Because when I saw this picture I thought it was a new girl group.

Flower Tea Island?

Yes, that IS F.T. Island, it wasn’t bad enough that their hairstyles are horrible they had to give them ugly clothes that made them look like girls.

The Newbie on the far left is wearing a SKIRT, alien next to him has pants on that makes him look like he has hips… It’s an S-Line but it seems to have creeped up out of nowhere.  The others look somewhat okay even though they’re wearing white plastic pants, but in comparison to noob and alien anyone will look good.

Poor boys. If they switch newbie with Amber she’ll probably be more comfortable there. And vice versa.

Recently the Brown Eyed Girls made a feature on Super Juniors’ Kiss the Radio alongside F.T. Island.

To those that have followed the blog since our takeover you would have known that I find a particular member alluring… Everyone is giving JYP and SM kudos for their International groups 2PM and Super Junior. Well, F.T. Island have gone an extra mile and started a new type of group. They’re inter-galactic babeh, so where is their kudos, eh?

Spot the alien in this picture!

He sure has grown on me…

I now know why I like him so much, he reminds me so much of Sweet Sorrows cutie magnae Song JinHwan. <3

Brothers re-unite please!

Honestly, I wasn’t interested in this comeback, because, well, all their music sounds the same to me. But this made me double look

ALIEN!

I like them on Variety shows, especially HongKi and the new guy, the rest are….cute. But since I don’t know their names I’ve fondly called the guy in the pic, “alien”. Ain’t he got horrible hair? The face is not bad, but the hair makes him look like he hopped out of a sci-fi movie with that Trekkie Peace/Hello sign? Not even as cool as Star Wars… Star Trek. Sorry Trekkies I’m a Star Wars nerd.

But their new song is called “I Hope”, as in, “I hope my mama uses the bigger bowl since I’m a grown boy now.”

What’s that written on the sign behind them!?

Anybaloney, this song follows their previous hit songs, “I love you”(?) “I die for your touch”(?), “Love scorched”(?), “Bad Woman” (this one is real cos I belt out the chorus when I’ve done something bad, i.e. everyday). OK, I guessed most of the titles, but they’re not bad, really. I dug the first song, but then they always sounded like the first one, so technically I dig them all.

So I’ll catch you guys on the Variety shows, but not the Music shows. OH ALIEN! LOL. You are my new favorite, I’m going to pray the cameraman zooms in!

FT Island, which stands for ‘Five Treasure Islands’ has lost the treasure Island that is Oh WonBin, also known to some as, ‘the only hot one’.

Their management Agency announced that the 18 year old Jang GeunSuk lookalike (What, you dont see it?), left the group due to ‘musical differences’ and will ensue a solo music career.

F.T Island are planning on releasing a new mini album come mid February and will replace the Guitarist with a new budding treaure Island. (I still seriously lol at that name)

Good luck to Wonbin and FT Island all the same, and Im sorry to all the PrimaDonnas out there.

YounHa is coming back

I reckon she looks like Song YuRi, what do you think?

First of all, in those pictures I could barely recognised the young talented songstress. YounHa looks stunning in that dress for sure. Anyhow, YounHa comes back to Korea for the release of her second album “Some Day” which came out on the 28th. This year is full of so-called “come-backs” isn’t it? And its fun to watch the people strive to make an effect in the Music Biz. YounHa is hella talented and she is looking hella good on her comeback, let’s look forward to her promotions. Just please keep away from Ajoo, for your credibility sister. O_O

WheeSung no longer wheezing

Yeah that has nothing to do with his operation. WheeSung, the vocally talented musical whizz is back as well. He has fully recovered after he went under the surgical knife to remove a cystoma on his vocal chords. And Thank goodness to that. He performed on the awesome Yoon DoHyuns Love Letter with Ko YooJin, and also performed a rock version of his last hit single “Love is Tasty”. Mmmmmm, sounds scrumptious. (Yeah I know that was lame, I don’t have much to say this week that’s why.)

Lee HyoRi looking for her Mr….BIG?

Lee HyoRi has officially stopped promotions for “U-Go-GRRL” and started promoting her new single, “Hey Mr. Big”. Check out the MV above ^^. She looks stunning as always of course, and the video is also, all about her. And heck if you looked that good wouldn’t you just want it to have no theme at all, but you?

FT Island wash up on Korean shores

FT Island have come back!! Oh my God, who saw ANOTHER come back in the works? Comebacks are sort of starting to lose their super effect on me, I just want good entertaining music, like now. FT Island have been drifting around Asia for a while now and I think they finally got the directions back to their homeland. Gah, Men and their pride, never want to ask for directions when they’re lost… In this case, still boys though. I like FT Island actually, they’re cute and they don’t suck up to noona that much. They play hard to get. Joking of course, this noona still prefers her men, but I like the pop “rock” of this cute little group that twang and beat on their instruments.

G-Dragon and his flares?

Excuse the typo, I meant artistic flair. Although I would pay money to see him in 70s inspired flares, it would be…interesting. G-Dragon of Big Bang is known to be a little artiste that likes to experiment with his music and style-sense. And he has been in the limelight for it recently, would I call him a “fashion Icon”? Hell no, but he is brave and bold and that’s respectable. I also do like some of his getups to be honest, sometimes K-Pop can get a little boring and dull fashion-wise so it’s nice to see some color. Ah, like lemonade on a hot summers day…. Strange lemonade sometimes, but refreshing nonetheless.

This is getting long….

Yes another comeback. Please show some excitement though for Jo SungMo. He has come back after 2 years of serving his mandatory military service and it’s nice to have him back. Well he left in May but that’s beside the point, he will be singing the official soundtrack to drama “Garden of Wind” on SBS.

Wonder Girls go Global

Global in the sense that Virgin Media have recognised them. Aaaaw, Wonder Girls, South Koreas little sisters, have made them proud by getting a shout out from Virgin Media as “the ones to watch”. Personally the following line stood out the most, “Candyfloss pop aimed squarely at the female teen market”. Um…. sure. If you can call it that. Nevertheless, thanks Virgin Media for that ignorant remark, at least they got some promotion. I shrug out of confusion as to how “So Hot” is candyfloss pop.

Edward1849 of Soompis Weekly Music Chart everyone….

Weekly Music Chart
1. Seo In Young – 신데렐라 (Cinderella)
2. Cool – 사랑을 원해 (I Want Love)
3. Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl
4. Davichi – 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
5. Big Bang – 하루하루 (Day By Day)
6. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) – D.I.S.C.O
7. Kara – Rock U
8. Seo Tai Ji – MOAI
9. Kim Gun Mo – Kiss
10.Brown Eyes – 너 때문에 (Because Of You)

And Kim HyunJoong of SS501 shows us all that he is a trooper…

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I believe you have the right to read this too, especially those of you who came to the event.

Dear all,

We regret to bring you this announcement. We understand that the ticket refunding is to be done on 13 April, Sunday. However, due to the inability to settle certain legal procedures, we have decided that we cannot proceed with the ticket refunding process this weekend until further notice. We assure you that we have worked to our best capabilities to quicken these pending matters.

We will be updating the latest developments from CI Entertainment within these two weeks. Please kindly visit CI Entertainment or Seoul ID.

Thank you.

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Guess, once it gets in, it’s hard to get out…*whistling*

ShenYue: Sorry for being too late for the report guys!
This was our first event in real life ShenYuePop was invited as a media partner!
And being our first time to attend a live event to collect our very own news first handed and fresh from the field has been very meaningful to us! The event was held in Malaysia and we were able to have total of 4 of the SYP staff, administration and Korean translator to capture the live actions on the field and the rest of the global team to take care of the usual administration jobs but times 1000 in load and difficulty! By far this is this is the only post we have ever worked on for this long and with so much coming at us. I would like to thanks all the SYP staffs and the administration partners for their dedication, patience and work ethic! Thank You.

Following is the report Rainbowhippo, SYP’s wonderful writer who attended the events with SYP’s forum moderator strawberrybj as the photographer has prepared for you. Enjoy!

Rainbowhippo: First of all, as proud members of ShenYuePop staff and on behalf of ShenYuePop’s entire administration team we would like to thank C.I. Entertainment for their invitation. BJ (Moderator in SYP forum) and I (SYP writer), were able to attend F.T. Island’s activities in Malaysia (Fan meet, House + Birthday party and Press Conference) as media representatives (free goodies, free pass, free foods, don’t you just love being the media?) as well as representatives of ShenYuePop. This was also a first time experience for us to attend such events. We had high expectations and hoped for these activities to be successful before the actual concert. And, here is our story and adventure where we got to taste a little bit of Korean Entertainment world industry.

First Day,
Press Conference
( Friday, 28th March 2008, Izzi Restaurant, Starhill )
The Program :
10.30am – Registration
11.00am – Arrival of VIPs
11.30am – Press Conference
12.30am – End // Refreshment

Everything was supposed to follow the program accordingly, but a lot of unexpected things had happened during that time. BJ and I arrived at 10.25am after meeting ShenYuePop’s admin, Chris. We were the second to arrive at the destination. They turned on F.T.Island’s songs few minutes later and it kept on playing on the speaker for more than 3 hours (I can still hear the songs in my head!). Then the air conditioner broke down and a banner fell down. Luckily, the management had the situation under control and apologizes to the media, although the air conditioner remained unfixed till the end. After two hours of waiting…F.T.Island finally arrived.

[F.T.Island] Press conference – short intro:

During that time, we were so ready to ask the questions that our forum had prepared but due to the time constraint, Only the emcee, Simon, from 98.8 FM was able to ask them general questions. Everything only lasted 20 minutes, including the photo shoots. It happened so quickly….We tried to go to the back area where F.T.Island was having refreshments but failed to do so because of the tight security. The event organizer said something about having pre-made special arrangements before we could enter the restricted area. Only pre-arranged media partners were allowed personal interviews with them.

Luckily with the help of ShenYuePop’s Admin and the approval of the F.T.Islands management we were able to bring our own Korean translator along and even thought F.T.Island had theirs too but their translator did not translate fully what they were saying, including the jokes they had! Here was the information that we managed to obtain during the press conference:

Hello! (annyoung haseyo)
Apa khabar~( how are you in Malay language )
Hello Malaysia, we are F.T Island!!
Thank you!

I think we need to check the sound system(host)
Ah Ah Ah, yes it works (telling the host that the mike works)

Jong hun- apa khabar I’m leader and guitarist
Jae jin- apa khabar bass jae jin
Min hwan- hello I’m drummer min hwan
Hong gi- hello F.T Island Honggi
Won bin- apa khabar I’m won bin

Question- what is your feeling of visiting Malaysia?
Hong Gi- Firstly, just like hot Malaysian weather, fans greeted us warmly so thank you a lot for that. And Malaysia is really clean and refreshing, so my condition is good. Thank you!

Won Bin- I think Malaysia is really clean and fans greeted us at airport warmly so I was really very happy. I like this country and would want to visit next time if I have a chance.

Min Hwan- Firstly, it was amazing to see many trees I didn’t get to see in Korea. I’m expecting to experience something more different and amazing here. I’m excited.

Jong Hun- We came to Malaysia for the first time and before I came here I used to think ‘I want to go to Malaysia one day’. When we came, a lot of people greeted us and treated us so kindly. I can’t wait for the concert.

Is there anything to expect for your concert?
Hong Gi- For this concert, we have prepared English and Malay comments and songs in between the concerts. We hope that this will help us get closer to the fans. We have also prepared what we haven’t been performing in Korea concert. So please wait for our concert, Thank you.

What places would you like to recommend us to visit in Korea?
Hong Gi- We will answer that one by one.
(bringing the mike to Won Bin) Please start first

Won Bin- Erm, in Korea there is a place called ‘Ap-gu jeong’ in Seoul and it is a fashion town.

Hong Gi- I would like to recommend ‘Shindang’ in Korea. In Shindang, there is this food called Teokbboki, I’m not sure if you guys have heard of it. You can taste the best Teokbboki at Shindang. Here I see someone who understands Korean is laughing and smiling now, it’s REALLY delicious.

Min Hwan- For me, it’s Kangwon-do in Korea. You can smell the best fresh air there.

Jae Jin- For me, I would like to recommend places like Hong De because there are many Indies bands there. It will be fun to hang around there.

Jong Hoon- I would recommend the street of Korean culture, Dongde mun. Please visit there and eat a lot of nice stuff and get nice things too.

The first impression of Malaysia?
Hong Gi- As I mentioned earlier, the first impression of Malaysia we had is similar as what we said in first question. It was really surprising that many people recognized us and even waited for us. I really want to thank that moment.

Won Bin- I want to thank the fans who had waited for us for so long. In the concert, we will really put a lot of effort, rather than just brining a good concert. We hope to be the one with fans during the concert.

Hong Gi- (pointing mike at won bin) Erm, Wonbin Kun (used in addressing person in formal way) is there anything you want to eat? Anything you want to do?

Won Bin- Na..Nasi..

Hong Gi- That’s mine

Won Bin- Nasi Le?

Hong Gi- That’s mine!

Won Bin- Nasi lemak? ( coconut rice – a famous malay cuisine – )

Hong Gi- Same here.

Jae Jin- ..Satay

Min Hwan- But that’s mine

Won Bin- We tried those together.

Hong Gi- We heard that many of our albums were sold in Malaysia. Thank you for the support and keep supporting us!

Won Bin- We will keep trying to present different and good music. Thank you.

Second Day,
Global Fan Meet / Birthday Party
( Saturday, 29th March 2008, Party House, Titiwangsa )
The Program :
9.00am – Registration
9.30am – Arrival of VIPs
10.00am – Global Fan Meet + Birthday Party
11.00am – End // Refreshment

After the long waiting experience yesterday, we decided to go a little later but I have no idea why we ended up early again. The place was kind of far from where BJ and I lived. We woke up at 6am, drove to the nearest station, and took a train to Titiwangsa. We arrived at around 10.20am. We thought we were late but to our surprise…we were the second one to arrived again! This event we learned was actually for the F.T.Island’s VIP fans. When we were at the main entrance, there were so many things made by F.T.Island fans on display, including shirts, posters, books, bookmarks, and many more.

When we arrived some fans were still arranging the stuff while others were in the party room. They were having lots of fun and games but the F.T.Island boys were nowhere in sight. The cakes, sparkling juice, the deco, and gifts were all in place. We waited there 30 minutes. Then a representative from C.I. Entertainment informed us that F.T.Island boys were unable to be present at the event and they apologized to everyone. We were not told the real reason behind their absence. BJ told me that some of the fans were really disappointed. Some of them even cried since they weren’t able to see their idols after all that much preparation and even paying for the fan package. We were really sorry for them as well and wondered what had happened to the F.T.Island boys. Without any delay, BJ and I moved to the next event on the same day.

Meet-the-Fans / Autograph Session
( Saturday, 29th March 2008, Cineleisure Damansara )
The Program :
12.30pm – Registration
1.00pm – Meet-the-fans
3.00pm – Autograph sessions
5.00pm – End

We took the train again and drove the car to Damansara. We arrived at Cineleisure Damansara at 12.10pm. We saw many excited fans inside the venue. What we saw at that time was just a stage with no chairs. We asked the C.I. staff to direct us as to where we should be positioned and where to set up our camera and video. We were shocked to be informed that F.T. Island just had their lunch and were on their way to Titiwangsa where the Birthday Party was held. The staffs even asked us why are we so early! It was already 12.20pm then and according to the schedule we had to be there at 12:30 for the media registration! We felt frustrated again , but could do nothing other than waiting for the boys.

We learned that F.T.Island were made to make up for to the VIP fans and headed back to the Birthday Party and that was despite them running short to make it to the rest of their schedule for the day. Since the boys were expected to arrive at the Autograph Session around 2.30pm we went for lunch at Sakae Sushi and shopped at the flea market nearby. When we came back, the chairs and other media representatives were there. The place was getting crowded. We showed our pass and managed to get the limited chair seats reserved specially for media representatives. I suppose the fans outside and in the queue must be so envious (probably even cursing) at us for being able to sit in the front and very close to the stage.

It was only at 4.30pm that F.T.Island arrived! and with short greetings the autograph session began. The fans were really crazy about them. BJ and I felt scared as we’re stuck in the middle. Many thanks to the management and security personnel for protecting us! The autograph session began with the VIP fans who could get the autographs of all 5 members. Other fans only able to get one and weren’t allow to choose their favourite member. The boys were so funny and happy even though they were really tired.

Before the event started, the management told us that Min Hwan has fallen sick, hence they were late and all that. However, in my opinion, based on my personal observations, Min Hwan looked cheerful and okay but not Won Bin. I think it’s Won Bin who was sick. Evidence? I saw him rubbing his eyes, coughing, plus…a personal staff standing beside him. He looked REEEAAALLLYYY tired. I pitied him…at times I managed to videocam him but he tried to avoid it when he saw me recording him.

Sorry Won Bin!! There were so many cute and scary memories there!

Oh well…at least Min Hwan showed his cute face specially to us. Awww…Hong Gi looked tired too…I didn’t see him smile a lot but Jae Jin and Jong Hun were so excited. BJ even saw a fan saying “ Oopa, Hwaiting!” to Jae Jin, and he replied “(네) Neh”. ^____^

This was the most excited part! I missed this one but BJ managed to see it. Seems like a fan requested to pinch Min Hwan’s cheek and she did!! Everyone was laughing at this one including the security guards. I guess “mini Rain” is too cute. The event ended about 1 hour and 15 minutes later.

[F.T.Island] Fan meeting – ending:

Most of the fans were quite sad because they already bought the album at the local booth and were unable to get their signatures. The album cost about…USD28.15 to be exact. Some girls even came to me and asked why the autograph session ended so quickly. I’m just the media, not the management, I answered “^^

Third Day
Concert
( Sunday, 30th March 2008, Sunway Lagoon Amphitheatre; ZAZU [wrap party] )
Program :
6.00pm – Registration
6.30pm – Gates open
7.30pm – Showtime
10.00pm – Wrap Party
12.00am – End

I was really excited about the concert as this was supposed to be my first time going to a live concert. BJ and I shared the same car to Sunway Lagoon. I was too busy thinking about the concert when suddenly I saw a sign on the main entranceread “THE F.T.ISLAND CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED” Let me Allow me to scream here…. Aaarrrrggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Everyone was disappointed once more again. The sadness and anger was everywhere obvious around us including the parents of the fans. They were looking for the authorities, and demanding an explanation for the cancellation of the concert and to express their dissatisfaction (since this was the 2nd day of malfunctioning of the management). I managed to hear the fans complaining to the Korean Press and saying that during the Birthday Party, F.T.Island only showed up for 15 minutes instead of the prearranged agreement and then headed for the next venue appointed schedule. They were telling them how they only wish to see F.T.Island on stage play live even if it’s just for one song. Among local fans there were also foreign fans from China, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Korea who had gathered in Malaysia simply for this one purpose! :/

We managed to contact the management. They told us that the directors were currently at the meeting to solve the problem and F.T. Island was already on their way back to Korea! We were not told the main reason for the cancellation of the concert. They informed us that a press release will get published at the same day and there might be a make up concert for the fans. We later received the promised explanation letter, saying apologize for the cancellation without any further explanation. This is actually out of what we expected. Let’s just hope they didn’t cancel the concert merely because of the hot weather temperature, cos you ought to be stronger than that if you’re a true professional. Despite the fact that these whole events have been super chaotic, but let us still hope that F.T. Island will return to Malaysia soon to make it up to their fans.

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(Sorry to all those people who’s birthdays are in August…..for some reason I can’t find the August pic)

Now if we only can get that ponytail out of hongki’s hair.

Maybe he is tired of being mistaken for Girl’s Generation memeber Tiffany.

Tiffany give Hongki back his hairstyle! (heheheheeheh)
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Once again, the news of award shows is back!! Only this time, it’s the Golden Disk Awards, which were held on Dec. 14th at the Olympic Gymnasium Stadium!! Golden Disk, it is said to be different from MKMF because is the Daesung award that all artists aim for, which is based on best song and artist of the year. It is equivalent to gold, like in Olympics, and they actually give out a gold medal with the trophy! It is the next biggest award is the Bonsang award, which it’s equivalent to silver, but no medal is awarded, just the trophy! Bonsang awards are for the artists that are in the final round to competing for the Daesung.

Once again, the big award goes to *drum roll* SG Wannabe, who was also the big winner back in 2005!! Another good thing about this show is that they always some how managed to get the party started with all the remixes of the songs!! I thought that Epik High’s performance was the best!! It featured Honey Lee (Miss Korea 1006) playing Fan on a GayaGeum instrument!! You really gotta check it out!

2007.12.14 – Epik High Performance on Golden Disk

So…here are list of winners ^^

Format = Artist – Album – Album Title Song

Daesang:
SG Wannabe – The Sentimental Chord – Arirang

Anycall Digital Award Daesang: Particular song that includes online and mobile voting.

Ivy – A Sweet Moment – If You’re Gonna Be Like This

Disk Bonsang: (album award)
Big Bang – Big Bang Vol. 1 – Dirty Cash
Super Junior – Don’t Don – Don’t Don
Shin Hyesung – The Beginning, New Days.. – First Love
Yangpa – The Windows of My Soul – Love…What is Love?
SG Wannabe – The Sentimental Chord – Arirang
Epik High – Remapping the Human Soul – Fan
Wheesung – Eternal Essence of Music – Love is Delicious

Digital Bonsang:
SeeYa – Lovely Sweet Heart – Love’s Greeting
Ivy – A Sweet Moment – Sonata of Temptation
Wonder Girls – The Wonder Years – Tell Me

Anycall New Singer Award:
Seo Nyuh Shi Dae – Seo Nyuh Shi Dae – Seo Nyuh Shi Dae
FT Island – Cheerful Sensibility – Love Sick
Younha – Perfect Day to Say I Love You – Secret Number 486

Anycall Popularity Award:
Seo Nyuh Shi Dae – Seo Nyuh Shi Dae – Seo Nyuh Shi Dae
Super Junior – Don’t Don
Wonder Girls – The Wonder Years – Tell Me

Trot Award:
Jang Yoon Jung – The Encore – First Love

Céci HipHop Award:
Dynamic Duo – Enlightened – Attendance Check

Soundtrack Song Award:
Kim Ah Joong – 200 Pound Beauty OST – Maria

Céci Special Award:
JYP

Performances
They are linked to the Youtube videos

FT Island – Until You Return
Big Bang – Last Farewell
SNSD – Honey, Ooh La La, Girls’ Generation
Super Junior – Marry U, Don’t Don, Man In Love
Shin Hyesung – First Love, Brand New
Wonder Girls – Tell Me
Epik High – Fan feat. Honey Lee (Miss Korea 2006)
SeeYa – Shall We Marry, Shoes 2, Sad Steps
Wheesung – Savannah Women, Love is Delicious

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Ahem, anyway. Let’s get to the point. By now, if you’re a big Korean Entertainment fan and is with it in all the latest news, you probably know about all the shock and rage from the fan(girls) whose idols did not win. Before I continue, see for yourself what the award show was like with the >>Compiled MKMF videos<< I compiled.

Well, let’s start with the DBSK fans. DBSK and BoA were stuck in Japan and could not make it to the award ceremony and perform. Poor fans! But what angered them the most is that DBSK didn’t win anything this year, quite a shocker yes (well to the fangirls at least)? Sources say that maybe it really wasn’t the weather’s fault… but more like the boys being too tired from a performance they did on the same day. If they had flied to Korea right after, it would have been too late for preparations. Lucky for them that the weather just happened to be bad so they could make an excuse not to come!
The weather was not so bad in Japan, but it was in Korea (or so they say…). Supposedly bad enough that flights to Korea were canceled, or that it was too dangerous for celebs like BoA and DBSK to be taking.
Can’t blame this one on BoA though, for her performances were done in the 16th and not on the same day. DBSK needs a better schedule manger. Their fangroup, Cassiopeia, fought with the guard because they didn’t come! M.net said that there was not a ‘board post’ that ensure DBSK for attend the event, so DBSK’s fans don’t have to make a big drama for this. Mr. SM on the other hand said, “Today on MKMF are invited some of our artists like Super Junior, CSJH and SNSD” so the absence of TVXQ wont cause a lot of controversy.”

After seeing the performance list, Tablo and BoRa were not included in the ANYBAND performance. Which was quite odd seeing as Epik High was there for Tablo to be able to participate. Here’s the set list of what it should have been:
Min Hyori + Jung Inwoo – Award presenters
Shin Dongyap + Lee Dahae – Emcees
Lee Yunjung – Designer
Park Jinyoung + Wonder Girls – Combined Dance Performance
Seo Nyeo Shi Dae + Wonder Girls + Black Pearl + Kara – Combined Dance Performance
Gackt (Japanese rock artist)
Zhen Yuan Chang (Taiwan artist)
TVXQ
Super Junior
BoA
Big Bang
Cheon Sang Ji Hee
Epik High
Seo Inyoung
Cheo Shinsung (Supernova)
Lee Minwoo
ANYBAND – BoA + Xiah Junsu – Performance
Younha
Fly to the Sky
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Now, it’s my favorite time… the rant. Yes, and after you read this, you can share with me all your thoughts.

I’ll start off with the good, since there were people who deserved it. To make it easier for you, I shortened my reasons (ya’ll know how much I like to write ) Who’s on the list:
SG Wannabe – Come on. These boys? What group can compete with such ballad vocal? No competition there.
Epik High (for Hip Hop artists) – With awesome writing skillz and flow, it’s no disappointment here(I only say that because FreeStyle didn’t come out with anything)
Clazziquai – Can anyone really compete with them this year? They’re so damn catchy. Humming Urban Stereo would have been a close call though.
(Definitely ma girl) Younha – Come on, piano skillz? Vocal skillz? Writing skillz? Even language skillz? And now dancing skills: >>1<< >>2<<
Wodner Girls (best new female) – But then again, it could have been anyone like KARA or SNSD really. Black Pearl – no, Baby Vox Rev – no.
SeeYa – What other group out there that isn’t new deserves this?
Big Bang (for best male group and song of the year) – There’s no doubt about it. They were all over the media this year. I think they even deserved other awards…

So you’ve heard how SuJu was supposed to win the award that BIG BANG won, and the award that SuJu won was an award that someone else won. And now news has hit that there was a mistake, etc etc. Honestly, why is SuJu mad? Because they won an award they didn’t deserve and didn’t get the one that they paid for? This is the exact reason why Minwoo and Shin Hye stepped out of MKMF, they knew it as rigged! MKMF awarded those who had great achievement lately, not the whole year. If they did award for achievement through out the year, it would have been KARA’s award that Wonder Girl’s got. And where’s Fly to the Sky? Don’t tell me they don’t deserve something. Kim Ji Eun? As a new artist, she’s been blowing people away!
Which brings me back to my first topic. Bad weather? Of course not! They knew this was going to be a joke of an award show! If the weather was so bad in Seoul, BoA and the boys could have took a flight to another airport in Korea and drove there!
Now, you may be asking yourself, “If it’s rigged, then why do they even bother to make poles?” Well the more interactive shows like these are, the more people will watch to see if their idols won.

And Super Junior as ‘ARTISTS OF THE YEAR’ ARTIST?! Dose anyone KNOW what an artist is?! FOR THE LOVE OF YO MAMA, artists are not a bunch of boys who sing with no over the top talent! Tell me, ANYONE, especially you crazy fangirls, EXACTLY what is their talent? What is it that they contribute to the ART of music? To the ART of dancing?! For heaven’s sake, even their hair isn’t a work of art! Their fashion is far from it as they all dress alike! And their faces look like abstract to me! Gah, I am furious. It’s bad enough that they took home a bunch of a awards, but it angers me that they got ARTIST of the year! If BIG BANG won this, but lost ‘MALE GROUP OF THE YEAR’, I would have been fine. I probably would have still preferred BIG BANG for both, but at least I know that a group deserved something for their art for G-Dragon actually wrote the song that got them the attention they so deserved.
Only awards SuJu deserved were the ‘AUCTION NETIZEN POPULARITY’ and ‘MOBILE POPULARITY’ awards. Why? Because there are so many freaking fans on the internet and mobile, that’s why. Plus, remember how many ’supporting’ fans SuJu had when they boycotted Henry joining? (Oh~ the love~ *eye roll*) End of statement, that’s a fact.

That being said, here’s my list of those who are undeserved:
SuJu – ‘Artists’ my ass.
IVY – No, not because of her so called “sex scandal” (it ain’t a scandal till there’s proof. So show me the goods already!) but because I don’t see her as talent. Kim Ji Eun or Lee Jung Hee totally deserved it.
Shinhwa – OKAY fucking seriously. Not because I’m a BoA fan, but WHERE in the hell is Shinhwa bigger than BoA overseas? More people know BoAin the U.S., her career is bigger in Japan (it IS the biggest Korean career in Japan), and China knows her as well. Let’s not forget the South Asians who praise her too! I think maybe even RAIN (as much as I hate him) might have deserved this!

To quote someone else, “BEST ARTIST AS IN ARTIST THAT “SINGS” BEST?
SUPER JUNIOR CAN’T EVEN SING. LOLS. THAT’S THE FACT.
THIS IS WAY OVERATED. MNET HAS ITS SENSE OF HUMOUR AS ALWAYS.” – Anonymous
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Anyway, enough with that; let’s get to the fun part!
Before the award ceremony, all I would read about in the girl group forums (forums for KARA, SNSD, and Wonder Girls) were voting for the DANCE BATTLE. Being that I’m a fan of the three of them, I couldn’t choose!

My exact thoughts while watching this (I took out the drooling comments ;]):
Uhhh how exactly did BLACK PEARL even get a part when hey didn’t dance?
And SNSD had the same dance from their video… KARA actually used a NEW dance and performed a remix… Wonder Girls came out in gun and interactive way, really confident too.
Competition was definitely between KARA and WG. All the songs were great though. And the Individual dances were good! Nicole danced for KARA, SunYe danced for Wonder Girls, Mika danced for BLACK PEARL, and prodigy HyoYun danced for SNSD/SuShi. Dizzam, you saw how everyone got up for HyoYun? XD
Mika chick messed up in the beginning of the last group dance (you have to watch closely)
Surprised that Sun Ye was the one that danced, and not Ye Eun or SooHee (whom by the way is looking a lot less…weird looking but more like really pretty).
But ‘Best dance’ award goes to CSJH? I mean, I know Stephanie is awesome, and all four of them are hot… but the bigger topics this year were KARA, Wonder girls, and SNSD…. As much as I wanted KARA to win, I really thought with Wonder Girl’s ‘Tell Me’ spreading like the black plague, that it would win!

In the end, the congratulations goes to WONDER GIRLS who took the prize for the dance battle. And I must say, this song from Black Pearl ain’t bad… the first song I heard from them was not my type at all… but I see their voices are really good. But good enough to be with SeeYa and Brown Eyed Girls?
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Trend of the night: FUR. Seriously, everyone and their mama was wearing fur! Even sexy Lee Da Hae wore it for her performance!

Who looked the hottest that night? Lee Da Hae, that’s who. Never mind that her version of I Love Rock and Roll was laughed over by some (I thought it was okay until the chorus…) but admit it. She was hot. Her outfit in yellow… >>was hot<<. Did I mention it was hot?
OH! But let’s not forget that she played the drums! And ya’ll know how much props I give on that.

Other stars of the night:
Nice to see Park Si Yun (from My Girl) in there and looking good and the leader of the Park team on XMAN (sorry, I forget her name!) was looking great as well. And man, Younha came in style! She was looking great AND someone was holding the umbrella for her (talk about pampered!). Unlike Wonder Girls, who had the wind and rain falling on them.
All in all, horrible show. No Se7en, no BoA, no DBSK, not even Hyori!? And Gackt didn’t even perform LAST SONG? —- Wait, why WAS >>Gackt<< there in the first place? XD Why not Angela Aki, Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki, YUI or Kamiki Aya? Hell, Morning Musume was there, why not them? Was it because Gackt is such a sexy beast? If so, they should have asked The GazettE to come, since there’s five sexy beasts in there. All young too. Mhhm mhmm *nod nod*

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