Genre Variety, Reality Original language(s) Korean No. of episodes 12 First episode date 31 January 2015 Network JTBC Number of episodes 12 | Country of origin South Korea No. of seasons 1 Running time 80 minutes Final episode date 18 April 2015 Number of seasons 1 | |
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Cast Sung Si‑kyung, Jun Hyun‑moo, Kim Min‑jong Similar Serial Shopping Family, Inside Story Salon, CRIME SCENE, Cook Representative, Old house - New house Profiles | ||
Dating Alone (Hangul: 나홀로 연애중) is a South Korean reality variety show that was broadcast from February 1, 2015 to April 18, 2015, where male guests participate in virtual dates with female celebrities who act as virtual lovers. The show is a spin-off of the 2012 television series, Imagination Love Battle.
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For every two episodes, a female celebrity is featured and act as a virtual lover who the male participants of the show will go on a date with. The purpose of the show is to see if men know the minds of women, and to study how they act in each situation.
The participants, or 'players', each go behind a monitor, which allows them to choose actions or things to say for every scene in the video. Each action will earn the players varying points, or even make them lose points. To make the scenes more realistic for the participants, though behind a screen in the studio, in certain scenes in the video such as eating, they are also given food, or during a running scene, they are on a treadmill.
The show has some elements of a typical dating sim such as scenes between the character, or the virtual lover of the show, and the player. Points also increase or decrease according to the player's actions throughout the game, or in this case, the show.
The show's fixed hosts participate in the date, but the show also invites male celebrities. Male celebrities have also been featured in the scenes, acting as the player's rival for the virtual girlfriend's affections.
On March 11, 2015, JTBC announced its first 'Virtual Boyfriend Special' featuring the actor Seo Kang-joon as the show's first virtual boyfriend. They also stated that Girls' Generation's Kwon Yuri who appeared as a virtual girlfriend in episodes 3 and 4 will be returning, but as a part of the panel.