Where Is My Friend's Home

Not to be confused with Where Is the Friend's Home?.
Where Is My Friend's Home

Logo for Where Is My Friend's Home
Also known as "Where Is My Friend's House"
"My Friend's Home"
Genre Reality television-travel show
Written by Choi Hye-jung, Jang Yoon-hee, Park Seo-jin, Lee Kyung-hee, Kim Jeong-won, Kim Ha-woon
Directed by Kim Hak-min, Kim Sol, Ahn Jeong-hyun
Starring See cast section
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 52 (as of February 10, 2016) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Bang Hyun-young
Location(s) South Korea
China
Belgium
Nepal
Italy
Canada
Australia
France
Germany
New Zealand
Thailand
Running time 70 minutes per episode
Release
Original network JTBC
Original release February 7, 2015 – present
External links
Website
Korean name
Hangul 내 친구의 집은 어디인가
Revised Romanization Nae Chin-guui Jibeun Eodi in-ga
McCune–Reischauer Nae Ch'in'guŭi Chibŭn Ŏdi in'ga

Where Is My Friend's Home (aka Where Is My Friend's House, and My Friend's Home; Hangul: 내 친구의 집은 어디인가) is a show on JTBC in South Korea. The show features the cast members of another JTBC television show, Non-Summit, as they visit the home countries of the Non-Summit non-Korean members. The show is in a reality television-travel show format, in the Korean language, and aired on JTBC, starting on February 7, 2015.[1][2][3][4]

Background

The show follows South Korean and foreign cast members of the South Korean television Non-Summit as they experience cultures of various countries through homestay,[5] meeting the locals, and experiencing a better understanding of multiculturalism.[6][7]

The show, a spin-off of Non-Summit, is less formal, with the cast from the original talkshow panel, now relaxing casually, as "friends", to visit one another's homes. The humor continues; the teaser video for the first episode, a trip to China, was entitled "Steal Things in Zhang Yuan’s House".[1][8] The show's posters, entitled "Global friend’s house attack project", showed some of the cast's casual activities, like eating ice cream and jogging.[9]

And although somewhat like a travel show, producers said Where is My Friend's Home trips would "not be typical."[4][5] The show also candidly addresses common misperceptions and prejudices about the countries visited.[10][11]

Cast

Through the fourth trip, the cast was made up entirely of Non-Summit cast members, current and past.[12] After that, some new cast members were added, including South Korean television personalities and K-pop idols; who, in some cases, played host in their respective countries, augmenting the list of foreign cast members and countries visited.[12] The first instance was the fifth trip to Canada which visited Henry Lau's home in Toronto, as well as Non-Summit cast member Guillaume Patry's home in Quebec.[13]

Chart of countries visited and cast

Nation Name Visited country
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
 South Korea Yoo Se-yoon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
 China Zhang Yuan ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A
 Italy Alberto Mondi ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
 Canada Guillaume Patry ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A ✔ ✔ N/A
 Belgium Julian Quintart ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 United States Tyler Rasch ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
   Nepal Sujan Shakya N/A ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A
 Germany Daniel Lindemann N/A N/A ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A
 United Kingdom James Hooper N/A N/A ✔ ✔ N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 United States Mark Tetto N/A N/A ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A
 France Robin Deiana N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A
 Canada Henry Lau N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 New Zealand John Riley N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ ✔ N/A
 South Korea Jun Hyun-moo N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 South Korea Yoo Hong-jun N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
 Australia Blair Williams N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ ✔ N/A ✔ N/A N/A N/A
 Japan Takuya Terada N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A ✔ N/A N/A
 Ghana Sam Okyere N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ ✔ N/A N/A N/A
 Bulgaria Mihal Ashminov N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A ✔ ✔
 South Korea Lee Jung N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ ✔ N/A
 South Korea Jang Dong-min N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔ N/A
 Thailand BamBam N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔
 China Jackson Wang N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔
 Greece Andreas Varsakopoulos N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ✔

List of episodes

Trip backgrounds and short episode summaries

1st trip - China

The first country visited was China, the home of Zhang Yuan, a foreign representative on the Non-Summit show, including Zhang's home city of Anshan, and other tourist areas, for six days and five nights.[1][2][4] Along for the trip were "Visitors", South Korean Non-Summit presenter Yoo Se-yoon, and Non-Summit foreign representatives Guillaume Patry from Canada, Alberto Mondi from Italy, Julian Quintart from Belgium and Tyler Rasch from the United States.[3][5][14]

2nd trip - Belgium

The second trip was to Julian Quintart's home country of Belgium, with the same cast and an additional seventh member, Nepal's Sujan Shakya. They visited the city of Brussels and Quintart's home in Aywaille in Liège, and other tourist areas.[15][16][17]

3rd trip - Nepal

The filming of the Nepal trip was done subsequent to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake, which occurred on April 25, the day of the second episode of the trip's airing, show Episode No. 12, (and the following May 2015 Nepal earthquake). The station and show's responses are noted in the episode summaries.

The travel agenda announced added a surprise cast to the third trip in April 2015, to Sujan Shakya's home country of Nepal, to visit the "mysterious ancient ruins" and Shakya's large extended family. The cast included Shakya as the country host, Yoo, Zhang and Mondi, as on the previous two trips, and added current Non-Summit cast member, Germany's Daniel Lindemann and the United States intern, Mark Tetto, who appeared on Episode 24 of Non-Summit. The surprise revealed was British mountain climber and adventurer, United Kingdom's James Hooper, who appeared on the original cast of Non-Summit, Episodes 1-4.[18][19][20]

4th trip - Italy

The fourth trip was to Alberto Mondi's home country of Italy, with the same cast that visited Nepal; Yoo, Zhang, Lindemann, Hooper and Tetto. Shakya was scheduled to take the trip, but due to the earthquake in Nepal and his concern for it, he was replaced by another of the younger representatives, France's Robin Deiana.[21][22]

5th trip - Canada

The fifth trip went to Guillaume Patry's home in Quebec, Canada, with cast Yoo, Zhang, Shakya, and Patry's best friend John Riley.[13] Riley is the Deputy Head of Mission of the New Zealand Embassy Seoul, first serving there in 2001. Riley speaks Korean, English, and Māori; his grandfather is Māori.[23][24][25]

The trip included a visit to first time cast member Super Junior Henry's home in Toronto, to show the various cultures of the second largest country in the world.[13][26]

6th trip - South Korea (Buyeo County)

The show's producer Bang Hyun-young said in order to give the cast a summer break, they would film the 6th trip locally in South Korea, as there were many great places to visit domestically.[29] Professor Yoo Hong-jun, of Myongji University and former head of the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea was a guest on the show.[29][30] The trip also included presenters Yoo, and Jun Hyun-moo, his first time on show; representatives Patry, Mondi, Zhang, Lindemann, Rasch and first time with friends, ex-Non-Summit representative Blair Williams.[31]

7th trip - Australia

The seventh trip was to Australia, to visit the home of ex-Non-Summit member, Blair Williams, from the 2015 cast. Ex-Non-Summit member from the 2014 cast, Japan's Takuya Terada, traveled with him as the newest cast member.[32][33] Recurring cast members Yoo, Mondi, Zhang, Lindemann and Hooper were also on the trip.[34]

8th trip - France

The eighth trip was to France, to visit the home of ex-Non-Summit member, Robin Deiana.[35] Recurring members Tetto, Patry, Mondi and Zhang were along, as well as new cast member and Ghana representative on Non-Summit, Sam Okyere.[36] This marks the first trip Yoo was absent, due to scheduling conflicts.[37]

9th trip - Germany

The show's ninth trip will visit Germany and Daniel Lindemann's home in Cologne.[38] The friends who will be joining him on this trip are cast members Yoo, Mondi, Zhang, Okyere and Williams, with the addition of Bulgarian chef Mihal Ashminov from JTBC's Please Take Care of My Refrigerator.[39][40]

10th trip - New Zealand

The tenth trip of the show will be to New Zealand, the home of John Riley from the Canada trip.[41] Joining him are recurring members Patry, Zhang, Shakya, Terada, and first time member on the show, singer Lee Jung.[42] Yoo was expected to join this trip, but will be absent due to his maternal grandmother's funeral.[43]

11th trip - South Korea (Jeju Island)

Show producer Bang Hyun-young announced the eleventh trip will see the cast visiting Jeju Island for the winter break, the second domestic trip in the show. For this trip, recurring members Yoo, Patry, Zhang and Mondi will be joined with Ashminov (from the Germany trip), Riley (from the Canada and New Zealand trips) and Lee Jung, who was on the previous New Zealand trip.[44][45] First time cast member comedian Jang Dong-min will join them, as per the cast's live fan meeting on South Korea's Naver V-app before the Jeju trip.[46]

12th trip - Thailand

The twelfth trip of the show will be set in Thailand, the home of new cast member BamBam of pop idol group GOT7.[47] Recurring members Yoo, Mondi and Ashminov will be making trip, who will be joined with new cast members Jackson Wang from China, also from GOT7, and current Non-Summit cast member Andreas Varsakopoulos of Greece.[48]

Soundtrack

Yoo wrote and produced a song, "At Your House", which was part of the show's original soundtrack (OST) on February 7, 2015. It features vocal group Urban Zakapa and cast members Patry, Mondi, Zhang, Quintart and Rasch, speaking in their native languages. Yoo said he was inspired to write the song after the filming of the friends' bicycle outing (Episode 3) in China.[49][50][51]

Another OST, "What Brings You Here", by Yoo and Eastbeam, was released by Sony Music Entertainment on April 25, 2015.[52]

Ratings

Notes

  1. ↑ Ratings for each episode can be viewed at individual episode summaries, List of Where Is My Friend's Home episodes, in upper right corner.

References

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  2. 1 2 장위안 중국 집 공개 (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. January 6, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 ‘내친구집’ 알베르토, 상반신 노출..‘근육질 몸매자랑’ (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. January 28, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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