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

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, continued to suffer.

[Soompi 2011] Most Noticeable Trends of the Year

With 2011 winding down, Soompi took a look back at the year and compiled a list of some of the major trends we’ve seen in the K-Pop industry. From K-Pop concerts popping up all over the world to celebrities openly dating, we’ve identified 7 trends that had a significant impact on the business. Here’s our list:

[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 what they were like during 2011.

Stars Who Have the Fame and No Anti-fans

It is easy for anti-fans to show their hate with today’s technology, especially with the popularity of social networking services (SNS). Although stars would all agree that attracting anti-fans is not the best skill to have up their sleeves, there is a saying for stars who have yet to shine in the entertainment world: “Having at least anti-fans is evidence that you are being noticed.”

‎[Preview] MBC "Our Sunday Night – I Am a Singer And Carried By The Wind" – Oct. 9 Episode

I am a Singer – Round 8 – Contest 1 “Duet Stage” & Carried by the wind – Unexpected Situation! Lim Jae bum has disappeared somewhere during the recording!! They begin the search for “Mr Lim” on American Soil!

Yoon Do Hyun Says He Used to be "Trash"

Singer Yoon Do Hyun, who recently participated in MBC’s "I Am a Singer", revealed that he used to be "trash". On a recent episode of tvN’s "Talkshow Taxi", Yoon Do Hyun said that if it hadn’t been for his wife, who pulled him through life’s difficulties, and for his friends, he wouldn’t be able to live as happily as he does now. (He used the term "trash" which is extremely deragatory in Korean in order to describe his past self.)

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