Also known as Friends Over Flowers Starring (See cast) First episode date 1 August 2014 Director Na Young-seok Number of episodes 25 | Genre Travel Country of origin South Korea Final episode date 1 April 2016 Number of seasons 4 | |
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Written by Lee Woo-jungChoi Jae-young Directed by Na Young-seokShin Hyo-jung Similar | ||
Youth Over Flowers (Hangul: 꽃보다 청춘; RR: Ggotboda Cheongchun) is a South Korean travel-reality show which premiered on tvN in 2014.
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I. Peru
The three singer-songwriters went on a backpacking tour of Peru, with Machu Picchu as their ultimate destination. They went to Peru on June 25, 2014 and were only informed about the trip three hours before the flight, causing them to travel with no luggage.
II. Laos
Similar to the previous season, the three actors (who all starred in Reply 1994) were also not informed about their trip to Laos and only found out about it three hours before the flight. They went to Laos on July 7, 2014 and returned on July 14, 2014.
III. Iceland
This season of Youth Over Flowers was initially announced with three cast members, Jung Sang-hoon, Jung Woo, and Jo Jung-suk. The three actors went to Iceland on November 25, 2015 whereas Kang Ha-neul, who was also courted but couldn't go due to his commitment to appear on Blue Dragon Film Awards, was surprised by Youth Over Flowers team and taken right after the award show to join the other actors on November 26, 2015. The four actors were given a mission to see aurora before they return home on December 4, 2015.
IV. Namibia
On January 22, 2016 Ahn Jae-hong, Ryu Jun-yeol, and Go Kyung-pyo were surprised by Youth Over Flowers team during the last day of their Reply 1988's celebratory vacation in Phuket, Thailand and were taken to Namibia. Park Bo-gum who had returned from Phuket early for his Music Bank filming was taken right after the recording concluded. The actors stayed in Namibia and Zimbabwe for 10 days and returned to South Korea on February 2, 2016.
