, Surviving according to the manual..Physical: Asia ranks third in non-English TV shows for 2 consecutive weeks
Nov 12, 2025
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The physical war 'Physical: Asia' that eight Asian countries hold on to the national flag is gaining popularity around the world as a hot battle for national competition. According to the Top 10 website of Netflix's Tudum on the 12th, 'Physical: Asia' recorded 3,600,000 viewers (viewing time divided by the total running time of the work) from Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, ranking third in the Global Top 10 TV Show (non-English) category for the second consecutive week. At the same time, it ranks first in four countries and is also on the top 10 list of 26 countries around the world, including Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Turkiye, Finland, and the United Arab Emirates, proving a global craze.
The third quest 'Physical: Asia' was held in the 7-9th episode, which was released on the 11th, and the third quest 'Team Representation' was held. It was a life-and-death match in which the two lowest countries in each group, Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Japan, Mongolia, and Turkiye, fell immediately without a death match. It was a series of dramas. In Group A, South Korea's Amoti and Philippines' Justin Hernandez had a cliffhanger in bag throwing. In Group B, Japan, which showed off its even skills in any event, Mongolia, which wrote a drama of reversal with fierce momentum, and Turkiye, which is considered a strong favorite from the first quest, faced off, raising the level of immersion.
In the second game, holding out for a stone win, the game was played without the Japanese team's long win safety pin being completely removed due to equipment errors, and the game was terminated. According to the pre-manual, the production team decided to maintain the records of the Mongolian and Turkiye teams, while the Japanese team re-measured the records under the same conditions 40 hours later to determine the final ranking of the second game in Group B. Japan survived the third quest, regardless of the outcome of the second game after all the games ended.
The fourth quest was a battle rope relay. The Korean team judged that there will be the next game in that it is a game in which only three representatives participate among the six participants. With the other country's players composed of the best players, the Korean team made a strategic choice that there was no guarantee of winning. He threw a bold game plan that does not send players with strong power to the battle rope relay. After the fierce battle rope relay match, the winning country went straight to the fifth quest first, and the remaining three countries had to play a death match. The stadium, reminiscent of the burning 'Indolence Hell' where tents went down and appeared, showed off the overwhelming scale of the 'Physical' series. It was 'spinning the column', which was shackled and equipped with a huge block of stone, and had to turn the column, which weighed 1,200 kilograms, 100 times. Three people were able to participate, but there was a rule that three people who participated in the battle rope relay could not participate. I wonder if the Korean team's strategy of choosing the next game rather than the battle rope relay will shine.
Meanwhile, the sportsmanship shown by the players after the fierce competition was deeply impressive. Australia's Eddie Williams said, "Everyone raises their heads high as the national players who unfortunately failed in the third quest 'Team Representation' drop their heads in front of their Torso. You guys poured everything into it."," he said, giving warm encouragement.
Finally, the final episode of the 10-12th episode of "Physical: Asia", which will determine the strongest physicality in Asia, will meet viewers around the world only through Netflix at 5 p.m. on the 18th.
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