Wizard of Nowhere
Wizard of Nowhere
Directed by Kim Joon-hyun, Seo Jeong-woo
Starring Various artists
Country of origin South Korea
Original language Korean
No. of episodes 31 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer Park Jeong-gyu
Producer Ahn Soo-young
Production location Multi-countries
Running time 70 minutes
Original release
Release July 30, 2017(2017-07-30) – May 27, 2018(2018-05-27)
Wizard of Nowhere Korean : 오지의 마법사; RR : Ojiui mabeopsa ) is a South Korean travel -reality show on MBC TV that started airing on June 5, 2017. The cast of six, divided into two teams, goes to another country for three days. In those three days, they are given missions to do. Before midnight strikes, they must reach their destination for the day. The cast has no phones or wallets or money with them, or even personal belongings. All they have are the essentials from the producers: sleeping bags, tents, cooking equipment, utensils, and some hiking gear. Most of the time, they rely on hitchhiking to complete strangers to get around.
Broadcast timeline Episode type Broadcast date Broadcast time Pilot June 5, 2017 Mondays at 23:00 (KST ) June 17, 2017 – July 1, 2017 Saturdays at 23:15 (KST) Regular July 30, 2017 – September 3, 2017 Sundays at 18:45 (KST) September 10, 2017 – November 12, 2017 Not airing due to MBC Labor Union strike November 19, 2017 – May 27, 2018 Sundays at 18:45 (KST)
Cast Regular members Member Episodes Corresponding Location Kim Soo-ro Pilot 1–4; Regular 1–31 NepalGeorgiaKamchatka PeninsulaSicilyTasmaniaSri LankaEstonia Um Ki-joon Pilot 1–4; Regular 1–9, 21–31 NepalGeorgiaKamchatka PeninsulaSri LankaEstonia Yoon Jung-soo Pilot 1–4; Regular 1–31 NepalGeorgiaKamchatka PeninsulaSicilyTasmaniaSri LankaEstonia Kim Tae-won Pilot 1–4; Regular 1–19, 26–31 NepalGeorgiaKamchatka PeninsulaSicilyEstonia Choi Min-yong Pilot 2–4; Regular 1–5, 10–20 NepalGeorgiaSicilyTasmania Kim Jin-woo (WINNER)Regular 1–25 GeorgiaKamchatka PeninsulaSicilyTasmaniaSri Lanka Han Chae-young Regular 6–20, 26–31 Kamchatka PeninsulaSicilyTasmaniaEstonia Eric Nam Regular 16–31 SicilyTasmaniaSri LankaEstonia Don Spike Regular 20–31 TasmaniaSri LankaEstonia
Guest members Member Episodes Corresponding Location Niel (Teen Top) Pilot 1–4 Nepal Kim Yong-woon (Kim Jin-woo's father) Regular 8–9 Kamchatka Peninsula Oh Se-deuk Regular 15–19 Sicily Yook Joong-wan (Rose Motel) Regular 21–25 Sri Lanka Han Hyun-min Regular 22–25 Sri Lanka
List of episodes Pilot Episode # Broadcast date Visited place Cast member 1–4 June 5, 2017 – July 1, 2017 Nepal Kim Soo-ro , Um Ki-joon , Yoon Jung-soo Kim Tae-won , Choi Min-yong , Niel (Teen Top )
Regular broadcast Total episode # Regular episode # Broadcast date Visited place Cast member 5–9 1–5 July 30, 2017 – August 27, 2017 Georgia Kim Su-ro, Um Ki-joon, Kim Jin-woo (WINNER ) Kim Tae-won, Choi Min-yong, Yoon Jung-soo 10–13 6–9 September 3, 2017 November 19, 2017 – December 3, 2017 Kamchatka Peninsula Yoon Jung-soo, Um Ki-joon, Han Chae-young Kim Su-ro, Kim Tae-won, Kim Jin-woo, Kim Yong-woon 13–19 9–15 December 3, 2017 – January 14, 2018 Sicily Yoon Jung-soo, Kim Tae-won, Choi Min-yong, Eric Nam Kim Su-ro, Kim Jin-woo, Han Chae-young, Oh Se-deuk 20–24 16–20 January 21, 2018 – February 4, 2018 February 25, 2018 – March 4, 2018 Tasmania Yoon Jung-soo, Han Chae-young, Kim Jin-woo, Don Spike Kim Su-ro, Choi Min-yong, Eric Nam 25–29 21–25 March 11, 2018 March 25, 2018 – April 15, 2018 Sri Lanka Kim Su-ro, Um Ki-joon, Eric Nam , Kim Jin-woo Yoon Jung-soo, Don Spike, Yook Joong-wan (Rose Motel), Han Hyun-min 30–35 26–31 April 22, 2018 – May 27, 2018 Estonia Kim Tae-won, Yoon Jung-soo, Don Spike, Han Chae-young Kim Su-ro, Um Ki-joon, Eric Nam
Ratings In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red , and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.
2017 Episode # Broadcast date Average audience share AGB Nielsen (Nationwide) TNmS (Nationwide) 1 July 30, 2017 5.2% 5.1% 2 August 6, 2017 5.9% 6.2% 3 August 13, 2017 5.7% 5.8% 4 August 20, 2017 6.0% 7.5% 5 August 27, 2017 4.9% 6.3% 6 September 3, 2017 5.5% 5.9% Ten weeks break due to MBC Labor Union strike 7 November 19, 2017 6.1% 5.8% 8 November 26, 2017 6.5% 6.9% 9 December 3, 2017 5.2% 5.6% 10 December 10, 2017 6.3% 7.2% 11 December 17, 2017 7.3% 6.3% 12 December 24, 2017 8.3% 8.8% 13 December 31, 2017 5.9% 5.3%
2018 Episode # Broadcast date Average audience share TNmS (Nationwide) AGB Nielsen (Nationwide) 14 January 7 6.8% 7.0% 15 January 14 7.2% 6.6% 16 January 21 7.3% 6.3% 17 January 28 7.6% 6.7% 18 February 4 7.4% 7.9% Two weeks break due to PyeongChang Olympics 2018 19 February 25 7.3% 7.2% 20 March 4 7.4% 6.0% 21 March 11 7.8% 6.6% — March 18 No airing of show this week 22 March 25 8.1% 6.3% 23 April 1 7.2% 6.2% 24 April 8 6.4% 5.8% 25 April 15 6.2% 5.4% 26 April 22 6.8% 5.7% 27 April 29 5.6% 5.9% 28 May 6 5.1% 4.5% 29 May 13 5.7% 4.5% 30 May 20 5.4% 5.0% 31 (End) May 27 5.0% 5.0%
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipients Result 2017 17th MBC Entertainment Awards Program of the Year Wizard of Nowhere Nominated Top Excellence Award, Variety Category Kim Soo-ro Nominated Excellence Award, Variety Category Yoon Jung-soo Nominated Choi Min-yong Nominated Rookie Award, Variety Category Han Chae-young Won Um Ki-joon Nominated Kim Jin-woo Nominated Best Teamwork Award Wizard of Nowhere Won Special Award (Variety Show) Yoon Jung-soo Won Best Couple Award Kim Tae-won & Yoon Jung-soo Nominated