SNSD’s Yuri and Tiffany to MC 2011 Incheon Korean Music Wave Concert

Incheon City and HH Company are teaming up to hold the “Incheon Korean Music Wave Concert” and have announced that Girls’ Generation’s Yuri and Tiffany will MC the event – a role that has been assumed by MBC’s announcer Oh Sang Jin for the last three years.

SNSD’s Yuri and Tiffany have been busy with their work over in Japan but will still MC the “Incheon Korean Music Wave Concert” and perform with the rest of the SNSD members.

Fans are very interested in the concert and have high expectations for the two MCs, since their MCing skills have been verified on MBC’s “Show! Music Core“.

Tiffany, Oh Sang Jin and Yuri from last year's event

The event’s sponsor, HH Company, states that “Korea’s top music artists and their overseas efforts will give way to make the Hallyu Wave even hotter and induce even more interest in the phenomena. With the Hallyu Wave as our focus, we strive to put our best efforts into this concert“.

Ticket sales for the concert which will be held on August 13th, 2011 will go up for sale on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 at 2:00 PM via GMarket.

Music Bank to air ‘Music Bank in Tokyo’ special this week

On July 22nd, the usual weekly broadcast of KBS’s ‘Music Bank‘ will be preempted in favor of a special called ’Music Bank in Tokyo‘.

‘Music Bank in Tokyo’ took place last week at the Tokyo Dome, where 15 Korean groups and artists – including TVXQ, KARA, SNSD, 2PM, B2ST, 4minute, U-KISS, IU, Baek Ji Young, SECRET, Rainbow, INFINITE, Park Hyun Bin, RaNia and X-5 – performed to a wildly exuberant crowd.

The concert – which was emceed by Hyun Woo and KARA’s Gyuri and Hara – was a great success, and drew in a crowd of more than 45,000 fans despite the temperature nearing 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

‘Music Bank’ will return next week as scheduled on July 29th. Check back with us on Monday, July 25th to check for the winner of the K-Chart!

SNSD to perform in Australia this November

Australian SONEs, SNSD is heading your way this November!

In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Korea-Australia diplomatic ties, the ’2011 K-Pop Music Fest’ will take place at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium on November 12!

The confirmed star-studded lineup of the first all-star Kpop concert in the country consists of big names such as SNSD, BEAST, SHINee, 4Minute, Secret, CN Blue, miss A, TVXQ, KARA and 2AM!

The event will be aired on MBC and ticketing details will be announced by the organizers, JK Entertainment, on their website soon.

Girls' Generation Japanese Celebrity Look A Likes 'Who Looks More Like Who'

Recently, there have been comments and controversy over talk about the members of Girls’ Generation that have look-a-like Japanese celebrities.

On the 19th, an online community bulletin board published an article together with some photos which talked about the likeness between Girls’ Generation members and Japanese celebrities.

Girls’ Generation’s Jessica was compared to Japanese actress and model, Ai Kato. Tiffany, on the other hand, was compared to a weather caster and actress, Kaito Aiko. Sooyoung was compared to actress Aibu Saki, and Yoona to actress Toda Erika. The publisher of the thread also commented that members Taeyeon, Jessica and Yoona seem to have an uncanny resemblance to each other.

While some of the comments left by netizens showed their agreements, there were some who felt that there was no resemblance between the mentioned people at all.

Do you think they bear any resemblance to Girls' Generation?

tvN's eNews Rankings : Biggest Star For The First Half of 2011

Biggest Hallyu Stars in Southeast Asia for the first half of 2011
1. Super Junior 12.64 billion Won (Super Show 3)
2. Rain 7.56 billion Won (World tour-5~6 cities)
3. JYJ 3.23 billion Won (Thailand+Taiwan performances)
4. Jang Geun Seok 2.99 billion Won (Concerts+CFs)
5. B2ST 1.81 billion Won (Concerts+CFs+Fan meetings)

Biggest Hallyu Stars in Japan for the first half of 2011
1. Girls' Generation - 52.3 billion Won(Arena Tour+Albums+CFs)
2. Jang Geun Seok - 25.83 billion Won (Concerts+Album+Photobook+CFs+Fangoods)
3. TVXQ - 12.01 billion Won (SM Town+Album+CFs)
4. Super Junior - 7.69 billion Won (SM Town+Super Show+Album+CFs)
5. Choi Ji Woo - 2 billion Won (CFs)

According to eNews on tvN, JYJ are the second most successful Hallyu stars in the US. JYJ's income from their North America is estimated to be around 2.75 billion Won. JYJ were the only non-sports stars to make the list. 1st, 4th and 5th place went to golf players and 3rd went to a baseball player.

JYJ earned 7.17 billion Won while TVXQ earned 12.3 billion Won in the first half of 2011.

SNSD, f(x), and Norazo perform at KBS’s “Go, N7W! Here is Jeju” concert

On July 20th, KBS broadcasted the controversial “Go, N7W! Here is Jeju” concert, an event organized by Jeju Island as part of their promotional bid to become part of the ‘New Seven Wonders of the World’.

The controversy swirls around how JYJ were appointed as ambassadors earlier in May, but things took an ugly turn after JYJ’s scheduled performance was cancelled abruptly by KBS just four days before the actual concert, citing that the legal wrangle with SM Entertainment was unfinished.

Despite the mounting criticisms in the aftermath, the show must go on, and JYJ have said that they will continue to promote and support Jeju Island’s bid. The concert meanwhile went on as scheduled this evening with SNSD, f(x), Norazo amongst many others performing their hit songs.

Lee Min Ho and SNSD’s Yoona to team up for ‘EIDER’

Actor Lee Min Ho and SNSD’s Yoona have been chosen to be the new faces of French outdoor brand ‘EIDER Friends‘, following in the footsteps of their predecessors, Jang Hyuk and Chun Jung Myung.

It was said that the masculine and charismatic character Lee Min Ho portrayed through SBS’s ‘City Hunter‘ matched well with the challenging, yet professional image of the brand, while Yoona was chosen for not only her cheerful and sweet image, but also for her global star-like quality that was shown through her high popularity in Japan and Europe.

Posing together at a past awards ceremony

The two stars will participate in a photoshoot for the brand at the end of July, and will kick off the new season campaign with a shoot in Australia in the beginning of August. ‘EIDER Friends’ is currently working hard to prepare for the advertisement that will show Lee Min Ho and Yoona facing both challenges and adventure, which is scheduled to be released in September.

A representative from the brand stated, “‘EIDER’ received much love last season thanks to our models Jang Hyuk and Chun Jung Myung. We chose Lee Min Ho and Yoona as this season’s models in order to focus on consumers in their 20’s and 30’s who enjoy edgy and trendy styles. The two stars are stylish fashionistas and represent today’s younger population. We believe that they will be able to express the young and polished style of ‘EIDER’ very well.”