K-pop Star season 1

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K-pop Star
Season 1
Hosted by Yoon Do-hyun
Boom
Judges BoA
Park Jin-young
Yang Hyun-suk
Winner Park Ji-min
Runner-up Lee Ha Yi
Release
Original network SBS
Original releaseDecember 18, 2011 (2011-12-18) –
April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)
Season chronology
Next →
K-pop Star 2

The first season of Survival Audition K-pop Star (Korean : 서바이벌 오디션 K팝 스타) premiered on December 4, 2011, airing every Sunday evening at 6:30 pm under the Good Sunday programming block on SBS, until April 29, 2012. The first winner was Park Ji-min, who chose to sign with JYP Entertainment. [1]

The three judges for this season were Yang Hyun-suk, founder of YG Entertainment and former member of the popular South Korean act Seo Taiji & Boys, Park Jin-young, singer/songwriter and founder of JYP Entertainment, and Korean pop icon BoA, from SM Entertainment. [2]

Singer, Yoon Do-hyun, and entertainer, Boom, hosted the live competition from March 4, 2012 to April 29, 2012 when the winner is crowned. [3] Yoon Do-hyun has also been narrating through the entire process.

Contestants from the Top 10 of Season 1 returned for a special Dream Stage - Best of the Best episode on April 14, 2013, competing with contestants of Season 2 for the title of Overall Champion. [4]

Process

Judges

Top 10

Round 5: Stage Auditions

Order of
Performance		NameSong - Original ArtistAdvance
Online Vote		SMYGJYPResults
Episode 14 (March 4) : Mission 1. My Story
1Baek Ji-woong입영열차 안에서 - Kim Min-woo 9th858180Top 9
2 Lee Michelle 이별여행 - Won Mi-yeon7th899085Top 9
3 Lee Seunghoon 난 알아요 - Seo Tai-ji & Boys 2nd807877Top 9
4 Park Jae-hyung 한여름 밤의 꿈 - Kwon Sung-yeon6th837883Top 9
5 Baek A-yeon 언젠가는 - Lee Sang-eun 4th909088Top 9
6Kim Na-yoon나는 문제없어 - Hwang Kyu-young 10th838583Top 9
7 Yoon Hyun-sang 1994년 어느 늦은 밤 - Jang Hye-jin 8th859082Top 9
8Lee Jung-mi달팽이 - Panic 5th818180Eliminated
9 Lee Ha-yi 미련 - Kim Gun-mo 1st848285Top 9
10 Park Ji-min Hey Hey Hey - Jaurim 3rd939285Top 9
Episode 15 (March 11) : Mission 2. Million Seller
1 Park Jae-hyung Toxic - Britney Spears 6th938882Top 8
2Kim Na-yoon Set Fire to the Rain - Adele 9th757878Eliminated
3Baek Ji-woong빗속에서 - Lee Moon-sae 8th898587Top 8
4 Lee Michelle Run To You - Whitney Houston 7th898884Top 8
5 Baek A-yeon 아시나요 - Jo Sung-mo 4th929292Top 8
6 Yoon Hyun-sang 휘파람 - Lee Moon-sae 5th868582Top 8
7 Park Ji-min I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston 2nd969086Top 8
8 Lee Seunghoon 단발머리 - Jo Yong-pil 3rd828088Top 8
9 Lee Ha-yi Sweet Love - Anita Baker 1st939088Top 8
Episode 16 (March 18) : Mission 3. My Idol's Song
1 Park Ji-min In Dreams (꿈에) - Park Jung-hyun 2nd929290Top 7
2 Yoon Hyun-sang 소녀시대 - Lee Seung-chul 7th929284Top 7
3 Lee Michelle If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé 5th939089Top 7
4 Lee Seunghoon 내가 노래를 못해도 - SE7EN 4th787780Top 7
5 Park Jae-hyung This Love - Maroon 5 6th908092Top 7
6 Lee Ha-yi Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna 1st918888Top 7
7Baek Ji-woong기억의 습작 - Exhibition 8th798080Eliminated
8 Baek A-yeon Atlantis Princess (아틀란티스 소녀) - BoA 3rd908882Top 7
Episode 17 (March 25) : Mission 4. Movie·Drama O.S.T
1 Lee Michelle One Night Only - Jennifer Hudson (Movie 'Dreamgirls' O.S.T)7th939588SM Casting
2 Park Jae-hyung That Thing You Do - The Wonders (Movie 'That Thing You Do' O.S.T)5th888884JYP Casting
3 Lee Ha-yi 미련한 사랑 - JK Kim Dong-wook (Drama 'Man in Crisis' O.S.T)1st898489SM Casting
4 Baek A-yeon Can't Fight the Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes (Movie 'Coyote Ugly' O.S.T)4th858288JYP Casting
5 Yoon Hyun-sang 바람이 분다 - Lee So-ra (Movie 'This Charming Girl' O.S.T)6th828083Eliminated
6 Lee Seunghoon 춤추는 사자 - Self Written Rap (Movie 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' O.S.T)
[Original Song: I Like To Move It - will.i.am]		3rd889089YG Casting
7 Park Ji-min Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland (Movie 'The Wizard of Oz' O.S.T)2nd10010099YG Casting
Episode 18 (April 1) : Mission 5. Judge's Designated Song
1 Lee Ha-yi Sway - Pussycat Dolls 1st929089JYP Casting
2 Lee Michelle 사진을 보다가 - Vibe 6th929091JYP Casting
3 Park Jae-hyung Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli 4th898892Eliminated
4 Baek A-yeon Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston 5th908893SM Casting
5 Lee Seunghoon 어머니의 된장국 - Dynamic Duo 3rd919293YG Casting
6 Park Ji-min I'll Be There - The Jackson 5 2nd929292YG Casting
Episode 19 (April 8) : Mission 6. Viewer's Requested Song
1 Lee Michelle U Just - Soulciety5th909090Eliminated
2 Park Ji-min 거위의 꿈 - Carnival 2nd919393SM Casting
3 Baek A-yeon Run Devil Run - Girls' Generation 4th939493JYP Casting
4 Lee Seunghoon 챔피언 - PSY 3rd889088JYP Casting
5 Lee Ha-yi Love - Keyshia Cole 1st939393YG Casting
Episode 20 (April 15) : Mission 7. Results of the Three Final Trainings
1 Baek A-yeon 보고싶다 - Kim Bum-soo 3rd989696Top 3
2 Park Ji-min Love On Top - Beyoncé 2nd959791Top 3
3 Lee Ha-yi 시간이 흐른 뒤 - T (Yoon Mi-rae)1st959792Top 3
4 Lee Seunghoon The Show Must Go On - Self Written Rap
[Original: Successful (feat. Trey Songz & Lil Wayne) - Drake]		4th878786Eliminated
Episode 21 (April 22) : Mission 8. Free Song Choice
1 Lee Ha-yi U-Go-Girl - Lee Hyo-ri 1st999992Top 2
2 Park Ji-min You Raise Me Up - Secret Garden 2nd999792Top 2
3 Baek A-yeon 잘못했어 - 2AM 3rd959092Eliminated
Episode 22 (April 29) : Mission 9. FINAL
Mission 9-1. Free Song Choice
1 Lee Ha-yi Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack 2nd989994-
2 Park Ji-min Music Is My Life - Lim Jeong-hee 1st989995-
Mission 9-2. Sing Each Other's Cover
1 Lee Ha Yi Rolling in the Deep - Adele 1st1009996Runner-up
2 Park Ji-min Mercy - Duffy 1st999799Winner

Ratings

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will in be red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue. (Note: Individual corner ratings do not include commercial time, which regular ratings include.)

Episode #Original AirdateAGB Ratings [6]
Nationwide
1December 4, 20119.3%
2December 11, 201110.7%
3December 18, 201110.0%
4December 25, 201110.4%
5January 1, 20129.5%
6January 8, 201211.5%
7January 15, 201212.5%
8January 22, 201210.3%
9January 29, 201213.1%
10February 5, 201215.0%
11February 12, 201214.0%
12February 19, 201217.3%
13February 26, 201217.1%
14March 4, 201216.2%
15March 11, 201216.4%
16March 18, 201215.8%
17March 25, 201216.0%
18April 1, 201219.5%
19April 8, 201216.6%
20April 15, 201215.4%
21April 22, 201219.1%
22April 29, 201217.6%

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