On October 16, the travel reality show "New Journey To The West 8" broadcasted its second episode, but when the members were competing in a music quiz during the middle of the airing, the show was suddenly cut off!
Instead of continuing from where it was interrupted, the "New Journey to the West 8" aired 1-2 minutes of clippings from last week's premiere. It was an error by the production which confused the show's audiences. There were also editing errors included in the broadcast that some of the onscreen captions have overlapping words.
tvN channel eventually gave out their explanation to the viewers through a caption which stated, "due to a situation within the network, the broadcast of tvN's 'New Journey to the West 8' is currently delayed, and the show will resume shortly."
The travel reality producers show "New Journey to the West 8" have also released their formal apology, which explains to the viewers the errors and technical difficulties during the broadcast of their second episode.
Through a formal statement, the producers of the said reality tv show stated:
"We apologize to the audience for the inconvenience that occurred due to the delay in editing. The show would like to sincerely ask for the viewer's forgiveness who watched 'New Journey to the West 8,'" and we would like to apologize to its cast members. Rest assured that in the future, we will do our best to ensure that this kind of incident never happens again."
"New Journey to the West 8" reality show broadcasts every Friday at 9:10 p.m. KST.
South Korean travel-reality show New Journey to The West has been airing online via Naver TVCast since September 4, 2015. This is actually the first project from "tvN Go," a digital-content brand from cable channel tvN.
The show's first season marks as the reunion of former 2 Days & 1 Night Season 1 members Lee Seung-gi, Kang Ho-dong, Eun Ji-won and Lee Soo-geun. These four cast members each take one of the characters from the classic 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West as they go on a 5-days and 4 nights night backpacking trip through Xian, China where they will be involved in playing various games .
Fast forward to the seasons 5 and 6 where Kang Ho Dong, Eun Ji Won, Lee Soo Geun, Ahn Jae Hyun, WINNER Mino and BLOCK B P.O (new member) traveled to Hong Kong and Hokkaido. They were introduced to totally new set of characters in Hong Kong and they had a farming theme in Hokkaido.
Then, in the season 7 of the show, Kang Ho Gong, Lee Soo Geun, Eun Ji Won, Song Mino, P.O, and a returning Cho Kyuhyun travel throughout their home country, South Korea.
For the season 8, the current members from Season 7 are reunited and the theme is actually based on Korean traditional fairytale, Tale of Hengbu, and is being set at Jirisan.
If you're into a travel reality themed show, then "New Journey To The West 8" is perfect for you, so don't miss this season 8 of the show!
