Kim Shin-young on MBC ‘Na Honja Sanda’.
Comedian Kim Shin-young is winning broad public affection, to the point that she can even turn a yo-yo into charm. She appeared on JTBC ‘Aneun Hyeongnim’, delivering laughs as a ‘yo-yo character’, and she also carried MBC ‘Na Honja Sanda’. With the news that she would be joining ‘Aneun Hyeongnim’ as a regular, she has opened the second act of her blossoming career as a television personality.
JTBC said on the 11th, “Kim Shin-young appeared as a special transfer student in this week’s recording of ‘Aneun Hyeongnim’. As for whether she will become a regular, we are coordinating with an open mind.”
If Kim Shin-young joins ‘Aneun Hyeongnim’ as a regular, she would become the first female member. Anticipation is already rising over what kind of synergy she will create with Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Seo Jang-hoon, Kim Young-chul, Kim Hee-chul, Shindong, and Min Kyung-hoon.
On the episode of ‘Aneun Hyeongnim’ aired on the 28th of last month, Kim Shin-young appeared and, as a ‘character who had a yo-yo’, delivered big laughs. On that broadcast she confessed that after losing weight from 88kg to 44kg through dieting and maintaining it for more than 10 years, she began to gain weight again starting last year. She also turned the studio upside down with a 100% synchronized impression of Kang Ho-dong.
After seizing buzz on ‘Aneun Hyeongnim’, she also appeared on ‘Na Honja Sanda’ aired on the 10th, candidly showing her everyday life living alone. Thanks to this, ‘Na Honja Sanda’, whose ratings had recently fallen to 4.4%, rose to 6.1%. The highest minute-by-minute rating also went to Kim Shin-young. The moment when she confessed that she had kept vigil at the deathbed of the late Jeon Yoo-sung, her longtime mentor, and heard the words, “Eat whatever you want and live,” sent the minute-by-minute peak rating soaring to 7.8%, living up to her name.
Once the broadcast aired, online communities were flooded with positive reactions such as “I really like Kim Shin-young. I hope she appears often” “I saw her for the first time in a while, and because she has clearly hit highs and gone through slumps, maybe because she knows life’s ups and downs, I liked how her life’s direction quietly came through without needing to be loud. It did not feel contrived” “She is diligent and there is much to learn from her, so I wish she would become a regular member. If not, I wish she would come on about once a month”.
Amid this, the news of Kim Shin-young’s joining ‘Aneun Hyeongnim’ once again proved her presence as a ‘variety-show cheat code’. With her outstanding wit and feel for variety already recognized, attention is focused on how much further she will broaden her spectrum as a television personality.
