Heart Signal


Heart Signal is a South Korean variety show distributed by Channel A.

Overview

An unpredictable game of love, “Heart Signal” is a 2017 South Korean variety show. With a panel of experts in love and dating looking on, four men and four women, from completely different walks of life, agree to spend the next month sharing the same house. Tasked with the single mission, to anonymously text a different resident every night, the panelists watch as relationships among the residents begin to form. With their various areas of expertise, the panelists begin to predict which residents might actually find love and which are really better off as friends.

Panelists

Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 1
NameOccupationYear of BirthNotes
Jang Cheon Lawyer1985
Kang Sung-wook Musical Actor1985
Seo Joo-won Racer1994
Yoon Hyeon-chan Chef1985Male Catfish
Bae Yoon-kyung Actress1993
Kim Se-rin Cirque du Soleil's Marketeer1993
Seo Ji-hye Student at Ewha Womans University1996
Shin A-ra 2nd Runner-up Miss Korea 20161995Female Catfish

Season 2
NameOccupationYear of BirthNotes
Kim Do-gyun Korean Medicine Doctor1988
Jung Jae-ho COO of Spendwallet. Graduated from University of California, Berkeley.1990
Lee Gyu-bin Passed the Civil Service Examination. A student at Seoul National University.1993
Kim Hyun-woo Chef1985Male Catfish
Oh Young-joo Microsoft's employee. Graduated from University of California, Los Angeles.1991
Song Da-eun Aspiring Actress1991
Im Hyun-joo Student at Kookmin University. Part-time model on Dailymonday.1992
Kim Jang-mi Fashion Curator. Graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology.1989Female Catfish

Season 3
NameOccupationYear of BirthNotes
Cheon In-woo Engineering manager at BankSalad. Graduated from UC Berkeley. Used to work at Facebook in Silicon Valley as an Engineer.1989
Jung Eui-dong Animal replicas sculptor.1992
Im Han-gyeol Food and beverage brand director. BLVD owner.1989
Kim Kang-yeol Owns a fashion store.1994Male Catfish
Lee Ga-heun Veterinary student, appeared on Daehaknaeil magazine in 2016, appeared on Super Model 2018 Survival. Works at her older sister's animal hospital.1996
Park Ji-hyun Waseda University Year 4 student, won the Talent Award at Miss Korea 2018 Gyeongnam.1996
Seo Min-jae Hyundai Motor Company Car Mechanic/Engineer. Graduated from Inha University's Department of Mechanical Engineering with bachelor's degree
and received a master's degree from Hanyang University's Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Competed in Miss University in 2018, Miss Gyeongbuk contest in 2019, and Miss Intercontinental Korea where she won second place.		1993
Cheon An-na Personal assistant1994Female Catfish

Controversy

After the cast members of “Heart Signal 3” were revealed, posts arose on online communities accusing some of the members of problematic pasts. One female cast member was accused of being a school bully, even causing one of her aviation classmates to drop out because of her harsh behavior. The post containing the accusations was first uploaded onto an anonymous community that only people in the aviation industry can access.
A former model and retail businessman who’s joined the cast was accused of having connections to the CEO of the club Burning Sun and the granddaughter of the founder of a major company. The accuser uploaded photos of him at Burning Sun and shared that he is close friends with Hwang Ha Na, former Burning Sun CEO Lee Moon Ho, and YouTuber Haneul, who has been accused of being a school bully.
Another female member who was a veterinary student and a former contestant on SBS Plus “Supermodel 2018” was accused of school violence. On March 14, the accuser took to an online forum to say that the cast member had targeted a wide variety of classmates and was very shamelessly promoting in the entertainment industry.