Song Eun-i

Song Eun-i (Korean: 송은이; born January 4, 1973) is a South Korean singer, actress and comedian.[1] She made her debut as a theater actress in 1993. In the same year, she made her debut as a comedian in KBS. She is signed with FNC Entertainment as her management company.[1] Currently, Song is running own company Media Lab Seesaw as CEO[2] with her friend, Kim-Sook as director.

Song Eun-i
Born	January 4, 1973 Seoul, South Korea
Comedy career
Years active	1993–present
Employer	Media Lab Seesaw
Genres	Observational, sketch, wit, parody, slapstick, dramatic
Musical career
Years active	2000–present
Associated acts	Celeb Five (2018–present)
Korean name
Hangul	송은이
Hanja	宋恩伊
Revised Romanization	Song Euni
McCune–Reischauer	Song Ŭni

Education

• Graduated Seoul Yangmok Elementary School
• Graduated Sinjeong Middle School
• Graduated Myungduk Girls' High School
• Graduated Seoul Institute of the Arts[3] (Theatre College Degree Program)

Career

Song first made her debut in the South Korean entertainment industry in 1993, as a KBS comedian.[3][4]

In 2016, Song and fellow comedian Kim Sook published a book together, based on their podcast, Keeping Secrets (비밀보장).[5][6] In the same year, Song became the CEO of CONTENTS LAB VIVO (Korean: 컨텐츠랩비보), a production company that creates internet-based content,[7][8][9] as well as aiding Kim Jun-ho organise the Busan International Comedy Festival.[4][10]
Song's production company has produced multiple web-based shows and podcasts including Keeping Secrets, The King of Shopping and Kim Saeng-min's Receipt,[11] as well as producing the group, Celeb Five (Korean: 셀럽파이브), which Song is also a part of.[12][13]

Personal life

Song, among other South Korean celebrities such as Kim Won-hee and Kim Yong-man, is a part of a volunteer group called God is Love Ministry (GIL Ministry), who provide medical sponsorship for Haitian children with congenital heart disease, allowing the children to go to South Korea for medical treatment for their cardiovascular condition.[14][15][16][17]

One of Song's hobbies includes woodworking, having learnt the skill with Kim Sook when she had little work and broadcasting activity.[4]

Filmography

Current programs

Year	Title	Network	Role	Notes
2018	Hidden Singer	JTBC	Fixed panellist	Season 3–
	Omniscient Interfering View	MBC	Cast member[18]	Episode 1 – present
	Food, Bless You	O'live	Cast member[19][20]
	Burning Youth	SBS	Cast member[21]	Episode 148–
	Comedian Singer Producer	NAVER	Host/cast member[22]
	Problem Child in House	KBS2	Cast member[23][24]
2020	Money Road	JTBC	Cast member[25]

Former programs

Year	Title	Network	Role	Notes
2001–2003	Super TV Sunday Is Fun	KBS2	Host
2003	Truth Game	SBS	Host	Hosted for 1 episode with Yoo Jung-hyun
2005–2009	There is! No?	SBS	Host
2005–2007	English Town TV		Cast member
2005–2006	Challenge! The Age of Success		Host	[26]
2006	Alien Sam	Tooniverse	Okguseul	Drama series
2007–2009	Infinite Girls	MBC every1	Cast member and host (de facto)	Season 1
2008–2010	Gold Miss Is Coming	SBS	Cast member	Segment on Good Sunday
2009–2011	GAG Star	KBS2	Host	Season 2
2009–2012	Spot! Tasty Food	MBC	Host	[27]
2010	Tent in the City	Mnet	Host
	Invincible Youth	KBS2	Host	Temporarily replaced Kim Tae-woo
	If You Follow, I'm Rich Too (따라하면 나도 부자)	Story On	Host	Season 1
2010–2013	Infinite Girls	MBC every1	Cast member and host (de facto)	Season 3
2011	Sangsang Game	KBS1	Cast member
	If You Follow, I'm Rich Too (따라하면 나도 부자)	Story On	Host	Season 2
	Song Eun-i's Eye to Eye	JEI TV	Host
2017	With You	JTBC	Cast member, paired with Kim Young-chul	[28][29][30][31]
2017–2018	Kim Saeng-min's Receipt	KBS2	Co-host	[32]
2018	Temperature of Judgement	MBC	Host	[33][34][35]
2019	The Hit	KBS2	Co-host with Kim Shin-young

Radio

Year	Title	Radio station	Role	Notes
2007–2010	Song Eun-i and Shin Bong-sun's Donggodongrock	SBS Power FM	Host
2015–present	Song Eun-i & Kim Sook's Sister Radio (송은이, 김숙의 언니네 라디오)	SBS Love FM	Presenter	[36]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1994	Tyranno's Claws	Primitive woman	[37]
2002	Emergency Act 19	Jin Ju	[38][39]

Discography

Solo artist

Studio albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Track listing
			KOR [40]
2000	1집 Imagine	Released: December 1, 2000 Genre: Ballad Format: CD	—	—	Track listing Imagination (상상) 바램 난 그대로인걸 그대오는 길 잘 알잖아요 풍경 마지막이야 I'm Loving You 쿵 축복해요
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
			KOR [40]
2006	Abstract Memories (초록의 추억)	Released: February 23, 2006 Label: Genie Music	—	—	Alien Sam OST
2012	Have a Dream (꿈을 가지고)	Released: December 4, 2012 Label: Mirrorball Music Genre: Folk	—	—	I Love You: Unashamed Words
2015	In His Love (사랑으로 사랑으로)	Released: May 28, 2015 Label: LOEN Entertainment Genre: CCM	—	—	Calling of the Heart - The Second Story Part 3. Love
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborative singles

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
			KOR [40]
2014	Age-Height (나이-키) (with Song Seung-hyun (F.T. Island), together as Two-Song Place)	Released: January 9, 2014 Label: FNC Entertainment, Stone Music Entertainment	—	—	Non-album single
2017	3-Do (3도) (with Kim Sook, together as Double-V)	Released: December 25, 2017 Label: CONTENTS LAB VIVO, Kakao M	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Infinite Girls

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Track listing
			KOR [40]
2008	Project Make Infinite Girls Singers (무한걸스 가수되기 프로젝트)	Released: November 13, 2008 Label: Danal Entertainment Genre: Dance	—	—	Track listing Imagination (상상) (Full ver.) Imagination (상상) (Original ver.) Imagination (상상) (Inst.)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Celeb Five

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
			KOR [40]
2018	Celeb Five (I Wanna Be a Celeb) (셀럽파이브 (셀럽이 되고 싶어))	Released: January 24, 2018 Label: CONTENTS LAB VIVO, NHN Entertainment Genre: Dance	—	—	Celeb No.1 (셀럽 No.1)
	Shutter (셔터) feat. Lee Deok-hwa	Released: November 19, 2018 Label: CONTENTS LAB VIVO, LOEN Entertainment Genre: Synth-pop, dance	—	—	Shutter (셔터)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2002	Korean Film Festival	Photogenic Award		Won	[41]
2002	KBS Entertainment Awards	Broadcasting Progress award		Won	[42]
2003	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	Appreciation plaque		Won	[43]
2008	SBS Entertainment Awards	Best Teamwork Award	Gold Miss is Coming	Won	[42]
2009	SBS Entertainment Awards	Radio DJ Award		Won	[44]
2010	16th Korean Entertainment Art Award	TV Progress Award		Won	[45]
2017	SBS Entertainment Awards	Radio DJ Award	Song Eun-i, Kim Sook's Sisters Radio	Won	[46]
2018	54th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Variety Performer – Female	Omniscient Interfering View	Won	[47]
	16th KBS Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award in Variety	Problem Child in House	Nominated
	18th MBC Entertainment Awards		Omniscient Interfering View	Won	[48]
2019	19th MBC Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award in Variety Category (Female)	Omniscient Interfering View	Won	[49]
	Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards	Prime Minister's Commendation		Won	[50]
2020	18th KBS Entertainment Awards	Producers' Special Award	Problem Child in House	Won	[51]

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External links

• Song Eun-i on Twitter
• Song Eun-i at FNC Entertainment