Youth Over Flowers

Youth Over Flowers (Korean: 꽃보다 청춘)^[6] is a South Korean travel-reality show which premiered on tvN in 2014.

Youth Over Flowers
Also known as	Friends Over Flowers
Hangul	꽃보다 청춘
Hanja	꽃보다 靑春
RR	Kkotboda cheongchun
MR	Kkotpoda ch'ŏngch'un
Genre	Travel, Reality
Written by	Lee Woo-jung Choi Jae-young
Directed by	Na Young-seok Shin Hyo-jung (1st, 2nd & 5th edition)[1][2] Shin Won-ho (2nd edition)[3] Yang Jung-woo (3rd & 4th edition)[4][5]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	29
Production
Production locations	Seoul Peru Laos Iceland Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe Zambia Australia
Running time	90 minutes Fridays at 21:40 (KST)
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01) – January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09)
Related
Grandpas Over Flowers Sisters Over Flowers

Editions

I. Peru

• Yoon Sang
• You Hee-yeol
• Lee Juck

The three singer-songwriters went on a backpacking tour of Peru, with Machu Picchu as their ultimate destination.^[7] They went to Peru on June 25, 2014, and were only informed about the trip three hours before the flight, causing them to travel with no luggage.^[8]

II. Laos

• Yoo Yeon-seok
• Son Ho-jun
• Baro

Similar to the previous season, the three actors (who all starred in Reply 1994^[9][10]) were also not informed about their trip to Laos and only found out about it three hours before the flight. They went to Laos on July 7, 2014, and returned on July 14, 2014.

III. Iceland

• Jung Sang-hoon
• Jung Woo
• Jo Jung-suk
• Kang Ha-neul

This season of Youth Over Flowers was initially announced with three cast members, Jung Sang-hoon, Jung Woo, and Jo Jung-suk. The three actors went to Iceland on November 25, 2015, whereas Kang Ha-neul, who thought he couldn't go due to his commitment to appear at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, was surprised by the Youth Over Flowers team and taken right after the award show to join the other actors on November 26, 2015. The four actors were given a mission to see aurora before they return home on December 4, 2015.^[11][12]

IV. Namibia & Zimbabwe

• Ahn Jae-hong
• Ryu Jun-yeol
• Go Kyung-pyo
• Park Bo-gum

On January 22, 2016, Ahn Jae-hong, Ryu Jun-yeol, and Go Kyung-pyo were surprised by Youth Over Flowers team during the last day of their Reply 1988's celebratory vacation in Phuket, Thailand and were taken to Namibia. Park Bo-gum who had returned from Phuket early for his Music Bank filming was taken right after the recording concluded.^[13] The actors stayed in Namibia and Zimbabwe for 10 days and returned to South Korea on February 2, 2016.

V. Australia

• Winner
  • Kim Jin-woo
  • Lee Seung-hoon
  • Song Min-ho
  • Kang Seung-yoon

After completing the mission on New Journey to the West 4, Song Min-ho chose to film Youth Over Flowers with his band (Winner) as his prize. The wish were granted and Youth Over Flowers team tricked Winner and took them to Australia on October 10, 2017. They stayed in Australia for 7 days and returned to South Korea on October 18, 2017.^[14]

Airtime

Airdate	Airtime
August 1, 2014 – October 10, 2014	Friday at 9:40 PM KST
January 1, 2016 – April 1, 2016
November 7, 2017 – November 28, 2017	Tuesday at 10:50 PM KST

Ratings

2014

Peru

Episode	Original airdate	AGB Ratings[15]
		Average ratings
1	August 1, 2014	4.6%
2	August 8, 2014	5.5%
3	August 15, 2014	5.7%
4	August 22, 2014	4.9%
5	August 29, 2014	4.8%
6	September 5, 2014	3.8%

Laos

Episode	Original airdate	AGB Ratings[15]
		Average ratings
7	September 12, 2014	5.4%
8	September 19, 2014	5.7%
9	September 26, 2014	4.8%
10	October 3, 2014	5.0%
11	October 10, 2014	3.7%

2016

Iceland

Episode	Original airdate	AGB Ratings[15]
		Average ratings
1	January 1, 2016	8.2%
2	January 8, 2016	8.5%
3	January 15, 2016	7.8%
4	January 22, 2016	6.9%
5	January 29, 2016	6.7%
6	February 5, 2016	8.2%
7	February 12, 2016	7.5%

Namibia & Zimbabwe

Episode	Original airdate	AGB Ratings[15]
		Average ratings
8	February 19, 2016	11.8%
9	February 26, 2016	10.4%
10	March 4, 2016	8.8%
11	March 11, 2016	8.3%
12	March 18, 2016	6.2%
13	March 25, 2016	5.8%
14	April 1, 2016	4.1%

2017

Australia

Ep.	Date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[16]		TNmS[17]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	November 7, 2017	3.377%	3.797%	4.9%
2	November 14, 2017	2.376%	2.855%	3.6%
3	November 21, 2017	2.236%	2.485%	2.6%
4	November 28, 2017	1.692%	1.549%	2.2%
5	January 9, 2018[a]	5.880%	6.742%	7.1%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2016	tvN10 Awards	Best Content Award, Variety	Youth Over Flowers	Won
		Two Star Award	Jo Jung-suk	Won

Notes

1. Director's cut with Kang's Kitchen