Entertainer Kim Shin-young on “I Live Alone.” MBC broadcast screen

Entertainer Kim Shin-young has become a new female mainstay on “I Live Alone.”

According to MBC on the 11th, the variety show “I Live Alone” recorded a peak metropolitan household rating of 7.8% (Nielsen Korea) in its broadcast on the 10th. Its 2054 rating was 4.4%, ranking first among all Friday programs.

The centerpiece of the episode was 14-year solo-dwelling veteran Kim Shin-young’s Rainbow Live. The highest minute rating came during the scene where she confessed what prompted her to stop the diet she had maintained for 13 years.

Kim Shin-young said, “The late teacher Jeon Yu-seong, on his deathbed, left these last words: ‘I really want jjambbong but cannot eat it. Do not hold back; live enjoying delicious food.’”

She also unveiled a so-called ‘golden hands’ life, including maximalist spatial organization divided into a ‘denim room’ and a ‘shoe room,’ holding seven design registrations, and repairs with a sewing machine.

Her remarks reflecting a life philosophy, such as “Today I am the happiest, and today I am having the most fun. Would it not be better to acknowledge myself?” and her closing comment, “Please stop dieting,” drew sympathetic responses from female viewers.

After Park Na-rae left, “I Live Alone” had been noted for a gap in emotion-driven content from female members. Attention is on whether it can continue the rebound in ratings through content from the new members.