Best South Korean reality series

In this fierce fitness competition, one hundred contestants in top physical shape compete to claim the honor of best body.

It's the ultimate showdown of wits, brains, strategy, and alliances for a chance to win 500 million won.

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!

Eighty "Black Spoon" underdog cooks with a knack for flavor face 20 elite "White Spoon" chefs in a fierce cooking showdown among 100 contenders.

On a deserted island, flirtatious singles look for love, because only as a couple can they leave the island for a romantic date in paradise.

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.

Run BTS! is a variety web series starring BTS, broadcasting intermittent for free viewing on Weverse and YouTube, was formerly offered weekly for free viewing on V LIVE.

24 female police officers, firefighters, bodyguards, soldiers, athletes and stuntwomen team up by profession to compete for survival on a remote island.

'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.

A zombie virus outbreak has run amok in Korea — who will outwit the undead in the face of challenging quests and come out alive?

A reality series pitting people identified with "genius traits" against one another in social games of strategy, logic, and negotiation skills. Each episode consists of a main match and a death match. The main match decides the winner and elimination candidate for the day. The winner receives a token of life, which grants immunity from the death match, and potentially garnets, a game currency worth ₩1,000,000 each. Garnets can be used to improve a player's chances of winning a game, as well as be traded with other players to gain favor. The elimination candidate chooses a player without a token of life to take part in a 1v1 game called the death match. The player who loses the death match is eliminated, and the winner of the death match gains their garnets. The last remaining player is the champion, and the total garnets held by the champion will be the final prize.

YouTube, TikTok, Instagram — 77 elite influencers flaunt their skills to strategically draw the most attention in this high-stakes social survival show.

Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick.

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.

Members of each drama team mix together, play various MT games, and travel together, building new friendships and creating pleasant memories.

In their first public travel record, five friends, Park Seo-joon, Peakboy, Choi Woo-shik, Park Hyung-sik, and V are sent on a four-day friendcation to Goseong.

In this reality show, six celebs strategize and sabotage to earn virtual currency they can cash in on the final day of their stay on a utopian island.

Produce 101 (프로듀스 101) is a reality music group survival show on Mnet. It is a large-scale project in which the public "produces" a unit group by choosing members from a pool of 101 trainees from 46 entertainment companies as well as the group's concept, debut song, and group name.

Six "agents of mystery" with excellent chemistry probe into bizarre incidents that cannot be explained by science in creative and unique ways.

A musical battle between 6 trending girl group acts, in order to "determine the real number one" when all 6 release their songs at the same time.

A spin-off of the Youn's Kitchen series. A program that shows the process of Lee Seo-jin, who was promoted from director of 'Youn's Kitchen' in the past to now a CEO/boss, opening and running a small snack & street food bar abroad.

BLACKPINK HOUSE is a South Korean variety show by BLACKPINK broadcasted by JTBC. The show follows the four members of BLACKPINK as they move into their new dorm, where they’ll be spending 100 days of vacation.

EXO's Showtime is a reality TV show that allows the fans to see behind-the-scenes of Exo's daily lives and how they act offstage.

In order to realize their dreams of becoming super idols, girls from China, South Korea, and Japan gather at the [Girl's Planet]. A virtual world where the girls unite as one regardless of their backgrounds. Fans around the world are also connected to this world to witness the birth of a new generation of international girl band. Which of these girls will make it to the global debut?

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.

A group of young adults share their last week of teens and first week of twenties together — experiencing freedom and all the “firsts” of adulthood.

The show features eleven celebrities living together in a share house, sharing common spaces such as the kitchen, living room, and washrooms, as well as household tasks. The house features sixty cameras and five bedrooms. The program is a response to society today where single-person households are dramatically increasing and aims to show the life, troubles, and joys of eleven different celebrities as they form friendships, relationships and possibly enemies living together under one roof.

Whenever BTS's Jimin and Jung Kook meet, chaos and excitement ensue! In the summer of 2023, they embark on an unforgettable trip before their military enlistment. Their unpredictable adventure is full of surprises. Will Jimin and Jung Kook complete their journey safely?

A survival reality television show in which the public "produces" a girl group by voting for members out of a pool of 96 trainees from Japan and South Korea, as well as voting for the group's concept, debut single, and group name. Produce 48 is a 2018 reality competition show on Mnet. It was a large-scale project in which the public "produces" a girl group by voting for members, as well as voting for the group's concept, name and debut single. The show brought together 96 girls from idol groups and entertainment companies in Japan and South Korea to form a 12-person Korean-Japanese group, IZ*ONE, that would promote for two and a half years.

The famous diva, Lee Hyo-ri, has been taking a long hiatus from the spotlight and enjoying her life in the suburbs of Jeju Island with her husband. The couple has decided to open up their home as a Bed and Breakfast to various people to offer them a time of healing and rest from their busy lives.

BOYS PLANET presents the potential of the boys from all around the world. Korean and global K-Pop fans, who discover the charm and potential of the boys from all around the globe and give them cheer and support to let them shine.

GOING SEVENTEEN is a variety show by SEVENTEEN. The show is all about SEVENTEEN doing activities, challenges and everything else.

PD Na, a 20-year veteran of travel entertainment shows, got a new job as a tour guide and became Guide Na! He's the tour guide for SEVENTEEN who's going on a vacation into the summer of Italy!

Paired together for an unforgettable trip across Asia, stars Lee Seung-gi and Jasper Liu become buddies as they connect with fans and local cultures.

As South Korea's very first BL dating reality series, His Man brings together a group of eight hot, sexy, free and single gay men to a shared house where they are to live, interact and open up to each other in their quest for "true love." ☆ Say hello to South Korea's first-ever BL reality dating series. ☆ "Real" is the name of the game as eight of Korea's most eligible gay bachelors are put together under one roof for eight straight days as they genuinely seek to find their "one and only".

The fierce women armed with stunning street dance take over the stage this summer. The unceasing battles between the real dancers will make you hold your breath. They boast their unique dance styles, skilled performance, and a highly competitive spirit. Eight dance crews get together on the fight stage and compete in the battles. In the fight zone, which crew will be the final winner to take the championship?

Each member takes one of the characters from the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West” as they go to different destination every season

Four warriors who gathered to catch the moon rabbit who fled to Earth! A new concept hybrid multiverse action adventure variety that unfolds across time and space begins!

This brand new mystery variety show that has only one rule: "Survive, no matter what". For each mission, cast members will enter an unknown, virtual reality space through a secret door. No matter what reality they face through the door, they must endure and survive.

Unpretty Rapstar is considered the female version of popular show Show Me The Money. It is a survival show featuring female rappers from South Korea. The first season stars Jessi (Lucky J), Jolly V, Cheetah (Blacklist), Jimin (AOA), Tymee, Kisum, Lil Cham, Yuk Jidam and Jace (Miss $). The second season stars Yubin (Wonder Girls), Hyolyn (Sistar), Yezi (Fiestar), Gilme (Clover), Kasper (Play the Siren), Heize, KittiB, Truedy, Sua (YG Trainee), Ash-B and Jiyoon (4minute).

Yu Jae-seok, Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Yeon-koung travel all over Korea to learn from the best traditional masters in a bid to become the No. 1 Apprentice.

Who is the best K-POP performer? Let's throw away all our titles and compete solely through our performances! Here are six K-POP boy groups: the group that ensures your entertainment "BtoB," the idol of the nation "iKON," one-of-a-kind perfect performing group "SF9," group with a strong performance, "THE BOYZ," rising on the global market, "Stray Kids," and a global hot rookie "ATEEZ," who are different in music style and even their debut years. They are gathered here to compete on stage and only on stage. After the missions of recreating their representative songs, covering other groups' songs, and bringing secret weapons, which group will become a legendary group? Bet everything you have and compete to write a new K-POP history! The performance survival show of global K-POP idols.

2 Days & 1 Night is a South Korean reality-variety show with the motto "real wild road variety." Its main concept is to recommend various places of interest that viewers can visit in South Korea.

American Hustle Life is a reality show featuring BTS members spending two weeks in L.A. with the hip-hop tutors and carrying out different missions in order to experience true hip-hop culture.

The variety show is a large-scale game show, where the members will try and escape a secret room.

If you wish to reach the Kingdom, survive! The first gateway to claiming the crown of the boy group prince begins. The next generation of K-POP boy groups, such as "Golden Child," "THE BOYZ," "VERIVERY," "ONF," "ONEUS," "PENTAGON," and "TO1," to change the K-POP scene will undergo brutal competition on stage. From 90-second performances to collaborations and even performances featuring songs by legends, these seven boy groups accomplish various missions and show off their diverse charms to head to the Kingdom. The survival journey of K-POP idols striving to reach the Kingdom begins!

On a remote island, Kian84 hosts a quirky B&B escape, where BTS' Jin and Ji Ye-eun lead guests through playful exploits and delightful chaos.

Produce X 101 is a 2019 boy group survival reality show on Mnet. This is the 4th season of the TV franchise. The public (called 'national producers') "produces" a boy group among the 101 trainees from different entertainment companies and independent trainees through online voting and live voting with multiple elimination rounds. The public will also choose the group's concept, debut song and group name.

24/365 with BLACKPINK is a reality show uploaded on BLACKPINK's official YouTube channel.

In this Stray Kids’ reality show, they play various games, do activities, challenges and more.

The top 1% of students from five prestigious universities in Korea (Seoul National University, KAIST, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Korea University) participate, and only utilize brain power (mental calculations, calculations, reasoning, games, memorization, etc.) without politics, betrayal, alliances, or deception.

Six energetic sisters struggle to complete the quest and get cash in a remote mountain village for survival. Welcome to HyeMiLeeYeChaePa House. Six sisters, Hye-ri, Mi-yeon, Lee-jung, Ye-na, Chae-won, and Patricia, get cash through quests. They play games, dance, eat, sleep, and decorate their homes in a remote mountain village. The six members with different charms become friends faster than anyone else. They create tension, showing off their visuals, talents, and charms as they over indulge in games. Look forward to the bustling livelihood of the six girls who have been reborn as true sisters to settle comfortably in their dream house of nothing!

The show pitted sixteen JYP trainees against one another to secure a spot in the girl group Twice. Sixteen contestants were assessed for not only their singing and dancing abilities but also their charisma and personality.

Unprecedented real incidents that took place in Korean apartments! And six residents uncovering the mysteries of the apartment! The year changes with every episode. The cast directly faces incidents that happened in each era and solves the “secret of the apartment.” Who will become the main character to uncover the hidden secret? A variety show full of fantastic chemistry and real laughter, based on real apartment incidents, a time-and-space transcending true story chase drama.

Young men and women move into the Pink House, each carrying one lie about themselves, be it their occupation, age, or academic background. Whirlwinds of emotions break out in the face of unraveling truth. Identities reveal as the relationships walk the tight rope between love and reality.

A mystery game show in which six celebrity players become suspects in a murder case and they have to prove themselves innocent while at the same time try to solve the mystery of who killed the victim among them like the game 'Clue'.

In this new reality show, 4 celebrity dad's will take on the task of raising their kid(s) on their own without mom's help! These dads could not be more different from one another and are on different sides of the personality spectrums. This is an extremely cute show due to the different personalities of the kids and makes for funny moments as the fathers try to raise them in their own ways (clueless at times!). Join the ohh's and ahh's as the Superman Fathers learn a thing or two about taking care of their own kids!

Ex-couples who broke up for various reasons gather to look back on their past love and to find new love.

One day, one secret unnie (older sister) of a girl appears! For 24 hours, the two of them will share secrets and a common bed for the night. Eonnies will comfort and empathize with girls that have worries.

In an abandoned land where no one lives anymore, 8 entertainers build the ultimate utopia. A new-generation genre of entertainment creation through which we can see unexpected creativity and fierce survival ability of entertainers, solving problems about food, clothing, and shelter, deciding the community village’s fate like job, age, taste, and lifestyle.

Kpop Group SEVENTEEN's reality tv show aired on MBC.

The variety show features the cast of Hospital Playlist going on a two-days-and-one-night camping trip together.

Some people like to stay at home doing nothing, and they are called a “homebody.” However, five homebody celebrities join this show to stay together and spend a holiday together. Actor Lee Sang Woo, Kang Daniel of Wanna One, Yong Jun Hyung of Highlight, Xiumin of Exo, and singer Park Jae Jung move into the same house. Will they be able to get along together?

A dance competition where K-Pop artists and professional dance crews work together for the grand prize

Family Outing Season 1 was a South Korean variety show; a part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup, along with Gold Miss is Coming. It was first aired on June 15, 2008, and was one of the top rated programs on Sunday Korean television. In each episode, the "Family" travels to different parts of South Korea and takes care of the house of an elderly family while that family goes on a vacation. The "Family" then accomplishes the tasks left for them by the house's owners. The first season ended on February 14, 2010, and a second season featuring a brand new cast, production team, and concept, aired until July 11, 2010.

LOONA TV (이달의 소녀 탐구, Girl of the Month Inquiry) are short videos featuring the members of LOOΠΔ during their travels, behind the scenes of jacket shootings and the sets of music video filming, and even their off-time interactions as they have fun.