Song Eun-i

Song Eun-i (Korean: 송은이; born January 4, 1973) is a South Korean singer, actress and comedian.^[1] She made her debut as a theater actress in 1993. In the same year, she made her debut as a comedian in KBS. She is currently signed under her own management company Media Lab Seesaw (SISO).^[1] Currently, Song is running own company Media Lab Seesaw as CEO^[2] with her friend, Kim-Sook as director.

Song Eun-i
Born	(1973-01-04) January 4, 1973 (age 52) Seoul, South Korea
Comedy career
Years active	1993–present
Employer	Media Lab Seesaw
Genres	Observational, sketch, wit, parody, slapstick, dramatic
Musical career
Years active	2000–present
Korean name
Hangul	송은이
Hanja	宋恩伊
RR	Song Euni
MR	Song Ŭni

Education

• Graduated Seoul Yangmok Elementary School
• Graduated Sinjeong Middle School
• Graduated Myungduk Girls' High School [ko]
• Graduated Seoul Institute of the Arts^[3] (Theatre College Degree Program)

Career

Song first made her debut in the South Korean entertainment industry in 1993, as a KBS comedian.^[3][4]

In 2016, Song and fellow comedian Kim Sook published a book together, based on their podcast, Keeping Secrets (비밀보장).^[5][6] In the same year, Song became the CEO of CONTENTS LAB VIVO (Korean: 컨텐츠랩비보), a production company that creates internet-based content,^[7][8][9] as well as aiding Kim Jun-ho organise the Busan International Comedy Festival.^[4][10]
Song's production company has produced multiple web-based shows and podcasts including Keeping Secrets, The King of Shopping and Kim Saeng-min's Receipt,^[11] as well as producing the group, Celeb Five (Korean: 셀럽파이브), which Song is also a part of.^[12][13]

Personal life

Song, among other South Korean celebrities such as Kim Won-hee and Kim Yong-man, is a part of a volunteer group called God is Love Ministry (GIL Ministry), who provide medical sponsorship for Haitian children with congenital heart disease, allowing the children to go to South Korea for medical treatment for their cardiovascular condition.^{[14][15][16][17]}

One of Song's hobbies includes woodworking, having learnt the skill with Kim Sook when she had little work and broadcasting activity.^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1994	Tyranno's Claws	Primitive woman		[18]
2002	Emergency Act 19	Jin Ju		[19][20]
2022	Open the Door	Executive producer	Premiere at 27th BIFF	[21]

Current programs

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Hidden Singer	Fixed panellist	Season 3–
	Omniscient Interfering View	Cast member[22]	Episode 1 – present
	Food, Bless You	Cast member[23][24]
	Burning Youth	Cast member[25]	Episode 148–
	Problem Child in House	Cast member[26][27]
2020	Money Road [ko]	Cast member[28]
2021	Long Live Independence	Cast
2021	Book U Love	Host	[29]
2021	Money Touch Me	Host	[30]
2021	Song-eun's Manga Comeback	Host with Shin Bong-sun	[31]
2021	National Receipt	Host with Kim Sook and Park Young-jin	[32]
2021	Marriage Is Crazy	Host	[33]
2022	Curling Queens	Host	MBC Lunar New Year special pilot[34]
2022	Jump Like a Witch	Cast Member	[35]
2022	Brave Detectives	Host	Season 1–2[36]
2022	Chart Sisters	Host	with Celeb Five Member [37]
2022	The Restaurant Who Forgot to Order 2	Cast Member	[38]
2025	Sixth Sense: City Tour	Cast Member	[39][unreliable source?]

Former programs

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–2003	Super TV Sunday Is Fun	Host
2003	Truth Game	Host	Hosted for 1 episode with Yoo Jung-hyun
2005–2009	There is! No?	Host
2005–2007	English Town TV	Cast member
2005–2006	Challenge! The Age of Success	Host	[40]
2006	Alien Sam	Okguseul	Drama series
2007–2009	Infinite Girls	Cast member and host (de facto)	Season 1
2008–2010	Gold Miss Is Coming	Cast member	Segment on Good Sunday
2009–2011	GAG Star	Host	Season 2
2009–2012	Spot! Tasty Food	Host	[41]
2010	Tent in the City	Host
	Invincible Youth	Host	Temporarily replaced Kim Tae-woo
	If You Follow, I'm Rich Too (따라하면 나도 부자)	Host	Season 1
2010–2013	Infinite Girls	Cast member and host (de facto)	Season 3
2011	Sangsang Game	Cast member
	If You Follow, I'm Rich Too (따라하면 나도 부자)	Host	Season 2
	Song Eun-i's Eye to Eye	Host
2017	With You	Cast member, paired with Kim Young-chul	[42][43][44][45]
2017–2018	Kim Saeng-min's Receipt	Co-host	[46]
2018	Temperature of Judgement	Host	[47][48][49]
2019	The Hit	Co-host with Kim Shin-young

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Comedian Singer Producer	Host/cast member		[50]
2022	Celeb Five : Behind the Curtain	Cast Member	with Celeb Five Member	[51]

Radio shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007–2010	Song Eun-i and Shin Bong-sun's Donggodongrock	Host
2015–present	Song Eun-i & Kim Sook's Sister Radio (송은이, 김숙의 언니네 라디오)	Presenter	[52]
2022	This is Ahn Young-mi, the date muse at two o'clock	Special DJ	[53]

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2022	10th Busan International Comedy Festival	MC at the opening ceremony	[54]

Discography

Solo artist

Studio albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Track listing
			KOR [55]
2000	1집 Imagine	Released: December 1, 2000 Genre: Ballad Format: CD	—	—	Track listing Imagination (상상) 바램 난 그대로인걸 그대오는 길 잘 알잖아요 풍경 마지막이야 I'm Loving You 쿵 축복해요
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
			KOR [55]
2006	"Abstract Memories" (초록의 추억)	Released: February 23, 2006 Label: Genie Music	—	—	Alien Sam OST
2012	"Have a Dream" (꿈을 가지고)	Released: December 4, 2012 Label: Mirrorball Music Genre: Folk	—	—	I Love You: Unashamed Words
2015	"In His Love" (사랑으로 사랑으로)	Released: May 28, 2015 Label: LOEN Entertainment Genre: CCM	—	—	Calling of the Heart - The Second Story Part 3. Love
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborative singles

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
			KOR [55]
2014	"Age-Height" (나이-키) (with Song Seung-hyun (F.T. Island), together as Two-Song Place)	Released: January 9, 2014 Label: FNC Entertainment, Stone Music Entertainment	—	—	Non-album single
2017	"3-Do" (3도) (with Kim Sook, together as Double-V)	Released: December 25, 2017 Label: CONTENTS LAB VIVO, Kakao M	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Infinite Girls

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Track listing
			KOR [55]
2008	Project Make Infinite Girls Singers (무한걸스 가수되기 프로젝트)	Released: November 13, 2008 Label: Danal Entertainment Genre: Dance	—	—	Track listing Imagination (상상) (Full ver.) Imagination (상상) (Original ver.) Imagination (상상) (Inst.)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Celeb Five

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
			KOR [55]
2018	"Celeb Five (I Wanna Be a Celeb)" (셀럽파이브 (셀럽이 되고 싶어))	Released: January 24, 2018 Label: CONTENTS LAB VIVO, NHN Entertainment Genre: Dance	—	—	Celeb No.1 (셀럽 No.1)
	"Shutter" (셔터) feat. Lee Deok-hwa	Released: November 19, 2018 Label: CONTENTS LAB VIVO, LOEN Entertainment Genre: Synth-pop, dance	—	—	Shutter (셔터)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2002	Korean Film Festival	Photogenic Award		Won	[56]
2002	KBS Entertainment Awards	Broadcasting Progress award		Won	[57]
2003	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	Appreciation plaque		Won	[58]
2008	SBS Entertainment Awards	Best Teamwork Award	Gold Miss is Coming	Won	[57]
2009	SBS Entertainment Awards	Radio DJ Award		Won	[59]
2010	16th Korean Entertainment Art Award	TV Progress Award		Won	[60]
2017	SBS Entertainment Awards	Radio DJ Award	Song Eun-i, Kim Sook's Sisters Radio	Won	[61]
2018	54th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Variety Performer – Female	Omniscient Interfering View	Won	[62]
	16th KBS Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award in Variety	Problem Child in House	Nominated
	18th MBC Entertainment Awards		Omniscient Interfering View	Won	[63]
2019	19th MBC Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award in Variety Category (Female)	Omniscient Interfering View	Won	[64]
	Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards	Prime Minister's Commendation		Won	[65]
2020	18th KBS Entertainment Awards	Producers' Special Award	Problem Child in House	Won	[66]
2021	57th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Variety Performer - Female	Problem Child in House Long Live Independence	Nominated	[67]
	Brand Customer Loyalty Award 2021	Entertainer (Variety Show - Female	—	Won	[68]
2022	58th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Female Variety Performer	Song Eun-i	Nominated	[69]