The Time Hotel

The Time Hotel
Promotional poster
더 타임 호텔
Genre	Reality Survival
Directed by	Nam Kyung-mo[1]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	65–122 minutes
Production company	CJ ENM
Original release
Network	TVING
Release	April 12 (2023-04-12) – May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)

The Time Hotel (Korean: 더 타임 호텔), also known as Time is Money, is a South Korean reality survival show that aired on TVING from its premiere on April 1 to May 16, 2023.^[1]

Overview

The show is based in a hotel where ten contestants buy amenities with time instead of money, and contestants are "checked out" when they run out of time. Contestants compete in a variety of games to earn as much time as possible, forming impromptu teams and enemies alike.^[2]

The last contestant remaining wins the grand prize of ₩300 million.^[2][3]

Cast

• Hong Jin-ho, a television personality, professional poker player, and former StarCraft player who is known for being in the reality game show The Genius: Rules of the Game^[1]
• Hwang Je-sung, a comedian and actor known for his appearance on variety show Running Man^[1]
• John Park, a Korean-American rapper, competed on American Idol and Superstar K2^[1]
• CHLOE, a singer and dancer in the girl group cignature^[1]
• Joo Eon-gyu, an online content creator specializing in finance^[1]
• Monika Shin, a dancer, model, and businesswoman ^[1]
• Layone, a rapper, placed 3rd place in Show Me the Money 9^[1]
• Shin Ji-yeon, known for her appearance on the dating show Single's Inferno^[1]
• Kim Nam-hee, a television announcer^[1]
• Kim Hyun-kyu, an actor^[1]

Elimination history

	Day eliminated
Contestant	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7 (part 1)	Day 7 (part 2)	Day 8	Runner-up	Winner
Monika Shin	Eliminated
Kim Nam-hee	Safe	Eliminated
Layone	Safe		Eliminated
Shin Ji-yeon	Safe			Eliminated
Joo Eon-gyu	Safe					Eliminated
CHLOE	Safe						Eliminated
Kim Hyun-gu	Safe							Eliminated
Hwang Je-sung	Safe								Eliminated
Hong Jin-ho	Safe									Runner-up
John Park	Safe										Won

Episodes

The Time Hotel episodes

No.	Title [4]	Original release date [4]
1	"Episode 1"	April 12, 2023 (2023-04-12)
2	"Episode 2"	April 12, 2023 (2023-04-12)
3	"Episode 3"	April 12, 2023 (2023-04-12)
4	"Episode 4"	April 12, 2023 (2023-04-12)
5	"Episode 5"	April 19, 2023 (2023-04-19)
6	"Episode 6"	April 19, 2023 (2023-04-19)
7	"Episode 7"	April 26, 2023 (2023-04-26)
8	"Episode 8"	May 3, 2023 (2023-05-03)
9	"Episode 9"	May 10, 2023 (2023-05-10)
10	"Episode 10"	May 17, 2023 (2023-05-17)

Production

The Time Hotel had its cast confirmed and began filming in December 2022.^[3]

Controversy

The show was slated to air in March 2023, but was delayed to April due to a plagiarism incident with Joo Eon-gyu over his YouTube videos.^[5]

References

1. "The Time Hotel | Entertainment Shows | CJ ENM". CJ ENM. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
2. "CJ ENM set to showcase another legendary game show, The Time Hotel". Prensario Internacional. 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
3. "뉴스 : 네이버 TV연예". Naver. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
4. "더 타임 호텔 1화 | TVING". TVING (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
5. "'더 타임 호텔', 시간이 돈이고 권력인 세상에서 살아남기". 아이즈(ize) (in Korean). 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

External links

• The Time Hotel on TVING
• The Time Hotel at IMDb