Netflix reality-TV dating show Single’s Inferno contestants: what we know about gold-digging Choi Si-hun, feline Song Ji-a and their 10 rivals as the finale nears
- China’s answer to Twitter, Weibo, lit up this week over photos that suggested contestant Choi Si-hun worked in a host bar for wealthy women. He denied it
- Song Ji-a is the most popular woman contestant, Kim Hyeon-joong’s sculpted body is getting a lot of looks and On Jin-taek dating two women in a row irked some
Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, lit up this week when Choi Si-hun, a contestant on the popular Netflix dating show Single’s Inferno, publicly denied rumours on the social media platform that he works in a host bar frequented by wealthy female customers.
As the Korean reality-TV show continues to gain popularity worldwide – it is the second most watched Netflix programme in Hong Kong – and more background information on each of the 12 contestants is being revealed after each episode, viewers cannot not but begin to wonder who exactly these hot-looking young men and women are.
Here’s what we know:
Choi Si-hun
The 30-year-old chief executive of a fashion brand is probably the most controversial contestant in Single’s Inferno after old photos of him circulated on social media that suggest he works in a host bar. His eager pursuit of fellow contestant Song Ji-a is being viewed as gold-digger behaviour.
He denied the host bar rumour on Weibo in both Korean and Chinese on January 3, saying he is definitely not a yazi (gigolo) and he has never done anything bad in his life. A Weibo user said: “It’s so hilarious!”
Song Ji-a
Song, 25, graduated from Hanyang University, where she majored in traditional Korean dancing, and is now a beauty content creator. In the show, she has been asked out by three male contestants, which makes her, to date, the most popular woman on Single’s Inferno.