“Beyond Jamanchu, Inmanchu, Gyeolmanchu”… Reasons for looking forward to Mnet’s ‘Couple Palace’

[OSEN=Reporter Yoo Soo-yeon] Recently, with various dating programs pouring in, ‘pursuit of meeting through dating programs’ has emerged as a new keyword.

These days, among single men and women in their 20s and 40s, ‘inmanchu (pursuing artificial encounters)’ is more popular than ‘self-managing (pursuing natural encounters)’. As we live in an era where it is more difficult to create natural relationships than in the past, meeting through customized blind date apps, marriage information companies, and parties have emerged as alternatives. The huge popularity of many broadcast entertainment programs with the theme of ‘love’ and ‘marriage’ can be said to be a result of this change being reflected. In fact, ‘Heart Signal’, ‘I Am SOLO’, ‘Solo Hell’, ‘Love Catcher’ Various dating programs such as “The Lover”are continuing to be successful with season after season.

TVING Original ‘Transit Love’ The popularity of the series cannot be overlooked. ‘Transit Love’ is a dating reality program where couples who broke up for various reasons come together to look back on past love and find new love. It is loved by the 2030 generation with a more dramatic narrative than a drama. ‘Transit Love 3’, which premiered its first episode on the 29th of last month, attracted more than 50% more paid subscribers than last season and showed off its growing fandom.

Due to the popularity of these dating programs, the phrase “seeking meeting through dating programs”is now popular. Analysis shows that single men and women are highly satisfied with meeting through dating programs because the production team designs a ‘verified’ match that meets each other’s ‘conditions’ through thorough prior interviews. am. One of the big advantages is the ‘camp reality’ where you can get to know each other in more detail. Attractive single men and women go through a certified training camp and exchange raw emotions without being conscious of the camera, leading viewers to become overly immersed. Thanks to this, we can see quite a few cases of them developing into ‘real couples’.

Meanwhile, Mnet is also attracting attention by making its entry into the history of popular dating programs with ‘Couple Palace (directed by CP Lee Seon-young, PD Jeong Min-seok), a survival show of 100 couples looking for the perfect marriage partner. Beyond ‘Jamanchu’, ‘Inmanchu’, ‘Couple Palace’ with the slogan, ‘Pursuing meeting for marriage’ Like Mnet, which is serious about survival, it clearly differentiated itself from existing dating programs with a format called ‘Marriage Survival’. ‘Determinant’ In addition to system linkage, the appearance of current couple managers is also announced, raising expectations for ultra-fast, high-efficiency real-world matching.

In ‘Couple Palace’, 100 single men and women of various charms are expected to set out to find a partner they want to spend their lives with by revealing their appearance, economic power, lifestyle, and unpredictable conditions of marriage. Unlike the existing method of depicting the reality of cohabitation among a limited number of people, 100 people with various attractive marriage ideals who seem to have popped out of the decision company member database are together.

Participants will visit ‘Couples Palace’ Regarding the background of his decision to appear, he said, “I want to date, but I haven’t had a chance to meet the opposite sex,”and “I think there might be one out of 50 people who is my partner.”It is said that these were cited as the most common reasons for appearing. In fact, the production team’s tip is that 100 single men and women who were ‘sincere’ about getting married gathered together to add authenticity to couple matching. It is said that participants who said, “I felt like I found a needle in the desert,” and “I met someone who was like my other half of destiny,” also appeared, raising even more curiosity about how many couples among the 100 single men and women will be born.

We already know whether ‘Couple Palace’, which is about to be aired for the first time with great interest, will be able to become a representative program of ‘pursuit of meeting through dating programs’ and how many couples will be produced in the end. It stimulates dopamine in prospective viewers. Mnet ‘Couple Palace’ will premiere at 10 PM on Tuesday, January 30.

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