Minho's attendance in ISAC becomes a controversy

[punkylana.livejournal.com]

Minho participates in ISAC instead of fan event

Minho is currently filming a drama today, that's why MBC decided that ISAC filming be moved to Aug 11, so the idol could attend as a futsal coach and appear on television for at most 30 seconds. This said ISAC event is at the same date as the idol group SHINee's fan meeting "SHINee Summer Picnic" which was an event to celebrate the group's seven years of existence in the Kpop industry (which Minho will not be attending anymore)

Author says that, it leads to a never ending debate and a controversy especially when Minho has an ankle-injury yet is still being forced to participate in the show (the show's known for idol injuries). Author continues, that ISAC attraction and rating are only because of Choi Minho's presence, implies that Choi Minho is MBC's treasure.

#MBCSetChoiMinhoFree

So every other idol attending the show have to move their schedule in order for Minho to join the recording and serve as a futsal coach.

[INFO] 150810 Due to recording of 2015 Idol Star Athletics championship, MINHO will not be attending "SHINee Summer Picnic" event tomorrow.

— It's SMTOWN (@ItsSMTOWN) August 10, 2015

source: reviewstar + Jonatan @ OH, ItsSMTOWN, picture: almightykeybeom

Comments

[shiroki-tenshi.livejournal.com]

If Minho gets blamed for this...-___- he shouldn't get blamed, right? Rather, it's MBC who insists on going forward with this event when even netizens are like, go away ISAC!

[kaninasan.livejournal.com]

whaaaat the fuck????

this is so shitty, especially since Minho is apparently injured and should be resting rn

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

IA he should be resting, and sitting and talking with fans would definitely be more restful, but I think ppl are missing.."so the idol could attend as a futsal coach .." It doesn't sound like he's participating as an athlete, but a coach. Unless I'm missing something?

[bloodtaki2.livejournal.com]

Why the fuck does Minho have to prioritize this death trap instead of his own group's fanmeeting. What the hell.

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY

[natywentz.livejournal.com]

"So every other idol attending the show have to move their schedule in order for Minho to join the recording and serve as a futsal coach"
wtf! is this for real?

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

wait a minute... a whole day of this mess was scheduled to accomodate mino?! what the hell? what about all the other idols and their schedules?

[sayuridoll.livejournal.com]

M E S S

[amandaplan.livejournal.com]

if this date was supposed to be an accommodation for minho then how come it didn't if accommodate his injury or anniversary fan meet?

also mbc's scheduling isn't minho's fault.

[luxelet.livejournal.com]

lol righhht????

i don't think this is the first time mbc has blackmailed him from stuff though. i think they put a lot of pressure on him as mucore host to be a mbc representative at all times bc i remember he didn't show up to the free kpop con in la last year w/shinee and i was bummed out only to find out he didn't show because he had to fly back to korea to film mucore. mbc is a hot mess

[slowitdownbaby.livejournal.com]

2Ho <3

[xblackchristmas.livejournal.com]

oh heck no. leave my poor bb alone when he has an injured ankle. who the eff cares about your ratings when this show should really stop because theyre "known for idol injuries". MBC, you crazy

#MBCSetChoiMinhoFree

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

Hate this fucking show with the fury of a thousand dying suns. Read that Moonbyul got injured as well? Idols are stressed & injured enough, without adding some fucked up "athletics show" to their plate as well.

Plus, how is this Minho's fault?!?! I'm sure he'd M U C H rather be at the fan event. What the fuck, MBC. Not okay. #MBCSetChoiMinhoFree

[slowitdownbaby.livejournal.com]

Why the fuck haven't they canceled this show yet anyways?
He's already recovering from a recent injury, what do they expect him to do?

[edanz-castle.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Minho just limping through his live stages during the comeback? Why make him go on such show? What kind of mess is this?

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

this entire thing is bogus and makes me wonder what the hell mbc did to convince sm to pull minho for a fan event (which fans had to purchase the repackage to get put into a drawing to attend ala fansign so there were a TON of people trying for it which = money for the company) for... this. like i get that mbc loves minho and mbc has their hooks into shinee (in more than one way), but come on.

[lesth.livejournal.com]

Right! MBC's influence is shady

[luxelet.livejournal.com]

let him rest jfc. that's so unfair to him and everyone else involved

isac is messier than usual this year - now apparently banning entire fandoms for taking pics (which idg why when that's the only reasons fans go to this mess) and segregating "foreign" idols into a team instead of letting them be w/their groups :[

isac needs to diaf and let the star dance battle resurrect. at least that's something idols are trained to do...

[snowyirees.livejournal.com]

Still pissed at what they did to Vernon. The poor boy is Korean-American and has to KEEP explaining that he isn't a foreigner, but he still got herded away from his group.

I'm just glad Jackson took care of him because that shit is messed up.

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

Um you bet your ASS it's a controversy. He's limping during MTTM performances, why does he even need to be there instead of being with his group? And the way this looks, it doesn't paint Minho in a good light, and that is completely unfair.

How about MBC set everyone free by killing the ISAC because these idols do enough running and jumping around on the stage without proper rest and nutrition.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

Are seriously people blaming him? He had no fucking choice. MBC and SM are a damn mess. I feel so bad for him, first he has to perform with that horrible injury and now he's basically OBLIGATED to be in this flop show instead of being with his group and his fans.

[velveteenkitten.livejournal.com]

Girl get him outta there. Just go get him.

[snowyirees.livejournal.com]

Minho better not get blamed for any of this. How dare they make him prioritize this mess of a show over his own group tbh.
ISAC needs to be cancelled. The rules and idols keep getting injured!
Both Jackson and Junior got injured yesterday, that's 2 members down (3 if you count Bambam who is still recovering from being sick), and they need to perform at a Chinese event today.

What the actual fuck do you want from these boys.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

Poor Jackson, omg. Aside from the injury, he looks sick :/
This shit needs to stop. I get that idols are athletic in general but it's not like they're actual fucking professional athletes ffs.

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

He's been a music core mc for years and always has been one of the idols who got spotlight at isac. I bet he was pressured to appear, and some weird sense of loyalty to mbc could have possibly played a part in that decision as well.
This sucks all around, isac should just stop existing.

[confuqued.livejournal.com]

Fans just need to straight boycott this show, seriously.

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

the problem is the fans don't want to boycott going to the event because then they're worried that their idol will be left alone with no fans in the crowd, and the audience demographic for the broadcast aren't fans, it's people who turn on tv during holiday primetime slot no matter what's on tv.

[floydsastar.livejournal.com]

ugh fuck MBC and fuck SM

[purpleglaceon]

This is so fucking ridiculous of MBC to do

[achan123.livejournal.com]

-______-

ur kidding rite?

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

i love how kfandom hates isac with passion and knetz are bored to death with isac and they're like no one likes this show, how is this still on??? and they wonder if it's because of the foreign fans but like foreign fans hate isac just as much XD it's the wgm of holiday shows

anyways the fans don't blame minho, they can't, they're really frustrated and sad that minho has to go through this, is all.

i heard that the rookies who didn't have fans bringing them food had to eat cup noodles for meals - which is fucking ridiculous because even two rows of kimbap per person would cost less than 5 dollars. and i'm pretty sure these idols get paid jack shit for the 5 min of screen time.

[keyutie.livejournal.com]

MBC's not feeding them real food?!? How are they going to keep them there for most of the day and feed them CUP NOODLES?

[keyutie.livejournal.com]

He's injured... why does he have to attend this stupid show? MBC is so dumb. This show brings controversy every year and idols get injured all the damn time. I don't even know why it's still on. Why are companies letting their idols go on this show??? If their idols get injured during filming, they can't work like slaves and make them money. So, doesn't it make more sense to pull them out?

and SM, wtf??? His ankle isn't healed yet!!!!!!!!!!! LET HIM REST!!!

People better not be blaming Minho for this. If anything, it's MBC's fault. -_-

[huanyia.livejournal.com]

uhhhhhh what