Mama The Idol

Mama The Idol
Hangul
엄마는 아이돌
Literal meaningMom Is an Idol
Revised RomanizationEommaneun Aidol
GenreReality
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseDecember 10, 2021 –
February 4, 2022

Mama The Idol (Korean엄마는 아이돌) is a South Korean reality show program which premiered on tvN on December 10, 2021 and aired every Friday at 20:40 (KST) until February 4, 2022.

Synopsis

A reality show surrounding six female idols who had chosen to leave the stage to become mothers. Through various trainings and evaluations (plus fulfilling the criteria of more than 20,000 followers on Instagram and more than 2,000 members in the show's fancafe in 1 month), they return to stand on stage again to perform, debuting together as an idol group M.M.D (마마돌).

Cast

Main

Comeback Summon Squad

Comeback Masters

  • Vocal Mentors
    • Park Sun-joo
    • Han Won-jong
  • Choreographers
    • Bae Yoon-jung
    • Lia Kim
    • J Black
    • Mmary
    • LoveRan
  • Music Producers
    • Seo Yong-bae
    • Kim Do-hoon

Idol Cheering Squad

Episodes

Ep. Broadcast Date Mission Special appearances Ref.
1 December 10, 2021 Reality Check Performance
2 December 17, 2021
3 December 24, 2021 Main Dancers Selection
4 January 7, 2022 Main Vocalist Selection
First Full Performance
2AM
5 January 14, 2022
6 January 20, 2022 Close Friends Concert Na Yoon-kwon, Seo In-young, Kim Eun-jung, Ha Joo-yeon, Sunmi, Park Jin-young
7 January 28, 2022 Debut Preparations
8 February 4, 2022 Music Broadcast Debut
Final Concert
Kyuhyun (Super Junior)
BamBam, Pentagon, fromis 9
Sandara Park

Ratings

Ep. Broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)
Nationwide Seoul
1 December 10, 2021 3.782% 4.106%
2 December 17, 2021 3.341% 3.545%
3 December 24, 2021 2.217% 2.366%
4 January 7, 2022 2.562% 2.521%
5 January 14, 2022 2.658% NR
6 January 20, 2022 3.581% 3.945%
7 January 28, 2022 2.194% 2.167%
8 February 4, 2022 2.935% 3.022%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This show airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).