Superstar K is back!

                                Superstar K is back!                                   

       Korea's number one audition program 'Superstar K' came back as a season 3 in August 12th, 2011.

'Superstar K' is the program that produced one of the famous singers like Seo in gook, John Park, Heo gak, Kang seung yoon, and Jang jae in. So far, season one and two of the Superstar K made great success , recording the highest viewing rate as a cable program. This season, Yoon jong shin, Lee sung chul, and Yoon mirae join the program as a final judge.

judges of the Superstar K. Yoon mirae, Lee sung chul, Yoon jong shin (from the left)

     In the first broadcast, there were some participants that drew netizens' interest. First person that hold people's attention was Choi aran who acted violently after being rejected by the judges. She sang with strange dance and sang with akward pronounciation which made judges laugh. Also, she was out of tune as she sang with powerful dance. However, after she failed to go to the next stage, she started to kick the panel of the program and cursed judges for rejecting her, which made netizens feel angry. Now, she is being issued as a swear woman.

Choi aran crying after the failure.



     Next person that people got interested was Choi young tae who got highly praised by the judges for his own song. He had appearance that recalled G-dragon who is the leader of the idol group, Bigbang. After he sang his own song, one of the judges mentioned that he has the highest star quality. Other judge added that he wants to buy the song that Choi made.

Choi young tae being praised.

     Also, there was a young girl that drew people's attention. Son yae lim, a 10 years old girl surprised judges and audience for having blues rhythm at a young age. Later, she was known to be the niece of famous musician, Son moo hyun.

Son yae lim singing infront of the judges.



     Superstar K recorded 9.9% of viewing rate after the first broadcast. Considering that most of the programs in cable channels record less than 1%, it is viewed as a innovative viewing rate that cable channel could achieve. People are paying this much attention to Korea's number one audition program, expecting to see the new star that Superstar K produce.



hyun jung, jung. "돌아온 슈퍼스타k3... 인기비결은."(online) August 15th, 2011. http://www.zdnet.co.kr/news/news_view.asp?artice_id=20110814174729&type=xml (visited: August 17th, 2011)