The Ranksters
| The Ranksters | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 뭐든지 프렌즈 |
| Genre | Variety |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Production location | South Korea |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | July 17 – September 4, 2019 |
The Ranksters (Korean: 뭐든지 프렌즈) was a South Korean variety show program on tvN. It was aired on tvN on Wednesdays at 23:00 (KST).[1][2]
Cast
[edit]Ranking Market Employees
[edit]Anything Friends
[edit]Synopsis
[edit]Episode 1-5
[edit]This show features 2 segments, namely "No Matter What Ranking Mart" and "Taste Detective Friends".[3] The cast will be split into pairs, while the guests will form their own pair.
In the first segment, "No Matter What Ranking Mart", the pairs compete to answer different themes Top 5 (out of 30 items), based on actual surveys conducted in Korea, such as "Top 5 items that you will be reluctant to buy using your own money but other people are thankful for when gifted to them as presents from you". If a pair chose an item that is not under the Top 5, they will have to pay for the item with their own credit cards. The pair that guessed the most number of correct Top 5 items will have their spending deducted to zero. From episode 4, the pairs will have to answer just the top 3, out of 20 items.
In the second segment, "Taste Detective Friends", they will move to the Food Court. There will be a food theme for each episode, and there are a number of versions of the food out of the versions shown above that are actually being sold, while the rest of the versions are made by the production team. The pairs have to play games to get to choose first, as they each attempt to guess which are the real versions, while trying their own choices. If he/she guesses correctly he/she will not have to pay for these food products using their own credit cards.
The money spent by the cast will be used to purchase the items to be used for future episodes.
Episode 6-8
[edit]New segments are introduced, in addition to the current segments shown in the first 5 episodes. The main objective for each episode is to pick each episode's Employee of the Week, which is through the competition between the cast and the 2 guests each week.
- Guess the titles of the songs that are played at the same time.
- Charades. For only episode 6, the English words speed quiz was played with a foreigner. Each side has 100 seconds to explain as many words as they can to the foreigner in English.
- Guess the correct song and its singer based on its music video which would play a different song from the music video.
- A slightly modified version of "Taste Detective Friends". For each round, 4 types of food are shown and each team has to choose only 1 type of food they think is actually sold.
Episodes
[edit]- Pair A consists of Park Na-rae and Yang Se-chan
- Pair B consists of Hwang Je-sung and Yang Se-hyung
- Pair C consists of Moon Se-yoon and Hong Yoon-hwa
- Guests will form Pair D
| Ep. | Broadcast Date | Guest(s) | No Matter What Ranking Mart | Taste Detective Friends | Final spending | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | Top Items | Spending | Theme | Food Items[a] | Correct Guessers | ||||
| 1 | July 17, 2019 | — | Top 5 items that you will be reluctant to buy using your own money but other people are thankful for when gifted to them as presents from you | 1. High quality tumbler 2. Mini air purifier 3. Flowers 4. Beer foam maker 5. Mini flower pot | Pair A: ₩588,430 Pair B: ₩216,790 Pair C: ₩0[b] | Jjajangmyeon | 1. Chilli galbi jjajangmyeon 2. Cotton candy jaengban-jjajangmyeon 3. King octopus jaengban-jjajangmyeon | Yang Se-chan Yang Se-hyung Hong Yoon-hwa | Pair A: ₩614,830 Pair B: ₩224,790 Pair C: ₩10,500 |
| 2 | July 24, 2019 | Solbi Solbin (Laboum) | Top 5 hot Hallyu items based on an overseas shopping portal | 1. Seaweed 2. Snail cream 3. Italy towel 4. Konjac sponge 5. Insect screen repair tape | Pair A: ₩0[c] Pair B: ₩190,473 Pair C: ₩237,026 Pair D: ₩228,410 | Cold food | 1. Hanwoo naeng-gomtang 2. Chicken ice cream burger | Yang Se-chan Park Na-rae | Pair A: ₩0 Pair B: ₩190,473 Pair C: ₩237,026 Pair D: ₩278,910[d] |
| 3 | July 31, 2019 | Kim Ji-min Joo Woo-jae | Top 5 presents with most sense for newlywed homes according to the 30s and 40s | 1. Air fryer 2. Mood lamp 3. LED wall clock 4. One shot drinking set 5. Mini beam projector | Pair A: ₩0[e] Pair B: ₩260,350 Pair C: ₩88,600 Pair D: ₩389,000 | Doenjang | 1. Siraegi doenjang pasta 2. Doenjang fried chicken | Park Na-rae Hong Yoon-hwa | Pair A: ₩0 Pair B: ₩260,350 Pair C: ₩140,100[f] Pair D: ₩389,000 |
- Pair A consists of Park Na-rae and Yang Se-chan
- Pair B consists of Moon Se-yoon and Yang Se-hyung
- Pair C consists of Hong Yoon-hwa and Hwang Je-sung
- Guests will form Pair D
| Ep. | Broadcast Date | Guest(s) | No Matter What Ranking Mart | Taste Detective Friends | Final spending | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | Top Items | Spending | Theme | Food Items[g] | Correct Guessers | ||||
| 4 | August 7, 2019 | Jang Sung-kyu Jimin (AOA) | Top 3 hot items for the summer with 2000% in rise of sales based on an e-commerce website from June 1 to July 15, 2019 | 1. TBA 2. TBA 3. TBA | — | Fried chicken & burger | 1. Vegetable tongdak 2. Tongyeong oyster burger set 3. Yukhoe burger set | Yang Se-hyung Park Na-rae Jang Sung-kyu | Pair A: TBA Pair B: TBA Pair C: TBA Pair D: TBA |
| 5 | August 14, 2019 | Heo Jung-min Jang Do-yeon | Top 3 South Korea summer attractions | 1. Yeouido Hangang Park, Seoul 2. Majang Lake Suspension Bridge, Paju 3. Eurwangni Beach, Incheon | Pair A: ₩119,900 Pair B: ₩0[h] Pair C: ₩30,500 Pair D: ₩119,000 | Jjamppong | 1. Cheese jjamppong 2. Basil jjamppong 3. Peanut jjamppong | Hong Yoon-hwa Jang Do-yeon Yang Se-chan | Pair A: ₩ Pair B: ₩ Pair C: ₩ Pair D: ₩ |
- Pair A consists of Park Na-rae and Yang Se-chan
- Pair B consists of Hwang Je-sung and Yang Se-hyung
- Pair C consists of Moon Se-yoon and Hong Yoon-hwa
- Guests will form Pair D
| Ep. | Broadcast Date | Guest(s) | Taste Detective Friends | Employee of the Week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Items | Correct Guessers | ||||
| 6 | August 21, 2019 | Koyote (Kim Jong-min, Shin Ji), Terris Brown | 1. Raw octopus oil squid ink pasta 2. Dakbal pizza | Pair A Pair C | Yang Se-chan |
| 7 | August 28, 2019 | Yoo Se-yoon, Lee Sang-joon | 1. Raw mango jokbal 2. Sky blue carbonara | Pair D Pair D | Yoo Se-yoon |
| 8 | September 4, 2019 | — | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Ratings
[edit]- Ratings listed below are the individual corner ratings of The Ranksters. (Note: Individual corner ratings do not include commercial time, which regular ratings include.)
- In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.
2019
[edit]| Ep. # | Original Airdate | AGB Nielsen Ratings Nationwide[4] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 17 | 1.128% |
| 2 | July 24 | 1.011% |
| 3 | July 31 | 0.939% |
| 4 | August 7 | 0.698% |
| 5 | August 14 | 0.725% |
| 6 | August 21 | 0.853% |
| 7 | August 28 | 0.7% |
| 8 | September 4 | 0.614% |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Food that is actually being sold
- ^ Originally spent ₩110,500 but won the segment
- ^ Originally spent ₩39,914 but won the segment
- ^ Solbin's card was selected to pay for every other food that is not sold
- ^ Originally spent ₩189,000 but won the segment
- ^ Moon Se-yoon's card was selected to pay for every other food that is not sold
- ^ Food that is actually being sold
- ^ Won the segment
References
[edit]- ^ POP, 헤럴드 (2019-07-17). "[첫방D-day]"젊은 피 수혈"..'뭐든지 프렌즈', '믿보' 개그맨 조합으로 水예능 강자 될까". pop.heraldcorp.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ 이, 정현 (2019-06-20). "개그계 절친 모두 뭉쳤다…tvN '뭐든지 프렌즈'". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ 주, 진현 (1970-01-01). "'뭐든지프렌즈' 사비를 지출하지 않기 위해 필사적으로... - 시사매거진". www.sisamagazine.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". www.nielsenkorea.co.kr. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)