| Vampire Idol | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Written by | Ha Chul-song Lee Sung-eun Park Ji-hyun Park Ran Park Yeon-kyung Choi Yoon-chul |
| Directed by | Lee Geun-wook Yoo Yong-hee Baek Seung-joo |
| Starring | Lee Jung Kang Min-kyung Shin Dong-yup Kim Soo-mi Lee Soo-hyuk Kim Woo-bin Hong Jong-hyun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 175 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Mondays to Saturday at 20:30 (KST) |
| Production company | SidusHQ |
| Original release | |
| Network | Maeil Broadcasting Network |
| Release | November 17, 2011 – June 2, 2012 |
Vampire Idol (Korean: 뱀파이어 아이돌) is a 2011 South Korean youth sitcom that ran on MBN from 2011 to 2012.
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
- Lee Jung as Prince (Wang-ja)
- 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."
- Kang Min-kyung as Min-Kyung
- 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.
- Kim Soo-mi as Soo-mi
- 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.
- Lee Soo-hyuk as Soo-hyuk/Mukadil Paejua[2]
- 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.
- Kim Woo-bin as Woo-bin/Gabri Rates
- 22 years old. He is one of Prince's servants. He has super-sharp hearing.
- Hong Jong-hyun as Jong-hyun/Yariru Genius
- He is a genius with an IQ of 790. He is also very socially awkward.
Supporting characters
- Hwang Kwang-hee as Kwang-hee[3]
- Bang Min-ah 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 as Hae-in
- Kim Sung-hoon
Cameo appearances
- Kim Wan-sun as Do Woo-mi
- Jay Park as J[4]
- Lee Eui-jung
- Jung Heechul as himself (ep.07)
- Moon Joon-young as himself (ep. 07) [5]
International broadcast
In Thailand aired on MCOT Family beginning July 18, 2015.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Kim, Hee-ju (7 December 2011). "REVIEW: MBN sitcom Vampire Idol – 1st episode". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (14 June 2012). "Lee Soo-hyuk opens up about past love". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ Hong, Lucia (9 November 2011). "ZE:A Kwang-hee lands role in upcoming sitcom". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ Hong, Lucia (27 March 2012). "Jay Park to make appearance on MBN's sitcom". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ ZEAs, MoonSky (14 December 2011). "111214 Vampire Idol E.07 ( ZE:A Junyoung , Heecheol , Kwanghee cut )". youtube. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ↑ "Vampire Idol แวมไพร์ ไอดอล". dara.truelife.com (in Thai). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
External links
- Vampire Idol at Maeil Broadcasting Network (in Korean)
- Vampire Idol at HanCinema
- Vampire Idol at IMDb
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