In the details: Who is who on Netflix 'The Devil's Plan: Death Room' Season 2

When the legendary go player Lee Se-Dol entered the room of “The Devil's Plan” (2023-), the participants were visibly shocked, which was a reaction from many Korean spectators when the list of this season was unveiled for the first time at the beginning of this year.
And for the international audience, which is not familiar with him, the transformation of Lee turns a calm and gently looking man into a cold, calculating strategist in the second round.
The long-awaited survival show for the thinking game returned to Netflix for her second season on May 6th. 14 Candidate two more than the last season-fought for the final price of $ 500 million ($ 350,000).
The new season entitled “The Devil's Plan: Death Room” continues to challenge the participants with more intensive psychological games and prompted players to make decisions with high missions, secret business and strategic betrayal.
For those who entered the world of the “plan of the devil”, the Korea Joongang Daily listed some remarkable players to guess who could outsmart the rest and claim the last prize until the final.

A still from the second season of Netflix 'Mind-Game Survival Show “The Devil's Plan: Death Room,” with the former professional GO master Lee SE-Dol [NETFLIX]

Lee SE-Dol
Lee Se-Dol, a former professional GO master who is known for his historical game with AI-operated alphago in 2016, is probably the most unlikely participant in the show. Despite his famous career, Lee kept away from the public except Go games.
Lee, 42, is considered one of the most legendary go players Koreas, together with numbers such as Cho Hoon-Hyun and Lee Chang-Ho, whose stories were recently brought to life in the film “The Match”. However, he left his career as a professional -go career in 2019 and officially retired after being in the Professional Go board for 24 years and four months.
In 1995 he made himself a professional go player at the age of 12 and was the third who at that time gained professional status.
Lee took second place in the number of most important international go titles with 14 championships, such as the 15th Fujitsu Cup in 2002, where he won the winning player who had ever done this. Dan is the ranking system for professional go players, from 1-Dan to 9-DAN.
He is known for his creative and aggressive style of play, which earned him popular with amateurs and the general public.
However, it was his match against Alphago – the KI program developed by Google's Deepmind – in 2016, which brought the former Go player to international recognition.
Lee remains the only professional Go player who has won against the AI, although he was defeated in series 4 to 1.
Today he is a professor at Unist and also works as a board game designer and made his debut in 2023. He made several board games, including Great Kingdom, King's Crown and Nine Knights, all part of the Wiz Stone Board Game Series.
Another interesting fact of Lee is that he is a huge K-pop idol fan. In 2020 he revealed that he was a big fan of the girl group oh my girl-a detail that could explain his visible preference for colleagues K-Pop Idol Chuu during the show.
Will the legendary GO master meet expectations or will the devil's plan fulfill an unexpected defeat?

A still from the second season of Netflix 'Mind-Game Survival Show “The Devil's Plan: Death Room”, with actor Yoon So-Hui [NETFLIX]

Yoon So-Hui
The calm actress does not seem to be a big threat to some, but given her background, she is certainly someone who keeps an eye on.
Yoon So-Hui made her debut through the drama episode of SM Entertainment's Boy Band Exo, which was published in 2013.
Before Yoon became an actor, he lived in Germany and returned to Korea at the age of six. Then she followed an academic elite path that joined the Sejong Science High School – a school in Korea for schoolchildren with talent in science – and completed early.
After the High School, she went to Kaist – one of the most famous universities in Koreas in science and engineering.
Yoon landed her first leading role in TVN's food drama “Let's Eat” (2013-14) and then performed in various projects, such as: Her latest works include KBS “Heartbeat” (2023) and the film “Mind Universe” (2023).
Despite her career in acting, Yoon is also known to the Korean public for her intelligence and often appears in knowledge-based varieties such as “Problematic Men” (2015-20).
Will she make it into the final of the show with her combination of acting talent and intellect? We have to wait and see.

Still from the second season of Netflix 'Mind-Game Survival Show “The Devil's Plan: Death Room” with social media influencer Jeong Hyun-Gyu [NETFLIX]

Jeong Hyun-Gyu
Jeong Hyun-Gyu may be new for some spectators, but if you are a fan of Korean dating shows, you will remember him for his legendary moment in the second season of TVings “Exchange” (2021-24) for his famous line “See Tomorrow, Tomorrow,”. Noona [older sister]. “”
Jeong attracted the attention of the public in the dating show not only because of its appearance, but also for his intellect, which was enrolled at the Seoul National University, the Korean university. He also revealed that he passed the CSAT – the high -competitive college examination – six times to be classified to school.
It is also known that the student slash social influencer has reached a record breaking cafeteria korea IQ IQ value of 156 the highest score that the test can record.
Will his persistence and his intellect ultimately lead him to success? We have to wait in the next two weeks.

A still from the second season of Netflix 'Mind-Game Survival Show “The Devil's Plan: Death Room,” With the announcer Kang Ji-Yeong [NETFLIX]

Kang Ji-Yeong
Although Kang Ji-Yeong is presented as an announcer for JTBC, a subsidiary of Korea Joongang Daily, she is no longer at the broadcaster. The announcer recently resigned in April after 14 years and, as a freelancer, switched to a new path.
The 35-year-old freelance announcer was previously the anchor for JTBC Weekend News and various JTBC programs and contents of the transmitter of the transmitter.
With a career over a decade, Kang also achieved public recognition for her interviews, in which she met stars like Noel Gallagher from the rock band Oasis, Soprano Sumi Jo, veteran actor Choi Min-Ssik and many others.
For Kang, a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and an AICPA-certified accountant, JTBC was not her first appearance in the media.
In 2011 she appeared for the first time via a announcer audition program in front of the camera, which was broadcast on MBC. Although she did not exist, she was able to secure a position at JTBC later in the same year with a special recruitment process.
Will your eloquence and ability navigate to pass every level?

A still from the second season of Netflix 'Mind-Game Survival Show “The Devil's Plan: Death Room,” With Super Juniors Kyuhyun with Super Junior [NETFLIX]

Kyuhyun
If you are a K-Pop fan, Boy Band Super Junior can call a bell as one of the leading K-pop acts of the second generation idols.
Kyuhyun is the youngest member of the nine -member band, which initially started with 12 members before he was in May 2006, six months after his debut.
Kyuhyun is known to one of the band's main singers. He also enjoyed a successful solo career with hits such as “at Gwanghwamun” (2014) and “A Million Pieces” (2015).
In addition, he is recognized for his sense of humor and creates aside on hit variety shows such as MBC's “Radio Star” (2007-) and TVN's “New Journey to the West” (2015-2020).
He is also known for his intellectual skills that Kyung Hee University, one of the best schools in Korea, completed and won the main prize in a nationwide math competition in his high school years.
Despite his current strong and healthy state, the singer once had a traumatic past. In April 2007 he was involved in a terrible car accident when he returned home with his band members after a planned event.
His recovery is often referred to as “miracles”, since even doctors were initially pessimistic because he suffered the serious injuries to the members. But just three months later, Kyuhyun recovered enough to be released from the hospital. He also took part in the second album “Don Don Don” of the band, which was released in September 2007.
Will the singer turn the tables in this game with his humor, wit and his sharp sense? He could only be a candidate that the audience should keep in mind.

By Kim Ji-ye [[email protected]]