The Ranksters () was a South Korean variety show program on tvN. It was aired on tvN on Wednesdays at 23:00 (KST).
Cast Ranking Market Employees Boom Lee Si-won
Anything Friends Moon Se-yoon
Yang Se-hyung Park Na-rae Yang Se-chan
Synopsis Episode 1-5 This show features 2 segments, namely "No Matter What Ranking Mart" and "Taste Detective Friends". The cast will be split into pairs, while the guests will form their own pair.
In the first segment, "No Matter What Ranking Mart", the pairs compete to guess the results of real-life Korean surveys (similar to Family Feud). Each round has a different theme, and pairs take turns guessing the top 5 responses out of 30 items, such as "Top 5 items that you are reluctant to buy using your own money but other people are thankful for when gifted to them as presents from you". If a pair chooses an item that is not under the Top 5, they will have to pay for the item with their own credit cards. The pair that guesses the most top 5 items will have their spending deducted to zero. From episode 4, the pairs only have to answer the top 3 out of 20 items.
In the second segment, "Taste Detective Friends", participants moved to the Food Court. There was a food theme assigned for each episode. The game involved several versions of food, some of which were on the market, while the rest of the versions were made by the production team. The pairs had to play games to get to chosen first, as they each attempted to guess which were the real versions. If participants guessed correctly, they not have to pay for these food products using their own credit cards.
The money spent by the cast was used to purchase the items to be used for future episodes.
Episode 6-8 New segments are introduced, in addition to the current segments shown in the first 5 episodes. The main objective for each episode is to pick each episode's Employee of the Week through competitions between the cast and 2 guests every week.
The games included: Guessing the titles of several songs that were played at the same time. Charades. In episode 6, the English words speed quiz was played with a foreigner. Each side had 100 seconds to explain as many words as they could to the foreigner in English. Guessing the correct song and its singer based on its music video, which would play a different song. A slightly modified version of "Taste Detective Friends". During each round, 4 types of food were shown, and each team had to choose only 1 type of food they think is actually sold.
Episodes Pair A consists of Park Na-rae and Yang Se-chan Pair B consists of Hwang Je-sung and Yang Se-hyung Pair C consists of Moon Se-yoon and Hong Yoon-hwa Guests will form Pair D
BroadcastDate Guest(s) No Matter What Ranking Mart Taste Detective Friends Final spending ThemeTop ItemsSpendingThemeFood ItemsCorrect Guessers1July 17, 2019Top 5 items that you will be reluctant to buy using your own money but other people are thankful for when gifted to them as presents from you1. High quality tumbler2. Mini air purifier3. Flowers4. Beer foam maker5. Mini flower potPair A: ₩588,430Pair B: ₩216,790Pair C: ₩0Jjajangmyeon1. Chilli galbi jjajangmyeon2. Cotton candy jaengban-jjajangmyeon3. King octopus jaengban-jjajangmyeonYang Se-chanYang Se-hyungHong Yoon-hwaPair A: ₩614,830Pair B: ₩224,790Pair C: ₩10,5002July 24, 2019SolbiSolbin (Laboum)Top 5 hot Hallyu items based on an overseas shopping portal1. Seaweed2. Snail cream3. Italy towel4. Konjac sponge5. Insect screen repair tapePair A: ₩0Pair B: ₩190,473Pair C: ₩237,026Pair D: ₩228,410Cold food1. Hanwoo naeng-gomtang2. Chicken ice cream burgerYang Se-chanPark Na-raePair A: ₩0Pair B: ₩190,473Pair C: ₩237,026Pair D: ₩278,9103July 31, 2019Kim Ji-minJoo Woo-jaeTop 5 presents with most sense for newlywed homes according to the 30s and 40s1. Air fryer2. Mood lamp3. LED wall clock4. One shot drinking set5. Mini beam projectorPair A: ₩0Pair B: ₩260,350Pair C: ₩88,600Pair D: ₩389,000Doenjang1. Siraegi doenjang pasta2. Doenjang fried chickenPark Na-raeHong Yoon-hwaPair A: ₩0Pair B: ₩260,350Pair C: ₩140,100Pair D: ₩389,000
Pair A consists of Park Na-rae and Yang Se-chan Pair B consists of Moon Se-yoon and Yang Se-hyung Pair C consists of Hong Yoon-hwa and Hwang Je-sung Guests will form Pair D BroadcastDate Guest(s) No Matter What Ranking Mart Taste Detective Friends Final spendingThemeTop ItemsSpendingThemeFood ItemsCorrect Guessers4August 7, 2019 Jang Sung-kyuJimin (AOA) Top 3 hot items for the summer with 2000% in rise of sales based on an e-commerce website from June 1 to July 15, 2019 1. TBA2. TBA3. TBA Fried chicken & burger 1. Vegetable tongdak2. Tongyeong oyster burger set3. Yukhoe burger set Yang Se-hyungPark Na-raeJang Sung-kyu Pair A: TBAPair B: TBAPair C: TBAPair D: TBA5August 14, 2019Heo Jung-minJang Do-yeonTop 3 South Korea summer attractions1. Yeouido Hangang Park, Seoul2. Majang Lake Suspension Bridge, Paju3. Eurwangni Beach, IncheonPair A: ₩119,900Pair B: ₩0Pair C: ₩30,500Pair D: ₩119,000Jjamppong1. Cheese jjamppong2. Basil jjamppong3. Peanut jjamppongHong Yoon-hwaJang Do-yeonYang Se-chanPair A: ₩Pair B: ₩Pair C: ₩Pair D: ₩
Pair A consists of Park Na-rae and Yang Se-chan Pair B consists of Hwang Je-sung and Yang Se-hyung Pair C consists of Moon Se-yoon and Hong Yoon-hwa Guests will form Pair D BroadcastDate Guest(s) Taste Detective Friends Employee of the WeekFood ItemsCorrect Guessers6August 21, 2019Koyote (Kim Jong-min, Shin Ji), Terris Brown1. Raw octopus oil squid ink pasta2. Dakbal pizzaPair APair CYang Se-chan7August 28, 2019Yoo Se-yoon, 1. Raw mango jokbal2. Sky blue carbonaraPair DPair DYoo Se-yoon8September 4, 2019TBATBATBA
Ratings Ratings listed below are the individual corner ratings of The Ranksters. (Note: Individual corner ratings do not include commercial time, which regular ratings include.) In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in and the lowest rating for the show will be in each year.
2019 Ep. #Original AirdateAGB Nielsen Ratings Nationwide1July 172July 241.011%3July 310.939%4August 75August 140.725%6August 210.853%7August 280.7%8September 40.614%
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External links Official website