Choi Min-soo, the "Solo Hell 5" swearer, is at the level of "real personality." "I don't blame the production team, it's been different since the editing."" PD is surprised too [★FULL Interview]

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The production team of "Solo Hell 5" has revealed Choi Min-soo (27), the top performer.

Global OTT Netflix love reality entertainment "Solo Hell 5" returned for the first time in about a year since season 4 in January last year, and ended with a total of 12 episodes on the 10th of this month, recording the highest record in the series.

"Solo Hell 5," which showed off the dignity of a reality show for dating. The season saw 3.1 million viewers (view time divided by the total running time of the work/from Feb. 2 to Feb. 8) and 45.1 million viewers, ranking second in the global top 10 non-English language shows category for the third consecutive week. On top of that, it ranked No. 1 in Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, followed by being listed on the top 10 list of 18 countries, including Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, proving its global popularity.

As such, Choi Min-soo's performance was by far brilliant in that "Solo Hell 5" remains the "Legend" season. He formed a "quartile relationship" atmosphere with a number of male performers and was responsible for the audience's dopamine by drawing a conflict with female cast member Kim Min-ji. Choi Mina-soo, who has swept the headlines by playing the role of "villain," a fun that cannot be left out of a love reality program. He was from Miss Korea Sun in 2021 and was the first Korean to win the Miss Earth, one of the world's four major beauty contests, the following year.

Kim Jae-won, Kim Jung-hyun, Park Soo-ji, and the three producers of the "Solo Hell" series also credited Choi Min-soo as the main player of the season 5 box office success. In an interview with Star News on the 13th, they said, "I'm so happy that 'Solo Hell 5' ended with an all-time record. I'm hearing reactions that I haven't received until now. There are many opinions that "Season 5's popularity is all thanks to Choi Min-soo," but we also agree very much.

Did she expect Choi Min-soo to bring out such great love. The producers said, "I don't really feel like I'm working on editing, but I remember doing it as if I was watching it from a viewer's point of view. I even felt like I was doing a hobby. Also, Choi Min-soo was involved not only with male performers but also with Kim Min-ji. Although it is female-female chemistry and conflict, foreign fans liked it a lot, watching it like "Roco (Romantic Comedy) Aneogwan." There was also a process of gradually building a 'real friendship', so Choi Min-soo and Kim Min-ji's 'hate' was the most interesting point when I saw it in the editing room.

In particular, PD Kim Jae-won promised Choi Min-soo a big treat. "Our production team promised to buy Choi Min-soo a meal at an expensive restaurant," he said, expressing his special affection.

Producer Kim Jae-won said, "There was a group dinner for 'Solo Hell 5' not long ago. At that time, I personally posted a "big bow" to Choi Mina-soo. (Choi Mina-su) is actually a very bright person and has a shy side. When I bowed, he said, "No." He was embarrassed and tried to say, "No." I feel like I get it every time I meet him, but he's a really charming and fun person."

However, as Choi Min-soo received explosive attention for his "Villain," he also followed reckless malicious comments. In fact, Choi Min-soo said on his SNS on the 13th, "I think I've reflected a lot, learned, realized, and grown up while watching my poor performances. It was a time when I felt deeply that I could cause inconvenience with my actions and words, and I could look back," he said, expressing feedback on negative responses.

What did he talk about "bad comments" with the production team. When asked about Choi Min-soo's reaction, PD Kim Jae-won praised his personality, saying, "He didn't resent the production team."

Producer Kim Jae-won said, "We talked a lot on the phone (with Choi Min-soo) during the release of 'Solo Hell 5' and discussed a lot with us. I asked, 'When will the (criticism) get better?' and he said, 'I think it'll get better around the third week, so look at the Internet from then on.' But there was a miscalculation. "It's the fourth week, but I think I said it wrong," he said with a nervousness, "Fortunately, the response is better now, so I think you're acknowledging the bright side of Choi Min-soo."

Soon after, he said, "I think there were a lot of critical opinions, but I would like to thank Choi Min-soo for giving me an interesting story about my repeated boring daily life. I think I can criticize it at the time of airing, but now that it's all over, I'd like to ask the viewers to support Choi Min-soo a lot," he said.

A total of "five couples" were born in season 5, including Choi Min-soo and Lee Sung-hoon, Kim Min-ji and Song Seung-il, Lim Soo-bin and Park Hee-sun, Lee Ju-young and Kim Jae-jin, Kim Go-eun and Woo Sung-min.

But the final couple doesn't mean "hinker" (real couple). In fact, it was found that Choi Min-soo was not in a "hinker" relationship with Lee Sung-hoon as a result of star news coverage.

Regarding the birth of "Hinker," the "Solo Hell 5" production team drew attention as they could not hide their disappointment. Producer Kim Jae-won said, "There is a lot of talk that 'Solo hell has no Hyun-ker unlike other love programs'. But I think this is actually about "Do you have an open relationship?" Our production team is also disappointed that the cast members are hesitant to go out in an open relationship. Honestly, I don't understand that part," he said honestly.

He said, "When I was on a relationship program, I was asked persistently (whether I was in an open relationship) at the meeting of the cast members. I even thought about putting an open relationship in the contract clause. In fact, I asked for advice from a lawyer, and I heard that "this is an invasion of privacy, unconstitutional." So what we thought was to make the spin-off 'Solo Hell Reunion' with behind-the-scenes stories, drawing laughter.

The "Solo Hell" series has already announced the production of "Season 6." In response, the production team said, "We will consider and reflect the performers and fixed panels deeply between fun and balance next season."

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