BTS Trade the Stage for Paddles in Run BTS 2.0 Pickleball Tournament Episode

BTS turned a casual game into a full tournament in the latest episode of the reality show Run BTS 2.0, released Sunday. The seven members swapped choreography and microphones for paddles and competed in pickleball, a paddle sport that blends elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. [1]

Latest official video: BTS in Toronto 예고 · BANGTANTV

Who played, and who reached the finale

The opening match put RM and Jin, billed as Team Kim-Kim, against Jimin and Jung Kook, who played as Team Kim Seokjin. Team Kim Seokjin won and advanced to the finale. Elsewhere in the bracket, j-hope took on V and Suga as a solo entrant, a match the other members called impressive. Suga also picked up serving tips from his bandmates while V stood across the court. The members talked through playful punishments for the losing side. [1]

A hobby that became a competition

The sport was not new to the group. V and j-hope used to play pickleball together as a hobby, and the members had said they were into it these days. Pickleball also appeared in the trailer for the new season, which was shot in a park in Toronto, Canada. That preview showed the members at a picnic and playing childhood games, including the Korean version of Red Light, Green Light, the game made famous worldwide by the Netflix drama "Squid Game." The trailer was covered earlier on Omni Topic KWave. [2][1][3]

Why a sports episode matters for the series

Run BTS! is a variety show in which the members complete games and challenges. The original series began in 2015 and ran for 155 episodes until 2021, drawing over 140 million views. New episodes returned in April, the first in three years, after the release of the fifth album "Arirang." The pickleball episode closed with the members floating the idea of turning their games into a longer-running project. No plan for that has been announced. [2][1]

Sources

  1. BTS Gets Competitive With a Pickleball Tournament in New ‘Run BTS 2.0’ Episode (Activity source)
  2. BTS teases new episodes of its reality show (Related report)
  3. BTS Teases 'Run BTS 2.0' With Toronto Park Games Ahead of October Return (Earlier on Omni Topic KWave)

This selection covers artists followed by Omni Topic KWave. It is not a complete chart. Each source retains its own reporting period and methodology.

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