K-pop Star season 1

{{Infobox television season

| module1 = {{Infobox reality competition season

| judges = BoA
Park Jin-young
Yang Hyun-suk

| host = Yoon Do-hyun
Boom

| num_contestants =

| finals_venue =

| winner = Park Ji-min

| runner_up = Lee Ha Yi

}}

| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|12|18}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2012|4|29}}

| network = SBS

| next_season = K-pop Star 2

}}

The first season of Survival Audition K-pop Star ({{langx|ko|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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2012052116132930122|title=SBS, 'K팝스타' 우승자 박지민 JYP行 공식발표|work=Star News|date=May 21, 2012|access-date=June 6, 2013|language=ko|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051713/http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2012052116132930122&type=1&outlink=1|url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=147263|title=보아, 양현석 박진영과 함께 'K팝스타' 심사위원 발탁|date=25 August 2011|publisher=TV Report|access-date=19 February 2012|language=ko|archive-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414063315/http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=147263|url-status=live}}

Singer, Yoon Do-hyun, and entertainer, Boom, hosted the live competition from March 4, 2012 to April 29, 2012 when the winner is crowned.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201202091732491001|title=‘K팝스타’ 윤도현 붐 MC합류 "아나운서 아닌 신선조합, 진행자도 차별화"|date=9 February 2012|publisher=Newsen|access-date=19 February 2012|language=ko}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mydaily.co.kr/new_yk/html/read.php?newsid=201304141905161113&ext=na|title=이하이·이천원, 박지민·악뮤 누르고 'K팝' 왕중왕전 1위|date=15 April 2013|publisher=My Daily|access-date=6 June 2013|language=ko|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714172943/http://www.mydaily.co.kr/new_yk/html/read.php?newsid=201304141905161113&ext=na|url-status=live}}

Process

:Audition applications + Preliminary auditions held July – October 2011. Preliminary auditions were held in countries such as China, United States, Brazil and in Europe.

:First round: Talent Audition – Check for talents and skills, Airdate: December 4–18, 2011.

:Second round: Contact Audition and 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

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

Park Ji-min : Born 1997, from Daejeon, Winner, debuted in duo 15& under JYP Entertainment, now under Warner Music Korea as Jamie
Lee Ha-yi : Born 1996, from Bucheon, Runner-up, debuted as soloist LEE HI under YG Entertainment but left in 2019, now under AOMG
Baek A-yeon : Born 1993, from Seongnam, eliminated April 22, 2012 (8th Live), debuted as soloist under JYP Entertainment, currently under Eden Entertainment
Lee Seung-hoon : Born 1992, from Busan, eliminated April 15, 2012 (7th Live), debuted in boy group WINNER under YG Entertainment
Lee Michelle : Born 1991, from Paju, eliminated April 8, 2012 (6th Live), debuted as a soloist under DIMA Entertainment
Park Jae-hyung : Born 1992, from United States, eliminated April 1, 2012 (5th Live), debuted in band DAY6 under JYP Entertainment
Yoon Hyun-sang : Born 1994, from Suwon, eliminated March 25, 2012 (4th Live), debuted as soloist under LOEN Entertainment
Baek Ji-woong : Born 1990, from Seoul, eliminated March 18, 2012 (3rd Live), debuted as a soloist under Bob Film Entertainment
Kim Na-yoon : Born 1994, from United States, eliminated March 11, 2012 (2nd Live), signed with Starship Entertainment and left to pursue her bachelor's degree at Boston University
Lee Jung-mi : Born 1996, from Ilsan, eliminated March 4, 2012 (1st Live), had been signed but cancelled her contract with YG Entertainment

Round 5: Stage Auditions

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%.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201203040849171001|title=‘K팝스타’ 문자투표 비중 30% 확정, 역대 오디션 중 최저 왜?|date=4 March 2011|publisher=Newsen|access-date=18 March 2012|language=ko|archive-date=6 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906042158/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201203040849171001|url-status=live}}

Order of Performance	Name	Song - Original Artist	Advance Online Vote	SM	YG	JYP	Results
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colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| 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	bgcolor="#febac2" \| 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
colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| 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	bgcolor="#febac2" \| 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
colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| 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	bgcolor="#febac2" \| Eliminated
8	Baek A-yeon	Atlantis Princess (아틀란티스 소녀) - BoA	3rd	90	88	82	Top 7
colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| 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	bgcolor="#febac2" \| 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
colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| 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	bgcolor="#febac2" \| 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
colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| Episode 19 (April 8) : Mission 6. Viewer's Requested Song
1	Lee Michelle	U Just - Soulciety	5th	90	90	90	bgcolor="#febac2" \| 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
colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| 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	bgcolor="#febac2" \| Eliminated
colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| 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	bgcolor="#febac2" \| Eliminated
colspan="8" style="background: #CCCCCC; text-align:center;" \| Episode 22 (April 29) : Mission 9. FINAL
colspan="8" style="background: #e1e1e1; text-align:center;" \| 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	-
colspan="8" style="background: #e1e1e1; text-align:center;" \| Mission 9-2. Sing Each Other's Cover
1	Lee Ha Yi	Rolling in the Deep - Adele	1st	100	99	96	bgcolor="silver" \| Runner-up
2	Park Ji-min	Mercy - Duffy	1st	99	97	99	bgcolor="yellow" \| Winner

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.)

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style="width:40px;"\|Episode # ! style="width:120px;"\|Original Airdate ! AGB Ratings{{in lang\|ko}} [http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/_hannet/agb/f_rating/rating_01a.asp AGB Nielsen Media Research Ratings Page] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314100441/http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/_hannet/agb/f_rating/rating_01a.asp \|date=2012-03-14 }} 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%

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style="width:40px;"|Episode #

! style="width:120px;"|Original Airdate

! AGB Ratings{{in lang|ko}} [http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/_hannet/agb/f_rating/rating_01a.asp AGB Nielsen Media Research Ratings Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314100441/http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/_hannet/agb/f_rating/rating_01a.asp |date=2012-03-14 }}
Nationwide

| December 4, 2011

| 9.3%

| December 11, 2011

| 10.7%

| December 18, 2011

| 10.0%

| December 25, 2011

| 10.4%

| January 1, 2012

| 9.5%

| January 8, 2012

| 11.5%

| January 15, 2012

| 12.5%

| January 22, 2012

| 10.3%

| January 29, 2012

| 13.1%

| February 5, 2012

| 15.0%

| February 12, 2012

| 14.0%

| February 19, 2012

| 17.3%

| February 26, 2012

| 17.1%

| March 4, 2012

| 16.2%

| March 11, 2012

| 16.4%

| March 18, 2012

| 15.8%

| March 25, 2012

| 16.0%

| April 1, 2012

| 19.5%

| April 8, 2012

| 16.6%

| April 15, 2012

| 15.4%

| April 22, 2012

| 19.1%

| April 29, 2012

| 17.6%

References

External links

{{Official website|http://tv.sbs.co.kr/kpopstar}} {{in lang|ko}}
{{YouTube|user=SBSKPOPSTAR|K-pop Star}} {{in lang|ko}}

Category:2011 South Korean television series debuts

Category:2012 South Korean television series endings