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The first season, set on the island of Ulleungdo and co-starring BTS's Jin and [Ji Ye-eun](https://www.edgepedia.org/ji-ye-eun), premiered on April 8, 2025, and reached number 6 on Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English TV series chart. A second season, set in Daegwallyeong with a new staff of [Kim Yeon-koung](https://www.edgepedia.org/kim-yeon-koung), Lee Jun-ho, and Kazuha, began on September 22, 2026.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/kian-bizzare-bnb-premiere) • [2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1759249wpp/netflix-confirms-production-of-kians-bizarre-bb-season-2) • [3](https://www.soompi.com/article/1868553wpp/watch-kian84-kim-yeon-koung-lee-junho-and-kazuha-enjoy-wintery-moments-in-kians-bizarre-bb-2-teasers)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Unscripted guesthouse (B&B) reality variety; Kian84 conceives the lodging's design and rules, and the staff host real guests[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/kian-bizzare-bnb-premiere) |\n| Season 1 | Ulleungdo Island; Kian84, Jin (BTS), and Ji Ye-eun; premiered April 8, 2025, first three episodes then weekly releases for three weeks[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/kian-bizzare-bnb-premiere) |\n| Season 1 performance | No. 6 on Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English TV chart, the only variety show in the ranking at the time; Top 10 in six countries including South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines[2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1759249wpp/netflix-confirms-production-of-kians-bizarre-bb-season-2) |\n| Season 2 | Daegwallyeong, Gangwon Province; Kian84 with Kim Yeon-koung, Lee Jun-ho (2PM), and Kazuha (LE SSERAFIM); 10 episodes from September 22, 2026 over three weeks[3](https://www.soompi.com/article/1868553wpp/watch-kian84-kim-yeon-koung-lee-junho-and-kazuha-enjoy-wintery-moments-in-kians-bizarre-bb-2-teasers) • [4](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81902047) |\n| Production | Director Lee So-min, producer Studio Modak, executive producer Jung Hyo-min; from the creators of *Hyori's Bed & Breakfast*[5](https://downloads.ctfassets.net/4cd45et68cgf/7udeY1pp0DFjxtd8mtjbLG/8bddae103c76e0c494d129f4ed95d598/-KOREA-_Next_on_Netflix_2026_Slate_Appendix.pdf) |\n| Franchise | Season 2 confirmed July 11, 2025; a spin-off led by Yu Jae-seok was greenlit, which Netflix frames as expanding a \"B&B universe\"[2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1759249wpp/netflix-confirms-production-of-kians-bizarre-bb-season-2) • [6](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-expands-b-and-b-universe-with-yu-jae-seok) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and format\n\nThe show belongs to the Korean \"guesthouse entertainment\" subgenre, in which celebrities run a lodging open to ordinary guests. What distinguishes it is that the lodging itself is the creation of Kian84 (Kim Hee-min), a manhwa artist known for eccentric imagination, who designs a B&B around his own fantasies rather than around guest comfort. Netflix's announcement described the concept as three celebrities running a bed and breakfast \"not in your typical cozy house, but in a setting that's as quirky as it is charming,\" with comedy coming from the clash between Kian84's wild imagination and reality.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/kian-bizzare-bnb-premiere) • [7](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250415005900315)\n\nKorean press framed the show as inverting the conventions of lodging reality programs: one report described a guesthouse deliberately built to be as inconvenient as possible for the guests who pay to stay in it.[8](https://v.daum.net/v/20250423043106663?s=print_news) In season 1 the building on Ulleungdo featured a climbing wall as the front door and fire poles in place of stairs.[9](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/best-korean-reality-shows/) At the season 1 press conference, director Lee So-min outlined the staff's division of labor: Kian84 as the owner who thinks mainly of his guests, Jin as the owner's mental mainstay who keeps the guests in line, and Ji Ye-eun as captain of the shuttle boat responsible for guests' transport.[10](https://kstar.kbs.co.kr/list_view.html?idx=358821)\n\n### Season 1 (2025)\n\nThe series premiered on April 8, 2025, with the first three episodes released at once and new episodes dropping weekly for three weeks.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/kian-bizzare-bnb-premiere) The season ran through April 22, 2025.[2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1759249wpp/netflix-confirms-production-of-kians-bizarre-bb-season-2)\n\nThe season performed strongly for an unscripted title. It entered Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English TV Series chart at number 6, and per Soompi it was the only variety show in that ranking at the time. It also placed in the Top 10 in six countries: South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Netflix's own announcement cited Top 10 placements in Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and credited the show with introducing Korean-style B&B reality to worldwide audiences.[2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1759249wpp/netflix-confirms-production-of-kians-bizarre-bb-season-2) • [6](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-expands-b-and-b-universe-with-yu-jae-seok) The Korea Times later attributed the show's international reach to the guesthouse setting, which requires little cultural translation, combined with Kian84's eccentric sensibility.[11](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/shows-dramas/20260612/korean-guesthouse-reality-shows-find-new-global-audience-on-netflix)\n\n### Season 2 (2026)\n\nNetflix Korea confirmed production of a second season on July 11, 2025, announcing that \"Kian's imagination is becoming reality once again\"; whether Jin and Ji Ye-eun would return was not stated at that time.[2](https://www.soompi.com/article/1759249wpp/netflix-confirms-production-of-kians-bizarre-bb-season-2) The season was later set in Daegwallyeong, a high mountain pass in Gangwon Province, replacing the island setting with a cold, inland location. The new staff are former volleyball player Kim Yeon-koung, 2PM singer and actor Lee Jun-ho, and LE SSERAFIM's Kazuha. The season consists of 10 episodes released over three weeks starting September 22, 2026.[3](https://www.soompi.com/article/1868553wpp/watch-kian84-kim-yeon-koung-lee-junho-and-kazuha-enjoy-wintery-moments-in-kians-bizarre-bb-2-teasers) • [4](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81902047)\n\nKian84's designs for the new site include a \"sky house\" and an \"insect house,\" and a giant one-room structure he built at Daegwallyeong; he explained that even if guests suffer and find it inconvenient, \"that's the romance.\"[12](https://www.joynews24.com/view/2008289) • [13](https://www.hankookilbo.com/news/article/amp/A2026100813110001889) The production framed the staff relationships through family metaphors: Kian84 and Kim Yeon-koung as an old married couple, Kian84 and Lee Jun-ho as brothers who rely on each other, and Kian84 and Kazuha as uncle and niece.[14](https://www.newsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=500223)\n\n## Production and franchise\n\nThe series comes from the team behind *Hyori's Bed & Breakfast*: executive producer Jung Hyo-min and Studio Modak, with Lee So-min as director.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/kian-bizzare-bnb-premiere) • [5](https://downloads.ctfassets.net/4cd45et68cgf/7udeY1pp0DFjxtd8mtjbLG/8bddae103c76e0c494d129f4ed95d598/-KOREA-_Next_on_Netflix_2026_Slate_Appendix.pdf) Producer Jung Hyo-min has said Netflix encouraged the team to make the show for a local Korean audience first, without designing it for global appeal, and the show nonetheless rose high on Netflix's global rankings.[15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyPZ1F38zIQ)\n\nThe format has grown into what Netflix calls a B&B universe. In July 2025 the streamer greenlit *Yu Jae Seok's B&B* (working title), hosted by entertainer Yu Jae-seok and led by producer Lee So-min, alongside the second season of *Kian's Bizarre B&B*; the Yu Jae-seok series subsequently aired in 2026 as *Jae-seok's B&B Rules!*, with Ji Ye-eun among its staff.[6](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-expands-b-and-b-universe-with-yu-jae-seok) • [16](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/netflix-korean-tv-shows-2026/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Join Kian84, BTS's Jin, and Ji Ye-eun for a Wild Adventure at 'Kian's Bizarre B&B', Premiering April 8, About Netflix (11 March 2025)](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/kian-bizzare-bnb-premiere)\n2. [Netflix Confirms Production Of \"Kian's Bizarre B&B\" Season 2, Soompi (11 July 2025)](https://www.soompi.com/article/1759249wpp/netflix-confirms-production-of-kians-bizarre-bb-season-2)\n3. [Watch: Kian84, Kim Yeon Koung, Lee Junho, And Kazuha Enjoy Wintery Moments In \"Kian's Bizarre B&B 2\" Teasers, Soompi (7 September 2026)](https://www.soompi.com/article/1868553wpp/watch-kian84-kim-yeon-koung-lee-junho-and-kazuha-enjoy-wintery-moments-in-kians-bizarre-bb-2-teasers)\n4. [Kian's Bizarre B&B, Netflix Media Center](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81902047)\n5. [Next on Netflix 2026 Slate Appendix (Korea), Netflix](https://downloads.ctfassets.net/4cd45et68cgf/7udeY1pp0DFjxtd8mtjbLG/8bddae103c76e0c494d129f4ed95d598/-KOREA-_Next_on_Netflix_2026_Slate_Appendix.pdf)\n6. [Netflix Expands B&B Universe with 'Yu Jae Seok's B&B' (WT) and 'Kian's Bizarre B&B' Season 2, About Netflix (13 July 2025)](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-expands-b-and-b-universe-with-yu-jae-seok)\n7. [BTS' Jin pushes to keep Netflix's 'Kian's Bizarre B&B' challenging, Yonhap News Agency (15 April 2025)](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250415005900315)\n8. [Daum news report on the deliberately uncomfortable guesthouse (23 April 2025)](https://v.daum.net/v/20250423043106663?s=print_news)\n9. [The 25 Best Korean Reality Shows of All Time, Marie Claire](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/best-korean-reality-shows/)\n10. [기안의 상상력, 진의 월드파워, 울릉도 바다, KBS연예 간담회 보도](https://kstar.kbs.co.kr/list_view.html?idx=358821)\n11. [Korean guesthouse reality shows find new global audience on Netflix, The Korea Times (12 June 2026)](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/shows-dramas/20260612/korean-guesthouse-reality-shows-find-new-global-audience-on-netflix)\n12. [\"하늘집·곤충집 반려\"…'대환장 기안장2', 기막힌 기안84 상상력 총출동, JoyNews24](https://www.joynews24.com/view/2008289)\n13. [기안84가 대관령에 '거인 원룸' 지은 이유, 한국일보 (8 October 2026)](https://www.hankookilbo.com/news/article/amp/A2026100813110001889)\n14. [더 과감해진 대관령 낭만, '대환장 기안장2' [SQ현장], 뉴스Q](https://www.newsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=500223)\n15. [이번엔 '환장'하는 민박 예능...또 통한 넷플릭스 실험, YTN (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyPZ1F38zIQ)\n16. 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