I was on a korean game show!

aob85

If anyones interested I represented Ireland on a Korean Game show in August!
Random I know haha
But the best week of my life!! Last feb I saw the Korean Embassy in Dublin had a competition going, were you could win a trip to South Korea. So i entered for the crai, since I've always been interested in Korean culture (being a lover of k-pop, k-drama and the arts..) So first round was to write an essay about everything I loved about Korea. They emailed me back and said I qualified for the second round. This was a quiz in trinity with about 40-50 ppl. the top 5 scorers qualified into the last round, which was me! The last round was an interview again in trinity, with ppl from the korean and irish embassys. the whole point of all these rounds was to find a person suitable to represent Ireland over in Korea. After the judges deliberated fr a few hours, they came back and told me I won! So, the Korean embassy flew me over in August and paid for EVERYTHING, 5 star hotels like the hilton, the best of food, drink, theatre.. you name it. The last day of the week was the filming of the game show.
Simply amazing trip and one i will never forget!
Here's a link to the show if you're curious

Facebook Page with loads of pics
https://www.facebook.com/alana.obrien.56?success=1

And heres the show! Unfort not in eng subs...sorry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0nW7MB7ja8

YbFocus

Sounds like the first ten minutes of an episode of banned up abroad.

Then he asked me to bring this bag home..

Kylo Ren

Be handy if I could speak Korean for the video.

Sam Mac

give us a time for the video so we can see what part you are shown in it.

Frosty McSnowballs

I'd ride you OP

Gamayun

Sam Mac wrote: »

give us a time for the video so we can see what part you are shown in it.

5:10 for OP

I think there's more contestants than countries! :P

mikeym

Imagine if you got sent up to North korea

Howard Juneau

Have any dog whilst there?

aob85

Sam Mac wrote: »

give us a time for the video so we can see what part you are shown in it.

Ah cool will do, its a long video (2 hours i think)

aob85

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Have any dog whilst there?

Haha no! Had alot of very random food tho like, live octopus (bleagh!)
Other than that the food there is gorge, they looooove cabbage believe it or not! they have it with every meal, called Kimchi

aob85

mikeym wrote: »

Imagine if you got sent up to North korea

imagine!!! Dont think i'd go up North now lol

smcgiff

Nice entrance OP. Should have come in drinking a pint of stout or shaking a hurl.

As it's nearly 2 hours and in Korean any chance of giving us the highlights or did you disgrace us?

aob85

Gamayun wrote: »

5:10 for OP

I think there's more contestants than countries! :P

yeah 30 contestants!!! :O
I should of warned everyone, the dress is a bit mad!

amdublin

Good job op!

So how did you do?!

Gamayun

mikeym wrote: »

Imagine if you got sent up to North korea

COMMENCE QUIZ PROGRAMME!

"Who invented the Television?"

OP: "That was John Lo.. *gun cocks* .. eh, glorious leader Kim Jong-un of course.."

"Correct! END BROADCAST!"

smcgiff

Gamayun wrote: »

COMMENCE QUIZ PROGRAMME!

"Who invented the Television?"

OP: "That was John Lo.. *gun cocks* .. eh, glorious leader Kim Jong-un of course.."

"Correct! END BROADCAST!"

Oh, the OP won then?

mikom

Costume design by Foster and Allen.

username123

Well done OP!

How did you do in it?

aob85

smcgiff wrote: »

Nice entrance OP. Should have come in drinking a pint of stout or shaking a hurl.

As it's nearly 2 hours and in Korean any chance of giving us the highlights or did you disgrace us?

May I add, I had approx 2-3 hours sleep every night! after a long day of filming, south africa, switzerland, austria, uk and I would go out on the lash...
so i am INCREDIBLY tired and a teensie bit hungover most times

HIGHLIGHTS
5:00
12:10
12:20
13:30
15:50
13:15
16:40
18:05
26:20
40:15
45:25 (im so tired here that i look a little crazy!)
55:10
Check out cutie contestant Gabriel (only 15!!) and he does a Dance! 1:05:10

i pop up all over the place really, so prob left a good bit out!

aob85

mikom wrote: »

Costume design by Foster and Allen.

I know, costume was so over the top!
It was designed my Fi Bourke an Irish designer who makes the dresses for the Miss world and Eurovision shows and the like
I like it though, made for the stage..and maybe paddy's day?? haha

aob85

username123 wrote: »

Well done OP!

How did you do in it?

Didnt win the over all show, but got quite far in each round
Honestly didnt go over thinking I could win, i was up against people who lived in Korea or who are married to Koreans..
But undoubtedly the best week of my life

smcgiff

Dress was grand. Nice legs, btw.

username123

aob85 wrote: »

Didnt win the over all show, but got quite far in each round
Honestly didnt go over thinking I could win, i was up against people who lived in Korea or who are married to Koreans..
But undoubtedly the best week of my life

Thats brill, sounds like an amazing experience! Well done you! I was in an Irish quiz show once, it was cheesy - nothing as extravagant as your Korean one!

aob85

username123 wrote: »

Thats brill, sounds like an amazing experience! Well done you! I was in an Irish quiz show once, it was cheesy - nothing as extravagant as your Korean one!

Ha really? which one?

Pyridine

Are you the Chinese looking brunette OP?

Ruu

Brilliant! State of that Kiwi lad!

PizzamanIRL

Nice one fair play OP

username123

aob85 wrote: »

Ha really? which one?

Ill have to google around for the name of it - Ryan Tubridy was the quizmaster. It was a super cheese fest.

Edit - it was called All Kinds of Everything.

Links234

Awesome stuff! Looks like you had a hell of a time

Archeron

Cool, like a modern day Korean version of Going for Gold,

And strangely, the prize in the last one of those i saw was a trip to the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Strange goings on....

Well done OP, it's a country I would love to see.

Donkey Oaty

When the BBC's Pointless quiz show asked 100 people to name a country in the G20, nobody answered "South Korea", so very well done to you at home if you got that.

aob85

Ruubot2 wrote: »

Brilliant! State of that Kiwi lad!

He won the over all show! the Koreans loved him thought he was sex on legs hahaha!

aob85

Pyridine wrote: »

Are you the Chinese looking brunette OP?

Crazily I'm the one in the green irish dancing dress!

Donkey Oaty

aob85 wrote: »

Crazily I'm the one in the green irish dancing dress!

You did well, AOB - 잘했습니다.!

Mint Aero

aob85 wrote: »

I've always been interested in Korean culture (being a lover of k-pop, k-drama and the arts..)

Eh since Gangnam Style I take it? :P

aob85

Mint Aero wrote: »

Eh since Gangnam Style I take it? :P

haha no,
for the past 7 years id say i've been listening to korean music and watching k-dramas and films

aob85

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

You did well, AOB - 잘했습니다.!

감사!!!

Links234

aob85 wrote: »

haha no,
for the past 7 years id say i've been listening to korean music and watching k-dramas and films

I've got a thing for Korean serial killer movies, they're just amazing

Don't suppose you got to see Lee Byung Hun over there? He's sex on legs

aob85

Links234 wrote: »

I've got a thing for Korean serial killer movies, they're just amazing

Don't suppose you got to see Lee Byung Hun over there? He's sex on legs

Aw they're brilliant! I take it you've seen Old Boy? I'm too afraid to watch the remake, im terrified they've butchered it
'A Tale of Two Sisters' is another classic

NegativeCreep

haha that's brilliant. You looked delighted with life when you entered! :L
Looks like it was great fun :L

ColeTrain

Who were the hangers on waving the big Tri-Colour? Did they follow you around for the week?!

Benicetomonty

Was the answer Korea?

Links234

aob85 wrote: »

Aw they're brilliant! I take it you've seen Old Boy? I'm too afraid to watch the remake, im terrified they've butchered it
'A Tale of Two Sisters' is another classic

Of course, one of the best movies ever! Wouldn't look at the remake, no thanks. A Tale of Two Sisters had me scared ****less! :eek:

If you like Oldboy, have you seen I Saw The Devil? One of my favourites, it's from the sale director as A Tale of Two Sisters, it's amazing and just relentless.

aob85

Links234 wrote: »

Of course, one of the best movies ever! Wouldn't look at the remake, no thanks. A Tale of Two Sisters had me scared ****less! :eek:

If you like Oldboy, have you seen I Saw The Devil? One of my favourites, it's from the sale director as A Tale of Two Sisters, it's amazing and just relentless.

Oh and no I didnt see the sexy Lee Byung Hun although...maybe thats a good thing cause i would of made a COMPLETE show of myself on camera hahaha
Oh he's in I saw the devil too actualy! Aw its a brilliant film, but a hard one to sit through :O

aob85

ColeTrain wrote: »

Who were the hangers on waving the big Tri-Colour? Did they follow you around for the week?!

They were random Irish people living in Korea, and a few from the irish embassy over there.. I contacted a few Irish on facebook to let them know about the show. Ha i have to say, they where the loudest crowd! Brilliant! Even when i lost and i couldnt possibly win...they were still screaming "CMON IRELAAAAAAND!!!" hahaha

porsche959

Martin Clunes!

Links234

aob85 wrote: »

Aw its a brilliant film, but a hard one to sit through :O

Isn't it though? Bleak doesn't begin to describe it. Oh, and have you seen The Chaser?

The Koreans know how to make a good movie that's for sure

ColeTrain

aob85 wrote: »

They were random Irish people living in Korea, and a few from the irish embassy over there.. I contacted a few Irish on facebook to let them know about the show. Ha i have to say, they where the loudest crowd! Brilliant! Even when i lost and i couldnt possibly win...they were still screaming "CMON IRELAAAAAAND!!!" hahaha

Typical Irish support then, all about the party and not the result!

taytobreath

What an amazing achievement aob. Well done you.
I watched some of the video but I couldn't work out what kind of questions were been asked and how the whole concept worked, were the questions translated to you through an earpiece or something? Also what kind of prizes were on offer. It looked like a very popular game show over there, is it a weekly thing? Sorry for all the questions but you've sparked my curiosity.

aob85

taytobreath wrote: »

What an amazing achievement aob. Well done you.
I watched some of the video but I couldn't work out what kind of questions were been asked and how the whole concept worked, were the questions translated to you through an earpiece or something? Also what kind of prizes were on offer. It looked like a very popular game show over there, is it a weekly thing? Sorry for all the questions but you've sparked my curiosity.

Yeah the show is HUGE over there, it would be like The Rose of Tralee or Eurovision i guess. All families stay in and watch it together. Koreans simply love other countries that take an interest in their culture Its on once a year, and this is only the second show. First prize was the car, second and third was about 10,000euro each to spend in korea. but throughout the week all the different places we visited, kept giving us gifts. I got a lovely watch from KBS too.
We also ate in really expensive restaurants and went to concerts, and the theater and other festivals...not to mention museums and all the historical sites we also stayed in 5 star hotels...id say over all i spent about 100euro!! South Korea truly is a beautiful country, its well worth a visit.
Oh and btw they LOVE the Irish! they see us as 'Brother Countries'!

aob85

Links234 wrote: »

Isn't it though? Bleak doesn't begin to describe it. Oh, and have you seen The Chaser?

The Koreans know how to make a good movie that's for sure

Havent seen The Chaser yet, but its on my to watch list Have you ever seen 'Iris'? It one of the most successful korean drama thrillers.. I think youd love it, Lee-Byung Hun is in it