Star Golden Bell
| Star Golden Bell 스타 골든벨 |
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| Genre | Reality television, quiz |
| Written by | Ji Hyun Sook Kim Sae Hwa Jung Yoon Hee Lee Ji Hyun Yang Hye In Choi Jung Hwan |
| Directed by | Han Kyung Chul Lee Kyung Yoon Jung Mi Young |
| Starring |
Ji Suk-jin Jun Hyun-moo Lee Chae-young 20 guests |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 311 |
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| Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
| Running time | Approximately 80 minutes |
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| Original network | KBS2 |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | November 7, 2004 – November 20, 2010 |
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| Related shows | Golden Bell |
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| Website | |
Star Golden Bell (Hangul: 스타골든벨) is a South Korean variety show broadcast on KBS. A popular show, it has occasionally entered the Korean top 20 chart. The show consisted of mini-games, which have certain prize amounts. The winning celebrity is given the opportunity to ring the bell by correctly answering a riddle. If he or she is correct, the money is donated in the winner's name. All "winnings" go to a charity of KBS's choice; the last donation, in the amount of $110,000, was made on July 1, 2008. In addition to the main MC, Jun Hyun-moo (전현무), there were two additional hosts, Kim Je-dong (김제동) and Lee Chae-young (이채영), who were either in charge of administering games or were challengers competing against the celebrity contestants. Star featured 5 lines of 4 people each (the lines named after each Korean character) which had various celebrities from music, film, television, and musicals. The last line ("Bell") contains regularly appearing celebrities.
In April 2009, it was announced that the show would be undergoing a spring overhaul, with main host Ji Suk-jin (지석진) and MC Oh Jeong-yeon leaving the show. Their replacements are host Jun Hyun-moo and actress Lee Chae-young.
Since the beginning of the show, Star Golden Bell has evolved from single line challenges (games involving one team at a time) to group line challenges (games involving the lines going against each other), although it has since moved to a mixture of game types. Star Golden Bell has four "stages" of gameplay in which celebrities can win money to donate. At the end of the first three stages, three contestants were picked to play the fourth stage in order to win the pot.
As of April 2009, the show features four main stages after a lengthy introduction of the various guests; each stage win adds money to a pot that can be "won" at the end of the game. The first features Nicole from Kara playing a version of a word guessing game with each line; due to her relative inexperience with the Korean language, the segment has become popular among viewers.
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