Mnet‘s ‘Couple Palace 2’ showed an unpredictable love line as soon as the training camp started.

In the 4th episode of ‘Couple Palace 2’ that aired on the 26th, after going through speed dating where various opportunities to meet were given, the long-awaited training camp gate, Palace Week, opened its curtains.

A total of 15 couples advanced to Palace Week, where only couples who were matched by selecting each other as their one-pick can enter, including male pharmacist number 19 and female office worker number 13, male patent attorney & lawyer number 26 and female office worker number 9 from Company S who studied abroad, and male nursing assistant professor number 28 and office worker A (Choi Seo-hee), who has 1.3 million creators. After losing 20kg and making a comeback, female number 5 Kim Ye-rin had a hard time finding a partner, but was able to enter Palace Week with male number 21, a Canadian model.

There were also many unexpected results. Male number 9 Kim Gun-hee, an American lawyer who returned after season 1, went straight to female number 25 Ha Soo-jin, an interpreter, with the promise of ‘American citizenship’ as a condition of marriage, but delivered shocking news of elimination. Chae Eun-jung, a former Cleo contestant, who confessed that she froze her eggs because she wanted to have a child within a year, showed her sincerity about marriage, but ultimately failed to advance to Palace Week despite showing a romantic atmosphere with male number 27 and dentist Choi Young-joon.

Palace Week, the training camp gate, officially opened with special MCs Ga-hi and Heo Kyung-hwan. In particular, a new rule called ‘Secret Date’, which did not exist in season 1, was revealed, foreshadowing a war of taking and being taken. The 15 couples had a time of verification to get to know each other by revealing all information about each other, such as their names, ages, and financial status. Oh Shin-da, who said she wanted a newlywed home worth over 2 billion won, was shocked by Lee Jeong-won’s story that she had 1 billion won in debt and confessed, “I can never date someone who has debt.”


The identities of the additional entrants who had garnered much attention, the so-called ‘Catfish’, have finally been revealed. Above all, Japanese company employee number 3, Hwang Jae-geun, and female model number 19, Yoo Hye-won, who had shown excitement through speed dating, joined the cast as catfish, creating a surprise. In addition, interpreter number 25, Ha Soo-jin, who rejected American lawyer Kim Gun-hee‘s heart along with the two, also joined as catfish, foreshadowing another tectonic shift.

The choices of single men and women at a crossroads between the couple zone and the single zone also heightened the sense of immersion. The moment to choose whether to start preparing for marriage with their matched partner in the ‘Couple Zone’ or to enter the ‘Singles Zone’ to find a new partner has arrived. In the midst of this, male number 7, Choi Jae-yeon, an oral surgeon, and female number 23, Seo Jin-joo, a VIP bank employee, chose the couple zone, while their matched partners, female pharmacist number 18, Bae Joo-hee, and male dermatologist number 24, Lee Sang-kyung, headed to the single zone, showing different paths.

After this, a new favorability vote began, signaling the beginning of a chaotic love line. The contestants had to choose one person of the opposite sex excluding their existing matched partner, and Bae Joo-hee expressed her feelings for male number 24, Lee Sang-kyung, who showed a smile signal, instead of her existing matched partner Choi Jae-yeon. At the end of the broadcast, Lee Sang-kyung and Bae Joo-hee’s ‘Kyeolmanchu’ date comes true, and what will happen to the polygamous relationship that will unfold in earnest?

Hong Se-young, Donga.com reporter, projecthong@donga.com

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