Jang Yoon-Jeong. Courtesy of MBN

A heartwarming story about singer Jang Yoon-Jeong is revealed.

MBN ‘Unforgettable Duet’, airing at 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday the 3rd, is a reality music show that features moving duet stages by participants who are losing their memories to dementia and the people who remember them. After airing a single Chuseok holiday special last year, it received strong acclaim and won the Silver Prize at the ‘Content Asia Awards 2025’, drawing attention as a concept that resonated globally. On top of that, Jang Yoon-Jeong serves as MC, with Jo Hye-Ryun, Son Tae-Jin, and Oh My Girl Hyojung joining as panelists, while So Hyang appears as the ‘Memory Singer’, heightening anticipation.

In this episode, singer Na Mi-ae, who won a trot survival competition after 30 years in obscurity and is now actively promoting, takes the stage with her 94-year-old mother, who has steadfastly played the role of manager beside her daughter. In particular, they are the protagonists of the widely discussed ‘Jang Yoon-Jeong good-deed story’, after Jo Hye-Ryun revealed at the production presentation held on the 5th of last month, “Jang Yoon-Jeong, upon hearing of Na Mi-ae’s wedding, did not forget to send a cash gift and a wreath.” Attention is focused on how Na Mi-ae and her mother captured the heart of Jang Yoon-Jeong.

MBN ‘Unforgettable Duet’

Na Mi-ae continually expresses affection to her mother, who warmly greets her each time by saying, “Our daughter Na Mi-ae,” telling her, “Mom, I love you. I am so happy because you are by my side,” drawing attention. When the mother breaks into a bright smile at how cute her daughter is, Jo Hye-Ryun cannot hide a pleased smile, saying, “Daughters are the best. Daughters are the best.”

Next, their playground, the ‘broadcast room’, is unveiled, drawing attention. It is a practice room set up so that Na Mi-ae can spend more time with her mother, who has been diagnosed with dementia; Na Mi-ae sits side by side with her mother on the sofa, holding hands and singing. Watching the two sing together, Jang Yoon-Jeong exclaims, “The two of you were already filming ‘Unforgettable Duet’ at home.”

Na Mi-ae also shares behind-the-scenes from the time she won the trot survival competition, saying, “My mom had shingles, but she came to see my final-round stage in the trot survival.” The studio was reportedly awash in tears at the extraordinary maternal love of a mother who thinks of her daughter before herself.

Anticipation soars for ‘Unforgettable Duet’, which will capture the love-filled story of the mother and daughter that moved Jang Yoon-Jeong to admiration.

‘Unforgettable Duet’ airs on MBN every Wednesday at 10:20 p.m.