, 2012 | Teen Top | |
| 50 | July 4, 2012 | G.NA | |
| 51 | July 11, 2012 | f(x) | |
| 52 | July 18, 2012 | After School | Weekly Idol 1st Anniversary |
| 53 | July 25, 2012 | ||
| 54 | August 1, 2012 | Hello Venus, NU'EST | |
| 55 | August 8, 2012 | Haha, Skull | |
| 56 | August 15, 2012 | INFINITE | |
| 57 | August 22, 2012 | B.A.P | |
| 58 | August 29, 2012 | BEAST | |
| 59 | September 5, 2012 | ||
| 60 | September 12, 2012 | Super Junior | |
| 61 | September 19, 2012 | ||
| 62 | September 26, 2012 | Secret | |
| 63 | October 3, 2012 | ||
| 64 | October 10, 2012 | Tasty, Hyungdon and Daejun | Special MCs: INFINITE (Sungkyu, Hoya) |
| 65 | October 17, 2012 | ZE:A | |
| 66 | October 24, 2012 | BtoB | |
| 67 | October 31, 2012 | Orange Caramel | |
| 68 | November 7, 2012 | Spica, Fiestar | |
| 69 | November 14, 2012 | Miss A | |
| 70 | November 21, 2012 | ||
| 71 | November 28, 2012 | Block B | |
| 72 | December 5, 2012 | Jewelry | Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB) |
| 73 | December 12, 2012 | B1A4, | Special Appearance: Hyukjin (100%) |
| 74 | December 19, 2012 | Girl's Day | Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB) |
| 75 | December 26, 2012 | Sunggyu (INFINITE), Ilhoon (BtoB) | 2nd Weekly Idol Awards Special MC: Sohyun (4Minute) |
2013
| Episode | Air Date | Featured guests | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | January 2, 2013 | Ailee | |
| 77 | January 9, 2013 | Yang Yo Seob (BEAST), Ilhoon (BtoB) | |
| 78 | January 16, 2013 | Hello Venus | |
| 79 | January 23, 2013 | Infinite H | |
| 80 | January 30, 2013 | 2YOON, Sohyun (4Minute) | |
| 81 | February 6, 2013 | Nine Muses | Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB) |
| 82 | February 13, 2013 | Dal Shabet | |
| 83 | February 20, 2013 | SISTAR19 | |
| 84 | February 27, 2013 | Huh Gak, Hyungdon and Daejun | Special MCs: Sohyun (4Minute), Ilhoon (BtoB) |
| 85 | March 6, 2013 | B.A.P | Special Appearance: Kim Bohyung (SPICA) |
| 86 | March 13, 2013 | Rainbow | |
| 87 | March 20, 2013 | 4Minute | Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB) |
| 88 | March 27, 2013 | ||
| 89 | April 3, 2013 | SHINee | |
| 90 | April 10, 2013 | ||
| 91 | April 17, 2013 | SPEED (Special Corner Segment) | Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB) |
| Teen Top | |||
| 92 | April 24, 2013 | RaNia | |
| 93 | May 1, 2013 | INFINITE | |
| 94 | May 8, 2013 | ||
| 95 | May 15, 2013 | Secret | |
| 96 | May 22, 2013 | 15& | |
| 97 | May 29, 2013 | B1A4 | |
| 98 | June 5, 2013 | BtoB | |
| 99 | June 12, 2013 | 100% | |
| 100 | June 19, 2013 | Rainbow, Secret, 4Minute | 100th Episode Special |
| 101 | June 26, 2013 | ||
| 102 | July 3, 2013 | MBLAQ | |
| 103 | July 10, 2013 | EXO | |
| 104 | July 17, 2013 | Apink | |
| 105 | July 24, 2013 | Girl's Day | Weekly Idol 2nd Anniversary |
| 106 | July 31, 2013 | Jewelry | |
| 107 | August 7, 2013 | INFINITE | Summer Special 1 |
| 108 | August 14, 2013 | EXO | Summer Special 2 |
| 109 | August 21, 2013 | BEAST | Summer Special 3 |
| 110 | August 28, 2013 | ||
| 111 | September 4, 2013 | B.A.P | Summer Special 4 |
| 112 | September 11, 2013 | Tasty | Special Appearance: Defconn Special MC: Bomi (Apink) |
| 113 | September 18, 2013 | BtoB | Chuseok Special |
| 114 | September 25, 2013 | A-JAX, 2EYES | |
| 115 | October 2, 2013 | Teen Top | |
| 116 | October 9, 2013 | Henry (Super Junior-M) | Special Appearance: Kyuhyun (Super Junior) |
| 117 | October 16, 2013 | LADIES' CODE | |
| 118 | October 23, 2013 | Block B | |
| 119 | October 30, 2013 | SPICA | |
| 120 | November 6, 2013 | IU | |
| 121 | November 13, 2013 | ||
| 122 | November 20, 2013 | K.Will | |
| 123 | November 27, 2013 | Park Ji-yoon, Lim Kim | |
| 124 | December 4, 2013 | G-Dragon | |
| 125 | December 11, 2013 | ||
| 126 | December 18, 2013 | Shin Bora | |
| 127 | December 25, 2013 | Bomi (Apink), Ilhoon (BtoB), P.O. (Block B) | 3rd Weekly Idol Awards |
2014
| Episode | Air Date | Featured guests | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | January 1, 2014 | Heechul (Super Junior) | |
| 129 | January 8, 2014 | Yong Jun-hyung (BEAST) | |
| 130 | January 15, 2014 | Secret | |
| 131 | January 22, 2014 | AOA | |
| 132 | January 29, 2014 | Rainbow Blaxx | |
| 133 | February 5, 2014 | History | |
| 134 | February 12, 2014 | Girl's Day | |
| 135 | February 19, 2014 | B1A4 | |
| 136 | February 26, 2014 | BtoB | |
| 137 | March 5, 2014 | B.A.P | |
| 138 | March 12, 2014 | Gain | |
| 139 | March 19, 2014 | CNBLUE | |
| 140 | March 26, 2014 | ||
| 141 | April 2, 2014 | 4Minute | |
| 142 | April 9, 2014 | Apink | |
| 143 | April 16, 2014 | Crayon Pop | |
| 144 | April 30, 2014 | Bangtan Boys | |
| 145 | May 7, 2014 | BESTie, 100% | |
| 146 | May 14, 2014 | GOT7 | |
| 147 | May 21, 2014 | G.NA | Special Appearance: Ilhoon (BtoB) |
| 148 | May 28, 2014 | Jun Hyoseong (Secret) | |
| 149 | June 4, 2014 | Ji yeon (T-ara) | |
| 150 | June 11, 2014 | Wheesung | |
| 151 | June 18, 2014 | BEAST | |
| 152 | June 25, 2014 | INFINITE | INFINITE's 10th Appearance Special |
| 153 | July 2, 2014 | ||
| 154 | July 9, 2014 | AOA | |
| 155 | July 16, 2014 | Jung Joon-young | |
| 156 | July 23, 2014 | GOT7, Apink (Bomi, Namjoo, Hayoung), BtoB, Rainbow, BEAST (Doojoon, Yoseob, Dongwoon) | Weekly Idol 3rd Anniversary |
| 157 | July 30, 2014 | 4Minute, Hyomin (T-ara), Nine Muses (Hyuna, Erin, Sungah, Kyungri), Boyfriend, FTISLAND (Jonghoon, Jaejin, Seunghyun), CNBLUE (Jonghyun, Minhyuk), AOA | |
| 158 | August 6, 2014 | HyunA (4Minute) | |
| 159 | August 13, 2014 | B1A4 | |
| 160 | August 20, 2014 | Big Byung Sungjae (BtoB), N (VIXX), Hyuk (VIXX), Jackson (GOT7) | |
| 161 | August 27, 2014 | Tiny-G | |
| 162 | September 3, 2014 | KARA | |
| 163 | September 10, 2014 | ||
| 164 | September 17, 2014 | NU'EST, Fiestar | |
| 165 | September 24, 2014 | T-ara | |
| 166 | October 1, 2014 | Kim Jong-min | |
| 167 | October 8, 2014 | Teen Top | |
| 168 | October 15, 2014 | Red Velvet | |
| 169 | October 22, 2014 | Winner | |
| 170 | October 29, 2014 | VIXX | |
| 171 | November 5, 2014 | Orange Caramel | |
| 172 | November 12, 2014 | Song Jieun (Secret) | Special Appearance: Jung Hana (Secret) |
| 173 | November 19, 2014 | AOA | |
| 174 | November 26, 2014 | Boyfriend | |
| 175 | December 3, 2014 | Apink | |
| 176 | December 10, 2014 | Kim Ian, Changjo (Teen Top) | Special Appearance: Sweden Laundry |
| 177 | December 17, 2014 | GOT7 | |
| 178 | December 24, 2014 | EXID | |
| 179 | December 31, 2014 | Big Byung Sungjae (BtoB), N (VIXX), Hyuk (VIXX), Jackson (GOT7) | 4th Weekly Idol Awards Special MC: Bomi (Apink), Ilhoon (BtoB) |
2015
| Episode | Air Date | Featured guests | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | January 7, 2015 | Hong Jin-young | |
| 181 | January 14, 2015 | Boys Republic | |
| 182 | January 21, 2015 | Junggigo, Mad Clown, Jooyoung | |
| 183 | January 28, 2015 | Lizzy (After School) | Special Appearance: Eunkwang (BtoB) |
| 184 | February 4, 2015 | Nine Muses | |
| 185 | February 11, 2015 | 4Minute | |
| 186 | February 18, 2015 | Jung Yong-hwa (CNBLUE) | |
| 187 | February 25, 2015 | Big Byung (Sungjae (BtoB), Hyuk,N (VIXX), Jackson (GOT7)); Chamsonyeo (G.NA, So-hyun (4Minute), Young-ji (KARA)) | |
| 188 | March 4, 2015 | Niel (Teen Top) | Special Appearance: Teen Top (C.A.P, L.Joe, Ricky) |
| 189 | March 11, 2015 | Rainbow | |
| 190 | March 18, 2015 | Lovelyz | |
| 191 | March 25, 2015 | Boyfriend | |
| 192 | April 1, 2015 | Apink | Weekly Idol in Saipan Special in honor of MBC Media Plus 14th Anniversary. |
| 193 | April 8, 2015 | ||
| 194 | April 15, 2015 | Berry Good, GFRIEND | |
| 195 | April 22, 2015 | K.Will | |
| 196 | April 29, 2015 | FTISLAND | |
| 197 | May 6, 2015 | EXID | |
| 198 | May 13, 2015 | CLC | |
| 199 | May 20, 2015 | Kim Sung-kyu (INFINITE) | |
| 200 | May 27, 2015 | Secret (Hana, Jieun), SISTAR (Bora, Soyou), AOA (Jimin, ChoA), SONAMOO, MONSTA X, N.Flying | 200th Episode Special |
| 201 | June 3, 2015 | ||
| 202 | June 10, 2015 | KARA | |
| 203 | June 17, 2015 | UNIQ (First-half Corner); Bangtan Boys (Main Guest) | |
| 204 | June 24, 2015 | AOA | |
| 205 | July 1, 2015 | Teen Top | |
| 206 | July 8, 2015 | BtoB | |
| 207 | July 15, 2015 | INFINITE | Summer Special 1 |
| 208 | July 22, 2015 | Apink | Summer Special 2 |
| 209 | July 29, 2015 | BEAST | Summer Special 3 |
| 210 | August 5, 2015 | Girl's Day | Summer Special 4 |
| 211 | August 12, 2015 | Wonder Girls | Summer Special 5 |
| 212 | August 19, 2015 | Girls' Generation | Summer Special 6 |
| 213 | August 26, 2015 | ||
| 214 | September 2, 2015 | Mamamoo | |
| 215 | September 9, 2015 | APRIL | Rookie Special 1 |
| 216 | September 16, 2015 | Monsta X | Rookie Special 2 |
| 217 | September 23, 2015 | Red Velvet | Rookie Special 3 |
| 218 | September 30, 2015 | CNBLUE | |
| 219 | October 7, 2015 | Lovelyz | |
| 220 | October 14, 2015 | GOT7 | |
| 221 | October 21, 2015 | GFriend | |
| 222 | October 28, 2015 | Seventeen | |
| 223 | November 4, 2015 | Oh My Girl | |
| 224 | November 11, 2015 | Brown Eyed Girls | |
| 225 | November 18, 2015 | N.Flying | |
| 226 | November 25, 2015 | EXID | |
| 227 | December 2, 2015 | VIXX | Special MC: Kim Sung-kyu (INFINITE) |
| 228 | December 9, 2015 | TWICE | Special MC: Kim Sung-kyu (INFINITE) |
| 229 | December 16, 2015 | Bangtan Boys | Special MC: Kim Heechul (Super Junior) |
| 230 | December 23, 2015 | Lovelyz (Jisoo, Kei, Sujeong), GFriend (Yerin, Yuju, SinB), TWICE (Nayeon, Dahyun, Tzuyu) | Christmas Special Special MC: Kim Heechul (Super Junior) |
| 231 | December 30, 2015 | Hayoung (Apink), N (VIXX), Mina (AOA) | 5th Weekly Idol Awards Special MC: Bomi (Apink) |
2016
| Episode | Air Date | Featured guests | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | January 6, 2016 | Lovelyz | Special MC: Sunny (Girls' Generation) |
| 233 | January 13, 2016 | UP10TION | Special MC: Sunny (Girls' Generation) |
| 234 | January 20, 2016 | Dal Shabet | Special MC: Leeteuk (Super Junior) |
| 235 | January 27, 2016 | Tahiti, The Legend | Special MC: Leeteuk (Super Junior) |
| 236 | February 3, 2016 | GFriend | Lunar New Year Special Special MC: Jung Yonghwa (CNBLUE) |
| 237 | February 10, 2016 | Shin Hye Sung (SHINHWA) | Special MC: Andy (SHINHWA) |
| 238 | February 17, 2016 | Noel | Special MC: Jung Yonghwa (CNBLUE) |
| 239 | February 24, 2016 | AOA Cream | Special MC: Yoon Doo-joon (BEAST) |
| 240 | March 2, 2016 | Mamamoo | Special MC: Yoon Doo-joon (BEAST) |
References
- ↑ "정형돈-데프콘, 새 예능 '주간아이돌' MC 발탁". Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ↑ Kwon, Ji-yeong. "정형돈 하차 '주간아이돌', 아이돌 릴레이 MC체제 확정". OSEN. OSEN. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
External links
- MBC every1 "Weekly Idol" homepage (Korean)
- MBC every1 "Weekly Idol" official twitter (Korean)
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