Weekly Idol

Weekly Idol
Promotional poster
Genre	Variety
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
Production
Location(s)	Seoul, South Korea
Release
Original network	MBC Every1
Original release	July 23, 2011 – present
External links
Website

Weekly Idol (Hangul: 주간 아이돌; RR: Jugan Aidol) is a South Korean variety show, which airs on MBC Every1, MBC's cable and satellite network for comedy and variety shows. The show is hosted by comedian Jeong Hyeong-don and rapper Defconn.^[1]

Corners/Segments

The show consists of several segments, one of which is called "Real Chart! Idol Self-Ranking", where idols are asked to rank each other on different topics and the results are then presented.

"Idol of the Week", the second segment, on the other hand, features idol groups as the invited guests. The first idol group to record an episode and appear in the segment was Infinite. This segment usually consists of several featured corners:

• "Random Play Dance" – The staff plays any songs that had been promoted by the guests. A song usually stops at a random point or changes to another song while the guests must dance with the proper choreography for each song.
• "Profile Verification" – The hosts (Hyung Don and Defconn) feature the profile, info, facts, and rumors about the guest that are prepared by the staff on a profile card. The idols need to verify, or even, voluntarily prove the info before the MCs.
• "Win Against Idol" – The guests play a game together with the hosts. If the guests can beat the hosts, the winning side will get the special prize and the losing side (usually the hosts) will get the physical punishment from the winners.
• "Grill Idol" – A special corner where the guests must correctly answer the questions from the hosts that appear on a panel. Only after the guests get the question right, they can eat the grilled pieces of Hanwoo beef that are prepared by the staff. BtoB's Jung Ilhoon frequently appears as a special guest host for this corner since November 2012.
• "DoniConi Idol Call Center" - A special call center is prepared for 1 week before the recording and the fans can personally call in and leave a message for the idol which are later revealed to the idols.
• "99 Seconds Challenge" – The guests need to succeed a certain mission during the 99 seconds in a relay. If they fail, there is a punishment that the Idol wrote before and everyone need to vote who's will take the punishment.
• "Idols are the Best!" - Various missions are given to the 4 idols who are featured in this segment, Jackson (Got7), Jooheon (Monsta X), SinB (GFriend) and Dahyun (Twice), as well as the main hosts.

During these segments, the talk is usually held without too much formality, giving a chance for the hosts to give a humorous remark about the idols, or conversely, the idols can playing around with the hosts’ lack of physical fitness, engaging in a slapstick activity with the hosts.

An annual year-closing episode, "Weekly Idol Award", held in the last episode of the year was started from December 31, 2011. In this episode, the host usually reviews the segments and the appearances from the guests that were featured in the past year.

Host

Current

• Jeong Hyeong Don (July 23, 2011 – November 25, 2015) – on hiatus
• Defconn (July 23, 2011 – present)
• Super Junior's Heechul (Episode 245 – present)
• EXID's Hani (Episode 245 – present)

Note: On some occasions, Jeong Hyeong Don and Defconn instead appear as the featured guests ("Hyungdon and Daejun") with their host position replaced by various guest hosts.

"Idols Are the Best" corner

• Got7's Jackson (Episode 246 – present)^[2]
• Twice's Dahyun (Episode 246 – present)^[2]
• Monsta X's Jooheon (Episode 246 – present)^[2]
• GFriend's SinB (Episode 249 - present)^[2]

Guest hosts

• Haha (Episode 45)
• Sistar's Hyolyn & Soyou (Episode 45)
• After School's Lizzy (Episodes 52-53)
• Infinite's Sungkyu & Hoya (Episode 64)
• 4Minute's Sohyun (Episodes 75, 84)
• Apink's Namjoo (Episodes 114-115)
• BtoB's Sungjae (Episodes 130-131)
• AOA's Jimin (Episodes 140-141)
• BtoB's Eunkwang (Episodes 163, 172, 184)
• VIXX's Hyuk (Episodes 220)
• AOA's Shin Hye-jeong (Episodes 239-240)

Idol Relay System

Following Jeong Hyeong Don's hiatus from broadcast activities beginning Episode 227, a system was introduced in which idols with whom Hyeong Don is close to would take turns co-hosting the show in his place.^[3]

• Infinite's Sungkyu (Episode 227-228)
• Super Junior's Heechul (Episode 229-230)
• Apink's Bomi (Episode 231, 243-244)
• Girls' Generation's Sunny (Episode 232-233)
• Super Junior's Leeteuk (Episode 234-235)
• CNBLUE's Jung Yong Hwa (Episode 236, 238)
• Shinhwa's Andy (Episode 237)
• Beast's Yoon Doojoon (Episode 239-240)
• K.Will (Episode 241-242)

Assistant MCs

• BtoB's Ilhoon (Episodes 70, 72, 74, 77, 80-81, 83-85, 87-88, 91, 95-99, 102, 104-107, 109-114, 117-141, 143-150, 152-154, 159-168, 170-175, 178-184, 189-191, 194-199, 202-206)
• Apink's Bomi (Episodes 104-107, 109-129, 132-139, 143-150, 152-155, 158-162, 164-168, 170-171, 173-183, 186, 188-199, 202, 204-206)
• Apink's Hayoung (Episodes 155, 158, 176-177, 186, 188, 214-216, 219-220, 222-223, 225, 227-228, 231-235, 237, 239-240, 243)
• VIXX's N (Episodes 214-216, 219, 222-223, 227-228, 231-235, 237, 239-240, 243)
• AOA's Mina (Episodes 214-216, 219-220, 222-223, 225, 231-235, 237)

List of episodes

2011

Episode	Air Date	Featured guests	Remarks
1	July 23, 2011	—	'Real Chart! Idol Self-Ranking' corner only
2	July 30, 2011
3	August 6, 2011
4	August 13, 2011	Infinite	Introduced 'Idol of the Week' corner
5	August 20, 2011	MBLAQ
6	August 27, 2011	ZE:A
7	September 3, 2011	—	Non-guest Special: Beast
8	September 10, 2011	Sistar
9	September 17, 2011	4Minute
10	September 24, 2011	U-KISS
11	October 1, 2011	G.NA
12	October 8, 2011	CHI CHI	Special: Kara
13	October 15, 2011	Rainbow
14	October 22, 2011	—	Non-guest Special: Girls' Generation
15	October 29, 2011	FT Island
16	November 5, 2011	—	Non-guest Special: Kim Hyun-Joong
17	November 12, 2011	Orange Caramel
18	November 19, 2011	Girl's Day
19	November 26, 2011	Secret
20	December 3, 2011	Infinite, G.NA
21	December 10, 2011	Rainbow, MBLAQ
22	December 17, 2011	Wonder Girls
23	December 24, 2011	Infinite
24	December 31, 2011	—	1st Weekly Idol Awards

2012

Episode	Air Date	Featured guests	Remarks
25	January 7, 2012	Apink
26	January 14, 2012	B1A4
27	January 21, 2012	Boyfriend
28	January 28, 2012	Dal Shabet
29	February 4, 2012	T-ara
30	February 11, 2012	MBLAQ
31	February 18, 2012	Teen Top
32	February 25, 2012		Special Appearance: Andy (Shinhwa)
33	March 3, 2012	Jay Park
34	March 14, 2012	FT Island
35	March 21, 2012	Miss A
36	March 28, 2012
37	April 4, 2012	Haha
38	April 11, 2012
39	April 18, 2012	2AM
40	April 25, 2012	B1A4
41	May 2, 2012	SHINee
42	May 9, 2012
43	May 16, 2012	4Minute, BtoB
44	May 23, 2012	Apink
45	May 30, 2012	Hyungdon and Daejun	Special MCs: Haha, Sistar (Hyolyn, Soyou)
46	June 6, 2012	Nine Muses
47	June 13, 2012	Infinite
48	June 20, 2012
49	June 27, 2012	Teen Top
50	July 4, 2012	G.NA
51	July 11, 2012	f(x)
52	July 18, 2012	After School	Weekly Idol 1st Anniversary
53	July 25, 2012
54	August 1, 2012	Hello Venus, NU'EST
55	August 8, 2012	Haha, Skull
56	August 15, 2012	Infinite
57	August 22, 2012	B.A.P
58	August 29, 2012	Beast
59	September 5, 2012
60	September 12, 2012	Super Junior
61	September 19, 2012
62	September 26, 2012	Secret
63	October 3, 2012
64	October 10, 2012	Tasty, Hyungdon and Daejun	Special MCs: Infinite (Sungkyu, Hoya)
65	October 17, 2012	ZE:A
66	October 24, 2012	BtoB
67	October 31, 2012	Orange Caramel
68	November 7, 2012	Spica, Fiestar
69	November 14, 2012	Miss A
70	November 21, 2012
71	November 28, 2012	Block B
72	December 5, 2012	Jewelry	Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB)
73	December 12, 2012	B1A4,	Special Appearance: Hyukjin (100%)
74	December 19, 2012	Girl's Day	Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB)
75	December 26, 2012	Sunggyu (Infinite), Ilhoon (BtoB)	2nd Weekly Idol Awards Special MC: Sohyun (4Minute)

2013

Episode	Air Date	Featured guests	Remarks
76	January 2, 2013	Ailee
77	January 9, 2013	Yang Yo-seob (Beast), Ilhoon (BtoB)
78	January 16, 2013	Hello Venus
79	January 23, 2013	Infinite H
80	January 30, 2013	2Yoon, Sohyun (4Minute)
81	February 6, 2013	Nine Muses	Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB)
82	February 13, 2013	Dal Shabet
83	February 20, 2013	Sistar19
84	February 27, 2013	Huh Gak, Hyungdon and Daejun	Special MCs: Sohyun (4Minute), Ilhoon (BtoB)
85	March 6, 2013	B.A.P	Special Appearance: Kim Bohyung (Spica)
86	March 13, 2013	Rainbow
87	March 20, 2013	4Minute	Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB)
88	March 27, 2013
89	April 3, 2013	SHINee
90	April 10, 2013
91	April 17, 2013	Speed (Special Corner Segment)	Special MC: Ilhoon (BtoB)
		Teen Top
92	April 24, 2013	RaNia
93	May 1, 2013	Infinite
94	May 8, 2013
95	May 15, 2013	Secret
96	May 22, 2013	15&
97	May 29, 2013	B1A4
98	June 5, 2013	BtoB
99	June 12, 2013	100%
100	June 19, 2013	Rainbow, Secret, 4Minute	100th Episode Special
101	June 26, 2013
102	July 3, 2013	MBLAQ
103	July 10, 2013	Exo
104	July 17, 2013	Apink
105	July 24, 2013	Girl's Day	Weekly Idol 2nd Anniversary
106	July 31, 2013	Jewelry
107	August 7, 2013	Infinite	Summer Special 1
108	August 14, 2013	Exo	Summer Special 2
109	August 21, 2013	Beast	Summer Special 3
110	August 28, 2013
111	September 4, 2013	B.A.P	Summer Special 4
112	September 11, 2013	Tasty	Special Appearance: Defconn Special MC: Bomi (Apink)
113	September 18, 2013	BtoB	Chuseok Special
114	September 25, 2013	A-JAX, 2EYES
115	October 2, 2013	Teen Top
116	October 9, 2013	Henry (Super Junior-M)	Special Appearance: Kyuhyun (Super Junior)
117	October 16, 2013	Ladies' Code
118	October 23, 2013	Block B
119	October 30, 2013	Spica
120	November 6, 2013	IU
121	November 13, 2013
122	November 20, 2013	K.Will
123	November 27, 2013	Park Ji-yoon, Lim Kim
124	December 4, 2013	G-Dragon
125	December 11, 2013
126	December 18, 2013	Shin Bora
127	December 25, 2013	Bomi (Apink), Ilhoon (BtoB), P.O. (Block B)	3rd Weekly Idol Awards

2014

Episode	Air Date	Featured guests	Remarks
128	January 1, 2014	Heechul (Super Junior)
129	January 8, 2014	Yong Jun-hyung (Beast)
130	January 15, 2014	Secret
131	January 22, 2014	AOA
132	January 29, 2014	Rainbow Blaxx
133	February 5, 2014	History
134	February 12, 2014	Girl's Day
135	February 19, 2014	B1A4
136	February 26, 2014	BtoB
137	March 5, 2014	B.A.P
138	March 12, 2014	Gain
139	March 19, 2014	CNBLUE
140	March 26, 2014
141	April 2, 2014	4Minute
142	April 9, 2014	Apink
143	April 16, 2014	Crayon Pop
144	April 30, 2014	Bangtan Boys
145	May 7, 2014	Bestie, 100%
146	May 14, 2014	Got7
147	May 21, 2014	G.NA	Special Appearance: Ilhoon (BtoB)
148	May 28, 2014	Jun Hyoseong (Secret)
149	June 4, 2014	Ji yeon (T-ara)
150	June 11, 2014	Wheesung
151	June 18, 2014	Beast
152	June 25, 2014	Infinite	Infinite's 10th Appearance Special
153	July 2, 2014
154	July 9, 2014	AOA
155	July 16, 2014	Jung Joon-young
156	July 23, 2014	Got7, Apink (Bomi, Namjoo, Hayoung), BtoB, Rainbow, Beast (Doojoon, Yoseob, Dongwoon)	Weekly Idol 3rd Anniversary
157	July 30, 2014	4Minute, Hyomin (T-ara), Nine Muses (Hyuna, Erin, Sungah, Kyungri), Boyfriend, FT Island (Jonghoon, Jaejin, Seunghyun), CNBLUE (Jonghyun, Minhyuk), AOA
158	August 6, 2014	HyunA (4Minute)
159	August 13, 2014	B1A4
160	August 20, 2014	Big Byung Sungjae (BtoB), N (VIXX), Hyuk (VIXX), Jackson (Got7)
161	August 27, 2014	Tiny-G
162	September 3, 2014	Kara
163	September 10, 2014
164	September 17, 2014	NU'EST, Fiestar
165	September 24, 2014	T-ara
166	October 1, 2014	Kim Jong-min
167	October 8, 2014	Teen Top
168	October 15, 2014	Red Velvet
169	October 22, 2014	Winner
170	October 29, 2014	VIXX
171	November 5, 2014	Orange Caramel
172	November 12, 2014	Song Jieun (Secret)	Special Appearance: Jung Hana (Secret)
173	November 19, 2014	AOA
174	November 26, 2014	Boyfriend
175	December 3, 2014	Apink
176	December 10, 2014	Kim Ian, Changjo (Teen Top)	Special Appearance: Sweden Laundry
177	December 17, 2014	Got7
178	December 24, 2014	EXID
179	December 31, 2014	Big Byung Sungjae (BtoB), N (VIXX), Hyuk (VIXX), Jackson (Got7)	4th Weekly Idol Awards Special MC: Bomi (Apink), Ilhoon (BtoB)

2015

Episode	Air Date	Featured guests	Remarks
180	January 7, 2015	Hong Jin-young
181	January 14, 2015	Boys Republic
182	January 21, 2015	Junggigo, Mad Clown, Jooyoung
183	January 28, 2015	Lizzy (After School)	Special Appearance: Eunkwang (BtoB)
184	February 4, 2015	Nine Muses
185	February 11, 2015	4Minute
186	February 18, 2015	Jung Yong-hwa (CNBLUE)
187	February 25, 2015	Big Byung (Sungjae (BtoB), Hyuk (VIXX), Jackson (Got7)); Chamsonyeo (G.NA, So-hyun (4Minute), Young-ji (Kara))
188	March 4, 2015	Niel (Teen Top)	Special Appearance: Teen Top (C.A.P, L.Joe, Ricky)
189	March 11, 2015	Rainbow
190	March 18, 2015	Lovelyz
191	March 25, 2015	Boyfriend
192	April 1, 2015	Apink	Weekly Idol in Saipan Special in honor of MBC Media Plus 14th Anniversary.
193	April 8, 2015
194	April 15, 2015	Berry Good, GFriend
195	April 22, 2015	K.Will
196	April 29, 2015	FT Island
197	May 6, 2015	EXID
198	May 13, 2015	CLC
199	May 20, 2015	Kim Sung-kyu (Infinite)
200	May 27, 2015	Secret (Hana, Jieun), Sistar (Bora, Soyou), AOA (Jimin, ChoA), Sonamoo, Monsta X, N.Flying	200th Episode Special
201	June 3, 2015
202	June 10, 2015	Kara
203	June 17, 2015	UNIQ (First-half Corner); Bangtan Boys (Main Guest)
204	June 24, 2015	AOA
205	July 1, 2015	Teen Top
206	July 8, 2015	BtoB
207	July 15, 2015	Infinite	Summer Special 1
208	July 22, 2015	Apink	Summer Special 2
209	July 29, 2015	Beast	Summer Special 3
210	August 5, 2015	Girl's Day	Summer Special 4
211	August 12, 2015	Wonder Girls	Summer Special 5
212	August 19, 2015	Girls' Generation	Summer Special 6
213	August 26, 2015
214	September 2, 2015	Mamamoo
215	September 9, 2015	April	Rookie Special 1
216	September 16, 2015	Monsta X	Rookie Special 2
217	September 23, 2015	Red Velvet	Rookie Special 3
218	September 30, 2015	CNBLUE
219	October 7, 2015	Lovelyz
220	October 14, 2015	Got7
221	October 21, 2015	GFriend
222	October 28, 2015	Seventeen
223	November 4, 2015	Oh My Girl
224	November 11, 2015	Brown Eyed Girls
225	November 18, 2015	N.Flying
226	November 25, 2015	EXID
227	December 2, 2015	VIXX	Special MC: Kim Sung-kyu (Infinite)
228	December 9, 2015	Twice	Special MC: Kim Sung-kyu (Infinite)
229	December 16, 2015	Bangtan Boys	Special MC: Kim Heechul (Super Junior)
230	December 23, 2015	Lovelyz (Jisoo, Kei, Sujeong), GFriend (Yerin, Yuju, SinB), Twice (Nayeon, Dahyun, Tzuyu)	Christmas Special Special MC: Kim Heechul (Super Junior)
231	December 30, 2015	Hayoung (Apink), N (VIXX), Mina (AOA)	5th Weekly Idol Awards Special MC: Yoon Bo-mi (Apink)

2016

Episode	Air Date	Featured guests	Remarks
232	January 6, 2016	Lovelyz	Special MC: Sunny (Girls' Generation)
233	January 13, 2016	UP10TION	Special MC: Sunny (Girls' Generation)
234	January 20, 2016	Dal Shabet	Special MC: Leeteuk (Super Junior)
235	January 27, 2016	Tahiti, The Legend	Special MC: Leeteuk (Super Junior)
236	February 3, 2016	GFriend	Lunar New Year Special Special MC: Jung Yonghwa (CNBLUE)
237	February 10, 2016	Shin Hye Sung (Shinhwa)	Special MC: Andy (Shinhwa)
238	February 17, 2016	Noel	Special MC: Jung Yonghwa (CNBLUE)
239	February 24, 2016	AOA Cream	Special MC: Yoon Doo-joon (Beast)
240	March 2, 2016	Mamamoo	Special MC: Yoon Doo-joon (Beast)
241	March 9, 2016	Fiestar	Special MC: K.Will
242	March 16, 2016	Red Velvet	Special MC: K.Will
243	March 23, 2016	Cosmic Girls	Special MC: Yoon Bo-mi (Apink)
244	March 30, 2016	Block B	Special MC: Yoon Bo-mi (Apink)
245	April 6, 2016	Junhyung (Beast), Bora (Sistar), Solji (EXID), Jackson (Got7)	First appearance of Kim Heechul (Super Junior) and Hani (EXID) as permanent MCs
246	April 13, 2016	Laboum	First appearance of Jackson (Got7), Dahyun (TWICE), and Jooheon (Monsta X) as "Idols Are the Best" corner MCs
247	April 20, 2016	J.Y. Park
248	April 27, 2016
249	May 4, 2016	TWICE	First appearance of SinB (GFriend) as an "Idols Are the Best" corner MC
250	May 11, 2016	Lovelyz

References

1. "정형돈-데프콘, 새 예능 '주간아이돌' MC 발탁". Retrieved July 6, 2013.
2. Kim, Hyun-jeong. "'주간아이돌' 잭슨·다현·신비·주헌, '아이돌is뭔들' 합류". XSportsNews (in Korean). XSPORTSMEDIA. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
3. Kwon, Ji-yeong. "정형돈 하차 '주간아이돌', 아이돌 릴레이 MC체제 확정". OSEN. OSEN. Retrieved January 11, 2016.

External links

• MBC every1 "Weekly Idol" homepage (Korean)
• MBC every1 "Weekly Idol" official twitter (Korean)