Best South Korean reality series
A curated collection of popular reality series from South Korea.
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.
GOING SEVENTEEN (2017)
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?
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.
Three Meals a Day: Doctors (2021)
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.
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.
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.
2 Kids Show (2023)
2 Kids Show (2023)
Stray Kids share stories about their music, strong bond, and various other topics.
Academy Reincarnation (2023)
Academy Reincarnation (2023)
Academy Reincarnation (also known as Past Life Academy) is a web variety content based on the concept of a male protagonist from a web novel who was reborn from an idol to a student. With its host, TXT's Kang Taehyun, the show provides laughter and information at the same time, by attending various academies across South Korea.
EN-O'Clock' (2021)
EN-O'Clock' (2021)
EN-O'CLOCK is a variety show aired on ENHYPEN's YouTube channel weekly. This variety show focused around the K-POP group EN-HYPEN where they complete games, obstacle courses, and trivia in order to strengthen their friendship and trust. New episodes are relased every Thursday.
Single's Inferno (2021)
Culinary Class Wars (2024)
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.
Run BTS! (2015)
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.
Siren: Survive the Island (2023)
Men on a Mission (2015)
The Influencer (2024)
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.
In the SOOP: Friendcation (2022)
Produce 101 (2016)
Produce 101 (2016)
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.
Young Actors' Retreat (2022)
Young Actors' Retreat (2022)
Members of each drama team mix together, play various MT games, and travel together, building new friendships and creating pleasant memories.
Jinny's Kitchen (2023)
Jinny's Kitchen (2023)
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.
EXO's Showtime (2013)
EXO's Showtime (2013)
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.
Roommate (2014)
Roommate (2014)
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.
Girls Planet 999 (2021)
Girls Planet 999 (2021)
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?