Whilst Kang Ho-dong & Jung Yong-hwa joined in together for Talkmon, Kim Hee-sun is said to back off from the new show in order to maintain the freshness for Island Trio's season 2, which is scheduled to run within the same year, 2018.

MC Jung Yong-hwa voluntarily departed[17][18][19][20] from the show's MCing due to his graduate school controversy[21][22][23][20] and will be enlisting in military on March 5, 2018.

[17] Jung's agency, FNC Entertainment announced:"Due to the controversy surrounding Yong-hwa, he's taking responsibility, and because he doesn't want it to negatively impact the program, he's decided to leave the show along with agreement from the producers.

As for '2018 JUNG YONG HWA LIVE [ROOM 622]' , after Hong Kong concert on January 27th, it is necessary to cancel all future overseas tour schedules.

Note: This show airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).