Best Asian reality series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch reality shows from Asia, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Sixth Sense (2020)
Sixth Sense (2020)
Korea’s top stars have gathered to really use their sixth sense. Each week they will encounter the hottest places or people and have to distinguish one fake set-up. The production crew uses all of their resources and effort to create the most perfect-looking fake set-up. The member who makes the correct decision of finding the fake set-up will be awarded with a great prize. The member who makes the wrong decision will face a punishment.
Running Man (2010)
Running Man (2010)
These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter.Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in!Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in!Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!
Single's Inferno (2021)
GOING SEVENTEEN (2017)
Culinary Class Wars (2024)
Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City (2015)
Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020 (2019)
Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020 (2019)
Six strangers share a fabulous house in Tokyo, looking for love while living under the same roof. With no script, what happens next is all up to them.
BTS: Bon Voyage (2016)
BTS: Bon Voyage (2016)
Bon Voyage is a reality show about members of the South Korean group, BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan). It shows them in everyday situations that every traveler encounters and offer a unique insight into the members' lives.
The Boyfriend (2024)
Run BTS! (2015)
Master In The House (2017)
Master In The House (2017)
Almost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the four young men with full of curiosity regarding their lives, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Sang Yun, Yuk Seong Jae, and Yang Se Hyeong, head to find their master to learn things and get a correct answer. They find the master and spend a day in the master’s place to learn things that they didn’t know, and wish to know. Whom will they get to meet? And what will they learn throughout the stay?
Terrace House: Aloha State (2016)
Three Meals a Day: Doctors (2021)
Terrace House: Opening New Doors (2017)
BTS In the SOOP (2020)
BTS In the SOOP (2020)
'In the SOOP BTS ver.' is a reality show, portraying BTS members' everyday life, relaxation, and everything in between, away from the city life. A time of freedom and healing in a place for BTS, and BTS only.
Kang's Kitchen (2017)
Kang's Kitchen (2017)
For the first time in history, here comes a restaurant where the owner eats more than customers. In the backdrop of beautiful Jeju Island, amateur chef Ho-dong and members busy themselves with preparing ingredients, cooking, and serving customers. In the middle of the craziness, members learn the incredible satisfaction of seeing the smile on people’s face when they eat your food and make invaluable acquaintances with people from all walks of life.
Siren: Survive the Island (2023)
Güldür Güldür Show (2013)
Güldür Güldür Show (2013)
"Güldür Güldür Show" (Laugh Laugh Show) is a popular weekly sketch-comedy program. The show covers daily life, family, love, fame, technology, football-friendships, etc. with a sense of humor.
Abnormal Summit (2014)
Abnormal Summit (2014)
The show features a panel of eleven non-Korean men, living in Korea, who debate on various topics and "Korean culture, through the eyes of a foreigner," in a talk show format, in the Korean language.
Let's BTS (2021)
Let's BTS (2021)
The upcoming new KBS2 special talk show 'Let's BTS', hosted by Shin Dong Yup, will feature a never-before-seen, up-close and personal side of BTS, shown across a variety of different segments. BTS will have a chance to honestly open up about their careers in interviews with each other, while also showing the public a more personal side to them through games and unique challenges. Finally, the show will top off with some special, never-before-seen live stages by the BTS boys. In addition to MC Shin Dong Yup, comedian Jang Do Yeon is expected to join BTS for some fun, quirky segments.
Spring Camp (2021)
Spring Camp (2021)
Will have the cast members of 'New Journey To The West' heading off on a camping trip for the spring season.
Dubai Bling (2022)
The Influencer (2024)
Men on a Mission (2015)
I-LAND (2020)
I-LAND (2020)
I-LAND (아이랜드) is a South Korean boy group reality survival show produced by Mnet and organized by Belift Lab, which at the time of airing was a joint venture between entertainment companies CJ ENM and HYBE. It premiered on June 26, 2020 and broadcasted every Friday at 11 p.m. KST on Mnet.A second season, I-Land 2, was expected to premiere in the first half of 2022 featuring female trainees; however, on July 15, 2022, it was announced that it would be postponed. Instead in 2023, HYBE partnered with JTBC to produce R U Next? featuring trainees who would debut in Illit, signing with Belift Lab, becoming labelmates with Enhypen.On July 24, 2023, Mnet announced the second season titled I-Land 2: N/⍺, not in affiliation with Hybe or Belift Lab, featuring female trainees. The show started airing in April 2024, and is collaborating with The Black Label, with the final lineup debuting in WakeOne.
