Ten Million Masters Show hits 3.5% peak viewership as Ssaulabi and Ssaulagi win

Ssaulabi and Ssaulagi secured first place for the second season of TV CHOSUN's 'Ten Million Masters Show' after earning a combined 371 points. The fourth episode, which aired Tuesday, saw viewership rise to a 3.1% national rating and a 3.5% peak rating.

TV CHOSUN's 'Ten Million Masters Show' has captured viewers' hearts with the intense challenges of performers and stars in its second season.

The fourth episode of 'Ten Million Masters Show', which aired on Tuesday at 10 PM, demonstrated an upward trend in viewership, recording a national rating of 3.1% and a peak rating of 3.5% according to Nielsen Korea.

The fourth episode continued featuring contestants from the second season of 'Ten Million Masters Show'. First to appear was Park Se-ryeong, titled the "Girl of One Second," who ranked first in Korea and third in the world in sport stacking (a discipline where participants compete to stack and unstack plastic cups) at the 2022 World Championship. Park demonstrated her incredible speed by stacking and collapsing cups at high velocity, scoring 146 points by repeatedly shortening her record in the difficult "cycle" event with a time of 6.64 seconds.

Yoon Yoon-seo, who took on the sport stacking challenge, expressed her concerns about her usually slow movements, stating, "This is the first time in my life I have moved so fast." While singing "Hometown Station," she attempted sport stacking during the musical interludes and successfully completed the difficult "3-color cycle" mission within 17 seconds, drawing applause from the audience.

In the "Special Masters Corner," magician Choi Hyun-woo delivered a world-class magic performance to make up for his previous season. Increasing the tension by announcing he would use "something very sharp and something very hot," Choi performed a daring stunt where he thrust a flaming spear into a mysterious device containing his partner, Hong Seong-yoon. While the audience screamed, Hong Seong-yoon and Gil Ryeo-won miraculously emerged from the device together, drawing cheers. However, after the performance, the atmosphere turned humorous as reactions poured in for Choi, such as, "You should have done this when voting," and "You would have at least placed third."

Lee Ho-geon, a juggler of 12 years who became a Korean champion at age 16, appeared as the "Spinning Champion." Capable of spinning anything he holds, Lee demonstrated precise juggling by spinning everything from the water bottle Boom was drinking from to multiple balls, clubs, and even flaming sticks, earning 170 points.

Na Sang-do, acting as a protégé, received high praise for quickly adapting to juggling techniques, living up to his nickname, the "Kim Byung-man of Trot." Although he noted that the rhythm of juggling makes it difficult to sing simultaneously, Na Sang-do performed a sudden stunt of biting into apples while juggling during his rendition of "Ouch! It's Hot." Despite creating a mess with apple fragments, he successfully completed a finale involving catching five balls.

Simba, the president of the Korea Shuffle Dance Association, appeared as the "Rabbit Dance Teacher," raising expectations by explaining that the rabbit dance is the core "running man step" of shuffle dance. Performing with an elite K-shuffle dance unit, he showcased explosive energy and footwork, earning 153 points.

Kim Yong-im, who challenged herself with shuffle dance at the age of 60, declared, "I will show you that people in their 60s can do it too." Despite reporting knee and ankle pain during practice, Kim delivered a surprising shuffle dance performance to "Rope of Love." Following her stage with a senior shuffle team with an average age of 61, Simba praised her, saying, "If this were an ordinary person, it would take 5 to 6 months, but to do it in such a short time while singing makes her an idol."

Following all performances, the final rankings for the second season of 'Ten Million Masters Show' were announced. Ssaulabi, which earned the highest score of 191 points, and Ssaulagi, which earned 180 points, recorded a combined total of 371 points. This allowed them to edge out Jung Dong-nam, Ahn Sung-hoon, and Son Bin-ah by 4 points to take first place for the second season.

Viewers responded enthusiastically, with comments such as, "My stress completely disappears while watching 'Ten Million Masters Show'! I am happy to see such amazing skills on TV every week," "I've never seen sport stacking before, and the dopamine is totally exploding! It's thrilling and suspenseful!" and "We get to see Ssaulabi again in the grand championship!! I'm already looking forward to it."

TV CHOSUN's 'Ten Million Masters Show', where national treasure-level masters meet top stars to challenge 10 million views, airs every Tuesday at 10 PM.

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