Guests: (breifly) sports announcer Jung Wooyoung, Korea’s National Women’s Volleyball Team: Kim Yeonkoung, Kim Heejin, Oh Jiyoung, Yeum Hyeseon, Lee Soyoung, Ahn Hyejun, and Park Eunjin.
My Entertainment Score: 5 out of 10 laughs
Episode 572 was a 3 for me. I had the STRONGEST deja vu watching this episode. They did this concept once before...baseball? Yes...episode 534. In any case, it didn’t really do much for me personally.
Episode 573 was a 5 for me. Only one of the two games had me laughing and the negotiations aren’t really my style of entertainment.
Episode 574 pt. 1 was a 7 for me. This was the best section of this set for me. I enjoyed the game that was played and was relieved by the lack of negotiations.
What Happened:
Opening/ Guest Introductions (start of episode- 39:10)
They do this as a sports draft conference, where everyone enters as they are announced and they walk down a red carpet before taking their seats at a conference table.
14:48- They interview the players and give them each some air time.
Jongkook and Jaesuk are to be the team leaders for this episode. That was determined by the games in the last episode and their “money” carried over from there as well.
Draft (39:10- 1:04:44)
All the members (except Jongkook and Jaesuk) take turns in groups of three hitting one ‘spike’ at a target, aiming for accuracy as well as speed. The coaches will write down their proposed salaries for each member based on that one hit and the members can choose which coach they will work for depending on the proposed salaries. Each coach can only have 6 members.
Jaesuk has $1300 to spend while Jongkook has $990. Salaries will be renegotiated after each game.
Race Explanation (1:04:44- 1:08:14)
After each game, the coaches and players will have a renegotiation time on the salaries. Any money the coaches manage not to spend, they get to keep and the coach with the most saved money at the end of the day will win a prize, while the other coach will face the penalty. The top 3 players with the most money will also get a prize. The two players with the lowest accumulated salary, will lose and get the punishment. They get to choose 2 more people to join them in the penalty.
As a twist, they did first string and second string line-ups on each team for every round. The coaches can join either string. From an overall perspective, winning with the first string team will earn more for the coach to give out in salaries AND only the first string players can renegotiate their salaries each round. Second string players will automatically get the minimum salary.
The coaches appoint a captain for each round who gets a $10 bonus.
First Match: Foot Volleyball (1:08:14 of episode 572- 28:45 of episode 573)
A twist rule for this game: a libero is chosen by the coaches. That player can use their hands.
1st String Special Rule: No using formal language. This game went through the end of episode 572. It ends at 13:39 of episode 573.
2nd String Special Rule: Keep smiling, no getting mad.
First Negotiation Time (28:45- 43:53)
Lunch (43:53- 46:55)
The team leaders ‘pay’ for the lunch using their coach savings.
Second Match: Styrofoam Bridge to Nowhere (46:55- 1:15:14)
That’s my name for this one, not the show’s. This game has been done before and is always amusing at some level. At the same time, each team will send one person to go up to a styrofoam platform hanging out over a foam pit. They must inch their way out as far as possible and stick a sticker before the platform breaks and falls. They measure the distance of the stickers to determine the winner. In this episode, they added medals with numbers, starting at 10 and ending at 40 in increments of 5, hanging above the platform. Grabbing one of those medals will add that amount to their length. Only one medal is allowed per member.
Second Negotiation Time (1:15:14- end of ep. 573)
Final Game:Water Mat Volleyball (start of ep. 574- 13:09)
In a huge pool with huge mats floating in it, the teams play volleyball with a huge bouncy ball. They are allowed to jump off the mats whenever they want or need to in order to make a hit, but they cannot stay in the water to wait for a hit.
The first round is played by the coaches with the first string members and the second round is played by the second string members. This was pretty funny.
Final Results (13:09- 23:44)
The coaches can distribute the last round of earnings as they see fit without any negotiations.
The prize for the day is a Hanwoo beef set. The penalty is a whip cream bomb. Three of the 5 people (losing coach, two lowest players, and two players chosen by the lowest 2) will get the whip cream bomb.
Preview: Elegant Western Food Tour
!!!Spoilers!!!
Draft
Jaesuk’s Team:
Somin $2 salary
Sechan $15 salary, with $30 added from Yeonkoung. $45.
Yeonkoung $130 salary, but gives $30 to Sechan to secure him for the team. $100.
Eunjin $120 salary
Hyejin $110 salary (lower than the $120 Jongkook offered...interesting)
Hyeseon $140 salary
Jongkook’s Team:
Jiyoung $110 salary
Jihyo $10 salary
Soyoung $120 salary
Heejin $170 salary
Haha $10 salary
Seokjin $0.10 salary
Foot Volleyball
1st String Match: Jongkook Team Wins $400
2nd String Match: Jaesuk Team Wins $200
**Overall Jongkook Team Win**
First Negotiation
Jaesuk’s Team:
Somin $10
Sechan $30
Yeonkoung $230
Eunjin $10
Hyejin $10
Hyeseon $120
Jongkook’s Team:
Jiyoung $200
Jihyo $10
Soyoung $ 170
Heejin $170 if Jongkook agrees to give $10 each to the second string
Haha $10
Seokjin $10
**For winning, Jongkook gets the option to trade one 2nd string player at his discretion. At the urging of his team, he decides to keep his current lineup.**
Styrofoam Bridge to Nowhere
Jaesuk’s team wins by a landslide. The last round doesn’t even need to happen.
Second Negotiation
Jaesuk’s Team:
Eunjin $60
Hyeseon $223
Other members not shown
**Jaesuk can trade a 2nd string member as the winner. He trades Somin with Haha.**
Jongkook’s Team:
Jiyoung $50
Soyoung $100 salary
Heejin $100 salary
Other members are not shown, but I believe they each gave some money to Haha when he was stolen to the other team.
Water Mat Volleyball
Round 1: Jaesuk Team Wins.
Round 2: Jaesuk Team Wins again.
*Jaesuk Team gets $700. Team Jongkook gets $400.*
Final Results
Coaches: Jaesuk saved $780 while Jongkook saved $110. Jongkook is up for the penalty.
Players:
Yeom Hyeseon $680 - Team Jaesuk -exempt from penalty
Kim Heejin $570 - Team Jongkook -exempt from penalty
Lee Soyoung $540 - Team Jongkook -exempt from penalty
Kim Yeonkoung $520 - Team Jaesuk
Oh Jiyoung and Ahn Hyejin tie $490 - One from each team
Skipped due to tie.
Park Eunjin $310- Team Jaesuk
Jihyo $240- Team Jongkook
Seokjin $230.10- Team Jongkook
Somin $146.99- Team Jongkook
Haha $135 - Team Jaesuk -confirmed for penalty
Sechan $127- Team Jaesuk - confirmed for penalty
Haha and Sechan choose Yeonkoung (Team Jaesuk) and Jiyoung (Team Jongkook) for the penalty. There is a draw of the cards to determine which 3 people get the cream bomb.
Final 3 penalty recipients: Jongkook, Jiyoung, Yeonkoung! Hahaha. The losers of the game actually avoided the penalty.
