SBS Room Mate (룸메이트) craze continues...

First season of Roommate.

The new variety program of SBS Roommate (룸메이트) hits the TV screens in South Korea and also online streaming media. To me it seems like a friendly Big-Brother program reality show but a more close knitted and no sexual contents in this program. The program PD invites a range of people to stay together in a big house in Seoul.

Dong Wook, Min Woo, Kang Jun, Shin, Chan Yeol & Se Ho

The room mates consists of the handsome actor Lee Dong Wook and comedian Jo Se Ho in room 5, singer EXO group member Park Chan Yeol and singer/actor Shin Sung Woo in Room 4, actress Hong Soo Hyun and After School member Nana in Room 3, supermodel/radio DJ Lee So Ra, martial artist Song Ga Yeon and group 2NE1 member Park Bom in Room 1 and lastly the pretty boy actors Seo Kang Jun and Park Min Woo in downstairs Room 2. 

This mix of singers, actors, comedians, radio DJ, MMA fighter who have little reality and variety program experience is expected to create new undiscovered characters and laughter. 

On July 24 2014, it was said Park Bom has not participated in recordings due to her amphetamine scandal and has officially left the program, with her final episode airing on July 27. Bye Boomie...will miss her a lot. I am sorry, I am not a girl group fans so I won't be adding much of the ladies group photos in this blog. I can't help but to see how Shin Sung Woo turns into a Chef Shin or Mama Shin as he cooks well and looks after the group. The baby room mate Ga Yeon is only 21 and tries hard to help out as she never appeared in variety program. With his recent hit drama Sly & Single, new actor Kang Jun is cute as he is with his big eyes and looks attracting the ladies in the house. And as usual Lee Dong Wook the most handsome room mate of all is the 2nd big brother in the house even though half of the program he's missing due to his busy drama schedules. EXO Chan Yeol is the teddy bear of the group very polite and Mama Shin feeds him whenever he's back from his music programs. 

There have been numerous guests who turned up at the house including Se Ho's parents, Kang Jun's Suprise members, actor Lee Duk Hwa and EXO member Baek Hyun. Ever since the 100th day Roommate, they went on separate group trips to Taiwand & Japan. We wish them good luck and stay tune for more updates!

Roommate Season 2 has started with the departure of previous members. New roommate members include G.O.D leader Park Jun Hyung, GOT7 member Jackson, Girl's Generation Sunny, KARA's Young Ji, Japanese actor Otani Ryohei, and 2 other elder ladies whom I don't know at all. They are either gag women or some elder artists. Remaining members of first season are Dong Wook, Se Ho, Kang Jun, Min Woo and Nana. The first episode was funny with Jun Hyung being loud and talkative as usual conversing non stop in English with Jackson since they are from the same JYP Group. Ryohei the only Jap is adorable as he shares the same room with Jun Hyung who snores a lot in his sleep. Poor guy! Jackson's new roommate is Kang Jun meanwhile Dong Wook, Se Ho and Min Woo shares the same room.