Lying in bed, precariously close... Dizzying skinship date ‘It‘s fast’ (Rainbow 7+)

The first multinational dating variety show in Korea, U+ mobile TV ‘Rainbow 7+’, will reveal the ‘1 on 1 date’ chosen by the 1st KING and QUEEN.

In the second episode of LG U+ mobile TV dating variety show ‘Rainbow 7+’, which will be released at 3 PM on the 20th, 7 multinational men and women gathered at ‘Rainbow Island’, located in Phuket, Thailand, will select the ‘1st KING’ and ‘1st Queen’ who will enjoy absolute power, and then the process of going on a full-fledged date will unfold.

On this day, the 7 men and women will hold a secret vote to choose the partner they like the most. As a result, Seunghoon, a Korean man, is selected as the ‘1st King’, having received unanimous votes from three out of four women. Seunghoon, who was crowned ‘1st King’, is surprised and says, “I thought it was a hidden camera”, and the foreign women reveal the reasons why they chose Seunghoon, a Korean man. What is it about Korean men that foreign women fall for?

Following the ‘1st King’, a vote to select the ‘1st Queen’ is also held. However, since there is one more woman than the seven men and women, someone has no choice but to become the ‘0-vote woman’. In fact, right after the voting, a female contestant who was humiliated with ‘0 votes’ coolly admitted, “I didn’t think I‘d be popular here”, and interpreted the results of the voting in her own way, saying, “Men like women who act cute”.

The butler of ‘Rainbow Island’ tells the seven men and women about the powerful benefit of “The 1st King and Queen can date anyone they want for 24 hours, and they can even switch partners during the date.

He then explains an additional rule, “Citizens who were unable to have the ‘1:1 date’ today must be self-sufficient on Rainbow Island with only the 1,500 baht they received in advance”, shocking everyone. The 1st King and Queen finally start deciding on their dates, and before the real dates begin, Marina from France and Ilham from Morocco have a private conversation in French and English. Eventually, he adds to the tension by boldly telling the other guests, “I’m using (French and English) on purpose so that you guys can‘t understand.”

After this, Marina and Ilham continue to gossip about Korean Yuna and Japanese Mao when they’re not around. On the other hand, one foreigner is bewildered because he doesn‘t understand the rules that were conveyed in Korean, and ends up expressing his discomfort by saying, “I was going to book a flight back to Seoul.”

Meanwhile, the couples who were chosen by the King and Queen to go on a ‘1:1 date’ engage in super-speed skinship. They not only feed each other food, but also lie in bed together, creating a thrilling atmosphere. In relation to this, one of the female contestants revealed her complicated and subtle emotions, saying, “I was flustered, thinking, ’Isn‘t it a little too soon?’ but I was still excited because we were dating.”

One couple even felt uncomfortable holding hands on a ‘1:1 Date’, creating a completely different atmosphere. There is a lot of interest in whether these two, who experience such different cultural differences, will be able to overcome the various barriers to love on ‘Rainbow Island’.

The sweet and savage romance between multinational men and women on Rainbow Island will be revealed in the second episode of the LG U+ Mobile TV dating variety show ‘Rainbow 7+’, which will be aired today (the 20th) at 3 PM.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com