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| A teaser image of tvN's variety show "Earth Arcade 2" / Courtesy of tvN |
By Lee Gyu-lee
The second season of star producer Na Young-seok's variety show "Earth Arcade," took off successfully on Friday, after a much-anticipated wait since its first season last year.
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| A poster for tvN's variety show "Earth Arcade 2" / Courtesy of tvN |
The warriors are given a mission to catch the "moon rabbit," which has run away. The celebrity team attempts to catch it through a series of games.
The first season, which aired last June, took the four "warriors" around Thailand to play different games for the mission while experiencing the country's vacation spots. For the new season, the cast members will be visiting two places, Finland, and Bali, Indonesia.
Friday's episode, which kicked off with a 3.5 percent viewership rating, showed the members meeting in Korea. It started with a game to choose a character from any Korean drama in order to dress up as during their overseas trip, before heading to Finland.
Each celebrity dressed as a famous K-drama character and then played a series of games for the chance to taste authentic Finnish food.
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| Scenes from the first episode of "Earth Arcade 2" / Courtesy of tvN |
The show's production team revealed that the new season will have K-drama as an additional concept in its fictional universe.
"Whereas in Season 1, they dressed in Y2K clothing (the year 2000) as the concept, Lee Eun-ji, Mimi, Lee Young-ji and Ahn You-jin will enter into a new K-drama Kingdom universe for even more fun," the team said in the press release.
"Like Finland is a frozen kingdom, Korea is a drama kingdom. So the members will turn into characters from dramas related to kings or royal families, like 'Coffee Prince,' 'SKY Castle,' 'Boys Over Flowers' and 'Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.'"
They hinted that there will even more fun due to the chemistry between cast members and the production team, as well as the games.
"As good as the chemistry between the four was, there's also a discord that springs from their relationship with the production team, which will be one of (the show's) key points to watch," they said. "'Earth Arcade 2' crosses cold and hot from Finland to Bali, playing different games. The four who drew huge laughs with beyond imaginable wrong answers during the games will have a series of even more wildly wrong answers."
Ahn shared her excitement for the new season through her agency, Starship Entertainment.
"Thanks to the attention and love from a lot of people, we were able to return with Season 2," she said. "We had even more fun with such good people with Season 2, as we did for the first season. I hope the viewers can also enjoy the bright spirit we've had on the set and I ask for much love and support (for the show)."
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