I Live Alone (TV program) explained

Alt Name:Home Alone[1]
Native Name:
Hangul:나 혼자 산다
Rr:Na Honja Sanda
Genre:Reality television
Talk show
Director:Heo Hang[2]
Starring:see 'Current members'
Opentheme:"Handsome" by The Vaccines
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:542
Location:South Korea
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:100 Minutes
Company:MBC
Channel:MBC TV, MBC Drama, MBC every1
Last Aired:present
Related:When a Man Lives Alone
(Korean: 남자가 혼자 살 때)[3]

I Live Alone, also known as Home Alone, is a South Korean entertainment program distributed and syndicated by MBC every Friday at 23:00 (KST).

Content

I Live Alone is recognized as one of the "Real-Variety" shows in Korean television. The program is unscripted using documentary techniques with variety show elements, which follows the format of other reality television programs such as Infinite Challenge, which airs on the same network.[4] Every Friday night, this program plays footage from selected Rainbow Club members' everyday lives, both in and out of their homes. As proclaimed on its homepage,[5] there are about 5 million singles in South Korea and about one-third of South Korean entertainers are not in a relationship. This program shows viewers how single celebrities live, and has attained great popularity due to the relatability of the single lifestyles of various celebrities, which are shown without significant filtering.Since its inception, each host of the program has gathered other celebrity guests to form a club called the Rainbow Club .

Philanthropy

On December 23, 2022, I Live Alone donated all proceeds from calendar sales through the Beautiful Foundation.[6]

Current members

Member [7] Episodes #
Kian84145 – present
Park Na-rae174 – present
Lee Jang-woo323 – present
Kim Kwang-kyu1 - 115, 365 – present
Key[8] 391 – present
26 – 285, 400 – present
Lee Joo-seung[9] 427 – present
Code Kunst429 – present
Kim Dae-Ho491 - present

Former members

!Member!Episode #
Seo In-guk1 - 16
Lee Sung-jae1 - 37
Defconn1 - 62
Yang Yo-seob28 - 45
41 - 149
Kangnam73 - 137
Han Hye-jin168 - 320
Lee Si-eon174, 177 - 377
Henry Lau190, 192 - 397
Sung Hoon212, 214 - 431
Hwasa247 - 458

Guests (with segments)

Appearances

Ratings

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in

red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.

2013

Episode # Original airdate TNMS ratings AGB ratings[10]
PilotFebruary 107.0%6.6%
1March 225.5%7.3%
2March 294.9%5.7%
3April 57.1%9.3%
4April 125.9%7.6%
5April 195.8%7.6%
6May 35.8%7.3%
7May 106.0%7.2%
8May 176.7%8.1%
9May 246.1%8.5%
10May 315.7%8.3%
11June 76.1%8.2%
12June 146.1%8.7%
13June 215.5%6.9%
14June 284.8%7.0%
15July 56.5%8.6%
16July 126.6%9.0%
17July 196.9%8.9%
18July 267.1%11.4%
19August 26.0%7.8%
20August 94.8%8.2%
21August 164.4%6.7%
22August 237.0%7.9%
23August 305.7%9.9%
24September 66.6%9.7%
25September 135.7%9.2%
26September 276.3%8.3%
27October 46.2%9.0%
28October 116.1%7.1%
29October 186.7%8.4%
30October 256.2%7.7%
31November 15.9%7.8%
32November 156.4%7.6%
33November 228.5%9.2%
34November 297.2%8.5%
35December 138.5%9.6%
36December 206.2%7.1%
37December 275.8%7.1%

2014

Episode # Original airdate TNMS ratings AGB ratings
38January 37.2%8.4%
39January 107.6%8.5%
40January 178.1%9.2%
41January 248.6%9.1%
42February 75.2%6.8%
43February 146.5%7.4%
44February 287.3%8.2%
45March 77.3%8.5%
46March 146.3%7.5%
47March 216.3%7.9%
48March 286.6%8.3%
49April 45.8%6.8%
50April 118.0%8.2%
51April 255.5%6.7%
52May 24.8%6.3%
53May 95.9%7.8%
54May 167.2%6.8%
55May 237.2%8.2%
56May 308.3%8.8%
57June 66.3%6.4%
58June 137.8%9.2%
59June 275.7%6.7%
60July 47.1%6.8%
61July 116.8%7.2%
62July 185.5%6.2%
63July 255.3%5.5%
64August 17.1%6.2%
65August 87.2%7.5%
66August 157.9%8.6%
67August 227.3%6.7%
68August 297.6%9.1%
69September 58.3%8.6%
70September 127.0%6.8%
71September 196.7%6.7%
72September 267.4%9.5%
73October 37.2%7.6%
74October 108.3%8.2%
75October 175.7%6.3%
76October 249.2%8.6%
77October 318.1%8.7%
78November 78.2%8.5%
79November 147.6%7.7%
80November 217.4%7.6%
81November 287.3%8.5%
82December 58.1%7.4%
83December 128.1%8.2%
84December 197.0%7.9%
85December 267.8%8.9%

2015

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings TNMS ratings
86January 2 10.0%9.0%
87January 9 11.7%10.8%
88January 16 10.6%10.3%
89January 23 9.4%10.0%
90January 30 11.3%9.9%
91February 6 9.7%9.0%
92February 13 9.5%9.4%
93February 20 11.0%
94February 27 9.9%10.6%
95March 6 9.9%9.4%
96March 13 8.8%8.3%
97March 20 8.5%9.5%
98March 27 7.6%8.7%
99April 3 8.9%10.1%
100April 10 9.5%8.8%
101April 17 7.5%7.7%
102April 24 7.0%6.9%
103May 1 8.8%7.4%
104May 8 9.7%9.7%
105May 15 9.4%8.7%
106May 22 10.5%10.1%
107May 29 10.0%10.3%
108June 5 9.8%9.3%
109June 12 8.7%8.6%
110June 19 10.1%9.9%
111June 26 9.0%8.8%
112July 3 8.6%10.0%
113July 10 8.3%8.9%
114July 17 7.8%7.7%
115July 24 9.7%8.2%
116July 31 8.4%7.9%
117August 7 8.2%8.8%
118August 14 8.2%8.8%
119August 21 8.2%7.8%
120August 28 7.9%6.9%
121September 4 7.6%7.1%
122September 11 7.1%6.6%
123September 18 6.2%5.5%
124September 25 6.8%5.3%
125October 2 5.1%
126October 9 9.0%8.5%
127October 16 8.3%7.5%
128October 23 8.9%7.9%
129October 30 8.5%7.2%
130November 6 8.7%7.4%
131November 13 6.3%5.8%
132November 20 7.4%6.5%
133November 27 6.9%5.3%
134December 4 7.1%6.9%
135December 11 7.3%5.6%
136December 18 7.7%5.7%
137December 25 8.4%5.6%

2016

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings TNMS ratings
138January 1 8.1%6.4%
139January 8 7.8%5.4%
140January 15 7.1%6.4%
141January 22 6.7%6.2%
142January 29 8.3%7.3%
143February 5 6.9%6.5%
144February 12 8.0%6.8%
145February 19 7.4%6.4%
146February 26 9.2%7.4%
147March 4 7.9%7.3%
148March 11 8.1%6.5%
149March 18 7.2%
150March 25 8.4%7.3%
151April 1 6.8%5.7%
152April 8 8.0%6.1%
153April 15 7.1%5.2%
154April 22 6.5%5.4%
155April 29 8.4%6.3%
156May 6 7.5%6.9%
157May 13 7.0%6.5%
158May 20 6.0%5.5%
159May 27 6.7%5.2%
160June 3 7.6%5.8%
161June 10 6.1%5.5%
162June 17 6.2%5.8%
163June 24 6.9%5.3%
164July 1 6.4%5.1%
165July 8 5.9%5.2%
166July 15 5.9%4.9%
167July 22 6.2%5.3%
168July 29 7.4%6.4%
169August 5 7.3%6.9%
170August 26 6.0%5.1%
171September 2 6.2%4.8%
172September 9 5.5%5.6%
173September 16 6.3%6.6%
174September 23 7.0%7.0%
175September 30 6.5%6.3%
176October 7 7.2%5.8%
177October 14 3.5%
178October 21 5.6%4.6%
179October 28 5.8%5.5%
180November 4 5.9%5.8%
181November 11 7.3%7.0%
182November 18 6.7%5.7%
183November 25 7.4%6.4%
184December 2 6.7%5.9%
185December 9 7.1%6.1%
186December 16 8.0%7.1%
187December 23 6.5%6.1%

2017

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings TNMS ratings
188January 6 6.5% 5.8%
189January 13 5.9% 5.6%
190January 20 7.1% 5.6%
191January 27 7.5% 6.6%
192February 3 7.1% 6.1%
193February 17 6.3% 4.8%
194February 24 5.0% 4.2%
195March 3 6.2% 4.8%
196March 17 5.4% 4.8%
197March 24 6.7% 5.6%
198March 31 6.0% 4.6%
199April 7 6.0% 5.1%
200April 14 7.4% 6.4%
201April 21 7.8% 6.8%
202April 28 7.0% 6.1%
203May 5 7.7% 6.1%
204May 12 7.4% 6.4%
205May 19 8.2% 7.4%
206May 26 7.3% 6.3%
207June 2 7.0% 5.8%
208June 9 7.6% 6.4%
209June 16 7.3% 5.4%
210June 23 9.4% 8.4%
211June 30 10.2%8.1%
212July 7 9.2% 6.7%
213July 14 9.1% 8.0%
214July 21 9.5% 8.6%
215July 28 8.8% 7.4%
216August 4 10.6%8.5%
217August 11 11.0%8.8%
218August 18 10.0%7.8%
219August 25 9.7%
220September 1 11.0% 9.2%
221November 17 8.8% 7.8%
222November 24 8.6% 7.1%
223December 1 7.2% 6.7%
224December 8 8.6% 8.3%
225December 15 10.7%
226December 22 9.8% 8.9%

2018

Episode # Original airdate TNMS ratings AGB ratings
227January 5 13.6% 13.2%
228January 12 13.6% 12.8%
229January 19 12.3% 12.4%
230January 26 11.6% 11.4%
231February 212.2%12.3%
232February 912.4%12.2%
233February 1610.9%10.1%
234March 215.5% 15.5%
235March 913.0%12.5%
236March 1610.6%10.5%
237March 2311.0%11.6%
238March 3012.5%10.6%
239April 612.0%10.8%
240April 1310.7%9.6%
241April 2010.1%9.9%
242May 49.5%8.8%
243May 119.4%9.3%
244May 189.3%8.3%
245May 259.7%9.8%
246June 1
247June 811.0%10.0%
248June 1510.5%9.6%
249June 2210.0%10.3%
250June 2910.3%10.5%
251July 1310.2%10.6%
252July 2010.2%9.9%
253July 2710.5%8.9%
254August 310.3%10.6%
255August 109.1%9.9%
256August 1710.1%
257August 2413.0%14.4%
258August 3114.1%15.2%
259September 712.0%13.2%
260September 1411.8%
261September 2112.8%
262September 2811.4%
263October 512.0%
264October 1210.7%
265October 26 12.0%
266November 212.3%
267November 912.5%
268November 1612.4%
269November 2310.2%
270November 3011.6%
271December 7 12.6%
272December 14 12.7%
273December 21 13.5%
274December 289.9%

2019

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings
275January 4
276January 1112.6%
277January 1812.2%
278January 2514.0%
279February 28.8%
280February 814.9%
281February 1514.3%
282February 2311.5%
283March 110.9%
284March 913.5%
285March 1511.9%
286March 2212.5%
287March 2912.8%
288April 511.2%
289April 1210.7%
290April 1910.0%
291April 2611.4%
292May 39.8%
293May 1010.9%
294May 1710.2%
295May 249.7%
296May 319.8%
297June 89.0%
298June 1410.8%
299June 2110.8%
300June 2810.5%
301July 510.2%
302July 1210.6%
303July 1910.0%
304July 2610.6%
305August 29.1%
306August 99.8%
307August 1610.4%
308August 239.6%
309August 309.0%
310September 68.7%
311September 138.4%
312September 208.6%
313September 27
314October 411.1%
315October 1110.0%
316October 189.2%
317October 259.6%
318November 19.4%
319November 810.2%
320November 158.6%
321November 229.7%
322November 299.3%
323December 610.0%
324December 1310.9%
325December 2010.5%
326December 2710.5%

2020

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings
327January 312.4%
328January 10
329January 1711.2%
330January 24 7.3%
331January 31 12.0%
332February 7 10.9%
333February 14 12.3%
334February 21 11.0%
335February 28 11.4%
336March 6 10.7%
337March 13 10.7%
338March 20 10.1%
339March 2711.6%
340April 311.5%
341April 108.8%
342April 179.0%
343April 249.0%
344May 88.7%
345May 15
346May 2211.1%
347May 2911.3%
348June 511.0%
349June 1211.9%
350June 1912.7%
351June 2612.0%
352July 310.0%
353July 1010.8%
354July 178.7%
355July 2410.4%
356July 319.8%
357August 79.6%
358August 149.7%
359August 218.8%
360August 2810.1%
361September 47.1%
362September 117.5%
363September 188.1%
364September 257.4%
365October 210.0%
366October 99.4%
367October 167.9%
368October 239.5%
369October 308.6%
370November 67.6%
371November 138.7%
372November 208.2%
373November 278.2%
374December 48.9%
375December 118.9%
376December 189.6%
377December 258.4%

2021

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings
378January 89.9%
379January 1510.0%
380January 22
381January 299.5%
382February 59.5%
383February 129.0%
384February 1911.3%
385February 268.3%
386March 58.5%
387March 126.5%
388March 198.8%
389March 268.0%
390April 27.6%
391April 97.6%
392April 166.8%
393April 236.5%
394April 309.0%
395May 78.7%
396May 149.7%
397May 218.6%
398May 287.9%
399June 49.0%
400June 118.1%
401June 187.2%
402June 258.7%
403July 27.3%
404July 98.5%
405July 167.1%
406July 307.6%
407August 65.6%
408August 137.8%
409August 208.9%
410August 278.5%
411September 37.8%
412September 1011.7%
413September 177.9%
414September 247.5%
415October 18.2%
416October 86.7%
417October 157.1%
418October 226.8%
419October 297.0%
420November 56.2%
421November 125.0%
422November 19
423November 266.3%
424December 36.0%
425December 106.5%
426December 177.3%
427December 246.6%

2022

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings
428January 77.9%
429January 148.3%
430January 218.2%
431January 288.1%
432February 46.4%
433February 117.1%
434February 187.1%
435February 257.4%
436March 48.3%
437March 116.8%
438March 256.8%
439April 17.8%
440April 88.2%
441 April 156.9%
442April 227.7%
443April 296.9%
444May 66.5%
445 May 13
446May 206.3%
447May 276.5%
448June 37.8%
449June 108.0%
450June 177.6%
451June 258.3%
452July 17.2%
453July 87.8%
454July 158.1%
455July 228.0%
456July 297.2%
457August 57.0%
458August 126.8%
459August 198.4%
460August 267.8%
461September 28.5%
462September 97.0%
463September 167.5%
464September 237.1%
465September 307.2%
466October 77.0%
467October 147.7%
468October 216.3%
469October 286.5%
470November 118.1%
471November 186.9%
472November 257.1%
473December 97.4%
474December 166.8%
475December 238.3%
476December 30

2023

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings
477January 68.8%
478January 138.0%
479January 207.7%
480January 277.7%
481February 38.0%
482February 107.5%
483February 177.3%
484February 248.2%
485March 38.3%
486March 178.4%
487March 248.9%
488March 317.6%
489April 77.6%
490April 148.3%
491April 217.9%
492April 287.7%
493May 57.3%
494May 128.4%
495May 197.3%
496May 267.3%
497June 27.8%
498June 98.6%
499June 167.8%
500June 237.8%
501June 30
502July 78.2%
503July 148.6%
504July 219.0%
505July 287.1%
506August 46.9%
507August 117.8%
508August 187.8%
509August 258.0%
510September 18.8%
511September 87.5%
512September 15
513September 226.5&
514September 296.3%
515October 66.0%
516October 136.9%
517October 208.0%
518October 278.5%
519November 37.0%
520November 107.0%
521November 178.0%
522November 247.0%
523December 16.8%
524December 87.8%
525December 158.5%
526December 228.0%

2024

Episode # Original airdate AGB ratings
527January 58.2%
528January 12
529January 19

Notes

  1. News: "Home Alone" on MBC Global Media. MBC Global Media. January 12, 2018. January 11, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180111025922/http://content.mbc.co.kr/program/entertainment/2816169_64511.html. live.
  2. Web site: [단독]'나혼자산다' 5년 연출 황지영→허항PD 바뀐다]. Han Hae-sun. [Exclusive] 5 years of "I Live Alone" directed by Hwang Jiyoung → Heo Hang PD. Star News. Naver. February 2, 2021. February 2, 2021. ko. April 8, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408064934/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002929260. live.
  3. a pilot-programme during the 2013 Korean New Year season. (broadcast on February 10, 2013)
  4. One of the original hosts, Noh Hong-chul, is also a former member of Infinite Challenge
  5. http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/singlelife/program/index.html The reason of creating 'Mujiegae'
  6. Web site: 나 혼자 산다', 2022년 달력 판매 수익금 전액 기부. Park Jeong-seon. I live alone' donates all proceeds from 2022 calendar sales. JTBC. Naver. December 23, 2022. December 23, 2022. ko. December 23, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221223031812/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000326171. live.
  7. News: 활동회원 . Active Member . MBC . MBC . July 1, 2021 . ko . June 30, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210630011712/http://program.imbc.com/Info/singlelife?seq=360 . live .
  8. News: 샤이니 키, '나 혼자 산다' 고정 됐다…활동회원 정식입성 '홈피 인증 . Kim Hyun-rok . [Sports TV News |publisher= Naver |date= July 1, 2021 |access-date= July 1, 2021 |language= ko |archive-date= July 1, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210701081724/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/477/0000307586 |url-status= live ].
  9. Web site: Lee . Eun-hye . 2021-12-21 . 배우 이주승, 집 내부 공개…나이→출연 작품까지 관심 . Actor Lee Joo-seung, revealing the inside of the house... Age→Interest in appearances . 2023-02-18 . Top Star News . ko.
  10. Web site: Nielsen Korea. www.nielsenkorea.co.kr. December 22, 2018. February 11, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180211141052/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/default.asp. live.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients Result
2013 Excellence Award in a Variety Show
2014
New Star Award
2015 Best Male Variety Performer Jun Hyun-moo
Excellence Award in a Variety Show
2016 Program of the Year I Live Alone
Top Female Excellence Award in Variety Show
Popularity Award
Special Award Jun Hyun-moo
Male Excellence Award in Variety Show
Female Excellence Award in Variety Show
Male Rookie Award in Variety Show
Best Couple Award Sleepy and Lee Guk-joo
2017 Best Entertainment Program I Live Alone
Best Variety Performer - Female Park Na-rae
17th MBC Entertainment Awards[11] [12] Grand Prize (Daesang) Jun Hyun-moo
Park Na-rae
Program of the Year I Live Alone
Scriptwriter of the Year Lee Kyung-ha
Top Excellence Award, Variety Category Jun Hyun-moo
Park Na-rae
Excellence Award, Variety Category
Han Hye-jin
Rookie Award, Variety Category Lee Si-eon
Best Couple Award Kian84 and Park Na-rae
Jun Hyun-moo and Han Hye-jin
201854th Baeksang Arts Awards[13] Best Entertainment Program I Live Alone
Best Variety Performer – Male Jun Hyun-moo
Best Variety Performer – Female Park Na-rae
18th MBC Entertainment Awards[14] [15] Grand Prize (Daesang) Jun Hyun-moo
Park Na-rae
Program of the Year I Live Alone
Top Excellence Award, Variety Category (Males) Lee Si-eon
Top Excellence Award, Variety Category (Females) Han Hye-jin
Excellence Award, Variety Category (Males) Kian84
Rookie Award, Variety Category (Males)
Rookie Award, Variety Category (Females)
Best Entertainer Award (Variety) Sung Hoon
Entertainer of the Year Award Jun Hyun-moo
Park Na-rae
Best Couple Award Park Na-rae & Kian84
Park Na-rae &
201955th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest Entertainment ProgramI Live Alone
Best Variety Performer – FemalePark Na-rae
19th MBC Entertainment AwardsGrand Prize (Daesang)Park Na-rae
Program of the YearI Live Alone
Top Excellence Award, Variety Category (Males)Lee Si-eon
Kian84
Excellence Award, Variety Category (Males)Sung Hoon
Excellence Award, Variety Category (Females)Hwasa
Multi-tainer AwardHan Hye-yeon
Kim Chung-jae
Entertainer Of The Year Award Park Na-rae
Best Teamwork AwardHenry Lau
Kian84
Lee Si-eon
Sung Hoon
Best Couple AwardHenry Lau & Kian84
202056th Baeksang Arts Awards[16] Best Variety Performer – Female Park Na-rae
20th MBC Entertainment AwardsGrand Prize (Daesang)Park Na-rae
Best Entertainer Award Park Na-rae
Program of the YearI Live Alone
Top Excellence Award, Variety Category (Males)Sung Hoon
Lee Si-eon
Top Excellence Award, Variety Category (Females)Hwasa
Han Hye-jin
Excellence Award, Variety Category (Females)Son Dam-bi
Jang Do-yeon
Kyung Soo-jin
Rookie Award, Variety Category (Male)Ahn Bo-hyun
Digital Content AwardPark Na-rae, Hwasa & Han Hye-jin
Best Couple AwardSung Hoon & Son Dam-bi
2021 57th Baeksang Arts Awards[17] Jang Do-yeon
48th Korea Broadcasting Awards[18] Best Female Reality StarHwasa
21st MBC Entertainment AwardsGrand Prize (Daesang)Jun Hyun-moo
Park Na-rae
Entertainer of the YearJun Hyun-moo
Park Na-rae
Program of the YearI Live Alone
Top Excellence Award, Variety Category (Male)Kian84
Rookie Award
Popularity Award
PD's AwardI Live Alone
Best Couple AwardKey & Kian84
2022Brand of the Year Awards 2022[19] Observation Entertainment Program of the YearI Live Alone
Korea Advertisers Association Awards[20] Good Program Award
Grand Prize (Daesang) Jun Hyun-moo
Park Na-rae
Entertainer of the Year Jun Hyun-moo
Park Na-rae
Program of the Year I Live Alone
Excellence Award, Variety Category (Male)Key
Rookie Award, Variety Category (Male)
Popularity Award
Multiplayer AwardKian84
Best Couple AwardJun Hyun-moo, Park Na-rae & Lee Jang-woo

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