Trot worked! Miss Trot 3 got off to a good start by recording the highest viewership rating in the country, approaching 17%!! The long-awaited Miss Trot 3, which will defeat and turn the world upside down, opened with an all-time spectacular opening stage. Miss Trot 3, ambitiously prepared by TV Chosun, the origin of Trot Survival, which produced national treasure singers such as Song Ga-in and Lim Young-woong! 72 participants finally appeared on one stage.
Spoilers are included!
The winner of this Miss Trot 3 will receive a prize of 300 million won, a gift certificate for high-quality health functional food (Hogwanwon) to take care of the joints of the whole family, a premium beauty care device (LG Pra.L) to build daily confidence, and a premium for steady sleep, a bed set (Simmons bed) is provided.
This Miss Trot Season 3 is back with even more cruelty. To welcome the new season, an unconventional rule was applied. A total of 72 participants will have to compete in a 1:1 death match starting from the first round, for the first time in survival audition history.
Deathmatch is a method in which you must trample on opponents from your own department, not from other departments. It is said that the day before the contest, participants from the same department had already nominated their opponents.
As a result of the two people's match, the participant with the most Hearts will advance to the second round, but if both receive All Hearts, both will advance to the next round. And in case of a tie, a re-vote must be held to determine the winner. However, if the number of Hearts is 8 or less, you are immediately eliminated regardless of the result of the match.
It looks like the contest will be exciting starting from the first round. Now, let me introduce the stages if you will regret missing in Miss Trot 3, Episode 1.
Chae Soo-hyun
The first participant is Chae Soo-hyun, the pollution-free, clean woman whom I introduced as a strong Top 7 candidate in my previous article. If it pops up, it’s the grand prize! He is a talented person who won the grand prize at his first music festival and swept the grand prize three times in a row. This participant has solidified his position as an emerging predator of the music festival.
Chae Soo-hyun chose Nam In-soo's old traditional trot song. Unlike her smooth appearance, she successfully received an All-Heart award from the judges as soon as the first verse ended with her outspoken skills.
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Judge Kim Yeon- ja said, "It was perfect", and judge Jang Yun-jeong gave high praise, saying, "It was a fresh performance and I felt like she had strong inner strength, just like when I saw last season's winner, Yang Ji-eun". Chae Soo-hyun is in the champion division. Her opponent she nominated was Kim Na-yul, who also won the National Song Festival.
Kim Na-yul
Kim Na-yul is a talented person who won a whopping 8 awards at this year's music festival alone. However, she must be under tremendous pressure because she will be eliminated if she does not receive All Hearts. But she was still a talented person. She was not at all nervous about the previous all-heart stage, and chose Yang Ji-eun's 'Heung Arirang' , and instead presented an exciting performance , eliciting a series of all-hearts from the judges.
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Judge Jang Yoon-jung praised Kim Na-yul's performance, saying, "It was a refreshing and cool song like a waterfall". In addition, both Chae Soo-hyun and Kim Na-yul praised the song, saying, "I congratulate you in advance because I think I will go to the music festival as an invited singer, not a participant".
In this way, Chae Soo-hyun and Kim Na-yul received all hearts and positive comments from the judges from the first match, and succeeded in advancing to the next round.
Go Ain
As expected, Go Ain, a member of the champion division, is a talented person who participated in several local music festivals at the age of 11 and received a whopping 35.9 million won in prize money in one year. He successfully performed All Hearts for the third time in a row by performing Kim Eui-young's 'Dojjingaejjin' with a brilliant trot technique.
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Go A-in, who received rave reviews for having skills that are on par with adults, chose Bin Ye-seo, who was of the same age, as her opponent.
Bin yeseo
Bin Ye-seo is an incredibly talented person who won the grand prize at the KBS National Singing Contest year-end finals in 2022 when she was 10 years old, becoming the youngest person ever. In response to Go Ain's provocation asking her how much prize money she received for participating in a music festival, Bin Yeseo responded by saying that the grand prize at the local music festival and the grand prize at the K headquarters airwaves are of completely different levels, and performed her grandmother's favorite song, Lee Mi-ja's 'Mother Love'. She launched a counterattack.
Her song cannot be said to be an eleven-year-old emotion. And her song gave a different impression. It was a tsunami-like emotion from the previous seasons of Kim Da-hyun and Kim Tae-hyun.
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"She must be carrying the same heartache as an adult because of her separation from her parents, which she had to go through at the tender age of eight", Judge Jin Seong said. "There are no tears flowing from my eyes. But now my heart is crying like a waterfall", Jin said after hearing Bin's song.
In addition, judge Kim Yeon-woo, the god of vocals, said, "This is a monster, a genius is here! I thought, and I was so touched!!". He gave it high praise.
Both Go Ain and Bin Yeseo received rave reviews from judge Jang Yun-jeong , who said, “They presented a perfect performance that could not be distinguished from superiority or inferiority”, and succeeded in advancing to the next round.
Bok Jieun
Bok Jieun, who appeared as Trot Sprout, is a graduate of the vocal music department at Hanyang University. Bok Jieun, who selected Song So-hee's 'Float the Boat', presented a performance that overwhelmed everyone with her incredible vocal volume and high notes that could go through the ceiling and into space . If you don't listen to this song, you will definitely regret it.
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Her voice was beautiful and she seemed to subtly harmonize with vocal music and trot like Tvarotti and Kim Ho-joong. She will make it to the next round with All Heart.
Kim Ye-eun
Kim Ye-eun of Sprouts, who introduced herself as a bloodline of the king of singers, is said to be the niece of judge Kim Yeon-woo, the god of vocals. It is said that neither of them knew that each other were appearing in Miss Trot 3. Kim Ye-eun, who majored in vocal music and is also active as a musical actress, selected Tae Jin-ah's 'Your Tears'. She was tied with her opponent, sooBingsoo, with 12 hearts, but won 7:6 through a re-vote and barely advanced to the next round.
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And below is a bonus! For the first time in broadcast history, this is a singing video of sooBingsoo, a YouTuber with 1.27 million subscribers who sings deliciously while cutting yellowtail raw fish. If you don't watch this video, you'll regret it.
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Oh Yujin
Oh Yujin of the Champion Division, who won a bronze medal at the KBS Trot National Sports Festival, is an active singer who is receiving a lot of attention as Trot new star. She is an incredibly talented person who already has hit songs. I also introduced Oh Yu-jin as a strong Top 7 candidate in my last article. As her numerous stage experiences show, she sings Oh Eun-joo's 'Stone Throwing' beautifully without any sign of nervousness. She, of course, received an All-Heart award and advanced to the next round.
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MC Kim Seong-ju, who appreciated Oh Yu-jin's song, was impressed, saying, "It seems like a strong candidate for the championship has emerged". Every gesture, every glance, everything was praised for being an overwhelmingly perfect stage.
The opponent chosen by Oh Yu-jin, who has received rave reviews of all time, is Kim So-yeon, who took second place in MBC's Trot Nation.
Kim So-yeon
As MC Kim Seong-joo said, "It will be a stage where you can feel like watching a final game ahead of time", Kim Soyeon is as good as Oh Yujin. Kim Soyeon danced softly and sang Jeon Mi-kyung's 'Sunflower'. Just like Oh Yujin, she will advance to the next round by recived the All-Heart Award.
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Nayoung
Nayoung, who participated as an MZ Trot fairy in the college division, participated in MBC's favoritism broadcast three years ago and was eliminated in the preliminaries. At the time, she competed against Trot Vitamin Yoon Seo-ryeong, for whom she was the runner-up in the same program. Nayoung chose Lee Tae-ho's song. She receives of All-Heart with deep emotion and succeeds in overturning her win from three years ago against Yoon Seo-ryeong, who received 11 hearts.
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Shin Soo-ji
There is probably no one who knows Shin Soo-ji, the icon of challenge. She is a former rhythmic gymnast of the Korean national team, but continues to challenge herself in bowling, golf, archery, and gym after retirement. She was picked by Lee Si-hyun, a relative of Kim Ho-joong. She received an All-Heart award for performing rhythmic gymnastics using ribbons and singing Shim Soo-bong's 'One Million Roses'. Then, she beat Lee Si-hyun, who received 12 hearts, to advance to the next round.
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Jin Hye-eon
In the 2018 Jeonju Daesaseupnori, Jin Hye-eon, from champion, competed against Noh Gyu-ri, from champion, in the same tournament in 2023. Jin Hye-eon said she even decided dropping out of her high school to participate in Miss Trot 3. The song for her first stage in search of her new dream was Lee Chan-won's song.
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The composer also praised it, saying, “It was a perfect song”. He succeeds in advancing to the next round by defeating Noh Gyu-ri, who was too nervous and excited and made a negative mistake, with All-Hearts.
This is how Miss Trot Season 3, episode 1 came to an end. I was going to post only the best scenes, but the post got too long. But there were so many talented people that I couldn't help it. More talented people are expected to emerge next week, and I'm at my wit's end.
This has been a review of Miss Trot Season 3, episode 1 of that you will regret if you miss it so far. We will be back with a review of episode 2 next week.
▼Miss Trot 3, Top 7 candidates▼
▼Sing Again 3, Pre-Voting▼
▼Sing Again 3 Episode 9▼
▼King of Active Singer, Voiting▼
▼Mask Girl's identity▼
▼ King of Active Singer, Episode 4▼