A still from "Single's Inferno: Season 5" features cast members Choi Mina Sue, left, and Lee Sung-hun. Captured from Netflix
The producer behind Netflix's dating reality show, "Single's Inferno," said actively incorporating viewer feedback has been key to the program's success and its renewal for multiple seasons.
"We really try not to miss a single opinion that's shared and make a great effort to capture what the majority's viewpoints are," Kim Jae-won, one of the three producers of the hit show, said at an interview with local reporters Friday.
"For example, one of the things that came up for Season 4 was the screen time was too concentrated on just a few people," he said, explaining why the fifth season featured 15 participants — the show's largest cast to date.
"We thought by increasing the number, various love lines would naturally form and the focus would be distributed among more people," he said. "Fortunately, the new season presented diverse relationships and characters, just as we predicted."
Earlier this week, Netflix announced production of a sixth season, making "Single's Inferno" the first Korean series to be renewed six times.
The show follows attractive young singles seeking romance on a secluded island, where finding a match is their only ticket to "Paradise" — a luxury getaway for couples.
The 12-part fifth season, which was released Jan. 20, followed in the footsteps of previous seasons by sparking widespread online reaction and engagement. It rose to No. 2 on Netflix's weekly non-English shows chart with 3.1 million views for the week ending Feb. 8.
Kim Jung-hyun, left, Kim Jae-won, center, and Park Su-ji, the producers of "Single's Inferno," pose for photos, Friday. Courtesy of Netlix
The first season, released in December 2021, became the first Korean unscripted show to enter Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English Series chart. Season 2 remained on the chart for four weeks, while Season 3 extended its run to five consecutive weeks. Season 4 recorded a first-week viewership of 4.8 million, the highest in the franchise.
Source: Korea Times News
