Season 8 Plot
In this season, the show was filmed in South Korea with the Korean traditional fairytale theme, Tale of Hengbu. Kang Ho-dong plays Heungbu's son; Lee Soo-geun plays the gourd; Eun Ji-won plays the swallow; Cho Kyuhyun plays Nolbu's wife; Song Min-no plays Heungbu and P.O plays Nolbu.
New Journey to the West Season 8 aired on October 9th, 2020.
Season 8 Episodes
1. Episode 1
Day 1 (Jirisan) The members played Boom Boom game as the character selection game. Whoever gets it wrong will be out and last one standing will get to choose the character first. For a chance to have a pancake for lunch (Na PD as the chef), the members played Complete the Phrase game. The members get to drink espresso among the herbal tea, sophora root tea (a healthy but bitter taste tea). The members are split up into group of 3 playing SNS Challenge. Hodong, Soogeun & Mino (Team Hengbu) Jiwon, Kyuhyun & P.O. (Team Nolbu)
2. Episode 2
Hodong was given a task by Na PD to give the morning mission briefing.
3. Episode 3
3 Winners of "Music Scholarship Quiz" are Mino (1st, 210 points), Soogeun (2nd, 170 points), P.O and Hodong (joint 3rd, 150 points), Kyuhyun (5th, 110 points) and Jiwon (last, zero points). After their dinner, Na PD started the morning mission. Morning Mission The theme of the morning mission is "What are You Doing Now". Each member will pick a card that will indicate their task to perform till 9 am the next day. If the member is able to perform the task as stated in the card, the first three members will have a breakfast from the food truck.
4. Episode 4
After the dinner, they played the "Guess Who Quiz". For every wrong answer, the production team will remove a Jirisan speciality product from the list of 10 items from the table. They did not win any speciality products. Na PD suggested they form Team Old Boys (Hodong, Soogeun & Jiwon) and Team Young Boys (Kyuhyun, Mino & P.O) and play "Bonus Round over Pears". Team Young Boys eventually win the quiz and a box of apples. Na PD started the Nana Late Night Snack Bar. This is an indivdual game challenge. If they are able to answer the questions, they will be rewarded with the choice of food. If failed, they will be penalised. Morning Mission The theme of the morning mission is "Keep Your Item". They will have to hide and preserve the item they received till the 9am next day. The first three winners will get a hearty breakfast with a beautiful view.
5. Episode 5
A few days later, Mino and P.O were tasked to design on a t-shirt and hoody jacket for each member and was present on their team building at the studio. Na PD announced the new theme is Retreat for Team Building as a company. Na PD presented 6 makeup designs for the members to decide and played Boom Boom game to select. They end up with the panda makeup. Lunch choice Prior to lunch, Jiwon was asked to make a voiceover of the Swallow (his character in this season) in the car. The remaining were given a task to guess Jiwon's choice of first dish from a selection of 12. If they are successful, they will earn one Dragon Ball but they failed. Korean Language Game Na PD joined the memebers in the car to play "Korean Language Game", but they failed. They have to do a live streaming. They were given a re-match but they failed. At the restaurant, they played "Strawberry Game" to get lunch. After arriving at Yeongwol, they start the team building game.
6. Episode 6
Packing carts such as fish cake and gopchang, a collection of Ace menus, and late-night Nanapocha to decorate the night of unity. Guest Mino, a speedy promotion to president in an instant. President Song's obstinate business OPEN, which is undaunted by Ho-dong's desperate eyes and support's strong grumbling.