| Mama The Idol | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 엄마는 아이돌 |
| Literal meaning | Mom Is an Idol |
| Revised Romanization | Eommaneun 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) |
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]
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]
| 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 |
| 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] |
| 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% |
