Invincible Youth (Hangul: 청춘불패; Hanja: 靑春不敗; romanized: cheong-chun-bul-pae) is a South Korean variety show
which aired its first season on KBS2 from October 23, 2009 to December 24,
2010. Season 1 featured seven girls (collectively known as G7) from K-pop idol
groups wherein they experience how it is to live and survive in the rural Korea
outdoors. It has started its second season on November 12, 2011 featuring eight
girls.
Invincible Youth (Hangul: 청춘불패; Hanja: 靑春不敗; romanized:
cheong-chun-bul-pae) is a South Korean variety show which aired its first
season on KBS2 from October 23, 2009 to December 24, 2010. Season 1 featured
seven girls (collectively known as G7) from K-pop idol groups wherein they
experience how it is to live and survive in the rural Korea outdoors. It has
started its second season on November 12, 2011 featuring eight girls.
The first season of the show involved Korean
entertainers meeting weekly to work and learn about farming in a Yuchi-ri
village in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do in South Korea. This involved both
agricultural work, interacting with members of an aging rural community, and
competing in challenges involving agrarian or domestic tasks. As the show's
popularity grew, the cast and crew began work to make their filming location a
sustainable site for agritourism, enter produce in food competition, and
promote environmentally conscious farming. Some of the products were sold within
the local community, to the general public, or distributed as gifts.
The G7 girls initially included Narsha of Brown
Eyed Girls, Sunhwa of Secret, Hyuna of 4Minute, Hyomin of T-ara, Sunny and Yuri
of Girls' Generation, and Hara of Kara.
On Friday, May 14, 2010, the PD of the show Kim
Ho Sang announced that Sunny, Yuri, and Hyuna would be leaving the show due to
scheduling conflicts with their respective groups' overseas promotions. Their
replacements were decided through private auditions with members of other K-pop
girl groups. On May 30, it was confirmed that After School’s Jooyeon, f(x)’s
Victoria and Kim Sori will become the three new members of G7 on Invincible
Youth. Kim Jong Min (of Koyote) also became a semi permanent member for a month
under the moniker of being a "Variety show mentor" for the new
members.
On the August 27th Episode, it was announced
that Kim Tae Woo will be taking a temporary leave of absence due to a surgery
he is to receive for his throat. He vowed to come back to the show as soon as
he makes a full recovery. Starting episode 44, Song Eun Yi filled in as a
semi-permanent MC in Kim Tae Woo's absence. On the 8th of December 2010, it was
revealed that Invincible Youth has wrapped up recording of their finale
episode. They have filmed over one year, starting in October 2009.
Kim Sang Ho PD revealed to Star News on December
10, “We’re not discontinuing the show because of low viewer ratings. There’s
been a lot of conflicting schedules due to girl groups like KARA expanding
their activities overseas. It was difficult to take out some of the fixed
members, so we decided to end season one for now. There’s a lot of trust being
placed on the worth of the ‘Invincible Youth’ brand. After discussions with
other producers, everyone agreed to end season one and go ahead with season two
next year.”
Season 1 Slogan: 청춘은 지지 않는다~ 청춘~ 불패 (Youth Don't
Lose! Invincible Youth!)
Chairman Producer (CP) Kim Ho Sang, who is
planning the second season of "Invincible Youth" told Star News on August
31 that the show will take place in a fishing village in Daebu Island, Ansan,
Gyeonggi province.
G8 members will include Girls' Generation's
Sunny and Hyoyeon, Amber (f(x)), Suzy (Miss A), Bora (Sistar), Yewon (Jewelry),
Woori (Rainbow), Jiyoung (Kara). Lee Su Geun, Ji Hyun Woo and Boom will serve
as MC's.[5] Sunny is the only returning member from Season 1, although Hyoyeon,
Jiyoung and Bora were guests during the previous season.
The first episode of ‘Invincible Youth 2′
premiered on November 12th, 2011 in South Korea, while International Premiere
on KBS World was on December 2nd, 2011.
Prior to the airing of the April 7th episode,
multiple newsreports were released confirming that castmembers Lee Su Geun, Ji
Hyun Woo, Amber and Woori will be leaving the show. Season 1 castmember Kim
Shin Young would return as an MC starting from the April 14th episode.
It was then later revealed that Sunny would also
be leaving the show. As she was the only member from season 1, they agreed that
she would stay on with season 2 until the program became somewhat stable. She
left the show after the July 7th episode. Comedian Lee Young Ja was cast
afterwards, starting with the July 21st episode.
It was later revealed in early November that
Invincible Youth 2 was scheduled to stop airing in mid-November due to
scheduling conflicts with the cast members as well as low ratings. The
final episode was filmed November 7th and aired on November 17th.
Season 2 Slogan: 청춘이여 영원하라! 청춘~ 불패 (Youth is
Forever! Invincible Youth!)
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