2018 KBS Song Festival

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2018 KBS Song Festival
Also known asKBS Gayo Daechukje
Presented by EXO's Chanyeol
Twice’s Dahyun
BTS’s Jin
StarringBTS
Wanna One
Red Velvet
Seventeen
GFriend
BtoB
Apink
Hwang Chi Yeol
Sunmi
Chungha
Norazo
Oh My Girl
(G)I-DLE
EXO
Twice
AOA
VIXX
Nu'est W
GOT7
Monsta X
NCT 127
Highlight's Yong Jun Hyung
10cm
Roy Kim
Lovelyz
Momoland
Cosmic Girls
Kim Yeon Ja
Celeb Five
The Boyz
Production
Production locations KBS Hall
Seoul, South Korea
Production company Korean Broadcasting System
Original release
Network KBS 2TV
KBS World
ReleaseDecember 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)
20:30

The 2018 KBS Song Festival was the 9th edition of KBS Song Festival, held on December 28, 2018, broadcast live from KBS Hall by the Korean Broadcasting System.

Contents

This year's theme was "a huge fantastical party".

Broadcast

On December 11, 2018, KBS announced that the festival would take place on December 28, 2018, at 8:30 p.m. KST, also revealing the first lineup of artists as: BTS, Wanna One, Red Velvet, SEVENTEEN, GFRIEND, BTOB, Apink, Hwang Chi Yeol, Sunmi, Chungha, Norazo, Oh My Girl, and (G)I-DLE. This year's theme is "a huge fantastical party" and expects to meet the 200% of the public's fantasies in a unique stage never seen before [1]

On December 13, a second lineup of artists was revealed: EXO, Twice, AOA, VIXX, NU’EST W, GOT7, MONSTA X, NCT, Highlight’s Yong Jun Hyung, 10 cm, Roy Kim, Lovelyz, and MOMOLAND. It was also revealed that this year's MCs will be EXO’s Chanyeol, Twice’s Dahyun, and BTS’s Jin. [2]

On December 20, the third and final lineup was revealed: WJSN (Cosmic Girls), Kim Yeon Ja, and Celeb Five. It was revealed that JYP and SM would create special stages. [3] [4]

Performers

Artist(s)Song(s)
Celeb Five

Cosmic Girls

"Shutter"

"I Wanna Be A Celeb"

The Boyz "No Air"
(G)I-dle "Latata" (Remix)
Momoland "Bboom Bboom" (Mix Ver.)

"Baam"

NCT 127 "Simon Says"

"Regular"

Chungha "Do It"

"Love U"

"Rollercoaster"

BtoB "Beautiful Pain"
Cosmic Girls"Save Me, Save You"
Hwang Chi Yeol "The Only Star"
Special Stage 1
Red Velvet's Yeri

Lovelyz's Kei

Gfriend's Umji

Oh My Girl's Arin

Twice's Dahyun

(G)I-dle's Yuqi

"Kissing You" by Girls' Generation
Nu'est W "Dejavu"

"Help Me"

Special Stage 2
Red Velvet's Joy

Lovelyz's Mijoo

GFriend's Sowon

Oh My Girl's Jiho

Twice's Tzuyu

Momoland's Yeonwoo

"Hush" by Miss A
Monsta X "Shoot Out"
Sunmi

Red Velvet's Seulgi

Wanna One's Daehwi

"Heroine"
Sunmi "Siren"
Norazo "Super Curry Cider Man"
Oh My Girl "Secret Garden"

"Remember Me"

Special Stage 3
GOT7's Jinyoung

Monsta X's Minhyuk

NCT 127's Jaehyun

Wanna One's Minhyun

"You are so Beautiful"
GFriend "Time for the Moon Night"
Seventeen "Thanks"

"Getting Closer"

Roy Kim "Only Then"
Roy Kim

Wanna One's Kim Jaehwan

"Girl"
SM Special "SM The Greatest"
Hyoyeon

Red Velvet

"Punk Right Now"
EXO's Kai

NCT Dream's Jisung

"Hybrid"
NCT U "7th Sense"
NCT Dream "Go"
NCT U"Boss"
Red Velvet"Be Natural"

"RBB (Really Bad Boy)"

EXO

NCT U

NCT Dream

"Monster"
JYP Special "JYP of All Time"
Stage 1. All Time
Twice's Jihyo

Day6

"Coming Of Age Ceremony" by Park Ji-yoon
Day6"Bad Guy" by Rain
Day6

Twice's Nayeon

Stray Kids' Bang Chan

"Nobody" by Wonder Girls
Day6

Kim Woo-jin

"Again & Again" by 2PM
Day6

GOT7's Jay B

Twice's Jihyo

Twice's Nayeon

Stray Kids' Bang Chan

Kim Woo-jin

"Lies" by G.o.d
Stage 2. J(Jackpot)
Day6's DowoonDrum Solo
Day6's Dowoon

Twice's Chaeyoung

Day6's Jae Park

Stray Kids' Han

Day6's Young K

Stray Kids' Changbin

GOT7's Bambam

Rap Performance
Stage 3. Y(Youth)
Twice's Momo Hirai Dance Solo
GOT7's Yugyeom Dance Solo
Stage 4. P(Precision)
Twice (Jeongyeon, Sana, Mina, Dahyun, Tzuyu)

Stray Kids (Lee Know, Hyunjin, Felix, Seungmin, IN)

Dance Performance
GOT7

Day6

Twice

Stray Kids

"Don't Leave Me" by Park Jin-young
10cm "Mattress"
Highlight's Yong Jun Hyung "Go Away"
Highlight's Yong Jun Hyung

10 cm

"Sudden Shower"
Lovelyz "That Day"

"Lost N Found"

AOA "Bingle Bangle"
VIXX "Scentist"
Red Velvet "Hit That Drum"

"Power Up"

Wanna One "I.P.U"

"12th Star"

Apink "I'm So Sick"
GOT7 "Miracle"

"Lullaby"

Twice "Yes Or Yes"

"Dance the Night Away"

BTS Special
J-Hope "Just Dance"
Jungkook "Euphoria"
Jimin "Serendipity"
RM "Love"
V "Singularity"
Suga "Seesaw"
Jin "Epiphany"
BTS "Fake Love"
EXO Special
EXO "Sign"
Sehun Dance Solo
EXO"Tempo"

"Love Shot"

Kim Yeon Ja

All Performers

"Amor Fati"

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