Mama The Idol
Hangul
엄마는 아이돌
Literal meaningMom Is an Idol
Revised RomanizationEommaneun Aidol
GenreReality
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseDecember 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]

Synopsis

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]

Cast

Main

Comeback Summon Squad

Comeback Masters

  • Vocal Mentors
    • Park Sun-joo
    • Han Won-jong
  • Choreographers
    • Bae Yoon-jung
    • Lia Kim
    • J Black
    • Mmary
    • LoveRan
  • Music Producers
    • Seo Yong-bae
    • Kim Do-hoon

Idol Cheering Squad

Episodes

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[lower-alpha 1] [6]
5 January 14, 2022 — [7]
6 January 20, 2022[lower-alpha 2] 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]

Ratings

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%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This show airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).

Notes

  1. ↑ as interim check judges for the Main Vocalist selection mission.
  2. ↑ For this episode it won't be aired on its original timeslot due to the broadcast of South Korea national football team's friendly match against Moldova national football team.

References

  1. ↑ "'엄마는 아이돌' 오늘 첫방…가희·박정아·선예에 냉혹한 평가". News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Introduction to Mama The Idol". Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  3. ↑ "가희-박정아-선예 귀환 (엄마는 아이돌)". Sports DongA (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ ""연애금지? 우린 임신금지" '엄마는아이돌' 별→양은지 합류, 최종멤버 6인 데뷔 준비 시작! [Oh!쎈 종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ "박정아X양은지, 눈물과 감동 안겼다 "힙합 느낌 제대로" (엄마는 아이돌)[종합]". XportsNews (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "'엄마는 아이돌' 가희→선예, 보컬 미션 평가 "찢었다" 줄줄이 평가 '상' [Oh!쎈 종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  7. ↑ "가희·선예·박정아, 메인보컬은 누구?…'엄마는 아이돌'". NEWSIS (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  8. ↑ "선예·박정아·별→가희, '걸그룹' 데뷔 확정 …팬클럽 1만2000명 확보(종합)". News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  9. ↑ "[종합] 선예 "리더=큰 가슴, 난 탈락"…하하, ♥별과 위기? "가정 파탄 나" ('엄마는아이돌')". News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  10. ↑ "선예·박정아·별→가희, '걸그룹' 데뷔 확정 …팬클럽 1만2000명 확보(종합)". News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
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