“Music Bank” will be recorded overseas next year

Producers of KBS 2TV’s music program, “Music Bank“, have revealed that they will be taking the show overseas by next year in order to allow foreign fans a chance to see their favorite artists up close.

Kim Jin Hong CP of the KBS variety team revealed on December 3rd:

“‘Music Bank’ is currently broadcast live in 54 different nations and manages to gather over 3 billion viewers. Starting next year, we will be personally visiting Japan, China, Taiwan, and others in order to record the show there.

A lot of foreigners come to watch ‘Music Bank’ in order to watch their favorite Hallyu stars. There were instances of a Chinese professor bringing her family over in order to wait for the program, and 15 teens from Germany all coming to visit. It’s amazing that they know the songs of SNSD despite the group having yet to debut in China or Germany.

Thousands of fans gather to watch Korean artists perform at the ‘Korea China Song Festival‘. Various Chinese broadcast companies try to earn the rights to broadcast the festival, demonstrating the popularity of Korean music in China.

Group NRG, who appeared in the festival nearly 10 years ago, has managed to maintain their fame in China, while another Korean female artist recently revealed her appearance fees in China to be in the thousands. ‘Music Bank’ especially has a promotional effect on the Hallyu culture.

The strongest content Korea has right now is Hallyu, and at the center of it is Korean pop. ‘Music Bank’ will be heading overseas in order to support Hallyu stars with their overseas expansion and to maximize our cultural exports.”

SNSD chooses their best and worst cleaners

While appearing on KBS 2TV’s “Nocturnal“, the girls of SNSD recently chose the two members that cleaned and didn’t clean in their dorms.

Member Hyoyeon was chosen as the best cleaner out of the group, earning the compliments of her fellow members for not only cleaning, but doing the dishes as well.

On the contrary, Jessica was chosen as the member that didn’t clean at all, making her the dirty girl of sorts. Befitting of her ‘ice princess’ nickname, Jessica didn’t even bat an eyelash once chosen, and calmly stated, “I’m not the type to clean,” causing the studio to burst out in laughter over her honest statement.

The episode can be found on December 5th at 11:15 PM.

Girls' Generation to perform at music fest in Japan this weekend with AKB48, SMAP, Arashi and many more!

Korean female idols Girls' Generation will fly into Japan today to take part in annual music show "2010 FNS Music Festival" over the weekend.

A PR official from SM Entertainment told 10Asia over the phone, "The girls will perform at the annual music fest while member Tiffany will not participate in the show since she is still recovering from her knee injury."

Last month, Tiffany suffered an injury to her left knee after falling during a performance for their latest song "Hoot" on a televised music show.

This year’s FNS Music Festival, which will be held on Saturday, will include performances by Japanese artists SMAP, Arashi, V6, AKB48, EXILE, Tube, KinKi Kids and Ken Hirai.

The FNS Music Festival first took place in 1974 and has been produced and hosted every year by Fuji Network System and Fuji Television.

Nine-member girl group Girls' Generation has taken the Japanese music market by storm since making their debut in the country in August this year, attracting over 20,000 fans to their first showcase and becoming the first Korean girl group to place in at No. 1 on the prestigious Oricon chart.

Their Japanese singles "Gee" and "Genie" have each sold over 100,000 copies to be certified gold discs.

The girls have been busy promoting their latest song "Hoot" in Korea from their third mini-album of the same name which has topped various online and offline music charts since its release in mid-October.

SNSD ‘Hoots’ 5th straight K-Chart win on Music Bank

After a break in transmission last week due to the “16th Asian Games” broadcast, Music Bank is back once again with a fun and exciting show filled with amazing performances!

SNSD was up against Baek Ji Young for this week’s K-Chart, and there was no stopping the girls once again, as they marched on to their 5th straight K-Chart win.

The girls were away in Japan and were unable to claim their trophy but a big congratulations to SNSD!

SONEs wish Yuri a Happy Birthday

Fans from two of SNSD’s fan cafes, ‘Sisters‘ and ‘Hwa Soo Eun Hwa’, have prepared a heartwarming birthday message to member Yuri for her upcoming birthday on December 5th.

“A newspaper advertisement with a picture of Yuri and a loving message from her fans was posted on the 3rd in the X Newspaper,” revealed a representative.

The message reads,

You floated down to earth during the cold Winter,

But like the sunbeams you sit in on a cold Winter’s day,

You’re a person filled with warmth.

You’re always bright, sparkly and cheerful,

Someone who shows their all,

Just like your name, clean and clear (Yuri = Glass).

December 5th,

is SNSD Yuri’s 22nd birthday.

With the fans’ deepest sincerity,

We wish you a very Happy Birthday.

Happy birthday Yuri!

SNSD’s back again for Goobne Chicken

The ladies of SNSD / Girls’ Generation have been endorsing Goobne Chicken for over a year now. They’ve released various CF (Commercial Films) over that span and now the chicken company even offered trading card cards featuring the girls in October.

Now, the girls are back once again and are featured in another CF (Commercial Film) for the chicken company.

Bonus Making of Video:

SNSD’s Yuri and SHINee’s Minho act out a kiss scene

On an episode of KBS2TV’s “100 Points out of 100,” SHINee’s Minho and SNSD’s Yuri reenacted a scene of the musical “Grease” while attempting to learn how to express a wider variety of emotions.

Yuri joined the program’s school special as a new student and captured the attention of the studio by performing SNSD’s latest hit, “Hoot.” In a corner created to help stars become more sensitive and emotional, Yuri and Minho were asked to act out “Summer Nights,” a number of the musical “Grease.”

Musical actress Kim So Hyun was highly impressed with Yuri’s skills and complimented, “You could go stand on stage right now!”

The show ended its episode with a kiss scene between Yuri and Minho, and this will be shown on December 4th at 5:15 PM through KBS2TV.