Unexpected Q

Unexpected Q (Korean: 뜻밖의 Q) is a 2018 South Korean television entertainment program which aired on MBC every Saturday at 18:25 (KST). The show took over the time slot of long time variety show Infinite Challenge.^[1]

Unexpected Q
Hangul	뜻밖의 Q
Genre	Variety Talk Show
Presented by	Lee Soo-geun Jun Hyun-moo
Starring	Eun Ji-won Yoo Se-yoon Seungkwan
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	25
Production
Producer	Choi Haeng-ho
Production location	South Korea
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	MBC
Original release
Network	MBC
Release	May 5 (2018-05-05) – October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27)

Cast

Hosts

• Lee Soo-geun
• Jun Hyun-moo

Permanent Cast (starting from episode 3)

• Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies)
• Yoo Se-yoon
• Seungkwan (Seventeen) (absent in episodes 20-23)

Question Panel

• The Koxx (Episodes 1-8; only Lee Hyun-song and Shaun appeared on episodes 1-2)
• Duetto (Episode 11)
• The East Light (Episodes 9-10, 12-16)

Episodes

2018

Episode	Broadcast Date	Guest(s)	Remark(s)
1	May 5	Noh Sa-yeon, Seol Woon-do, Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies), Kangta (H.O.T), Yoo Se-yoon, Sunny (Girls' Generation), Seo Eun-kwang (BtoB), Solar (Mamamoo), Song Min-ho (Winner), Sejeong (Gugudan), Dahyun (Twice) Answering guests: Kang Jae-hyung, Seo Joo-kyung	—
2	May 12	Ji Sang-ryeol, Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies), Ahn Young-mi, Hangzoo (Rhythm Power), Jung Joon-young, DinDin, Bomi (Apink), Seungkwan (Seventeen) Answering guest: Hyun Sook	1st change in format of the program Starting from this episode until episode 6, the show uses a team battle format, each team consisting of 2 persons
3	May 19	Hong Seok-cheon, Yook Joong-wan (Rose Motel), Ahn Young-mi, Kim Jae-hwan (Wanna One), JooE (Momoland) Answering guest: Wax	Eun Ji-won, Yoo Se-yoon and Seungkwan have become the permanent cast of the show starting from this episode
4	May 26	Jo Sung-mo, Ahn Young-mi, Hangzoo (Rhythm Power), Lee Seung-hoon (Winner), Mijoo (Lovelyz) Answering guest: Park Mi-kyung	—
5	June 2	Defconn, K.Will, Shindong (Super Junior), DinDin, Kim Chung-ha Answering guests: Kim Won-jun, Rooftop Moonlight
6	June 9	Ji Sang-ryeol, Defconn, Leeteuk (Super Junior), Lee Seok-hoon (SG Wannabe), JR (NU'EST) Answering guests: Lovelyz
Episode	Broadcast Date	Teams[a]	Remark(s)
7	June 16	Team Soogeun: Eun Ji-won, Kim Young-chul, Shin Bo-ra, Minho (Shinee) Team Hyunmoo: Yoo Se-yoon, Seungkwan, Kim Chang-yeol (DJ Doc), Yerin (GFriend)	2nd change in the format of the program The permanent cast and guests will be divided into Team Soogeun and Team Hyunmoo
8	June 23	Team Soogeun: Seungkwan, Park Sung-kwang, Solbi, Mingyu (Seventeen) Team Hyunmoo: Eun Ji-won, Yoo Se-yoon, Jang Su-won (Sechs Kies), Muzie	Close Friends Special
9	June 30	Team Soogeun: Yoo Se-yoon, Jang Do-yeon, Seolhyun (AOA) Team Hyunmoo: Eun Ji-won, Seungkwan, Jimin (AOA)	For only this episode, the permanent cast and guests will decide their teams based on songs that selected by team's leaders
10	July 7	Team Jiwon: Jun Hyun-moo, Seungkwan, JooE (Momoland) Team Seyoon: Lee Soo-geun, Koyote (Kim Jong-min, Shin Ji)	For only this episode, Eun Ji-won and Yoo Se-yoon become the leaders of their teams
11	July 14	Team Soogeun: Yoo Se-yoon, Heo Kyung-hwan, Jisoo (Blackpink) Team Hyunmoo: Eun Ji-won, Seungkwan, Don Spike	Starting from this episode, the two team leaders decide their teams based on songs that selected by casts and guests
12	July 21	Team Soogeun: Eun Ji-won, Lee Guk-joo, Hoshi (Seventeen) Team Hyunmoo: Yoo Se-yoon, Seungkwan, Gyeongree (Nine Muses)	—
13	July 28	Team Soogeun: Yoo Se-yoon, Sandeul (B1A4), Kei (Lovelyz) Team Hyunmoo: Eun Ji-won, Seungkwan, Lee Seok-hoon (SG Wannabe)
14	August 4	Team Soogeun: Eun Ji-won, Yuju (GFriend), Ju-ne (iKON) Team Hyunmoo: Yoo Se-yoon, Seungkwan, Bomi (Apink)
15	August 11	Team Soogeun: Eun Ji-won, Hwang Chi-yeul, Seo Eun-kwang (BtoB) Team Hyunmoo: Yoo Se-yoon, Seungkwan, Sejeong (Gugudan)
16	August 18	Team Soogeun: Eun Ji-won, Yoo Se-yoon, Seungkwan Team Hyunmoo: Han Dong-geun, Seunghee (Oh My Girl), JooE (Momoland)
Episode	Broadcast Date	Guest(s)	Remark(s)
17	August 25	Sayuri Fujita (Japan), Abigail Alderete (Paraguay), Greg Priester (United States), Petri Kalliola (Finland), Oumaima Fatih (Morocco) Sunny Kim (MIPFormats Korea branch CEO), staff of the MBC Overseas Sales Business department (Cho Yeon-hyung, Lee Eun-sung)	From this episode to episode 21, the format of the program is Project Rescue Unexpected Q 1st part of the program: PD Choi Haeng-ho's discussion with the program cast 2nd part of the program: Global Special Emoticon Quiz, using a team battle format, each team consisting of 2 persons, plus discussion segment between the cast and the sales professionals
-	No broadcast on September 1 due to 2018 Asian Games Live telecast of Japan vs South Korea Finals soccer match.
18	September 8	Andreas Varsakopoulos Team Hyunmoo: Park Sung-kwang, Hangzoo (Rhythm Power), JooE (Momoland) Team Jiwon: Jang Su-won (Sechs Kies), Lee Guk-joo, Sandeul (B1A4) Team Seyoon: Don Spike, Park Hwi-soon, Kei (Lovelyz) Team Seungkwan: Ji Sang-ryeol, Lee Seok-hoon (SG Wannabe), Solbi	1st part of the program: Selection of the Global Ambassador 2nd part of the program: Emoticon Quiz Championship
19	September 15	Team Seyoon-Hyunmoo: Don Spike, Park Hwi-soon, Lee Guk-joo, Kei (Lovelyz) Team Seungkwan-Jiwon: Ji Sang-ryeol, Park Sung-kwang, Lee Seok-hoon (SG Wannabe), Solbi	1st part of the program: Emoticon Quiz Championship finals 2nd part of the program: Lee Soo-geun's preparation and attendance for BCWW 2018
20	September 22	Im Ho, Park Hwi-soon, Park Sung-kwang, Lee Yong-jin, Lee Jin-ho	Welcoming Chuseok Fun Special: Unexpected Q in Joseon Seungkwan is absent due to overseas concerts schedules
21	September 29	Managers of the cast: Kim Hee-sung (Lee Soo-geun's manager), Han Jae-sang (Jun Hyun-moo's manager), Kim Do-hyun (Eun Ji-won's manager), Park Chan-ho (Yoo Se-yoon's manager)	Seungkwan is absent due to overseas concerts schedules
Episode	Broadcast Date	Teams[a]	Remark(s)
22	October 6	Team Soogeun: Eun Ji-won, Yoo Min-sang, P.O (Block B) Team Hyunmoo: Yoo Se-yoon, Sleepy, Lee Yong-jin	Format of the program returns to the one used in episodes 7-16 Seungkwan is absent due to overseas concerts schedules
23	October 13	Team Soogeun: Yoo Se-yoon, Lee Seok-hoon (SG Wannabe), P.O (Block B) Team Hyunmoo: Eun Ji-won, Defconn, Seunghee (Oh My Girl)	Seungkwan is absent due to overseas concerts schedules
24	October 20	Team Soogeun: Eun Ji-won, Seungkwan, DinDin Team Hyunmoo: Yoo Se-yoon, Park Sung-kwang, Solbin (Laboum)
25	October 27	No guests	Final Episode

Ratings

In the ratings below, N/R means no record or not reported, the highest rating for the show will be in red and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue.

2018

Ep.	Broadcast Date	TNmS Ratings[2]		AGB Ratings[3]
		Part 1	Part 2	Part 1	Part 2
1	May 5	3.2%	4.2%	3.4%	4.2%
2	May 12	3.7%	4.4%	3.6%	4.3%
3	May 19	3.0%	3.1%	2.9%	3.0%
4	May 26	2.6%	3.5%	3.1%	3.3%
5	June 2	3.1%	3.3%	2.9%	3.1%
6	June 9	2.6%	3.2%	2.4%	3.1%
7	June 16	3.5%	3.8%	3.3%	3.6%
8	June 23	2.2%	3.7%	2.0%	3.5%
9	June 30	3.1%	3.4%	2.9%	3.2%
10	July 7	3.1%	3.6%	2.9%	3.4%
11	July 14	2.7%	3.2%	2.6%	3.0%
12	July 21	2.7%	2.9%	2.6%	2.1%
13	July 28	3.0%	3.1%	2.7%	2.8%
14	August 4	2.4%	3.2%	2.3%	3.0%
15	August 11	2.4%	2.9%	2.3%	2.8%
16	August 18	2.3%	3.6%	2.2%	3.3%
17	August 25	2.5%	3.3%	2.4%	3.0%
18	September 8	NR		2.7%	2.9%
19	September 15			1.8%	2.1%
20	September 22			1.9%	2.7%
21	September 29			2.8%	3.0%
22	October 6			2.1%	3.4%
23	October 13			NR	3.1%
24	October 20			3.0%	3.9%
25	October 27			NR	3.3%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2018	18th MBC Entertainment Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Jun Hyun-moo	Nominated	[4]
		Top Male Excellence Award, Music/Talk Show	Lee Soo-geun	Nominated
			Eun Ji-won	Nominated
		Entertainer of the Year Award	Jun Hyun-moo	Won
		Best Male Award, Music/Talk Show	Yoo Se-yoon	Nominated
		Best Male Rookie Award, Music/Talk Show	Seungkwan	Won
2019	23rd Asian Television Awards	Best Game Or Quiz Programme	Unexpected Q	Nominated