SNSD to recreate popular fairy tales for their MBC Christmas special

SNSD has prepared a special event for their fans this Christmas through a special MBC program titled ‘SNSD’s Christmas Fairy Tale‘.

Scheduled to broadcast on Christmas Eve (24th), the girls recreated popular fairy tales with the addition of performances that were previously only seen at their international concerts. Taeyeon took on the role of the ‘Ice Queen’ to sing “Oh Holy Night” on a stage which required her to be up 3 meters in the air to achieve the full effect.

Sooyoung performed her Latin ‘Cha Cha Cha’ dance for the first time on TV, a dance which attracted wide attention amongst her fans after being performed at their solo concert in 2009. Sooyoung’s partner for the show was professional dancer Kim Dae Dong.

Jessica‘s stage made a stunning transformation into a forest on which she performed a jazz track titled “When You Wish Upon a Star“.

Seohyun and Yuri reportedly collaborated for a ‘Swan Lake’ themed stage where they performed “Winter Wonderland“, accompanied by Yuri’s piano performance.

Fit to the ‘black and white’ concept of their theme, the girls also took a 180 degree transformation by turning into rocker chicks for the second half of their stage.

The girls also sang their various hits such as “Genie“, “The Boys“, and a carol version of “Kissing You“. Also included in the broadcast are clips of their visit to an army training camp, surprising 500 soldiers stationed there.

Finally, the special came to a close with a performance of “After One Year” by Jessica and Onew.

Catch the show on December 24th!

48 industry officials choose the best stars of 2011

Previously, 48 industry officials named the hottest rookies of the year, and now they’ve returned with the list of 2011′s best stars!

Girl group SNSD secured the top spot with the votes of 15 officials. An important thing to note is that the officials who chose them were in no way affiliated with the girls or their company, as many had opted to choose the girls over their own artists. Officials outside of the music industry also reached out to choose SNSD, including variety show PDs and movie directors.

Having promoted internationally all year long, the girls accrued nonstop success with “The Boys“, topping ‘Music Bank‘ for six weeks in a row and selling out over 300,000 units in sales.

Upon hearing their rank, SNSD expressed, “Thank you for watching over us. We’ll work harder to show even more next year.

Second place was taken by Kim Byung Man with eight votes, earning him the title of the most representative variety star of the year. From ‘Gag Concert‘ to ‘Kiss and Cry‘, his passion for entertaining reached all sectors of the industry.

Actor Cha Seung Won took third place with five notes thanks to his ‘Dok Go Jin‘ personality from the MBC drama, ‘The Greatest Love‘.

Hyun Bin and IU tied at fourth place, earning four votes each. Both had created their own syndromes early on in the year, Hyun Bin with ‘Secret Garden‘ and IU with ‘Good Day‘.

Others that came away with one or more votes each were Im Jae Bum, Han Suk Gyu, Jang Geun Suk, Yoo Ah In, and Song Joong Ki.

Some of the 48 participants of the survey included PD Park Kyung Duk of ‘Inkigayo‘, PD Cho Hyo Jin of ‘Running Man‘, CEO Yang Geun Hwan of Key East Entertainment, CEO Kim Young MinofSM Entertainment, CEO Jung Wook of JYP Entertainment, CEO Hong Seung Sung of Cube Entertainment, and composers Shinsadong Tiger and Brave Brothers.

Warm up your cold Christmas with Jessica the Rudolph!

Recently, Jessica changed her profile photo in UFO Town to a photo of her dressed as a cute Rudolph.

In the photo, Jessica gave off a Christmas atmosphere by wearing a red checkered, sleeveless dress, along with a reindeer hairband. She winked with her right eye while she smiled for the photo.

Netizens commented, “Look at how white her face is”, “Her smile is refreshing”, “I want to look like Jessica”, “My heart pounds because of her wink “Merry Christmas”, etc.

Meanwhile, Girls’ Generation is now promoting the Korean version of ‘Mr. Taxi’, following their 3rd album ‘The Boys’.

Showbiz representatives chose Girls' Generation as 2011's Best Star!

Through a survey conducted from December 12th to 15th by OSEN on 48 influential representatives from various entertainment fields, such as broadcasting, music, film, etc., Girls’ Generation were selected as the most prominent stars of the year. Out of the 48 participants, 15 (31%) showed their support for Girls’ Generation as2011′s Best Star.

Kim ByungMan came in 2nd with 8 votes, followed by Cha SeungWon in 3rd with 5 votes. HyunBin and IUwere both ranked 4th as they garnered 4 votes each.

Girls’ Generation received overwhelming support from the representatives in the music industry, including from the rival agencies. Once again, this has indeed proven the girls’ unbeatable popularity.

Out of the 12 participants who are representatives of various agencies and famous producers, five of them chose Girls’ Generation over their own agencies’ artists.

PDs of music and variety programs, as well as representatives from the film industry and other fields also showed their support for Girls’ Generation.

After hearing the news about the result of the survey, the girls said, “Thank you for watching over us well. We will work even harder in the future and we will show you a much greater side of us next year.”

SNSD members assist Lee Seung Gi on ’1N2D’

SNSD made a surprise appearance on the latest episode of ‘1N2D‘.

KBS 2TV‘s ‘Happy Sunday‘ aired a special ’1N2D – Photographer’s Special’, in which the cast members were assigned a mission to capture the essential, unique moments with photographs. Lee Seung Gi was given a mission to capture a rainbow in a photo, but unfortunately for him, there was no rainbow to be found.

Hearing that spraying water in an area with a lot of good lighting would get him the same results, he headed for the set of KBS 2TV’s ‘Music Bank’.

Upon arriving, the singer, who is close with the SNSD girls, headed straight for their dressing room to get some help completing his mission.

The girls were eager to be of assistance, and Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Yuri stepped out to help him spray water near the spotlights in order to create a rainbow.

Their efforts paid off, as they were able to create not one, but two rainbows which were captured on Seung Gi’s camera.

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Eunhyuk and Tiffany take pictures together

uper Junior Eunhyuk and SNSD's Tiffany snap pictures together showing their close relationship.

On December 21, Eunhyuk tweeted photos of him with Tiffany with comment,

Fany-ya!!!!! Congratulations for the first stage ~ good work!!!! Very good~ for the remaining performances fighting!!!!!!!! FAME!!!!!!!! 

Cameron Diaz and Tyrone Jackson FAME!!!!!!!!

In the photo, Eunhyuk's hand is around Tiffany's shoulder and both of them are giving "thumbs up" sign which prove their close friendship not only as label mates but as musical actors as well.

Fans commented, "It's really nice to see them close to each other." "Eunhyuk and Tiffany so cute!", "Tyrone and Carmen Fighting for your musical!" and so on.

Eunhyuk and Tiffany are both appearing in FAME musical as Tyrone and Carmen.

Girls' Generation to perform 'Genie' at 'Kouhaku Uta Gassen'!

On December 21st, the songs that Girls’ Generation, Kara and TVXQ are going to perform at Japan’s most prestigious year end music festival NHK’s ‘Kouhaku Uta Gassen’ were revealed.

From the list of songs to be performed by 55 artists at the event, TVXQ who will be participating at ‘Kouhaku Uta Gassen’ for the 3rd time will be performing ‘Why?’ which was released in January this year.

Girls’ Generation on the other hand, are looking to heat up the event with the title song of their Japanese debut single ‘Genie’ released in September last year. Kara will be presenting their ’2011 Special Medley’.

Meanwhile, the list of appearances is expected to be officially announced around December 27th. This year’s NHK’s ‘Kouhaku Uta Gassen’ which carries the theme ‘Let’s Sing for Tomorrow’ will kick off at 7.15pm to 11.45pm KST on December 31st and it will be broadcasted on both TV and radio channels.

Netizens chose Girls' Generation and Kim BumSoo as 2011's best male and female singers!

Female netizens picked Kim BumSoo and Girls’ Generation as this year’s best male and female singers.

A portal site dedicated for females, Easy Day recently conducted a survey entitled, ’2011 Easy Day Entertainment Awards’. The result of the survey was released on December 21st.

Out of a total of 1446 participants, 29.1% voted for Kim BumSoo and Girls’ Generation respectively as this year’s best male and female singers. Kim BumSoo is well known for his regular participation in MBC ‘I Am A Singer’ this year, while Girls’ Generation have made their name known all over the world, becoming the core of Kpop craze.

The top issue in the entertainment news this year went to the ‘Seo TaeJi and Lee JiAh’s secret marriage and divorce’ case where it received 42% of the total votes. Kang HoDong’s retirement (26.2%) and global popularity of Kpop wave (15.4%) were ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Other than these categories, surveys were also conducted on other areas such as ’2011 Best Drama’, ’2011 Best Variety Programme’, ‘Best Actor and Actress of The Year’, ’2011 Best Entertainer’,etc.

Majority of the participants were made up of female netizens (72%) in their 30s (37%). 16% were those in their 20s and 28% in their 40s.

Girls' Generation's 'Japan First Tour' DVD and Blu-ray Achieve 'Double First' on the Oricon Weekly Chart!

Girls’ Generation’s recently released “Japan First Tour” DVD and Blu-ray have achieved a “double first” on the Oricon Weekly Charts.

According to the Oricon Charts, the DVD version of the “Japan First Tour” has placed first for the week of December 12th through the 18th in both the “Music DVD” category and in total DVDs sold. Since its release on December 14th, the DVD of Girls’ Generation’s successful concert tour in Japan has sold 69,000 copies.

The Blu-ray version of the “Japan First Tour” placed first for the “Music Blu-ray” category and second in total Blu-ray sales for the week. The Blu-ray, released at the same as the DVD, has to date sold 37,000 copies.

Girls’ Generation is the only foreign artist to place first on the Oricon Weekly Charts for both the “Music DVD” and “Blu-ray DVD” categories at the same time.