No year-end awards from MBC, SBS or KBS this year

[sequinstilettos.livejournal.com]

After watching MAMA light on fire with controversies left and right, KBS, MBC and SBS have collectively decided to take the safer route - all three companies have announced that they will be holding year-end music festivals instead of award ceremonies this December.

All three companies used to host award festivals at the end of the year until 2006. KBS, formerly known as KBC, held an annual music award event in 1984, but discontinued it in 2005. MBC previously hosted the award-driven Teen Singer Music Festival until three years ago. SBS, which had a similar award system until 2008, switched to the simple performance-based year-end festival format as well.

Personally, the gayo daejun events are my favorite ones of the year, and I'm sure many fans are looking forward to scandal-free festivals to wrap up 2009. Maybe Mnet should take a page from these three companies' books and grab headlines with exciting stages instead of controversial awards, hm?

allkpop

EDIT: ohwells. the awards show from the 3 stations already stopped 3 years ago.. so this article is FAIL

Comments

[filmsession.livejournal.com]

SHINee gif in every post, I like this.

Anyway I don't really care that there are no more award shows but MBC/KBS/SBS better bring on the fierce collaborations and not be boring pls.

[legens-legentis.livejournal.com]

"what? this is so fuckin' unfair.. I'm upset groups like SUJU, SNSD and SHINee won't get any recognition for their efforts this year.."

Well you can really only blame SM for that. If they didn't boycott I'm sure they would've gotten some awards.

Still, super crazy.

[miduhyo.livejournal.com]

these are just the network award shows, they haven't done them for a few years now, iirc. there were rumours about them starting them up again this year, but the backlash from MAMA probably made them change their minds.

don't worry, there's still golden disk awards, seoul music awards, etc. these are important award shows.

[sequinstilettos.livejournal.com]

oh, these shows are still present? good good

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

THANK GOD. I was about to get angry here.

[fuuism.livejournal.com]

lol, they stopped with the awards at completely different years and the article still acts like it's connected to "controversial MAMA".

[filmsession.livejournal.com]

ikr, they all already converted to festival type year-end shows way before.

[evil-zucchini.livejournal.com]

It's allkpop what do you expect? XD they live to stir shit up

[radical-ed57.livejournal.com]

allkpop... *face palming forever*

[rockerista03.livejournal.com]

SHINee Key gif in every post is amusing, idek what to do with his awesome.

Anyway, we still have the GDAs and Melon recently made their own so yay SMTown!

I want some fierce SMTown stages in their festivals though. Super SHINee Generation looks fun 8D

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

f(x) too!

[rockerista03.livejournal.com]

OMFG YEEEES. LOL I just realized that Victoria's older than Kyuhyun by one year. She's older than Changmin too. IDK. It makes me lol.

[aunts.livejournal.com]

The fact that she's older than Changmin fucking makes me lol A LOT.

[sequinstilettos.livejournal.com]

let's hope none of the others get swine flu too

gets shot///////

[evil-zucchini.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure that there are non-TV company related award ceremonies left so obviously SM will have their moment.

[chapstik.livejournal.com]

I'm just here for the KARA + BEG pic and ONKEY gif

[visual-jaeho.livejournal.com]

GDA is still the most prestigious ceremony and we'll still have that...

[radical-ed57.livejournal.com]

Well... lol.

ANYHOO. What's with that gif? LOL. I love it.

[miximel.livejournal.com]

lol idk whatever, this just reminded me of all the gayo shows at the end of the year. can't wait omg. :(

[srsbsns.livejournal.com]

Omg when I saw the title I thought they would cancel the shows completely... thank god they aren't D:

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

TBH I was somewhat WTF @ a lot of MAMA's winner choices, but then I realized that while the nominations were based on sales figures the winners were chosen from among them not based on popularity, but based on quality, and in case of best groups, artists, and artist of the year awards also based on how consistent their work was throughout the judging period, which started already on 2008 fall. Only KARA's award still baffles me, but I guess there were some ahjussi Kamelia members in the judging panel (or maybe some judges thought that dance category was about dance/electronic music instead of dance moves).

[asteri5k.livejournal.com]

mte.

[ellystage.livejournal.com]

YES.

[invisibelle.livejournal.com]

Man I was really looking forward to SNSD winning awards EVERYWHERE this year. :(

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

there are still some other awards show GDA and melon

[invisibelle.livejournal.com]

yes i know, but two or three shows != everywhere.

[ellystage.livejournal.com]

Allkpop is just fail all around.