Kim Shin-young should not be confused with Kim Sin-yong.
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| Birth Date: | 20 December 1983 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Taegu, South Korea | ||||||||||
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Kim Shin-young (born December 20, 1983)[1] is a South Korean comedian, MC and DJ. She debuted in 2004 on the SBS show People Looking For Laughter and won 'Best Variety Performer' at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards in 2006. She has hosted numerous variety shows and radio shows in South Korea and has won several awards for comedy and hosting in her career. In 2018, Kim became a member of Celeb Five, a dance group produced by CONTENTS LAB VIVO, a contents company owned by Song Eun-i.[2]
Kim Shin-young was born in Taegu, South Korea, on December 20, 1983. She learned judo and dreamed of living in the Korea National Training Center for athletes before becoming interested in comedy.[3] In 2002, she enrolled in the Comedy Acting Department at Yewon Arts University.
Kim Shin-young first appeared on SBS People Looking For Laughter in 2004 and gained recognition by hosting various variety shows for years. She made her film debut as Cha Tae-hyun's sister in the 2005 film My Girl and I. In 2006, Kim won 'Best Variety Performer' at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards for People Looking For Laughter.[4] In 2007, Kim became an MC of MBC's Infinite Girls, an all-female version of the show Infinite Challenge. She was a part of the show until its 3rd season which aired in 2013.[5] The next year, Kim hosted MBC's Stop the Boring Time Radio with Super Junior's Shindong. She won the 'Radio Rookie Award' at the 2008 MBC Drama Awards.[6]
In 2009, Kim was paired with actor Shin Sung-rok as a virtually married couple on MBC's We Got Married. They were one of the three new couples introduced in January.[7] Kim also became a host of KBS' Challenge Golden Ladder. She then became a regular cast member of MBC's Quiz to Change the World and became a host of KBS' Sang Sang Plus.[8] Kim also hosted Girls' Generation's variety show Girls' Generation's Horror Movie Factory, which lasted for 6 episodes. In October, she became one of the hosts of Invincible Youth alongside Noh Joo-hyun and Kim Tae-woo. The show featured 7 girl group members (known as G7) who experienced farm life in Yuchi-ri, a village in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province .[9] On December 26, she won the 'Best Newcomer Award' at the 8th KBS Entertainment Awards.[10] Kim started hosting the KBS idol talk-show Win Win alongside Kim Seung-woo, Choi Hwa-jung, 2PM's Wooyoung and Girls' Generation's Taeyeon in 2010.[11] She also hosted MBC's God of Cookery Expedition and appeared in the thriller film, Midnight FM. On December 29, she won the 'Excellence Award in a Variety Show' at the 2010 MBC Entertainment Awards for Quiz to Change the World.[12]
Kim hosted KBS' 100 Points Out of 100 in February 2011.[13] In the same year, she joined MBC's singing competition show I Am a Singer, where she was one of seven entertainers who acted as 'managers' (i.e. mentors) for the contestants.[14] On December 29, she won the 'Friendship Award' for Quiz to Change the World at the 2011 MBC Entertainment Awards.[15]
In 2012, Kim returned as a host of Invincible Youth for its second season. She also became an MC for MBC's music show Show Champion with Super Junior's Shindong from February 14 to December 25, but returned as its sole host in 2015.[16] Kim currently hosts the MBC FM4U radio show Kim Shin Young's Noon Song of Hope.[17] On December 29, 2013, she won the 'Radio Top Excellence Award' at the 2013 MBC Entertainment Awards.[18]
In 2020, May 1, Kim Shin Young released her trot singer debut as 'Second Aunt KimDaVi', the single titled 'Gimme Gimme'.[19] In 2022, she had a role in the romantic mystery film Decision to Leave, directed by Park Chan-wook.[20]
In December 2022, Kim terminated her contract with Media Lab Seesaw.[21] In April 2023, Kim signed with C-JeS Studios.[22]
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 – 2007 | People Looking For Laughter | SBS | |
| 2007 – 2013 | Infinite Girls | MBC | MC |
| 2008 | Come To Play | ||
| 2009 | Quiz to Change the World | ||
| We Got Married (Season 1) | Couple with Shin Sung-rok | ||
| Challenge! Golden Ladder | KBS | MC | |
| Girls' Generation's Horror Movie Factory | MBC | ||
| 2009 – 2010 | Sang Sang Plus | KBS | |
| God of Cookery Expedition | MBC | ||
| Invincible Youth | KBS | ||
| 2010 | Win Win | ||
| 2011 | 100 Points Out of 100 | KBS | MC |
| 2011 – 2012 | I Am a Singer | MBC | Manager |
| 2012 | Invincible Youth (Season 2) | KBS | Co-Host |
| 2012 2015 – 2019 | Show Champion | MBC Music | MC (Co-host with Shindong in 2012) |
| 2014 | God of the Dining Table | KBS2 | |
| August 7, 2014 – October 1, 2015 | Happy Together season 3 | KBS2 | Co-host with Yoo Jae-suk, Park Myeong-su, Park Mi-sun and Jo Se-ho |
| 2017 | Living Together in Empty Room | Cast member with Hong Jin-young and Block B's P. O (Pilot, Episodes 1–5) | |
| 2018 | Weekly Idol | MBC Every 1 | Co-host with Yoo Se Yoon and Lee Sang-Min |
| 2018 – 2019 | Cool Kids | JTBC | Co-host with Yoo Jae-suk, Ahn Jung-hwan, Kwanghee and Haon[23] |
| 2019 | Why Did You Come To My House | Channel A | Host |
| The Hit | KBS2 | Co-host with Song Eun-i | |
| We K-Pop | KBS World | Co-host with Nichkhun, Inseong, Seungmin | |
| 2021 | Spicy Girls | iHQ | Cast Member [24] |
| 2022 | Chart Sisters | tvN STORY | Host; with Celeb Five Member[25] |
| Map to Go Again | Channel S | Host with Kim Ji-seok[26] | |
| I'm not going to die | KBS2 | Host[27] | |
| Again, First Love | MBC Every1 | Host[28] | |
| 2022–present | Korea Sings | KBS1 | Host[29] |
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Stop the Boring Time Radio | DJ with Shindong | |
| 2013- | Kim Shin Young's Noon Song of Hope | DJ |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | My Girl and I | Su-ho's sister | |
| 2010 | Midnight FM | Cameo | |
| 2022 | Decision to Leave | Yeon-su | Special appearance[32] |
| Year | Title | Network | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rainbow Romance | MBC | |||
| 2009 | Queen of Housewives | Couple in sauna with Shindong | Cameo (Episode 11) | ||
| 2011 | All My Love for You | Kim Se-byul | Cameo (Episode 77) | ||
| 2016 | Another Miss Oh | tvN | herself | Cameo (Episode 12) |