ITZY will be starring in their very own reality show via Mnet's digital studio, M2!
On November 16, M2 officially announced that ITZY’s first-ever reality show, '100-Hour Romantic Vacation - Paris et ITZY' (literal title) will be airing in January of 2020.
'Paris et ITZY' will capture the journey of the five ITZY members as they explore Paris together for 100 hours. M2 first teased the upcoming reality show through a brief preview at the end of the second episode of its 'M2 Special - ITZY VLOG', which followed the rookie girl group as they traveled to France for 'Paris Fashion Week'. In the final seconds of the vlog, Chaeryeong asks, “Why are there only 24 hours in a day?”, before the follwing announcement: “ITZY’s first travel reality show, ‘100-Hour Romantic Vacation - Paris et ITZY’ premieres on Mnet in January 2020.”
Producing director (PD) Nam Dong Yoon commented, “Through this reality show, ITZY freely enjoyed a healing vacation like ordinary travelers their age, and they also shared some special experiences that they will never be able to forget for the rest of their lives. I hope that this news is like a gift for the fans all over the world who have been waiting for an ITZY reality show. Please show a lot of anticipation for ‘Paris et ITZY.'”
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Huh, I wondee why JYP relied on Mnet/M2 instead of producing the series in-house like they do with TWICE TV (Switzerland and Singapore)? But then again, Mnet has a wider audience, and TWICE also did their first variety series through them (both Sixteen and EPL), so I guess maybe this is just a standard rite of passage to establish a group's popularity with the general public before moving over to self-publishing in-house series. Though not sure whether now is the best time to be working with them, considering MNET's recent scandals. But maybe the M2 branch is untainted.
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