Battle Trip () is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by KBS.
Season 1 was aired starting 16 April 2016 and ended on 3 April 2020 with 177 episodes and 4 special episodes. The program starred Kim Sook, Kim Jun-hyun, Yoon Bo-mi of Apink, Lee Hwi-jae, Sung Si-kyung and San E as the main MCs. An invited celebrity will work together with the cast as a special MC to host the show.
Season 2 was aired starting 15 October 2022 and ended on 12 August 2023 with 39 episodes. The program starred Sung Si-kyung, Lee Yong-jin, Heo Kyung-hwan and Lee Mi-joo after 30 months of hiatus. From episode 1 to 9, an invited celebrity will work together with the cast as a special MC to host the show. Since episode 10, no special MCs were invited with the inclusion of Aiki to the main MC lineup.
Overview Season 1 Episode 1 to 158 The program is a trip competition between two groups of celebrities or several individual celebrities, travelling based on specific topics and showing viewers travel information and amazing tips. The winner is chosen based on 100 votes from the audience. To discourage cross-country travels, each group can only travel within specified cities or states as the topic stipulates.
Episode 159 to 177 The program is revamped and the new concept focuses on the relationship between the selected destination and the guests. There will not have popularity votes from the audience of 100 and a new studio setting is used to film the program.
End of Season 1 On 6 February 2020, it was initially announced to have its final airing of the program on 27 March 2020. Between 6 and 27 March 2020, repeat telecast of previous episodes were used due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made travelling and filming for the show difficult. A final episode was added on 3 April 2020 to conclude the show.
Season 2 In season 2, the trip competition is between two groups of celebrities or several individual celebrities. The winner is chosen based on votes tally from the celebrities (main mc, special mc and trip planners).
History of audiences' votes and special segment (Season 1, Episode 1 to 158)
From episode 1 to 6, the winning team will be decided by the popularity votes from the 100 audiences. Each audience can only decide on supporting one team.
From episode 7 onward, the winning team will still be decided by the popularity votes from the 100 audiences but giving the 100 audiences the choices to support either one team or both.
Exception on audiences' votes In episodes 21, 22, 39, 83, 84, 87, 88, 131, 132, 139 – 140 and 153 – 156, there are no voting from an audience of 100. These are educational trips for special historical events or informative purposes.
In episodes 42 – 45, 65 – 67, 91 – 93 and 100 – 103, as each team travelled 2 or more locations for the same battle theme, the overall winning team was decided after adding the total votes of both trips or locations (i.e. each team can get more than 100 votes).
In episodes 74 – 77, there is no voting from an audience of 100 due to the labour union strike and no audiences are invited to the show.
In episodes 116 – 119, there is no voting from an audience of 100. Instead, Lovelyz (Jiae, Jisoo, Ryu Su-jeong, Yein) and Pentagon (Hui, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo One) are the 8 special judges for the special theme. These 8 special judges can only pick one team each. In the event of a tie, Kim Sook will decide the winning team.
In episodes 127 – 130, Lee Hwi-jae and Kim Sook will be the special judges for The Solo Trip Special. There are four themes (essential courses, essential menus, bucket list and hidden courses) and the special judges will vote one country each for every theme. Trip designers who got chosen by the special judges will get extra five points on top of the popularity votes from the 100 audiences.
In episodes 137 – 138, there is no voting from an audience of 100. The 3 hosts made a bet to see whose trip people like the most via the social media and the one with the lowest number of votes will buy some snacks. Sung Si-kyung got the most votes and followed by Lee Hwi-jae and Kim Sook. Kim Sook bought cream buns for the 100 audiences in episode 141.
Special segment: Battle Trip Awards (2018)
A year-closing episode, Battle Trip Awards, was shown on 29 December 2018 in episode 122. In this end of the year episode, the hosts will introduce recommended vacation spots for 2019 and show some unseen footages of some of the episodes in 2018. The Battle Trip Awards ceremony presents the Hottest Issue Clip Award (hottest issue on the internet) and The Best Trip Location Award (trip designer that received the most votes). Winners of the award are presented with a trophy.
Slogan
These slogans are used before the revamped of the program in Season 1, between episode 1 and 158. These slogans are again used in Season 2. Opening Slogan: '여행도 전쟁이다 배틀 트립' (Travelling is like a battle. Battle Trip!) Ending Slogan: '세상이 학교다 인생이 여행이다 배틀 트립' (The world is your school, and life is a trip. Battle trip!)
Airtime Season 1 Airdate Broadcast Start Time (KST) 16 April 2016 – 14 May 2016 Saturdays at 11:05 pm 21 May 2016 – 27 May 2017 Saturdays at 10:40 pm 3 June 2017 – 1 September 2018 Saturdays at 9:15 pm8 September 2018 – 30 November 2019Part 1Saturdays at 9:15 pmPart 2Saturdays at 10:00 pm6 December 2019 – 3 April 2020Part 1Fridays at 8:30 pmPart 2Fridays at 9:10 pm
Season 2 Airdate Broadcast Start Time (KST)15 October 2022 – 12 August 2023Saturdays at 10:40 pm
Cast
Main MC Season 1 Name Episode NotesKim Sook 1 – 177Kim Jun-hyun159 – 177Yoon Bo-mi (Apink)San E 1 – 47Lee Hwi-jae1 – 158Sung Si-kyung
Season 2 Name Episode NotesSung Si-kyung1 – 39Lee Yong-jinHeo Kyung-hwanLee Mi-joo (Lovelyz)Aiki (Hook)10 – 39
Special MC Season 1 San E has stepped down from the show after the episode 47 on 22 April 2017. Since then, the show would invite celebrity guest as Special MC to host the show together with the cast.
Name Episode NotesKim Ji-min 13Stand-in MC for San ESejeong (Gugudan) 48 – 49Seo Hyo-rim 50 – 51Hyelin (EXID) 52 – 53Yura (Girl's Day) 54 – 57DinDin 58 – 61Jisook (Rainbow) 62 – 64Chaeyeon (Dia) 65 – 67Hayoung (Apink) 68 – 69Sam Hammington 70 – 72Dongwoon (Highlight) 73colspan=3 N (VIXX) 78Han Dong-geun 79 – 80Kim Tae-hoon 81 – 82Jung Si-ah 83 – 84Eric Nam 85 – 86colspan=3 JooE (Momoland) 89 – 90Lee Su-ji 91 – 93Kim Min-kyung 94 – 95Kim Sae-rom 96 – 97JR (NU'EST) 98 – 99Leeteuk (Super Junior)100 – 103Kim Il-jung104 – 105Lee Hye-jung106 – 107Dayoung (WJSN)108 – 109Heo Young-ji (Kara)110 – 111Kim Hwan112 – 115colspan=3 NC.A120 – 121colspan=3 Seol In-ah123 – 124colspan=3 Jeong Yein (Lovelyz)131 – 134Shindong (Super Junior)135 – 136colspan=3 Lee Jung-min139 – 140Ju Hak-nyeon (The Boyz)141 – 142Cao Lu143 – 144Kim Dong-han145 – 146Do Kyung-wan147 – 148Lee Ji-hye149 – 150Chaebin (Nature)151 – 152colspan=3 Park Ji-won (fromis 9)154 – 155colspan=3 Hyojung (Oh My Girl)157 – 158colspan=3 Moonbin (Astro)161 – 162colspan=3 Choi Bo-min (Golden Child)Ryu Su-jeong (Lovelyz)Jeong Yein (Lovelyz)165 – 167Kim Hwan167 – 168Jung Hyuk169 – 177
Season 2
Name Episode NotesHoney J (HOLYBANG) 1 – 2Kim Yong-jun (SG Wannabe) 3 – 4colspan=3 Kim Ji-min 8 – 9colspan=3
Episodes Season 1
Year Number ofEpisodes Broadcast Date First aired Last aired20163216 April 201617 December 20162017427 January 20172 December 20172018486 January 201829 December 20182019485 January 201920 December 2019202073 January 20203 April 2020Total177
Team Green Team Red
2016
EpisodesBroadcast DateThemeDestinationTrip Planner(s)Trip NameBudgetWinnerNotes116 April 2016One Day Trip You Want to Leave for Now Taebaek (Gangwon-do)Super Junior (Leeteuk & Henry)Descendants of Taebaek₩187,400Seoul TeamSeoulDoojoon (Highlight) & Seol Min-seokTaste & History Road₩82,300223 April 20161 Night, 2 Days Trip On Lowest BudgetOsaka (Japan)EXID (Hani & Solji)Dasoni Tour₩180,626Osaka Team330 April 2016Jeju IslandLee Jae-hoon (Cool) & Shim Hyung-takEternal Grand Place₩140,00047 May 2016Seoul Snack Trip Tteok-bokki tourApink (Eunji & Bomi)Don't Ask Just Eat Tour—Bread Team Bread tourPark Ji-yoon & Lee Won-il Good Bread Tour514 May 2016Classics from 80's and 90's Japanese Cartoons TourHaha, Hyun Joo-yup & Kim Seung-hyunSlamdunk Tour₩233,580Japan Team621 May 2016 Chinese Movies TourHong Seok-cheon & Bong Man-dae Hong Kong Movie Tour₩524,900728 May 2016Just Men. Just Women. 2 days, 3 nights SingaporeLee Sang-min & Kim Il-jungReturn to Sing Tour₩415,000Singapore Team84 June 2016 Vladivostok (Russia)Kim Ok-vin & Kim Hyun-sook Girls' 3-day trip to Vladivostok₩270,000911 June 2016A Bonus Book of Travel Locations Pattaya (Thailand)Kim Min-kyo, Im Hyung-joon & Lee Jong-hyuk"Where Are You Going Friend" Trip ₩330,000Pattaya Team 1018 June 2016 Macau (China)Jonghyun (CNBLUE), Jung Joon-young & Choi Tae-joonReal Men's Tour₩383,0001125 June 2016Overseas Tripwith a Budget of ₩990,000 Nagasaki (Japan)Uhm Hyun-kyung & Choi Yoon-young 3 Go Tour₩854,000Nagasaki Team122 July 2016 Shanghai (China)I.O.I (Jeon So-mi & Zhou Jieqiong)Dangerous Couple's Shanghai Romance₩625,000139 July 20161 Night, 2 Days Domestic Tripwith a Budget of ₩600,000 BusanTony An (H.O.T.) & Kim Jae-duck (Sechs Kies)Big Brother Tour₩431,500Busan Team Gangwon-doLee Guk-joo & Ahn Young-mi Welcome to Gangwon-do₩578,0001416 July 2016Tourist Spot vs Relaxing Spot Tokyo (Japan)Defconn (Hyungdon and Daejun) & San E Show Me the Tokyo₩758,000Saipan Team1523 July 2016 SaipanLee Jae-hoon (Cool), Ye Jung-hwa & Muzie"Win By Day and Night" Tour₩984,0001630 July 20161 Night, 2 Days in Taiwan TaiwanKim Jong-min (Koyote) & Ji Sang-ryeol Old Boy Tour₩228,000BtoB Team TaiwanBtoB (Sungjae, Eunkwang & Hyunsik)Ttuittui Ppangppang Tour₩205,500No new episode between 6 August and 20 August 2016 due to Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics 1727 August 2016MC Special: Fall Trip Abroad Beijing (China)Lee Hwi-jae, Jo Se-ho & Nam Chang-heeBeijing Theater—Tokyo Team183 September 2016 Tokyo (Japan)Sung Si-kyung & Moon Chun-sikTrip for the Ladies1910 September 2016Enjoy the Trip Like Locals PhilippinesSandara Park (2NE1) & Kang Seung-hyunDara Tour₩230,000Vietnam Team 2024 September 2016 VietnamKim Tae-hoon & Jo Seung-yeonCEO Kim, Secretary Jo₩199,000211 October 2016Unique Destination Part 1BusanSeo Kyung-duk & Yoo Jae-hwanAn Island Thing Tour——228 October 2016Unique Destination Part 2SeoulSam Hammington & Sam OkyereTwo Sam Tour2315 October 2016MC Special: Fall Trip in Korea Jeolla ProvinceKim Sook & Park So-hyunSookSo Tour—Jeolla Team2422 October 2016 Gyeongsang ProvinceHwang Kwanghee (ZE:A) & San E'Meet. Meat' Tour2529 October 2016 North vs South Region of Thailand Chiang Mai (North Thailand)Seo In-young & Lee Ji-hyeGirl Crush Tour₩260,000Krabi Team265 November 2016 Krabi (South Thailand)H.O.T. (Tony An & Kangta) & Lee Jin-hoHot Thai Ho₩250,0002712 November 20162 Destinations with 1 Plane Ticket (Part 1) Dubai (UAE)Seo Hyo-rim & Lee Chung-ah Dubaitaly Tour—Dubai Team2819 November 2016 London (England, UK)Lee Kyu-han & Kim Ki-bangB.B Tour2926 November 2016 Czech RepublicLee Kyu-han & Kim Ki-bangB.B Tour—Czech Republic Team303 December 2016 Southern ItalySeo Hyo-rim & Lee Chung-ah Dubaitaly Tour3110 December 2016Undiscovered Destinations Kagoshima (Kyushu, Japan)Kim Ji-min & Kim Min-kyungJiminkyoung Tour₩438,000Kagoshima Team3217 December 2016 Guilin (Guangxi, China)Park Sung-kwang & Heo Kyung-hwan River Mountain Tour₩310,000No new episode on 24 December and 31 December 2016 due to 2016 KBS Entertainment Awards and 2016 KBS Drama Awards Live Telecast
2017