Dating Alone
{{Short description|South Korean television series}}
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| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 12
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| runtime = 80 minutes
| network = JTBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|2015|02|01|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2015|04|18|df=yes}}
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{{Infobox Korean name
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| hangul = 나홀로 연애중
| hanja = 나홀로 戀愛中
| rr = Nahollo Yeonaejung
| mr = Nahollo Yŏnaejung
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Dating Alone ({{Korean|hangul=나홀로 연애중}}) is a South Korean reality variety show that was broadcast from February 1, 2015, to April 18, 2015, where male guests participated in virtual dates with female celebrities who acted as virtual lovers. The show is a spin-off of the 2012 television series, Imagination Love Battle.{{cite web |url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/432019 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |author=Park Soo-jung |website=10asia |date=February 1, 2015 |title=어제 뭐 봤어? '나홀로 연애중', "이 따위 TV프로그램에 설레다니" |language=Korean |archive-date=February 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205090619/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/432019 |url-status=dead }}
Format
For every two episodes, a female celebrity is featured and acts as a virtual lover who the male participants in the show will go on a date with. The purpose of the show is to see if men know the minds of women, and to study how they act in each situation.{{cite web |title=A Pink's Jung Eun Ji to Appear as the First Virtual Lover on JTBC's New Variety Show |author=Jeon Su-mi |website=enewsWorld |url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/85187/a-pinks-jung-eun-ji-to-appear-as-the-first-virtual-lover-on-jtbcs-new-variety-show |access-date=February 3, 2015 |date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122102659/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/85187/a-pinks-jung-eun-ji-to-appear-as-the-first-virtual-lover-on-jtbcs-new-variety-show |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=SNSD's Yuri Chosen as the Second Virtual Lover on ′Dating Alone′ |author=Jeon Su-mi |website=enewsWorld |url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/85463/snsds-yuri-chosen-as-the-second-virtual-lover-on-dating-alone |access-date=February 3, 2015 |date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121063921/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/85463/snsds-yuri-chosen-as-the-second-virtual-lover-on-dating-alone |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
The participants, or 'players', each go behind a monitor, that allows them to choose actions or things to say for every scene in the video. Each action will earn the players different points, or even make them lose points. To make the scenes more realistic for the participants, though behind a screen in the studio, in certain scenes in the video such as eating, they are also given food, or during a running scene, they are on a treadmill.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UIZ2uxhVJE Apink 정은지의 주문대로 쌈을 싸라, 쌈미네이터의 탄생! 나홀로 연애중 1회] Retrieved on February 3, 2015.
The show has some elements of a typical dating sim such as scenes between the character, or the virtual lover of the show, and the player. Points also increase or decrease according to the player's actions throughout the game, or in this case, the show.
The show's fixed hosts participate in the date, but the show also invites male celebrities. Male celebrities have also been featured in the scenes, acting as the player's rival for the virtual girlfriend's affections.
On March 11, 2015, JTBC announced its first 'Virtual Boyfriend Special' featuring the actor Seo Kang-joon as the show's first virtual boyfriend. They also stated that Girls' Generation's Kwon Yuri who appeared as a virtual girlfriend in episodes 3 and 4 will be returning, but as a part of the panel.
Hosts
Episodes
References
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External links
- [http://enter.jtbc.joins.com/lovealone/ Dating Alone official MBC website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416013218/http://enter.jtbc.joins.com/lovealone/ |date=2015-04-16 }} {{in lang|ko}}
{{JTBC entertainment shows}}
Category:South Korean dating and relationship reality television series