Friday, December 25, 2009

Episode 10: Christmas special
G7 Santas: Leaving gifts for Yoochiri children they've met on the show.
Guests: Seulong (2AM), actor Wang Jae Soo, Gag Concert's Heo Kyung Hwan, Onew (Shinee), Son Ho Young (G.O.D), comedian/actor (Park Hwi Soon). Hyomin: "Ho Young forever", Taewoo absent.
Yoochiri Christmas party: Couples choosing gift exchange, Shinyoung arrives late, wheelbarrow race, couples wine making, Shinyoung's "Obesity Rain" parody of "love Rain".
G7 songs: Genie (SNSD), Mister (Kara), Hot Issue (4minute), Bo Beep Bo Beep (T-ara), Love Rain (Kim Taewoo), Abracadabra (Brown Eyed Girls).

updated KBS link: episode 10 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5

Friday, December 18, 2009

Episode 9:
Yuri's yoga class (lion pose), hula hoop jumping contest (Sunhwa embarrassing moment).
Cow poop cleaning (Hyomin, Shinyoung); winterizing the garlic field (Narsha, Yuri, Hyuna, Hara, Sunhwa, Taewoo).
Firewood collecting (Taewoo, Hyuna, Sunhwa, Narsha, Yuri), Yuri-Taewoo-Sunhwa love line, woodchopping, enunciation game for black bean noodles delivered from town.
Making and selling steamed buns at market (Shinyoung, Sunny (arrives late), Hyomin, Hara); giving steamed buns to other vendors and to the shopkeepers they bartered with in Ep. 4; Christmas tree buying.
Quiz for hen ownership.
G7 songs: Love Rain (Kim Taewoo), Mister (Kara), I Want You Back (Secret).

updated KBS link: episode 9 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Episode 8:
Yuri's yoga class #2 (inside and with some village women).
First hen “Invincible” received (Sunny, Hyuna chase hens to choose one) and new hen house.
Visit from the vet #1 to look over the calf, now named Pureumi.
Tofu making from scratch (Yuri, Hyuna, Sunhwa, Narsha, Taewoo), Sunghwa tries to start “love line” with Taewo, Hyuna's silly puns, tofu volcano, soy water for Pureumi.
Steamed corn bun making from scratch (Sunny, Hyomin, Hara, Shinyoung), Hara's silly puns, wasabi corn bun for Taewoo.
Tofu-steamed bun taste contest. Two members of losing team has to grow bean sprouts at home.
G7 songs: Sign (Brown Eyed Girls). 

updated KBS link: episode 8 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Episode 7:
Hyunah absent.
G7 receives a calf to raise, cow manure cleaning, wrestling match, cow poop-stick game (Hara, Sunny, Hyomin, Shinyoung).
New TV delivery to Narsha's adopted grandmother. Taewoo and Chief Noh install it while Narsha, Yuri, Sunhwa take grandmother for a medical check-up. Yuri, Sunhwa "help" with the staff.
Stable building with help from villagers, but with difficulty removing the underground cistern (Sunny, Hyomin, Hara, Taewoo).
First farming experience: garlic field planting (Narsha, Sunhwa, Yuri, Taewoo) with help from villagers using the machines. Shovel pogo to choose who covers the garlic with straw.
First time trying to feed the unsure calf (initially named Hyegyo); quiz and butt wrestling to determine calf ownership.
Yuchiri Queen Service #2 (w/Hyuna): Taewoo, Hyuna, Sunhwa, Yuri help students with homework.
G7 songs: Bo Beep Bo Beep, Like the First Time (T-ara), Genie (SNSD), Love Rain (Kim Taewoo),

updated KBS link: episode 7 complete.
part one, part two, part three, part four, part five.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Friday, November 27, 2009

Episode 6:
Guest: Minho (SHINee).
Visit to Road Lee's house to help prepare fermented soybeans; Minho ideal type world cup; Shinyoung/Sunny's LeeSsang song parody about Hyomin/Sunhwa getting edited out; Hara's silly puns; Miss Fermented Soybean comedy contest.
Catching mudfish (Sunny, Hara, Minho), mudfish dinner at Road Lee's house.
Yuchiri Queen Service #1: Sunny, Hara, Hyomin take care of a baby.
G7 songs: What a Girl Wants, Muzik (4minute), TTL, Lies (T-ara), Gee, Genie (SNSD), Mister (Kara).

updated KBS link: episode 6 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Episode 5:
Yuri's yoga class (outside), splits contest, online nicknames revealed.
Kimchi making with village women (pretending to be G7 mothers/wives, teaching Hyomin variety show skills), Hyuna leaves early, men popularity contest, radish grating contest; older male hosts mind the village store.
Miss Yuchiri kimchi pageant, Hara's silly puns.
Contest for pork slices with snacks: each member of the teams have to sing a song with certain words in it (girl, love, a season), (but everyone shares). 
Delivering kimchi to older residents; grandfather from the north; grandson who trained with Taewoo in the army; Narsha's “adopted” grandmother (because Narsha pays special attention to her).
G7 songs: Muzik (4minute), Mister (Kara), Genie (SNSD), Abracadabra (Brown Eyed Girls).

updated KBS link: episode 5 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Episode 4: Market day.
Villagers repaired idol village's roof.
G7 personal item valuation contest; Hyomin's failed musical demonstration.
Popularity contest selling apples earned from previous episode.
Barter personal items with things they want from village shop owners.
Dinner with villagers using items obtained from bartering.
G7 songs: Abracadabra (Brown Eyed Girls), I Want You Back (Secret), Muzik (4minute), Lies (T-ara), Genie, Kissing You (SNSD), Love Rain (Kim Taewoo).

updated KBS link: episode 4 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009

Episode 3:
Continued from previous week's shoot:
Taewoo Ideal Type world cup; phone calls home (Sunhwa, Hyunah, Hyomin, Hara).
Taewoo, Shinyoung, Sunny family stories.

This week:
Opening reflections on the first broadcast (Sunhwa, Hyuna, Narsha, Shinyoung).
Apple farm work (Sunhwa, Narsha, Hyomin, Yuri, Shinyoung), apple peeling contest, apple picking, apple gag contest, Shinyoung sings Lee Jung Hyun's "Wa", cold noodle snack.
Housework (Hara, Hyuna, Sunny, Taewoo), improving latrine and fence, winterizing, clay pot burying contest (loser sent to town to buy ice cream, Hara borrows a kid's bicycle, Sunny aegyo for ice cream), start of Hara's silly puns.
G7 songs: Love Rain (Kim Taewoo), Gee, Genie, Kissing You (SNSD), Lies (T-ara), Mister (Kara), Hot Issue (4minute), I Want You Back (Secret).

updated KBS link: episode 3 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Friday, October 30, 2009

Episode 2:
Second episode arrival; confiscation of snacks and new farming clothes; Idol Village chief Noh's “Ideal type” world cup; general clean-up.
Meeting with oldest villager #1: performances to be marked or not to determine work duty; collecting gingko nuts (Narsha, Hyuna), pepper picking (Yuri, Shinyoung (+ Narsha)), pepper eating contest, Narsha pepper eating gag on Shinyoung, Pepper Lady contest, noodle snack (+Hyuna).
Hen house building and fence making (Taewoo, Sunny, Sunhwa, Hara, Hyomin), hammering and arm wrestling contests.
Pepper eating gag on Taewoo; barbecue dinner, phone calls home.
G7 songs: Lies (T-ara), Genie (SNSD), Love Rain (Kim Tae Woo).

updated KBS World link: episode 2 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Friday, October 23, 2009

Episode 1 (shot October 14, 2009):
Introductory wake-up call, drive to Idol Village.
Introductory talent show for villagers to decide teams to: pick beans (Narsha, Hyomin (+Sunny, Sunhwa, Shinyoung)) + snacks prepared by villagers; clean a hen house (Sunny, Sunhwa, Shinyoung) Sunny's chicken catching, Wanggu gives them their first chicken; or make a latrine (Hyuna, Yuri, Hara, Taewoo).
First dinner, first latrine use; phone calls home (Hyuna, Yuri).
G7 songs: Mister (Kara); Genie, Gee (SNSD); Muzik, Hot Issue (4minute); TTL, Lies (T-ara).

updated link: episode 1 complete.
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Saturday, September 26, 2009