Netflix goes all in on its authentic Korean actuality exhibits this yr, starting with a survival competitors present that provides main Squid Recreation vibes. Bodily: 100 pits 100 athletes, particular forces troopers, health influencers, and different robust folks towards one another to see who has the “most excellent physique.” The ultra-fit women and men are put by means of numerous challenges that take a look at not simply power and measurement, but additionally velocity, agility, and psychological crafty, all for the prospect of profitable 300 million received (about $245,000 USD).
Whereas the present has a lot of contestants to maintain up with, some fan favorites rose to the highest instantly, together with Olympians, well-known YouTubers, and even a forged member or two with connections to Single’s Inferno (opens in new tab).
Finalists
Jo Jin-hyeong
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Jo is a automobile supplier who beforehand received the fact competitors Strongest Man in 2019. He additionally had a visitor cameo on the drama Welcome to Waikiki 2, and he shares his each day life and motorcycle-riding interest on Instagram. He turned a finalist after profitable Quest 4’s Punishment of Atlas problem, the place he held a 50-kg (or 110-lb) rock above his head for over two hours.
Throughout the finale dinner, he reveals that he was the smallest of his mates in center college, and started figuring out with them. He is been figuring out for over 20 years, and he entered the present as a result of he believes he may nonetheless get stronger.
Jung Hae-min
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Jung is a aggressive bicycle owner who has been competing professionally for 5 years. He turned a finalist after profitable the Punishment of Sisyphus problem, the place the contestants needed to push a 100-kg (or 220-lb) rock up a small hill time and again till one man was carry standing.
Within the finale, he reveals that he is a second-generation bicycle owner who got here on the present to advertise his sport, which has competitions “almost each week” however is much less well-known in South Korea.
Kim Min-cheol
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Kim is a member of the Korean nationwide mountain climbing workforce, and works on the Bukhansan particular mountain rescue workforce. In his intro, he says that his muscle tissue had been made as a part of his each day life rescuing folks, reasonably than in a fitness center. Through the use of his climbing abilities, he got here first out of all 100 contestants within the opening hanging problem. He later turned a finalist after profitable Quest 4’s Wings of Icarus climbing problem.
He reveals in the course of the finale that he started mountain climbing on the late age of 29, and that he joined the present to advertise his work in mountain rescue in addition to his sport. “I needed to let folks know what sort of sport I compete in and and how much work I do,” he stated.
Park Jin-yong
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Park is an Olympic luger and member of the Korean Nationwide Crew. He competes within the doubles luge along with his fellow Bodily: 100 contestant Cho Jung-myung, they usually have a YouTube channel (opens in new tab) collectively. The super-fast contestant turns into a finalist after profitable the Fireplace of Prometheus problem in Quest 4.
Within the finale, he reveals that he has been an athlete since elementary college and a luger since highschool. He additionally stated that after the Beijing Olympics, he misplaced some motivation because of the harsh world of sports activities, the place “solely the nice athletes are remembered, and solely the nice survive.” He joined the present within the hopes that he would make luge extra common, and make issues simpler for present luge athletes and people who come after him.
Woo Jin-yong
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Woo is a CrossFitter and has been a member of the Korean nationwide snowboarding workforce, as each a competitor and coach. He was the first-ever athlete to formally signify South Korea in snowboarding, and he competes in an occasion referred to as cross, a race the place opponents even have to leap and switch sharp corners. He turned a finalist after profitable the Tail of Ouroboros operating problem in Quest 4.
He reveals within the finale that he could not make it to the Pyeongchang Olympics as officers determined to place their help behind “promising occasions.” He additionally hopes to make his sport extra common for youthful athletes.
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Agent H
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Hwang Ji-hun, a.okay.a. Agent H, is a media persona and a UDT Reserve Sergeant within the South Korean navy’s particular forces. He is additionally the CEO of the broadcasting & media manufacturing firm Kick the Hurdle Studio, together with different UDT contestants. (Kim Jin-young from Single’s Inferno season 2 can also be below the corporate).
An Da-jeong
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Kim is a bodybuilder and YouTuber (opens in new tab), who additionally works as a coach and owns clothes and complement manufacturers. He is additionally on the present along with his spouse Music A-reum, saying of their intro that they’re a “married bodybuilding couple of the identical age.” They have been married for six years and have a six-year-old daughter.
Kim Kyung-jin
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Kim is a former coach and physical-education college instructor who transitioned to farming 5 years in the past. He says in his intro that he know grows produce for folks’s well being, and that he joined the competitors to indicate folks how he may compete honest and sq.. Although he misplaced his one-on-one match with dancer Cha Hyun-seung, the farmer turned a fast fan favourite throughout his time on the present.
Kim Sik
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Kim is the coach of South Korea’s Nationwide Skeleton Crew, who previously competed within the 2014 Sochi Olympics as a bobsledder. (He is additionally Yun Sung-bin’s coach.) He makes a formidable displaying in Quest 4, when he holds a 50kg rock on his shoulders for 2 hours alongside Jo Jin-hyeong.
Kim Ye-hyun
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Kim is a former fencer, mannequin, bodybuilder, and YouTuber (opens in new tab) who additionally serves because the CEO of Match & Hill Health. Per his Instagram bio, he additionally has a Grasp of Sports activities Rehabilitation at Korea Sports activities College.
Ma Solar-ho
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Ma is a bodybuilder and media persona who’s received a number of Home Bodybuilding championships in South Korea. He is one of many contestant MCs who seems within the Bodily: 100 response movies (opens in new tab) on Netflix’s YouTube channel.
Miho
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Lee Miho is a health coach, mannequin, and influencer who shares her hobbies together with touring and climbing on Instagram. She was a part of the underdog workforce within the second spherical with Jang Eun-sil.
Miracle
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Miracle is a dancer, actor, mannequin, and bodybuilder who has been a dance and health coach at Krump Studio since 2012. He previously labored as a backup dancer for k-pop acts together with Park Su-bin and OnlyOneOf, and he posts each exercise and dancing content material on his TikTok (opens in new tab) and YouTube (opens in new tab) pages.
Nam Kyung-jin
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Nam is a wrestler who’s been on the Korean nationwide workforce for 12 years. He says in his intro that his “muscle tissue are for real-life motion” and that he thinks “he can beat anyone.” He is additionally lately began a YouTube (opens in new tab) channel the place he collaborates with different athletes.
Park Hyung-geun
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Park is an MMA fighter who’s ranked thirty first amongst Professional Mens Featherweight fighters in South Korea. He turned a controversial contestant after his one-on-one match towards Kim Chun-ri.
Park Min-ji
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Park is a ssireum (conventional Korean fashion) wrestler who calls herself “the goddess on the sand.” She impresses the contestants when she chooses and holds her personal towards rugby participant Jang Seong-min for her one-on-one match, although she’s ultimately defeated.
Search engine optimisation Ha-yan
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Search engine optimisation is a CrossFit teacher and fitness center proprietor who often shares her and her teaching workforce’s exercises on Instagram. She was a part of the underdog workforce in the course of the second spherical with Jang Eun-sil.
Seol Ki-kwan
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Seol is a member of the Korean nationwide bodybuilding workforce and an eight-time world champion. He additionally has a YouTube (opens in new tab) channel the place he posts vlogs and exercise movies. In his intro, he says that he joined the nationwide workforce in his late twenties, and he is revered among the many different bodybuilders on the present.
Seong Chi-hyun
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Seong is a health mannequin and on line casino supplier. He was eradicated within the second spherical, however got here again into the sport in the course of the comfort match. He then joined Jang Eun-sil’s workforce for Quest 3, although he was competing with a weak knee.
Shim Eu-ddeum
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Shim is a well-liked health YouTuber (opens in new tab) who beforehand competed in bodybuilding competitions. Her channel consists of stretching and exercise movies and vlogs (together with one among herself attending the Bodily: 100 watch social gathering (opens in new tab)). In her intro, she says that she’s “formidable relating to exercising or doing one thing bodily.”
Shin Bo-mi-rae
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Shin is a boxer and YouTuber (opens in new tab) who’s at present the WBC Worldwide Tremendous Featherweight Champion.
Son Hee-dong
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Son is a member of the Korean Nationwide Wrestling Crew who competed within the 2018 Asian Championships and the 2018 World Championships.
Music A-reum
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Music is a bodybuilder and health mannequin who competes in ladies’s bikini competitions. She joined the present along with her husband Kim Kang-min, a fellow bodybuilder. The couple has been married for six years and shares a six-year-old daughter, and Music and their daughter often seems on Kim’s YouTube (opens in new tab) channel.
Tarzan
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Tarzan is a journey YouTuber (opens in new tab), mannequin, and media persona. He beforehand appeared on the survival present Black Sheep and the courting present Love Alarm Clap! Clap! Clap!.
Yang Hak-seon
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Yang is an inventive gymnast on the South Korean Nationwide Crew, who focuses on vault. He was South Korean gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal, coming first in vault on the 2012 Olympic Video games. He additionally has two gold medals from the Inventive Gymnastics World Championships.
Yun Sung-bin
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Yun is a skeleton racer who received gold on the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, changing into the primary Asian medalist in an Olympic sliding sport. In his intro, he stated that he joined the present as a result of “Olympic athletes not often get an opportunity to enchantment to the general public or to share about themselves.” He is additionally probably the most intimidating among the many contestant pool, with everybody else saying he is the one to keep away from. (You’ll be able to watch his spherical one match right here (opens in new tab).)