Battle Trip


Battle Trip is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by KBS.
Season 1 was aired starting 16 April 2016 and ended on 3 April 2020 with 177 episodes and 4 special episodes. The program starred Kim Sook, Kim Jun-hyun, Yoon Bo-mi of Apink, Lee Hwi-jae, Sung Si-kyung and San E as the main MCs. An invited celebrity will work together with the cast as a special MC to host the show.
Season 2 was aired starting 15 October 2022 and ended on 12 August 2023 with 39 episodes. The program starred Sung Si-kyung, Lee Yong-jin, Heo Kyung-hwan and Lee Mi-joo after 30 months of hiatus. From episode 1 to 9, an invited celebrity will work together with the cast as a special MC to host the show. Since episode 10, no special MCs were invited with the inclusion of Aiki to the main MC lineup.

Overview

Season 1

Episode 1 to 158

The program is a trip competition between two groups of celebrities or several individual celebrities, travelling based on specific topics and showing viewers travel information and amazing tips. The winner is chosen based on 100 votes from the audience. To discourage cross-country travels, each group can only travel within specified cities or states as the topic stipulates.

Episode 159 to 177

The program is revamped and the new concept focuses on the relationship between the selected destination and the guests. There will not have popularity votes from the audience of 100 and a new studio setting is used to film the program.

End of Season 1

On 6 February 2020, it was initially announced to have its final airing of the program on 27 March 2020. Between 6 and 27 March 2020, repeat telecast of previous episodes were used due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made travelling and filming for the show difficult. A final episode was added on 3 April 2020 to conclude the show.

Season 2

In season 2, the trip competition is between two groups of celebrities or several individual celebrities. The winner is chosen based on votes tally from the celebrities.

History of audiences' votes and special segment (Season 1, Episode 1 to 158)

From episode 1 to 6, the winning team will be decided by the popularity votes from the 100 audiences. Each audience can only decide on supporting one team.
From episode 7 onward, the winning team will still be decided by the popularity votes from the 100 audiences but giving the 100 audiences the choices to support either one team or both.

Exception on audiences' votes

In episodes 21, 22, 39, 83, 84, 87, 88, 131, 132, 139 – 140 and 153 – 156, there are no voting from an audience of 100. These are educational trips for special historical events or informative purposes.
In episodes 42 – 45, 65 – 67, 91 – 93 and 100 – 103, as each team travelled 2 or more locations for the same battle theme, the overall winning team was decided after adding the total votes of both trips or locations.
In episodes 74 – 77, there is no voting from an audience of 100 due to the labour union strike and no audiences are invited to the show.
In episodes 116 – 119, there is no voting from an audience of 100. Instead, Lovelyz and Pentagon are the 8 special judges for the special theme. These 8 special judges can only pick one team each. In the event of a tie, Kim Sook will decide the winning team.
In episodes 127 – 130, Lee Hwi-jae and Kim Sook will be the special judges for The Solo Trip Special. There are four themes and the special judges will vote one country each for every theme. Trip designers who got chosen by the special judges will get extra five points on top of the popularity votes from the 100 audiences.
In episodes 137 – 138, there is no voting from an audience of 100. The 3 hosts made a bet to see whose trip people like the most via the social media and the one with the lowest number of votes will buy some snacks. Sung Si-kyung got the most votes and followed by Lee Hwi-jae and Kim Sook. Kim Sook bought cream buns for the 100 audiences in episode 141.
; Special segment: Battle Trip Awards
A year-closing episode, Battle Trip Awards, was shown on 29 December 2018 in episode 122. In this end of the year episode, the hosts will introduce recommended vacation spots for 2019 and show some unseen footages of some of the episodes in 2018. The Battle Trip Awards ceremony presents the Hottest Issue Clip Award and The Best Trip Location Award. Winners of the award are presented with a trophy.

Slogan

These slogans are used before the revamped of the program in Season 1, between episode 1 and 158. These slogans are again used in Season 2.
  • Opening Slogan:
  • *'여행도 전쟁이다 배틀 트립'
  • Ending Slogan:
  • *세상이 학교다 인생이 여행이다 배틀 트립''''

    Airtime

Season 1

Season 2

Cast

Main MC

Season 1

Season 2

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Special MC

Season 1

  • San E has stepped down from the show after the episode 47 on 22 April 2017. Since then, the show would invite celebrity guest as Special MC to host the show together with the cast.

    Season 2

Episodes

Season 1

Team Green
Team Red

2016

2017

2018

EpisodesBroadcast DateThemeDestinationTrip DesignerTravellersTrip NameBudgetWinnerNotes
8531 March 2018A Local's Travel Plan SpecialHanoi Yeom Gyeong-hwanYeom Tour₩217,700Hanoi Team
867 April 2018A Local's Travel Plan SpecialBoracay Ryan BangRyan Bang, Boom & Lee Ji-hyeRyan Bang Tour₩530,000Hanoi Team

2019

EpisodesBroadcast DateThemeDestinationTrip PlannerTrip NameBudgetWinnerNotes
1235 January 2019New Year Special, Battle of the MastersBangkok Shin Joo-ah & Lee Hye-Jung Jjoo Ah Tour₩282,000Beijing Team
12412 January 2019New Year Special, Battle of the MastersBeijing Chae Yeon & Bae Seul-kiBae Chae Tour₩348,300Beijing Team
12519 January 2019MC Special – Winter Gangwon Province TripGangneungTeam Kim Sook:
Sook Tour₩37,800Si Kyung Tour
12519 January 2019MC Special – Winter Gangwon Province TripPyeongchangTeam Sung Si Kyung:
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New program concept
  • New presentation concept after the program is being revamped.

    2020

Season 2

2022

2023

Top 10 destinations as chosen by audience votes (Season 1, Episode 1 to 158)

Below is the list of destinations chosen by audiences' votes. Episodes with [|exceptions] are not included in the list.
RankingDestinationEpisodeTrip Planners / TravellersVotes
1Da Nang 56 – 57Oh Hyun-kyung & Jung Si-ah99
2Czech Republic29 – 30Lee Kyu-han & Kim Ki-bang97
3Jeolla Province23 – 24Kim Sook & Park So-hyun94
4Busan21Seo Kyung-duk & Yoo Jae-hwan93
5Seoul1Doojoon & Seol Min-seok92
5Dubai 27 – 28Seo Hyo-rim & Lee Chung-ah92
5Shanghai 39Seo Kyung-duk, Yoo Jae-hwan & DinDin92
5Da Nang 135 – 136Kim Seung-soo & Kang Kyung-joon92
9Hanoi 85 – 86Yeom Gyeong-hwan, Choi Eun-kyung & Ahn Sun-yeong91
9Pai & Chiang Mai 91 – 93VIXX 91

Ratings

  • In the ratings below, N/R means no record or not reported, the highest rating for the show will be in and the lowest rating for the show will be in each year.

    Season 1

  • From 8 September 2018 onward, the show will be aired in two parts. Only the higher rating of the episode will be shown.
;2016
EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
116 April4.5%
223 April4.5%
330 April3.6%
47 May3.3%
514 May3.1%
621 May
728 May4.6%
84 June5.2%
911 June5.2%
1018 June4.7%
1125 June4.8%
122 July4.3%
139 July4.4%
1416 July4.9%
1523 July4.9%
1630 July4.7%

EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
1727 August5.4%
183 September4.5%
1910 September5.1%
2024 September5.4%
211 October4.3%
228 October4.4%
2315 October
2422 October4.5%
2529 October4.4%
265 November4.2%
2712 November4.1%
2819 November3.2%
2926 November4.5%
303 December4.7%
3110 December4.5%
3217 December5.3%

;2017
EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
337 January4.7%
3414 January5.7%
3521 January5.4%
364 February5.0%
3711 February
3818 February4.2%
3925 February4.1%
404 March4.6%
4111 March4.4%
4218 March5.4%
4325 March4.1%
441 April4.9%
458 April4.0%
4615 April4.7%

EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
4722 April5.4%
4829 April4.6%
496 May4.0%
5013 May5.6%
5120 May4.9%
5227 May4.6%
533 June4.9%
5410 June4.2%
5517 June4.8%
5624 June4.4%
571 July5.2%
588 July
5915 July4.5%
6022 July4.5%

EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
6129 July3.5%
625 August4.3%
6312 August3.8%
6419 August3.7%
6526 August4.8%
662 September4.3%
679 September3.4%
6816 September3.8%
6923 September4.1%
7030 September3.4%
717 October
7214 October3.6%
7321 October4.7%
742 December4.6%

;2018
EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
756 January3.3%
7613 January5.5%
7720 January3.6%
783 February3.7%
7917 February3.0%
8023 February3.3%
813 March3.7%
8210 March3.6%
8317 March5.6%
8424 March4.6%
8531 March
867 April4.2%
8714 April4.0%
8821 April3.8%
8928 April
905 May

EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
9112 May4.8%
9219 May3.5%
9326 May3.3%
942 June4.8%
959 June4.0%
9616 June6.0%
9730 June4.2%
987 July4.2%
9914 July4.1%
10021 July4.7%
10128 July3.6%
1024 August
10311 August3.7%
10418 August4.2%
10525 August4.2%
1061 September4.1%

EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
1078 September3.5%
10815 September3.2%
10922 September3.7%
1104.7%
1116 October3.1%
11213 October3.8%
11320 October3.6%
11427 October3.2%
1153 November3.3%
11610 November3.5%
11717 November3.8%
11824 November3.5%
1191 December3.0%
1208 December4.4%
12115 December3.0%
12229 December3.0%

;2019
EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
1235 January4.4%
12412 January4.1%
12519 January3.1%
12626 January3.0%
1272 February3.7%
1289 February3.3%
12916 February
13023 February3.2%
1312 March3.4%
1329 March3.4%
13316 March5.3%
13423 March3.8%
13530 March4.7%
1366 April4.5%
13713 April3.6%
13820 April3.7%

EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
13927 April
1404 May5.6%
14111 May3.4%
14218 May4.4%
1431 June4.1%
1448 June4.2%
14522 June4.2%
14629 June3.4%
1476 July3.9%
14813 July3.7%
14920 July3.2%
15027 July4.3%
1513 August3.9%
15210 August3.0%
15317 August3.0%
15424 August3.5%

EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
15531 August3.4%
1567 September3.1%
15721 September2.6%
15828 September2.9%
1595 October2.9%
16012 October3.2%
16119 October3.4%
16226 October3.5%
1632 November3.0%
1649 November3.1%
16516 November4.1%
16623 November3.3%
16730 November3.0%
1686 December2.9%
16913 December2.9%
17020 December2.7%

;2020
EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
1713 January2.2%
17210 January
17317 January
17431 January

EpisodeBroadcast DateAGB Nielsen
17521 February1.9%
17628 February
1773 April2.4%