She debuted in 2004 on the SBS show People Looking For Laughter and won 'Best Variety Performer' at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards in 2006.

She learned judo and dreamed of living in the Korea National Training Center for athletes before becoming interested in comedy.

Kim Shin-young first appeared on SBS People Looking For Laughter in 2004 and gained recognition by hosting various variety shows for years.

[5] The next year, Kim hosted MBC's Stop the Boring Time Radio with Super Junior's Shindong.

The show featured 7 girl group members (known as G7) who experienced farm life in Yuchi-ri, a village in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province .

[11] She also hosted MBC's God of Cookery Expedition and appeared in the thriller film, Midnight FM.

[13] In the same year, she joined MBC's singing competition show I Am a Singer, where she was one of seven entertainers who acted as 'managers' (i.e. mentors) for the contestants.