I have a lot to say about this show, i have been watching since the 1st season, i know the budget is very low, i believe the staffs numbers are also low. But they can do so much more and cut lot of things.
1. HOUSING: I don't know why they need a huge a*s house to begin with, this block A B C bullsh*t shows that they wanna be "EXchange Jeju setup" type of atmosphere but it's not working for 1 week long stay dating show. Previous seasons housing were good, it might have been within their budget too. But season 4 both 1st shoot and 2nd shoot housing were big, especially the 2nd shooting, it gives less and less time for the participants to interact with others. Bad idea👎
2. WINTER SEASON: They definitely need to start shooting in spring or summer, winter season dating are boring(not BOYFRIEND tho, they used that sauna damn well), they are always under the cover to escape from cold.
3. DATING: i really enjoyed junsungho camper van date(season 2), hyeongjun minseong seoul date(season 4), 5 people bowling date(season 4). Stop making them sit in a restaurant or café to eat or drink, they do all that inside the house anyways, they need to talk, and no activity date as their first date please Taichi and Hangyeol's date was so bad. They should do speed dating, give each contestants 5 to 10 minutes space with each and every other contestants to talk, like in café or park.
4. SELECTION: they have been doing heart arrow random draw since season 1, it's been 4 years they need to stepup the work and give chance to everyone like how they do it in BOYFRIEND(everyone got a chance to run a coffee truck with a person of their choice), here i keep seeing same people going on date again and again, we saw TaichiHangyeol yoga date and HyeongjunMinSeong first date but again Taichi and Hyeonjun got arrows and they chose same people. And others stay home sleep and sh*t. Just let everyone choose who they want and send them to nearby park so they could walk n talk, 1 camera man is enough to capture them, these days people use iPhones to shoot everything, why can't the production think of that.
5. DURATION: 1 week?????, none of my points will be possible if they keep using 1 week format, not everyone will get a chance to go on a date i hope for, even 2 week won't be enough for that, but sometimes feelings change the longer they stay. They had the budget to re-shoot this season, i hope atleast they make it 2 week shooting from next season onwards.
6. ELIMINATION: i don't like this elimination, but i get it why they did that, they are cost cutting from food, travel and date expenses, i believe they won't repeat this in next season. It is because of the re-shoot, again that big a*s house is not needed.
7. JENGA QUESTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE: jenga questions should be more bold, feel like only "coming out" and "family friends reactions" questions were repeated in different format, they should add red/green flag questions, future plan, work, financial stability, what kind of household they grow up in type of questions more, nobody seems to focusing on "what's after the show", they are just focusing on "what am I doing right now", i remember junsungho were worried at some point in season 2, thinking about what's gonna happen after the show. They should do alternative for Jenga or add different kind of question game along with Jenga.
8. INDOOR GAMES or DATES: There are lot of indoor games they can play to get along well, group dates gives us good drama, instead everyone choose to sleep(probably because of the weather?, make it spring or summer shooting please)🥴. Indoor secret dates maybe?, they did this in My Siblings Romance, they had a secret underground hideout where they can talk to their siblings secretly or ask anyone for date privately, they can do that here too. Not sure if the contestants are too shy since this is queer show or the production minimise their actions, everyone seems to be dull like DULL DULL, nobody is proactive in approaching others. I remember in season 2 production team were to trying to stop junsungho from having physical touches, it was on cam too, after a date they came home sungho laid his head on junsung's leg and staff(off cam) made an actions and sungho sat up immediately, at that point in the show they don't need hiding for the thrill of the finale because everyone knows they are the endgame. If the 2 people confirmed their feeling production should let them interact freely.
1. HOUSING: I don't know why they need a huge a*s house to begin with, this block A B C bullsh*t shows that they wanna be "EXchange Jeju setup" type of atmosphere but it's not working for 1 week long stay dating show. Previous seasons housing were good, it might have been within their budget too. But season 4 both 1st shoot and 2nd shoot housing were big, especially the 2nd shooting, it gives less and less time for the participants to interact with others. Bad idea👎
2. WINTER SEASON: They definitely need to start shooting in spring or summer, winter season dating are boring(not BOYFRIEND tho, they used that sauna damn well), they are always under the cover to escape from cold.
3. DATING: i really enjoyed junsungho camper van date(season 2), hyeongjun minseong seoul date(season 4), 5 people bowling date(season 4). Stop making them sit in a restaurant or café to eat or drink, they do all that inside the house anyways, they need to talk, and no activity date as their first date please Taichi and Hangyeol's date was so bad. They should do speed dating, give each contestants 5 to 10 minutes space with each and every other contestants to talk, like in café or park.
4. SELECTION: they have been doing heart arrow random draw since season 1, it's been 4 years they need to stepup the work and give chance to everyone like how they do it in BOYFRIEND(everyone got a chance to run a coffee truck with a person of their choice), here i keep seeing same people going on date again and again, we saw TaichiHangyeol yoga date and HyeongjunMinSeong first date but again Taichi and Hyeonjun got arrows and they chose same people. And others stay home sleep and sh*t. Just let everyone choose who they want and send them to nearby park so they could walk n talk, 1 camera man is enough to capture them, these days people use iPhones to shoot everything, why can't the production think of that.
5. DURATION: 1 week?????, none of my points will be possible if they keep using 1 week format, not everyone will get a chance to go on a date i hope for, even 2 week won't be enough for that, but sometimes feelings change the longer they stay. They had the budget to re-shoot this season, i hope atleast they make it 2 week shooting from next season onwards.
6. ELIMINATION: i don't like this elimination, but i get it why they did that, they are cost cutting from food, travel and date expenses, i believe they won't repeat this in next season. It is because of the re-shoot, again that big a*s house is not needed.
7. JENGA QUESTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE: jenga questions should be more bold, feel like only "coming out" and "family friends reactions" questions were repeated in different format, they should add red/green flag questions, future plan, work, financial stability, what kind of household they grow up in type of questions more, nobody seems to focusing on "what's after the show", they are just focusing on "what am I doing right now", i remember junsungho were worried at some point in season 2, thinking about what's gonna happen after the show. They should do alternative for Jenga or add different kind of question game along with Jenga.
8. INDOOR GAMES or DATES: There are lot of indoor games they can play to get along well, group dates gives us good drama, instead everyone choose to sleep(probably because of the weather?, make it spring or summer shooting please)🥴. Indoor secret dates maybe?, they did this in My Siblings Romance, they had a secret underground hideout where they can talk to their siblings secretly or ask anyone for date privately, they can do that here too. Not sure if the contestants are too shy since this is queer show or the production minimise their actions, everyone seems to be dull like DULL DULL, nobody is proactive in approaching others. I remember in season 2 production team were to trying to stop junsungho from having physical touches, it was on cam too, after a date they came home sungho laid his head on junsung's leg and staff(off cam) made an actions and sungho sat up immediately, at that point in the show they don't need hiding for the thrill of the finale because everyone knows they are the endgame. If the 2 people confirmed their feeling production should let them interact freely.