Talkmon

Talkmon is a South Korean reality show. The show airs every Monday at 10:50 pm on cable channel O'live & tvN starting from January 15, 2018. It was later changed to 11:00 pm. It is the spin off of Island Trio which was aired at the same time-slot previously. The program director of this show is the same person who had created the Strong Heart talk show.

Airtime

Synopsis

Talkmon is a one-to-one talk battle between expert speaker in entertainment industry, Talk Master and hidden speaker in the industry, Talk Monster. At the end of the battle, the one who unveils the best story is selected amongst the Talk Monsters to be the Kingsmon.

Hosts

Current MC

The idea of the show came out when the program director, Park Sang-hyuk was shooting for Island Trio, a healing travel show with Kang Ho-dong, Jung Yong-hwa & Kim Hee-sun. Whilst Kang Ho-dong & Jung Yong-hwa joined in together for Talkmon, Kim Hee-sun is said to back off from the new show in order to maintain the freshness for Island Trio's season 2, which is scheduled to run within the same year, 2018. However, Kim Hee-sun is said to willingly fill in as a guest whenever there are empty slots.
After Jung Yong-hwa's departure from the show, Kim Hee-sun is scheduled to record as the special MC on February 4, 2018, to fill in Jung Yong-hwa's absence and will be broadcast on February 12, 2018. It is later announced by O'live that she will become a fixed MC for the show instead of only a one-time appearance.

MC Departure

MC Jung Yong-hwa voluntarily departed from the show's MCing due to his graduate school controversy and will be enlisting in military on March 5, 2018. Jung's agency, FNC Entertainment announced:

"Due to the controversy surrounding Yong-hwa, he's taking responsibility, and because he doesn't want it to negatively impact the program, he's decided to leave the show along with agreement from the producers. We once again deeply apologize for disappointing the producers, the cast, and the viewers."

"Jung Yong-hwa will be notified of the entry and will join on March 5th. As for '2018 JUNG YONG HWA LIVE ', after Hong Kong concert on January 27th, it is necessary to cancel all future overseas tour schedules. Thank you for your patience and understanding from the fans of Korea and abroad who have paid attention and spent your precious time."

Talk Masters

Episodes

Name sequence of Talk Masters & Talk Monsters are from left to right as seen on the show's seating arrangement.

Episode	Date aired	Talk Masters	Talk Monsters	Kingsmon
1	January 15, 2018	Jang Do-yeon, Hong Eun-hee, Lee Soo-geun, Soyou & Shindong	Jung Yong-joo, Kwon Hyuk-soo, Shin Yoo, J-Black, Im Hyun-sik & Park In-hwan	J-Black
2	January 22, 2018	Jang Do-yeon, Hong Eun-hee, Lee Soo-geun, Soyou & Shindong	Jung Yong-joo, Kwon Hyuk-soo, Shin Yoo, J-Black, Im Hyun-sik & Park In-hwan	J-Black
3	January 29, 2018	Jang Do-yeon, Hong Eun-hee, Lee Soo-geun, DinDin & Shindong	Jeon Sung-woo, Lee Jong-beom, Sunmi, JooE & Kim Kwang-sik	Lee Jung-Beom
4	February 5, 2018	Jang Do-yeon, Hong Eun-hee, Lee Soo-geun, DinDin & Shindong	Jeon Sung-woo, Lee Jong-beom, Sunmi, JooE & Kim Kwang-sik	Lee Jung-Beom
5	February 12, 2018	Park So-jin, Hwang Je-seong, Lee Soo-geun, Heo Kyung-hwan & Shindong	Christian Burgos, Kim Yeon-ja, Lee Hye-jung, Hyun Young, Park Ji-woo	Park Ji-woo
6	February 19, 2018	Park So-jin, Hwang Je-seong, Lee Soo-geun, Heo Kyung-hwan & Shindong	Christian Burgos, Kim Yeon-ja, Lee Hye-jung, Hyun Young, Park Ji-woo	Park Ji-woo
7	February 26, 2018	Park Ji-woo, Dindin, Lee Soo-geun, Jang Do-yeon & Shindong	Solbi, Wendy & Kang Seulgi, Jeong Yu-mi, Kang Ji-sub & Seo Jeong-hak	Seo Jeong-hak
8	March 5, 2018	Park Ji-woo, Dindin, Lee Soo-geun, Jang Do-yeon & Shindong	Solbi, Wendy & Kang Seulgi, Jeong Yu-mi, Kang Ji-sub & Seo Jeong-hak	Seo Jeong-hak
9	March 12, 2018	Jang Do-yeon, Hwang Je-seong, Lee Soo-geun, Shindong & Muzie	B.I & Koo Jun-hoe , Cha Soon-Bae Ock Joo-hyun, Min Woo-hyuk, Yoo Tae-Pyeongyang	Cha Soon-bae
10	March 19, 2018	Jang Do-yeon, Hwang Je-seong, Lee Soo-geun, Shindong & Muzie	B.I & Koo Jun-hoe , Cha Soon-Bae Ock Joo-hyun, Min Woo-hyuk, Yoo Tae-Pyeongyang	Cha Soon-bae
11	March 26, 2018	Jang Do-yeon, Hwang Je-seong, Shindong, Lee Soo-geun	Kang Eun-tak, Jung Soo-Yeong, Choo Sung-hoon, & Moon Gabi
12	April 2, 2018	Jang Do-yeon, Hwang Je-seong, Shindong, Lee Soo-geun	Kim Seol-jin ', K.will, Choi Il-goo, Su-hyeon '

Ratings

In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
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