MBC Announces 2025 Lunar New Year Specials

Jan 22, 2025

MBC Announces 2025 Lunar New Year Specials
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MBC will present special programs to mark the Lunar New Year holiday in 2025. From the 30th anniversary of the Broadcasting Entertainment Awards to the Song Festival, which has established itself as a special stage master, and a variety of entertainment and current affairs programs, it will be with viewers with a variety of attractions.

At 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, '2024 MBC Entertainment Awards' will be broadcast live in two parts. The award ceremony, which will be specially visited during the Lunar New Year holiday to mark the 30th anniversary, will be hosted by Jeon Hyun-moo, Yoon Eun-hye and Lee Jang-woo as MCs. It is expected to stimulate curiosity about who will be the winner of the honor among the entertainers who gave viewers pleasure over the past year, and to add richness to the MBC entertainment program and the entertainers of memories who dominated the era as presenters.

Then, at 5:25 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, and 5:20 p.m. on Thursday, January 30, 'New Year's special MBC Music Festival Wannabe' will be held. K-POP wannabes, which everyone aspires to, will gather in one place to give a gift-like time, and it is raising expectations that Yoona from Girls' Generation, Minho from SHINee, and Do Hoon from the 5th generation of Idol Tours will be selected as MCs to show new chemistry.




Top artists of all generations, including Espa, ATEEZ, Boy Next Door, DAY6, ENHYPEN, ITZY, IVE, NCT 127, NCT Dream, NCT Wish, Newzins, Play, Rise, Stray Kids, Tomorrow X Together, Tours, Zero Base One, (G)I-DLE, Youngtak, Lee Chan-won, and Taemin, are expected to appear, and attention is focused on what kind of stage they will perform.

As a special feature of the Lunar New Year, the preview of the new entertainment program 'Good Day' will air at 11:50 p.m. on Sunday, January 26. "Good Day" is a music project in which G-Dragon completes the Song of the Year with figures from various fields. G-Dragon will produce his own and present the process of unraveling the stories of various characters with music through reality entertainment.

On top of that, 'Country Village Lee Jang-woo', which was much loved by viewers, will return as a Lunar New Year special. 'Country Village Lee Jang-woo' is a program in which actor Lee Jang-woo spends four seasons with neighbors in a rural village and recreates the abandoned farm in the region as a 'hot place'. 'New Year's Special Rural Village Lee Jang-woo' will air at 5:50 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, and will reveal newly prepared contents, episodes that have not been introduced so far, and stories after the broadcast.




On Thursday, January 30, at 8:20 p.m., MBC's flagship entertainment show 'What are you doing when you play?What are you doing?' will be broadcast. 'What are you doing?Ha-ha, Joo Woo-jae, and Lee E-kyung "What do you do when you play on a day when you don't have a shoot? Let's do something. It is an item that started with "Let's do something.", and the three of them are looking forward to a trip with a lot of lovely chemistry.

On Wednesday, January 29, at 8:20 p.m., MBC's talk program 'SON SEOKHEE'S QUESTIONS ('Questions')' will return live. Starting with this Lunar New Year special, 'Question', which is scheduled for a 10-episode series, still contains the concerns of Korean society, but it contains the theme of how to keep citizens' lives unshakable amid the massive events we are currently experiencing.

In addition, MBC's new Friday-Saturday drama Undercover High School, which will premiere at 9:50 p.m. on Friday, February 21, will visit viewers in advance as a premier during the Lunar New Year holiday. Undercover High School is a drama about the Nth high schooling of an NIS agent who disguised himself as a high school student to chase the whereabouts of Emperor Gojong's missing gold bullion. The premiere of Undercover High School will be released at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 27. In addition, the well-made first-love romance 「Motel California" which is loved by viewers, will shake the hearts of viewers with the affectionate 『2023 first-love narrative" of Lee Se-young and Ninewoo from 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29th.




In addition, the special Lunar New Year films 'Rebound' and 'Single in Seoul' are presented, and MBC's flagship entertainment programs 'I'm glad to have a good rest', 'Radio Star' and 'Save me! Holmes' and others will continue to meet viewers during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Next is MBC 2025 Lunar New Year's special program.

'Good Day' Preview: January 26 (Sun) 11:50 PM

'Undercover High School' Premiere: January 27 (Monday) 4:30 p.m

Lunar New Year Special 'Country Village Lee Jang-woo': January 28 (Tue) 5:50 PM

2024 'MBC Entertainment Awards': January 28 (Tue) 8:20 PM LIVE

Watch 'Motel California' 1st to 6th episodes: January 29th (Wednesday) 2:10 PM

New Year's special 'MBC Music Festival': Part 1 January 29 (Wednesday) 5:25 PM, Part 2 January 30 (Thursday) 5:20 PM

New Year's Special 'Son Seok-hee's Questions': January 29th (Wednesday) 8:20 PM LIVE

What do you do when you play? External warfare 'What are you doing?': January 30 (Thursday) 8:20 PM

Next is MBC 2025 Lunar New Year's special movie.

'Rebound': January 27 (Monday) 10:445 AM

'Single in Seoul': January 30 (Thursday) 11:40 p.m



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