Vampire Idol

Vampire Idol (Korean: 뱀파이어 아이돌) is a 2011 South Korean youth sitcom that ran on MBN from 2011 to 2012.

Vampire Idol
Promotional poster for Vampire Idol
GenreComedy, Drama
Written byHa Chul-song
Lee Sung-eun
Park Ji-hyun
Park Ran
Park Yeon-kyung
Choi Yoon-chul
Directed byLee Geun-wook
Yoo Yong-hee
Baek Seung-joo
StarringLee Jung
Kang Min-kyung
Shin Dong-yup
Kim Soo-mi
Lee Soo-hyuk
Kim Woo-bin
Hong Jong-hyun
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes79
Production
Running timeMondays to Fridays at 12:30 (KST)
Production company(s)SidusHQ
Release
Original networkMaeil Broadcasting Network
Original releaseDecember 5, 2011 (2011-12-05) –
March 30, 2012 (2012-03-30)
External links
Website

Synopsis

A naïve vampire prince from Vampire planet visits Earth to see a live performance of his favorite idol contender. He remains stuck on Earth with his three trusted and loyal servants. He then decides to join the competition himself and struggles to become a global pop idol.[1]

Cast

Main characters
He gets everything perfect: appearance, character, talent, and attitude. But only when he is the prince of Vampire planet, on Earth he is considered the exact opposite and hated on for being "unattractive."
19 years old. She works as a road manager in the talent agency. Later she becomes the vocalist in a girl group.
  • Shin Dong-yup as Dong-yup
Manager of a talent agency. He's in charge of Vampire Voice. Everything he says is a lie and he's very good at it.
61 years old. She works for the talent agency and is in charge of providing meals in the boarding house for the members of Vampire Voice.
22 years old. He is one of Prince's servants. He is the vocalist of Vampire Voice and also plays the guitar and drums. He has a serious personality and is very vampire-like, always craving blood.
22 years old. He is one of Prince's servants. He has super-sharp hearing.
He is a genius with an IQ of 790. He is also very socially awkward.

Supporting characters
  • Hwang Kwanghee as Kwang-hee[3]
  • Bang Minah as Minah
  • Chun Woo-hee as Woo-hee
  • Kim Soo-Yeon as Soo-Yeon
  • Lee Yu-bi as Yu-bi
  • Oh Kwang-rok as Kwang-rok
  • Kim Dong-soo as Dong-soo
  • Kim Sook as Oh Sook/Jenny
  • Don Spike as Teacher Don
  • Song Soo-Hyun as young Soo-mi
  • Oh Hee-Joon as Kwang-hee's manager
  • Lee Hae-in
  • Kim Sung-hoon

Cameo appearances

International broadcast

In Thailand aired on MCOT Family beginning July 18, 2015.[6]

gollark: Is the emu more intelligent than standard emus or will it just think animal things constantly?
gollark: How do they test that?
gollark: Merely gazing upon the glory of Sam would destroy your feeble mind.
gollark: They're giant slugs with probably tentacles for some reason.
gollark: (It's pixel art so it is quite unclear)

See also

References
  1. Kim, Hee-ju (7 December 2011). "REVIEW: MBN sitcom Vampire Idol – 1st episode". TenAsia. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  2. Sunwoo, Carla (14 June 2012). "Lee Soo-hyuk opens up about past love". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  3. Hong, Lucia (9 November 2011). "ZE:A Kwang-hee lands role in upcoming sitcom". TenAsia. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  4. Hong, Lucia (27 March 2012). "Jay Park to make appearance on MBN's sitcom". TenAsia. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  5. ZEAs, MoonSky (14 December 2011). "111214 Vampire Idol E.07 ( ZE:A Junyoung , Heecheol , Kwanghee cut )". youtube. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  6. "Vampire Idol แวมไพร์ ไอดอล". dara.truelife.com (in Thai). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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