Mama The Idol

Mama The Idol (Korean: 엄마는 아이돌) is a South Korean reality show program which premiered on tvN on December 10, 2021 and aired every Friday at 20:40 (KST) until February 4, 2022.^[1]

Mama The Idol
Promotional poster
Hangul	엄마는 아이돌
Lit.	Mom Is an Idol
RR	Eommaneun aidol
MR	Ŏmmanŭn aidol
Genre	Reality
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	December 10, 2021 (2021-12-10) – February 4, 2022 (2022-02-04)

Synopsis

A reality show surrounding six female idols who had chosen to leave the stage to become mothers. Through various trainings and evaluations (plus fulfilling the criteria of more than 20,000 followers on Instagram and more than 2,000 members in the show's fancafe in 1 month), they return to stand on stage again to perform, debuting together as an idol group M.M.D (마마돌).^[2]

Cast

Main

• Kahi
• Park Jung-ah
• Byul
• Yang Eun-ji
• Hyun Jyu-ni
• Sunye

Comeback Summon Squad

• Hong Jin-kyung
• Do Kyung-wan
• Cho Seung-youn
• Lee Chan-won

Comeback Masters

• Vocal Mentors
  • Park Sun-joo
  • Han Won-jong
• Choreographers
  • Bae Yoon-jung
  • Lia Kim
  • J Black
  • Mmary
  • LoveRan
• Music Producers
  • Seo Yong-bae
  • Kim Do-hoon

Idol Cheering Squad

Idol Group	Episode(s)	No. of episodes	No. of appearances
G-reyish	1-2, 3, 4-5	5	3
Verivery	1-2	2	1
Onewe	1-2, 4-5	4	2
Purple Kiss	1-2, 5	3	2
Tri.be	1-2, 4-5	4	2
Pixy	1-2, 4-5	4	2
TO1	1-2, 5	3	2
Lightsum	1-2, 3	3	2
Just B	1-2, 3, 5	4	3
Oneus	3, 5	2	2
Billlie	3, 5	2	2
Laboum	4-5	2	1
T1419	4-5	2	1
Bvndit	4-5	2	1
Rocket Punch	4-5	2	1
Cignature	4-5	2	1
Bling Bling	4-5	2	1
Pink Fantasy	5	1	1
Kep1er	5	1	1

Episodes

Ep.	Broadcast Date	Mission	Special appearances	Ref.
1	December 10, 2021	Reality Check Performance	—	[3]
2	December 17, 2021			[4]
3	December 24, 2021	Main Dancers Selection		[5]
4	January 7, 2022	Main Vocalist Selection First Full Performance	2AM[a]	[6]
5	January 14, 2022		—	[7]
6	January 20, 2022[b]	Close Friends Concert	Na Yoon-kwon, Seo In-young, Kim Eun-jung, Ha Joo-yeon, Sunmi, Park Jin-young	[8]
7	January 28, 2022	Debut Preparations		[9]
8	February 4, 2022	Music Broadcast Debut Final Concert	Kyuhyun (Super Junior) BamBam, Pentagon, fromis 9 Sandara Park	[10]

Ratings

Ep.	Broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[11]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	December 10, 2021	3.782%	4.106%
2	December 17, 2021	3.341%	3.545%
3	December 24, 2021	2.217%	2.366%
4	January 7, 2022	2.562%	2.521%
5	January 14, 2022	2.658%	NR
6	January 20, 2022	3.581%	3.945%
7	January 28, 2022	2.194%	2.167%
8	February 4, 2022	2.935%	3.022%

• In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• This show airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).

Notes

1. as interim check judges for the Main Vocalist selection mission.
2. For this episode it won't be aired on its original timeslot due to the broadcast of South Korea national football team's friendly match against Moldova national football team.