The series follows a mysterious figure known as Gaetal,[a] who conducts surveys via text message to decide whether to put certain vicious criminals to death, then murders them if more than fifty percent of those who respond favor a death sentence.[11][12]
Cast
Main
Park Hae-jin as Kim Moo-chan: the head of Team 1 of Southern Provincial Police Agency's regional investigation unit.[9]
Park Sung-woong as Kwon Seok-joo: a long-term prison inmate who turned himself in after personally killing the rapist of his eight-year-old daughter.[9]
In March 2023, production company
Pan Entertainment announced that it had signed a supply contract with
Studio S for the production of the series worth 15.36 billion
won.[6][30]
Release
Originally, the series was scheduled to broadcast the first two episodes consecutively on August 10, 2023 from 21:00 (
KST). However, the broadcast of the first episode was postponed to 22:10 (KST) due to a special news report about
Typhoon Khanun. Hence, the second episode aired on August 17.[9][31]
Viewership
The Killing Vote : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org.
Season
Episode number
Average
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
844
690
794
759
620
720
600
606
559
594
659
556
667
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Korea.[32]
^
abcd"등장인물 소개" [Character Introduction]. SBS (in Korean).
Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^Park Jung-sun (July 10, 2023).
"오하늬, '국민사형투표' 출연". JTBC (in Korean).
Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via
Naver.
^
abKim Na-yeon (November 16, 2023).
"'국민사형투표' 시즌2 암시? 박해진, 스스로 '개탈' 썼다[종합]" ['The Killing Vote' Season 2 Hint? Park Hae-jin writes about 'breaking up' with himself [Compilation]]. OSEN (in Korean).
Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via
Naver.
^Jo Ji-young (November 16, 2023).
"오늘(16일) 종영 '국민사형투표', 정웅인X홍종현X지이수 특별출연으로 대미 장식" [Today (16th), ' The Killing Vote' finishes with a special appearance by Jung Woong-in, Hong Jong-hyun, and Ji Yi-soo.]. Sports Chosun (in Korean).
Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023 – via
Naver.
"Ep. 2" (in Korean). TNmS. August 18, 2023.
Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Break News.
"Ep. 4" (in Korean). TNmS. September 1, 2023.
Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023 – via Break News.
"Ep. 7" (in Korean). TNmS. September 22, 2023.
Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023 – via Break News.
"Ep. 10" (in Korean). TNmS. October 27, 2023.
Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023 – via Break News.
^Jang, Jin-ri (December 30, 2023).
"'모범택시2' 이제훈-'악귀' 김태리, 공동 대상 "우열 못 가려"[종합](SBS 연기대상)" [Model Taxi 2's" Lee Ji-hoon and "Demon" Kim Tae-ri shared the Grand Prize for "Unequal" [Overall] (SBS Acting Awards)]. SpoTV News (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2023 – via
Naver.
^Kim, Ye-seol (December 30, 2023).
"이제훈·김태리, "우열 가릴 수 없어" 'SBS 연기대상' 쪼개진 수상에 가위바위보 진풍경? [종합]" [Lee Je-hoon, Kim Tae-ri, "I can't tell the difference" 'SBS Acting Awards' split awards? [Synthesis].]. Osen (in Korean). Retrieved December 31, 2023 – via
Naver.
^Kim, Ye-seol (December 29, 2023).
"화사, 故이선균 추모 하며 'LMM' 무대 변경…'조연상' 배유람, "쉽지 않지만 이겨내야" [2023 SBS 연기대상]" [Hwasa, 'LMM' stage changes in memory of late Lee Seon-gyun...'Supporting Actor' Bae Yoo-ram, "It's not easy, but I have to overcome" [2023 SBS Acting Awards].]. Osen (in Korean). Retrieved December 31, 2023 – via
Naver.
^Lee, Dong-gun (December 29, 2023).
"[SBS 연기대상] 이준·홍경 우수연기상…"스태프분들 역할 9할" [[SBS Acting Awards] Lee Joon-Hong Kyung - Best Actor..."The staff played 9% of the role]. Media Pen (in Korean). Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^Lee, Dong-gun (December 29, 2023).
"[SBS 연기대상] 이유비 우수연기상…"감독님 말씀 덕분에 용기 가졌다" [[SBS Acting Awards] Outstanding Performance by Lee Yoo-Bi..."I had courage thanks to the director's words"]. Media Pen (in Korean). Retrieved January 1, 2024.
The series follows a mysterious figure known as Gaetal,[a] who conducts surveys via text message to decide whether to put certain vicious criminals to death, then murders them if more than fifty percent of those who respond favor a death sentence.[11][12]
Cast
Main
Park Hae-jin as Kim Moo-chan: the head of Team 1 of Southern Provincial Police Agency's regional investigation unit.[9]
Park Sung-woong as Kwon Seok-joo: a long-term prison inmate who turned himself in after personally killing the rapist of his eight-year-old daughter.[9]
In March 2023, production company
Pan Entertainment announced that it had signed a supply contract with
Studio S for the production of the series worth 15.36 billion
won.[6][30]
Release
Originally, the series was scheduled to broadcast the first two episodes consecutively on August 10, 2023 from 21:00 (
KST). However, the broadcast of the first episode was postponed to 22:10 (KST) due to a special news report about
Typhoon Khanun. Hence, the second episode aired on August 17.[9][31]
Viewership
The Killing Vote : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org.
Season
Episode number
Average
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
844
690
794
759
620
720
600
606
559
594
659
556
667
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Korea.[32]
^
abcd"등장인물 소개" [Character Introduction]. SBS (in Korean).
Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^Park Jung-sun (July 10, 2023).
"오하늬, '국민사형투표' 출연". JTBC (in Korean).
Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via
Naver.
^
abKim Na-yeon (November 16, 2023).
"'국민사형투표' 시즌2 암시? 박해진, 스스로 '개탈' 썼다[종합]" ['The Killing Vote' Season 2 Hint? Park Hae-jin writes about 'breaking up' with himself [Compilation]]. OSEN (in Korean).
Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023 – via
Naver.
^Jo Ji-young (November 16, 2023).
"오늘(16일) 종영 '국민사형투표', 정웅인X홍종현X지이수 특별출연으로 대미 장식" [Today (16th), ' The Killing Vote' finishes with a special appearance by Jung Woong-in, Hong Jong-hyun, and Ji Yi-soo.]. Sports Chosun (in Korean).
Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023 – via
Naver.
"Ep. 2" (in Korean). TNmS. August 18, 2023.
Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Break News.
"Ep. 4" (in Korean). TNmS. September 1, 2023.
Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023 – via Break News.
"Ep. 7" (in Korean). TNmS. September 22, 2023.
Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023 – via Break News.
"Ep. 10" (in Korean). TNmS. October 27, 2023.
Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023 – via Break News.
^Jang, Jin-ri (December 30, 2023).
"'모범택시2' 이제훈-'악귀' 김태리, 공동 대상 "우열 못 가려"[종합](SBS 연기대상)" [Model Taxi 2's" Lee Ji-hoon and "Demon" Kim Tae-ri shared the Grand Prize for "Unequal" [Overall] (SBS Acting Awards)]. SpoTV News (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2023 – via
Naver.
^Kim, Ye-seol (December 30, 2023).
"이제훈·김태리, "우열 가릴 수 없어" 'SBS 연기대상' 쪼개진 수상에 가위바위보 진풍경? [종합]" [Lee Je-hoon, Kim Tae-ri, "I can't tell the difference" 'SBS Acting Awards' split awards? [Synthesis].]. Osen (in Korean). Retrieved December 31, 2023 – via
Naver.
^Kim, Ye-seol (December 29, 2023).
"화사, 故이선균 추모 하며 'LMM' 무대 변경…'조연상' 배유람, "쉽지 않지만 이겨내야" [2023 SBS 연기대상]" [Hwasa, 'LMM' stage changes in memory of late Lee Seon-gyun...'Supporting Actor' Bae Yoo-ram, "It's not easy, but I have to overcome" [2023 SBS Acting Awards].]. Osen (in Korean). Retrieved December 31, 2023 – via
Naver.
^Lee, Dong-gun (December 29, 2023).
"[SBS 연기대상] 이준·홍경 우수연기상…"스태프분들 역할 9할" [[SBS Acting Awards] Lee Joon-Hong Kyung - Best Actor..."The staff played 9% of the role]. Media Pen (in Korean). Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^Lee, Dong-gun (December 29, 2023).
"[SBS 연기대상] 이유비 우수연기상…"감독님 말씀 덕분에 용기 가졌다" [[SBS Acting Awards] Outstanding Performance by Lee Yoo-Bi..."I had courage thanks to the director's words"]. Media Pen (in Korean). Retrieved January 1, 2024.