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This Lunar New Year, many viewers were disappointed because all the Lunar New Year specials seemed to be taken over by Idols. There was "Idol Health and Beauty Contest," "Idol Brain Battle," "Idol Olympics," "Idol Star 7080 Singer King," "King of Idols," "Star Dance Battle" and "Star Couple Battle."
Not only so, but shows such as "Idol Health and Beauty Contest" and "Idol Olympics - Swimming Contest" were criticized because it focused on their bodies. On most of the programs, many idols that were all mostly in their early 20s wore revealing clothes and did suggestive dances, making viewers turn the channel in shock.
As the Lunar New Year is a family holiday, many viewers expressed their annoyance on how the TV shows were all generated toward a younger audience. As a result the specials suffered in ratings - the largest ratings were for King of Idols, with 10.8%.
Many viewers pointed out that idols never meant high ratings - in fact, it usually meant the opposite. A prime example is MBC's We Got Married, which suffered a drop in ratings as soon as Season 1 with couples such as Andy and Solbi, Shinae and Alex, and Crown J and Seo Inyoung left and were replaced with idols. We Got Married suffered such low ratings that it had to be moved to a Saturday spot. However, this did not help, as ratings for the show kept decreasing. Even on Sundays, shows that feature idols such as Hot Brothers, Enjoy Today, Heroes and Running Man do a lot worse than shows that do not, such as 1 Night 2 Days and Qualifying Men.
Idols cast in dramas have also rarely turned out for the good - prime examples are SS501's Hyunjoong's Playful Kiss, or TVXQ's Yunho's Heading to the Ground. So why do you think program directors keep casting idols?
Source: Munhwa, Star News, Koreaboo
Idk but I personally really enjoyed "King of Idols" - reminded me a lot of the older 2006-to-2007ish K-variety shows like X-Man.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:38 am (UTC)Deal with it, idols are everywhere and that's not gonna change.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:38 am (UTC)As much as I love yongseo on wgm, I still think season 1 was the best.
oh and running man ftw! I just had to get that out.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:38 am (UTC)really? this surprises me idk ....
i loved King of Idols too♥
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:39 am (UTC)How is that different from any other time or variety show or performance? lol
They're never gonna satisfied with anything.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:41 am (UTC)lol, this so much.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:39 am (UTC)That being said, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BRING BACK X-MAN/LOVE LETTER/HEROINE SIX ;o; The specials reminded me of just how much I miss all the classic shows (that had less idols as well)
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:55 am (UTC)this! heroine 6 i miss it so much ;~; the Shinhwa episode got me short of breath due to laughing so hard.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:39 am (UTC)The majority viewers who want them.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:39 am (UTC)Just saying...
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Date: 2011-02-05 03:07 am (UTC)http://www.clipmass.com/search_result.php?search_type=related&search_id=jihwaza horror special
that's the link and all the videos should be there and working.
I'll try to find more stuff for you.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:42 am (UTC)junho and junsubut i can understand their sentiments...but honestly some of those shows dont even have that many idols...like Hot bloods have who?? Kikwang and Sam D (he's considered a hiphipdol)...i havnt watched Running Man in a while except the homin episode and the only idol or younger person was song joong ki on the main cast...idk what im saying LOL
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:43 am (UTC)HAHAHAHA
idk , i can kinda see where they're coming from , those were a lot of idol specials they named.Also, since a lot are focused around beauty and sex-appeal around a family oriented time it can kinda tick some older people off I guess, XD.
Lol i feel so conservative right now.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:44 am (UTC)lol I didn't know that the older audience was so large/watched that much TV and that SK had that much distaste for their idols. I wouldn't have thought ratings would plummet though...like, don't young people watch TV too? I know they don't just study 24/7.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:45 am (UTC)If that's the case then,
Running Man has 1 Idol (Lizzy) + sometimes guest
Heroes has 3 (Nicole, JiYeon and IU)
and I can't consider these two idols.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:47 am (UTC)*thinks about the faces at the award shows when the idols were performing.
*_* >.> going to the bathroom.
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:49 am (UTC)because of yoo jaesuk but don't tell joongki i said thatno subject
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Date: 2011-02-05 02:51 am (UTC)how dare they.
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