Kim Yuna's "Kiss & Cry" suffers from low ratings

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Kim Yuna's ice skating variety show "Kiss & Cry" began broadcasting on May 22nd and boasted the idol participants, Son Dambi, IU, TVXQ's Yunho, and f(x)'s Krystal. The first episode was reported by TNmS to have received an average viewer rating of approximately 10.5%. However, it seems that "Kiss & Cry" is currently suffering from low rating as the 2nd episode, which aired on May 29th, received an average viewer rating of 8.1% and ranked last amongst Sunday's evening variety shows.

Other variety shows on the other broadcasting stations such as MBC's "I Am A Singer" and KBS2's "Qualification of Men" received an average viewer rating of 14% and 9.2% (a rise from 6.6%) respectively.

SBS has been reportedly struggling in viewer ratings for their Sunday evening slots and had hoped that Kim Yuna would get ratings up. An entire studio was taken down and remodeled to create a specially built ice skating rink with temperature coils embedded in the floor in Ilsan.


"A company that builds ice rinks liked the idea of the show and built the rink in the studio at half the normal cost. It did not cost as much as people think." But since it will be torn down after seven or eight weeks, it is hardly cheap," said an SBS representative.

In addition, rumors have spread that SBS had paid top dollar to get Kim Yuna for the ice skating variety show. By the Korean entertainment standards, Kim Yuna is considered a rookie in variety shows. However, SBS refuted the rumor and said that Kim Yuna is a celebrity that can make millions just off commercials. "She just liked the idea of boosting interest in figure skating."

An expert from Pundits commented that the show lacks in excitement and added, "Figure skating is not a sport that is enjoyed by the general public, and the concept of having 10 celebrities compete after being paired with 10 professional figure skaters can easily become boring."

In the first episode of "Kiss & Cry," contestant IU became the topic of criticism due to the "lack of interest" that she seemed to have during her performance. The second episode irritated viewers because the show took up 20 minutes recapping the first episode.

The producer of "Kiss & Cry," Nam Seungyong, however, stays positive and says, "Reality TV shows usually gain momentum as the show progresses. Viewers will become more interested when they get to hear about the real-life stories of the professional skaters."

What do you think of the critic's comment? What are your thoughts on the show so far?

Source: chosun & koreaboo

Comments

[yuukihitohira.livejournal.com]

tbh, I agree with the comments about the 20-min recap in the second episode and about IU :\ She just did NOT look like she wanted to be there and I hope that now that she has a partner, she might start having more fun and enjoy it.

And especially since they all have partners to skate with, I think that that in itself will up the ratings for this week's episode. I'm just curious to see if they are going to start voting people off for low scores or what not because idk how else they would crown a winner for this :|

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

I feel for IU, how many variety shows is she juggling now? This, MC-ing, Heroes, Immortal Song...

Poor girl doesn't belong on the ice, give her some rest.

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

Heroes finished already ^_^

[raiknii.livejournal.com]

LOL @ 20 minute recap. IU sucks, seemed like 0 effort.

[honeyfunnybunny.livejournal.com]

20min recap? wow... i havent seen the entire ep yet, but shit that's not cool. especially not when they cut and recap random seconds from each scene all the time. :/

[sundrunk.livejournal.com]

tbh the show isn't that fun
i don't really curr to watch idols' mediocre ice performance

[opal.livejournal.com]

mte. It's kind of the same reason I don't watch shows like "Dancing With The Stars" either because I'd rather see professionals do these things than some stars.

[bidsh.livejournal.com]

lol @ the 20 min recap

[jaejunggim.livejournal.com]

ur icon = nightmares >:'C

[bidsh.livejournal.com]

your icon says otherwise

[jaejunggim.livejournal.com]

default jeeezz

[bidsh.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2aan1at)

[jaejunggim.livejournal.com]

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

is Running Man faring a lot better in ratings tho since it's after this show (if I'm not wrong)?

if it is, it's probably a problem with the show. I found it pretty boring and lol @ 20min recap.

[zeldas.livejournal.com]

It's good that you bring that up, because apparently now they're "combining" the rating of the two shows (Good Sunday is treated as one show now). I don't know how, but the latest Running Man episode got a rating of 6.9%. That's the lowest rating since... episode 3 (100725).

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

bleah that sucks. The show is amazing, the ratings really need to be separated.

[zeldas.livejournal.com]

An awful lot, yes. If Running Man starts to suffer because of these combined ratings, I'd be more than delighted to see Kiss & Cry off the air. They might be doing it to combine everything up or to hide the earlier ratings of Kiss & Cry -- I'm leaning to the latter.

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

ugh, Kiss & Cry would be great as say... A special show. Not a regular show, it's gonna be so boring.

I hope they axe it tbh.

[katsup-404.livejournal.com]

It's because joongki is gone T-T

At least I'm just guessing.

[zeldas.livejournal.com]

There's that, too ;~; Not just him, but still, that silly boy.

[opal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wouldn't watch it either if it had a 20-min recap of the first episode.

[genji-93.livejournal.com]

20 min recap? really? ._. that would of course bring down viewer ratings. i mean, of course the audience would get bored of watching a recap for 20 mins..

i hope it all goes well though

[kazu-kumaguro.livejournal.com]

the performances suck, since I saw the first performances I know this show will fail.

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

I was a little embarrassed for them after the first episode. It would be better if the show was about amateur ice skaters that were competing or something.

[death-folder.livejournal.com]

The second episode irritated viewers because the show took up 20 minutes recapping the first episode.
that explains it.
pretty sure next episode would do better since they're starting the couple performances.

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

lol 20 minute recap? way to bore everyone off.
SBS, we love Yuna, but not enough for this. :/

[captainmarvel.livejournal.com]

Who would want to sit through a 20 minute recap?

Come on SBS you should know better than that.

[groovydawg.livejournal.com]

But IU always looks disinterested lol. Its her thing. I find it sexay.

[nandexdame.livejournal.com]

The performances are underwhelming. I know you can't expect much out of novices, but no one wants to see hand waving while gliding across the ice at 1 mile an hour.

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

I watched Krystal and Yunho's performance and while they do do amazingly well for rookies, it's nothing that exciting. I want to see my double-toe loops and triple axels gdi.

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

Just watch IU's performance

Girl. That was so bad.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___sasuka/]

omg leave IU alone girl needs rest

Yeah... idk how much they can really get out of the idols, what with their ludicrous schedules and only two months of practice. All we're gonna see is some slow skating, hand movements, and random fan service. Not that I dislike the show, it's just probably not the venue to get people interested in ice skating if only beginners are seen doing it. Hmm. Maybe if some professional skaters were involved as possible coaches or partners, just to show the public what ice skating is really about.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___sasuka/]

Yeah, maybe if the show was more like The Voice, with famous coaches who had a vested interest in winning and making sure their group/partner did the best. Idk, idk.

[22by7.livejournal.com]

THIS.

[dotdotdotting.livejournal.com]

Well the show DOES suck IMO. I almost fell asleep during the 20 minute recap. Watching celebrities and their amateur skating isn't all that entertaining tbh. And like someone mentioned above, this show might affect the viewer ratings for Running Man, so... yea that kind of sucks.

[vulgarchic.livejournal.com]

i really enjoy watching figure skating, but not when it's complete amateurs doing it....it's not exciting or fun at all.

[donutism.livejournal.com]

I feel sorry for IU. Instead of ice skating, she should be at home sleeping or something. I don't see why her management have to chuck her into every possible show.

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

ikr? She's hugely famous in Korea enough as it is. It's not like she needs the constant promotion so people recognize her.

[bubble-monkey9.livejournal.com]

she's the current it girl so I guess they're trying to get as much $$ from her popularity rn as possible

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

The 20-minute recap also showed more of the practice clips that weren't aired in the first episode, though. But they're right, there was a lot of repetition that probably wasn't that necessary.

The next episode should be fresh material, though, since they have to show so many of the couple performances. But we'll see~ ^^

[bubble-monkey9.livejournal.com]

I feel bad for IU. she doesn't suit this show

[miki-831.livejournal.com]

i haven't even heard of this show

[ss501pixie.livejournal.com]

They should really just cancel it -_-