Netflix will present K-pop acts like MAMAMOO and AKMU in its first music reality show, Take 1.
Netflix and its subsidiary, Scanline VFX, have been investing in South Korea in the past years. Per The Korea Herald, it will lead to the arrival of more hit Korean originals following the success of Squid Game and Hellbound.
As the investment continues to expand, Netflix has a new target — and it will start with Take 1.
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Netflix To Launch Take 1 Soon
On July 12, Netflix confirmed the scheduled arrival of its music reality show, Take 1.
Per the streaming company (via Korea JoongAng Daily), Take 1 is a Korean music program that broadcasts the process K-pop artists go through to create "the most meaningful performance of their careers.”
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K-pop stars in the program can invite anyone to join them in their performances. They can also decide what they want to perform and where they want to do it.
MAMAMOO and AKMU are confirmed to join Netflix’s first music reality show.
Other artists like Rain, Yoo Hee Yeol, Sumi Jo, Yim Jae Beom, and Park Jung Hyun will also appear on the show.
Two Yoo Project Sugar Man 3 director Kim Hak Min will be the showrunner. Meanwhile, Amazing Saturday writer Yoo Jin Young will work with him.
Netflix To Invest in Unscripted Shows
The announcement came after Netflix Korea announced its desire to release unscripted shows — from travelogues to dating and competition shows.
At a press event at Community House MASIL, the manager of content (non-fiction) at Netflix Korea, Yoo Ko Hwan, said that the streaming giant has only started expanding its unscripted content.
"We admit that, until recently, many viewers accidentally watched Korean unscripted TV shows after scrolling down for dramas and films. We've been slow in launching new reality shows. Beginning in the second half of this year, however, we plan to launch at least one show every one or two months," he said, per The Korea Times.
So far, Netflix has only released six reality shows in the past four years — Busted!, Twogether, The Hungry and the Hairy, Single’s Inferno, New World, and Paik’s Spirit.
Meanwhile, its current planned reality shows are Take 1, Physical 100, Korea No. 1, and Single’s Inferno Season 2.
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