The One Talks About DBSK/JYJ: “Even Though They’re Split 3:2, They’re The Same 5 To Me”

Singer The One opened up about DBSK and JYJ. On October 4, he had a chance to make a guest appearance on YTN “News at 12: Issue & People” for his participation in MBC’s “I Am a Singer.” Through the music show competition, he was able to live again as a singer. He was asked which of his students does he remember the most and he answered by praising Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon. Afterwards, he ta...

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[Ceci] Beauty Brands Showing Favoritism? SHINee, IU, and Eugene Among This Year’s M...

Some of this year’s beauty brand-model pairings are perfect matches with the model and the brand’s image, while some are a bit more questionable.  There’s a back story for these castings, so we made sure to get the inside scoop.   The Body Shop Favor Musicians? Could the popularity of the show, “I Am a Singer,” be the reason for The Body Shop’s affinity for musicians?  Kim Yoon ...

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Weekend Variety Show Ratings War: MBC “Infinity Challenge” Soars, MBC “I’m A Singer” Digs ...

We’ve just gone through the first full weekend of 2012 and that means we’ve had our first full set of ratings for 2012 for the weekend variety shows. To be honest thou, the first set of ratings of 2012 didn’t bring about too many surprises, the programs that have been on top in 2011 have continued their dominance into the first weekend of 2012, while the programs that have been suffering in 2011, ...

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[Soompi 2011] Variety Show Review – Revolutions, Controversies and Creaky Old Backs

2011 has been a pretty hectic year. We’ve had more natural disasters than a crazed sadist messing around with the disasters options in Sim City, we’ve seen the world economy go from bad to everyone running around like headless chickens etc. But all of that is dreary real life based issues, let’s break away from that for a bit and talk about variety shows, more specifically Korean variety shows and...

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