I played soccer and donated...Commentator Lee Chan-won → Director Lee Young-pyo united as Polundier (Roundup)

By Soyoon, Ahn

Apr 03, 2025

I played soccer and donated...Commentator Lee Chan-won → Director Lee Young-pyo united as Polundier (Roundup)
Photo courtesy=KBS



South Korean soccer legends and rising new star commentator Lee Chan-won will return to the regular program of 'Bolundier'.

An online production presentation for KBS2's new entertainment program 「'Bolundier' was held on the 3rd. Producer Jung Jae-yoon, producer Lee Chan-won, Lee Young-pyo, Hyun Young-min, Kim Young-kwang, Cho Won-hee, Jung Dae-se, Jeon Ga-eul, Kim Dong-cheol and Kim Ye-gun attended the site.

"Bolundier" is a combination of BALL (football) + VOLUNTIEER (volunteer), which deals with the futsal challenges of Korean legendary soccer stars. 'Polundier', which debuted on KBS Sports YouTube in October last year, was specially organized as a KBS TV program during the last Lunar New Year holiday. In addition, Lee Chan-won's challenge to explain the soccer game at the Entertainment Awards and the addition of Seol Ki-hyun, the original Taegeuk Warrior, drew great attention.




Thanks to the support of soccer fans, the regular program was confirmed in April. Lee Chan-won commented, "'I'm the MC, I'm the special commentator, and I'm honored to be with soccer legends.'" Then, as it returned to the regular programming, it heralded the fuller fun. Lee Chan-won said "Jung Dae-se joined the team anew, and I can't think of a special player. "I think there will be a difference in the game because I played actively in the offensive line to that extent."
I played soccer and donated...Commentator Lee Chan-won → Director Lee Young-pyo united as Polundier (Roundup)
Photo courtesy=KBS
I played soccer and donated...Commentator Lee Chan-won → Director Lee Young-pyo united as Polundier (Roundup)
Photo courtesy=KBS
'Bolundier' is a public interest program that donates prize money for the game to neighbors in need. In fact, he donated 11 million won in cumulative prize money when he was on YouTube and 10 million won in last year's special broadcast to treat pediatric cancer patients at the National Cancer Center. In recent years, he has been steadily doing good work by donating 16 million won in prize money to the Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association to restore forest fire-affected areas and support victims.

Producer Jung said, `There are many sports entertainment shows, and I wanted to make the hero look more sports than entertainment"The players' existence itself is cool and good. Every time I produce a program, I'm touched" expressed affection.

As for Lee Chan-won, who is active as a special commentator "I have met many famous commentators and master casters while working as a sports producer, but among them, I am greedy." I think it's going to be a huge star in the music industry, but I hope it's going to be a huge star in the sports world, too" he gave a high praise.




I played soccer and donated...Commentator Lee Chan-won → Director Lee Young-pyo united as Polundier (Roundup)
Photo courtesy=KBS
Asked to select key members of offense and defense, coach Lee Young-pyo said, `The best defender is team play. The best striker replied, "A counterattack.' Then "There is a game this afternoon, and if only one player is selected, there may be a problem with the organization." All the players here look good, but they're not good enough."

Jung Dae-se and Hyun Young-min were selected as the members with the best sense of entertainment. In response, Hyun Young-min said "I'm Shin Dong-yeop in the soccer world", and Lee Chan-won also said "I'm doing a lot of programs with Shin Dong-yeop, and I think they're really similar." I think he has a lot of wit in the moment rather than a salty laugh."

In addition, Hyun Young-min said that 'Bolundier' has returned to regular programming, "My parents like KBS. After my son retired, it was hard to see him on the spot, but thinking about watching him on TV makes me happy as a son. "You can see my brilliant play, so please watch it a lot," he said.




I played soccer and donated...Commentator Lee Chan-won → Director Lee Young-pyo united as Polundier (Roundup)
Photo courtesy=KBS
Ahead of the first broadcast, 'Bolundier' heralded a fierce big match between the Seoul-Gyeongin Alliance Team, the Gangwon-do Alliance Team, the Chungcheong-Jeonra Alliance Team, and the Gyeongsang Alliance Team. Earlier, Lee Chan-won was described as the octopus of 'Bolundier' with excellent predictive power at the time of pilot programming. He said, `They are players I have liked and loved since I was active, so I can see how good they will be. I think we've got it all right so far." In response, announcer Nam Hyun-jong asked "Please watch how well Lee Chan-won gets right in the broadcast in the future." Lee Chan-won expressed confidence by "I got everything right in the broadcasting room until today."

Meanwhile, KBS2 'Bolundier' will premiere at 10:40 p.m. on the 5th.



antahn22@sportschosun.com