Idol Show Explained

Idol Show (; lit. Idol Corps, She Has Arrived!), also called Idol Army, is a weekly Korean variety show on MBC Every 1 hosted by the nation's most popular teen idol groups.

Hosts

Season	Main host	Co-hosts	Ref
1	Super Junior-H	Roo'ra's Go Young-wook, Click-B's Kim Sang-hyuk (Episode 1-5), Jang Dong-min (Episode 2 onwards)	^[1] ^[2]
2	FT Island	Jang Dong-min
3	2PM	Boom
4	Kara	Boom
5	MBLAQ	Shin Bong-sun, Jung Ju-ri

Idol Guest Stars

Season 1

First aired: July 10, 2008

• Episode 1 - Jewelry
• Episode 2 - without Super Junior FT Island & Brown Eyed Girls
• Episode 3 & 4 - Wonder Girls
• Episode 5 - Kara
• Episode 6 - Roo'ra
• Episode 7 - Baby Vox Re.V
• Episode 8 - 2AM
• Episode 9 & 10 - Han Seungyeon, Goo Hara, Joo, Moon Ji Eun, Lim So Young
• Episode 11 - Kim Na Young, Chun Ja, Han Young
• Episode 12 - Kim Na Young, Seulong, Lim So Young
• Episode 13 & 14 (finale) - Lee Chung Ah

Season 2

First aired: October 16, 2008

• Episode 1 & 2 - Younha
• Episode 3 & 4 - 2PM, Hwangbo, Baek Boram
• Episode 5
• Episode 6 & 7 (finale)- Kim Na Young, Kim Sang Mi, Min Ji, Choi Eun Joo, Jamilla

Season 3

First aired: December 4, 2008

• Episode 1 - none
• Episode 2 - Kara
• Episode 3 - High School Girls and ulzzang nunas
• Episode 4 - 2AM, Jang Young Ran, Go Young Wook
• Episode 5 - Brown Eyed Girls
• Episode 6 - Foreign girls
• Episode 7 - none
• Episode 8 & 9 - Girls' Generation
• Episode 10 - Going to MT
• Episode 11 - High School Girls and friends
• Episode 12 - College Girls
• Episode 13- Black Pearl, Jung Joori, Lee Chaeyeong, Baek Boram, Kim Jungmin, Jin Bora (Star Golden Bell parody Special)
• Episode 14 & 15 - SHINee
• Episode 16 - After School
• Episode 17 (finale)

Season 4

First aired: April 2, 2009

• Episode 1 - none
• Episode 2 - Daesung
• Episode 3 - Lee Chun-hee
• Episode 4 - FT Island
• Episode 5 (finale) - 2AM

Season 5

First aired: December 16, 2009

• Episode 1 - Kwon JiHye
• Episode 2 - Secret
• Episode 3 - T-ara
• Episode 4 - Kim Na Young, Kim Sae Rom, Kang Ye Bin
• Episode 5 - None (Queen Seon Duk Parody/Lee Joon's Hidden Camera)
• Episode 6 - Soo Jung (Star Golden Bell)
• Episode 7 & 8 - After School
• Episode 9 - none
• Episode 10 - MBLAQ (Ski Resort Special)
• Episode 11 - IU, Kim Eun Jung (Jewelry), Ha Joo Yeon (Jewelry), Hong Jin Young
• Episode 12 - Transfer Girls
• Episode 13 & 14 - Sulli
• Episode 15 - MBLAQ (Health Check-up)
• Episode 16 - (finale)

Notes and References

1. News: '쥬얼리' 박정아 "내가 호스트에게 차를 사줬다고?" 루머 해명 . . 9 July 2008 . 5 February 2020 . ko . 21 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191221164304/https://www.hankyung.com/life/amp/2008070952327 . live .
2. News: '아이돌 군단의 떴다!그녀', 원더걸스 효과로 시청률 급등 . Chosun . 29 July 2008 . 5 February 2020 . ko . 20 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230820084040/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/07/29/2008072900926.html . live .