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]

K-pop Star
Season 1
Hosted byYoon Do-hyun
Boom
JudgesBoA
Park Jin-young
Yang Hyun-suk
WinnerPark Ji-min
Runner-upLee Ha Yi
Release
Original networkSBS
Original releaseDecember 18, 2011 (2011-12-18) –
April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)
Season chronology
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K-pop Star 2

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

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  • Audition applications + Preliminary auditions (July – October 2011)
    • Preliminary auditions were held from around the world in countries such as China, United States, and Brazil. Auditions were also held in Europe.
  • First round: Talent Audition – Check for talents and skills (Airdate: December 4–18, 2011)
  • Second round: Contact Audition + Ranking Audition – Audition and help with a chosen judge, and ranking by judges (Airdate: December 18, 2011 - January 1, 2012)
  • Third round: Casting Audition – Being cast by one of three companies for a two-week training session (Airdate: January 8 - February 5, 2012)
  • Fourth round: Battle Audition – Competing for a spot in the Top 10 to advance to the live competition (Airdate: February 12–26, 2012)
  • Fifth round: Stage Audition – Judges score and viewers voting during live competition to decide the final winner (Airdate: March 4 - April 29, 2012)

Judges

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  • Yang Hyun-suk : YG Entertainment CEO, producer, singer
  • Park Jin-young : JYP Entertainment Executive producer, singer, songwriter
  • BoA : SM Entertainment singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer

Top 10

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Round 5: Stage Auditions

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  • The Top 10 competes on the live stage with the results determined by combining the Judges Score 60%, Viewers SMS Vote 30%, and Advance Online Vote 10%.[5]
Order of
Performance
Name Song - Original Artist Advance
Online Vote
SM YG JYP Results
Episode 14 (March 4) : Mission 1. My Story
1 Baek Ji-woong 입영열차 안에서 - Kim Min-woo 9th 85 81 80 Top 9
2 Lee Michelle 이별여행 - Won Mi-yeon 7th 89 90 85 Top 9
3 Lee Seunghoon 난 알아요 - Seo Tai-ji & Boys 2nd 80 78 77 Top 9
4 Park Jae-hyung 한여름 밤의 꿈 - Kwon Sung-yeon 6th 83 78 83 Top 9
5 Baek A-yeon 언젠가는 - Lee Sang-eun 4th 90 90 88 Top 9
6 Kim Na-yoon 나는 문제없어 - Hwang Kyu-young 10th 83 85 83 Top 9
7 Yoon Hyun-sang 1994년 어느 늦은 밤 - Jang Hye-jin 8th 85 90 82 Top 9
8 Lee Jung-mi 달팽이 - Panic 5th 81 81 80 Eliminated
9 Lee Ha-yi 미련 - Kim Gun-mo 1st 84 82 85 Top 9
10 Park Ji-min Hey Hey Hey - Jaurim 3rd 93 92 85 Top 9
Episode 15 (March 11) : Mission 2. Million Seller
1 Park Jae-hyung Toxic - Britney Spears 6th 93 88 82 Top 8
2 Kim Na-yoon Set Fire to the Rain - Adele 9th 75 78 78 Eliminated
3 Baek Ji-woong 빗속에서 - Lee Moon-sae 8th 89 85 87 Top 8
4 Lee Michelle Run To You - Whitney Houston 7th 89 88 84 Top 8
5 Baek A-yeon 아시나요 - Jo Sung-mo 4th 92 92 92 Top 8
6 Yoon Hyun-sang 휘파람 - Lee Moon-sae 5th 86 85 82 Top 8
7 Park Ji-min I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston 2nd 96 90 86 Top 8
8 Lee Seunghoon 단발머리 - Jo Yong-pil 3rd 82 80 88 Top 8
9 Lee Ha-yi Sweet Love - Anita Baker 1st 93 90 88 Top 8
Episode 16 (March 18) : Mission 3. My Idol's Song
1 Park Ji-min In Dreams (꿈에) - Park Jung-hyun 2nd 92 92 90 Top 7
2 Yoon Hyun-sang 소녀시대 - Lee Seung-chul 7th 92 92 84 Top 7
3 Lee Michelle If I Were a Boy - Beyoncé 5th 93 90 89 Top 7
4 Lee Seunghoon 내가 노래를 못해도 - SE7EN 4th 78 77 80 Top 7
5 Park Jae-hyung This Love - Maroon 5 6th 90 80 92 Top 7
6 Lee Ha-yi Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna 1st 91 88 88 Top 7
7 Baek Ji-woong 기억의 습작 - Exhibition 8th 79 80 80 Eliminated
8 Baek A-yeon Atlantis Princess (아틀란티스 소녀) - BoA 3rd 90 88 82 Top 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) 7th 93 95 88 SM Casting
2 Park Jae-hyung That Thing You Do - The Wonders (Movie 'That Thing You Do' O.S.T) 5th 88 88 84 JYP Casting
3 Lee Ha-yi 미련한 사랑 - JK Kim Dong-wook (Drama 'Man in Crisis' O.S.T) 1st 89 84 89 SM Casting
4 Baek A-yeon Can't Fight the Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes (Movie 'Coyote Ugly' O.S.T) 4th 85 82 88 JYP Casting
5 Yoon Hyun-sang 바람이 분다 - Lee So-ra (Movie 'This Charming Girl' O.S.T) 6th 82 80 83 Eliminated
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]
3rd 88 90 89 YG Casting
7 Park Ji-min Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland (Movie 'The Wizard of Oz' O.S.T) 2nd 100 100 99 YG Casting
Episode 18 (April 1) : Mission 5. Judge's Designated Song
1 Lee Ha-yi Sway - Pussycat Dolls 1st 92 90 89 JYP Casting
2 Lee Michelle 사진을 보다가 - Vibe 6th 92 90 91 JYP Casting
3 Park Jae-hyung Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli 4th 89 88 92 Eliminated
4 Baek A-yeon Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston 5th 90 88 93 SM Casting
5 Lee Seunghoon 어머니의 된장국 - Dynamic Duo 3rd 91 92 93 YG Casting
6 Park Ji-min I'll Be There - The Jackson 5 2nd 92 92 92 YG Casting
Episode 19 (April 8) : Mission 6. Viewer's Requested Song
1 Lee Michelle U Just - Soulciety 5th 90 90 90 Eliminated
2 Park Ji-min 거위의 꿈 - Carnival 2nd 91 93 93 SM Casting
3 Baek A-yeon Run Devil Run - Girls' Generation 4th 93 94 93 JYP Casting
4 Lee Seunghoon 챔피언 - PSY 3rd 88 90 88 JYP Casting
5 Lee Ha-yi Love - Keyshia Cole 1st 93 93 93 YG Casting
Episode 20 (April 15) : Mission 7. Results of the Three Final Trainings
1 Baek A-yeon 보고싶다 - Kim Bum-soo 3rd 98 96 96 Top 3
2 Park Ji-min Love On Top - Beyoncé 2nd 95 97 91 Top 3
3 Lee Ha-yi 시간이 흐른 뒤 - T (Yoon Mi-rae) 1st 95 97 92 Top 3
4 Lee Seunghoon The Show Must Go On - Self Written Rap
[Original: Successful (feat. Trey Songz & Lil Wayne) - Drake]
4th 87 87 86 Eliminated
Episode 21 (April 22) : Mission 8. Free Song Choice
1 Lee Ha-yi U-Go-Girl - Lee Hyo-ri 1st 99 99 92 Top 2
2 Park Ji-min You Raise Me Up - Secret Garden 2nd 99 97 92 Top 2
3 Baek A-yeon 잘못했어 - 2AM 3rd 95 90 92 Eliminated
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 2nd 98 99 94 -
2 Park Ji-min Music Is My Life - Lim Jeong-hee 1st 98 99 95 -
Mission 9-2. Sing Each Other's Cover
1 Lee Ha Yi Rolling in the Deep - Adele 1st 100 99 96 Runner-up
2 Park Ji-min Mercy - Duffy 1st 99 97 99 Winner

Ratings

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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 Airdate AGB Ratings[6]
Nationwide
1 December 4, 2011 9.3%
2 December 11, 2011 10.7%
3 December 18, 2011 10.0%
4 December 25, 2011 10.4%
5 January 1, 2012 9.5%
6 January 8, 2012 11.5%
7 January 15, 2012 12.5%
8 January 22, 2012 10.3%
9 January 29, 2012 13.1%
10 February 5, 2012 15.0%
11 February 12, 2012 14.0%
12 February 19, 2012 17.3%
13 February 26, 2012 17.1%
14 March 4, 2012 16.2%
15 March 11, 2012 16.4%
16 March 18, 2012 15.8%
17 March 25, 2012 16.0%
18 April 1, 2012 19.5%
19 April 8, 2012 16.6%
20 April 15, 2012 15.4%
21 April 22, 2012 19.1%
22 April 29, 2012 17.6%

References

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  1. ^ "SBS, 'K팝스타' 우승자 박지민 JYP行 공식발표" (in Korean). Star News. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. ^ "보아, 양현석 박진영과 함께 'K팝스타' 심사위원 발탁" (in Korean). TV Report. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ "'K팝스타' 윤도현 붐 MC합류 "아나운서 아닌 신선조합, 진행자도 차별화"" (in Korean). Newsen. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ^ "이하이·이천원, 박지민·악뮤 누르고 'K팝' 왕중왕전 1위" (in Korean). My Daily. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. ^ "'K팝스타' 문자투표 비중 30% 확정, 역대 오디션 중 최저 왜?" (in Korean). Newsen. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. ^ (in Korean) AGB Nielsen Media Research Ratings Page Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
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