Variety Show Appearances
IMPORTANT!!! I have moved to Korea since I created this blog, and I have discovered that many videos – especially ones that are uploaded by fans with English subs – have been blocked on Korean YouTube and other websites. So unfortunately, I cannot watch most of these videos or verify the links anymore. This also means I cannot add as many videos as before because they simply are not available in my region. I’m sorry if you click on something and it’s no longer there, but there’s not really any way for me to check! – Katherine
NOTE: Yuqi is a member of Keep Running, the Chinese version of Running Man. But I haven’t put any clips here because I can’t find any subbed ones.
Learn Way
Learn Way
(런웨이)
Kakao TV/1theK
2020-present
20+ episodes
Yuqi’s variety show where she attempts to learn different things in all different kinds of subjects and fields. For a detailed breakdown of each episode, you can go to the Wikipedia page here.
This is a playlist of the episodes that aired on 1theK’s YouTube channel. Some of them might be blocked depending on your country. (About half of them aren’t available on mine.)
2020
King of Masked Singer
(미스터리 음악쇼 복면가왕)
MBC
2020
Episode 279
A singing competition show similar to The Voice (in that you don’t initially know who’s performing). Contestants perform head to head in three elimination rounds, but their identities are hidden by elaborate masks and costumes. Thus, the panelists may only judge the winner based on his or her voice.
Knowing Brothers
Also known as Ask Us Anything and Men on a Mission
(아는 형님)
JTBC
2020
Episode 253 (with Miyeon)
A popular variety show featuring a fixed cast of well-known comedians and variety stars. It’s known for its “high school” classroom setting and promoted use of informal language. Celebrity guests come as “transfer students” and tell stories about themselves to get to know the cast better. Sometimes there are also other segments that feature missions or games.
This episode was a girl group special – Miyeon and Yuqi appeared with Jisoo and Mijoo (Lovelyz), Eunha and Umji (GFriend), Naeun and Chaekhyung (April), Soobin and Dayoung (Cosmic Girls), JooE and Nancy (Momoland), and Yoojung and Doyeon (Weki Meki). Most of the clips on YouTube aren’t subbed, but this one of Yuqi winning a situp contest is fairly easy to understand even without subtitles.
This is unsubbed (I can never find subbed Running Man stuff), but it’s a video of highlights from the episode.
Running Man
(런닝맨)
SBS
2020
Episode 513
A popular and long-running variety show featuring a fixed cast who completes missions with various guests during themed episodes. Yuqi appeared with Kim Dongjun, Mijoo (Lovelyz), Doyeon (Weki Meki), and Wonyoung (IZ*ONE).
The First Date
(오늘부터 1일♥)
1theK
2020
Cosmic Girls’ Yeoreum, who is friends with Yuqi, introduces her to her group member Exy and has them try to build a friendship.
Part 1
Part 3
Part 2
Part 4
Knowing Brothers
Also known as Ask Us Anything and Men on a Mission
(아는 형님)
JTBC
2020
Episode 213 (with Soojin and Shuhua)
A popular variety show featuring a fixed cast of well-known comedians and variety stars. It’s known for its “high school” classroom setting and promoted use of informal language. Celebrity guests come as “transfer students” and tell stories about themselves to get to know the cast better. Sometimes there are also other segments that feature missions or games.
This is not a typical guest appearance on Knowing Brothers; it’s a special segment that’s modeled after a “counseling session.” I don’t actually know what happens because there aren’t subtitles, but this video is of the girls doing a cover dance battle with the “counselors.”
2019
Unlike most SBS content, this clip is subbed! It’s of Yuqi catching mudfish with her bare hands.
Law of the Jungle
(정글의 법칙)
SBS
2019
Episodes 378-380, 382
Season: Myanmar and Meik
A show similar to the American reality show Survivor, but without an elimination system. Celebrities (idols, actors, comedians) go to remote and secluded areas of the world, learning to survive in the wilderness through tasks like hunting for food and making shelters.
2018
Knowing Brothers
Also known as Ask Us Anything and Men on a Mission
(아는 형님)
JTBC
Year
Episode
A popular variety show featuring a fixed cast of well-known comedians and variety stars. It’s known for its “high school” classroom setting and promoted use of informal language. Celebrity guests come as “transfer students” and tell stories about themselves to get to know the cast better. Sometimes there are also other segments that feature missions or games.
Yuqi appeared on a foreign idols special with Park Joon Young, BamBam (GOT7), and Lucas (NCT).
Pictorials/Interviews
Marie Claire Korea with Soyeon
January 2021
Other photos and translation of interview highlights here.
1st Look Korea
November 2020
A photoshoot with Yuqi and her close friend Yeoreum from Cosmic Girls. Other photos and translation of interview highlights here.
SOURCES: YouTube, Cube Entertainment, 1st Look Korea, 1theK, JTBC, Kakao TV, KBS, Marie Claire Korea, MBC, SBS, Soompi (1) (2), Wikipedia* (1)
*I looked at Yuqi’s Wikipedia page to double check her songwriting credits, but I also looked at the (G)I-DLE albums I own.
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