Idol on Quiz () is a South Korean quiz variety television program that aired on KBS2. It often features a combination of native Korean and global idols from various groups as guests.
On November 6, 2020, it was confirmed that Jung Hyung-don will step down from the show after the episode on November 21 due to his hiatus. Kim Jong-min, originally a fixed guest of the show, will temporarily replace Jung as the co-host alongside Jang Sung-kyu. It was reported that the last recordings for the show were completed on November 11, and the show concluded on December 5.
Airtime Air dateAirtime July 30 – September 28, 2020 Mondays at 8:30 PM KST October 10 – December 5, 2020 Saturdays at 11:30 AM KST
Cast Hosts Name Episode Jang Sung-kyu 1–20 Kim Jong-min (Koyote) 19–20 Jung Hyung-don 1–18
Senior-dols Name Episode Fixed Guests Nichkhun (2PM) 7–20 Kangnam Yoon Bo-mi (Apink) 7–14 Kim Jong-min (Koyote) 7–18 Special Guests Inseong (SF9) 15–16 Yubin 17–20 Andy (Shinhwa) 19–20
Overview In each episode, guests are in two teams and three rounds of quizzes (two rounds from episode 7) are held. The team with more accumulated points wins, and the prize money will be donated, under the winning team's names, to the bursary (provided by King Sejong Institute) which helps people outside South Korea studying the Korean language and the Korean culture.
Quizzes Quiz NameDescriptionIdol Exploding Also simply known as "Choose One of Two" Each team chooses a set of questions and one member will answer a question by choosing one option out of two given, by cutting either the yellow or blue wire representing the options The process goes on until a member answered his/her question wrongly. The team will end their round and the bombs will explode Each correct answer gets 10 marks for the team Each team will attempt two sets of questions In the final part of the game, the MCs will each go for double of their respective teams' points for this round when the question is correctly answered As Game 1 from episode 5 onwardIdol Leaning Back Also simply known as "Choose One of Three" Both teams will send one member to answer a question that consists of three choices (one correct answer and two wrong answers) Both members will choose an answer by sitting on either the red, yellow or blue chair, but both cannot choose the same chair If one member gets the correct answer, he/she will get 20 points for the team, and will continue to answer the next question If one or both members picked the wrong answer(s), they will be punished by having the chair(s) leaned back, and will be eliminated The game ends when one team has all their members eliminated As Game 2 from episode 7 onwardDance Recipe Five levels of detailed, step-by-step descriptions of the dance are said out At any level, one contestant can attempt to answer the correct song title, its singer and do the dance move Originally between Games 2 and 3, currently as pre-Game 1, for the teams to fight for the right to choose the MC firstIdol Above Consonants Survival consonants quiz (normal terms version or song lyrics version) When only 2 contestants are left, they will each say out a term until one contestant cannot say out a term or said a wrong term - the contestant that didn't wins the battle 8 contestants → 6 → 4 → 3 → 2 → 1 final winner As Game 2 for episodes 1-6, before being replaced by Idol Leaning Back Returned as pre-Game 2, for the teams to fight for the right to start Game 2 firstIdol Above Speed Limited time 20-question speed quiz with the hosts, quiz ends when the character is caught up (or when all 20 questions are successfully answered) When explaining to a member who doesn't know the answer, the team can pass the member and let the next member attempt to answer Best of three rounds 1st round: MCs explaining to their respective teams 2nd (and 3rd) round: One member of the team explaining to the rest of the team's members, and only one MC chance can be used As Game 1 for episodes 1-4, before being replaced by Idol Exploding Returned as pre-Game 2, for the teams to fight for the right to start Game 2 firstIdol Above Correct Answers Find the correct keywords Only one challenger from each team will represent their teams for this round If the challenger from one team does not choose the wrong keyword throughout the game, the team's total points earned from the round would be doubled As Game 3 for episodes 1-6
Episodes In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in and the lowest rating for the show will be in .
2020 BroadcastDate Guest(s) Winning Team(Final Score) Ratings (Nielsen Korea)(Nationwide)Led by Jang Sung-kyuLed by Jung Hyung-don1July 20Good BoysSeventeen (Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, DK)Oath of the Peach GardenSeventeen (The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, Dino)Good Boys(350:210)1.6%2July 27PentaBBtoB (Seo Eun-kwang, Peniel), Pentagon (Yuto, Kino)Cube GirlCLC (Sorn, Jang Ye-eun), (G)I-DLE (Soojin, Yuqi)No Winner(150:150)1.3%3August 3Stray Kids (Bang Chan, Lee Know, Hyunjin, Felix)The Boyz (Jacob, Juyeon, Kevin, New)Stray Kids(180:80)4August 10Oh My Girl (Hyojung, Mimi, Seunghee, Binnie)GFriend (Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, Umji)Oh My Girl(130:80)1.7%5August 17Eunji TeamApink (Jung Eun-ji, Kim Nam-joo), Weeekly (Lee Soo-jin, Jihan)Bomi TeamApink (Yoon Bo-mi, Oh Ha-young), Victon (Choi Byung-chan, Jung Su-bin)Bomi Team(250:250)1.3%6August 24April (Kim Chae-won, Lee Na-eun, Rachel, Lee Jin-sol)Lovelyz (Lee Mi-joo, Kei, Ryu Su-jeong, Jeong Ye-in)April(180:120)1.4%7August 31Monsta X (Shownu, Minhyuk, Kihyun, Joohoney)Whitening (Senior-dols)Monsta X(100:50)1.1%8September 7 Red Dragon (Senior-dols)SF9 (Inseong, Jaeyoon, Hwiyoung, Chani)Red Dragon(120:20)9September 14Andy & Teen TopAndy (Shinhwa), Teen Top (Niel, Ricky, Changjo)Senior-dolsAndy & Teen Top(120:100)1.4%10September 21 Senior-dolsPink Idol SquadHa Sung-woon, Jeong Se-woon, UP10TION (Lee Jin-hyuk, Kim Woo-seok)Senior-dols(50:40)1.6%11September 28Trot-dolsPark Hyun-bin, Ryu Ji-kwang, Roh Ji-hoon, Hwang Yun-sung (Romeo)Trot-dols(80:100)12October 10Annou-dolsJo Woo-jong, Kim Il-joong, Lee Ji-ae, Oh Jeong-yeon Senior-dolsSenior-dols(50:70)1.4%13October 17Innocent-dolsShin Ji (Koyote), Yubin, Kim Nam-joo (Apink), Solji (EXID)Innocent-dols(60:40)1.2%14October 24 Senior-dolsAB6IXAB6IX(50:60)1.3%15October 31IZ*ONE (Sakura Miyawaki, Choi Ye-na, An Yu-jin, Jang Won-young)IZ*ONE(20:40)1.2%16November 7Twice (Momo, Sana, Dahyun, Tzuyu)Senior-dols(50:30)1.2%17November 14MamamooSenior-dolsMamamoo(110:0)1.2%18November 21Senior-dolsNCT (Doyoung, Jungwoo, Haechan, Chenle)Senior-dols(80:60)1.1% BroadcastDate Guest(s) Winning Team(Final Score) Ratings (Nielsen Korea)(Nationwide)Led by Jang Sung-kyuLed by Kim Jong-min19November 28 Senior-dolsJunior-dolsWeki Meki (Choi Yoo-jung, Kim Do-yeon), fromis 9 (Jang Gyu-ri, Roh Ji-sun)Junior-dols(40:120)1.4%20December 5Got7 (Jackson, Jinyoung, BamBam, Yugyeom)Senior-dols(80:30)1.2%
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