8 vs 1

8 vs 1 airs Monday nights at 11:15 pm (Korean Time) on SBS. It took over the timeslot left vacant when Yashimmanman was canceled. Each week, the 4 MCs and 4 guest celebrity panelists try to guess the answers given by 50 people/couples who answered a survey. If they are not able to guess all the answers given, the task is passed onto a contestant who has to guess at the answers for prize money.^[1]

MC

• Shin Dong Yup
• Heechul
• Jung Chanwoo
• Sol Bi (from EP.7)
• Shim Eun-jin (EP.1-6)

Participants

The show is seeking people/couples who have experienced the things that they require for the survey questionnaires, the subject of which is mentioned during the broadcast. When writing a post to be selected as one of the 50, please provide the following information: As the title of the post, put the subject for which you are seeking to be one of those surveyed. Name, Birthdate/Birthyear, Occupation, Contact information (you must include your cell phone number) Functioning e-mail address Within the text of the post, once again include the subject for which you are seeking to be one of the 50 surveyed.

Contestants

Anyone over the age of 19 can apply to appear on the show as a contestant. If your application has been chosen, you will receive a text message on your cell phone with a possible date, time, and location to come in for an interview. If there are a lot of possible contestants, there might a Round 1 interview followed by a Round 2 interview.

Show Format

2006

The pilot of the first incarnation of "8 vs 1" was called "Quiz 8 vs 1" with MC Shin Dong Yup. It aired on September 26, 2006 with 8 celebrity panelists. The premise was to answer the top 3 answers to a trivia question that contestants came up with. If the celebrity panelists aren't able to answer all 3 answers, the contestant is given $3000. For each correct answer by the celebrity panelist $1000 is taken away.

2007

The show became a part of the SBS Thursday night lineup with its current title "8 vs 1 (대결 8대1)" on October 4, 2007 with MC Shin Dong Yup and 8 celebrity panelists. The format was changed along with the title. The premise was to answer the top 3 answers to a trivia question as before, but rather than the contestant coming up with the question, they have to answer along with the celebrity panelists. The contestant is given a chance to guess at the answers after each celebrity panelist's guess thus they have 8 chances. For each of the correct answers the contestant gives, they win $1000, up to $3000 while the celebrity wins a prize of a gold medal per each of the correct answers they give. After 5 episodes with the move of "OotChatSsa" to Thursday due to the new SBS Sunday Night Lineup, "8 vs 1" was put on the shelf until a suitable timeslot opened up.

2008

There was a complete shift on the focus of the show from the previous versions. Unlike the other 2 incarnations of 8 vs 1, this version has a more homey feel to it, of friends lounging around playing games while sharing personal anecdotes and stories. They are no longer on a quiz show type of setting with a big stage and each panelist sitting behind a podium with discussions only centered around the question, but rather each panelist is sitting on a cushion on the floor in a semi-circle talking about their personal stories as it relates to the question while answering the question. As you can see, the format changes a little with each episode as they try to tweak the show to find their niche.

• Episode 1

The panelists guess at the answers given by a survey of 50 people by picking up a placard with their own pictures on it or sitting on a whoopee cushion that is moving on a conveyor belt on a low table that they are sitting around. The panelists are allowed to make up to 50 guesses before they make 8 incorrect guesses. If they get a wrong answer, a strong gust of wind blows in their face. After 8 incorrect guesses, a contestant is given an opportunity. All they need is to find one correct answer within 60 seconds and they win $1000.

• Episode 2, 3, 4 (second half)

The panelists guess at the answers given by a survey of 50 people by picking up a lollipop or sitting on a whoopee cushion that is moving on a conveyor belt on a low table that they are sitting around. The panelists are allowed to make up to 40 guesses until they make 8 incorrect guesses. If they get a wrong answer, a strong gust of wind blows under their skirts. After 8 incorrect guesses, a contestant is given an opportunity. They only have 8 changes to guess a correct answer and they win $1000.

• Episode 4 (first half), 5 - 9

The panelists guess at the answers given by a survey of 50 people. The panelists are allowed to make as many guesses as there are answers. After their allotted number of guesses, a contestant is given an opportunity. They are given 8 chances to guess the correct answers from whatever number of answers that are left unanswered. For each correct answer, they are given $1000 for a total of up to $8000. This episode instituted a new method of guessing at an answer, that of going up to a small cube podium and hitting a buzzer. There is no penalty for guessing the wrong answer.

• Episode 10 - End

The show is separated into two segments. The first part is called [star Straight Talk! GO? STOP!] where they show what the 50 people they surveyed had to say about 2 of the 4 guests on that week. The comments range from polite to mean and are given levels with the first level, the polite comments, being revealed first. The guest is given an opportunity to respond to each comment. Any time the guest doesn't feel comfortable with the comments, they can put a stop to it by holding up a stop sign. The second part is a survey question like before, but rather than having to guess all the answers, they reveal all the answers EXCEPT one peculiar or odd one out. The panelists are divided into two teams: MC team and Guest Team. One side is given the answer and has to give hints to the other side to help them guess the answer. If they are able to correctly guess the answer, they are given $1000 to donate to a charity of their choice. If they aren't able to correctly guess the answer, the contestant who gave the original answer is given $1000.

Episode Guide

2006-2007

2008

Song List

All Episodes

• Queen - I Was Born To Love You (Show's Theme Song)
• Three Dog Night - Joy To the World (Intro and/or End segment)
• KC and the Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty (end of segments)
• Flight of the Bumblebee (from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan") (during contestant guesses) [EP. 1-6]
• Electric Light Orchestra - Twilight (End of contestant section) [EP. 1-4]

Episode 1

• Wheesung - 사랑은 맛있다 (Love Is Delicious), (Wheesung Intro)
• Super Junior - Marry U, (Tae Yeon Intro)
• Kim Mi Ryu - 나를 만나다 (After seeing me), (Kim Mi Ryu Intro)
• The Beatles - Lady Madonna, (Tae Yeon talks about being the last in her class)
• Eric Clapton - Layla, (Wheesung talking about his school days)
• Tom Jones - Sex Bomb, (everyone discusses whether porn could be an answer to Question 1)
• Olivia Newton-John - Physical, (Shin Dong Yup trying to answer, but others stopping him)
• Chic - Le Freak, (Shin Dong Yup answering post delivery gift of plastic surgery)
• Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes, (Shin Dong Yup talking about a passenger going on a date instead of paying fare)

Episode 2

• 전설의 고향 Theme, (Heechul talking about his hometown of Kangwondo)
• Tom Jones - Sex Bomb, (Shin Dong Yup gets embarrassed about the first night of honeymoon question)
• Olivia Newton-John - Physical, (Solbi's answer of racy videos)
• Barry Manilow - Can't Smile Without You, (Solbi's answer of music CDs)
• Donna Summer - Hot Stuff, (The 3 male MCs talking about their privates being caught in the pants zipper)
• Theme from Inspector Gadget, (Kim Saeng Min talking about having a fish bone stuck in his neck)
• Modern Talking - Brother Louie, (various folks talking about having things frozen to their skin)

Episode 3

• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, (both times Heechul was talking about his youth)
• Buzz - 겁쟁이 (Coward), (Woo Seung Min gets the wrong answer)
• Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin), (Jung Chan Woo talking about his sunbaes when he was a new comedian)
• Bee Gees - Holiday, (Jung Chan Woo's answer about children's disrespect/Woo Seung Min's answer of 8 vs 1)
• Seo Yoo Suk - 가는 세월 (Passage of Time), (Shin Dong Yup's answer of passage of time)

Episode 4

• Noh Sa Yeon - 사랑 (Love) - (Noh Sa Yeon Intro/Jo Young Goo's video letter to his wife)
• S.E.S. - 꿈을모아서 (Having Gathered Dreams) - (Shoo Intro)
• Sseurisseuri 쓰리쓰리 - 그래요 (That is so) - (Jo Young Goo's efforts to becoming a trot singer)
• Shim Eun Jin - Oopsy (Shim Eun Jin going up to answer the question)
• Rebecca Luker - Ave Maria (from Stairway to Heaven OST) - (Heechul giving his answer as the bad boyfriend)
• Noh Sa Yeon - 재, 재회 (Jae, Jaehee) - (Noh Sa Yeon talking about her courtship with her husband)
• Jo Sung Mo - 너의 곁으로 (With You) - (from Lovers in Paris OST) (Noh Sa Yeon trying answer the question)

Episode 5

• The Ventures - Theme from S.W.A.T. (Kim Chang Ryul's fart)
• Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk (Jung Chan Woo's Whale video story)
• Modern Talking - Brother Louie (LJ's girlfriend with two cellphones story)
• Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (Kim Chang Ryul's tattles that LJ once had a crush on Jang Young Ran)
• Harry Connick, Jr. - It Had To Be You (LJ and Jang Young Ran at the podium together Song 1)
• Dusty Springfield - Wishing And Hoping (LJ and Jang Young Ran at the podium together Song 2)
• The One - 사랑아 (from 내 남자의 여자 OST) (Heechul and Solbi's mini-play Intro)
• Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man (Heechul and Solbi's mini-play Take #2 starting when Solbi feels Heechul's arm)
• Olivia Newton-John - Physical (Shin Dong Yup discussing the male anatomy)
• Eric Clapton - Layla (Kim Chang Ryul's being headbutted by his son story)
• The Police - Every Breath You Take (Jung Chan Woo's army story)

Episode 6

• Vivaldi - Four Seasons, Spring I (Heechul and Jaejoong talk about the band that they were almost in)
• DBSK - Purple Line (talking about being #1 on Orikon chart)
• Boom - Boom Up (Boom talking about the band he had when he was in high school)
• Kang Jung Hwa Recital Combo Band - 개구리 왕는이 (Big Frog Eyes) (sings her band's debut song)
• Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman (looking at Micky Yoochun's pant legs)
• Shim Eun Jin - Oopsy (Shim Eun Jin going up to answer the question)
• Super Junior - U (Heechul talking about his audition with SM at age 20)
• Noh Sa Yeon - 돌고 돌아가는 길 (Winding Road) (Noh Sa Yeon talking about her debut via College Song Competition)

Episode 7

• Hong Seo Bum and Jo Gap Kyung - 내 사랑 투유 (My Love To You), (Hong Seo Bum and Jo Gap Kyung intro)
• Byun Jin Sup - 새들처럼 (Like Birds), (Byun Jin Sup intro)
• Epik High - Love Love Love, (Mithra Jin intro)
• Modern Talking - Brother Louie, (Hong Seo Bum story about his friend whose cellphone accidentally dialed his wife while he was at a bar with other women)
• The Police - Every Breath You Take, (Contestant 1 message to his co-workers and loved ones)

Episode 8

• Choi Jae Hoon - 고마워요 (Thank You), (KHS talking about his wedding)
• Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz, (YCY talks about her first kiss with her fiance)
• Blink - Kiss Me, (Heechul and Solbi's mini-play #2 kiss)
• Donna Summer - Hot Stuff, (KHS and the women play acting a guy getting ganged up by a group of girls)

Episode 9

• Jewelry - One More Time, (Park Jung Ah's introduction and PJA/Solbi's skit about stealing from a friend)
• Elton John - Blue Eyes, (Kim Hong Kook talking about his wife)
• Super Junior - Don't Don, (Eunhyuk talking about Kangin not bathing)
• Kim Hong Kook - 59년 왕십리 (Wangsimni of '59), (Kim Hong Kook talking about the origin of the song)
• Rebecca Luker - Ave Maria (from Stairway to Heaven OST), (Solbi giving her answer about betrayal: stealing a friend's boyfriend)
• Bee Gees - Holiday, (Kibum's story about being betrayed by his friends)
• Elton John - Your Song, (Solbi giving answer about friends who don't attend events such as funerals and weddings)

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