Korea’s MBC premiered its latest unscripted competition this weekend, billing the Sunday night prime-time show as the “MMA of the Tongues”.

The 3x70-mins "Keep Talking and Love It – MMA of the Tongues", is a storytelling battle among eight “tongue fighters”, who have five minutes to tell their stories to an audience of 100 people. 

The audience votes on whether to hear more. 

The four judges are celebrity storytelling masters who provide comments. 

Only the winner gets the opportunity to finish their story. 

MBC’s biggest challenge at the moment is to create a blockbuster show able to follow in the footsteps of "King of Masked Singer". 

MBC producer, Seung-Hun Han, said "Keep Talking and Love It – MMA of the Tongues" was inspired by Korea’s street storytellers of the 18th-century. 

Participants in the Korea show include a divorce lawyer, health trainer, a North Korean refugee, a literature teacher and a transgender YouTube content creator.