Channel A‘s new dating variety show ‘Heart Pairing’ has gone beyond a simple crush and presented a romance between young men and women looking for a ‘marriage partner’.

On the first episode of Channel A’s dating variety show ‘Heart Pairing’ aired on the 7th, the exciting first meeting of the six residents, Woojae, Jeyeon, Jimin, Jiwon, Chanhyung, and Ha-neul, who visited the ‘Pairing House’ in Italy in search of a lifelong relationship unfolded. The 5MCs Yoon Jong-shin, Lee Chung-ah, Choi Si-won, Mimi, and Professor Park Ji-sun watched the story of six people like a romance movie together and came up with various deductions based on the ‘Pairing Book’, and especially the beautiful visual beauty, the delicate sensibility of ‘Heart Pairing’, and the ‘Pairing Book’ containing the male and female cast members‘ views on marriage and life values, which greatly increased the immersion of the viewers.

Je-yeon appeared first amidst the beautiful scenery of the ‘Pairing House’ located in the romantic city of Tuscany. Je-yeon with an innocent vibe said, “The longest I’ve rested was about 5 days. I‘ve been living that much devoted to work,” revealing her extraordinary determination to appear, and Yoon Jong-shin showed interest, saying, “She feels like a freshman in society. She also has Jun Ji-hyun’s vibe.” The other MCs, including Mimi, unanimously said, “She‘s so pretty.” The next resident is model-like visuals and ‘hot guy’ Woojae,’ he shyly greeted Jeyeon and said, “I wasn’t nervous at all before you came, but when I saw your face, for some reason... (I‘m nervous)”. Jimin, who joined next, drew the admiration of the 5MCs by saying, “He’s handsome”. He said, “I want to get married when I‘m around 35, but it’s been hard to have natural encounters since I started working.”. Immediately after, he quietly watched Jeyeon with a calm personality and smiled without realizing it, which made the 5MCs blush, saying, “Am I already in love?”.

Chanhyung, who has a cheerful and bright personality, said, “I think I should meet someone to spend my life with rather than dating,”, and Jiwon, who has the unexpected charm of a ‘cold city girl’ but a warm smile, showed a serious attitude by saying, “I want to marry someone I can share small happiness with.” Lastly, Haneul, with her charming, bright smile, appeared and caught Chanhyung‘s attention. The six residents asked each other about their MBTIs to do an ‘icebreaker’, and then enjoyed brunch while touring various parts of the ‘Pairing House’.

At sunset, the residents had tea time and talked about the ‘Pairing Book’. The ‘Pairing Book’ is a book in which the residents answered 33 questions about love and marriage before leaving Seoul, and each resident had a color that represented them. The residents chose the person whose values matched them the most through the ‘Pairing Book’ in advance, and after moving into the ‘Pairing House’, they each predicted who the main character of the book would be. At this time, Chan-hyung asked everyone, “Was there anyone who you felt was your ideal type just by reading the text?” and Haneul said, “There was someone whose values were really similar,” expressing her excitement about the person she had chosen for the ‘Pairing Book’.

When the sun set, the residents prepared dinner. Haneul, Jimin, and Chan-hyung were in charge of cooking in the kitchen, while Je-yeon and Ji-won quietly talked with Woo-jae in the living room. In the meantime, Haneul became close with Jimin and Chan-hyung through active reactions and compliments. Once the cooking was done, everyone gathered in the dining room and enjoyed their first dinner. Haneul kept looking at Jimin and expressing her affection, while Ji-won watched the two of them with a strange look in her eyes. Ji-won eventually showed a somewhat uncomfortable expression at Haneul’s excessive reaction to Jimin, and Yoon Jong-shin, who keenly noticed this, said, “It seems like there were strong feelings (between the two women). From the first day, a ‘romance rival’ has been born with Jimin in the middle’, he said, sharpening his senses about the love triangle directed at the ‘popular guy’ Jimin.

After the meal was over and everyone took a rest, a notice popped up saying, ‘Please send a text message to the person you are attracted to tonight’. In response, the residents trembled and sent secret messages to their crushes. Immediately after, the 5MCs analyzed their psychology and behavior so far and began their first ‘pairing prediction’. Yoon Jong-shin, Choi Si-won, and Professor Park Ji-sun predicted Jimin X Ji-won as the ‘first pairing’ couple, while Lee Chung-ah and Mimi predicted Jimin X Haneul as the ‘first pairing’ couple. After a while, the results of the ‘first pairing’ were revealed, which were ‘Jae-yeon→Woojae, Woojae→Ji-won, Ji-won→Jimin, Jimin→Jae-yeon, Chan-hyung→Haneul, Haneul→Chan-hyung’, sending the 5MCs into a mental breakdown. While only ‘Chan Hyung X Haneul’ succeeded in ‘Pairing’, Choi Siwon was shocked by the fact that ‘popular guy’ Jimin chose Je Yeon instead of Ji Won, saying, “I can‘t trust Jong Shin hyung anymore”, expressing his distrust towards Yoon Jong Shin, who has been on ‘Heart Signal’ for 9 years. Yoon Jong Shin also quickly admitted, “Don’t trust me”, turning the scene upside down. The 5 MCs then unanimously expressed their surprise, saying, “Jimin‘s comment about Je Yeon’s condition towards the end of dinner was his real expression”. Lastly, the text messages the six residents sent to each other and the decisive moment that made them develop feelings for each other unfold like a movie, beautifully ending the first day in ‘Pairing House’.

‘Heart Pairing’ airs every Friday at 10:50 p.m.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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