This year, Kim Jong-Min is nominated for Daesang (Grand Prize) award the highest award in this year’s KBS Award. Kim is considered as an icon in Korean variety show with “1 Night 2 Days” for 9 years.
The news about his nomination is confirmed by Chosun Ilbo. Previously the rumor about his nomination is already circulating, considering he is the icon of the Korean variety show which has appeared in almost all variety shows in Korean television.
Kim, who is well-known with his common name Jong-Min is the most dedicated and the most loyal member of “1Night 2 Days” which was ared as part of “Happy Sunday” program in KBS every Sunday evening. He has been with the show since the beginning of the program in 2007. Jong-Min has experienced ups and downs with the show, including when he had to quit temporarily due to his military service duty in 2008 to 2009.
In order to give a tribute to his nine years dedication, the production team of “1Night 2 Days” made a special theme for the last two episodes of the season 3. The special theme is called “Kim Jong-Min special” which according to KBS World TV, the episode is special to dedicate for him.
Jong-Min is nicknamed as the “excited fools” in the “1Night 2 Days” and in the special episode, all members took the MENSA test to measure their IQ. Result of the test is hilarious, as Defconn and, Dong-Gu surprisingly had the same score with Jong-Min.
Afterward they arranged an avatar date with a beautiful girl Kim Seo-Yeon who works as an interpreter in KBS Studio. As an avatar date, all members control what Jong-Min must say or do to her. After the date, Jong-Min revealed the truth to her and Seo-Yeon laughed heartily.
