‘Prince and Beggar’ Turns Egypt Into a Giant Game Board as Super Junior’s Leeteuk and Shindong Lead the Competition

The Egyptian setting is no longer just scenery in Hami Video’s Korean variety show “Prince and Beggar.” In the program’s second half, Luxor Temple becomes a giant game board, while a market turns the idols into rival sales teams.

Super Junior members Leeteuk and Shindong, along with DAWN, form the older-generation team. NCT 127’s Johnny, WEi’s Kim Yohan and NCT DREAM’s Jisung make up the younger-generation team. At a Luxor Temple challenge called “The Sphinx’s Riddle,” they face rounds on Egypt, K-pop and teamwork.

The competition also shifts the cast’s assigned social roles. Shindong, previously portrayed as the group’s strategist, becomes a “Nile merchant” and tries to sell Egyptian souvenirs to the team members holding prince status. His salesmanship prompts Johnny to say he had been “captivated.” The program also recalls Shindong’s past success selling padded jackets on a Super Junior shopping program, which generated about 2.1 billion won in sales.

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DAWN retains his prince status after his team wins, while Johnny, Kim Yohan and Jisung continue as beggars. DAWN openly says, “Honestly, the prince’s benefits are more important,” a line that fits his determined approach to the contest. Jisung, by contrast, has remained in the beggar role despite his effort.

After the rivalry reaches the show’s final stop, Hurghada, the mood softens. The six travel by boat across the Red Sea to Giftun Island, where Johnny and Jisung are presented as “romantic brothers” enjoying the sea breeze and waves. The show airs exclusively on Hami Video, with one episode released every Monday evening.

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Honestly, the prince’s benefits are more important