Love Letter (game show) explained

Alt Name:Real Romance Love Letter
Genre:Comedy, Romance, Game show
Presenter:Kang Ho-dong
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:154
Runtime:60 min per episode
Network:SBS
Korean name
Hangul:리얼 로망스 연애편지
Hanja:리얼 로망스 戀愛片紙
Rr:Liŏl Lomangseu Yeonaepyeonji
Mr:Liŏl Lomangseu Yŏnaep'yŏnji
Headercolor:lavender

Real Romance Love Letter (Korean: 리얼 로망스 연애편지) was a South Korean television game show broadcast from 16 October 2004 to 28 October 2006 for three seasons. It was part of the line-up of programme for Real Situation Saturday (Korean: 실제상황! 토요일) which was broadcast from 8 November 2003 to 5 January 2007 on SBS network.

MC was Kang Ho Dong and it featured male and female contestants competing for "each other" in romance games. For example, guests have to dance in order to impress the person they are after. Contestants were artists, actors, models, comedians, and MCs of the South Korean entertainment industry.

Format

Season one: Each recording is divided and broadcast as two episodes in consecutive weeks. During the show various games are played. At the end of part 1 the female guest chooses two contestants to go on dates with, and the rest goes into training camp. At the end of part 2 the female guest chooses her "Perfect Man" and declared as the winner, who gets a "Perfect Man" pin and a kiss on the cheek from the guest.

Contestants

Past contestants includes:

Episodes

Original Air DateSeason #Episode #[1] ContestantsGuestDates / Perfect Man
16 October 2004
  1. 1
  1. 1
Kim Jung-eunDates: Kim Dong-wan and Eric
23 October 2004
  1. 1
  1. 2
Perfect Man: Shin Hye-sung
Comments:
6 November 2004
  1. 1
  1. 3
Han Ga-inDates: Jun Jin and Eric
13 November 2004
  1. 1
  1. 4
Perfect Man: Jun Jin
Comments: Shin Hyesung was not in these two episodes
20 November 2004
  1. 1
  1. 5
Kim Min-jungDates: Lee Min-woo and Shin Hye-sung
27 November 2004
  1. 1
  1. 6
Perfect Man: Shin Hye-sung
Comments:
4 December 2004
  1. 1
  1. 7
Ha Ji-won
11 December 2004
  1. 1
  1. 8
Comments:
18 December 2004
  1. 1
  1. 9
Han Eun-jung[2] Dates: Kim Dong-wan and Andy
25 December 2004
  1. 1
  1. 10
Comments: Kim Jong-min joins as another contestant
8 January 2005
  1. 1
  1. 11
Jang Shin-young[3] Dates: Andy and Shin Jung-hwan
15 January 2005
  1. 1
  1. 12
Comments: Jun Jin was late to the recording thus was not in the beginning of the show
22 January 2005
  1. 1
  1. 13
Han Ji-hye
29 January 2005
  1. 1
  1. 14
Comments:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SBS VOD (in Korean). SBS. 25 March 2018. 26 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141401/http://allvod.sbs.co.kr/allvod/vodProgramDetail.do?pgmId=00000259988. live.
  2. News: 한은정, '리얼로망스 연애편지' 5번째 주인공. Kim. Yeong-hyun. 2004-12-17. Yonhap news. 2018-04-18. ko. 2018-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418161929/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000855647. live.
  3. News: 장신영, '신화'의 연인이 되다. Choi. Jae-wook. 2005-01-06. Joynews24. 2018-04-18. ko. 2018-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418161858/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=111&aid=0000003331. live.