List of Weekly Idol episodes

Weekly Idol (Korean: 주간 아이돌; RR: Jugan Aidol) is a South Korean variety show, which airs Wednesdays at 6:20 PM KST on MBC M, and 12:00 AM KST on MBC Every1, MBC's cable and satellite networks. For its first season, the show was hosted by comedian Jung Hyung-don and rapper Defconn.[1]

The second season, which debuted on April 11, 2018, was hosted by former Roo'ra member Lee Sang-min and comedians Yoo Se-yoon & Kim Shin-young.

The third season, which debuted on January 9, 2019, was hosted by comedians Jo Se-ho & Nam Chang-hee and ZE:A's Hwang Kwang-hee. On February 12, 2020, it was announced that Jo Se-ho and Nam Chang-hee would leave their hosting roles, and there would be special MCs recruited to join Hwang Kwang-hee in hosting each episode, starting from the episode on February 19 until the episode on April 15.[2] On April 17, it was announced that Super Junior's Eunhyuk would join as fixed host with Hwang Kwang-hee, starting from the episode on April 22.[3]

On April 4, 2023, it was announced that Hwang Kwang-hee and Eunhyuk would leave their hosting roles after the episode on April 12, and BtoB's Seo Eun-kwang and Lovelyz's Mijoo would replace the former two beginning the episode on April 19.[4] After reorganization, the program went into Season 4 beginning November 1, 2023, and Mukbang YouTuber Heebab would join the fixed cast lineup only during the mukbang section.[5] On December 26, 2023, it was announced that Seo Eun-kwang and Lee Mi-joo would leave their hosting roles, with their last episode airing the next day.[6]

On January 2, 2024 it was announced that Boom and Golden Child's Lee Jang-jun would be the new hosts, beginning the episode on January 17, which would also be the beginning of Season 5.[7]

  1. ^ Varsos, Kat (2016-09-21). "Doni Is Returning To 'Weekly Idol'". officiallykmusic. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "'주간아이돌' 조세호·남창희 하차…광희+스페셜 MC 체제 [공식]". Naver (in Korean). February 12, 2020. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "'주간아이돌' 측 "은혁 새 MC 확정→22일 첫방, 게스트 갓세븐"(공식)". Naver (in Korean). April 17, 2020. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "'주간아이돌' 서은광·이미주, 새 MC 발탁…19일 첫방". Naver (in Korean). April 4, 2023. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "12주년 '주간아이돌' 11월 개편 단행..히밥 합류, 새 코너 공개". Naver (in Korean). October 31, 2023. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "서은광·이미주 '주간아이돌' 하차…27일 막방". News 1 Korea (in Korean). December 26, 2023. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  7. ^ ""나도 아이돌 출신" 붐·골든차일드 이장준 '주간아이돌' 새 MC". Naver (in Korean). January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024.