Superstar K6 (Korean:슈퍼스타 K6) is the sixth season of the South Korean television talent show series Superstar K, which premiered on 22 August 2014 on Mnet and aired Friday nights at 11PM KST. Eliminations were determined in each episode based on text message votes and online votes open to the public. The winner of Superstar K6, Kwak Jin-eon, received 500,000,000 won ($470,990 USD) worth of prizes and benefits; 300,000,000 won ($282,486 USD) in cash prizes and 200,000,000 won ($188,324 USD) for record producing. Lee Seung-chul and Yoon Jong-shin returned as judges. The season also saw the addition of Kim Bum-soo and Baek Ji-young as judges following the departure of Lee Ha-neul of DJ DOC.
Burstered (버스터리드) is a five-member rock band from Seoul, South Korea. The group consists of No Dae-gun (노대건, 26), Jung Sang-yun (정상윤, 20), An Jun-yong (안준용, 26), Lee Gye-jin (이계진, 26), Cho Hwan-hee (조환희, 26).
Foxstar (여우별밴드) is a four-member teen female band from Hampyeong, Jeollanamdo, South Korea. The group consists of Baek Chae Lin (백채린, 19), Baek Yu Lin (백유린, 18), Kim Da Seul (김다슬, 18), Lee Seul (이슬, 18).
Lee Jun-hee (이준희, born January 7, 2000) is from Gunsan, South Korea.
Lee Hae-na (이해나, born June 2, 1991) is from Seoul, South Korea. A solo singer; she was also once a part of a girl group called Kiss & Cry (band) (키스&크라이) where she served as the main vocalist.
Jang Woo-ram (장우람, born February 17, 1986)is a formal vocal trainer for previous seasons of Superstar K from Seoul, South Korea.
MICA (미카) (4th Power/4th Impact) is a female vocalist group, made up of four sisters from Manila, Philippines. The group consists of: Mylene (마이린, 23), Irene (아이린, 25), Celina (셀리나, 20), Almira (알미라, 27). They are the only foreigner contestants in the season and the last girl standing from Top 8.
Jam Factory is a South Korean music publisher which sources song tunes and lyrics for K-pop, J-pop and Mandopop artists from songwriters predominantly based in the US. Writers of the tunes are often songwriters for American companies, such as Brandon Fraley, a well known provider of tunes to South Korean girl and boy bands, who is a songwriter for Sony Music Publishing in Los Angeles. Korean, Japanese and Chinese language lyrics are usually provided by Jam Factory's own lyricists based in Seoul.
Seoul Institute of the Arts (Korean: 서울예술대학교) is an arts university in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The Namsan campus in Seoul is used for presentation of arts productions and convergence with industry. The Ansan Campus opened in 2001 and is used for educational training.
Kim Bum-soo, is a South Korean singer who is widely considered one of the country's best vocalists. Kim debuted in 1999 with the album, A Promise, and in 2001, he charted on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart with his song "Hello Goodbye Hello" which reached number 51. He is best known for the song, "I Miss You," which was featured on the soundtrack for the 2003 Korean drama, Stairway to Heaven.
South Korea participated in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar on 1–15 December 2006. South Korea ranked 2nd with 58 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.
Saturday Night Live Korea is a South Korean late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. It is adapted from the long-running American TV show Saturday Night Live by NBC, and the show's executive producers are Lorne Michaels and Jennifer Danielson from SNL Studios and Broadway Video, which licenses the format. Originally broadcast by generalist cable network tvN, the weekly program ran from 3 December 2011 to 18 November 2017, and aired on Saturdays at 22:50 KST. In 2021, the format was revived by Coupang Play, and the show premiered on the streaming platform on September 4, 2021, at 22:00 KST.
Kwak Hee-sung is a South Korean actor and musician. He made his acting debut in 2012 with the cable series Korean Peninsula. Kwak is also the vocalist and bassist of the rock band E.D.E.N..
iHQ Inc., doing business as SidusHQ is one of the leading talent management agencies in South Korea. It was founded in January 2001 by Teddy Hoon-tak Jung. The company is involved in talent management, and TV drama/music production.
Superstar K5 is the fifth season of the South Korean television talent show series Superstar K, which premiered on 9 August 2013 on Mnet and aired Friday nights at 11PM KST. On July 11, 2013, it was confirmed that Lee Seung-chul and Yoon Jong-shin would be returning to join the judges member panel, the latter having been missing from the previous season. This season also saw the addition of Lee Ha-neul of DJ DOC as a judge following the departure of Yoon Mi-rae. This season saw over 1,982,661 applicants across the multiple avenues of entry for the show.
Friend, Our Legend is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Hyun Bin, Kim Min-jun, Seo Do-young, Lee Si-eon and Wang Ji-hye. It aired on MBC from June 27 to August 30, 2009 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:40 (KST) for 20 episodes.
Events from the year 1981 in South Korea.
I Have a Lover is a 2015-2016 South Korean television series starring Kim Hyun-joo, Ji Jin-hee, Park Han-byul and Lee Kyu-han. It aired on SBS's Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 (KST) from August 22, 2015, to February 28, 2016, for 50 episodes. Kim Hyun-joo and Ji Jin-hee previously starred together in Miss Kim's Million Dollar Quest (2004).
Girls' Generation 1979 is a South Korean television series based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Kim Yong-hee. The drama slated for eight episodes with 1970s Daegu as the backdrop. It premiered on KBS2 on September 11, 2017, and aired every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST).
Bursters (Korean: 버스터즈, formerly known as Burstered is a South Korean metalcore band under Evermore Music. The group first appeared on Superstar K6, in which the band finished at Top 6 as the first-ever heavy rock band in Superstar K history to do so. They released their debut album, Live In Hope, on April 16, 2017, which received a high score of 85/100 on Japan's renowned hard rock and metal magazine Burrn!. The band is also the first Korean artist to have been included in the weekly radio playlist of Kerrang! with the single "Barriers".
Black Dog: Being A Teacher is a 2019–2020 South Korean television series starring Seo Hyun-jin, Ra Mi-ran and Ha Jun. It aired on tvN's Mondays and Tuesdays time slot from December 16, 2019 to February 4, 2020. It is a well-made drama in which viewers sympathized greatly with the realistic situation, conflicts and villains facing fixed-term teachers in the drama.
Alice is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Kim Hee-sun and Joo Won. It aired on SBS from August 28 to October 24, 2020, every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 (KST). It is described as "a human sci-fi drama about a magical time travel of a woman who resembles a dead woman and a man who lost his emotions".
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