King of active singer is attracting viewers' attention by surpassing 6% of the viewership following "Sing Again 3" among the currently broadcasting song audition programs. From the first episode, he clearly impressed the viewers with his unconventional stage, MC Shin Dong-yeop's slick hosting, and the singers and their stories who created the legendary stage.
King of Active Singer is an audition in which incumbent female trot singers in Korea select the top seven players who will compete for the national team in preparation for the Korea-Japan trot competition next year. The preliminary round started last week. The preliminary round is where the participants evaluate each other. As it was a survival game that requires survival rather than acknowledging the teammates who have been together for many difficult years, the evaluation continued to be very cold and cold.
Shall we take a look at the second episode of "King of Active Singer"? You can watch the performance video by clicking on the images of the participants!
Park Seong-yeon
The first contestant is Park Seong-yeon (six years of experience, 31 years old). Debuting in 2018 with the single "Peach," she entered the 2017 Miss Korea China Contest and finished second, but failed to advance to the finals because she was not qualified to advance to the finals. She is a talented person who ultimately ranked 12th by advancing to the semifinals of the 2019 Miss Trot Contest.
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Park said that the tambourine performance is the main weapon of the stage. However, it is said that her splendid performance led to distrust of her singing ability.
In this competition, she only competed by singing without dancing or tambourine. She proved her true singing ability and received 21 buttons from her colleagues.
Kim Na Hee
Then came Kim Na Hee, a comedian-turned-trot singer, who is 35 years old. She is the first comedian-turned-singer to reach the survival audition final. She ranked in the top 7 of mis-trot and ranked fifth in the final.
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It's like a jazz musical. She didn't miss out on singing and laughing because of her comedic wit and skill. A high score was expected, but This is a survival hell. In order for themselves to be safe from elimination, their opponent's score must be low, so they get a total of 19 buttons due to strong checks from the contestants.
Kang Sori
Third was Kang So-ri, a 44-year-old sexy female singer with 12 years of career. She confesses her amazing confession on TV for the first time as soon as she takes the stage. She tricked six years old, not just one or two, since her debut. She is the same age as singer Kim Yang.
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After working underground at a nightclub in Cheongju, she made her official debut in 2012 with the release of The Love Thief. As it is an addictive song, it became very popular with a local station radio request song just two years after its release. In 2020, her song The Love Thief was inserted into the peninsula, the sequel to the movie Train to Busan, and resonated in Cannes Film Festival.
Kang So-ri put on an ambitious and powerful stage with her song, Love Thief. The audience also enjoyed her performance with great excitement, but the votes were very cold.18 button. She seems to have been hurt a lot by her colleagues' cold evaluation.
Song Min Kyung
The next contestant is Song Min-kyung, 37, from the ballad girl group The Seeya, with 15 years of career. She has lived a life full of ups and downs, making her debut five times. She introduced herself as a trot singer who debuted four years ago but only had a full year of activities.
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Song Min-kyung completed her performance with her fresh appearance and girl group-like performance, but eventually got 18 buttons despite her amazing performance.
Maria Elizabeth Leise
The next contestant is nicknamed the American Joo Hyun-mi. She participated in the second season of Miss Trot and achieved 12th place by showing great performances. She is Maria (a year of experience, 24 years old) a K-trot preacher. She studied Korean by herself, but she is just as talented as most Koreans.
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All the contestants listened to her song and gave her a standing ovation, but she received a total of 21 buttons.
Yoon Soo-hyun
The next contestant is Yoon Soo-hyun, a 36-year-old singer who is famous for his famous hit song "Cheon Tae Man Sang" a well-known hit song. Since she is famous for her skills, everyone expected that she would definitely get an all button this time.
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She chose her own song, "Cheon Tae Man Sang" for the contest. All the contestants stood up and danced along to the upbeat song. Unexpectedly, MC Shin Dong-yup went crazy, too. But she received a total of 25 buttons.
Kim Soyou
The next participant is Kim Soyou (nine years of experience, 33 years old), who evaluated her colleagues too coldly. Four years ago, a duet song competition with Song Ga-in during the Miss Trot competition was very popular, exceeding 20 million views on YouTube, and through this performance, she wants to get rid of the label of Song Ga-in by achieving good results in her individual songs.
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Although she showed off her outstanding singing ability, she received the final 19 buttons. But she was not disappointed. She even had the fearsome accuracy of knowing who didn't press the button while singing.
Shin Mi-rae
The next contestant is famous for the human phonograph. Shin Mi-rae (10 years old, 34 years old) perfectly reproduced the voice of classical music in the 1930s. It is a fascinating voice to hear. It sounds like the voice of our ancestors or the voice of Japan's Anka song.
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They all seemed shocked by the amazing song. But she received 19 buttons! The audience is buzzing. "I forgot to press the button because I was so into the song? What should I do? Can't I press it now?" "If you think so, you can press it as soon as you listen to it!It's not a big deal".
LYn
She stepped up. The ballad goddess, the absolute powerhouse of the OST for /span>, LYN (23 years of experience, 43 years old). To be honest, it's amazing that LYN is on a survival program. Rather, she's a legendary singer who has to judge her contestants, but she's taking on a new challenge as a freshman in her O-year career in trot?
Lynn revealed her love for trot in many music programs. The genre she can do best is ballads, but her favorite genre is trot. She loves trot so much that she wanted to release a trot album someday.
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Breaking everyone's expectation that she would choose a quiet and mournful song, Lyn, who sang an unexpectedly fast and exciting traditional trot song, created a new genre of RnB trot with her unique sweet voice and singing style. All the contestants couldn't keep their mouths shut.
She was the only ballad singer among the trot singers. But she was not overwhelmed by the strong atmosphere of the singers. Lin rather received 25 buttons even though she sang too lightly compared to other artists who did her best. She must be a talented singer.
Kim Ji-hyun
The next contestant is Kim Ji-hyun, a trot singer who majored in Korean traditional music. After making numerous efforts to make her name known by herself, she achieved honor from more than 10 organizations. It is a very valuable achievement that she achieved without an agency or a manager.
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As a trot singer who majored in Korean traditional music, I chose Song Ga-in's songs. She performed very well with her unique style of Korean traditional music and received a total of 20 buttons.
Yun Tae-Hwa
Next up is Yoon Tae-hwa, a 34-year-old singer with 15 years of career who appeared as a strong favorite when she appeared on Miss Trot 2, winning the preliminary match "Jin" award, but unfortunately ended in the final 13th place. However, she was actually my favorite singer when she appeared on Miss Trot, because her singing skills were incredible.
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She still has good skills. She touched the audience with 15 years of experience, emotions, and perfect control and received 25 buttons. I hope she will get a good result in this "King of Active Singers".
Hi Ryang
Next contestant is Hi Ryang (three years of experience, 36 years old). Although she has only made her official debut for three years, she is a veteran singer with a total of 26 years of stage experience. It is said that she naturally took the stage and performed while following her father, who was a wandering troupe member. She said that she has performed nonstop since she was 10 years old.
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As a 26-year veteran of the event, he surprises everyone with his overwhelming performance and singing skills. The master is also a master at continuing the stage without being embarrassed by the mistake of missing the microphone in the middle.
Unfortunately, she expressed her regret after receiving 19 buttons. In an interview with the production team after the performance, Hi Ryang worried, saying, "It's not like they didn't press the buttons for some malicious intent, right?"
kim Yang
Next up is Kim Yang (16 years of experience, 45 years old), who has the longest official trot career among all active contestants. But I didn't know she was this old.
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She sang a song that translated famous Japanese songs into Korean. She sang the first verse in Korean and the second verse in Japanese. Her emotional song touched all the participants.
Experience cannot be ignored. She has received a total of 28 buttons and is tied with Park Hye-sin to rank No. 1 in the preliminary round.
Yu Min Ji
The next contestant is Yu Min-ji (14 years of career, 28 years old), who is called Little Ju Hyun-mi. She was loved a lot when she was young, but said that she was hurt a lot by industry insiders' scathing comments, "Why don't you wear a mask and sing backstage because you're not pretty?"
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Wanted to be recognized only by her singing, she chose Ju Hyun-mi's song. She surprised everyone from the first verse. Even her competitors really fell in love with Yu Min-ji's singing skills. She showed off her singing skills fully with 26 buttons.
Kim San-ha
The next contestant is Kim San-ha (four years of experience, 22 years old) from Ewha Womans University's Pansori department, who has won two trot competitions. Kim San-ha, who is pioneering a unique genre by combining pansori and trot, has won competitions with Jeon Yu-jin in the past. When she is nervous, she goes on stage barefoot to sing with her soles of her feet on the ground.
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Kim San-ha made a big impression on the contestants by giving them a mournful touch on Pansori's unique singing style. She scored high with a total of 26 buttons.
Jeon Yujin
The next contestant is called "The Daughter of Pohang." Jeon Yu-jin (4 years of active experience, 18 years old) is a sophomore in high school but has a powerful fandom. The sudden rise of public attention at an early age has come as a burden. She has put a lot of effort into overcoming that burden and becoming a true singer.
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She was originally good, but her efforts have paid off, and her skills have improved significantly. She performed splendidly by showing the image of an established singer, not a high school student.
She received 21 buttons. Fellow contestants seem to set colder standards for famous singers.
RYU WONJUNG
The next contestant is Ryu Won-jung(10 years of active experience, 30 years old), an authentic trot heir recognized by singer Lee Mi-ja, worthy of her nickname "Little Lee Mi-ja." She is the strongest who already won the title in the trot contest program "The Successor" at a young age. As soon as you sing one syllable, you can hear exclamations everywhere. It seems that the most powerful person has really emerged.
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Her songs were very luxurious. Even masters were very surprised to hear her songs. Despite the contestants' strong checks, she received 27 buttons.
Ban Gahee
Ban Gahee(10 years of active experience, 50 years old), the oldest trot singer among the contestants, took the stage as the next contestant. After a long period of obscurity, she first appeared on KBS Song Stage in 2015, and started making her name known to viewers. Since then, she has consistently appeared on the stage, making a milestone of about 160 appearances.
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She is an amazing contestant who already received four buttons even before the song started. I expected masters to be the best in terms of singing ability. That's right. My skills during my long unknown life were not just strengthened.
As it was a stage where all the participants stood up and shouted encore, they expected that all buttons would come out, but in the end, 27 buttons. Finally, rumors of mechanical failure appeared. But it was concluded that it was a clear check against too strong an opponent.
SECOND
The last contestant is Second (8 years of experience, 43.5 years on average), the oldest trot girl group in Korea. The team name Second is short for Second Challenge, which means it is the second challenge. There are four members, but three members participated.
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Their stage was decorated with colorful performances like a circus. They received 23 buttons for unique performances that no one could imitate.
Finally, the preliminary round is over. Park Hye-sin and Kim Yang tied for first place with 28 buttons.
According to the notice before the start of the preliminary round, the elimination candidate was scheduled to elect one of the three lowest-ranking candidates.
Jo Jung-min and Jang Hye-ri tied for the bottom with 13 buttons. However, the next lowest scorers were Kang So-ri and Song Min-kyung, who jointly received 18 points. Because of this, the show's producers decided to put four members on the list. And finally, after watching the whole process from behind, the special masters chose one as the loser.
After careful discussion by the masters, the first final elimination from the preliminary round among the 31 participants was decided as Jang Hye-ri. And Park Hye-sin won the MVP.
This is how the preliminary round ended. And next week, the first round of the finals will begin. It starts with a 1 to 1 death match, where the contestant points out the opponent himself and confronts him, and I think the trailer alone will be fun.
That's it for the second episode of "King of Active Singers". I'll be back next week with the third episode of "King of Active Singers".
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