Infinite
Challenge, Korea’s most popular and long running unscripted variety
show celebrates 11 years of side splitting entertainment. Hosted by popular
Korean celebrities, Yoo Jae Suk, Park Myung Soo, Jung Jun Ha, Ha Ha and Kwang Hee,
Infinite Challenge is best known for
its fun and wacky hosts and challenges.
To celebrate, we have pulled together 10 of our favourite
episodes that aired on Oh!K (Astrol Channel 394) last year:
1. Jack Black Special: Variety School of Fun (Ep
465)
Who doesn’t
like an East meets West theme, especially when it stars Hollywood funny man,
Jack Black! We loved that he took on the challenges with a smile on his face,
participating in a mashup of pillow fights, balancing contests, and even a very
special surprise challenge based on his iconic role in School of Rock! Our favorite part was when Black showed off his impressive
dancing skills with a performance of “Gangnam Style”!
2. Ugly Friends Festival (Ep 466-468)
No one likes
to be known as the ugly duckling, especially when among colleagues and friends!
We especially loved this episode which starred famous personalities Jo Se Ho,
Defconn, Ji Suk Jin, Bobby (IKON) and more! Perhaps hitting them where it hurts
most, this episode featured an epic competition between friends as they fought against
each other to not be crowned the shows ‘ugliest’ participant!
3. Infinite Challenge Dream (Ep 455 – 457)
Bringing the competitive spirit outside of the game
show,
this episode saw our favourite
hosts being put up for auction, all in the name of charity! To make the
situation more awkward, the bidders were the producers from various MBC
entertainment shows! No one likes to get bought, especially if it’s by your
boss! This hilarious episode starred Jeon In Hwa, Son Chang Min, Baek Jin Hee (My Daughter Geum Sawol), Chen Bolin and
more.
4. The Letters of Fortune (Ep 464)
This
was one of our favorite episodes! Hitting close to home, the hosts were tasked
with crafting letter to one another outlining how they envisioned each other's
lives would be a year later. To their dismay, the recipients were then told
they had to complete the items listed in the letter before 2017! As if it
wasn’t hard enough to keep to basic New Year resolutions!
5. 2015 Infinite Challenge Music Festival (Ep 435 –
440 & 442)
As huge
K-pop fans, this episode definitely had to make it on the list. Starring BIGBANG’s
G-Dragon and Taeyeng, IU, JYP, Zion.T, Hyukoh and Yoon Sang, this musical dream
team had to help the Infinite Challenge hosts get
ready for their bi-annual music festival. Performing alongside other K-pop
stars, the cast put on a magnificent show!
6. Sixth Man (Ep 419 – 424)
This was
definitely a show to remember. In a game changing decision, the hosts started
the search for the sixth member of Infinite Challenge. Inviting several popular stars including Defconn, Joo Sang Wook, Henry Lau (Super
Junior), Choi Siwon (Super Junior) and a bunch of other talented
K-stars to audition for the role, the
competition was fierce! Contestants got down and dirty!
7. Kwang Hee’s Welcome Ceremony (Ep 427 – 429)
After a grueling competition, Kwang Hee emerged as the winner! His idea
of turning “fashion terrorists” into fashionistas, received three out of five
votes from the famous five, and he was eventually named the sixth cast member! While
the “Welcome Ceremony” was loosely veiled as a good will gesture, Kwang Hee was
forced into a crash course, having to participate in the worst challenges
that all of the hosts had to endure in the past!
8. Extreme Part Time Jobs (Ep 430 & 431)
It’s always
fun when game shows go out of the studio and into the real world! This episode
took it one step further, sending each host to different corners of the world! Haha
and Jung Hyung Don travelled to China to build roads at a cliff, while Park
Myung Soo and Jung Jun Ha flew to Kenya to babysit five baby elephants! And who
could forget, Yoo Jae Suk and Kwang Hee, who found themselves in Dhobi Ghat, working
at the world’s biggest laundromat in Mumbai!
9. 10th Anniversary Celebration:
Deserted Island Special (Ep 425 & 426)
The 11th
anniversary was only made possible by the 10th anniversary! Always a
favorite, this episode saw the hosts dress up in suits and head out to a
deserted island. Thinking that they were going out for a glorious celebration,
they were quickly shocked to find that it was more of an outdoor experience
that would put their survival skills to the test.
10. 90s Special: Saturday Saturday, I Am A Singer
(Ep 411)
In this
throwback episode, the hosts brought together the best singer from the 90’s for
a concert that transported viewers back in time to the Renaissance of K-Pop!
This highly rated episode scored impressive viewership rating, and starred Turbo
(Kim Jong Kook & Kim Jung Nam), S.E.S (Bada & Shoo), SNSD’s Seo Hyun, Jinusean
as well as other notable singers who reigned the 90s with their memorable
performances.
Make sure to
celebrate Infinite Challenge’s 11th
Anniversary on Oh!k (Astro Ch. 394) with a brand new episode airing same week
as the Korea, every Saturday at 8.00pm. This
Saturday (23rd April), also catch a special replay of two of our
favorite episodes, The Letters of Fortune
and Jack Black Special: Variety School of
Fun at 9.30pm.
Infinite
Challenge
is available in English, Simplified Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia subtitles
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