Lee Ki-taek Leaves Early After 18 Weeks on 1 Night 2 Days (Peak 11.1%)
On KBS2's 1 Night 2 Days Season 4 on 8 November, the 'gift' car the crew offered turned out to mean going home early, and Lee Ki-taek escaped the go-home penalty after 18 weeks. It drew 7.7% nationwide, peaking at 11.1%.
On 8 November, KBS2’s 1 Night 2 Days Season 4 aired the second part of its Yeosu trip, with Kim Jong-min, Moon Se-yoon, Dindin, Lee Joon, Lee Yong-jin and Lee Ki-taek. Nielsen Korea figures cited by Topstar News, TenAsia and RNX put it at 7.7% nationwide, first in its time slot. The scene of Lee Yong-jin and Lee Joon writing wishes on roof tiles at Hyangilam peaked at 11.1%. Topstar News and RNX add 1.7% among 2049 viewers in the Seoul area. None of the reports gives the episode number.
Gold coins by day
At Odongdo the members earned 50 gold coins in a mission with local citizens. In the “Everything About the Average” mission they got 5 of 8 questions right and won 38 more. TenAsia reports Moon accurately guessed Koreans’ yearly chicken and instant-noodle consumption. The members said: “Se-yoon has lost his mind” and “Real respect.”
Dinner was a buffet. RNX quotes the crew: “Take as much as you like. But you must make the shared buffet dishes from the foil we sell.” TenAsia says 42 coins were spent on it.
The room-restoration mission
The crew said: “Restore the room to the state it was in when you left.” The members believed staff had moved things. The crew later said: “In fact, the staff changed nothing after entering the room.” They had 7 wrong answers and won 30 of 100 coins. A coin toss gave Lee Yong-jin and Lee Ki-taek the indoor beds; the other four slept in tents.
The go-home draw
Next morning the crew offered a “gift” car and a “wish” car. According to TenAsia, Kim, Moon, Dindin and Lee Ki-taek took the gift car; Lee Yong-jin and Lee Joon took the wish car. The crew said: “The gift we are giving you is ‘going home.’”
The four went home. Lee Ki-taek escaped the go-home penalty for the first time in 18 weeks since joining. “I have been in good spirits lately,” he said. TenAsia adds that Dindin objected to Lee riding with him and tried to get out of the car.
Next episode
The reports give no date for the next episode, only that the show airs Sundays at 6:10 pm. By that schedule it would be 15 November, a date we calculated, so check the listing.
Ratings here are Nielsen Korea figures as reported by news outlets. Quotes are as reported by the outlets named above; we did not watch the broadcast ourselves.
Where these numbers come from
Sources
- Topstar News — Broadcast of 8 November: 7.7% nationwide, 11.1% peak for the Hyangilam tile-wish scene, 1.7% among 2049 viewers in the Seoul area, the average-value mission, the room-restoration mission, Lee's remark. · https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=16271718
- TenAsia — Broadcast of 8 November: car assignments for the go-home draw, gold-coin spending and earnings, sleeping arrangements, rating cross-check. Photos credited as broadcast captures. · https://www.tenasia.co.kr/article/2026110940524
- RNX — Broadcast of 8 November: the crew's own words on the buffet rule, the restoration mission and the gift, Lee's remark. · https://www.rnx.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=915348
- GP Korea — Broadcast of 8 November: gold-coin figures of 50, 38 and 30 as a cross-check; weekly time slot. · https://www.gpkorea.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=148417
What we checked
- 7.7% nationwide and 11.1% peak: Topstar News, TenAsia and RNX agree, citing Nielsen Korea.
- Gold-coin figures of 50, 38 and 30: TenAsia, RNX and GP Korea agree on each.
- Lee's remark: RNX and Topstar News give the same wording.
What we left out, and why
- The episode number. None of the reports we checked gives it.
- The gold-coin balance and final total. The reports describe the figures differently and do not add up, so we state none.
- A photo. The reports credit only a broadcast capture, and we could not confirm that KBS supplied it.
- The date of the next episode. Reports say only that the show airs Sundays at 6:10 pm.
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