Results from ‘King of Idols’

On February 2nd, SBS aired a special Lunar New Year’s broadcast, ‘King of Idols‘, where top idol stars came together to play various games and select the “King and Queen.” As it turns out, the other idols selected Big Bang’s maknae, Seungri, and After School’s UEE as “King and Queen.”

During the show where idols were able to show off their skills and during games where they could reveal their competitive side, Seungri was able to overcome skilled opponents such as SHINee’sMinho, 2PM’s Chansung and Nichkhun, etc. – to become the best of the guys.

Seungri shed tears as he stated, “I was worried about whether I would be accepted by other idol groups, but I’m so thankful that everybody was so welcoming.”

In the female portion for the title of “Queen”, UEE defeated KARA’s Hara and Seungyeon, T-ara’sHyomin, and others to receive the title.

In the end, ‘King’ Seungri chooses UEE, but UEE dumps Seungri and chooses Jinwoon – putting Seungri in a humiliating situation. You can watch all of the happenings from King of Idols here.

Meanwhile, it was revealed by AGB Nielsen Media Research that ‘King of Idols’ obtained a rating of 10.8% on Lunar New Year Eve, edging competition from KBS’s ‘Idol Health Beauty Contest‘, MBC’s ‘Love Studio‘ and SBS’s ‘Star Blind Date‘ which garnered 8.9%, 4.9% and 5.1% respectively.

KARA leaves for Japan with all five members

The five ladies of KARA finally convened publicly for the first time since their controversy broke out, in order to fulfill their schedules in Japan.

KARA left through Gimpo International Airport on February 3rd. The girls did not take part in any interviews and bowed deeply before their fans and reporters before hurriedly heading for their plane.

They will be in Japan to finish filming for TV Tokyo’s drama, “URAKARA.“ The three members of KARA had came to an agreement with DSP Media on January 27th to fulfill the Japanese activities that were already scheduled prior to the controversy.

Preview of MBC’s “Idol Star Athletics & Swimming Championships” released!

MBC has finally unveiled its preview for the ‘Idol Star Athletics & Swimming Championships“!

In this preview, the announcers state that 140 idol members came together to compete. Various clips of idols running, leaping over hurdles, and tackling the high jump are shown.

Part 1 of the episode will air on the 5th, and Part 2 will air on the 6th.

Check out the video below!

KARA promises Japanese fans they’ll stay together as five

Idol group KARA has proclaimed their will to stay together.

The girls updated their official Japanese fan club site on February 3rd with a post titled, “Report”. They passed on, “Thank you for always supporting KARA. We gave you a big worry this time. From now on, we KARA members will keep working hard as five. Thank you for your love for us. We ask that you keep a close eye on KARA.”

To recap, KARA had gone through a crisis when members Seungyeon, Nicole, and Jiyoungdeclared their intent to terminate their contracts with DSP Media. This had put a halt on all their activities, including filming for their ongoing Japanese show, ‘URAKARA’.

On January 27th, however, the girls managed to successfully negotiate an agreement to resume activities with all five members, and had left for Japan on February 3rd.

T-ara’s Hyomin chosen as the healthiest female idol

On February 2nd, T-ara’s Hyomin beat out the other female celebrities to become the healthiest idol star for KBS’s “Idol Health Beauty Contest“.

Test results showed that Hyomin had the straightest spine and cleanest blood, which earned her double crowns for the two categories.

Flustered at the unexpected results, Hyomin thanked her parents in her awards speech. “I’d like to thank my mother and father for giving me such a straight spine and clear blood. I think my parents will be extremely happy when they see this broadcast.”

She did, however, suffer a downside. Test results for her skin revealed that they actually added five years to her age. Hyomin explained, “My skin is normally very sensitive. I think the results came out like that because I often stay up all night attending to schedules.”

Meanwhile, fellow T-ara member Jiyeon was chosen as the idol star with the worst hair and spine.

Although she’s only 17, test results showed that her hair was ‘34 years of age’. Furthermore, they revealed that she was balding at the top. Fortunately, the singer received hair products from the show to help manage the situation.