Me and my friends HAVE PERSONALLY gathered this data. Hope you guys find it interesting
We have worked 10 days to complete this data. Sadly im the only one with a soompi account. So here goes!THERE ARE SOME HATEFULL COMMENTS HERE, they do not reflect ME or my friend's opinions as they were from the respondents. They are in spoilers though.
Name(s): Gianni Florenzo Cabasa Pascua, Sophia Mariye Garamond, Park Seung-Yeon, Brian Paul Endrada Simmons and Bong Cha-Song.
People involved : 393 Koreans living in Paranaque, Las Pinas, University of Sto.Tomas Students and La Salle Manila Students, Philippines ,
479 Filipinos residing in Paranaque, Las Pinas., Philippines.
*take note we asked random people, we didn’t ask them “hey do you know k-pop” so this is based on their knowledge of it alone, we tried getting ample amount of male and females, so the ratio of male female here is probably 40-60*
TOPIC : Favorite Idol Groups : 1A : Koreans ; 1B : Filipinos
(Choices werent given, they were allowed to say who their favorite idol group is)
1A-
Dong Bang Shin Ki – 79
Super Junior – 62
Wonder Girls – 58
Big Bang – 49
Brown Eyed Girls – 23
FT Island – 23
2ne1 – 19
So Nyuh Shi Dae – 17
2pm – 14
KaRa – 13
Davichi – 11
4minute – 10
SHINee – 10
After School – 5
*I SWEAR it was so hard conversing with the koreans. Not because of the language barrier (we had 2 koreans in our survey team, Seungie and Cha-song), its because some of them answered “Jolin Tsai” or “Arashi”. They thought it would be nice fooling us -,- . It was sooooooo annoying.
COMMENTS FROM SURVEY RESPONDENTS :
“I would have picked 2pm but problems around them…not helping..”
“DBSK always be my number 1 boy band!”
“The Wonder Girls are really catching on with people around the world through Nobody!”
“FT Island Hongki Oppa hwaiting!”
“Jessica can be my bedmate that’s why I chose SNSD” – ugh srsly the fanboy…
“Davichi are the only 2 girl voices I can listen to without my ears hurting” –SRSLY lol
“KaRa so kiyooooo! I don’t think they should follow sexy trend in k-pop”
"I dont like Tiffany she is stupid in korean, Stay in america!!
"I dont like blackjacks! sometimes very arrogant!!" Blackjacks are what 2ne1 fans call themselves
"SHINee sometimes act gay. I dont like them
"The wonder girls dont deserve the fame!" - that one pounded my heart the most.. not as a fan, but as a person.
1B-
Wonder Girls – 216
2ne1 - 89
Dong Bang Shin Ki - 43
Big Bang – 29
Super Junior – 25
SHINee – 22
2pm – 16
FT Island – 12
*the next votes had only 2 or 1 so I didn’t include them.
* As you can see, theres a large margin between 1st spot and 2nd spot. The reason behind 90% of the people who answered wonder girls, is the song “Nobody” and theyre the only artists they know of. 2ne1 also had a high amount of votes and their reason is “Si sandara park andiyan diba?” translate :”Sandara park is one of the members right?” So yeah, thanks to Dara or “Krung-Krung”, called by her fans, 2ne1 has gained a lot of fans here too. But airplay and songs on tv shows, theyre mostly leaning on Wonder Girl’s nobody. And also if you guys notice, mostly are male idol groups.
• Comments from survey respondents :
“I want your body your body not you!” - a parody of the song Nobody.
“Ang gwapo ni NichKhun promise!” translate :”Nichkhun is so handsome I swear!”
“Flaming Charisma Minho!”
“Donghae-hyung we love you!! Stay strong” - okay srsly the girl was giving a message to donghae lol
“Big Bang the best parin para sakin” translate :”big bang is still the best for me!”
“I don’t care and Fire lang alam ko, pero go sandy!” translate :”I only know I don’t care and Fire, but still, Go Sandy!!” * sandy is a nickname of sandara park
“Wonder Girls are my lifestyle!!”
“Hongki’s voice is the strongest k-pop voice!” – agree
“Dong Bang Shin Ki, 2ne1, Big Bang, and Wonder Girls please bumisita kayo dito!! happy.gif” translate :”DBSK, 2ne1, Big Bang and Wonder Girls, Please visit the Philippines!!”
"Puros sandara park lang naman yang 2ne1! Translate : 2ne1 is only popular cause of sandara park" - he maybe referring to 2ne1 IN THE PHILIPPINES, not in korea.
"I wouldnt vote for 2pm, leader jaybum is weak" - that comment hurt me again.. some are very hateful
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Topic : Favorite Idol Group Member 2A: Koreans ; 2B: Filipinos
People involved : 435+/- Koreans living in Paranaque, Las Pinas, La Salle Manila Students and University Of Santo Tomas students, Philippines.
*We did not ask any filipino because they simply dont have the knowledge of the variety in k-pop.
2A-
Park Ye Eun(Wonder Girls) - 64
Kim JaeJoong(Dong Bang Shin Ki) - 59
Jung YunHo(Dong Bang Shin Ki) - 52
T.O.P (Big Bang) - 47
Kim HeeChul(Super Junior) - 43
Jessica Jung(SNSD) - 36
G-Dragon (Big Bang) - 31
CL (2ne1) - 30
Ahn So Hee(Wonder Girls) - 22
Im Yoona (SNSD) - 20
*I didnt include the other ones cause they has less than 4 votes*
*I swear I am a full-pledged Wonder Girls fan but i was srsly shocked Ye Eun got first. Later youll see the people's opinions on her and why they chose her. As you guys can see, most of the people are also the most popular ones from certain groups. Dong Bang Shin Ki's "Visual Shock" scored 2nd while charismatic dancing leader Jung Yunho nabbed 3rd. Kim HeeChul is also on the list despite not being as active in Super Junior activities.
*Comments from survey respondents:
-"Park Ye Eun, compared to her fellow Wonder Girls has always been the least spotlighted, but I like her the best."
-"Yoona has an appeal that no other girl has! "
-"Hero Oppa!!! He's very hot esp with tattoos!
-"G-dragon's blonde hair looks very good on him and enhances his features!
-"Jessica is the sexy representative of Girl's Generation."
-"Heechul is the most creative Super Junior member! Very funny also!"
-"Ye Eun likes to eat, like me."
-"CL is different from other girls. She's edgy and fierce unlike others who act cute and pretty."
THE END, i hope you guys found it interesting to see another country's views! We worked so hard on this and hopefully you guys appreciate it!
i think this is not relevant at all. plus those hateful comments from the respondents can lead to fan wars. 
