This is a list of episodes of Shinhwa Broadcast, a South Korean variety television programme, broadcast on general cable channel Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company (jTBC). The show is hosted by the six-member boy band Shinhwa: Eric Mun, Lee Min-woo, Kim Dong-wan, Shin Hye-sung, Jun Jin and Andy Lee.[1]
It premiered on Saturday, 17 March 2012, at 22:00. On 13 October, the show was given a new timeslot and changed format, from episode 33 on 28 October, it aired on Sundays at 19:40, where member received Private Tutorials on various topics.[2] For the month of March 2013, the show went on hiatus, and returned on 7 April with a new format of Mother’s Touch cooking competition.[3] The show, once again, went on hiatus after the 16 June broadcast and returned on 3 November 2013 with a new format for season two.[4] As of 8 December 2013, 65 episodes in two seasons have been broadcast.
Timeslot: Saturdays at 22:00/23:00
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Title | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 March 2012 | SF Channel (1) | Superhero rescues President's daughter (1) | [5] | |
| Each member cosplay a superhero with Andy as James Bond, Dongwan as Superman, Eric as Six Million Dollar Man, Minwoo as Wonder Woman, Jun Jin as Invisible Man and Hyesung as Tarzan, in a series of mission to save the President's daughter. | |||||
| 2 | 24 March 2012 | SF Channel (2) | Superhero rescues President's daughter (2) Special appearance: Choi Hong-man | ||
| Their quest to save the President's daughter continues, leading them onto the streets of Ilsan in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do. Their missions includes defeating mixed martial wrestler Choi Hong-man in hand-to-hand combat. At the completion of the mission all the Shinhwa members visited a public bathhouse for the first time in their 14-year career. | |||||
| 3 | 31 March 2012 | align=left rowspan=2 | Sports Channel: Shinhwa Olympics | MC: Jang Dong-hyuk | [6] [7] |
| 4 | 7 April 2012 | ||||
| In the two-part Shinhwa Olympics episode, members battle each other in unusual sports: office chair long jump, extreme funny faces, stripping judo, ink-hand fencing, gum archery etc. | |||||
| 5 | 14 April 2012 | Docu Channel: Star Life Theater special (1) | [8] | ||
| Following the format of KBS Star Life Theater, members were tasked with filming themselves in their daily lives for the week, with a prize for the best footage, which resulted in a fierce battle between Eric and Hye-sung. | |||||
| 6 | 21 April 2012 | Docu Channel: Star Life Theater special (2) | Behind-the-scenes episode of 14th anniversary concert | [9] | |
| This episode followed the group as they prepare for their comeback 14th anniversary concert, with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. Where they discussed the concert with backstage footage of Hye-sung's knee injury during the encore of the second concert. | |||||
| 7 | 28 April 2012 | Children Channel: Popularity Battle | MC: Jang Dong-hyuk | [10] | |
| 8 | 5 May 2012 | ||||
| 9 | 12 May 2012 | align=left | Remake Channel: New Family Arcade (1) | ||
| 10 | 19 May 2012 | Remake Channel: New Family Arcade (2) / Speech Channel: God of Eloquence (1) | |||
| 11 | 26 May 2012 | Speech Channel: God of Eloquence (2) | Special appearance: Lee Hee-goo | ||
| 12 | 2 June 2012 | Guest Channel: Shinhwa vs SHINee (1) | [11] [12] | ||
| 13 | 9 June 2012 | Guest Channel: Shinhwa vs SHINee (2) | |||
| 14 | 16 June 2012 | Guest Channel: Shinhwa vs SHINee (3) / Travel Channel: God of MT (1) | MT=Membership Training. Operation Eric Hidden Camera (1) | [13] [14] | |
| Shinhwa members goes on a roadtrip to Chuncheon. On the way tries they tried to prank Eric with a hidden camera, for the first time in 14 years. Members must complete a number of missions, however they are all fixed to make Eric lose, and receive punishments each time. | |||||
| 15 | 23 June 2012 | Travel Channel: God of MT (2) | Operation Eric Hidden Camera (2) | [15] | |
| Eric's hidden camera continues in an attempt by the members, to get back at him for all his pranks on them over the past 14 years. His punishment culminated in him walking in a market, don with a wig, sunglasses, tuxedo jacket on his upper-half and a skirt on his lower half. | |||||
| 16 | 30 June 2012 | Travel Channel: God of MT (3) | Shinhwa Sleepover | [16] | |
| During their first sleepover since their dormitory days, Eric and Min-woo came up with the 'Farting Exercise'. In the morning they were caught off-guard with an early morning mission. Later on Shinhwa member teamed up to play dodge ball against their managers, with a traditional feast of Chuncheon for the winning team. | [17] [18] | ||||
| 17 | 7 July 2012 | School Channel: God of Classroom | Teacher: Jang Dong-hyuk. Jun Jin was absent, recovering in hospital following microscopic nerve decompression surgery from chronic back pain. | [19] | |
| 18 | 14 July 2012 | align=left rowspan=2 | Trendy Channel: Shinhwa's Dignity | ||
| 19 | 21 July 2012 | ||||
| 20 | 28 July 2012 | align=left rowspan=2 | Farming Channel: Shinhwa Outing | Shinhwa members enjoy outing at Pocheon village. Hyesung Hidden Camera | |
| 21 | 4 August 2012 | ||||
| 22 | 12 August 2012 | align=left rowspan=2 | Friendship Channel: The Best Friend | ||
| 23 | 18 August 2012 | ||||
| 24 | 25 August 2012 | Sageuk Channel: Historical Drama Olympics (1) | Jang Dong-hyuk role play as King Sukjong of Joseon | [20] | |
| With the Sageuk theme of historical drama Shinhwa members dressed up in traditional court hanbok imitating infamous royal concubine Jang Hui-bin of Joseon Dynasty. Members compete against each other in tasks themed in historical dramas. | |||||
| 25 | 1 September 2012 | Sageuk Channel: Historical Drama Olympics (2) | [21] | ||
| Continuing to compete against each other, sometimes in two teams of three, Shinhwa member carried on with the historical dramas theme tasks, e.g. draw each other's portrait a la Painter of the Wind. | |||||
| 26 | 8 September 2012 | align=left rowspan=2 | Roadtrip Channel: The Thieves | ||
| 27 | 15 September 2012 | ||||
| 28 | 22 September 2012 | Global Channel: Hallyu Battle with Super Junior | Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun | [22] | |
| 29 | 29 September 2012 | ||||
| 30 | 6 October 2012 | Fashion Channel: Model, Shinhwa (1) | guests: Han Jin, Kim Won-kyoung, Ji Hyun-jeong, Lee Hyoni, Yang Yoon-young, and Song Hae-na | [23] [24] | |
| Six top models of South Korea were tasked with judging the fashion terrorist of the group, based on their everyday wear, i.e. sans stylists. Dong-wan was initially chosen as the worst dressed from photos but when the models saw what members wore to the shoot, they also picked Jun Jin and Eric. They explained that Jun Jin just wears whatever, and was bluntly told not to dress himself. As for Eric, they said that although he has a nice buff body, but in the striped shirt he wore, he just looks like a tuna trapped in a net. Min-woo was chosen as the best dressed all round. | |||||
| 31 | 13 October 2012 | Fashion Channel: Model, Shinhwa (2) | guests: Han Jin, Kim Won-kyoung, Ji Hyun-jeong, Lee Hyoni, Yang Yoon-young, and Song Hae-na | [25] [26] | |
| Shinhwa and the models were split into three groups of two couple each. They were tasked with putting on a runway fashion show with the theme of 'Autumn', where they have to design their concept, music, lighting, make-up and shop for clothes on a limited budget. The pre-show features special guest performances by Mighty Mouth and G.NA. The most daring was Eric, who strutted down the runway in tight leather shorts, a short bob wig in imitation of Matilda from , dubbed 'Eatilda'. | |||||
| 32 | 21 October 2012 | Best of Channel |
The format for segment was studio based. Where each week experts on a specific topic were invited to give Shinhwa members private tutorials to learn the tricks of their trade. The episodes also started with a briefing by Shin Hye-sung, dubbed 'Shin Brief'. Timeslot: Sundays at 19:40
No episode was aired on 16 December 2012, due to the presidential debates for the 2012 South Korean presidential election.[27]
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Title | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 28 October 2012 | Private Tutorial: Anipang | best student: Shin Hye-sung | [28] [29] [30] |
| In the new format for the programme Shinhwa members receive private lessons from experts on cellphone game, Anipang. Revealing the best and worst player, with Andy scoring 520,000 points and first time player Kim Dong-wan not able to beat Andy, who played without looking at the screen. The most improved was Shin-Hye-sung. Shin Brief: members' variety skills chart from season one. | ||||
| 34 | 4 November 2012 | Private Tutorial: Villainous Acting (1) | guest: Jung Ho-keun | [31] [32] [33] |
| In this episode, members received tutoring on villainous acting from veteran actor Jang on the skills of being acting the bad guy. Shin Brief: members' acting experiences. | ||||
| 35 | 11 November 2012 | Private Tutorial: Villainous Acting (2) / Private Tutorial: Ballet (1) | guest: Jung Ho-keun and Jung Kyung-ho best student: Lee Min-woo (acting) | [34] [35] |
| In the first part of this episode the Shinhwa boys continue their acting lessons and were tested on acting out an un-seen script and judged by actors Jung Ho-keun and Jung Kyung-ho, with Min-woo judged the best. In the second Shinhwa were taught by three principal dancers of Universal Ballet on the skills of ballerino, star male ballet performer of a dance company. Andy was praised for being the most flexible with the most open pelvis. | ||||
| 36 | 18 November 2012 | Private Tutorial: Ballet (2) | best student: Lee Min-woo | [36] |
| 37 | 25 November 2012 | Private Tutorial: Dubbing | best student: Jun Jin | [37] |
| 38 | 2 December 2012 | Private Tutorial: Living Alone | best student: Andy | [38] |
| 39 | 9 December 2012 | Private Tutorial: Hosting Parties (1) | guest: Kim Shin-young best student: Andy | [39] [40] |
| 40 | 23 December 2012 | Private Tutorial: Hosting Parties (2) | ||
| 41 | 30 December 2012 | Private Tutorial: Chinese astrology face reading | guest: Eastern Philosophy professor Jo Kyu-moon best student: Lee Min-woo | [41] |
| 42 | 6 January 2013 | Private Tutorial: How to train a pet snake | guest: Mr Lee Dong-hee best student: Eric | [42] [43] |
| Shinhwa members brought their pet dogs on set for a play date, which included Eric's Gomdori, Andy's Fany and Lee Min-woo's Poly. Kim Dong-wan's Goguma was away with his mother and; both Shin Hye-sung and Jun Jin did not have one. To commemorate the Year of the Snake for 2013, members filmed the episode with 50 kinds of snakes, from cute babies to Burmese Python, including ten kinds of rare and exotic snakes. | ||||
| 43 | 13 January 2013 | Private Tutorial: Art of Cheerleading | guests: Park Ki-ryang and Kim Yeon-jung, cheerleaders best student: Lee Min-woo | [44] |
| During the briefing session, each members wrote messages of good wishes for the new year ahead. These messages written in messy handwritings were read out by Shin. This was followed by learning to master the moves, kicks and jumps of a cheerleading routine. | ||||
| 44 | 20 January 2013 | Private Tutorial: Speech Class | guest: Kim Mi-kyung, speech teacher best student: Kim Dong-Wan | [45] |
| Quotes by members from the past 15 years were discussed during the briefing session, where Shin's quote "For seven years, I sweated without the members knowing" was discussed. He explained that "I’m a singer who dances, but I′m not a very good dancer, so I think I said it after practicing more than the other members". Which ended up becoming an argument on who is a better dancer between Shin and Kim Dong-wan. After the brief they received their private lesson on good speaking skills. | ||||
| 45 | 27 January 2013 | I Love You More Studio Sistar special (1) | guests: Hyolyn, Bora, Soyou and Dasom | [46] |
| In a spoof of MBC's Love Studio, Shinhwa and Sistar members compete among each other, to be paired off as 'husband and wife'. The couples played games and learn how to cook a meal together. With the four-member girl-group, two Shinhwa members were paired off in a male-male couple. | ||||
| 46 | 3 February 2013 | I Love You More Studio Sistar special (2) | guests: Hyolyn, Bora, Soyou, Dasom and Leo Kang of MasterChef Korea. MC: Jang Dong-hyuk | [47] |
| The Shinhwa and Sistar couples compete in 'newlywed cook-off' tournament, where they did their grocery shopping as couples, and prepare their best dish to be judged by MasterChef Korea celebrity chef and judge Leo Kang. | ||||
| 47 | 10 February 2013 | Girls' Generation special (1) | Yoona Hidden Camera. MC: Jang Dong-hyuk guests: Taeyeon, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung and Yoona | [48] [49] |
| Shinhwa and SNSD members conspired to pull a hidden camera prank on Yoona. Where she was teased with a first ranking, only to be told that it was a ranking for the worst looking SNSD member seen in person and they further added that she looked older than her real age. Hyoyeon tried to teach Kim Dong-wan the choreography to their new song "I Got a Boy" but only to shock them with his dirty version and destroying Sunny's fantasy of him. | [50] [51] | |||
| 48 | 17 February 2013 | Girls' Generation special (2) | Fun Cohabitation parody guests: Taeyeon, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung and Yoona | [52] [53] |
| In a parody of television show Fun Cohabitation, Shinhwa and SNSD members had heart-to-heart talks on topics from longest running K-Pop band, surviving in the competitive entertainment industry, flights, solo activities and getting days off. | ||||
| 49 | 24 February 2013 | 2013 World Baseball Classic special | Special appearance: jTBC announcer Jang Sung-kyu. guests: Park Sung-ho, Jung Bum-gyun, Choi Hyo-jong, Park Hwi-soon, Kim In-shik, Hong Il-jum, and Oh Cho-hee | [54] |
| To celebrate the 2013 World Baseball Classic Shinhwa members and guests South Korean comedians compete against each other in a not-so-classic game of baseball, with Park Sung-ho dressed in an alien outfit. |
Shinhwa members in a new concept for the show learn secret recipes and cooking techniques from mothers. Whose dishes were then judged alongside their teachers' as the authentic dish with the real mother's touch. The last member to guess correctly the identity of the guest mother became 'Shinhwa's feet', i.e. errand boy, and had to wear a bright orange tracksuit emblazoned as such, for the remainder of the episode. Kim Dong-wan did not join the group for the filming this segment, due to filming commitments for daily drama Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! on Korean Broadcasting System.[55]
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Title | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 7 April 2013 | Mother's Touch cooking competition | guest mother: Mir's (MBLAQ) and actress Go Eun-ah mother Shinhwa's feet: Hye-sung | [56] [57] | |
| In this first episode members taste tested MBLAQ boy band member Mir and actress Go Eun-ah's mother cooking and went on to cook for themselves. In an all round defeat the guests correctly picked all five of their mother's dishes. | |||||
| 51 | 14 April 2013 | Mother's Touch cooking competition | guest mother: TV personality Christina Confalonieri's mother-in-law Shinhwa's feet: Eric | [58] | |
| In a first for the show, Cristina's sister-in-law guessed Eric's and Min-woo's dishes as the ones with the mother's touch. | |||||
| 52 | 21 April 2013 | Mother's Touch cooking competition | guest mother: actor Park Jun-gyu's wife. Shinhwa's feet: Eric | [59] | |
| Again in an all round defeat Park Jun-gyu and his two sons correctly picked all five of the authentic mother's touch dishes. In a side bet between Eric and Andy during shopping over the size of dried fish to buy, which resulted in Andy wearing red underwear in the following episode. | |||||
| 53 | 28 April 2013 | Mother's Touch cooking competition | guest mother: actor Lee Jung-ryong's wife. Shinhwa's feet: Eric | [60] | |
| The Shinhwa members reunited with Lee Jung-ryong's two sons, who previously appeared in the "Children Channel" episodes in season one. In this episode members were paired up to cook three dishes with Shinhwa's feet, i.e. Eric, making his dish by himself. After donning red underwear to fulfill his pledged for losing his bet with Eric the previous week. Andy proposed that the first two members, whose dish was the first to be eliminated in the taste test to wear red underwear at the opening of the next episode. The two dishes by Eric, Hye-sung and Andy passed the test and were picked as the ones with the mother's touch. | |||||
| 54 | 5 May 2013 | Race to Find Mother in Daejeon | surprise (voice) cameo: Leeteuk punishee: Min-woo and Jun Jin | [61] [62] | |
| Min-woo and Jun Jin underwent their punishment of wearing red underwear, for being eliminated in the previous episode. Shinhwa members were tasked with finding a celebrity lookalike at Daejeon Station within 10 minutes. Where upon both Andy and Min-woo bumped into Leeteuk of Super Junior, on military service as a PR agent, who was at the station on promotional duty with fellow soldier Sangchoo of Mighty Mouth. Due to military restrictions, he could not appear on screen but his voice could be heard greeting Min-woo. | |||||
| 55 | 12 May 2013 | Mother's Touch cooking competition | guest mother: comedian twins Lee Sang-ho and Lee Sang-min's (Gag Concert) mother. Shinhwa's feet: Eric | [63] | |
| The twins and their comedian father picked two out of three dishes and took home . Older twin Sang-ho was first to challenge and correctly picked his mother's dish resulting in Jun Jin and Andy receiving punishment the following episode. Then younger twin Sang-min guessed wrongly that Min-woo and Hye-sung's soup was his mother's. | |||||
| 56 | 19 May 2013 | Race to Find Mother | punishee Jun Jin and Andy breakdance in red underwear | ||
| 57 | 26 May 2013 | Mother's Touch cooking competition | guest mother: comedian Jung Jong-chul's mother. Shinhwa's feet: Jun Jin | [64] | |
| 58 | 2 June 2013 | "Mission to rescue Andy" (1) | guests: Infinite Girls. punishee: Eric and Hye-sung | [65] [66] | |
| Eric and Hye-sung, whose dish was eliminated in the previous episode, wore full body kangaroo and panda fursuits respectively, for the first mission as their punishment. At the beginning of the episode, unbeknown to each of the members, Andy was kidnapped by MBC Every 1's Infinite Girls. In order to rescue him the remaining members had to fulfill missions set by the girls, e.g. sell pork belly on the street and vogue dance in a public square. | |||||
| 59 | 9 June 2013 | "Mission to rescue Andy" (2) | guests: Infinite Girls | ||
| The members continue their mission in an attempt to rescue Andy, which led to Min-woo also being taken briefly by the girls. The final confrontation was a cook-off between the two camps. N.B. On 4 June, Shinhwa Broadcast production team apologized on Twitter over issues that arose from the previous episode where Andy was shown to be 'tortured' with kisses and excessive groping. | |||||
| 60 | 16 June 2013 | "This MT: Past-Present-Future" | MT=Membership Training. Special appearance: jTBC announcer Jang Sung-kyu | [67] [68] [69] |
Shinhwa went to look for unsung heroes in the community and will experience their daily lives for 2 days and 1 night. Kim Dong-wan confirmed his departure from the show after not participating in Mother's Touch competition segment of season one and stated that he wishes to concentrate on his acting career.ntrate on his acting career.
| Episode No. | Episode No. (Season) | TItle | Little Legends | Guest | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 1 | Angels of the Wild | Dany and Lee Mi-ja | ||
| Shinhwa went and volunteers to a shelter that houses abandoned cats and dogs. | |||||
| 62 | 2 | Angels of the Wild | Dany and Lee Mi-ja | Jang Sung-kyu (Announcer) | |
| Shinhwa organized a fashion show showcasing their chosen dogs. | |||||
| 63 | 3 | Chinese Restaurant (Jjajangmyeon of Love) | Lee Do-han (Owner) | ||
| Shinhwa went to a Chinese restaurant, which is known for giving out free jjajangmyeon to the elderly and person with disability once a month, and helped. Andy and Eric became helpers in the kitchen and Junjin and Hyesung became delivery boys while Minwoo, who arrived late, helped in the hall. | |||||
| 64 | 4 | Chinese Restaurant (Jjajangmyeon of Love) | Lee Do-han (Owner) | ||
| Shinhwa and the owners prepares for the event. Eric and Andy helps in the kitchen and Junjin and Hyesung helps in the hall while Minwoo fetched the elderly in their homes. After the event, the members did one last delivery to two houses. The gift prepared by the members is also given to the owner. | |||||
| 65 | 5 | Archery Training Centre | Kim Hyung-tak and Maja Jager | Andy stepped down due to his scandal. | |
| Shinhwa met Kim Hyung-tak (Archery coach) and Maja Jager (Athlete) and trained with them. The members played a 3 round game to decide who would play against Maja. The members also prepared a surprise for Maja. | |||||
| 66 | 6 | Archery Training Centre | Kim Hyung-tak and Maja Jager | Jang Sung-kyu (Announcer) Kim Jin-ho (Athlete) & Kim Kyeong-uk (Athlete) | |
| Shinhwa and Maja, together with the other Archery athletes, competed against each other for snacks and the losers will be penalized. The members contacted Coach Kim Hyung-taks's former students, Athlete Kim Jin-ho and Athlete Kim Kyeong-uk, and prepared a surprise event for the coach. Afterwards, the members and the athletes are divided into 2 teams with Kim JIn-jo and Kim Kyeong-uk as their coaches. An honorable student is also picked at the end of the competition. | |||||
| 67 | 7 | Puppet Theater | I Keeper | Eunji (Apink), Lizzy (After School),& Jang Sung-kyu (Announcer) | |
| The members almost missed the train to Busan after arriving late and met Eunji and Lizzy at the train. The members, Eunji, and Lizzy played a quiz related to Busan in the train ride. Afterwards, they went to a daycare center where they watched the Little Legends, I Keeper, perform a puppetry play. Then, they learned how to do puppetry and did a small skit. The members and the gust are divided into 2 groups and they each escorted an elderly home. Eric, Min-woo, and Eunji learned that the elderly they are escorting is the grandmother of a missing child which became famous in Busan. | |||||
| 68 | 8 | Puppet Theater | I Keeper | Eunji (Apink), Lizzy (After School),& Jang Sung-kyu (Announcer) | |
| Shinhwa, Eunji, Lizzy, and I Keeper prepared and performed a puppet play for the children. | |||||
| 69 | 9 | Boxing Brothers | Kang Dong-heon and Kang Moo-soo | Eunji (Apink) | |
| Shinhwa and Eunji went to Jinju to meet the Little Legends who are brothers who practices boxing. They pulled a hidden camera to the brothers with Eunji since she's their favorite female celebrity. Shinhwa also joined the training session with the boxing athletes while Eunji and Minwoo secretly cooked dinner for the brothers and the coach. | |||||
| 70 | 10 | Boxing Brothers | Kang Dong-heon and Kang Moo-soo | Park Cheong-pal (Boxer), Park Sung-kyu,Eunji (Apink), & Crayon Pop | Last Episode |
| A boxing competition was held against the Little Legend's rival school. Shinhwa also prepared a performance for the audience. | |||||