The Soldiers
Promotional poster
Hangul	더솔져스
Revised Romanization	Deosoljyeoseu
McCune–Reischauer	Tŏsolchyŏsŭ
Genre	Reality television Military
Created by	Park Jae-yong
Written by	Lee Min-jung Kim Min-ji Yang Gyu-ok Lee Soo-min Kwon Yeo-reum
Presented by	Kim Sang-joong
Music by	Jo Young-joon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Sung Gi-hoon Min Sun-hong (CP)
Producers	Cha Min-young Son Ji-young Kim Hak-sung Choi Jun-hwan Hong Deok-hwan Shin Jun-ho
Editor	Han Gwang-man
Running time	75 minutes
Production company	New Button
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	November 19, 2021 (2021-11-19) – January 28, 2022 (2022-01-28)

The Soldiers (Korean: 더솔져스) is a South Korean military-themed reality television show. The show seeks to find the "best special forces operator in the world," beginning with selecting the best Korean special forces representatives through a series of missions.^[1] Twenty male South Korean reservists who served in various special forces units of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces competed on the show. The cast also includes four former special forces operators from the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States and South Korea who serve as mentors and later team leaders to the participants.^[2]

The show aired on SBS TV from November 19, 2021, to January 28, 2022, every Friday at 23:10 (KST). Longer, uncut versions of each episode were released the following Wednesday at 18:00 (KST) on the YouTube channel "뉴띵 NDD".

In the first episode, the show was explained as a three-season project:^[3]

• Season 1: select the best team of South Korean special forces reservists
• Season 2: compete with national representative teams across Asia-Pacific
• Season 3: find the strongest team across the globe

The survival program has been compared by media and viewers to Steel Troops, which has a similar special forces premise and aired its first season half a year earlier. In response to the comparison, show host Kim Sang-joong said that "[The Soldiers] is more upgraded and entertaining, with more intense missions."^[4] Show producer Gi Sang-soo also asserted that The Soldiers is "the first television program of its kind," with its global focus bearing the largest distinction.^[4][5]

Cast

List of episodes

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the season will be in red and the lowest rating for the season will be in blue.

Mission results

The show began with an individual competition, spanning episodes 1 to 3, to assess and rank the 20 participants. At the end of this stage, 4 participants were eliminated. The mentors then collectively ranked the remaining 16 participants prior to selecting their desired team members. However, the top 4 ranked participants were given the right to choose which mentor's team to join instead. From the second half of episode 3, the show then proceeded with the main team competition. In the tables below,

• results in red indicate a penalty given, such as an extra mission or becoming a candidate for elimination.
• results in green indicate either gaining a mission benefit or surviving an elimination round.
• the final champion is indicated in gold.

Participant	Unit	Team	Team Competition
			Obstacle Route March	Cave Escape	Mud Car Rescue	Counter-terrorism Rescue	Underwater Retrieval Mission	Battlefield
Lee Chang-jun	Leader	Alpha	1st		3rd	2nd	1st	Won
Kim Chang-wan	CCT
Kim Ho-jong	SSU
Chu Bu-yeon	MCSR
Hong Beom-seok	707
Jay Morton	Leader	Bravo	2nd		1st	1st	2nd	Eliminated
Gong Gi-hwan	UDT
Kim Yeong-hwan	707
Kim Hyeon-gon	UDT
Song Byeong-seok	SWC
Johan Reispass	Leader	Charlie	3rd	Won	2nd	Eliminated
Go In-ho	HID
Park Se-won	SWC
Park Han-gyeol	MCSR
Jo Seung-jun	SWC
Wil Ravelo	Leader	Delta	4th	Failed		3rd	Eliminated
Park Seong-min	UDT
Park Hyeok-gyu	SWC
Lee Kang-woo	MCSR
Hong Guk-seong	707

Notes

References

External links

• Official website