According to News1 on Oct 1st, an unusual phenomenon has emerged among international viewers where they are predicting the final winner of “Culinary Class Wars” based on the voice actors’ popularity.
Netflix’s original show “Culinary Class Wars” has gained massive global popularity. It is available in several dubbed languages, including English, Japanese and Spanish.
Considering that many Netflix shows are not dubbed, the fact that this one is demonstrates the high expectations surrounding it. The media outlet reported, “Netflix only proceeds with dubbing when they internally judge a program as highly anticipated, due to the additional costs involved.“ This highlights “Culinary Class Wars” as a major anticipated release for Netflix.
Overseas viewers, recognizing that in survival programs, characters voiced by famous voice actors often have a higher chance of winning, are analyzing the popularity of voice actors to predict the winner. There have been similar instances in the past.
For example, when voice actor Kang Soo-jin voiced Moriarty in Season 1 of BBC’s drama “Sherlock”, many viewers speculated “This character must be important” and indeed, Moriarty turned out to be the final boss of the series. Kang Soo-jin is a prominent voice actor known for voicing iconic characters like Shinichi Kudo from “Detective Conan” and Luffy from “One Piece”.
Currently, international viewers watching the Japanese dubbed version of “Culinary Class Wars” are analyzing the significance of characters based on the voice actors, speculating that the character voiced by a particular actor might be the winner. As this information spread domestically, there has been speculation, “Could this chef be the final winner?“
“Culinary Class Wars” is a fierce cooking survival program where 80 underdog chefs (Black Spoons) challenge 20 of Korea’s top star chefs (White Spoons). Since its premiere on Sep 17th, it has quickly gained popularity. From September 16th to 22nd, it ranked No.1 in Netflix’s Non-English TV series category.
However, spoilers about the final winner of “Culinary Class Wars” are being strictly kept under wraps. This is likely a precaution following the controversy when the winner of Netflix’s “The Influencer”, Oking, was revealed in advance. In that case, the winner had leaked their victory to acquaintances, resulting in the prize money not being awarded. Netflix explained, “Keeping secrets is very important for both the enjoyment of the show and fairness among participants.”
This time, too, the production team is strictly managing information to prevent any leaks about the winner or eliminated contestants. The media outlet reported, “Not only the final winner but also eliminated contestants and key plot points of upcoming episodes are being carefully guarded.” At present, tight security is in place to prevent any information from leaking out.
How many episodes are in “Culinary Class Wars”? The series consists of 12 episodes. Episodes 8 to 10 will be released on Netflix on Oct 1st, unveiling the TOP8 determination match. The final winner will be revealed in episodes 11 and 12, which will air on Oct 8th. Fans worldwide are eagerly awaiting the reveal of the winner. Viewers are excited to see if their predictions based on the voice actors’ fame will turn out to be correct.
Source: Wikitree
