Weekly Idol (주간 아이돌)

Hello. I'm a host of Weekly Idol, Kwang Hee.

I'm Eunhyuk, a host of Weekly Idol.

- Kwang Hee. - Yes.

The smell of fresh sprouts.

Do you smell it?

- What? I only smell cement. - Cement?

- Try to feel it. - I can't.

The smell.

It's winter now. Why do you smell fallen leaves?

Not fallen leaves. Sprouts.

- I smell fresh sprouts. - Do you?

They're officially making their debut tomorrow.

We have these baby idol bands who came to Weekly Idol.

- That smell! - That fresh smell.

- I can smell their freshness. - Right.

- Let's meet the owner of the smell. - Good!

Come on out, BAE173!

It was them!

- They smell like babies. - It was their smell.

- Hello. - Hello.

- The smell of sprouts. - Oh, my.

(BAE173 is an all-around baby idol band.)

Before anyone else! Hello, we're BAE173.

- They bowed at the same angle. - Yes. Did you see the angle?

- He has a beautiful name. - I know.

- Thank you. - Your name is Bit.

- It means "light," right? - That's right.

I'm glad it's not "debt."

- I was worried it was. - No way.

- Become the light in K-pop. - Okay.

Right.

As I told you earlier,

their debut song will be released tomorrow.

Right? What brings you to Weekly Idol earlier on?

- We came for Weekly Idol... - Yes.

and to let our fans know about the song.

You mean you made a debut to be on Weekly Idol?

- Yes. - That's close.

- Dohyon said yes. - You're right.

- You can see it that way. - You wouldn't have debuted...

without this show?

No.

- There was a short pause. - There was.

- Thank you anyway, Dohyon. - Yes. Thanks for saying that.

What do BAE and 173 mean...

- in your band name? - Is that your average height?

- No. - A lot of people think so.

First, BAE is shortened...

from "Before anyone else."

It means we will approach the public...

- before anyone else. - I see.

The number 173 is 1 and 73 combined.

One is a lucky number...

and 73 is a perfect number mathematically.

(Why is 1 a lucky number and 73 a perfect number?)

- I'll skip this exam. - Me too.

That's how it becomes BAE173.

The more I hear it, the more I want to know about them.

I know. They seem smart.

- The nine of us are all smart. - Really?

Let's find out as we shoot.

I'm getting more curious about what your debut song is.

Why don't you tell us about the debut song?

Our debut song is "Crush on U."

In the song, the nine of us haven't been in love...

and we bluff saying we don't believe in love.

But then we meet someone like fate...

and we keep falling for her.

"Crush on U."

That's a good name for a debut song.

- Singers go like their song titles. - Right.

A lot of fans will have a crush on your song, "Crush on U."

It's too early to judge.

Are they a promising K-pop band?

Let's find out based on their performance.

Will the viewers and we fall for them?

- BAE173's performance starts now! - It starts now!

("Crush on U" by BAE173 is revealed for the first time!)

When you're a rookie singer,

you need your own charm to get people...

- to recognize you. - Right.

Let me tell you where I come from.

I used to be a dazzling gemlike good-looker.

You said that yourself.

- I also made a song with it. - What song?

(The title is "Dazzling Gemlike Good-looker, Lee Hyuk Jae.")

Say my name.

- Where are you from? - I'm from a four-story building.

- Does your father live there? - I was born there.

- Let's tell them about the segment. - Good.

We will let the viewers know clearly...

about each member's charms.

- That's why we invented this. - What segment is it?

- "Fall for Me or Not Bingo." - "Fall for Me or Not Bingo."

Let me brief you about the rules.

There are a lot of ways to show your charms...

written on the bingo card.

Cross two straight lines off to win.

We, the two hosts of Weekly Idol will be the judges...

to make an unbiased decision.

There's one more thing to remember.

Some tiles tell you to have a match with the hosts.

We don't go easy on junior singers.

We don't if we're confident about some games.

We're just competitors on the field.

That's okay.

Which tile do you want to try?

- How about the lucky number, 7? - The lucky number, 7?

Okay. Seven.

(They picked the lucky number, seven.)

Act in a dialect.

It's "Act in a dialect."

I wrote that down.

- Do you want to try, Muzin? - Okay.

Let me keep it short.

Okay.

(Muzin is a bad guy in an alley in Masan.)

Hey, do you know who I am?

Do you know me?

Do you want to go?

Good job!

Well.

"Hey! Do you want to go?"

- He wasn't so confident. - He seemed nervous.

I think I can do better.

(The youngest member challenges him.)

Really?

Do you want to try with the same line?

Dohyon just said he can do it well.

I've seen them talking in dialects.

I speak standard Korean,

- but I started to talk like them. - It affected you.

- You learned it. - Yes.

Let me show you the real bad guy.

"The real bad guy."

- Sure. - He will show us.

Ready, action.

Hey, who are you?

Do you know who I am?

(He's not from Gyeongsang Province for sure.)

Do you want to go?

You practiced it, right?

That was good.

I don't know what it was.

- But I felt some vibes. - Yes.

Muzin sounded natural,

but Dohyon sounded flat.

- You're fearless. - Right.

Good. "Act in a dialect" is a success.

- Good! - Good job.

- Thanks to Dohyon. - Yes.

- Which tile? - Do you want to discuss it?

- Dohyon, why don't you pick one? - Let me do it.

Where?

- Hey. - Do you want to go?

- "Ha." - "Ha"?

- "Ha." - "Ha."

Can you handle it?

- Ha. - Okay.

Okay. Try it.

You'll compete with Kwang Hee.

- Who's the most flexible? - I'm quite flexible.

- J-Min and Hangyul? - Hangyul, you too?

I took a peek when he filled out his profile.

I thought I'd be better than him.

If J-Min doesn't do well, you can try it, Hangyul.

If you have back pain, I'll play it for you.

- Good. - Okay!

- Hangyul, I will remember you. - Thank you.

- Let's start from one meter. - One meter.

Kwang Hee is as thin as a piece of paper.

- I can do it. Here I go. - Kwang Hee!

There's a trick.

You can do it!

Keep going.

- You're almost there. - He's almost there.

Kwang Hee!

Is this over? Really?

I'm sorry.

- Wait. Let me see. - I embarrassed myself around you.

Let's see how J-Min does it.

If he makes it, Hangyul will fill in for us.

- Hangyul is not on our team? - No.

It'd be more fun to fail one game.

He'll be on the hosts' team for today.

Go.

Oh, my!

- He made it so easily. - He's good.

Really.

It's so difficult.

- Hangyul, can you play it for me? - Leave it to Hangyul.

- Hold it for me. - Okay.

- He's so good. It's really hard. - I know.

- Was it really hard? - It was!

- Good luck, Hangyul. - I can easily make it.

Good.

How tall are you, J-Min and Hangyul?

I'm about 180 cm.