The Influencer (2024) s01e05 Episode Script

1
THE INFLUENCER
Here is the ranking
for the first game of Round 3.
I had faith in my idea.
I was worried our photo would flop.
I honestly think our photo
is the best one in terms of quality.
Here is the result
of the eye-tracking data
collected from the 100 evaluators.
In first place
are MyBoo and Jang Keun-suk.
1ST: MYBOO, JANG KEUN-SUK
136 SECONDS, 22.5%
Finally, I'm first!
You almost couldn't see our photo
due to all the green dots.
I felt such a thrill.
We succeeded in grabbing their attention.
My sense of achievement was strong.
Your text idea worked! It's amazing!
Jang Keun-suk's idea to add text worked.
I've never added text to my photos.
This really taught me
to think outside the box.
You can't help but read
the text on Jang Keun-suk
and MyBoo's photo.
I think it was a great strategy.
It's amazing how Jang Keun-suk
saw the clickbait thumbnails
of the previous round
and realized he should
try something similar in this round.
2ND: JIN YONG-JIN, PYO EUN-JI
113 SECONDS, 18.7%
We're second!
-We're second!
-I told you.
I told you it would work.
"Is this why he's so famous?"
That's what I thought.
My perspective of him changed,
and I came to trust him.
We're third.
3RD: OKING, JANG JI-SOU
104 SECONDS, 17.2%
Our goal was to survive the first game
and see what the other teams do.
In that sense, it was successful.
4TH: JUICE SEYEON, JUNWOO
69 SECONDS, 11.4%
5TH: PANIBOTTLE, BBOGUMI
67 SECONDS, 11.1%
We survived for now,
but we definitely needed
to do better next time.
I wasn't satisfied with the result.
Here are the candidates for elimination
from the first game of Round 3.
KEJIMIN, RISABAE
DAEDO, DOHWADORE
It looked better in my head.
Our first game could be our last one.
I was anxious.
The team that is eliminated
for not capturing enough attention is
DaeDo and Dohwadore.
We only survived by one second.
One second?
6TH: KEJIMIN, RISABAE, 58 SECONDS, 9.6%
7TH: DAEDO, DOHWADORE, 57 SECONDS, 9.4%
-Good job.
-I guess this is it.
It's such a shame.
It was entirely my fault.
I had the wrong approach.
It would have been better
to keep things as simple as possible
to captivate the people's attention.
But I completely forgot
about that principle
and tried to be unnecessarily creative,
which was the cause of our downfall.
Why did I try to be too creative?
I'm happy I made it this far.
I gained a new understanding
of what an influencer is.
And maybe someday,
I could get closer to that world.
The worth of the eliminated team
will be transferred
to the team in first place.
ROUND 3 FEED PHOTO CHALLENGE
2ND GAME
Already?
You will be given 30 minutes
in the second game.
A new room, Set 8, will be available.
The second game begins now.
-Let's go to the new set.
-Right. We should too.
Let's visit Set 8.
-What's this?
-It's a storage room.
8: STORAGE ROOM
We could use the props here.
It's filled with props.
-This is a nice set.
-My goodness.
There was a new set,
but we didn't even bother to take a look.
Let's go to Set 2.
Our goal was to submit our photo quickly
and take over spot number five.
Let's make this quick.
What should I do? Lie down?
-Do the knee dance.
-Okay.
What do you think?
This is option number one.
All right.
Let's do some quick edits.
The text has to stand out.
Jang Keun-suk and MyBoo's photo
in the first game
gave us some ideas.
We were inspired
to also add text to our photo.
That's a good way to get attention.
We should try something like that.
It reminded me of the ads
you often see on Instagram.
This one's good.
"YouTuber with two million subscribers
reveals earnings."
Then, "More on the bottom right."
Then people will look at the bottom right,
where we'll have some more
text for them to read
to increase their time spent on our photo.
"YouTuber with two million subscribers
reveals earnings."
-We almost got eliminated just now.
-Exactly.
We don't need to look good.
-That's true.
-That's not what matters.
Let's bait people.
How?
We were in fifth place.
Sure, we survived,
but our strategy completely failed.
That's when I realized
that we just had to draw attention
in any way possible.
I wondered if we should
try to be provocative.
I have two ideas.
What are they?
We could take a photo of us
almost about to kiss.
BBOGUMI's idea involved kissing,
but I doubted anyone would care
if we kissed or not.
I wasn't sure of her idea.
So I told her my idea.
-First, we take a weird photo.
-Okay.
Then we bait people by writing,
"This photo is scary once you get it."
-Then they'll look at it for longer.
-That's good.
We're baiting them.
It was a mixture of our ideas.
BBOGUMI's idea of us kissing
and my idea of making people
wonder why the photo is scary.
The plan is to bait people through text.
We should also add text to our photo
but make it small so people spend time
trying to read the text.
Once I saw Jang Keun-suk use text
to captivate people's attention,
I knew the other teams
would all copy what he did.
So I needed to take that up a level.
Can you reveal your age?
Eun-ji was born in 1989.
It's crazy how young
she looks for her age.
It may be hard to believe,
but she's older than I am.
How is that possible?
So I thought we could use that.
-Will you do it?
-Reveal my age?
We'll definitely survive with that.
I've never revealed my age to the public.
I actually wanted to try a different set
and take pretty pictures,
but I decided to trust him.
First, we'll take a photo of you
in your usual style
and add your birth year,
but we'll make it hard to read
so people spend more time on the photo.
-Okay.
-Then at the top,
we'll write, "Guess how old she is."
People will think you look young
and wonder about your age.
That's what I was thinking.
The second game will be a battle of texts
between all of us.
I knew that would happen.
I already knew it.
So I figured using the same strategy
would make me a lame influencer.
I bet everyone will use texts
in the next game.
Most will.
In that case,
we would stand out by not using it.
I have a very provocative and simple idea.
We just zoom in on one eye.
An eye?
The eye would basically
be staring back at the evaluators.
I wanted a photo
that could pack a strong punch,
so I thought of a photo
of an eye with no text.
OKING already did something similar,
so the evaluators might end up
shifting their attention elsewhere.
Rehashing an idea was not it.
There's nothing like bare skin
to draw attention.
In the first game,
Pyo Eun-ji was alone in her photo.
I felt that taking a photo of my body
would ensure survival.
I wasn't really sure it would work.
We should go with
a photo of my figure this time.
All right.
Then a photo of your figure
for the second game?
-Sure.
-Okay.
It'll literally just be my body.
Shouldn't you show a bit of your face too?
I was thinking maybe not.
Wouldn't it be better?
Your face could draw attention
and make people look at
the rest of the photo.
Try taking several.
We'll choose one of them.
I actually wanted
to take the photo for her
or even be in the photo too.
I prefer doing most things alone.
I'm rarely satisfied
with other people's work.
OKING and Jang Ji-sou
have submitted their photo.
We're sticking to our guns.
Okay.
-Number five.
-Five, please.
That spot is ours.
Let's brainstorm our next one.
Let's choose on the way.
-This one?
-Yes.
MyBoo and Jang Keun-suk
-That's fast. They got the hang of it.
-have submitted their photo.
Number four, please.
-How did it go?
-I don't know.
MYBOO
JANG KEUN-SUK
Could you stand right here in the center?
Our second plan
was to take a photo of RISABAE.
I realized after the first game
that I'm not it.
We decided to go all in on RISABAE
and use her fame and popularity in Korea.
-Is it a close-up?
-Yeah.
That's perfect.
You look good.
Open your arms more.
The quality of the photo
really mattered to me.
I wanted at least one photo in the game
to be all about quality
and not just about being provocative.
We're all about quality!
This one looks better.
Yeah, I like this one.
They're not as good as I want them to be.
This one's nice.
Come on, the kissing idea is the best!
Forget everything else. Just do it.
-Don't spit at me!
-Sorry.
I'm so sorry.
That was hydrating.
Just take a bunch.
Come on. Get closer.
Look at me.
We need to think.
Are there any photos
that could go well with,
"This photo is scary once you get it"?
This one.
Add the text on that one, and we're done.
It needs to be more provocative.
I'll unzip a bit more
and lower my bra slightly.
How's this?
Isn't this more risqué?
I wanted one photo
with a lot of skin showing.
Come over here.
-I'll pose like this.
-I'll stand behind you.
-You go on this side.
-Like this?
-Like this?
-Yes. Like this.
I felt that we could
shock people into looking at it.
How should I hold your tail?
You could hold my tail or just hug me.
-I look so awkward.
-Junwoo.
-That's too much hugging.
-Then what?
Maybe like this.
I'll hold your arm.
-Like this?
-And fix your expression.
I'll just do this.
I thought it'd be good
if I lowered my face
and gave off a pervert vibe.
Look. What do you think?
-Is it good without my face?
-Yeah, you look like a real pervert.
-So creepy. Now send me the photo.
-Yeah?
Send it to me.
-This looks really nice.
-Yes.
This is good.
I look so damn creepy.
All right, that's good.
Let's go.
You're great at this.
I'm good at taking pretty photos.
The number is too visible.
Your finger should cover the number nine,
so people have to look closer.
-Like this?
-Yes.
Yes, that's good.
My ideas and your beauty
make for a good combination.
I like this one.
I think I covered the number too much.
It's fine.
We need people to sort of see it,
but only if they look closely.
-Right?
-What should we write?
"Guess how old she is."
Turn it a bit diagonally
and make the text bold.
There's a lot to see in this photo.
-That's good.
-Is it?
This is a masterpiece.
Right?
Are you sure about this?
Yes, this is what I do for a living.
Making thumbnails is second nature to me.
I know how to captivate
people's attention.
We're getting first place.
The second game is now over.
This is crazy.
We will now reveal the feed
for the second game.
Please.
Oh my, those breasts
I can't possibly beat those.
Those are too intense.
How many photos of breasts are there?
Oh my goodness.
ROUND 3, 2ND GAME
MYBOO, JANG KEUN-SUK
Her face isn't even showing.
No one can beat that.
My goodness, that's too much.
It was so shocking
that she didn't even show her face.
I wonder what they were thinking
when they took it.
All I could see was MyBoo's photo.
How am I supposed to beat that?
Think about the dopamine rush
that would bring.
Even I would look at her photo first.
I was confident that my photo
would captivate everyone's attention.
ROUND 3, 2ND GAME
OKING, JANG JI-SOU
YOUTUBER WITH 2 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS
REVEALS EARNINGS (SEE BOTTOM RIGHT)
ROUND 3, 2ND GAME
PANIBOTTLE, BBOGUMI
THIS PHOTO IS SCARY ONCE YOU GET I
That photo's scary by itself.
It's already scary.
I like the scary text.
I liked PaniBottle's photo.
He tried to draw attention
by making people curious,
causing them to stay on the photo.
ROUND 3, 2ND GAME
KEJIMIN, RISABAE
-They take great photos.
-I agree.
-How did they take this?
-I'm so jealous.
-Oh no.
-I have a bad feeling.
I didn't expose my breasts.
What matters is that you did your best.
Thank you.
An influencer must always
try their best.
My nerves are killing me.
Juice Seyeon just looked so pretty.
Our photo was the prettiest and cutest.
Your face will get us through.
I'm sure my little ladies and gentlemen
looked at my photo.
-Please.
-Please.
I'm going to get eliminated
because of PaniBottle.
-Are you serious?
-You kept insisting
on writing that weird text.
We should've just kissed.
Maybe you just want to kiss me.
Don't spout such nonsense.
Don't worry, I'll kiss you later.
Here is the result
of the eye-tracking data
collected from the 100 evaluators.
Please.
You can't tell by that yet.
PaniBottle and BBOGUMI's photo
is full of dots.
Ours is pretty dense.
Here is the ranking
for the second game of Round 3.
I don't know what to expect.
I'm confident.
I can guarantee we'll get first.
Please.
1ST: PANIBOTTLE, BBOGUMI
140 SECONDS, 22.5%
Having captivated the 100 evaluators,
PaniBottle and BBOGUMI are in first place.
See?
-We're first!
-I told you.
I told you the text would work.
And you said we'd get eliminated.
We're first!
I was so thrilled
to get first with a photo of my face
after beating out
all the photos of breasts.
2ND: OKING, JANG JI-SOU
129 SECONDS, 20.7%
3RD: KEJIMIN, RISABAE
102 SECONDS, 16.4%
People looked at that for 102 seconds?
Awesome.
I was happy that enough people
recognized our efforts.
4TH: JUICE SEYEON, JUNWOO
93 SECONDS, 15%
That scared me for a second.
And the team that failed to captivate
the evaluators' attention and placed last
It was impossible to predict.
I thought we had it in the bag,
so I was shocked.
Jang Keun-suk and MyBoo got first
with their first photo.
We're first!
So it was unexpected.
I think our second photo
might have been too similar to our first.
I thought the evaluators
might have found it boring,
so I was feeling anxious.
The team that is eliminated
for not capturing enough attention is
MyBoo and Jang Keun-suk.
-Oh my goodness.
-How?
Did I celebrate too much?
5TH: JIN YONG-JIN, PYO EUN-JI
83 SECONDS, 13.3%
We were so close to going home!
6TH: MYBOO, JANG KEUN-SUK, ELIMINATED
75 SECONDS, 12.1%
How did they get eliminated
with that photo?
I don't understand.
I think it was too obvious
what they were trying to do.
What? MyBoo got eliminated.
No more showing skin.
We were in last place.
I still had a lot to show.
First of all,
I felt really sorry to Jang Keun-suk
because we got eliminated
trying out my idea for the photo.
I think I should have pushed a bit harder
and tried to convince MyBoo more.
If I had asked her to trust me
for the sake of the team,
maybe the result could've been different,
or maybe not.
Nevertheless, she wanted to see
her idea come to life,
so it was my duty as a teammate
not to intrude upon her creativity.
Bye, everyone.
-Unbelievable.
-Goodbye.
Is this for real?
-Good work.
-How did that finish last?
I can't believe this.
The total worth of MyBoo and Jang Keun-suk
will be divided and transferred
to the first-place finishers,
PaniBottle and BBOGUMI.
She has more than 80 million won!
-Oh my goodness!
-Is it in?
Thank you for the money.
Was it too much skin?
I guess it was too much.
Maybe there wasn't enough to the photo.
-How much do I have?
-About 68 million.
Yes!
-How much do I have?
-You have 79.41 million.
You have the most.
I was proud of myself.
I think I led our team to win.
Having an enormous amount of money
I could only dream of
showing right on my collar
made me so happy.
You're good at this. You're a genius.
-I told you.
-My goodness.
Now you trust him?
-He's made countless thumbnails.
-Exactly.
That's true.
Thanks for everything.
I had a great time.
I did my best, so I have no regrets.
That's all that matters.
-Good job.
-You did great.
-Good job.
-You too.
-This is sad.
-Stay strong.
I have no regrets.
I gave my all in every round.
And when else would I have a chance
to meet such huge influencers of Korea?
I learned so much
and got to get a glimpse
into the different worlds
of so many content creators.
It was a new experience for me.
My time here definitely encouraged me
to dream of becoming a mega influencer.
The third game of Round 3 begins now.
A new room, Set 9, will be available.
9: PAINT ROOM
Let's get started.
-Should we do it here?
-Sure.
-We're done.
-We're really going to go with just this?
-Yeah.
-Okay.
My cute little Ttaenggu.
This is my dog, Ttaenggu.
All right.
I knew I'd need Ttaenggu.
Hey, there.
Ttaenggu was alone at home,
so I decided to bring him here.
But what do you know? He can help me.
For the next game
We could use my dog.
We're the only ones with a dog.
You're right.
Wait.
What happens if I do this?
Awesome. Come here, Ttaenggu.
Stay.
-What are you going for?
-This looks good.
What does?
Are you sure about this?
Let's have Ttaenggu here
and make it look like Ttaenggu
has two tails or two mouths in the photo.
-What?
-What do you think?
How?
What about a photo of me
taking a photo of Ttaenggu?
And they'll see some skin
if they look closely?
Yes, a bit.
I don't think the photo
should be sexy at all.
As most teams tried to go
for sex appeal in the second game,
I agreed with Yong-jin
to tone down the sexiness.
But I still thought it would be risky
to take it all out.
I wanted to try something different,
an idea or concept
that people have never seen before.
Being cunning and being smart
are two different things,
but Pyo Eun-ji seemed to insist on
taking a photo with Ttaenggu.
I kept wondering
if that was the right decision.
I'm so confused right now.
What do we do, Ttaenggu?
-What should we do?
-Here, Ttaenggu.
What if I stay in the background?
You go front and center,
and I'll be behind you
with this facial expression
-like a brother annoyed at his sister.
-I like it.
Then we could add the text,
"A brother annoyed at his sister."
They'll read the text and look at my face.
-Right.
-So they'll look at it for longer.
-I like that idea.
-I'll be in the back frowning at you.
After we got first place,
I started obeying his every word.
Could you help me color my face pink?
Okay. No problem.
Just mix this with water.
Like this?
Then apply it on my face.
-Got it. You have great skin.
-Right?
I like this.
This is perfect.
I know, right?
Who else would do this?
People will be impressed
that we put in a lot of effort.
What is it?
OKING and Jang Ji-sou
-have submitted their photo.
-There they go again.
-If we get eliminated after all this
-If we do,
-I'm burning this place down.
-I could accept it.
How could you?
-I'm putting my face on the line.
-Because we did our best.
How do I look?
Like Dooly.
-What do you think?
-You're amazing.
This is my signature expression.
And because of that expression,
there's been a meme going around
that I look like Gongsil, the dinosaur.
A lot of people like that meme,
so I felt confident.
I realized I'd made the right choice.
And I wondered
why nobody else tried to buy her.
Those fools.
Come closer.
All right.
Okay, that's a good spot.
Go for a luxury brand model look.
Okay, good.
You look great.
Right there.
That's perfect.
Ten minutes left
until the end of the third game.
Come a bit closer.
We need to add the text.
This time, we wanted to add some humor
by parodying Vogue
and changing it to Bogue.
-Like this?
-Yes.
Is this good?
-We could make it smaller.
-Like this, maybe?
Ttaenggu.
-Ttaenggu!
-And then
How about this?
Normally, a person would take
only about three seconds
to look at the dog and move on.
But what if we add a red circle?
A dark red circle
would draw too much attention,
so we could add a light red one.
What about this one?
It's like Ttaenggu's
staring at my breasts.
We don't really have much else.
If we go for sex appeal,
we'll get eliminated.
But your idea is too simple.
I still choose this one.
What do we do?
The third game is now over.
We will now reveal the feed
for the third game.
ROUND 3, 3RD GAME
OKING, JANG JI-SOU
PANIBOTTLE AND JUICE SEYEON
ACCIDENTALLY REVEALED TOO MUCH
This is a bit excessive.
You can't do this.
We're not making flyers here.
It was by the third game
that we finally realized
what it takes to win this game.
This will do.
Done.
-It's easier to read the text, right?
-Yes.
We really don't need our faces
or the sets in the photo.
The best thing to do
is emphasize certain keywords
without us even in the photo.
We knew it would work.
I saw my name, so I tried to read
what they wrote about me.
I saw my name and also Juice Seyeon's.
I wondered what it was all about.
And I realized that I was already
staring at it for a long time.
They had a good plan.
It wasn't a nice thing for them to do,
but it was smart.
I don't think their method
was very groundbreaking.
They just lied.
It's like seeing "Get it free only today"
and realizing it's not true.
The algorithm punishes you
if you can't hold on to attention.
Your 100,000 subscribers
will drop to 90,000,
then to 50,000, and down to 30,000.
You get punished for your lies.
I only see the dog.
ROUND 3, 3RD GAME
JIN YONG-JIN, PYO EUN-JI
It's such a cute dog.
What caught my attention the most
was Yong-jin's dog.
ROUND 3, 3RD GAME
KEJIMIN, RISABAE
She actually looks like
an influencer for Vogue.
She's a Vogue model.
What's this?
PSYCHOLOGICAL TES
WHICH ITEM DO YOU SEE FIRST?
Cockroach equals money?
Where's the cockroach?
1: SOJU, LOVER 2: CAMERA, FRIENDS
3: COCKROACH, MONEY
I also thought of doing this.
HOW A BROTHER LOOKS AT HIS SISTER
COSPLAYING AS DOOLY'S GF
BBOGUMI's going to win.
-We might be going home.
-I think so.
Here is the result
of the third game of Round 3.
Please.
The team that is eliminated
for not capturing enough attention
is Jin Yong-jin and Pyo Eun-ji.
3RD: PANIBOTTLE, BBOGUMI
123 SECONDS, 20.2%
2ND: JUICE SEYEON, JUNWOO
160 SECONDS, 26.3%
4TH: KEJIMIN, RISABAE
115 SECONDS,18.9%
Seriously?
Why did you go with the dog?
I wanted to stand out from the others.
1ST: OKING, JANG JI-SOU
173 SECONDS, 28.5%
5TH: JIN YONG-JIN, PYO EUN-JI, ELIMINATED
37 SECONDS, 6.1%
I wanted to be different.
Good job, buddy.
At least we were different.
I'm disappointed
that I couldn't finish in the top five.
I couldn't realize that dream.
I hope the remaining influencers do well.
Thank you for watching.
This is Jin Yong-jin, signing off.
Congratulations to PaniBottle
for being chosen as the VIP.
ROUND 3 VIP
1ST, PANIBOTTLE, 79.41M
I wonder what I'll get.
2ND, BBOGUMI, 68.36M
Honestly, I was disappointed,
but I think I'll be fine
as long as he thanks me once
in his interviews.
He must've thanked me, right?
This was all thanks
to my immaculate strategy.
Anyone would have easily survived
with BBOGUMI on their team,
so I had this round in the bag
the moment I teamed up with her.
That's what I think.
ROUND 3 VIP
PANIBOTTLE
What's going to happen here?
I'm a bit lonely in here.
Here is the VIP benefit from Round 3.
I want to go in there too.
The whole upside to the benefit
is that you get to know
the next round's rules first.
Getting to know the rules beforehand
and strategizing is huge.
I'm jealous of PaniBottle.
The benefit of
will be given to the VIP in Round 4.
-Hey, man.
-I guess it's something good.
I loved it.
This was probably the best benefit so far.
It was amazing.
I'll use my benefit.
PaniBottle has used his VIP benefit.
That's crazy.
So that's what it was.
THE INFLUENCER
ROUND 4
8 SURVIVORS LEF
We welcome the eight influencers
who made it to Round 4 of The Influencer.
JUNWOO
STREAMER & YOUTUBER
My goal is to make it to the final round.
RISABAE
FIRST-GEN BEAUTY CREATOR
I'm one of the more experienced
influencers left here,
so I think I've got a good chance.
JUICE SEYEON
AFREECATV STREAMER
Go big or go home.
I know I'll regret it
if I don't go all in.
So I'm going to pour out everything.
JANG JI-SOU
CONTENT CREATOR
As always, I'm going to give my all.
I'll try my best to keep going
and not get eliminated.
OKING
STREAMER & YOUTUBER
My goal is to reach the final round.
KEJIMIN
TIKTOK CREATOR
My goal is to win.
I have to reach for the top.
BBOGUMI
STREAMER & YOUTUBER
I always aim
to be the best at everything I do.
My goal is to win.
PANIBOTTLE
TRAVEL YOUTUBER
I believe in fate.
And that the heavens
will decide what happens.
All I can do is try my best.
Round 4 begins now.
In Round 4
your qualifications as influencers
will be evaluated.
What does that mean?
In this round,
your metacognition, influence,
persuasiveness,
and ability to analyze content
will be put to the test
in a series of four games.
Only 4 influencers will survive Round 4
Only 4 influencers will survive Round 4
and move on to the final round.
The influencer
who finishes first in each game
will survive and move on
to the final round
without participating in the next games.
The influencer in last place
will be eliminated.
Influencers who are neither first nor last
will participate in the next games.
I was confident I'd survive
since only one person
was getting eliminated in each game.
Of the four games,
I can say I have an advantage
in more than one game,
so I think I have a good chance
of making the final round.
You only need to win one game to move on,
so I'll do my best
to go to the final round.
The first game of Round 4
of The Influencer
What is it?
ROUND 4, 1ST GAME
METACOGNITION
is the Hashtag Battle.
Hashtag Battle?
Hashtag Battle?
Only the influencers
who know themselves well
are able to market themselves
better to the public.
Use metacognition
to assess yourself objectively
and prove your appeal.
Prove that you own the given hashtags
and win as many as possible.
We need to win them?
The influencer with the highest worth
will choose the first hashtag.
Present logical reasoning
for why the hashtag fits you best
and prove yourself as its owner.
Then vote amongst yourselves to decide
who the rightful owner of the hashtag is.
You will be given 60 minutes in total.
Within this time, the influencer
who claims the most number of hashtags
will survive and move on
to the final round,
while the influencer who claims
the least number of hashtags
will be eliminated.
The first game begins now.
Here we go.
As the influencer with the highest worth,
PaniBottle will choose the first hashtag.
-Let's go, PaniBottle!
-Let's go!
I could see that there were
both positive and negative tags.
I'm not a particularly good person,
but I'm not a troll either,
so it's vague what I am.
I was thinking that a lot of the hashtags
didn't really apply to me,
but then I saw one I really wanted.
What caught my eye was
I choose #TrendVids.
The first hashtag is #TrendVids.
#TRENDINGVIDEOS
KwakTube and I
share a nickname related to this.
It's #TrendVidsLaunchpad.
I'm confident I can make this tag mine.
I've actually had
a video of me looking like a man
get on the Trending tab.
It was one of my
Shameless Makeup Challenge videos.
ARE YOU PUTTING BUTTER ON YOUR HAIR?
YOUR STAGE PRESENCE IS AMAZING
I'M GETTING SO PUMPED
Is that not good enough?
Well, I have a list right here
to prove myself.
One Taiwan video got third,
my first Taiwan video got first,
my Egypt video got second,
my motorcycle trip
with Kian84 and Lee Si-eon got second,
my video with Dex got first,
so did my Vietnam video with Hong-chul
You're so annoying.
another video with Hong-chul got second,
and Damn Good Company also made the list.
I don't know about other hashtags,
but this tag is definitely mine.
#TRAVELYOUTUBER
#TRENDVIDSLAUNCHPAD
I agree with you. I'll press one for you.
Me too.
Well, in that case
-No, it's not over yet.
-No?
Have you ever dated publicly?
Is that where you're taking this?
He's really something.
I did date, but not publicly.
What's the longest
you've been on Trending?
I don't remember.
-My record is two weeks.
-With just one video?
Four or five days with my video
and about a week
with the other person's video.
#PUBLICDATING
I went to Qatar for the last World Cup,
and I was there for about eight days,
during which
I gained one million followers.
-One million in eight days?
-Yes.
I posted 70 videos over that one week.
-Seventy?
-Yes.
1 MILLION FOLLOWERS
#TIKTOKQATARGIRL
#10MILLIONFOLLOWERS
I produced a series called Accomplice.
Each episode of the series
was either first or second
on the Trending list.
ACCOMPLICE:
A REAL-LIFE VERSION OF THE MAFIA GAME
A MYSTERY SHOW INVOLVING A BATTLE OF WITS
All 16 episodes
were either first or second.
And it lasted a month and a half.
That's crazy.
I once beat IVE on the list.
Well, I conquered Qatar.
I think a strong impact is key.
We will now begin voting
to decide the owner
of the hashtag #TrendVids.
The candidates are PaniBottle
#TRENDVIDSLAUNCHPAD
KEJIMIN
#TIKTOKQATARGIRL
OKING
#PUBLICDATING
and Jang Ji-sou.
#ACCOMPLICE
Please vote for the influencer
you consider to be
the owner of the hashtag #TrendVids.
You may not vote for yourself.
Here is the result.
The owner of #TrendVids
is PaniBottle.
PANIBOTTLE, 6 VOTES
OKING, 1 VOTE
JANG JI-SOU, 1 VOTE
KEJIMIN, 0 VOTES
He honestly is the launchpad
of Trending videos.
I made #TrendVids mine.
I knew I could.
He's a hitmaker
whose videos are always guaranteed
to get on the Trending tab.
I couldn't help but vote for him.
#TRENDVIDS
The next hashtag is #NumberOne.
I want to claim this hashtag.
Me too.
It's me.
I was the number one female streamer
on AfreecaTV last year.
-Among female streamers?
-Yes.
I also made the most money.
-Could I ask how much?
-Yes.
I've made about 3.2 billion won.
-Are you kidding me?
-But that's before any commission.
So I think I have a strong claim
to this hashtag.
I have the most followers
out of all eight of us here.
How many?
I have 11.3 million followers.
-Did you say 11.3 million?
-Yes.
The rest of our followers added up
don't even amount to that.
I should own #NumberOne!
I was number one on AfreecaTV as a whole,
but you're not number one on TikTok.
-What?
-Other TikTokers have more than you.
But I was number one
among all female AfreecaTV streamers.
-So you were number one overall?
-Yes.
She still has more than us.
-That's true.
-Among us,
I can say that I'm number one.
You do have the most followers.
-You're really popular overseas.
-That's right.
Like in India?
Yes, in India, Indonesia
Sorry, but I'm not that familiar
with TikTok.
I'm also not that familiar with AfreecaTV.
Please vote
for the influencer you consider
the owner of the hashtag #NumberOne.
I worked hard to be
the number one female streamer
on AfreecaTV last year.
I don't know if it'll happen again,
so I wanted the tag
while it still applied to me.
I'm number one when it comes to followers.
I really wanted this to be mine.
Here is the result
of the vote for #NumberOne.
The owner of the hashtag
is KEJIMIN.
Thank you.
KEJIMIN, 5 VOTES
JUICE SEYEON, 3 VOTES
No one can beat her in terms of numbers.
Based on the size of the overall market,
KEJIMIN has to be number one,
even just in terms of the number of views.
Being number one
doesn't mean making the most money.
Juice Seyeon
might have made 3.2 billion won,
but that doesn't count
toward being number one in my view.
KEJIMIN's influence overseas
and her follower count
are far superior to anyone here,
so she deserves the hashtag #NumberOne.
KEJIMIN has been voted
the owner of #NumberOne.
Please choose the next hashtag.
I'll choose #Trend.
#Trend?
I have something to say.
My appearance on the YouTube scene
completely shifted the nature
of Korean travel content on YouTube.
I introduced a trend.
-Wasn't that KwakTube?
-No, I started it.
He learned from me.
I started making travel content
in my own style for fun,
and that became a trend.
I'm in the city of Amritsar.
They're nice to foreigners.
Damn, the smell of oil.
LET'S CHASE HIM AWAY
Hell begins now.
Fire hell, water hell.
The end.
Some people are even saying
they're tired of my style of content.
That just shows how much
other YouTubers are copying me.
#TRAVELTREND #PANIROAD
#TOUGHWORLDTRAVEL
I can confidently say
that I was at the forefront of this trend.
-That's my opinion.
-When research was done
to make a list of celebrities
with the trendiest makeup,
I was second on the list
and Jennie was third.
I'm a veteran in this industry,
and yet I still continuously rank high
among celebrities
with the trendiest makeup.
I can confidently say
I've been a trendsetter in my field.
#MAKEUPTREND
#GENMZCHOSENCELEBRITY
For eight years.
Isn't it time for you to retire?
You're right. I'll stop after this year.
PaniBottle and I
had never talked before this show,
so he seemed kind of petty.
Eight years is a very long time,
and she's clever.
It's going to be a tight match.
I would say I'm a trendsetter
in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
#SHORTFORMTREND
#MIDDLEEASTMEME #ARABMEME
-What about Korea?
-If you think about it,
a lot of global viewers
watch Netflix as well.
These days, Korean content is king.
-K-beauty is spreading globally.
-It's the main attraction.
I made a song called "Tingtong Tingtong."
-"Dingdong"?
-It's "Tingtong Tingtong."
-But no one here has heard of it.
-Exactly.
That's pretty unconvincing.
We will now begin voting.
Here is the result of the vote for #Trend.
I was impressed by PaniBottle's talent
as an all-around entertainer.
As basically the godmother
of the beauty industry,
RISABAE is a trendsetter like no other.
The owner of the hashtag #Trend
is RISABAE.
Thank you so much, everyone.
RISABAE, 6 VOTES
PANIBOTTLE, 2 VOTES
KEJIMIN, 0 VOTES
The next hashtag
is #PlasticSurgery.
-This is a tough one.
-I own this!
Me too!
-You've had surgery?
-Yes.
-Really?
-I don't know about everybody else,
but I've had several procedures done.
I've had double eyelid surgery twice.
And I also had braces for my teeth.
-That's not plastic surgery.
-Braces aren't
Are you lying just to win?
-Do you have an old photo?
-I was so ugly.
What about your neck wrinkles?
Please kick him out of the game!
Modern plastic surgery
can't get rid of neck wrinkles yet.
-Really?
-Yes.
You can ask me
anything about plastic surgery.
-Could I get my chin fat removed?
-Of course.
-Really?
-They can remove just that fat.
-I have a question.
-Okay.
I sort of have a hooked nose.
Could I make it look better?
You have two options.
First, you could tighten your columella
and sharpen your nose tip,
but it only works for certain noses.
-Let's vote for her.
-Still, I don't recommend it for you
because your nostrils
actually look nice as is.
-Really? I should let it be?
-If your nose tip goes up,
your nostrils will get bigger,
and you'll lose money.
It's not good for you,
even in a superstitious way.
I have a question.
Will you vote for me
if I reveal my old photo?
It depends.
We'll see if you're worthy of the hashtag.
Okay.
I hope you can see it.
-You were pretty!
-Why did you get surgery?
-Your surgeries failed!
-Seriously, why?
I've also had plastic surgery
on my eyes twice.
One was a partial incision surgery,
and the other
was a quick non-incision surgery,
which only cost me 300,000 won.
I'm still grateful to my surgeon.
To add to my point,
I've had two plastic surgeries,
and I think I'll need more.
Where else would you get surgery?
My overall face, but mostly my nose.
Don't do it. Your nose is pretty as is.
Am I pretty?
I don't recommend getting a nose job
unless it's very serious
because you'll need
two or more procedures.
What an expert.
-She's winning me over.
-A nose job doesn't end the first time.
You'll have to remove the implant
Stop getting mad
and try to make an argument.
She's huffing and puffing next to me.
You need to refute her.
You're just jealous,
so you're getting worked up.
What's the point?
I've had actual plastic surgery,
but I also change
my appearance often in my videos.
Actual plastic surgeons
have commented on my videos
that they learn from me
and keep up with trends through me.
That proves just how exceptional
my makeup skills are.
Here is the result
of the vote for #PlasticSurgery.
The owner of the hashtag
is RISABAE.
Thank you, everyone.
RISABAE, 5 VOTES
BBOGUMI, 3 VOTES
You're in the lead.
I won the hashtags
#PlasticSurgery and #Trend,
which are very beauty-related.
#TREND
#PLASTICSURGERY
#TRENDVIDS, #NUMBERONE
The next hashtag
is #GoodInfluence.
I chose to be a beauty content creator
to become a good influence on others
by teaching people
how to do makeup by themselves.
And it may not be much,
but I also donate to worthy causes.
As a YouTuber
whose content is about traveling,
I get comments such as,
"I can't travel because of my bad leg,
so I live vicariously through you."
And when people weren't able to travel
during the COVID pandemic,
I provided vicarious thrills.
I can't say if I had a good influence,
but I definitely had an influence.
As influencers,
I think an important aspect
of being a good influence
is sharing and giving back
to as many people as possible.
Having said that,
in terms of money donated,
I'm positive I've donated the most
among solo content creators.
As of February of 2023,
-I've donated around 500 million won.
-I'm jealous.
I once donated to the
Ajou University Hospital Trauma Center
when Dr. Lee Guk-jong was still there.
I donated the money I earned
by walking across the country
to children unable to walk.
#DONATIONFORPATIENTS
When I heard
about the plight of female students
who couldn't afford to buy sanitary pads,
I donated 40 million won
worth of products.
Most importantly,
our country is currently at a ceasefire.
To thank our soldiers,
I've donated about 20 million won
worth of fried chicken
to our soldiers on military bases.
Additionally,
I also donate to children's centers.
Are you still going?
He's trying to win with money.
Since we're on the topic,
I'm just trying to explain
how I'm truly a good influence.
Roughly we spent about
13 to 20 minutes on each hashtag.
My plan was to win
about two hashtags to secure my place.
Talking a lot and taking up time
was part of my strategy.
-Let's vote.
-If I could add one more thing
Oh, come on! Keep it short.
I'll keep it short.
Since I started streaming six years ago,
I've done volunteer work
delivering coal briquettes every year.
-I know about that.
-And starting last year,
I've also volunteered
I've volunteered to clean up beaches.
Could we set a time limit for each person?
How do we beat that?
Here is the result
of the vote for #GoodInfluence.
The owner of the hashtag
is OKING.
Thank you.
Please choose the next hashtag.
I'll go with #Exposed.
I have nothing to say about this one.
NO HASHTAGS WON
I have something to say.
I just wanted to avoid being last.
There were others with no hashtags,
so I had to get ahead of them.
I once went on a trip
with a close female friend,
but my ex-boyfriend spread rumors
that I went with a fan.
That made me the talk of the town
in the streaming world
-for several months.
-It was big.
-He wrote that in a forum.
-You were falsely exposed.
You were on the news too.
Yes, I even got on the news.
So I think the hashtag #Exposed
fits me perfectly.
It's not a hashtag I liked,
but it's one that fits
what happened to me.
I didn't think anyone could beat me to it.
I also wanted to clear my name
and explain myself.
If you search my name,
you'll see the keyword "unpaid wages."
I once went on a show
and ended up not being paid.
I tried to move past it
but eventually exposed what they had done.
I know about this.
I immediately thought,
"You deserve my vote."
You really exposed them.
I guess it also matters
how much we know about each other.
Here is the result
of the vote for #Exposed.
As the vote ended in a tie,
OKING and Juice Seyeon
will both be the owners
-of the hashtag #Exposed.
-I see.
OKING, 4 VOTES
JUICE SEYEON, 4 VOTES
#PAS
My live streams
have basically become comedy shows,
but I used to be
a typical female streamer.
-I used to go by Quaddurup.
-Right.
-That's a big one.
-That's right.
I wanted to be a rapper,
so I went on Show Me The Money 2.
I've released two albums.
-Really?
-Yes, I've done that in the past.
The owner of the hashtag #Past
-is Jang Ji-sou.
-Thank you.
This was expected.
-#Dislikes?
-#Dislikes?
-This is mine.
-I can't lose this one.
I have probably received
the most dislikes here.
It's definitely more than 100,000.
I once had more than
70,000 dislikes on a video,
my review of the first episode
of Toy Soldiers.
I had never received
so many insults as I did then.
The owner of the hashtag #Dislikes
is OKING.
Hold on. Should I be happy about this?
Five minutes left in the Hashtag Battle.
I'm screwed.
As time passed,
I started getting more anxious.
The next hashtag
is #AttentionSeeker.
That's me.
I always seek attention.
For example, I once climbed
a pigeon tower while traveling.
This is the craziest thing
I've ever done while traveling.
I swam across an ocean.
Help!
I almost died.
I have so many examples.
In Mauritania,
I rode on a coal-carrying train.
I debated whether to hold out
for the full 20 hours with all the dust,
but eventually got off after five hours
because I thought I was going to die.
People in the comments
were accusing me of seeking attention
and saying I could die
or someone could die copying me.
I'm a real attention-seeker
who even risked my life.
-You risked your life for attention.
-Yes.
I'm an attention-seeker.
There were already too many
great travel YouTubers when I started out,
and I didn't have any special talents.
All I had was my desire for attention.
I risk my life for attention.
Hearing you say that,
-I'd like to add something.
-Okay.
While shooting The Influencer,
I think I contributed the most
to the show out of everyone.
I baited people to draw in viewers
and did things for attention.
I even shaved my eyebrow.
I also cosplayed as Gongsil.
I was the only person here
to do so much to seek attention.
Sure, you shaved your eyebrow.
But can that kill you?
Could you show us
how you seek attention right here?
Show us.
I can't just do it out of the blue.
This is how you do it.
What are you, an attention-seeker?
Normally, BBOGUMI is the best
at seeking attention.
But at that moment,
she shied away from it.
You need to be able to
act out spontaneously.
I'm the freaking attention-seeker!
I can even do this.
This is what a real attention-seeker does.
PaniBottle is like a vicious wild dog.
Right? Why can't you
do something like this?
Come on.
I need to do more.
Here I go.
I want to be good at this.
Is he serious? What an attention-seeker.
Being an attention-seeker was all I had.
I'm embarrassed to admit it,
but it was my only choice.
I'm an attention-seeker.
Round 4 is scary.
I tend to grovel,
but usually not this much.
I got carried away.
Who am I supposed to vote for?
This is intense.
That's what the hashtag is about.
I had a reason
for laying low in the beginning.
My plan was to go all in
on a hashtag that fit me perfectly,
but time had already passed a lot
while I was waiting.
I was worried I'd get eliminated
if I didn't act soon,
so I tried to speak up a bit more.
One minute left in the Hashtag Battle.
I'd like to put my name in.
Of all the stories
about attention-seeking I've heard,
-I think mine's the worst.
-What is it?
Someone peed on a Korean flag
-What?
-and burned it.
I wanted attention,
so I reported that attention-seeker.
That's not enough.
If it were you who peed on the flag,
you would win.
That's a real attention-seeker.
-Should we vote?
-We'll vote now.
We're ready!
Here is the result
of the vote for #AttentionSeeker.
The owner of the hashtag
is PaniBottle.
PANIBOTTLE, 6 VOTES
BBOGUMI, 2 VOTES
KEJIMIN, 0 VOTES
JUNWOO, 0 VOTES
I couldn't help but vote for you.
How could anyone beat that?
I was voted the worst attention-seeker
by a room full of attention-seekers,
which is very meaningful.
Here is the final result
of the first game, the Hashtag Battle.
ROUND 4, 1ST GAME
HASHTAG BATTLE RESULTS
1ST: OKING, 3 HASHTAGS, SURVIVED
TIED FOR 7TH
JUNWOO AND BBOGUMI, 0 HASHTAGS
Based on the final result,
BBOGUMI and Junwoo
both failed to win any hashtags.
So extra time will be given
to determine who will be eliminated.
BBOGUMI will choose the hashtag
as her worth is higher.
Is it one-on-one?
-It's just them.
-Just the two of them?
I chose a hashtag
that Junwoo couldn't relate to
but fit me perfectly.
I'll go with #Viral.
#Viral?
I'm embarrassed to say this myself.
-You have to if you want to survive.
-You have to.
-Don't be embarrassed.
-So
I'm not sure if you've seen
my "I'm pretty" video.
I've seen it.
I'm pretty, okay? Tell me I am!
I wore a sailor uniform,
put on a headband and lipstick,
so I'm pretty!
I'm really pretty!
Give me your money since I'm pretty!
4.24 MILLION VIEWS
Overnight,
it got a total of ten million views
on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
My channel averaged
about 10,000 views a video,
so it was surreal
that it got ten million views.
-It really went viral.
-Exactly.
And recently,
I went viral for looking like a shoe.
What's going on here?
You're saying
I look like an inanimate object?
Are you seriously saying
my mouth looks like a shoe?
I'm speechless. I'm losing my mind here.
Within two weeks,
that video got one million views.
Considering my usual view count,
I really couldn't believe it.
So I've had several experiences
of going viral.
Then let me bring up some data.
I've had more than ten videos
get on the Trending tab.
-More than ten?
-And I have more total views than you.
I've also gained
100,000 subscribers in one day.
In one day?
-That many in one day?
-Yes.
If we're talking about going viral,
I think you should prove yourself
with hard numbers.
So I think the #Viral hashtag
is more suitable to me.
We will now begin voting.
This is a tough choice.
Considering his subscriber count,
Junwoo deserved my vote.
In terms of subscriber count,
Junwoo has the advantage.
However, BBOGUMI has gone viral
and drawn more attention more recently.
I thought she deserved it more,
so I voted for her.
Her photo kept lingering in my mind.
So she deserves the hashtag #Viral.
I thought Junwoo made a logical argument.
-This is so tough.
-Who do I vote for?
It's hard because they both have evidence
to support their argument.
I'm more nervous than I've ever been.
Based on the result of extra time,
the owner of the hashtag #Viral
is BBOGUMI.
Junwoo has been eliminated.
Junwoo's worth
will be transferred to OKING,
who finished the first game
in first place.
JUNWOO, ELIMINATED
OKING survives in first place
and moves on to the final round.
The first influencer
to move on to the final round
is the king of chat streamers, OKING.
-OKING!
-OKING!
I've prepared mukbangs,
blind dates
-We are!
-OKING!
-The winner will be!
-OKING!
I'm OKING, the favorite to win.
All three are my rivals.
I'm going to aim for first place.
Subtitle translation by: Ji-hun Lee