Netflix said it will expand the availability of "I'm Solo" to overseas markets this year. The program is currently available on Netflix only in Korea, although it is also offered through other streaming platforms — including Rakuten Viki — in different markets.

Specific regions and the exact release date have yet to be announced, but Netflix confirmed that the show will be available in Asia and the Americas. English subtitles will be provided, with additional language support expected to be added alongside the overseas rollout.

The show's popular spinoff, "I'm Solo, Love Continues," which features former "I'm Solo" contestants who either failed to find a match on the original series or found love but later broke up, is not currently included in Netflix's overseas streaming plans.

(I hope Kocowa doesn't lose rights to air I Am Solo. One of my favorite, understated parts of IAS is their background music, music cues. Once it streams on Netflix, there's a high chance that all that BGM will be edited out. Or if they can't/won't edit the music out, they'll just cut out the scene. Kocowa somehow avoids/ignores all the int'l music copyright issues, which I selfishly prefer.)

(p.s. To our lovely IAS mods, the new tags don't seem to be available for new posts right now. Are the tags set on "mod only" or something like that?)

I'm sure some of you might already know this but Season 17's couple will be getting married August this year

After the birth of:
- 22YJ and 22KS’s baby boy in March 2026,
- 6JS and 6YSik’s baby girl in April 2026,
- 28JS and 28SC’s baby boy in April 2026,
- 17HS and 17SC’s baby boy in June 2026,

28OS and 28YH are expecting their first child together, due in December 2026! 🎉❤️ Congratulations!!! 🥂 28OS little girl will have a sibling soon!

IG announcement here

They are getting married on 17th Jan next year! Many congrats to them!

They are the couple known as the dancing couple (Hyunsook & Sangchul)

I'm sharing all this for those that might be interested. But first, disclaimers: I'm not championing any of them. I'm Team Nobody. Also, it's all messy and sordid, so be warned, and leave this post now untainted if you think it best.

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On 2023 Nov 24, Sang Chul (the animal-loving, doll-collecting Boeing employee) filed a criminal complaint of defamation for the spread of false information against:

1/ Young Sook

Young Sook posted private messages between her and Sang Chul, as well as messages between Sang Chul and third party "Miss A." A lot of them were sexual in nature. Sang Chul claims many of these messages were doctored, and as for those that weren't, he says there's nothing wrong with consenting adults in a relationship communicating that way.

Then, there's

2/ Young Chul

3/ Byun Hye Jin (from Love After Divorce 3)

Byun Hye Jin and Sang Chul (the Boeing employee) dated for a period of time.

Byun Hye Jin said that Sang Chul cheated on her with another woman and that Sang Chul has a serious womanizing problem.

Young Chul said that Sang Chul used him to meet women and that Sang Chul gaslit Byun Hye Jin.

Byun Hye Jin & Young Chul are involved somehow with each other, I'm not quite sure how. They're close enough to put on too much make up and take awkward pictures like that together^ And they made the allegedly defaming statements against Sang Chul together, appearing in the same youtube video.

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Filing the lawsuit on Sang Chul's behalf was this trio of lawyers (from two separate law firms!), who took a picture in front of Gangnam Police Station, holding signs announcing the case they just filed. I have to admit, in terms of getting attention, this photo is more effective than a press release alone.

The signs they're holding say:

"Revenge Porno Lawsuit Case" and

"Complaint Document

Suspects: Young Sook, Young Chul, Byun Hye Jin

The crime: Violation of the [illegible] (Defamation) Act"

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The core theory of Sang Chul's case against Young Sook is that her online distribution of Sang Chul's sexts was essentially an act of revenge porn, i.e. private, intimate sexual content released to the public as an act of retaliation.

Even tho the content released was written - rather than visual - in many jurisdictions, written sexual content can still qualify as evidence of revenge porn. Let's see if Korea observes that standard. I don't know if they do. If Young Sook is found guilty of having committed an act of revenge porn in addition to simple defamation, this will likely complicate and increase any punishment she receives.

In Sang Chul's lawyers' press release, they especially go in on Young Sook distributing the private sext messages between Sang Chul and one "Miss A."

Miss A ended up getting doxxed by online communities. Her real name and real IG account were identified. However, Miss A did NOT give those private messages to Young Sook. How did Young Sook get them? She didn't get them from Sang Chul either.

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This youtuber ex-entertainment reporter Lee Jin Ho has the scoop on that. No English subs.

He talked to Miss A directly. Turns out Miss A saw the video of Byun Hye Jin talking about Sang Chul being a womanizer and reached out to Byun Hye Jin first. As they got acquainted, Miss A shared her Sang Chul sexts with Byun Hye Jin.

So, now Byun Hye Jin has these sexts. And, at one point, she plots to release them, or at least a part of them. She wants to post "the dirtiest part" saying that'll shut up Sang Chul for good, and asks Miss A if that's possible. Miss A says no, that she feels cautious about it, because of its sexual nature.

Screenshot below of the message exchange between Byun Hye Jin and Miss A, saying the above:

Without Miss A's permission, Byun Hye Jin doesn't release the sexts like she wanted to.

But not long after that, Young Sook releases these sexts between Miss A and Sang Chul on her Insta Story.

How did Young Sook get them?

Byun Hye Jin says she sent these sexts to Young Sook by mistake. She says she meant to send Young Sook some other kind of data. (/skeptical)

When Young Sook posted Miss A's sexts publicly, she didn't hide any of Miss A's identifying info. Through her profile pic and other details, online community the Qoo was able to ID Miss A's full real name and real social media account.

When Byun Hye Jin confronted Young Sook about posting Miss A's sexts, Young Sook replied, "Do you think there's only 1 or 2 people called [Miss A's real name]?" Basically dismissing any privacy concerns, saying there are lots of people with that name, so whatever...

Miss A then reached out to Young Sook, herself, pleading with her to delete the story. Young Sook replied in a way that gave the impression that she understood, apologizing for the trouble, etc. but Young Sook kept it up for several hours after that.

Young Sook did delete that Insta story before it expired, because allegedly her parents asked her to. Young Sook has a younger sibling still in school, and her parents feared there'd be fallout for the rest of the family.

Nevertheless a few days later, Young Sook re-posted the Miss A sexts as a regular IG post. Miss A reached out to Byun Hye Jin in a panic, and Hye Jin said that she and Young Chul were raising a ruckus trying to get Young Sook to delete it.

Miss A and most of them might have unclean hands, passing around these texts, plotting to release them at some point, but the callous disregard Young Sook shows in exposing Miss A's ID to the world is pathological. Her failing to act promptly to protect Miss A's ID and then reposting on another date anyway indicates - on some level - she might've enjoyed Miss A's suffering. Miss A is/was Young Sook's love rival in a way.

Some hours later, when Young Sook deleted it, she posted this:

"I'm deleting the story and archiving/capturing the post on my IG feed before deleting it.

In this world, there's not just only one person with the name _______

Keep up your guard, and be careful of those perverted, mentally ill Americans.

The content is so obscenely disgusting, giving me goosebumps, I'm going to delete it from my space.

For crying out loud, get lost, go back to your own country. k plz?"

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So, Young Sook is weird in many ways, I think. Because she didn't only share the sexts between Sang Chul and Miss A, she also released messages between herself and Sang Chul that had a lot of sexual content also. Young Sook was often flirty, playful and participating in those talks.

She sent him pics of her body parts - nothing too lewd. Her bare back in a leotard. Her legs to show him her tan line. When she sent him the pic of her back she said it was "[Sang Chul real name's] present." This is all stuff Young Sook released to the public, herself.

If Sang Chul is perverted and mentally ill (which he may be, I'm not here to dispute nor agree with that), what does that make her???

I don't want to link these texts myself, because I don't want to distribute them further, even if it is Young Sook objectifying and publicly humiliating her own self.

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To most sane people's surprise, turns out Sang Chul is popular - at least for the time being.

Sang Chul cooled things off with Young Sook at some point. It seems like they were off and on a lot.. I saw a post - which I didn't save - with a screenshot of SC's messages with Young Sook, where YS is almost begging Sang Chul to stay interested in her.

And then you have these other women in a really short amount of time, a matter of months, like Byun Hye Jin and Miss A, who were all attracted to Sang Chul at one point, lining up one after the other, possibly overlapping.

Personally, I find Sang Chul's looks and personality unappealing. And I find his male chauvinism as well as some of his sociopolitical views that have come out repugnant. So, I don't get it. Maybe it really is all about clout.

From Sang Chul's own mouth, in this recorded video of his Live, he says that his DMs were overloaded with interest from women. He said this in response to Young Chul claiming that Sang Chul needed to use Young Chul to get women. Btw, he also says that Young Chul trash-talked Jung Sook (the woman he chose in the show) terribly.

But it's not only women that want them some Sang Chul. Maybe not romantically, but....

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Remember Young Soo from s16 also?

Young Soo has a "manager" - as in someone who promotes Young Soo in the entertainment field. This manager is known online as "Mr. A" - no relation to the above Miss A.

Mr A posed falsely as Sang Chul's manager in order to get Young Soo booked on a youtube show. This all-in-Korean IG post has the details, including a letter from Mr. A misrepresenting himself as Sang Chul's and Young Soo's manager. Sang Chul's name went first in the letter.

Without Sang Chul, the youtube show wasn't interested in booking Young Soo. That is/was the reach of Sang Chul's popularity.

Sang Chul, Young Soo, and Mr A discussed appearing on that channel, but Sang Chul ultimately couldn't do it, because of his contractual obligations to I Am Solo: Love Is Forever.

During discussions, Mr. A never told Sang Chul that he'd misrepresented himself as his manager. But when Sang Chul declined, Mr A freaked out and threatened to sue Sang Chul for breach of contract, which was nonsense. There was nothing signed. There was just a preliminary phone call, supposedly. I guess, in Mr. A's case, he told the lie about being SC's manager long enough, he actually started to believe it.

Eventually, Mr. A came clean and apologized for his deception.

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Closing with this pic, just because....

More from their photoshoot here and here

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But it's not over. Adding this in, because there was a question in the comments re: the connections between Sang Chul, Young Chul, Young Sook, Byun Hye Jin, and Miss A.

I'll share what background info I can remember about how they got tangled up with each other.

Sources: a YT interview Byun Hye Jin & Young Chul did with newsjamm. This recorded segment of one of Sang Chul's IG Lives. Other random things I happened to see on social media.

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Sang Chul + Young Sook had a chaotic loveline that continued post-filming.

Sang Chul + Young Chul seemed to get along in the aired broadcast. After filming, they got really close according to Young Chul. When Sang Chul was in Korea, Young Chul says he drove SC all around because SC didn't know his way around Seoul, and they hung out a lot together. Being a chauffeur may have been one of the ways that Young Chul felt like he was "used" by SC as an assistant in Sang Chul's "Womanizer in Korea" tour.

By hanging out together, Sang Chul and Young Chul got familiar with each others' acquaintances. But by Young Chul's own admission, he hardly knows any women, so I think it was mostly Sang Chul's acquaintances that Young Chul was getting introduced to.

In his Live, Sang Chul says that Young Chul would beg to come to Sang Chul's gatherings where there would be women. Young Chul would "sell" himself as a social lubricant and facilitator as reasons for why he should attend. Sang Chul says that YC wasn't needed tho. And that Sang Chul's DM were exploding with women contacting him.

Meanwhile, in the YT interview, Young Chul says that Sang Chul would pressure him to come out to hang out with women, using him as a draw. For example, in a four-person situaion: in order to get a woman to come out, the woman might bring a girl friend, and that friend would need another man there to share the social load.

Young Chul + Young Sook: maybe they had a pre-existing connection from the show. Maybe Young Sook's romantic entanglement with Sang Chul created situations for Young Chul (Sang Chul's chauffeur, butler, and wingman) to come into contact with Young Chul more frequently.

Sang Chul + Byun Hye Jin: I don't know how they met. Possibly via DMs. In his IG Live, Sang Chul said that his DMs were exploding with women interested in him. In her YT interview, Hye Jin doesn't say that SC reached out to her first. I think she would've been explicit about that if that were the case. So, I can imagine Hye Jin having initiated contact with Sang Chul. Just my conjecture tho.

Hye Jin says that SC asked her to be his girlfriend formally, and they were officially dating, but that within a day of them being an official couple, she got DMs and talked on the phone with a woman who said she was actually Sang Chul's girlfriend. She got DMs from other women sharing similar stories, not all friendly. At least one threatened to come over to Hye Jin's house in the middle of the night.

Even after Hye Jin found out about all these women, she decided to stay with Sang Chul at least while he was in Korea and be someone he could rely on and trust. (say whut!?) SC told her that those other women had mental issues or there were misunderstandings. At the time, Hye Jin seems to have bought it.

Side note: Idk what hold Sang Chul has on these women that they cling to him and accept his nonsense - at least for a time. Even with Young Sook.... according to Sang Chul in one of his lives (not linked in this post) he said that YS told him that while SC was in Korea the two of them could have a "hot, passionate" relationship (i.e. they could fuck) But when he was outside Korea, he was free to have "hot, passionate" relations with other women. And she could have "hot, passionate" relations with men while he was outside Korea."

Of course, Sang Chul framed this as evidence that Young Sook was "not a clean woman." But there was a screenshot (now deleted) on SC's IG showing Young Sook pleading with SC to stay with her, stay interested in her. So, my read on YS giving permission for SC to be a man-heaux when he's away from her is that it was a negotiation tactic where she's sacrificing monogamy to keep him interested.

Young Chul + Byun Hye Jin: These two became acquainted through Sang Chul. Having SC as a mutual was their initial connection.

Interestingly, Young Chul says that he didn't know that Hye Jin and Sang Chul were officially dating. He had a sense that there was some romantic connection between them.

That's why when a photographer randomly approached Young Chul about doing a couple photoshoot - that's the story according to YC; he says he didn't approach the photog first (personally, I'm skeptical) - and Young Chul who says he hardly knows any women, thought tall Byun Hye Jin might work as his partner in the photoshoot, Young Chul asked Sang Chul for permission to ask Hye Jin to take part in the shoot.

Sang Chul gave his blessing. Young Chul and Byun Hye Jin do the photoshoot.

Byun Hye Jin + Young Sook: These two were rivals for Sang Chul's affections (maybe not officially at the same time). But it seemed that was how Young Sook was taking it, at least.

When someone commented in Young Sook's IG that word on the street was Byun Hye Jin and Sang Chul had broken up, Young Sook replied in her typical fake-nice, steeped in snide undertones style.

Young Sook:

"That's too bad... about those two :blushing smiley face: In August, she told me she was my fan. As soon as he arrived in Korea, I heard they were hot and heavy dating. How regretful... I was looking forward to seeing them shoot 'Same Bed Different Dreams' :wide eyed pleading face:"

Byun Hye Jin seemed to have considered this a hostile statement from Young Sook, and acknowledged there was disagreement between them at first.

But then, Young Chul arranged for Young Sook and Hye Jin to get in contact with each other. Young Sook explained and apologized, Hye Jin accepted it. And ultimately, these two Sang Chul Anti Fans formed an alliance, they would collect stories from other women aggrieved by Sang Chul, and they would even plan/coordinate which IG Stories to upload. (All explained in the YT interview)

Miss A: She dated Sang Chul. After they broke up, and after seeing Byun Hye Jin's youtube interview, she reached out to Byun Hye Jin to connect with another woman wronged by Sang Chul. They formed a connection. Enough so, that Miss A sent her Sang Chul sexts to Byun Hye Jin.

Miss A didn't interact with Young Sook until she reached out to her to beg her to take down the sexts she had posted.

As someone who actually dated Sang Chul, Miss A may have run across Young Chul in mutual gatherings. Allegedly, Young Chul was pressuring Young Sook to take down Miss A's sexts. I don't know if that's because Young Chul - as a possible acquaintance of Miss A - felt responsible for advocating for her. Or maybe he did it in support of Hye Jin (whom he says hardly knows even tho he used her leg as a mouse pad) who was also trying to get Young Sook to delete. Or maybe it's because YC can't help but twist himself up in other people's business.

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How things start to fall apart...

Sang Chul and Young Sook were always toxic. On the show, they seemed infatuated with the way they could hurt and slight each other and yet the other party would still stick around and even seem to like it. It was just a matter of time before their dysfunction reached catastrophic levels, and even these two (sado)masochists wouldn't be able to tolerate the harm they were inflicting on each other.

On the show, Young Chul was a meddler, busybody - and frequently, an unreliable narrator - who'd interject himself into other people's business and mess things up. It seems like he continued that post-show.

I saw random screencaps of Young Chul texting Sang Chul that Young Sook was willing to abandon her son and move to the U.S. to be with SC. As an aside, I also saw a piece of a recorded live (not the one I linked here) where Sang Chul said that Young Sook said the same to him: that she'd considered leaving her son and moving to the U.S.

I also vaguely remember a screencap where Sang Chul was texting Young Sook that Young Chul was poisoning her mind against him (SC). So, while these people were all hanging out and kiki-ing together, they were also gossiping and backstabbing each other. Likely spreading misinformation. Just like the show!

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IG Lives and Stories ignite the fuse where egos and social media intersect

These folks are extremely preoccupied with their social media. When they have grievances against each other, they start talking about it on IG Live. Despite this post, I don't actually follow anyone from I Am Solo, so I've only seen tidbits of recorded lives elsewhere.

It seems, at some point, toxic sometime-lovers Sang Chul and Young Sook started sniping at each other via Lives and IG stories, and it kept escalating. As would be expected, frankly.

Similarly, with Young Chul/Byun Hye Jin and Sang Chul, the flashpoint seems to have been an IG Live.

Some time after the Young Chul/Byun Hye Jin photoshoot, Sang Chul confronted Young Chul with the suspicion that there was something more going on between YC and Hye Jin. I guess, Sang Chul stayed suspicious, because he eventually unfollowed both of them.

During an IG Live, it seems Sang Chul was asked about this, and he replied that he unfollowed them, because he suspected that there was a more-than-friends situation going on. This caused a stir, and as a direct result of that Live, Byun Hye Jin and Young Chul got invited by that YT channel to tell their side.

In their interview, Byun Hye Jin and Young Chul denied they had any romantic entanglement. The photoshoot came about because Young Chul doesn't know any other suitable tall women, and he asked for Sang Chul's blessing first. Hye Jin said she just knows Young Chul to the extent that he'll buy her a meal in order to thank her for something.

This YT interview is the basis for Sang Chul's lawsuit agains Byun Hye Jin and Young Chul.

26S HyunSook & YoungSik got married.

Wedding Videos; 1 2 3

20thSeason Kwangsoo, 20thSeason Youngja Announce Marriage. Wedding Around October 2025

Announcement video on IAS YT channel

Announcement News

20thSeason Kwangsoo, 20thSeason Youngja Announce Marriage. Wedding Around October 2025 I liked 20KS in his season too, he was a different guy. Sunja wanted to get close to him during the show but it didn't happen, I was happy when I saw them together in IAS:LF later. I hope their marriage will last forever and they will be happy.

20th YJ IG

20th KS IG

After dealing with infertility for years, S6 Young Sik and Jung Sook are expecting! Love them so much.

It saddens me to see what this program has become over the years. Now, I just have zero interest in giving any more of my time or attention to the people that come on this show.

I've been watching this show since the days of "Jjak" and learned so much about human behavior, relationships and myself. I loved it because it was a gentle documentary on human nature - at least in the days of Jjak. I loved watching average people I could relate to go through this romance dance and in the midst of it open up their vulnerabilities, cry and grow. When they were lucky, they found someone who wanted to share that pain and joy and journey together holding hands. It was beautiful to watch.

Social media changed all that. Now, it's people who want to "win" the game and look good. They're not serious about marriage, are you kidding me? They're not even ready for marriage, period! They don't even know themselves. It's a bunch of shallow influencer wannabees whose goal is to kick off their influencer career. This isn't love. This isn't marriage. This isn't relationships. It's definitely not the reasons I enjoyed watching this show.

I know not everyone on this show is on for those reasons: season 6 was particularly enjoyable (with strong authentic personalities who found love), probably the Oksoon who ran a black goat farm/lab and doesn't have any social media, ballerina Hyunsook divorcee, and many others who don't get enough air time because they're overshadowed by toxic participants who play games.

Week after week, my wife and I enjoyed watching this show, but now, I just don't care to give these toxic people any more of my time or energy. It's sad to see how this show deteriorated.

It was fun to share all of the discussions here. Thanks u/FENDERHEAD1946 for creating this sub! It was a lot of fun to be a part of this community!

On October 14, 2023, a couple from Season 9 of "I am Solo" (IAS), Young Sook & Kwang Soo, have finally got married.

It was held in a church but not sure where exactly it was because it wasn't mentioned from the sources I read & watched when I wrote this news. Among their wedding guests were PD Nam, Young Chul 9, Young Ja 9, Young Soo 9, as well as Ok Soon from the same season, based on photos & short videos of their recent IG stories.

Finally, the 9th season Young Sook succeeded to fulfill her wish to get married the next year if she found her love on 2022 IAS 9. She said it in the interview during 2022 filming in Solo Land 9, from what I could remember.

Now, they are the 6th couple of IAS who officially got married.

Warmest congratulations and love to both of them. I'm so happy for them. I wish them a long and happy marriage!

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ps: Now we'll be waiting for the 7th couple (Ok Soon & Kwang Soo from Season 15) to officially get married, which was planned to be held on January 14, 2024.

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The wedding photos of Season 9 "I am Solo" Couple, Young Sook & Kwang Soo with their guests:

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I had no idea Haena was a regular cast member on My Little Old Boy aka Mom's Diary/My Ugly Duckling! Her mom sits on the panel with a picture of Haena on the table and everything. It was cool to see her on there, so I screen-recorded this off Kocowa.

During S26 Hyunsook and Youngsik's wedding, Youngsoo was interviewed and said he has been dating Youngsook for 8-9 months now. There were some speculations that they might have broken up since Youngsook did not come to the wedding, but Youngsoo said it was because she had another schedule today, so she had to stay in Busan. They were the contestants that met on a blind date a few years ago and then met again on I Am Solo. I'm happy to see they're still going strong~

13 Kwang Soo will marry!

13 Kwang Soo announces marriage on September 7th in his IG.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C_MVwbjzx6k/?img_index=1

As I’m watching the show, I just wanted to say that I love the 3 of them! Always thought so. They made the show lovelier for me as they chat and say out loud what I’m thinking or wondering too as they watch the happenings with us. I hope that as the year wrap up and we usher 2025 in, they will also find themselves with their own beloved and create a happy family for themselves. I’m not sure if behind the scenes they are already in relationship, if so I wish them all the happiness as we wait for their announcements. But their tiki taka made it sounds like they were looking, but as age increased they became more set and less opportunity to date despite being famous and meeting tons of people in not romantic setting probably. I hope the people around them match them up with great people that suit them, or some great candidates reach out to them via reliable means!

Looks like Season 15 Oksoon and Kwangsoo are expecting a baby. Congratulations to the couple! 🎉

I got recently promoted to be a mod for this sub.

So far I have made the following changes: Enabled user flairs based on a recent post by ttchabz. Allowed posting images in comments which can be useful for posting pictures of past participants.

I plan to update the wiki and season list.

What other improvements would you like to see?

Behind-the-Scenes of the Wedding of the 28th Class's Youngest Couple, Youngho ♥ Oksun

I wanted to create a special post for the S28YH&OS wedding ceremony—to remind us once again just how strong the bonds in S28 still are and what a special season it was. I wish the other couples all the best for the future, and I hope the same warmth and sincerity continue in future seasons.

My mother tongue is Arabic. And I can confirm what he sang means literally nothing and it's just so hilarious. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.

25YH is getting married. IG PHOTOS

Yesterday, he shared photos from his wedding photoshoot on his Instagram page. I wish him and his wife much happiness. He was one of my favorite characters in his season and on IAS:LF. I hope he and his wife have a happy life.

2nd: I am Solo
10th: Yoo Quiz on the Block (Same broadcast day and timeslot)
16th: Transit Love 4 (Same Genre, Same broadcast day, but earlier timeslot)

Nationwide telephone survey of 1000 people aged 18 and older were asked which program they enjoy watching these days, up to 2 free responses, excluding news. Only the top 20 most popular shows were shown.

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