[Variety] Radio Star w/ Secret and Sistar

Secret debuted earlier than Sistar but they are often pitted against each other.  Both groups are considered 2 of the rising rookies in the girl group realm of Kpop today. =)

I like Secret for their down to earth personalities, they're not trying to be sweet or shy but are actually happy to be laughing about themselves.  As the hosts mentioned, only Bora and Hyorin are the known members of Sistar.  Hyorin for her very good singing voice and Bora for her athletic abilities.

Sunhwa almost got scammed by a person claiming to be an entertainment company.  Jieun auditioned for JYP by doing popping.  Hyorin suggested Bora's hairstyle to have no bangs to make people differentiate them because they're often mistaken as twins.  With so many idols saying they wanted to date, I'm sure lots of them are actually dating. =P


Radio Star w/ Secret and Sistar w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] Pit-A-Pat Shake

It's a Lunar Year Special by MBC which is like a spin-off of WGM.  They paired up 4 couples and made them meet up and practice for a performance.  I guess it's MBC's way of finding a new couple for WGM, if any of the couples here get good response then they can continue on as regulars of WGM.

The 4 couples are:  Lee Joon and Lizzy, Sungmin and Hyorin, Taesung and Seungyeon, Hwisoon and Sunhwa.  Each girl and boy were asked who they like most among the boys/girls, but since there are overlapping preferences, the PDs made the choice who they want to match up.

Lee Joon and Lizzy are so cute!  I'd call them the "babo couple" because they both have that clueless look, so gullible but adorable. =)  I'm happy to see Joon smile again, he seems a bit unhappy the previous year and with Mblaq not having lots of Korean activities last year, I really missed them.  Joon's cheapness came out when Lizzy asked him to buy the costumes, he's really thrifty and don't like spending money, LOL! XD  I wonder why they didn't wear the gold costume Joon bought for the actual performance?  It looks so much nicer than the red they wore.


[CUT] Lee Joon and Lizzy Couple w/ English subtitles
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[CUT] Hwisoon and Sunhwa Couple w/ English subtitles
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I didn't find any subbed cuts of the other 2 couples. =(  But if you also want to watch even without subs, here's the link for full program.

[FULL] Pit-A-Pat Shake - NO SUBS

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[Variety] Birth of a Family - Episode 1

Hosts: Lee Hwi Jae, Boom, Shin Bong Sun

It's a new variety show about taking care of stray dogs. The opening story is so touching, just like what they say, dogs love unconditionally.~ The staffs fetched the hosts from their house and on their way to the shelter threw some trivia. I'm surprised that there were 89,000 dogs abandoned in Korea in 2009 alone. And after 10 days and nobody claimed the stray dogs, they're "put to sleep", does that mean they mercy kill the dogs? =(

They also invited idols to volunteer in walking and playing with the dogs in the shelter. We see 4Minute's Hyuna and Sohyun enjoying the company of the dogs. They also tell viewers the story of how the dogs were found.

The staff posted photos of the dogs in the KBS building to promote their adoption. They are holding auditions to those who would be willing to adopt a dog to see if they will fit to be their new family. We get to see singers like Secret, Infinite, SNSD, FT Island, Maybee, Kan Miyeon checking out the dog pictures. Some even went to the audition like Sistar, Infinite, Mblaq, Secret, A Pink, and lots of gagmen.


Birth of a Family - Episode 1 w/ English subtitles

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[Variety] Immortal Song 2 - Episode 6

Challengers: Changmin, Hyorin, Hongki, G.O., Junsu, Jiyoon

The legend they are singing is: Ju Hyun Mi - the queen of trot in Korea

We have a new challenger this time, it's 4Minute's Jiyoon taking Secret's Ji Eun's place.

For the preliminary competition, they are doing duets. Each challenger chose a partner to sing with, the winner will get the privilege to choose when he/she want to sing on the main competition.

First pair to sing is Jeon Jiyoon and Lee Sejun. It's Jiyoon's first time to sing a ballad and the song she chose is "Parting Story". I'm used to hear her sing dance songs, I didn't know she has such a sweet voice.

Second pair is Hyorin and Shin Yongjae. They chose to sing the song "Now", which has a little bit faster tone than the first pair's.

3rd to sing are Lee Changmin and Lee Hyeon which I think have an edge over the others since they've been singing together as a duo team "Homme" and had proven to have great harmony together. They're singing "Lay Me Down On The Sea" which was a male-female duet original.

My most anticipated duet is Lee Hongki and Kim Heechul's because they look so worried right from the start, lol! XD They're the 4th team to sing and they're singing "Morning Admission Discount". They made their concept more like a musical with the costume. The song they chose is really nice and Heechul sand surprisingly well. ^^

5th team is Junsu and Lee Yeonghyeon singing "Our Love Will". I think it's nice that they stick with the original duet without making too much variation, I love old school ballads.

And the last to sing is G.O. and Im Jeonghui. They're singing "Pain Deeper Than Love" which they changed a bit into a softer version.


Immortal Song 2 - Episode 6 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] Immortal Song 2 - Episode 5

Challengers: Changmin, Hyorin, Ji Eun, Hongki, G.O., Junsu

The legend they are singing is: Min Hae Kyeong

1st to sing is Hongki together with his FT Island members who came to perform with him and give support. He's singing "You Smile Like a Doll" which they made into rock version since they're a rock band after all.

2nd is G.O. singing "No More Love" in jazz version. I find it very classy with the saxophone and G.O.'s soothing voice. =)

3rd is Junsu singing "The Face I Miss". It's interesting that the 3 new challengers are the first 3 to sing and pitted against each other. His version is from slow to punk rock.

Changmin chose to sing 4th with the same song that Hongki sang, "You Smile Like a Doll". He sang it comfortably with acoustic guitar accompaniment and a cute finish. ^^

5th to sing is Hyorin who looks pretty relaxed going on stage with "Mini Skirt". She sang the song in a sexy way complete with choreography and costume change. Hyorin is really good with this concept.

Last challenger is Jieun with the song "My Life is Mine". The arranger used sampling of Secret's song "Madonna" into the song. I personally find it weird but I'm no musician.


Immortal Song 2 - Episode 5 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] Immortal Song 2 - Episode 4

Challengers: Changmin, Hyorin, Ji Eun, Hongki, G.O., Junsu

There are 3 new challengers starting this episode, FT Island's Lee Hongki, Mblaq's G.O., and 2PM's Junsu, replacing Yesung, Jonghyun and Yoseob who left the show because of their busy schedules.

The mission they received this time is to sing Pop Music Top Ten's number one song from 1992. Everyone was surprised and worried because they're just toddlers in that year so how can they sing a song they barely know? (I'm so old! LOL! o_0 I don't have any problem singing along to 1992 songs from Boyz II Men, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, etc. at all. =P)

G.O. talked about his past singer experience before Mblaq, it was not an easy road for him to come to where he is right now. Changmin looks like he enjoyed the stage a lot, he had so much fun! =) Hongki looks so nervous while watching the other singers sing, while Hyorin looks like the most relaxed one.


Immortal Song 2 - Episode 4 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] Dream Team - Summer Special

Guests: Secret's Hyosung and JiEun, After School's Jungah and Raina, Jewelry's Jooyeon and Eunjung, Jang Saebyeol and Choihee, Lee Jihye, Kim Miyun, Lee Pani, NS Yunji.



Guests: Sistar's Bora and Dasom, CSJH's Dana and Sunday, Girl's Day's Sojin and Minah, Dal Shabet's Viki and Subin, Nine Muses' Eunji and Hyemi, Rania's Joy and T-ae, Rainbow's Jaekyung and Hyunyoung, Kim Hyejin, Kim Miyoun, Kim Nayoung, Kang Eunbi, Jiwon.



It's a summer special and dream team invited girls that look good in swim wear because they're playing water games. ^^ They're supposed to shoot in Carribean Bay but because of heavy rain, they postponed the shoot and moved to an indoor pool 4 weeks after. Some of the guests from the first shoot weren't able to make it on the next shoot.



First game is sliding on ice, they just have to slide as far as they can. Second game is water obstacle race, the first grab a tube wins. Third game is water wrestling where they will be pushing each other, the last girl standing wins.



Dream Team - Episode 92 w/ English subtitles



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[Variety] Immortal Song 2 - Episode 3

Challengers: Yesung, Changmin, Hyorin, Jonghyun, Yoseob, Ji Eun.

Idols are singing the legend, Boohwal. Even the people that helped the idols arrange the songs they're going to sing are present to watch them sing. Boohwal songs are more rock so I'm wondering if they will like their songs arranged differently. =)

Yang Yoseob is the first to sing with his chosen song, "Huiya" arranged to be more emotional with guitar accompaniment. It sounds like a bossa nova version and I personally love it. =)

2nd singer is Song Ji Eun to sing "Reminiscence III" which was a last minute change because the first song she chose just doesn't work for her. The arrangement is too slow for my taste but Jieun sang it really beautifully.

3rd singer is Yesung to sing "The More I Love You". He looks so pale and nervous when he started singing but made an amazing ending.

4th singer is Hyorin with the same song as Yoseob, "Huiya" but hers is a rock ballad version. I'm not a big rock fan but I enjoyed her performance specially near the end where she went more rock than ballad. It's here that she got the label of "Korea's Beyonce". ^^

Changmin is the 5th singer to sing "Never Ending Story" in jazz version. He sang it so lightly and relaxed, I love these type of songs! =) He even added a rap, and as he said, it's more for himself because he wanted to try something he haven't tried before. ^^

Final singer is Jonghyun who got 1st in the preliminaries. He's singing "Lonely Night" in original rock version but I think he lowered the key a bit because the original is pretty painful on the vocal chords.

I agree with what they said, this show sure erases the bias people have against idol singers. And I'm happy that through this show, the general audience get to see that within each idol group, there's a great vocalist that works hard on their singing. ^_^


Immortal Song 2 - Episode 3 w/ English subtitles

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[Variety] Immortal Song 2 - Episode 2

Challengers: Yesung, Changmin, Hyorin, Jonghyun, Yoseob, Ji Eun.



Due to her busy schedule, IU left the show. As Kim Gura said, there's actually no elimination in the show, the challengers can continue on as long as they can. When they've become too busy with other schedules, a new challenger will come in to take their place. This time, it's Secret's Song Ji Eun.



The song they will sing this time is "The Song of My Life", it's the song that gave them strength during their trainee years. The person with the highest score in the 1st competition can choose when he/she will sing on the 2nd competition.



The legend they're singing this time is Boohwal.





Immortal Song 2 - Episode 2 w/ English subtitles



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[Variety] Bouquet - Episode 11

Girl groups: 4Minute, Rainbow, Secret, LPG, Ladies' Generation.



The girls are competing for the chance to be part of a joint MT (membership training - it's like a school team building activity) with male guests. The boys will personally pick the girls they would want to go to the MT with.



Only 13 girls will be chosen. They are competing in 3 catogories, 1st is the girl that can make her boyfriend laugh when he's bored, 2nd is to be a cool person and can remain calm in any situation, 3rd is the girl that will be able to protect her partner with her strength.



The boy groups that made the choice are Choshinsung and Infinite. =) They then played a game to make them into couples. The couples played couple games, 1st is piggy back quiz and 2nd is pillow fight.



4Minute's Jiyoon sure is cute!^^





Bouquet - Episode 11 w/ English subtitles

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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep27

It's the final episode of 100 Points Out of 100. It's sad to see yet another show go. =(

White Team - Yoseob, Lee Joon, Kim Sanghyeon, Chun Myeonghun, Sanghyeok, Inati, Jiyeon, Hahyeong, Ji Eun, Q.ri, Eukyeong

Yellow Team - Kwanghee, Jinon, Dongwoo, Sunwoong, Chunji, Sui, Eunjung, Bomi, Zinger, Hyewon

Green Team - Nam Woohyun, Niel, Kim Minkyo, Songyung, Hyoseung, Haegeum, Aji, Chorong

Red Team - Simon D, Dongjoon, Jaehyo, Inguk, Siwan, Eunji, Soyeon, Sunhwa, Hyonhwa, Dana

Gray Team - Lee Hyeon, L, Sungjong, Baro, Gongchan, Sungkyu, Hwayeong, Subin, T-ae, Hyoyeong, Viki

Blue Team - Min, NS Yunji, Daniel, Brian, Kevin, Jooyeon, G.Na, Joy


They're playing Men and Women Captain Knee Wrestling (more commonly known as chicken fight ^^), Hula hoop and finally, Dodgeball.


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 27 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep24

It's another idol athletics but this time it's indoors. The idols were grouped into 6 teams from different provinces.

Yellow Team - Lee Joon, Yoseob, Sori, Chun Myunghoon, Jaekyung, Naeun, Hyunyoung, Hyungjoon, Sanghyuk, Youngwook

White Team - Seungho, Hyorin, Dasom, Eunjung, Hyewon, Yugwon, Jungshin, Dongwoo

Green Team - Yesung, Kim Joon, Hyoseung, Chorong, Ji Eun, Haegeum

Red Team - Simon D, Soyeon, Seonhwa, Dongjun, Eungyo, Eunji, Eunyoung, Hoya, Siwan, Seo Inguk, Jaehyo

Violet Team - Lee Hyeon, Suzy, Bora, Hwayeong, Soyu, Uri, L, Yoomin

Gray Team - Min, Tim, NS Yunji, Cheondoong, Kevin, Jooyeon

The games they're playing are: Men's muscle flex, women's trunk lift, men/women arm wrestling, and dodgeball.


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 24 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep23

This episode of 100 Points Out of 100 is a sports fest format. They invited idols to compete against each other. The idol groups were divided into 6 teams based on their home towns.

White team from Seoul headed by Lee Joon with Yoseob, Cheon Myeonghun, Kim Sanghyuk, Kim Yongjun, Jiyeon, Sohyun, Hyuna, Serri.
Pink team from Gyeonggido headed by Kwanghee with Seungho, C.A.P., Kim Eunjeong, Dasom, Sui, Hyorin, Zinger.
Fuchsia team from Gangwondo headed by Hyeoseong with Dongwoon, Gyeongjin, Jisoo, Niel, Aji, Haegeum, Nam Jiyeon.
Blue team from Gyeongsangdo headed by Simon D with Soyeon, Dongjun, Siwan, Seo Inguk, Jaehyo, Youngwon, Ha Jooyeon, Eunyoung.
Yellow team from Jeollado headed by Kikwang with Jinyoung, Jung Heechul, Lee Hyeon, Bora, Soyu, Viki.
Green team from overseas headed by Min, NS Yunji, Cheondung, Daniel, Tim.

They are competing in 5 events. 1st event is chin-ups for men and hanging for women, 2nd event is sit-ups, 3rd is 50m sprint, 4th is 400m relay, and 5th in in-line skating for men.


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 23 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep22

Teachers: Park Myung Soo, Park Kyung Lim, Tony Ahn and Kim Shin Young

Students: Soyeon, Yoseob, Cheon Myunghoon, Lee Joon, Hyoseung, Min, Kikwang, Simon D, Sulli, Heo Gyeonghwan.

Whenever and wherever Sulli appears, the show will seem to be so much brighter, that's because all the boys are smiling from ear to ear with all their teeth showing. =D She's such a cute girl that everybody loves. =)

I like Heo Gyeonghwan but I don't know why. He's awkward and not funny most of the time that he reminds me of Kim Jong Min. And I really like Kim Jong Min even from the X-Man days. ^^

Gyeonghwan, Kikwang and Tony standing side by side made me laugh so hard. The issue of height is such a complex to these men, lol! XD And the love triangle of Kikwang, Hyoseung and Joon. This episode is full of laughs. ^_^


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 22 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep21

Teachers: Park Myung Soo, Park Kyung Lim, Tony Ahn and Kim Shin Young

Students: Soyeon, Yoseob, Cheon Myunghoon, Lee Joon, Hyoseung, Min, Kikwang, Simon D, Ha Choonhwa, Kim Yeongchul.

Kim Yeongchul is known for impersonating Ha Choonhwa so they all gave it a try. I find Lee Joon so funny trying his hardest to widen his small eyes, LOL! XD

1st game is single verse quiz and the theme is "songs with popular dances". Shinyoung's "Judo Girl" is so funny specially when she starts imitating a bully girl in school. She's adorable! I hope she will get well soon and not leave entertainment, she's a jewel. =)

The final game is doing an action that the next person must follow and add. Who gets it wrong is out, and the team with the last member standing wins. The final battle is hilarious! LOL! =P


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 21 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep20

Teachers: Park Myung Soo, Park Kyung Lim, Tony Ahn and Kim Shin Young

Students: Soyeon, Yoseob, Cheon Myunghoon, Lee Joon, Hyoseung, Min, Kikwang, Eun Jiwon, Gilme, Brian.

A lot of them came out with a new album, so we get to see a bit of everyone's new song. It's a comeback special parade. =)

First segment of variety test is the first verse song quiz, the category is no. 1 songs from past music chart shows. Soyeon really surprises me, she's a big music fan since she was young, she knows really old songs and had been a fan of old school Kpop. ^^


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 20 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep19

Teachers: Park Myung Soo, Park Kyung Lim, Tony Ahn and Kim Shin Young

Students: Simon D, Soyeon, Yoseob, Cheon Myunghoon, Lee Joon, Hyoseung, Min, Sul Woondo, Park Sangchul, Siwan.

The guests are senior singers. Then they talked about the different pose they did before. When Cheon Myunghoon started talking about the pose he did during his time, it was hilarious! LOL! XD Kwanghee also came for a special participation. ^^

Their games, 1st is the single verse song quiz, 2nd game is talk to me, they didn't have a 3rd game today.


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 19 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep18

Teachers: Park Myung Soo, Park Kyung Lim, Tony Ahn and Kim Shin Young

Students: Simon D, Soyeon, Yoseob, Cheon Myunghoon, G.Na., Daniel, Danny Ahn, Eunjin, Suzy, Seonhwa.

Sunbae idols Danny and Eunjin proved to be knowledgeable on idol matters specially on love, lol! XD They can read the idols because they've been through everything before. It's really cute how they tease Yoseob because Suzy said that he's her ideal guy. ^^

For the games, they played the Korean song game, but this time, the losing team will all get punished. Next is the "Talk to me" mission where you have to make your opponent say their mission phrase. And for the final game, they played a charades game but the action will have to be passed from one member to another and the last member will have to guess the proverb/idiom correctly.


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 18 w/ English subtitles

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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep16

Teachers: Park Myung Soo, Park Kyung Lim, Tony Ahn and Kim Shin Young

Students: Simon D, Min, Hyoseung, Lee Joon, Soyeon, Yoseob, Kikwang, Cheon Myunghoon, Kim Minji, Kan Miyeon.

Guests students for this episode are Baby V.O.X.'s Kan Miyeon with a new song out called "Papparazzi" and Kikwang who is simply adorable. ^^ Yoseob's so cute trying to outshine Kikwang because of fear that he might not be coming back again the following week, lol! XD

They played the Korean lyrics game with Beast singing their songs with English lyrics into Korean. Kikwang eventually got caught and had to dance with each student. =P Next game is the English word game. And their final game is to break the gourds and guess the correct phrase.


100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 16 w/ English subtitles
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[Variety] 100 Points Out of 100 - Ep15

Teachers: Park Myung Soo, Park Kyung Lim, Tony Ahn and Kim Shin Young

Students: Simon D, Min, Hyoseung, Soyeon, Lee Joon, Chun Myunghoon, Jinwoon, Son Hoyoung, Hyun Woo, Kim Minji.

4 new students in this episode. Son Hoyoung still looks so young with that smile of his. Jinwoon got attacked by Shin Young, LOL! XD Hyun Woo and Minji are the newbies of variety because they're both actors. And they get so embarrassed when they got teased to be dating, which made me more suspicious. I think they are dating, but secretly. =P

For the mission, 1st is the Korean song test and "Lee Joon she lovely" got overly excited when the announcer made a special mention of his name. ^^ Next game is English word relay. Final game is to carry the girl and sit and stand 10 times, the first to finish wins.

100 Points Out of 100 - Episode 15 w/ English subtitles

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