2 Days & 1 Night members paired up as yangban and servants and showed delightful chemistry.

On the 7th, the KBS 2TV variety program 2 Days & 1 Night season 4 (hereinafter 2 Days & 1 Night) broadcast depicted the first story of the six members' 'yangban and servant' trip to Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The program's rating that day was Nielsen Korea nationwide 6.3%, keeping it first in its time slot. Kim Jong-min, demoted to servant, was renamed 'Meongchungi' and another servant, Yoo Seon-ho, who failed to reverse status, was forcibly renamed 'Choraengi,' and that scene's peak rating rose to 9.7%.

The 2 Days & 1 Night team began filming at a Korean cultural theme park themed on 16th-century Joseon militia wars and held a first luck-of-the-draw where each person chose one of two gates. Kim Jong-min, Moon Se-yoon and DinDin chose gate number 1, and Cho Sae-ho, Lee Jun and Yoo Seon-ho chose gate number 2. The members' moods sharply diverged when they saw 'yangban' written above gate 1 and 'servant' above gate 2.

Depending on the result they chose, the six members who transformed into yangban and servants proceeded to match partners for their travel pairs. Unlike Moon Se-yoon and DinDin, who offered carrots saying they would treat the servants well, Kim Jong-min started by saying "I'll make you taste hell," causing fear and becoming the number one target to avoid among the servant members.

As a result of partner matching, Moon Se-yoon and Yoo Seon-ho, and DinDin and Lee Jun formed teams, while Cho Sae-ho, who was not chosen by Moon Se-yoon, automatically teamed with Kim Jong-min. Facing a bleak situation, Cho Sae-ho tried to win Kim Jong-min's favor belatedly by saying "I've waited a long time," but instead he was scolded.

After that, the main Andong trip began in earnest, and the six members entered the first mission at Sandae Theater, 'substitute bell civil service exam,' with lunch at stake. Of the 10 questions, only the yangban could answer correctly, and the servant had to run a return lap and ring the bell for their owner to be given the chance to answer correctly.

With the Moon Se-yoon and Yoo Seon-ho team building early momentum and pulling ahead, the Kim Jong-min and Cho Sae-ho team and the DinDin and Lee Jun team continued competing to avoid last place. With the two teams tied, a history question, which is Kim Jong-min's strength, was asked, and knowing the answer, Kim Jong-min relaxed and even gave hints to DinDin, who did not know the answer.

However, DinDin used the hint to get the correct answer, and Kim Jong-min gave DinDin hints on the next question as well, ultimately falling to last place. Cho Sae-ho, who ran hard for his owner Kim Jong-min but ended up last as well, burst out in pent-up fury, saying "I can't stand that yangban. Our yangban only eats and goes to the bathroom."

The Moon Se-yoon and Yoo Seon-ho team, which took first place in the 'substitute bell civil service exam,' won a generous 'Andong mackerel set' with braised and grilled dishes for lunch, and the second-place DinDin and Lee Jun team got plain rice with grilled mackerel. Meanwhile, the last-place Kim Jong-min and Cho Sae-ho team had to stare at mackerel hung on a string like penny pinchers while eating.

The producers held a redemption mission for Andong's other specialty, premium Korean beef, known as hanwoo su-bulgogi, in which contestants had to place the closest salt amount to 12g by estimation on a scale. As a result, Lee Jun, who placed 11.8g of salt, took first place and won the su-bulgogi, and Kim Jong-min and Cho Sae-ho ended up filling their stomachs only with barley rice and gochujang.

After lunch, the 2 Days & 1 Night team moved to Seonseongsoosanggil, where the sun's glint spread over Andong Lake, and entered the status-reversal game 'life reversal bisachigi' that the servants had been waiting for. One-on-one battles between the yangban and servant of the same team were held, and in the first match between Moon Se-yoon and Yoo Seon-ho, Moon Se-yoon narrowly won and kept his yangban status. In the DinDin and Lee Jun match, Lee Jun won and ascended to yangban.

In the final match between Kim Jong-min and Cho Sae-ho, Cho Sae-ho won and dramatically escaped the servant status. As if the resentment he had suffered exploded, Cho Sae-ho roared with joy and, naming his new servant Kim Jong-min 'Meongchungi,' announced the opening of his revenge.

Through the status-reversal game, the yangban and servant situations were completely reversed. Questions are rising about whether the members demoted to servants can recover their status and whether Yoo Seon-ho, the only one who has not been able to escape servant status, can be reborn as a yangban in the next story.

That day, the 2 Days & 1 Night members also voiced cute complaints about Moon Se-yoon and Cho Sae-ho. The two had arrived in Andong the day before recording and enjoyed the trip. The members complained, saying, "This is '2 nights and 3 days,' not '2 Days & 1 Night,'" and "This is a friendship trip," and DinDin pointed out, "At this rate, their 2 Days & 1 Night appearance fees should be lowered." He also said, "This is not filming, it's a friendship trip," and Cho Sae-ho, in a small voice, defended himself, saying "We just took photos as a memento," which drew laughs.

Meanwhile, Cho Sae-ho was recently embroiled in controversy over past photos with an acquaintance. A netizen nicknamed 'pyo geomsa' claimed on social media that Cho Sae-ho was close friends with Mr. Choi, the leader of the largest organized crime group in Geochang and operator of an illegal online gambling site, and received expensive gifts as compensation. In the process, past photos of Cho Sae-ho taken with Mr. Choi were released, sparking controversy.

Regarding this, Cho Sae-ho's side rebutted that Mr. Choi is simply an acquaintance and that allegations of compensated gifts are 'unfounded.'

[photo] KBS 2TV broadcast screen capture.

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