The ultimate real dating variety show that will trigger viewers' dopamine, "Poison Apple," is returning for season 2.
According to OSEN reporting on the 17th, SBS Plus will present "Real Dating Lab Poison Apple" season 2 sometime in October. After concluding last year, it has undergone about a year of retooling and is preparing to meet viewers.
SBS Plus also said that "Real Dating Lab Poison Apple" is scheduled to premiere in October and explained that it has completed about a year of refurbishment.
"Real Dating Lab Poison Apple" (hereafter Poison Apple) is a real hidden-camera experiment variety show that adapts the once wildly popular "experiment camera" item for today's generation, capturing the candid and unrestrained dating stories of young men and women.
From the "Poison Apple challenge," which carries out dating experiments in real situations at the request of actual couples, to "Poison Apple Lab: What would you do?" which uses hidden cameras to examine subtle differences in reactions between men and women in specific situations, it captured psychological shifts in men and women in unpredictable circumstances and triggered viewers' dopamine.
As a result, the finale of Poison Apple season 1 recorded a target rating of 0.8% (Nielsen Korea, metropolitan area 2049 cable TV basis), nearly 1%, and ranked second in target ratings among variety programs in the same time slot on pay TV in the metropolitan area 2049 (excluding general programming), concluding successfully.
Beloved with flashy monikers such as "the ultimate real dating show" and "a dopamine hub," Poison Apple returns in October with even stronger content.
The MC lineup reunites broadcaster Jun Hyun-moo, Lee Eun-ji, and Yang Se-chan, who led the program in season 1, with announcer-turned-broadcaster Yoon Tae-jin and KARA member Heo Young-ji newly joining. The MCs who in season 1 deeply immersed themselves in the hidden-camera scenarios and freely shared their own experiences, creating empathy, will pair with the new MCs' bright energy and witty banter to enrich the studio.
The production team said, "Fueled by the viewers' support poured on season 1, we return for season 2. Season 1 of Poison Apple, which realistically showed men's and women's dating psychology and raised questions about dating and love in today's era, ranked in the top 20 on OTT Coupang Play's popularity chart for eight consecutive weeks. Short-form content also proved its hot popularity, with many clips surpassing 1 million views. Upgraded after about a year of retooling, season 2 will deliver unmissable immersion with more diverse stories and tightly structured hidden-camera setups, so please look forward to it and show your interest."
SBS Plus's "Real Dating Lab Poison Apple" season 2, which will captivate viewers with upgraded, close-up hidden cameras, will premiere in October.
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