The Call () is a music variety game show, originally airing on Mnet and simulcasted on tvN each Friday night, starting from May 4, 2018.
The show was created by South Korean television producer Lee Seon-young, who also created I Can See Your Voice, and focuses on getting Korean artists from various genres to collaborate in producing a new song.
The last episode of season 1 was aired on June 29, 2018, with a special episode airing on July 6, 2018.
The airing of season 2 started from July 5, 2019.
Season 1
Cast MCs Lee Sang-min Yoo Se-yoon
1st line up Shin Seung-hun Kim Jong-kook (Turbo) Kim Bum-soo Wheesung
2nd line up Hwang Chi-yeul Taeil (Block B) Ailee Bewhy Kim Chung-ha
3rd line up Hwanhee Gummy
Crush
4th line up Jung-in Taemin (Shinee) Loco & Gray Suran Eddy Kim
Groups In the "Love Call" at the project's beginning, a new group is formed if there is a "two-way call" between an initial group and an additional singer. After this part, - If there is still an unestablished group (because of "one-way call" or "no call" between them), they will be forced to become a new group with the remaining additional singer. - If there are still more than two groups, they have to re-group with the remaining additional singers in the "Last Call" just after that, with the same method as the "Love Call". After the collaborative stages, the audiences will pick a team as "Best Couple" based on their performance. The audiences will also pick a "Team You Want to See Again" (only appeared in the first project) which will directly become a new group for the next project without having to participate in the "Last Call". Other singers have to participate in the "Last Call" to form the new groups for the next project. – Best Couple (picked by the audiences)
Episode # Project # Initial group Additional singer Grouping before the main performance Performance team Grouping after the main performance References"Love Call" "Last Call" "Team You Want to See Again" "Last Call"1–2 1 Shin Seung-hun Hwang Chi-yeul, Taeil, Ailee, BewhY Shin Seung-hun, Ailee rowspan="4" Shin Seung-hun & Ailee Shin Seung-hun & BewhY Kim Jong-kook & Hwang Chi-yeulWheesung & TaeilKim Bum-soo & Ailee Kim Jong-kook Kim Jong-kook, Taeil Kim Jong-kook & Taeil Kim Bum-soo Kim Bum-soo, BewhY Kim Bum-soo & BewhY Wheesung Wheesung, Hwang Chi-yeul Wheesung & Hwang Chi-yeul3 2 Shin Seung-hun, BewhY Chungha rowspan="3" colspan="2" Shin Seung-hun & BewhY rowspan="4" Shin Seung-hun & BewhYKim Bum-soo & TaeilWheesung & AileeKim Jong-kook & Hwang Chi-yeul Kim Jong-kook, Hwang Chi-yeul Kim Jong-kook & Hwang Chi-yeul Kim Bum-soo, Ailee Kim Bum-soo & Ailee Wheesung, Taeil Wheesung, Taeil, Chungha Wheesung & Taeil & Chungha4–5 3 Shin Seung-hun, BewhY Hwanhee, Gummy, UV, Crush Shin Seung-hun, BewhY, Crush rowspan="2" Bewhy & Crush rowspan="4" colspan="2" Kim Jong-kook, Hwang Chi-yeul Kim Jong-kook, Hwang Chi-yeul, UV Kim Jong-kook & UV Kim Bum-soo, Taeil rowspan="2" Kim Bum-soo, Taeil, Hwanhee Hwanhee & Taeil Wheesung, Ailee Wheesung, Ailee, Gummy Gummy & Ailee6–7 4Shin Seung-hun, BewhY, Crush Jung-in, Taemin, Loco & Gray, Suran, Eddy Kim Shin Seung-hun, BewhY, Crush, Taemin, Eddy Kim rowspan="5" BewhY & Taemin rowspan="5" colspan="2" Shin Seung-hun & Eddy Kim Kim Jong-kook, Hwang Chi-yeul, UV Kim Jong-kook, Hwang Chi-yeul, UV, Loco & Gray Kim Jong-kook & Hwang Chi-yeul & UV & Loco & Gray Kim Bum-soo, Taeil, Hwanhee Kim Bum-soo, Taeil, Hwanhee, Suran Kim Bum-soo & Suran Wheesung, Gummy, Ailee Wheesung, Gummy, Ailee, Jung-in Gummy & Ailee & Jung-in8 5(Final)Loco & Gray & Suran & Eddy Kim rowspan="6" colspan="2" Jung-in & GummyUV & TaeminTaeil & Ailee & BewhYWheesung & HwanheeThe Call artists
Projects Project # Broadcast date(Project album's release date) Project Theme Stage # Team Song ReferencesTitle Lyrics Music Arranger1May 11, 2018(May 12, 2018) Answer or Another Story(답가 또는 Another Story) 1 Be Bomb(Kim Bum-soo & BewhY) "I Will Be" Kim Bum-soo, BewhY , Kim Bum-soo, BewhY Joker 2 Smilling(Wheesung & Hwang Chi-yeul) "Single Life" Wheesung (Realslow) Wheesung (Realslow), ANTIK, Chae Tae-sik 3 Voice for Men(Kim Jong-kook & Taeil) "Monologue"() EDEN EDEN, BUDDY 4 Voice to God(Shin Seung-hun & Ailee) "Fly Away" Kim Eana Shin Seung-hun, Jay Lee 2May 18, 2018(May 19, 2018) This Moment, This Song() 1 Ilee with Bumsoo(Kim Bum-soo & Ailee) "Fall Away" Postino, Kim Bum-soo, H.H Postino, Kim Bum-soo Postino 2 Blue-star-1(Wheesung & Taeil & Chungha) "Rainy Day" Wheesung (Realslow) PJT, Wheesung (Realslow) 3 Men's Spring(Kim Jong-kook & Hwang Chi-yeul) "Miracle of 1%"(1퍼센트의 기적이라) Oh Sung-hoon, Kim Jong-kook, Kim Sung-tae Oh Sung-hoon Oh Sung-hoon, Park Ga-young 4 ShinBe(Shin Seung-hun & BewhY) "Lullaby"() Kim Eana, BewhY Shin Seung-hun Shin Seung-hun, Jay Lee, Oviz 3June 8, 2018(June 9, 2018) Temperature of Love() 1 Alien in the Spiderweb(Gummy & Ailee) "Jealousy"() Duble Sidekick, Ailee, Chancellor Duble Sidekick, Ailee, Chancellor, WiiKEED WiiKEED 2 HwangTae(Hwanhee & Taeil) "Fever"() XYZ (UNFAIR, Shin Na-ra, Yang Hyun-mo, Baek Woo-bin) 3 Brushin'(BewhY & Crush) "0–100" Crush, BewhY 4 TouchU(Kim Jong-kook & UV) "Pull Up"() Muzie, Yoo Se-yoon, Kim Jong-kook Muzie, Yoo Se-yoon, Muzie, Yoo Joon-sung 4June 22, 2018(June 22, 2018) Retro() 1 SIH (Sisters in Hamony)(Jung-in & Gummy & Ailee) "Call My Name" Jeon Sang-hwan, Gummy, Ailee, B2J, Im Hyo-jin Jeon Sang-hwan, Oktavian, Melody Noel Hernandez, OMEGA Jeon Sang-hwan, JET Park 2 BewhY & Taemin "Pinocchio"() JQ, Kim Jin, Mola (Makeumine Works), BewhY, Taemin Bram Inscore, OMEGA, Felix Sandman, Victoria Zaro, Zac Poor Bram Inscore, OMEGA 3 TouchU Log in(Kim Jong-kook & Hwang Chi-yeul & UV & Loco & Gray) "All 2 U"() Loco, Gray, Jay Park Gray, Jay Park Gray, Band Workmanship 4 Shin Seung-hun & Eddy Kim "Super Star"() Kim Eana Shin Seung-hun, Jay Lee 5 Kim Bum-soo & Suran "Groggy"() Suran, Acserum Suran, Minje, Eastwest, Kim Bum-soo Suran, Eastwest 5(Final)June 29, 2018(June 30, 2018) rowspan="6" 1 Loco & Gray & Suran & Eddy Kim "Some More"() Loco, Gray, Suran, Eddy Kim Gray, Eddy Kim 2 Jung-in & Gummy "Hot Friend" Jeon Sang-hwan, B2J, Im Hyo-jin Jeon Sang-hwan, Oktavian, April Bender, Leyla Blue Jeon Sang-hwan, Oktavian 3 UV & Taemin "You Are My Standard"() Muzie, Yoo Se-yoon Muzie, Go Tae-young 4 Taeil & Ailee & BewhY "Duty Free" Ailee, Taeil, BewhY Famousbro, HYMAX, Seo Ji-eun, Ailee Famousbro, HYMAX, Seo Ji-eun 5 Wheesung & Hwanhee "MoonNight Blues" Wheesung (Realslow) Wheesung (Realslow), PJT 6 The Call artists "Remember" Kim Eana, BewhY Shin Seung-hun Jung Soo-min
Season 2
Cast MCs Yoon Jong-shin Yoon Min-soo (Vibe)
Soyou Kim Jong-kook (match-maker) 1st line up Tiger JK & Bizzy Noel Cheetah N.Flying 2nd line up Ha Dong-kyun Lyn Hwang Chi-yeul Kim Feel DinDin 3rd line up
Yubin Hangzoo (Rhythm Power) Hui (Pentagon)
Final line up Song Ga-in Baekho (NU'EST) Parc Jae-jung
Ratings In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
Season 1
Episode # Broadcast Date Mnet tvN AGB Ratings TNmS Ratings AGB Ratings TNmS Ratings 1 May 4, 2018 0.4% 1.854% 2 May 11, 2018 0.4% 3 May 18, 2018 0.5% 1.508% 1.6% 4 May 25, 2018 0.4% — June 1, 2018 A special episode was aired instead of a regular broadcast due to the funeral of Wheesung's father. 5 June 8, 2018 — 1.662% — 6 June 15, 2018 — 1.578% — 7 June 22, 2018 0.5% — 1.729% — 8 June 29, 2018 — 1.529% —
Season 2
Episode # Broadcast Date Mnet tvN AGB Ratings AGB Ratings AGB Ratings 1 July 5, 2019 0.4% 1.3% 1.637% 2 July 12, 2019 0.3% 1.0% 1.177% 3 July 26, 2019 0.5% 1.4% 1.363% 4 August 2, 2019 0.2% 1.4% 1.532% 5 August 9, 2019 0.3% 1.277% 1.742% 6 August 16, 2019 0.3% 1.1% — 7 August 23, 2019 0.3% 1.3% — 8 August 30, 2019 0.4% 1.619% 2.118% 9 September 6, 2019 0.8% 1.3% — 10 September 13, 2019 0.4% 1.4% —
References
External links (Season 1) on Mnet (Season 2) on Mnet