List of Weekly Idol episodes
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Weekly Idol (Korean: 주간 아이돌; RR: Jugan Aidol) is a South Korean variety show, which airs Wednesdays at 6:20 PM KST on MBC M, and 12:00 AM KST on MBC Every1, MBC's cable and satellite networks. For its first season, the show was hosted by comedian Jeong Hyeong-don and rapper Defconn.[1]
The second season, which debuted on April 11, 2018, was hosted by former Roo'ra member Lee Sang-min and comedians Yoo Se-yoon & Kim Shin-young.
The third season, which debuted on January 9, 2019, is hosted by comedians Jo Se-ho & Nam Chang-hee and ZE:A's Hwang Kwang-hee. On February 12, 2020, it was announced that Jo Se-ho and Nam Chang-hee will leave their hosting roles, and there will be special MCs recruited to join Hwang Kwang-hee in hosting each episode, starting from the episode on February 19 until the episode on April 15.[2] On April 17, it was announced that Super Junior's Eunhyuk would join the fixed host line-up with Hwang Kwang-hee, starting from the episode on April 22.[3]
On April 4, 2023, it was announced that Hwang Kwang-hee and Eunhyuk would leave their hosting roles after the episode on April 12, and BtoB's Seo Eun-kwang and Lovelyz's Mijoo will replace the former two beginning the episode on April 19.[4] After reorganization, the program went into Season 4 beginning November 1, 2023, and Mukbang YouTuber Heebab would join the fixed cast lineup only during the mukbang section.[5] On December 26, 2023, it was announced that Seo Eun-kwang and Lee Mi-Joo would leave their hosting roles, with their last episode airing the next day.[6]
On January 2, 2024 it was announced that Boom and Golden Child's Lee Jang-jun will be the new hosts, beginning the episode on January 17.[7]