The Korean Variety World is filled with a lot of creativity and
tends to innovate itself continually. For this post, I will talk about the
variety/reality “We Got Married”. This post is a follow up of one of my
previous post, “Did They Got Married?”. But this time I will talk to you about
their last season, their Fourth Season. I like most of the couples on this season,
a few where previously mentioned, but the ones that made a space on my agenda
are the following.
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1. Song Jae Rim and Kim
So Eun: Born on February 18 of 1985, Song Jae Rim is a model turned actor
who began his acting career on 2009 and is known for his characters on
"The Moon Embracing The Sun" (2012), "Two Weeks" (2013),
"Inspiring Generation" (2014), among other projects. But what really
gave him his fame was his appearance on "We Got Married" Season 4 on
2014 with fellow actress Kim So Eun. Kim So Eun was born on September 6 of
1989, but made her acting debut before Jae Rim, which makes her his senior
(seonbae) on the industry. Her acting career started with a small role on 2004,
until she got the part of Gum Jandi's best friend on the 2009 hit drama
"Boys Over Flowers", the one that marked a great impact on her career
and from which she is better known. Later she started on "A Good Day For The
Wind To Blow", "A Thousand Kisses", "Scholar Who Walks The
Night", among others. The role of Chu Ga Eul on "Boys Over
Flowers" and on another drama, gave her the opportunity of winning the
Best New Actress Award on the KBS Drama Awards of 2009. The first encounter
with Song Jae Rim was on a blind date, so both actors where on a dark room
before actually meeting each other, when they finally meet Kim So Eun had a
feeling of him been her husband but he didn’t know who she was. This first
meeting was very peculiar and gave us the greatest ground of how entertaining
they would be. Song Jae Rim's chessy lines and out-front expressions, as well
as his 4D personality, was what made us love every episode. They won Best
Couple, he won Best Male Newcomer, and she won New Star of The Year on the MBC
Entertainment Awards of 2014. Their virtual marriage lasted from September of
2014 to June of 2015. After almost a year and a half after the SoRim Couple
come together again for a drama, "Our Gap Soon". In this drama, from
the SBS channel, they portrayed a couple of 10 years, which gave us all the
feelings of their past work and did not disappoint us at all with their
incredible work. That is why both actors won Special Award Actor/ Actress in a
Serial Drama on the SBS Drama Awards of 2016.
2. Eric Nam and Solar: Eric was born and
raised in Atlanta, Georgia, the oldest of three brothers, graduated from the
Boston College in 2011 B.A. on International Studies with a minor on Asian
Studies, which later helped him get an incredible job as Business Analyst at
Deloitte Consulting in NY. After stablishing himself with a job in NY, then he
ventured on his passion, music. He signed with B2M Entertainment on 2012, on
2013 he released his first mini album titled Cloud 9. He was better known for
his work as a MC, correspondent of the entertainment show “Section TV”, and a
great number of variety show appearance. He later left his job as correspondent
and focused more in music, on December of 2015 he signed with CJE & M, later
he appeared on the reality show “I Live Alone”, where he showed his everyday
life with the audience. On the other hand, we have the wife of the show, Kim
Yong Sun aka Solar. Born on February 21st of 1991, Solar is the
leader and main vocalist of MAMAMOO, signed under Rainbow Bridge World. She
debuted on June of 2014 with the track “Mr. Ambiguous”, considered as one of
the best K-Pop debuts of 2014, Retro-Jazz-R&B concept with strong vocals is
what makes the group one of a kind. Solar also ventured on the acting world
with a part on the minidrama “Imaginary Cat” with actor Yoo Seung Ho, where she
portrayed his first love. On April of 2016 both joined the virtual marriage,
where their first encounter was on a Scape Room, where Eric had to help Solar
scape without knowing who she was. After a couple of hours, they finally could
meet and it was a great surprise for both. Their marriage lasted approximately
eight months, where they started a little awkward, later develop to friends and
finally you could see how they started to feel attracted to each other. The
development of their relationship was fun and one that the audience love it,
that was the case that they won Best Couple on the MBC Entertainment Awards on
2016. The Dong Couple (the name comes after the combination of both names),
while always be remembered as a fun, cute, and sweet couple.
3.
Henry Lau and Yewon: Henry was born in
Canada on October 11 of 1989 to a Taiwanese mother and a father from Hong Kong.
He came to be part after auditioning for SM Entertainment on their Global
Auditions in Toronto on 2006. He has a classical music background since he
played since age 5 and the violin since age 6. On 2007, he appeared in Super
Junior's MV for the track "Don't Don" in which he played the violin.
It was in 2008 that he officially made his debut as a member of Super Junior M,
with the mandarin remake of the song "U" of 2006. Their debut album
"Me" was later released on April 23 of 2008. Later on, the same year
he didn’t made public appearances and dedicated his time to study music at
Berkley College of Music in Boston. He composed two songs with Super Junior's
leader, Leeteuk, on 2010 and 2011. On 2013, he made his solo debut with
"Trap", but what really has got him his fan-base is his 4D personality
on variety shows. He has made great appearances on variety shows and was
part of the cast of "Real Men" since February 2014 to January 2015,
the show concept is to send celebrities to real military bases in South Korea
and experience their hard work. Besides music and variety, Henry has made an
impact acting on 2015 with the Mnet drama "Persevere, Goo Hae Ra" and
the incredible drama with Shin Minah and So Ji Sub, "Oh My Venus"
that ended on early 2016. In March of 2015 was confirmed that Henry was going
to be part of "We Got Married" alongside Yewon, an ex-member of the
girl group Jewelry and an actress. Kim Yewon was born on December 5 of 1989 and
made her debut in 2011 as a member of Jewelry. The group later disbanded on
2015 and she ventured on her acting career. She is best known for her cameo
role on the drama "Replay 1997", where she portrayed Sung Shi Won
(Jung Eun Ji) big sister. Other acting projects had been on the dramas
"Miss Korea" (2013) and "Hotel King" (2014). Her appearance
on variety shows has been good received and most people know her as part of the
"G8" on the show "Invincible Youth 2" with fellow female
idols (Sunny and Yuri (Girls' Generation), Amber (fx), Suzy (missA), Bora
(Sistar), Ko Woo-ri (Rainbow), and Jiyoung (KARA). The show took place on a
fishing village in Daebe Island, where they had to live the hardships of that
area with games, missions, and special guests. The show first aired on November
of 2011 and ended on November of 2012. After the disbandment of the group on
early 2015 she was cast on the reality "We Got Married". Their
virtual marriage lasted just 2 months, which it ended on June. The couple made
a nasty departure from the show, because of a scandal involving actress Lee Tae
Im and Yewon (using informal speech towards her "seonbae" actress),
and the objections of viewers and netizens about Yewon appearance on the show
alongside the beloved Henry. It was decided by the producers as well with the
labels, that the couple would leave the show. After a year, the couple reunited
casually and Henry uploaded a picture of them, but had to remove it after all
the bad reaction it received. On October of 2016 Yewon's contract with Star
Empire expired and she passed to join Jellyfish Entertainment, now she is part
of the cast on the Korean version of Saturday Night Live. I was saddened by the
end of this couple since they had so good chemistry and would had develop in
something really good, the few episodes that aired where full of fun and
cuteness, from which I hope all the true fans love it as much as
me.
4.
Choi Tae Joon and
Bomi: The actor Choi Tae Joon was born on July 7 of 1991. He made his
debut on 2001 on a small role as young Jo In Sung on the drama Piano, later on
he was known for his role in Padam Padam (2011) as Im Jung. Other projects that
he has appeared on are Adolescence Medley (2013), Mother's Garden (2014), All
About My Mom (2015), The Flower in Prison (2016), and his latest project was
Missing Nine (2017). On May of this year he will be acting alongside Ji Chang
Wook and Nam Ji Hyun for the rom/com "Suspicious Partner", the story
of two layers with different perceptions who come close as the solve cases. For
the time been, he is one of the hosts of the variety show "Hello
Counselor" since September of 2016. Yoon Bomi, born on August 13 of 1993,
is one of the members of the girl group Apink, also songwriter and actress. She
was first introduced as a member of the group on the reality show, Apink News
on 2011, made her debut with the group with the songs "I Don't Know"
and "Wishlist" from the album "Seven Springs of Apink". She
also made some acting jobs (cameo on "Replay 1997", web drama
"Love Profiler K") and great appearances as an MC for variety shows.
She is well known on the variety world, since her personality surface and
charms the audience, and because of her hard work on them ("The Human
Condition" 2014, "Real Men Female Edition" 2015). On September
of 2016 Choi Tae Joon and Bomi started they virtual marriage from episode 341
to 363. The first encounter of the couple was memorable, since she mistook him
with actor and friend Ji Chang Wook, and the last made a special appearance on
their wedding day. This couple was cute and charming, Bomi's personality is one
perfect for variety shows, as well as Tae Joon's bragging in every opportunity
is was clever and funny. The couple seemed sincere on the development of their
relationship on the show, which was fun to watch.
5.
Jota and Kim Jin
Kyung: Lee Jong Hwa, better known as Jota, was born on February 15 of
1994. He first was a dancer, before that he wanted to be a professional Judo
athlete but couldn't after an ankle injury. His debuted as sub rapper and lead
dancer for the boy group Madtown on October of 2014, with the song
"YOLO". Later on, he changed position to vocalist. He has made
great impression on variety shows, especially the ones that involve physical
interaction (sports), his appearance on "Let's Go! Dream Team" and
"Cool Kiz on The Block" helped him to get a great number of fans and
is well known on the variety field. But he isn't only good at sports or
physicals jobs, among the idols he is a good cook for which he was able to be
part of the show "Wednesday Food Talk". Kim Jin Kyung was born in
March 3 of 1997 and is known for being the first runner up on "Korea's
Next Top Model" of 2012 on the channel On Style. After the show, she has
appeared on top magazines (W Korea, Vogue Korea, Elle Korea, etc.). She is part
of the model management and fashion event production agency Esteen, which is
also the house of Super Model Soo Joo Park and Irene Kim (model, MC, and global
brand contributor for Estée Lauder). Other projects that she has been part of
are playing the female lead on various MV's, been Seo In Guk's "Seasons of
the Heart" one of her most memorable works (for me, at least). Now she is
venturing acting with her first lead role alongside EXO's Kai for the drama
"Andante". On May of 2016 Jota and Kim Jin Kyung started their
virtual marriage on "We Got Married" from episode 321 to 350. They
were a very fashion looking couple, since both love it so much. The chemistry
between them was sometimes shy and cute, but never hiding the affection that
was growing.
6.
Gong Myung and Jang
Hye Sung: Kim Dong Hyun, aka Gong Myung, was born of May 26 of 1994. He is
part of the group of actors who then turned to singers, 5urprise, who made his
debut on MV's on 2012 and later was on a web series called "After School:
Lucky or Not" on 2013, where actress Kim So Eun was the lead. The group
5urprise was made on 2013 by a collaboration with acting agency Fantagio and
LEON Entertainment, the other members are Sea Kang Joon, Yoo Il, Kang Tae Oh,
and Lee Tae Hwan. They were selected by going through a two years program on
Fantagio called "Actors League". They released the OST for the web
series "After School…" titled "Hey You Come On", to later
release their first single on 2014, "From My Heart". The projects
that Gong Myung has acted on are "Splendid Politics", "Beatiful
You", "Entertainer", "Drinking Solo", and "Bride
of the Water". Jung Eun Joo, better known as Jang Hye Sung, was born on
April 29 of 1991. She first made it to the entertainment industry as a free
agent, for which she had a lot of hardships at the beginning of her career. But
in 2015 she was cast for the drama "Oh My Venus" playing the role of
model Jang Yi Jin, who was a fan but also obsessed with Joon Sung (Sung Hoon) a
professional boxer, and finally becoming a couple at the end. This role helped
her to later get a contract with FNC Entertainment and portraying Princess
Myung Eun on the drama "Moonlight Drawn By Clouds" on 2016, which
gained her more recognition. Before the couple was cast on "We Got
Married" on late 2016, they were part of the show "Candy In My
Ear". This show is about an entertainer having a phone call with a
"stranger" for a whole day, where they can share their thoughts and
secrets, until the end that he has to guess who the "stranger" was.
For Gong Myung he didn’t get it right, but made a great impression on Hye Sung.
That is why when they meet again the sparks were so obvious and cute, her
display of affection on the show was too much for him but they make it work
anyhow.
Well, this is all for Season 4 of “We Got
Married”. It was announced that the show will get a break to re-inventing and
star at fresh on a new season. The season will end on early May, with a special
episode with the only couple that still is virtually married, actor Choi Min
Yong and comedian Jang Do Yeon. So far, the fourth season has been the longest
of the show, and for me it had great couples and a very good panel, with Park
Mi Sun as the official MC of the show. Now all we have to do is keep the
memories of the amazing couples and hope for a greater season.
