According to Nielsen Korea, a TV viewer rating research institute, Running Man, which was broadcast on the 1st, ranked first in entertainment in the same time zone with 3.7% of 2049 target TV viewer ratings (based on the second part of the Seoul metropolitan area). The average TV viewer ratings were 5% for the first part and 7.1% for the second part, while the highest TV viewer ratings per minute soared to 7.9%.
The broadcast was held as Running Man Investment Attraction Race, with actors Kang Han-na, Lee Hee-Jin, YooAA of Oh My Girl and broadcaster Yoo Byung-jae as guests. Members can invest RCOIN in each round to call their assets, and the person with the least RCOIN will be punished.
The first confrontation was the 'Lord of the thighs' as a pain-bearing confrontation. With Kim Jong-kook winning as everyone expected, Lee Kwang-soo was hit in the thigh by Kim Jong-kook and pulled out painfully to laugh. Song Ji-hyo, Jeon So-min, Yang Se-chan and YooAA, who invested in Kim Jong-kook, were called RCOIN.
In the second showdown quiz, 'The King of Quiz', Haha, Lee Kwang-soo, and Yoo Byung-jae, who invested in him as 'Brain' YooA Jae-Suk won the championship, earned twice as much COIN. In the third showdown, 'The King of Dance', the 'Dance Shin Dance King' YooAA's big success attracted attention and won first place, and investors YooA Jae-Suk, Kim Jong-kook and Yoo Byung-jae also succeeded in being called COIN.
In particular, Yoo Byung-jae won the final prize with a lot of COIN in the final match, and Lee Hee-Jin won the Water bomb penalty with 0 COIN. The scene was the best TV viewer rating per minute at 7.9%.
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