After recently holding the AMN Big Concert, the second half of the Korean Music Wave Concert took place on October 8, and was later aired on October 9! The concert is another event that is part of the 2016 DMC Festival, which celebrates the Hallyu wave.
Artists that performed at the Korean Music Wave Concert include Girls’ Generation, SHINee, 2PM, INFINITE, BTS, EXO, Apink, B.A.P, EXID, BTOB, TWICE, GFRIEND, MONSTA X, and many more!
Watch the full concert below!
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The new variety and talk show “Star Show 360” will soon feature groups VIXX, I.O.I, and BTS!
The MBC every1 and MBC Music show “Star Show 360” held a press conference on September 19 on the day of its premiere episode, which stars EXO. According to the show’s producing director (PD) Park Chan Wook, the show has filmed up to episode three so far. “EXO, VIXX, and I.O.I have filmed appearances,” he says. “An appearance by BTS is planned.”
Host Leeteuk of Super Junior says that the guys of EXO were nervous before they filmed their episode, but said afterwards that it was their first time being able to say what they really think and laugh like that.
He adds that after the filming with VIXX, he got a message from one of the guys saying that being on the show was the first time they were comfortable filming a television show.
“I.O.I cried their eyes out on the show,” he says. He also picks Shinhwa as a group that he would like to get on the program. “I want to have them on because they’ve always been good at TV shows,” he says.
VIXX will appear in next week’s episode of the show. Check out the preview, which features more of EXO as well, below!
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This year’s “2016 Idol Star Athletics Championships” was broadcast as a Chuseok special on September 15. Jun Hyun Moo, Girl’s Day’s Hyeri, and Lee Soo Geun were the main MCs for the event!
Participating groups this year include BTS, GOT7, TWICE, Apink, GFRIEND, MONSTA X, EXID, VIXX, B.A.P, BTOB, B1A4, AOA, Lovelyz, Oh My Girl, Block B, MAMAMOO, ASTRO, Cosmic Girls, Heo Young Ji, and more. Unfortunately, SM Entertainment artists were not present in the games as they recently traveled to Hawaii in honor of the company’s 20th anniversary.
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This was the first time for rhythm gymnastics to be apart of the games! Many predicted for Cosmic Girls’ Cheng Xiao, who wanted to be a rhythm gymnast when she was young, to be the strongest contender. And in the end, she was able to overcome FIESTAR’s Cao Lu with 13 points for first place!
GFRIEND and EXID made it to the finals, beating out many other groups such as MAMAMOO and TWICE. The two girl groups went head to head with extremely similar scores, but in the final round EXID scored for gold! GFRIEND earned the silver medal, while Lovelyz gained the bronze medal.
EXID posted a selfie after their win:
MONSTA X and GOT7 made it to the final round, but with MONSTA X’s Minhyuk achieving a perfect 10 score three times in a row, MONSTA X was able to win the gold! GOT7 earned silver, while BTS earned bronze.
BTOB’s Yook Sung Jae and Eunkwang dressed in special outfits for their team, but in the end, they did not make it to the top three.
Despite not having the best start, GFRIEND’s Yuju pulled through and passed Oh My Girl’s Binnie to achieve first!
Though BTOB’s Minhyuk started running well, in the end SNUPER’s Woo Sung placed first!
Throughout the game, BTOB’s Minhyuk scored three goals and was able to bring the game to a close tie. But in the end, the gray team won six to five!
TWICE’s Chaeyoung made a good start and was the first to pass on the relay stick. However, Oh My Girl’s Binnie achieved an impressive result by running far beyond all the other teams, securing a win for Oh My Girl!
BTS’s Jimin started off strong, quickly passing the baton to the other members, with Jungkook taking the final lap. As some of the runners fell, Jungkook succeeded in running far ahead, and gained first place for BTS! Second place was BTOB, with B.A.P placing third.
With all of the scores combined, the team that won the overall Idol Star Athletics Championships gold medal was Team B, comprised of BTS, EXID, Heo Young Ji, and SNUPER!
In addition to new photos from this season’s “Idol Star Athletics Championships,” MBC has shared videos of many of the groups encouraging fans to tune in!
This Chuseok’s “Idol Star Athletics Championships” will air on September 15, with two episodes airing back-to-back on MBC, starting at 5:15 p.m. KST and running until 7:55 p.m. KST. On September 13, the network uploaded clips to Twitter of groups ASTRO, B1A4, B.A.P, BTS, EXID, GFRIEND, KNK, MONSTA X, Oh My Girl, TWICE, and VIXX asking everyone to watch the show live.
In the videos, ASTRO and KNK encourage fans to watch because it’s their first ever time competing on the show, BTS tells everyone to look forward to it while holding up paper fans featuring the faces of members V and Jin who weren’t able to take part (Jin had to leave after suffering a minor injury during the futsal event), TWICE shows off their aegyo as a group, and much more!
ASTRO:
청량돌 #아스트로 가 전하는 본방사수 메시지! 은우 말대로 완전 재미쏘~~~
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@offclASTRO http://pic.twitter.com/tZ2CndteVa— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
B.A.P:
#BAP 가 전하는 본방사수 메시지! swag이 넘친다
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수 http://pic.twitter.com/bn10I2D8Bq— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
B1A4:
#B1A4 가 전하는 본방사수 메시지! 늦게 올려서 증말 죄송합니다
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@_B1A4OFFICIAL http://pic.twitter.com/q17pS4DsCs— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
BTS:
#방탄소년단 이 전하는 본방사수 메시지!
설특집 아육대 우승팀 방탄소년단의 대활약 기대해주세요~!
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@BTS_twt @bts_bighit http://pic.twitter.com/KCl3GoPsGG— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
EXID:
#EXID 가 전하는 본방사수 메시지! 본방사수 꼭 해야돼요~
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@EXIDofficial http://pic.twitter.com/LtOZ041bn8— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
GFRIEND:
#여자친구 소원 X #트와이스 지효의
친목을 응원합니다♥@GFRDofficial @jypetwice
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수 http://pic.twitter.com/8UMwXkI60w— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
KNK:
#크나큰 이 전하는 본방사수 메시지! 크나큰 만셰에~ヾ(*ΦωΦ)ﾉ 냥!
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@KNKOfficialYNB http://pic.twitter.com/jX67ciB07b— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
MONSTA X:
#몬스타엑스 가 전하는 본방사수 메시지! 아육대로 드루와 확확
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@OfficialMonstaX http://pic.twitter.com/KST9vRnHGq— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
Oh My Girl:
#오마이걸 이 전하는 본방사수 메시지! 아잉~ >_<
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@WM_OHMYGIRL http://pic.twitter.com/eB6zvareBa— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
TWICE:
#트와이스 가 전하는 본방사수 메세지! 트둥이들이 보라는데 어떻게 안 봐요!
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@JYPETWICE http://pic.twitter.com/HdwGFXT1aj— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
VIXX:
#빅스 가 전하는 본방사수 메시지! 으른섹시의 힘을 보여주세요❗️
9월 15일 (목) 오후 5시 15분 #아육대 본방사수@RealVIXX http://pic.twitter.com/bddkrgJQrN— MBC예능연구소 (@MBC_entertain) September 13, 2016
The network has also shared some new photos from the events, which feature members of the thirty groups who took part. The groups include AOA, Apink, ASTRO, B1A4, B.A.P, BEATWIN, Block B, Brave Girls, BTOB, BTS, Cosmic Girls, EXID, FIESTAR, GFRIEND, GOT7, Hello Venus, KNK, Lovelyz, MADTOWN, MAMAMOO, MAP6, Melody Day, MONSTA X, Oh My Girl, Snuper, SONAMOO, TWICE, U-KISS, UP10TION, and VIXX, as well as Heo Young Ji.
You can check out previous batches of photos from the events here: part one, part two, and part three.
Spot your faves in the photos below!
Click through the pages for more photos!
MBC has shared more photos from the filming of their upcoming Chuseok special, “Idol Star Athletics Championships”!
The event was filmed on August 29, and features members from groups including BTS, MAMAMOO, GOT7, Snuper, Hello Venus, KNK, UP10TION, U-KISS, TWICE, Cosmic Girls, MONSTA X, BTOB, B.A.P, B1A4, GFRIEND, SONAMOO, FIESTAR, Brave Girls, EXID, MADTOWN, Oh My Girl, Lovelyz, and more, as well as Heo Young Ji. This season’s sports were archery, track, rhythmic gymnastics, and futsal, and the event will be airing over two episodes on September 15.
After releasing the first batch of photos from behind-the-scenes, the network has now shared photos from the parade into the stadium, with the groups entering as teams A to E. They have also released shots of plenty of the idols making eye contact with the camera!
Check out the photos below.
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