Episode 27

*Running Man* Episode 27: **The Phantom of the Running Man** was aired on January 23, 2011 and was filmed on January 10, 2011 at the Seoul Arts Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

In this episode, members would compete in individual and team games in order to earn Running Balls with their names on it. At the end of the night, the Running Balls were put into the lottery machine and the individual's whose Running Balls were drawn would be exempt from this weeks' punishment.

This episode introduced the *One Chance* Mission, a mission where if the members succeed, they were all relieved of the punishment regardless of how many Running Balls each of them possessed.

## Guests

* Changmin
* Yunho

## Summary

#### 1st Mission: Find the Guest

The Running Man members had to find and eliminate all the hidden guests before they completed their given mission in order to receive the Running Balls. The guests would receive a Running Ball if they successfully completed their mission within the time limit without being eliminate.

* **Mission Team:** Changmin and Yunho.

*Guests Mission:* Guests had to find the four hidden Running Balls. Each Running Ball they find would eliminate two members of the Chasing Team.

* **Chasing Team**: Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Kang Gary, HaHa, Lee Kwang-soo, Song Ji-hyo and Song Joong-ki.

**Result: Mission Team won**. Changmin and Yunho managed to find all four hidden Running Balls, eliminating all the members of the Chasing Team. Both members of the Mission Team received a Running Ball.

#### 2nd Mission: Drawing Relay

The 10 members were divided into two teams and took turns completing this mission. During each of their turns, only the first member of their team would see the hint and would need to draw it. Each member was given 10 seconds to draw a sketch according to the hint the previous person gave, then show their sketch to the next person. The last team member must correctly guess what the hint was. Each correct guess earned the team one point. The team with the most points would earn Running balls.

* **Jae-suk Team:** Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Lee Kwang-soo, Song Joong-ki and Changmin.
* **Jong-kook Team:** Kim Jong-kook, Kang Gary, Haha, Song Ji-hyo and Yunho.

**Result: Jong-kook Team won.** After each team won one round each, both teams agreed that the first team to succeed in the next round would the overall winner. Members of Kim Jong-kook's team were able to successfully guess the prompt (Kang Gary) correctly. Kim Jong-kook, Kang Gary, Haha, Song Ji-hyo and Yunho each received a Running Ball.

#### 3rd Mission: One Chance

The Running Members had to work together to complete the mission in one try so that no one would be punished.

Their mission was to perfectly dance the choreography of SNSD’s “Gee,” to the music of “Dancing Queen” from the musical Mamma Mia. After the dance they had to complete a human bridge and handstand within 20 seconds.

**Result:** **Success**. The Running Man members successfully completed the mission in one try.

## Results

Everyone won. Due to the Running Man members successfully completing the *One Chance* mission, everybody was exempt from this weeks' punishment.

## Current Win Rate

The current win ratio listed is the number of wins each member has while they are a cast member.

* Kim Jong-kook: 76% (19/25)
* Haha: 76% (19/25)
* Song Ji-hyo: 62% (13/21)
* Song Joong-ki: 58% (11/19)
* Kang Gary: 52% (13/25)
* Ji Suk-jin: 44% (11/25)
* Lee Kwang-soo: 44% (11/25)
* Yoo Jae-suk: 36% (9/25)