The ranking-battle chart show "From One to Ten" hosted by Jang Seongkyu and Lee Sang-yeop shocked viewers by selecting as its top three "legendary backstabs that shocked the world": a two-faced mother who abused her daughter her whole life, a dizzying romance with a fake Brad Pitt, and the case of a 17-year-old devil girlfriend who trafficked her boyfriend.
On the 12th episode of Tcast E Channel's "From One to Ten," Jang Seongkyu, nicknamed "Cute Gyu," and Lee Sang-yeop waged a fierce battle for first place with bombshell true stories under the theme "legendary backstabs that shocked the world." That day Jang Seongkyu won the match, bringing their overall record to an even 2 wins and 2 losses. He said, "I ranked these hoping such things would never happen," expressing a mixture of joy and bitterness.
First place went to the "American mom" case, in which a mother made her daughter appear to have an incurable disease and kept her confined to a wheelchair for life. The protagonist, Dee Dee Blanchard, devotedly cared for her daughter Gypsy Rose, who was said to suffer from incurable illnesses and brain damage, drawing nationwide attention and support. But after Dee Dee was murdered by Gypsy Rose and her boyfriend, Gypsy Rose confessed, "I was forced to be sick because of my mother's abuse," and the case took a shocking turn. Investigators found Dee Dee had been suffering from factitious disorder imposed on another — exaggerating or fabricating the child's illnesses to gain attention and donations — which sent shockwaves through American society. Lee Sang-yeop said, "How could a mother do that?" in horror, and Jang Seongkyu likewise reacted vehemently, saying, "I am truly filled with anger."
The romance scam in which a woman lost both money and love to a "Hollywood star impersonator" also drew attention. French woman in her 50s Anne Denoeux-Taillet believed the Brad Pitt impersonator she met on social media, divorced her husband and was swindled out of her entire assets, including 1.4 billion won in alimony. Whenever she suspected something, the impersonator reassured her by sending authentication photos that could not be found anywhere on portals, but those images were later revealed to be AI-generated fakes. Also featured was the "17-year-old devil girlfriend" case, in which a 17-year-old Chinese girl, Xiao Zhou, deceived her 19-year-old boyfriend Xiao Huang, took him to Myanmar and sold him to a criminal organization for about 20 million won. Xiao Huang was confined at the group's hideout, exploited like a slave and forced into cybercrimes for up to 20 hours a day; he was beaten so severely his eardrum ruptured and he lost his hearing. Xiao Zhou was eventually arrested by police and faced justice.
Other legend-level backstab cases that evoked shock and fear and boosted viewers' immersion included a wife who had her husband killed after an affair with a murderer, a Mexican Madonna who was murdered by a fan, a fake twin soccer player scandal, a kindergarten teacher who had affairs with students' fathers, a goddess streamer's shocking fraud, con artists who stole donated funds, and a fake funeral where a corpse came back to life.
Meanwhile, the lie detector test Jang Seongkyu and Lee Sang-yeop conducted over the married-man standard question "Would you marry your current wife again if you were born again?" provided a different kind of laughter. In particular, Lee Sang-yeop answered "yes" without a moment's hesitation, but when the result came out he frantically shouted, "No! The machine is wrong!" prompting laughter. In the 'spoiled-child challenge' duel where the two suddenly transformed into boyish idols, original fresh-faced idol Lee Sang-yeop defeated the "visual gangster" Jang Seongkyu and became the official idol of "From One to Ten."
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