‘Europe Outside the Tent’ PD “I fell in love with the overwhelming scenery”

tvN’s entertainment show ‘Europe Outside the Tent’ successfully launched season 5 and established itself as Korea’s representative travel entertainment mega IP.

‘Europe Outside the Tent – Romantic Italy (Directed by Lee Min-jeong, Yoon Jae-won)’ is a healing camping entertainment program that travels around Europe in a free way, using camping sites instead of hotels, rental cars instead of trains, and local supermarkets instead of restaurants. As a result of conducting a survey of 1,200 people at Korea’s largest camping festival ‘Go Out Camp’ from October 11th to 13th, it was selected as the best travel entertainment program of 24 years by camping experts, and was also ranked among the most experienced campers. It has proven to be the hottest entertainment show.

Among the various travel programs created after the endemic, ‘Europe Outside the Tent’, which has continued to be popular until season 5, is also cruising in popularity with the new season recording the highest viewership rating of 6.7% since its first broadcast. (Nielsen Korea, based on paid platform metropolitan area) The first broadcast shows the romantic Italian scenery and the four characters and chemistry of Kwak Sun-young, Joo-bin Lee, and Se-young Lee, centering on Ra Mi-ran, making people look forward to the future journey even more.

▲ Overwhelming scenery based on the local location

From the first broadcast, ‘Europe Outside the Tent – Romantic Italy’ captured the unrealistic scenery of Polignano Amarre in southern Italy, capturing viewers’ attention. After the broadcast, viewers showed great interest in the romantic filming location. In fact, in the ‘Go Out Camp’ survey, the number one attractive point of ‘Europe Outside the Tent’ selected by campers was confirmed to be the overwhelming scenery (LAN cable healing).

It is said that the production team also put all their efforts into the most important locations to find a place that viewers could admire. Producer Lee Min-jeong, who was in charge of directing, said, “The first step and difficult process is to find a place that not everyone has heard of, but that does not mean that no one knows about it.” He added, “It is a place that is still unfamiliar in general, but once you see it, you want to go.” “I tried to find it,” he said. Even if it is Italy, it is the same standard to capture Polignano Amarre rather than Rome or Florence. PD Lee said, “The pictures of Polignano Amarre’s beach and cave restaurants are places that have been trending on social media these days, but in fact, it is not easy to go all the way to southern Italy, so I tried to capture them so that you can feel vicarious satisfaction while watching them.” reported.

As filming took place from late June to early July, at the beginning of summer, the production team focused on capturing charms that can only be seen during that time. PD Lee said, “The sea has never been used as the main stage in ‘Europe Outside the Tent’ before, but this time, we tried to capture a lot of beautiful sea scenery, starting with Polignano Amarre, the Amalfi Coastal Road, and Capri Island.” In addition, he mentioned the Dolomites, which the filming staff who worked with the entire season of ‘Europe Outside the Tent’ also admired, and said, “The wildflower fields of the Dolomites are in full bloom only from the end of June to mid-July, and the filming time was exactly right, so we were able to capture the beautiful scenery. “There was,” he added.

▲ “Nth Rediscovery” Awesome performances by actors rarely seen in entertainment shows

The performance of actors that are difficult to see in entertainment shows is also a major pillar of ‘Europe Outside the Tent’. This is the second episode in Europe, and the unique combination of the quartet of Kwak Sun-young, Joo-bin Lee, and Se-young Lee, centered around the camping super expert Ra Mi-ran, added freshness to the point where it could be called a ‘rediscovery of actors.’

Producer Lee Min-jeong said, “From the first filming, I thought the chemistry between the cast members was truly unique as I watched them listen to each other’s stories and react to each other’s actions without any audio space.” Ra Mi-ran, who assists appropriately, Kwak Seon-young, who tries to take care of the dirty work, Joo-bin Lee, who takes the lead when everyone hesitates, and Se-young Lee, who was busy making plans for her sisters and running around the neighborhood, to the point where they even said to each other that they were infected with the disease (?). “It was really nice to see them being considerate in order to be of some help,” he said, expressing his expectations for the performance and chemistry of the 4 members of TenOutez.

▲ Realistic travel led by an actor himself

The fact that it is a realistic trip led by an actor is also an essential fun point of ‘Europe Outside the Tent’. From camping sites to rental cars, viewers are more empathetic and immersed in the realistic scenes of actors making reservations and actively leading the way, experiencing twists and turns. From making reservations to finding directions, driving, setting up tents, local communication, and cooking, everything is the responsibility of the performers.

This season, for the first time in history, a meeting to prepare for the trip was chaired by a performer, attracting even more attention. Lee Se-young also impressed people with her thorough preparations, including requesting a meeting with the production team before the first filming and even receiving driving training. The picture of four people coming together and realizing their dreams despite the unexpected variables of travel draws viewers in and raises expectations for the next journey.

Episode 2 of tvN’s ‘Europe Outside the Tent – Romantic Italy’ will be aired at 8:40 PM on Thursday the 24th.