Idol Show (; lit. ''Idol Corps, She Has Arrived!''), also called ''Idol Army'', is a weekly

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variety show Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a co ...

on MBC Every 1 hosted by the nation's most popular

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groups.

Hosts

Idol Guest Stars

Season 1

First aired: July 10, 2008 *Episode 1 -

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*Episode 2 - without Super Junior FT Island &

Brown Eyed Girls The Brown Eyed Girls (; ) is a South Korean girl group. The group is composed of four members: JeA, Miryo, Narsha, and Gain. They debuted as an R&B/ballad vocal group with "Come Closer (다가와서)" in 2006. They rose to popularity in 20 ...

*Episode 3 & 4 -

Wonder Girls Wonder Girls () was a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment. The group debuted in February 2007 with the single " Irony" and 5 members: Yeeun, Sunye, Sunmi, Hyuna and Sohee. After Hyuna's departure in July, Yubin was added int ...

*Episode 5 - Kara *Episode 6 - Roo'ra *Episode 7 -

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*Episode 8 - 2AM *Episode 9 & 10 - Han Seungyeon,

Goo Hara Goo Hara (; January 3, 1991 – November 24, 2019), also known mononymously as Hara, was a South Korean pop singer and actress. She was a member of the girl group Kara, and had also appeared in television dramas including ''City Hunter'' (2 ...

, Joo, Moon Ji Eun, Lim So Young *Episode 11 - Kim Na Young, Chun Ja, Han Young *Episode 12 - Kim Na Young, Seulong, Lim So Young *Episode 13 & 14 (finale) - Lee Chung Ah

Season 2

First aired: October 16, 2008 *Episode 1 & 2 -

Younha Go Youn-ha (Hangul: 고윤하, Hanja: 高潤荷; born April 29, 1988), known mononymously as Younha, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer. She began her career in 2004 in Japan, where she was nicknamed the "Oricon Comet" for h ...

*Episode 3 & 4 -

2PM 2PM (; romanized; ''Tupiem'') is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Jun. K (formerly known as Junsu), Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung. Originally a seven-piece group, for ...

Hwangbo Hwangbo Hye-jeong ( ko, 황보혜정; born on 16 August 1980), better known as Hwangbo, is a South Korean singer and rapper. She debuted in 1999 as a rapper in the group Bros, before joining the K-pop girl group Chakra in 2000. After Chakra di ...

, Baek Boram *Episode 5 *Episode 6 & 7 (finale)- Kim Na Young, Kim Sang Mi, Min Ji, Choi Eun Joo, Jamilla

Season 3

First aired: December 4, 2008 *Episode 1 - none *Episode 2 - Kara *Episode 3 - High School Girls and ulzzang nunas *Episode 4 - 2AM,

Jang Young Ran Jang Young-ran (born September 19, 1979) is a South Korean actress and trot singer. Debuted in 2003, she is one of the VJs in Mnet Korea. She also participates in variety of Korean talk shows. In May 2009, she released her debut single "The Mask ...

, Go Young Wook *Episode 5 -

*Episode 6 - Foreign girls *Episode 7 - none *Episode 8 & 9 -

Girls' Generation Girls' Generation (), also known as SNSD, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group is composed of eight members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. Originally a nine-piece ens ...

*Episode 10 - Going to MT *Episode 11 - High School Girls and friends *Episode 12 - College Girls *Episode 13- Black Pearl,

Jung Joori Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, ph ...

, Lee Chaeyeong, Baek Boram, Kim Jungmin, Jin Bora (

Star Golden Bell ''Star Golden Bell'' () was a South Korean variety show broadcast on KBS. A popular show, it occasionally entered the Korean top 20 chart. The show consisted of mini-games, which have certain prize amounts. The winning celebrity is given the op ...

parody Special) *Episode 14 & 15 -

SHINee Shinee ( ; ko, 샤이니, Syaini; ja, シャイニー, Shainī; stylized as SHINee) is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 2008. The group's musical impact in their native country has earned them numerous accolades and the ...

*Episode 16 - After School *Episode 17 (finale)

Season 4

First aired: April 2, 2009 *Episode 1 - none *Episode 2 -

Daesung Kang Dae-sung (Hangul: 강대성; born April 26, 1989), better known mononymously as Daesung and his Japanese stage name D-Lite, is a South Korean singer, actor and television personality who made his musical debut in 2006 as a member of the Sou ...

*Episode 3 -

Lee Chun-hee Lee Chun-hee (born February 19, 1979) is a South Korean actor. Career Lee Chun-hee made his acting debut in the movie '' A Good Lawyer's Wife'' in 2003 and has since starred in several big screen roles such as '' The Aggressives'' (2005), ''Thr ...

*Episode 4 - FT Island *Episode 5 (finale) - 2AM

Season 5

First aired: December 16, 2009 *Episode 1 - Kwon JiHye *Episode 2 - Secret *Episode 3 -

T-ara T-ara (; ko, 티아라) are a South Korean girl group formed by MBK Entertainment in 2009, consists of four members: Qri, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon. T-ara's career is marked by hook-heavy dance-pop music, a result of their close partners ...

*Episode 4 - Kim Na Young, Kim Sae Rom, Kang Ye Bin *Episode 5 - None ( Queen Seon Duk Parody/Lee Joon's Hidden Camera) *Episode 6 - Soo Jung (

) *Episode 7 & 8 - After School *Episode 9 & 10 - None (Ski Resort Special) *Episode 11 - IU, Kim Eun Jung (

), Ha Joo Yeon (

), Hong Jin Young *Episode 12 - Transfer Girls *Episode 13 & 14 -

Sulli Choi Jin-ri (March 29, 1994 – October 13 or 14, 2019), better known by her stage name Sulli (), was a South Korean actress and singer. She first made her debut as a child actress, appearing as a supporting cast member on the SBS historical d ...

*Episode 15 - None (Health Check-up) *Episode 16 - (finale)

References

{{Reflist South Korean variety television shows South Korean reality television series 2008 South Korean television series debuts 2010 South Korean television series endings