The 2008 Mnet 20’s Choice was held last night in Korea with aplomb, style, and outlandish performances.

Check out the results of who the 20’s chose as Korea’s next trendsetter: 

Actor Jang Geun Suk, who was the MC host of the night, started off the gala with his hot performance and owning the stage.

Hot new star
Shinee
The 5 boys crying tears of joy after winning the hot new star award for their exceptional debut this year.

Hot Sitcom Star

Baek Seung Hyun

Hot Cable Show

Infinity Girls (Muhan Girls) - MBC Everyone

Kim Shin Young expressed her deepest condolences for her friend, actor Lee Eon, who died in an unfortunate motorcyle accident two days ago. She accepts the “Hot Cable Show” award in memory of Lee Eon.

Lee Eon’s funeral was held at 5am (Korea Time) this morning, surrounded by friends and family. Gong Yoo, who is currently in military training, was able to leave temporarily to attend his friend’s funeral and can be seen leading the casket. Rest in peace, Lee Eon.

Hot Style Icon

Lee Hyori

She looks ebullient as she recieves the much deserved “Hot Style Icon” award.

Hot Sweet Music

SNSD - Kissing You

Hot Couple

Seo In Young & Crown J

The fashionable and explosive couple walked towards the stage holding hands. Seo In Young said, “ I’m happy to be getting this award with my husband.” Seo In Young looks beautiful in the metallic silver dress with pink chiffrons.

Hot Buzz Word

Crown J - “A!”

Adidas Original Hot Trend Musician

Big Bang

Sporting an afro, G-Dragon accepted the award saying, “Thank you for giving us so much love in such a short period of time.”

Hot Character Star

Junjin

Junjin accepted his award for his infamous “Justin Jinberlake” character. Ironically, some anti-fans had coined this term for him.

Hot Male Movie Star

Jang Geun Suk

(He knows he’s hot.)

Hot Female Movie Star

Kim Min Hee

Hot Global Star

Park Yong Ha

More well known in Japan than in Korea, Park Yong Ha reached out to his Korean fans this year with a stellar performance in the hit drama “On Air.

Hot Younger Boy

Yoo Seung Ho

Child star in cult drama “Tae Wang Sa Shingi” - played the younger version of Bae Young Joon’s role.

Hot School Girl

Sohee of Wonder Girls

SoHee is the hottest school girl in Korea.

Hot Online Song

Jewelry - One More Time

Jewelry said, “It’s nice to be up on stage and winning another award again.” Jewelry sweeped up the most music awards this year with a total of 8.

Hot CF Star

Lee Kwang Su & Hong In Yeong

Hot Club Music

Wonder Girls - So Hot

Hot Male Drama Star

Lee Bum Soo

“I’m unsure of how to repay this love,” said Lee Bum Soo, accepting this award for his powerful, emotional performance on 2008’s popular drama “On Air.”

Hot Female Drama Star

Kim Min Jung

Displaying her beautiful eye smiles, Kim Min Jung accepts her award for a stunning performance in 2008’s hit medical drama, “New Heart.”

Hot Fashionista

Ryu Seung Beom

Showing off his quirky nature, Ryu Seung Beom arrives as Dr. Tillmans. He looks scary.

Hot Performance Musician

Hyori

Overthrowing JYP in the last few hours of voting, Hyori shot to first place to capture the “Hot Performance Musician” award. U Go Girl!

Look forward to SYP’s coverage of Mnet 20’s Choice Hot Stages>>>>>>>>>>

Hot Stages

1. Kim Gun Mo & SNSD (KGM+SeoHyun played the piano) - Sweet 20

2. Big Bang & No Brain

3. Seo In Young & Shinee - Shiny Shoes

“Noona (Seo In Young) is so pretty.”

4. Um Jung Hwa & Hyori - 20 Years Later

5. Junjin & Wonder Girls - Runway

6. Park Ji Hwan & Ga In (Brown Eyed Girls) & Lee Bum Soo - Sweet Memories

Source: soompi, mnet, Newsen, Naver

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My sincerest apologies again for the lateness of this weeks update. Before we begin I would like to pass on my respects and condolences to Lee Eons’ family for their great loss. Rest In Peace.

This is the update for the past week, Monday 11th to Sunday 17th.

Festival rocks Jamsil to pieces

Two big Concerts took place in two Jamsil stadiums last week, ETPfest and SMTownLive ‘08. There were strange things to pick up in the media about one of them, but clearly they were both marked as successful. ETPfest opened up to a sold out audience opening its doors to over 40,000 spectators within the two days of the festival. The show was undoubtedly awesome and I think we can all be envious to those of which that attended. SMTownLive opened to Jamsil Olympic stadium with a less than enthusiastic response, but still went on to get a lot of positive remarks from the media due to the Big Name performers there.

Big Bang got busy

With Big Bang releasing their mini-album ‘Stand Up‘, it’s no surprise that they would be in the limelight a lot. With the Olympics still going on there is not much attention paid on the Celeb world or Music world since all eyes are on Beijing, yet Big Bang have found their own way to still pop up on the Media Radar.

First it was their crazy concert in Thailand:

Before they started their official promotions of their new mini-album the Big Bang boys held a concert in Thailand, causing many a fan girl to faint. 20 to be exact and it seems YG Entertainment was proud to mention it. “Our boys are studs and can knock you out with a look” is what they said in my head, after mentioning that.

The release of two MVs within a week.

It took a while to get here, “haru haru” of Big Bang that is, yet as soon as they released that MV with actress Park Min Young, we got another surprise with the release of “Oh My Friend” featuring the psychotically entertaining No Brain. I am all for promotion of underrated KRock Artists mainly because the underground K-Music scene is full of awesome talent, but seriously I couldn’t let ‘haru haru’ sink in and then got bombarded with “oh my friend”. Big Bang make it up though with being cute, and well seeing G-Dragon as a mental patient is always nice….

Thailand got lucky

Well to me, they did. Not only did they get Big Bang but soon after they left, Epik High came for promotions and a showcase for over 1000 fans. “We went there without much expectation, and it turned out we have a lot of fans here in Thailand. We were shocked when they sang along with us during our showcase performances. We have a tight schedule here, we are not feeling tired and is advancing smoothly.” Is what Tablo said on a phone interview about their trip. Any Thai fans out there willing to take me in next time they have Epik High around? Better yet any Thai fans that attended either event of Big Bang and Epik High?

SHINee need mouth to mouth resuscitation.

Noona’s, you wish. Well it’s a play on words to SHINees’ new single “You’re like Oxygen” that they teased us with the week before. The 5 young boys performed it at SMTownLive ‘08 (which was like a promotional tool for the upcoming SM plans to be honest), to a big happy response from fans. I am still waiting on the official MV, but in the forums you can get a listen. I hear only Michael Jackson with this song and as the official release is due tomorrow, wait for that. Although there is some controvercy surrounding the originality of this track, I am still giggling at their attempts to man-up these cute little boys.

lol, Beware of Darth Vader JungHyun….

It’s Wonder JIN?

Mnet is always the place to be for young music pop fans and their events are always fun to keep an eye on. You are bound to get some drama and interesting footage to keep you entertained till the next years version. And Mnet doesn’t want this years Mnet 20’s Choice (last years was the first), to go without some major attention. It’s not enough with their weird awards and choices but they have a strange collab stage going too. Jun Jin of Shinhwa and the Wonder Girls are going to share the stage for something, apparently spectacular. Well that’s what the PD is insisting on (I love how PDs get attention in SK don’t you?), and the PD also claims that after the performance it will by number 1 on search engines…. Ok, we will have our eyes on your project PDnim, but expect our laughter recorded and sent in a package to you if it ends up a joke….

Bae YongJoon forever young

In the heart and soul. The beloved Hallyu star had shoulder surgery recently after his well publicised shoulder ligament injury. After the two injuries Mr. Bae YongJun received after filming his last blockbuster he has been recuperating in the States and now will remain in the hospital for a week. South Korea’s prize smile should keep himself fitter and safer so he can swoon more Ajummas in to the Hallyu Wave…

East of Eden, right down the street

This has gotten tongues wagging for a while now with the uber awesome cast. The cast has a lot of big time names in it that leave your head reeling. Song Seung Hun, Yun Jung Hoon, Park Hae Jin, Lee Da Hae, Lee Yeon Hee, Han Ji Hye, Dennis Oh, Jo Min Ki, Lee Mi Sook, Kim Bum, Shin Eun Jung and many more are set to star in it. The teaser has finally been released and it will be interesting to tune in and see how this drama goes. The plot speaks of revenge, murder and ill-doings, definitely something to watch with a cup of tea and chocolates. Bring it on MBC.

The teaser:

damn, be prepared for drama, drama, drama and needless shedding of tears…

It’s also time for this weeks Music charts thanks to Edward1849 of Soompi

Weekly Music Chart - 3rd Week - August
1. Lee Hyori - U-Go-Girl
2. Davichi - 사랑과 전쟁 (Love and War)
3. Seo In Young - 신데렐라 (Cinderella)
4. Uhm Jung Hwa (feat. T.O.P) - D.I.S.C.O
5. Shinee - 누난 너무 예뻐 (Noona’s Pretty (Replay))
6. Wonder Girls - So Hot
7. Mighty Mouth (feat. Sun Ye) - 에너지 (Energy)
8. Zi-A - 사랑해 미안해 (I Love You, I Am Sorry)
9. Cool - 사랑을 원해 (I Want Love)
10.Brown Eyes - 너 때문에 (Because Of You)

And Kim JangHoon distributed his own version of the National Anthem online…

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Up and coming actor Lee Eon passed away in a motorcycle accident early this morning on August 21. He was coming back from a wrap-up party for his recent drama Strongest Chilwoo when he crashed into a guard rail. He was not breathing when the police found him at the scene and was rushed to the hospital. However, the doctors were not able to resuscitate him. According to police reports, the accident occurred when Lee Eon was attempting to change lanes as the road changed from 2 lanes to 1.

Lee Eon debuted as a model in 2006 and also featured in Rain’s “It’s Raining” music video. However, Eon shot to fame in 2007 when he played the macho, idiosycratic, lovable character Min Yub in the MBC drama “Coffee Prince.” He then took a role in the drama “Who Are You?” and had just finished filming “Strongest Chilwoo” two days ago.

Lee Eon had moved from Busan to Seoul to start his modeling career. He lived alone and was not able to see his parents often. He is the only child and the news of his death has caused a great shock to his parents in Busan, who immediately left for Seoul when they heard the news.

When the “Strongest Chilwoo” team, including Goo Hye Sun and Eric, heard of this tragedy, they also rushed to the hospital. Lee Eon had been celebrating the end of the drama with his co-stars just a few hours ago. Coffee Prince co-star Yoon Eun Hye also came to the hospital.

Rest in peace, Lee Eon. May his friends and family be comforted. He was truly one of Korea’s most promising actors. I absolutely loved him in Coffee Prince - he was so adorable! He possessed a unique charm and charisma on screen that I will miss dearly.

2008 has been a hard year with the death of many celebrities, including Monday Kiz’s Kim Min Soo (23) and and Lee Sung Hoon (Turtle Man) from the group Turtle. Kim Min Soo also died in a motorcycle accident. Singer LeeRa, an aspiring young rookie, also died in her sleep and was only 24.

Netizens are in utter shock and disbelief. Some are noting the eerie similarity of Lee Eon’s death to that of Monday Kiz Kim Min Soo. Fans of Lee Eon also pointed out that he left a message on his minihompy on July 15 saying “It’s too early to die.” After reading this coincidental note, many fans left messages on his minihompy saying “The message above is pitiful” “Oh no, I hope he goes to a better place. I can’t believe it.” More than 40,000 fans have visited his minihompy, leaving their condolences.

Source: Newsen, Naver

SYP’s Idol radar alert was blaring off this weekend with the debut of two new boybands - SMASH and DNT. Wow! Two new boybands in one weekend. That is sure to make fangirls go crazy.

Anyway, DNT (Dragon N Tiger), the new 4-membered dance/ballad boyband, made its debut on Aug. 12 and released their MV on Aug. 14. They are from Orange Entertainment and are labeled to be a very provacative group, presenting a fusion of dance and ballad - but can these two mix?

Well, see for yourself with their new title song “Two People and Thereafter” that presents this fusion. Dragon is in charge of dance and Tiger is in charge of vocals. I do like their concept. They start off in an endearing ballad with powerful vocals, then suddenly switch at 2:20 to hip-pop beats and rap. The song provides unique intervals for the Dragon to show off their explosive dance moves.

[MV] DNT - Two People and Thereafter

Credit: yukiSMarie7

SMASH, a new boyband from ex-HOT Tony Ahn’s entertainment company, has finally made its debut. They released their MV for their title song “Emergency” and they also made their debut performance Aug.15 on Mnet M! Countdown.

Their title song “Emergency” is a very retro 1990’s song that hit the fast forward button to the 21st contemporary, making this strange synthesis sound new and fresh. Their dance is flawless in their live performance and they seem to be like birds in flight with their crane-like moves on stage, which corresponds to the lyrics. Although they lip-sync (or not?) for ther debut performance, their dance routine is powerful, intricate, and impressive. They truly make the stage their own.

[MV] SMASH - Emergency

Credit: jaeurazn2

Check out SYP’s forum for more info on these new bands>>>>>>>>>>

Source: Newsen

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