Song Ji Hyo

### Nickname/s

Ace, Blank Ji Hyo (Mong Ji Hyo), Goddess of Fortune/Sleep/Luck, Cavewoman Jihyo, Jeoktoma, Gold Ji Hyo

### Theme Song

Theme song of "Angry Birds"

**Song Ji Hyo** is the luckiest and one of the strongest and bravest member of the show. She is known for her blank expression, frequent winning of gold prizes and being clueless to the latest trends.

## Membership

Song Ji Hyo originally appeared on Running Man as a guest in episode 2 before becoming a permanent member starting from episode 7.

## Attributes

### Expertise

Song Ji Hyo is primarily known as "**Ace Ji-hyo**". This is in reference to how she is very good when it comes to the games they play on Running Man and due to the fact that she has been able to accomplish missions despite the odds being against her or being able to outsmart the other Running Man members in order to win. It is also because she also has amazing luck when playing luck-based games like pirate pop-up roulette.

Song Ji Hyo is also really strong as she was able to break 8 bricks all at once for a mission. She was also able to fight off Choo Sung-hoon, a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka, who had one hand behind his back for a while during Name-Tag Elimination. In one mission, she even carried Gary on her back and ran.

Song Ji Hyo is also often referred to as "**Blank Ji Hyo**" (Mong Ji Hyo) or "**Miss Mong**" (by Yoo Jae Seok) due to the fact that Ji Hyo sometimes zones out and has a blank look on her face during games even after hearing the instructions. She is also often called "**Cheon Seong Im**" or "**Cheon Soo Yeon**" by Jae Seok which is her real name. A variation of this nickname is **MC Mong** when Song Ji Hyo acts as the MC in 2 episodes (episode 176, 236).

Song Ji Hyo is also referred to as the "**Goddess of Fortune**" because of how great she is as luck based games. She has completed the pirate pop up game without the pirate popping out and she won in her own personal episode 163 "Stealing Princess Ji Hyo's Heart" where she ended up winning by having the highest total when adding the numbers on her cards after 3 teams switched them around.

Song Ji Hyo is also known as "**Gold Ji Hyo**" because of all the gold prizes that she has won on Running Man from solo wins and team wins. The members often joke about how she has enough gold to open a gold store.

Song Ji Hyo is also often known as "**Gangster Ji Hyo**" which refers to how Song Ji Hyo becomes like a gangster when she gets angry. She will normally gets angry and hit Kwang Soo. She even curses at him.

Song Ji Hyo often dances part of the choreography of "Hot Issue" by 4 Minute to most songs when she dances on Running Man.

## Notable Moments

**Episode 52: Gyeongju World**

Song Ji Hyo was the last member alive of the Mission Team and at the last moments she predicted Choi Min Soo's path and faked him out in order to avoid getting caught and successfully got the last golden crown back to the tables.

**Episode 73: Hong Kong 24 Hours Part 2**

Song Ji Hyo successfully hides the fact that she has the real half of the coin that fits by strategically placing the door tag that stated she had the real coin on Kim Jong Kook's door. She gets all the way to the goal without anyone knowing the real coin was her own to begin with and wins a gold cintamani.

**Episode 124: The Man Who Became A King**

Song Ji Hyo found a voting card during the race and saved it all the way until it was only her and Yoo Jae Seok left. She then tricked Yoo Jae Seok into giving her a head start to run away and instead ran into a voting tent to vote for herself as the new king to replace Yoo Jae Seok and rips his name tag and wins.

**Episode 132: Actors (Spy) vs. Singers (Spy)**

Song Ji Hyo was on the Actor Team and was a spy for the Singer Team. She completely tricked Hwang Jung Min into thinking that Lee Kwang Soo was the spy and gained information about the whereabouts of the Actor Team's briefcases which she sent to Kim Jong Kook. She was able to fool him for the majority of the race until Kwang Soo ousted her which revealed her as the spy.

**Episode 133: Secret of the Nine Swords (Asia Race Part 1, Macau)**

HaHa who was on Yellow Team was too scared to do the bungee jump off of Macau Tower due to his fear of heights and so Ji Hyo offered to do it in exchange for a hint Yellow Team already had. She jumped right away while exclaiming how fun it was.

**Episode 136: The Legend of the Nine Swords (Asia Race Part 3, Vietnam)**

Song Ji Hyo is able to blend in due to her yellow ao dai which all the random people walking around are wearing which allowed her to hide amongst all the people walking around. She was able to do a surprise attack and rip Han Hye Jin's name tag due to her camouflaging with the random people.

**Episode 143: Karaoke Race**

All the teams in the end have super powers that they can use that will either help or hinder their singing. When Song Ji Hyo and Lee Kwang Soo activate their power when singing 2pm's song *Heartbeat* they get a whole choir singing behind them where Ji Hyo even puts the microphone in front of one of the choir members in hopes that they would get a better score.

**Episode 162: King of Idols**

Song Ji Hyo and Highlight who was known as BEAST at the time (Lee Gi Kwang and Yoon Doo Joon) were able to quickly untie the ropes surrounding the cage gate and be the first team to escape the cage. Song Ji Hyo was able to untie the ropes quickly despite being one of the teams that did not have as much time to complete all the tasks. They then were the first ones to solve the puzzle involving taking pieces and making an "R" which dropped a key which they used to unlock the flag and win.

**Episode 163: Stealing Princess Ji Hyo's Heart**

Song Ji Hyo who had the highest cumulative number in cards starting from the beginning remained the person with the highest cumulative number in cards at the end even after 3 teams switched cards with her for a couple rounds. All throughout the rounds she never once was able to look at her cards and her final cards were a 9, 11, and 12 for a total of 38. Gary had even removed a card since she had 4 cards while the other teams had 3 cards and it was a 6 which she would have won with anyway. She ended up receiving 6 gold bars.

**Episode 191: Adventures in Australia - Part 3**

In a challenge towards the beginning of the episode to earn more sheriff stars for the later name tag elimination challenge, Song Ji Hyo went up against Gary in a game. They both had to be blind-folded and pour water from a tea kettle into a wine glass up to the blue line that would be held above someone else's head. Kim Woo Bin who bet a sheriff star on Song Ji Hyo winning this game was the person who had to hold the wine glass above his head when Song Ji Hyo was pouring. After 2 failed attempts, Song Ji Hyo decides to open the kettle lid and pour the water from there instead of through the spout. She successfully pours the water into the glass without spilling any on Kim Woo Bin and the water is exactly at the blue line on the wine glass.

**Episode 209: Legend vs. Young Blood**

Song Ji Hyo, Eun Ji Won, and Haha play a game where each of them are given a pebble and they decide whether or not to hold a pebble in their hand and hold it forward. Before they open their hands they each have to guess the total amount of pebbles that are being held forward. They have to guess the total from the numbers 0-3. Song Ji Hyo correctly guesses the total amount of pebbles being held forward for all 4 rounds and wins the game for her team and prevents most of them except for Yoo Jae Seok (who was flung from the flying chair into the pool due to Eun Ji Won cheating) from getting thrown in the pool.

**Episode 236: Manly Man Race**

With Song Ji Hyo as MC Mong, the three teams' fate lies at the hands of Song Ji Hyo as "Lady of Luck" to choose from the random sticks for a "+" or "-" sign in order for them to win. Song Ji Hyo chose all "+" signs for all the teams, leading for Running Man team to be the winner.

**Episode 243: The Hottest Icon Race**

During a game of billiards, (with giant bowling balls as the numbered balls) Song Ji Hyo was the first up and she bowled a white ball into the numbered balls that were in a triangular formation and was able to knock a number 2 ball into one of the holes.

**Episode 277: The Zombie Virus Race**

Despite being bitten by a mob of talking zombies (led by zombified Jee Seok Jin), selfless Song Ji Hyo continues to bravely rescue survivors from the building instead of looking for a cure. While she is escorting one survivor, Jee Seok Jin bites the survivor and Ji Hyo starts looking for an antidote. She manages to find one, and leads the bitten survivor to safety. She has him drink the cure and rushes back in the building in hopes to seek revenge on Seok Jin and find a cure for herself.

**Episode 304: Oh My Goddess**

 Song Ji Hyo saves Yoon Kyun Sang (the only remaining member left on her team) from receiving the flogging punishment by convincing him to go into the Betrayal Room and switch to another team. She felt grateful for his loyalty and honestly tells him that she is not the real Queen and tells him to switch teams so he doesn't receive the punishment.

**Episode 316: Train to Prison**

All the members except for Song Ji Hyo and Yoo Jae Seok had escaped the train. In order to escape the train they needed to win the pirate roulette game. Yoo Jae Seok successfully put in 7 out of the 18 knives and Song Ji Hyo successfully put in 11 out of the 18 knives in each of the 24 slots without the pirate popping out. Therefore, they both won the game and escaped the train.

**Episode 334: Member's Week II: Marrying Jong-Kook Off**

Song Ji Hyo was able to walk blindfolded through a tarp completely filled with red plastic cups without stepping on any of them with the help of the Running Man members guiding her.

**Episode 379: Tiger Butterfly Tour (2)**

Song Ji Hyo and Kim Jong Kook rode the Nevis Swing in New Zealand while upside down.

**Episode 389: The 2nd Jeju Island Special, Hopscotch Race**

The other team needed to rip the name tag of Jee Seok Jin who is on Song Ji Hyo's team in order to get a Bingo and win. So, Song Ji Hyo's team was keeping it a secret from the other team that they were heading to the oldest building in the Gwandeogjeong Pavilion. Song Ji Hyo was secretly able to text the Senior Yoo Team (Yoo Jae Seok, HaHa, Kim Jong Kook, Jeon So Min), without her team noticing, and told them that her team was heading to the oldest building in the Gwandeogjeong Pavilion. This allowed them to rip off Jee Seok Jin's name tag and win. Since she gave them that information, Song Ji Hyo got chosen by the Senior Yoo team to sleep in a luxury suite instead of sleeping in tents on an ice rink.

**Episode 417: Dangerous Choice (2)**

In a game of Human Curling, Song Ji Hyo is able to push Bobby (iKON), who is in a small plastic tub with wheels, onto the scoreboard into the position to get $20 off their debt (from the couple items and refreshments they had). Later on Lee Kwang Soo, who is also in a plastic tub with wheels, bumps into Bobby's tub and bumps him into the center of the scoreboard which is "exemption". So, the Song Ji Hyo and Bobby pair who is teamed up with the Yoo Jae Seok and Lee Si-a pair gets exempted from all their debt and avoid the flogging punishment.

**Episode 443: The Secret of the Boxes**

In this episode, the Running Man members had to bring in an item they don't use but can't bear to throw away. Song Ji Hyo brought in a large flamethrower that she recieved as a present from her manager for killing bugs since she is really afraid of bugs.

**Episode 450: Your Name**
Song Ji Hyo successfully picks "Number 1" card out of the 19 cards on the drawing board leading to her team winning the Kid's Quiz game.

**Episode 468: Nine Years of Running Man: Spy Game**
Song Ji Hyo performs "Don't Give It to Me" (by Loco and Hwasa) along with Jee Seok Jin. on stage for Running Man's 9-year anniversary fan-meeting.

**Episode 510: Find the Secret of Reincarnation: Reincarnation Camp 2020**

In this episode, Song Ji Hyo as the Parent Zombie has to put an item that the other Running Man members have touched into a box labeled with their name in order to infect them with the zombie virus. Jeon So Min is infected with the zombie virus even before the episode begins. Song Ji Hyo puts an item in the box labeled with her name and the box labeled with Jeon So Min's name who she infected earlier. This made it so that the Running Man members wouldn't be able to determine whether they were already zombies to begin with or were infected later on. Song Ji Hyo also had the Running Man members who became zombies steal items that the other members have touched instead of stealing them herself. Finally, Song Ji Hyo successfully convinces Yoo Jae Seok that she is not the Parent Zombie since her tongue was blue from drinking the zombie virus vaccine (a blue liquid in a bottle).

**Episode 525: BlackPink in Running Man: Save Us From Probability**

In this episode, viewers gets to see Ace Ji Hyo back in action, as she shows her strength in the final game. She pulls an almost ousted Jisoo out of danger and wins the final game, which leads her team to win the whole episode. They were the true underdogs of the episode!

**Episode 576: Choice of Destiny: Golden Ratio Race**

In this episode, the glass panel bridge game from the movie Squid Game was recreated using 13 wood and styrofoam panels each. For each team there are 2 rows of panels and they must cross the bridge by choosing one of the 2 panels to step on next. The wood panel will hold the weight of the player, but the styrofoam panel will break when stepped on, causing the player to fall through the panel. Song Ji Hyo was able to guess the wood panel correctly 7 times before stepping on a styrofoam panel on her 8th guess. The probability of guessing the correct panel 7 times was calculated to be 0.7%.