Begin Again () is a South Korean television program which airs on JTBC.
Season 1 aired on Sundays at 22:30 (KST) from June 25 to September 10, 2017.
Season 2 aired on Fridays at 21:20 (KST) from March 30 to June 29, 2018.
Season 3 aired on Fridays at 21:00 (KST) from July 19 to November 8, 2019.
Season 4, also known as Begin Again Korea () aired on Saturdays at 23:00 (KST), from June 6 to July 4, 2020, and on Sundays at 23:00 (KST) from July 12 to August 9.
A New Year Special series, also known as Begin Again - Intermission (), aired on Fridays at 22:30 (KST), beginning January 6 to February 10, 2023.
Airtime SeasonAir dateAirtime 1 June 25 – September 10, 2017 Sundays at 10:30 PM KST 2 March 30 – June 29, 2018 Fridays at 9:20 PM KST 3 July 19 – November 8, 2019 Fridays at 9:00 PM KST 4(Begin Again Korea) June 6 – July 4, 2020 Saturdays at 11:00 PM KST July 12 – August 9, 2020 Sundays at 11:00 PM KST New Year Special January 6 – February 10, 2023 Fridays at 10:30 PM KST
Overview Reputable musicians from South Korea travel overseas, to places where no one knows anything about them, and hold busking events. They would introduce themselves to the people in other countries through their performances.
For Season 4 (Begin Again Korea), different from the previous 3 seasons, the cast members travel around South Korea to conduct Social Distancing Busking. The main purpose is to present music as a gift, to console the Korean citizens who have gone through difficult times due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Spin-offs A year-end special titled Begin Again Reunion (Reunion) aired on December 22, 2020, with the lineup featuring Yoon Do-hyun, , Paul Kim, Henry, Lee Hi and Lee Su-hyun.
An online version of the show Begin Again Open Mic () was launched, and videos are uploaded on the show's YouTube channel on Mondays and Wednesdays at 18:00 (KST) beginning May 11, 2021. Originally, Begin Again Open Mic was aired on JTBC from December 29, 2020, to February 11, 2021.
A New Year Special titled Begin Again - Intermission () aired from January 6, 2023, to February 10, 2023, with two lineups airing interwoven. Group 1 featured Lena Park, Kim Jong-wan (Nell), Kang Min-kyung (Davichi), John Park, Choi Jung-hoon (Jannabi), Kim Do-hyung (Jannabi) and Jeong Dong-hwan (MeloMance) while Group 2 featured Yim Jae-beom, Ha Dong-kyun, Kim Feel, Heize, Hynn, Sungha Jung and Kim Hyun-woo (DickPunks).
Cast Season 1 (Begin Us) Lee So-ra You Hee-yeol (Toy) Yoon Do-hyun (YB) Noh Hong-chul
Season 2 (Team Kim Yoon-ah) Kim Yoon-ah (Jaurim) (Jaurim)
Roy Kim Jeong Se-woon (Episode 5–7)
Season 2 (Team Lena Park/Family Band) Lena Park
Henry Lee Su-hyun (AKMU)
Season 3 (Family Band) Lena Park Hareem Henry Lee Su-hyun (AKMU)
Kim Feel
Season 3 (Dick2JukPaulTaeng) Lee Juck Taeyeon (Girls' Generation) Paul Kim Jukjae Kim Hyun-woo (DickPunks)
Season 4 (Begin Again Korea) Lee So-ra (Episode 1–5) Hareem Henry Lee Su-hyun (AKMU) Jukjae Crush (Episode 1–3, 8–10) Jung Seung-hwan Lee Hi (Episode 4–6, 10) Sohyang (Episode 6–10) Begin Again - Intermission - Group 1 Lena Park Kim Jong-wan (Nell) Kang Min-kyung (Davichi) John Park Choi Jung-hoon (Jannabi) Kim Do-hyung (Jannabi) Jeong Dong-hwan (MeloMance)
Begin Again - Intermission - Group 2 Yim Jae-beom Ha Dong-kyun Kim Feel Heize Hynn Sungha Jung Kim Hyun-woo (DickPunks)
Episodes Season 1 EpisodeBroadcast DateBusking Place(s)Note(s) 1 June 25, 2017 Ireland(Dublin, Galway, Slade Castle, Cliffs of Moher) — 2 July 2, 2017 3 July 9, 2017 4 July 16, 2017 5 July 23, 2017 England(Chester, Liverpool, Manchester) 6 July 30, 2017 7 August 6, 2017 8 August 13, 2017 9 August 20, 2017 Switzerland(Montreux) 10 August 27, 2017 Bassist Hwang Ho-gyu, drummer Lee Sang-min and YB guitarist Heo Jun joins Begin Us for the Montreux Jazz Festival 11 September 3, 2017 12 September 10, 2017 France(Chamonix) —
Season 2 EpisodeBroadcast DateTeamBusking Place(s)Note(s) 1 March 30, 2018 Team Kim Yoon-ah Portugal(Lisbon, Porto, Cascais)— 2 April 6, 2018 3 April 13, 2018 4 April 20, 2018 5 May 4, 2018 No episode on April 27, 2018 Jeong Se-woon joins the team 6 May 11, 2018 Roy Kim leaves the team due to studies at the end of the episode 7 May 18, 2018 Team Lena Park is shown for the last 30 minutes of the episode 8 May 25, 2018Team Lena Park Portugal(Aroeira, Lisbon) — 9 June 1, 2018 10 June 8, 2018 11 June 15, 2018 Hungary(Budapest) 12 June 22, 2018 Henry leaves the team due to other schedules at the end of the episode 13 June 29, 2018 —
Season 3 EpisodeBroadcast DateTeamBusking Place(s)Note(s) 1 July 19, 2019 Family Band South Korea(Seoul) — 2 July 26, 2019 Italy(Sorrento, Naples, Positano, Ravello, Amalfi) 3 August 2, 2019 4 August 9, 2019 5 August 16, 2019 Lee Su-hyun temporarily leaves the team at the end of the episode 6 August 23, 2019 South Korea(Seoul) Special performers: Jung Hae-in, Kim Go-eun 7 August 30, 2019 Second Team (Dick2JukPaulTaeng) Germany(Berlin) Special appearance by Henry 8 September 6, 2019 — 9 September 20, 2019 Special appearance by bassoonist You Sung-kwon 10 September 27, 2019 — 11 October 4, 2019 Family Band Italy(Verona, Sirmione) 12 October 11, 2019 Lee Su-hyun returns to the team 13 October 18, 2019 — 14 October 25, 2019 15 November 1, 2019 Second Team (Dick2JukPaulTaeng) Netherlands(Amsterdam) 16 November 8, 2019
Season 4 (Begin Again Korea) EpisodeBroadcast DateBusking Place(s)Note(s) 1 June 6, 2020 Incheon International Airport, Culture Tank 2 June 13, 2020 Daegu(Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center,Keimyung University Daemyeong Campus, Suseong Pond) The cast had split into 2 teams in the day, namely Cr-Reem-Lee (Lee So-ra, Hareem, Crush) Sunshine Band (Henry, Lee Su-hyun, Jukjae, Jung Seung-hwan) 3 June 20, 2020 Daegu(Suchang Youth Mansion, Daegu Stadium) 4 June 27, 2020 Gangwon Province(Sokcho Deungdae Beach, Sokcho H Cruise) 5 July 4, 2020 Gangwon-do(Gangneung Movie Village, Pyeongchang County Mountain Cinema) 6 July 12, 2020 North Gyeongsang Province(Pohang Steel Mill, Andong Woryeonggyo Bridge) 7 July 19, 2020 Busan(Cheongsapo Port, F1963, Songdo Beach) Special performers: Lee Nau (Purple Rain), Hong Jin-ho (Hoppipolla) 8 July 26, 2020 Jeonju, North Jeolla Province(Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju Nambu Market Youth Mall, Gyeonggijeon) Special performers: Lee Nau (Purple Rain), Park Da-som (Dancer) 9 August 2, 2020 Seoul(Mokdong Ice Rink, Seoul Botanic Park) 10 August 9, 2020 Seoul(Camping in the city by Walkerhill, Seoul Marina Club & Yacht) Special performer: Hong So-jin
Discography Recordings of some of the busking songs were released digitally on various music sites.
Season 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Season 2
Jaurim Begin Again: Porto Live
Jaurim Begin Again: Lisbon Live
Jaurim Begin Again: Portugal Live 2CD
Roy Kim Live in Begin Again 2
Begin Again 2 Yoon Gun Special Edition
Season 3
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Season 4 (Begin Again Korea)
Episode 1
Episode 3
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Ratings In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year. Note that the show airs on a cable channel (pay TV), which plays part in its slower uptake and relatively small audience share when compared to programs broadcast (FTA) on public networks such as KBS, SBS, MBC or EBS. NR rating means "not reported". TNmS have stopped publishing their rating reports from June 2018.
Season 1 Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenTNmSNationwideSeoulNationwide 1 June 25, 2017 5.097% 6.492% 4.9% 2 July 2, 2017 4.378% 5.728% 3.9% 3 July 9, 2017 6.044% 7.422% 5.4% 4 July 16, 2017 5.115% 6.250% 4.4% 5 July 23, 2017 4.743% 5.653% 4.3% 6 July 30, 2017 4.763% 5.857% 4.3% 7 August 6, 2017 4.778% 6.046% 3.7% 8 August 13, 2017 4.944% 5.647% 5.1% 9 August 20, 2017 4.992% 6.051% 4.1% 10 August 27, 2017 4.369% 5.150% 3.4% 11 September 3, 2017 4.885% 6.064% 3.7% 12 September 10, 2017 4.541% 6.000% 4.0%
Season 2 Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenTNmSNationwideSeoulNationwide 1 March 30, 2018 4.449% 4.750% 4.6% 2 April 6, 2018 4.348% 5.271% 4.0% 3 April 13, 2018 3.844% 4.189% 3.9% 4 April 20, 2018 3.564% 4.546% 4.0% 5 May 4, 2018 3.265% 3.873% 2.8% 6 May 11, 2018 3.849% 4.725% 3.3% 7 May 18, 2018 3.167% 3.158% 2.8% 8 May 25, 2018 4.171% 4.911% 4.4% 9 June 1, 2018 4.742% 5.776% 4.9% 10 June 8, 2018 5.063% 5.766% rowspan="4" 11 June 15, 2018 4.651% 5.214% 12 June 22, 2018 4.021% 4.650% 13 June 29, 2018 3.448% 3.742%
Season 3 Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul 1 July 19, 2019 4.577% 4.911% 2 July 26, 2019 4.106% 4.644% 3 August 2, 2019 4.436% 4.683% 4 August 9, 2019 5.093% 5.789% 5 August 16, 2019 4.801% 5.596% 6 August 23, 2019 4.736% 5.518% 7 August 30, 2019 4.419% 4.987% 8 September 6, 2019 4.338% 5.011% 9 September 20, 2019 3.379% 3.675% 10 September 27, 2019 3.864% 4.306% 11 October 4, 2019 4.277% 4.768% 12 October 11, 2019 4.763% 5.050% 13 October 18, 2019 4.779% 4.986% 14 October 25, 2019 4.839% 5.162% 15 November 1, 2019 3.915% 3.867% 16 November 8, 2019 3.600% 3.654%
Season 4 (Begin Again Korea) Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul 1 June 6, 2020 2.579% 3.208% 2 June 13, 2020 2.383% 3.004% 3 June 20, 2020 2.457% 3.449% 4 June 27, 2020 2.273% 2.744% 5 July 4, 2020 2.772% 3.609% 6 July 12, 2020 2.177% 2.889% 7 July 19, 2020 1.899% rowspan="3" 8 July 26, 2020 1.887% 9 August 2, 2020 2.042% 10 August 9, 2020 2.276% 2.905%
New Year's Special (Begin Again - Intermission) Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul 1 January 6, 2023 2.583% 3.044% 2 January 13, 2023 1.762% rowspan="5" 3 January 20, 2023 1.508% 4 January 27, 2023 1.843% 5 February 3, 2023 1.139% 6 February 10, 2023 0.989%
References
Notes
External links
Begin Again YouTube Channel