"Oh, I want to dance, but the skirt is too long. Please raise your skirt~.💕" At the moment, MC Shin Dong-yeop's ears suddenly turned red. After hesitation, she mustered up her courage to zip up her skirt.. "Is this enough? ", "No, a little more.. Hey, just a little bit more.. ", ".. Then how much should I post??", "Stop! I'll do it ", "Um... Okey, Stop!! ❤️💕"
What is this scene? This is a scene from the first episode of "King of Active Singers" in which a trot singer is selected as a national team member for the 2024 Trot Korea-Japan match. It was so funny that I couldn't hold back my laughter for a while. An attractive female singer who made veteran MC Shin Dong-yup innocent... Let's watch the video below.
You can watch the video by clicking on the image below.
King of Active Singers, episode 1
MC Shin Dong-yeop's unique wit and talk were added to the audition program, which can be cliché, making it more fun.
In fact, it's not like we're discovering a new face, but we didn't expect much fun because they're active participants who've already been known through various trot auditions. But how come this is? It's much more fun than I expected.
"King of Active Singers" is an audition to select the top seven players who will compete for the national team for the 2024 Trot Korea-Japan match. The winner will receive a prize of 100 million won, a winning song, and various benefits, including domestic and international tour concerts, massage chairs, cosmetics and functional shoes.
The preliminary round is a self-evaluation method in which participants evaluate each other for the first time in a trot audition. The bottom three, who were not selected due to each other's cold evaluation, will be the first candidates to be eliminated. But wouldn't it be too biased. We have no choice but to worry that it will be a vote by mutual friendship.
But it was just a misconception. This is an audition event. No matter how close they were, they were actually tigers who hid their claws from each other. What about you guys.. What if your best friend is your competitor?? Can you cheer for your friend even if I'm going to be eliminated by putting everything in my heart???
Today's first episode of "King of Active Singers" made me think a lot. They laugh next to each other and cheer each other up as if they were best friends, but it turned out that they were checking each other more than anyone else.
Furthermore, no one knows who didn't press the button. Only the masters behind the scenes will know.
Ma Ijin
The singer who voluntarily applied for the first stage because he wanted to go to the bathroom is Ma Ijin (11 years of active service, 36 years old), who has a unique character with a boyish charm. Nicknamed Little Lee Sun-hee in the trot world, she is a talented person who won the Grand Prize at the Dokdo Song Festival and the Gold Prize at the Local Song Festival.
Ma Ijin, who was a Taekwondo player before debuting as a singer, used her talent to break 10 pine boards. She didn't even sing, but she already confirmed her incredible popularity by receiving 10 acknowledge buttons. She finished her first performance neatly with 27 buttons. Let's listen to singer Ma Ijin's husky and powerful song.
For your information, you can watch the song video of this contest by clicking on the singer image.
Kang Hyeyeon
The second contestant is Kang Hyeyeon, a trot squirrel (6 years of active service, 34 years old). She wanted to finish the stage quickly and evaluate the participants comfortably, so she applied for the stage for the second time. A former member of the famous girl group EXID, she is a veteran who has already participated in four survival auditions. She is emerging as the queen of new events in 2023 after her appearance in Miss Trot 2.
She performed a song on a different level from the old mis-trot. But until the end of the first verse, my colleagues were too stingy with buttons. However, after the first verse, the number of buttons suddenly increased, and eventually a total of 24 buttons were obtained.
Jang Hye-ri
The third participating singer is Jang Hye-ri (4 years of active service, 32 years old) from Girls' Day, who boasts the best legs. Starting as a girl group, she is a beauty in the trot world, covering all genres such as girl groups, OST activities, and trot. It ranked fourth in Hello Trot and has won a prize in national dance sports competitions. What a versatile talent.
She performed a fascinating performance with flashy dance sports. Is it because it's such a fascinating performance? Since all the participants were women, only received 13 buttons.
YOYOMI
The next participant is middle-aged president, singer YOYOMI (six years of active service, 30 years old). She is a singer-songwriter in the trot world with 200 million views and 540,000 subscribers on YouTube. I thought you were a singer from Japan because of her name, tone, and appearance, but you said you were 100% Korean.
The prejudice against her was completely broken by this stage. I think it's a stage that shows why she's the president of middle-aged people. I really liked the sensual gesture that men would like. The masters behind the stage went crazy with her performance.
Actually, it was my first time to see Yo-Yomi's performance, and it was so attractive. The result was finished with 23 buttons, but I was surprised. I thought he was just an entertainer who appeared on the show once or twice, but I didn't know he was so good at singing. What do you think? Shall we listen to Yo-Yomi's song?
Han Bom
The next participant is singer Han Bom (14 years of active service, 38 years old) who led the full-term body and challenged the active king stage. He was a local star who dominated the Jinju area, but he is a talented player who has been taking over the country since the final third place of SBS's "Trot God Is Coming 2."
She hid the fact until now, when she was about to give birth, because she was afraid that she would not be able to attend performances or events if she was found to be pregnant at a time when her popularity was soaring. My colleagues on the same stage were not aware of their pregnancy, but it was revealed today.
Although she is expecting a child in early December, she expressed her strong will, saying that she is confident that she will sing on the stage of the "King of active singers" even after giving birth.
She received a total of 26 buttons with his singing ability that could be overshadowed by the fact that he was 9 months pregnant. We can't let it go again this time. I recommend you to enjoy the performance of singer Han Bom.
Jo Jung Min
The next contestant is Jo Jung Min, an attractive woman in the trot world (15 years of active service, 38 years old). A classical piano major and singer-songwriter at the same time, she debuted under the stage name "Joa" in 2009 and worked for a while, but returned to the music industry under her real name in 2014 and began her career as a trot singer in earnest. It was once so popular that it was called a military president.
In this contest, he chose his hit song, "ReadyQ". I forgot to press the button because I enjoyed dancing on the exciting stage, so I got the final 13.
In fact, there was a reason why Cho Jung-min chose his song as an audition song. Not long ago, he had thyroid cancer surgery in June. It is said that he secretly underwent surgery without informing all of his family in case his parents were worried.
She recovered and went on stage after about three months of surgery, and for a while, she had a scary time that she might not be able to sing anymore. How heartbreaking it must have been. Fortunately, she was able to sing again, and wanted to sing a song that meant the most to her. It was "Raddy-Q," which she wrote, composed and loved by the public.
Let's listen to Jo Jung Min's "ReadyQ" that we almost didn't hear live.
Park Hye-sin
The next performances are black pearl, trot Beyoncé, and Park Hye-sin (15 years of active service, 42 years old). Before her debut, she was engaged in agriculture. Originally from the National Singing Contest, she won the grand prize at the 2008 Korean Regional Song Festival and debuted in 2009 the following year.
Park Hye-sin, who is already recognized as the strongest among active players, is said to be the "Queen of Events" in name and reality, with a moving distance of 120,000 to 150,000 kilometers in a year alone.
It performed the perfect stage with its unique husky voice and received a total of 28 buttons. It's the best number of buttons that have ever been released, and the masters praised it as a legendary song. Then, we can't not listen to this song, right? Let's listen to Park Hye-sin's contest song.
Mask Girl
Mask Girl rushed to release an album to challenge the "King of Active Singers", but with the release on the day of the recording, it became the first day for a singer. If all the participants pressed the button to acknowledge their skills, they would confidently unmask and identify themselves. But active singers will never meet that demand. They show their willingness to never tolerate all-in even if Mask Girl wears a mask for the rest of her life.
Mask girl surprises everyone by singing with a dreamy, octagonal voice and breath. Unfortunately, however, she only received 20 buttons. The contestants seem to have a lot of control over Mask Girl who has powerful skills. Let's appreciate the dreamy song of a Mask girl that surprised everyone.
Kim Da-hyun
This time, it is Kim Da-hyun (four years of active service, 15 years old), a veteran singer who is the youngest participant in the active singing and has spent half of his life with an audition program. Kim Da-hyun doesn't need an explanation. In addition to the grand prize at the National Children's Pansori Competition, the voice trot runner-up, and the mistrot third place, Kim Da-hyun is a spy if you don't know her in Korea.
She performed the song well, which she prepared with her unique mournful sensibility, and received 26 buttons. Listen to her song, which is young but never young.
DOORI
The next contestant is Miss Trot's Mirror Princess, DOORI (5 year of active service, 33 years old). She debuted as the main vocalist of the girl group GBB, and she appeared on Miss Trot and finished seventh in the final, turning into a full-fledged trot singer.
On this stage, she gave an intense performance of completely shedding the image of a princess she had so far and transforming herself into a drummer. She completed the stage with her cool singing skills and amazing drumming, receiving a total of 21 buttons.
I recommend you to enjoy DOORI's powerful drums and songs.
Byeol Sarang
This participant is Byeol Sarang (7 years of active service, 32 years old) and expects all the buttons of the contestants with a unique tone. She hesitated for the longest time to participate in the contest, fearing that a new challenge might be reckless, because she had already finished sixth in Miss Trot 2 and was loved by the public
Byeol Sarang's song is perfect without explanation. Shall we listen to Byeol Sarang's luxurious songs that received 25 buttons?
Jumi
The last participant in the first episode of "King of Active Singer" is Jumi, the founder of Desire Trot (12 years of active service, 36 years old). She debuted in 2012 and finished second on KBS's Legendary Trot, Successor in 2015, and later participated in Miss Trot 2 and made it to the final 3rd round. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the performance of "Can't I?" that I sang when I appeared in Mistrot 2 was the best.
After her popularity, which had been shining for a while since the Miss Trot contest, cooled down, she struggled with her daily life no different from when she was unknown, and she cried a lot when she heard that she joined the "King of Active Singers". She performed the stage in the form of a monodrama with the sorrows of active singers. All the participants couldn't hide their tears at her touching song.
Even after listening to such a touching song, the number of buttons was 25. The masters were dumbfounded by the participants who watched such a moving and perfect performance but did not press the button, saying, "That's so mean, that's amazing."
We can't help but listen to Jumi's song, the finale song of episode 1 of "King of Active Singers", which made everyone cry, right?
The first episode of "King of Active Singers" ended like this. So far, Park Hye-sin is in first place in the preliminary round with 28 recognition buttons. I'm looking forward to seeing a competitor who can beat this record next week. And Mask girl that everyone is curious about. Her identity is not expected to be revealed until the last confrontation.
That's it for the first episode of "King of Active Singers".
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