Vampire Idol
GenreComedy, Drama
Written byHa Chul-song
Lee Sung-eun
Park Ji-hyun
Park Ran
Park Yeon-kyung
Choi Yoon-chul
Directed byLee Geun-wook
Yoo Yong-hee
Baek Seung-joo
StarringLee Jung
Kang Min-kyung
Shin Dong-yup
Kim Soo-mi
Lee Soo-hyuk
Kim Woo-bin
Hong Jong-hyun
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes175
Production
Running timeMondays to Saturday at 20:30 (KST)
Production companySidusHQ
Original release
NetworkMaeil Broadcasting Network
ReleaseNovember 17, 2011 (2011-11-17) –
June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02)

Vampire Idol (Korean: 뱀파이어 아이돌) is a 2011 South Korean youth sitcom that ran on MBN from 2011 to 2012.

Synopsis

A naïve vampire prince from Vampire planet visits Earth to see a live performance of his favorite idol contender. He remains stuck on Earth with his three trusted and loyal servants. He then decides to join the competition himself and struggles to become a global pop idol.[1]

Cast

Main characters

He gets everything perfect: appearance, character, talent, and attitude. But only when he is the prince of Vampire planet, on Earth he is considered the exact opposite and hated on for being "unattractive."
19 years old. She works as a road manager in the talent agency. Later she becomes the vocalist in a girl group.
Manager of a talent agency. He's in charge of Vampire Voice. Everything he says is a lie and he's very good at it.
61 years old. She works for the talent agency and is in charge of providing meals in the boarding house for the members of Vampire Voice.
22 years old. He is one of Prince's servants. He is the vocalist of Vampire Voice and also plays the guitar and drums. He has a serious personality and is very vampire-like, always craving blood.
22 years old. He is one of Prince's servants. He has super-sharp hearing.
He is a genius with an IQ of 790. He is also very socially awkward.

Supporting characters

Cameo appearances

International broadcast

In Thailand aired on MCOT Family beginning July 18, 2015.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kim, Hee-ju (7 December 2011). "REVIEW: MBN sitcom Vampire Idol – 1st episode". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  2. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (14 June 2012). "Lee Soo-hyuk opens up about past love". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  3. ^ Hong, Lucia (9 November 2011). "ZE:A Kwang-hee lands role in upcoming sitcom". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  4. ^ Hong, Lucia (27 March 2012). "Jay Park to make appearance on MBN's sitcom". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  5. ^ ZEAs, MoonSky (14 December 2011). "111214 Vampire Idol E.07 ( ZE:A Junyoung , Heecheol , Kwanghee cut )". youtube. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  6. ^ "Vampire Idol แวมไพร์ ไอดอล". dara.truelife.com (in Thai). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

External links

Maeil Broadcasting Network Dramas
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