MBC, KBS, and SBS Lunar New Years Specials for 2012

Many exciting TV Programs are scheduled for the Lunar New Year holiday and each major broadcasting station will be airing specials featuring idol stars. If you can’t spend the holidays with family and loved ones, then the TV can substitute and bring you laughs.

The Idol Trend

MBC will be hosting ‘The 4^th Idol Star Athletics-Swimming Championship’. Hosting the program will be Kim Jae Dong, Boom, Lee Teuk, and anchorman Oh Sang Jin and many idols stars will be participating in the championships such as B2ST, T-ara, 4Minute, MBLAQ, Boyfriend, and Dal Shabet. Be sure to catch these idol stars competing against each other in games of athletics on January 24th.

Idol stars will also be appearing on MBC’s ‘Idol Alkkagi Championships’. The MCs for this program will be occupied by Kim Gura, Boom, and anchorman Kim Jung Geun. Idols like Super Junior,SHINee, SISTAR, and miss A will be participating in the program along with first generation old school idols like HOT’s Moon Hee Jun and Tony An and Roo’ra’s Go Young Wook.

KBS2TV will be airing ‘The Queen Project – The Resurrection of the Royal House Hold’ on January 23rd. It will be a survival program featuring a total of twelve female idols competing to become the queen. Some of the idols to be appearing on this show are IU, miss A’s Min, T-ara’s So Yeon, and Brown Eyed Girls’ Miryo.

The Second ‘We Got Married’? Stars on a Quest for Love

MBC will be airingsa pretend idol dating program ‘Pit-a-Pat Shake’ on January 24th and will be targeting a younger audience. The male participants for this show will be actor Lee Tae Sung, Super Junior’s Sung Min, MBLAQ’s Lee Joon, and comedian Park Hwi Soon. The female participants will be KARA’s Han Seung Yeon, Secret’s Han Sun Hwa, After School’s Lizzy, and SISTAR’s Hyorin. Four couples will be created and will be fulfilling missions to be victorious.

SBS will be parodying ‘Jjak’ in ‘Star Love Village’. This show will feature celebrities such as actorsHan Jung Soo, Park Jae Jung, and Yumin, singers Shinhwa’s Andy, 8eight’s Lee Hyun andRainbow’s Jae Kyung for a total of twelve celebrities finding love. This star dating show is to be aired on January 24th.

Targeting the Middle Age Audience

There will also be Lunar New Years programs to target the middle aged audience. Trot singer Jang Yun Jung will be MCing MBC’s ‘I Am a Trot Singer’, a parody of MBC’s hit program ‘I Am a Singer’. The show will feature famous trot singers Tae Jin Ah, Seoul Eun Do, Moon Joo Ra, Choi Jin Hee, Park Hyunbin, and Jo Hang Jo for a total of seven singers competing against each other.

KBS1TV will be airing a special Lunar New Year ‘Golden Oldies’ on January 23^rd with a special stage by legendary singer Lee Mija.

MBC will be airing an audition program for middle aged women called ‘Birth of the Singing House Wife Queen’ on January 23rd.

SBS will be airing a show that will bring much delight to the young and the elderly. The special will be a music program titled ‘Actor Pop Star’  on January 24th and will have movie stars singing.  Kim Jo Han,Alex, IU, and Kim Hyun Chul will be the judges for this program and the actors competing will be Gong Hyung Jin, Ahn Suk Hwan, Kim Boo Seon, Jung Da Bin, Jyuni, Kang Dong Ho and father and son Lee Dong Joon and Lee Yil Min.

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SBS airs teaser for ’2011 SBS Gayo Daejun’

Earlier, we reported on the spectacular line-up that will be making an appearance at the ’2011 SBS Gayo Daejun’.

To tease the fans, who are waiting in anticipation, even further, SBS has aired a short preview featuring behind-the-scenes clips of TVXQ, Girls’ Generation, B2ST, Kim Hyun Joong, and Wonder Girls.

The ’2011 SBS Gayo Daejun’ will air on December 29th at 8:50 PM (KST), and features the tentative line-up of TVXQ, 2PM, Super Junior, 2NE1, Girls’ Generation, Wonder Girls, KARA, B2ST, CNBLUE, F.T. Island, Brown Eyed Girls, T-ara, miss A, f(x), Lee Seung Gi, IU, Kim Hyun Joong, After School, MBLAQ, INFINITE, Dal Shabet, Boyfriend, A Pink, B1A4, SECRET, 4minute, G.NA, SISTAR, Davichi, K.Will, TEEN TOP, Rainbow, and U-KISS.

Check out the preview below!

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IU, TVXQ, & B2ST to cameo on SBS’s new sitcom, “Welcome to the Show”

SBS will release a new sitcom called, “Welcome to the Show“, and they’ve already got a stellar list of confirmed cameos from IU, TVXQ, and B2ST!
A representative of SBS’s variety team spoke with Star News on March 9th and confirmed, “IU, TVXQ, B2ST and other idol singers will be trying their hand at sitcom acting.”
While TVXQ will only be making a brief appearance, IU will draw from her “Dream High” experience to act out a full series of lines.
“Welcome to the Show” uses the “Inkigayo” studio as its backdrop, and draws its stories from idols, seniors, juniors, managers, and the producers that run the show. Leading roles were previously announced to be 2AM’s Seulong, 2PM’s Nichkhun, and f(x)’s Sulli, in addition to other older singers.
The project is meant to herald SBS’s comeback to the sitcom drama genre; it’ll be the first series produced in almost three years. At this point, the approximate length of the show remains undecided. Producers will be able to get a grasp of how long they want the series to run after they review ratings and responses from the pilot episode, which is scheduled to air some time this month.
Stay tuned for more info on this exciting new sitcom!

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