Taste of Love (South Korean TV series)

Taste of Love (Korean: 연애의맛) is a South Korea reality show program on TV Chosun.[1] Season 1 was televised on TV Chosun every Thursday at 23:00 (KST) starting from September 16, 2018 and ended February 22, 2019. Season 2 started broadcast on 23 May 2019.[2]

Taste of Love
Promotional Poster for Season 1
Hangul	연애의 맛
Genre	Reality show
Starring	Park Na-rae Kim Sook Kim Jae-joong Jang Su-won Jung Hyuk
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	Season 1: 23 Season 2: 16 Season 3: 8
Production
Production location	South Korea
Running time	90 – 100 minutes
Distributor	TV Chosun
Release
Original network	TV Chosun
Original release	Season 1: September 16, 2018 – February 21, 2019 Season 2: May 23 – September 19, 2019 Season 3: October 24 – December 19, 2019
External links
Season 3 Official Website

Synopsis

In the show, a celebrity and non-celebrity date for 100 days, under contract. After the 100 days has passed, the couple decide whether they want to continue dating or not.

Main MC

Name	Season	Ref.
Park Na-rae	1 – present	[3][4][5]
Choi Hwa-jung	1 – 2
Kim Sook	3 – present	[5]

Fixed Panelist MC

Name	Season	Ref.
Lee Yong-jin	2
Chun Myung-hoon	2
Hyun Woo	2
Jang Su-won	2 – present	[5]
Kim Jae-joong	2 – present
Jung Hyuk	3 – present

Cast

Season 1

Couples	Episodes	Ref.
Kim Jong-min and Hwang Mi-na	1 – 23	[6][7]
Lee Pil-mo and Seo Soo-yeon		[8]
Kim Jeong-hoon and Kim Jin-ah		[9]
Koo Jun-yup and Oh Ji-hye		[10]
Jeong Young-ju and Kim Sung-won	14 – 23	[11]
Go Joo-won and Kim Bo-mi	16 – 23	[12]

Season 2

Couples	Episodes	Ref.
Jang Woo-hyuk[lower-alpha 1]	1 – 2	[13]
Go Joo-won and Kim Bo-mi	1 – 16	[14][15]
Oh Chang-seok and Lee Chae-eun		[16]
Lee Hyung-chul and Shin Ju-ri		[17]
Chun Myung-hoon and Jo Hee-kyung		[18]
Sook Haeng and Lee Jong-hyun	5 – 16	[19]
Lee Jae-Hwang and Yoo Da-som	12 – 16	[20]

Season 3

Casts	Episodes	Ref.
Lee Jae-hwang	1 – 8	[21]
Kang Doo
Jung Joon
Yoon Jung-soo
Park Jin-woo

Ratings

• In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.
• Ratings listed below are the individual corner ratings of Taste of Love. (Note: Individual corner ratings do not include commercial time, which regular ratings include.)

Season 1 2018 – 2019 Nielsen Ratings[22] Ep. # Original Airdate 1 September 16, 2018 1.450% 2 September 23, 2018 1.101% 3 September 30, 2018 2.038% 4 October 4, 2018 1.771% 5 October 18, 2018 2.564% 6 October 25, 2018 2.754% 7 November 1, 2018 2.833% 8 November 8, 2018 3.748% 9 November 15, 2018 3.878% 10 November 22, 2018 4.295% 11 November 29, 2018 4.379% 12 December 6, 2018 5.103% 13 December 13, 2018 4.751% 14 December 20, 2018 5.080% 15 December 27, 2018 4.983% 16 January 3, 2019 5.669% 17 January 10, 2019 4.671% 18 January 17, 2019 5.487% 19 January 24, 2019 4.627% 20 January 31, 2019 5.830% 21 February 7, 2019 5.256% 22 February 14, 2019 5.927% 23 February 21, 2019 5.261%

Season 2 2019 Nielsen Ratings[22] Ep. # Original Airdate 1 May 23, 2019 3.240% 2 May 30, 2019 3.610% 3 June 6, 2019 4.185% 4 June 13, 2019 4.484% 5 June 20, 2019 4.325% 6 June 27, 2019 4.470% 7 July 4, 2019 4.587% 8 July 11, 2019 4.775% 9 July 25, 2019 5.444% 10 August 1, 2019 4.589% 11 August 8, 2019 4.708% 12 August 15, 2019 4.700% 13 August 22, 2019 4.476% 14 August 29, 2019 3.896% 15 September 5, 2019 4.168% 16 September 19, 2019 4.025%

Season 3 2019 Nielsen Ratings[22] Ep. # Original Airdate 1 October 24, 2019 4.485% 2 October 31, 2019 4.213% 3 November 7, 2019 4.263% 4 November 21, 2019 3.677% 5 November 28, 2019 4.781% 6 December 5, 2019 4.524% 7 December 12, 2019 4.599% 8 December 19, 2019 4.672%

Notes

1. Coupled unknown and had step down from the show.

References

1. "지상파 예능, 종편에게 마저 발목 잡히나(ft.연애의 맛)[SS예능]". 스포츠서울. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
2. "'연애의맛' 김종민 "황미나와 너무 바빠 연락 No, 상처 안됐으면"...결별 밝혀". '연애의맛' 김종민 "황미나와 너무 바빠 연락 No, 상처 안됐으면"...결별 밝혀 (in Korean). 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
3. Lee Jeong-hyun (28 August 2018). "TV조선 '연애의 맛' MC에 최화정·박나래". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
4. Jeong Ahn-ji (15 September 2018). '연애의 맛' 박나래, 연애스킬 전수 "정말 연애하고 싶다" (in Korean). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
5. "[TV조선] 시즌 3로 돌아온 연애의 맛". news.chosun.com (in Korean). 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
6. "[이슈Q] '연애의 맛' 김종민♥황미나 결혼 가능성은? 김국진♥강수지·기성용♥한혜진 보니 - 스포츠Q(큐)". www.sportsq.co.kr (in Korean). 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
7. 김종민♥황미나의 ‘달콤+설렘’ 터지는 데이트 사진이 공개됐다. 인사이트 (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-01-19.
8. ‘연애의 맛’에 깜짝 출연한 이병헌 동생 이은희… 그녀는 누구?. 아시아타임즈 (in Korean). 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
9. '연애의 맛' 김정훈♥김진아 "오늘부터 네 남자친구야". kjdaily.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-01-19.
10. ‘연애의 맛’ 구준엽♥오지혜 커플, “좀 쉬어 지혜야” 듬직한 모습 화제. 뉴스컬처 (in Korean). 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
11. 정영주♥김성원 커플, “그날이 마지막일 수도 있잖아요”. 뉴스컬처 (in Korean). 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
12. 고주원♥김보미 커플, “내 귀에는 예쁘게 들리니까 뭐....” 심쿵 멘트 화제. 뉴스컬처 (in Korean). 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
13. '연애의맛2' 시청률 3.14%, 무난한 출발. tvdaily.co.kr (in Korean). 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
14. POP, 헤럴드 (2019-08-30). "'연애의 맛2' 고주원♥김보미, 팬 위한 서프라이즈 프로포즈 성공(종합)". pop.heraldcorp.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
15. "´연애의맛2´ 고주원♥김보미, 200일 맞이 ´봄프라이즈´ 대작전". isplus.live.joins.com (in Korean). 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
16. "[S종합] '연애의맛2' 오창석♥이채은, 커플링 분실→화해... 천명훈♥조희경, 청신호". www.stardailynews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
17. "'연애의 맛 시즌2' 이형철♥신주리 커플, "지금 아기 낳으면 100세까지 돈벌어야"". 뉴스컬처 (in Korean). 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
18. "'연애의 맛2' 오창석♥이채은→천명훈♥조희경까지…한층 가까워졌다". sports.mk.co.kr. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
19. "'연애의 맛 시즌2' 숙행♥이종현 커플, 서로의 마음을 확인한 데이트 눈길". 뉴스컬처 (in Korean). 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
20. POP, 헤럴드 (2019-08-30). "'연애의 맛2' 이재황♥유다솜, 서로의 첫인상 이야기에 좋은 분위기". pop.heraldcorp.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
21. "김숙과 함께 약 2년여 간 가상 연애의 맛". www.newsam.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-10-26.
22. (in Korean) Nielsen Korea Ratings Page

External links

• Official Website for Season 1 (in Korean)
• Official Website for Season 2 (in Korean)
• Official Website for Season 3 (in Korean)