Reality and variety shows are among the most loved entertainment in Korea, and with Netflix’s growing unscripted lineup, the streamer wants global audiences and K-content fans to discover these unique and wildly innovative titles.

This year, Netflix will release at least eight Korean unscripted titles, double that of last year, highlighting the media company’s commitment to production and creativity as it shares unscripted Korean shows with audiences around the world.

“The lineup includes a rich variety of themes such as dating, physical endurance, mind games and zombies, and members will be able to enjoy a new unscripted show either monthly or bimonthly,” the streamer said in a post on its website.

To start off, Netflix is bringing back the hot dating reality show ‘Single’s Inferno’ for a third season, with changes in rules and location to further spice up the romantic roulettes.

The company said when it received the proposal for ‘Single’s Inferno’ at the end of 2020, there weren’t many dating programs in Korea. Trying to close the gap locally, the endeavour ended up winning fans globally.

The first season became the first Korean unscripted show to debut on the Global Top 10 Non-English TV list. Following suit this year, Season 2 featured in the Global Top 10 for four weeks, and pulled in even higher viewing hours.

One of the unique characteristics of unscripted shows is that, unlike TV broadcasters that air an episode each week, the production of the entire season is complete before the drop on Netflix. This, the streamer emphasised, enables it to deliver higher quality and provide localized subtitles, as well as dubbing in some countries, so that viewers in over 190 countries can enjoy the show at the same time.

Dating and survival reality TV shows are well-loved formats around the world. For a new take on young love, ‘Nineteen to Twenty’ is a never-before-seen style of reality show that will evoke romantic memories of your youth.

The extremely grueling ‘Physical: 100’ is currently #2 in Netflix’s Global Top 10 Non-English TV series, and is featured in the Top 10 in 62 countries worldwide.

Then there is ‘Siren: Survive the Island’, where teams of Korea’s most fit women with different backgrounds (occupation) fight to survive on an uninhabited island.

“Because of our commitment to preserve the creator’s vision, we have had the opportunity to work with some of Korea’s top unscripted showrunners and creatives. Jeong Jong-yeon, who pioneered Korea’s survival shows based on mind games, is the mastermind behind our upcoming series ‘The Devil’s Plan’,” the Netflix statement stated.

And, since Korea is famous for zombies, thye streamer decided to take the genre to the next level with ‘Zombieverse’, where contestants are fighting for survival as Seoul comes under a zombie attack.

Netflix will also be launching its first unscripted mid-form show. With a short running time of half an hour, as well as an incredibly short production time of three months, it will be able to present timely and relevant topics to members.