Kim Sung-joo (presenter)
{{Short description|South Korean television presenter (born 1972)}}
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| birth_place = Cheongju, South Korea
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| spouse = {{marriage|Jin Soo-jung|2002}}
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| alma_mater = Chung Ang University – Graduate School of Journalism and Broadcasting (Master)
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Kim Sung-joo (born October 10, 1972) is a South Korean television host and a former announcer. A former sports broadcaster and presenter, he became known to the wider public as a variety show host and for his stint on the reality-variety show Dad! Where Are We Going?.{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Hyun Lok |date=24 December 2012 |title='나가수' 후속은 '아빠 어디가'..김성주 MC |trans-title=The follow-up to "Na Ga Su" is "Daddy, where are you going?"MC Kim Sungjoo |work=Star News |url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2012122410113403639&type=1&outlink=1 |access-date=1 May 2014}}
Early life
Born and raised in North Chungcheong Province, Kim is the son of a Presbyterian minister.{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Pool Leep |date=June 9, 2016 |title=김성주 아버지 故 김창경 목사, 오늘 발인…영면에 들다 |language=ko |trans-title=Kim Sung-joo's father, the late pastor Kim Chang-kyung, was born today...go to one's fate |publisher=YTN |url=https://www.ytn.co.kr/_sn/1406_201606110633017556}} He attended high school in Cheongju and moved to Seoul, where he graduated from Chung-Ang University.{{cite news|title='한끼줍쇼' 김성주, 러브스토리 공개 "아내가 먼저 사귀자고"|url=https://news.joins.com/article/22075226|work=JoongAng Ilbo|date=November 1, 2017|language=ko}}
Career
Kim started his broadcasting career in 1995 as a public service announcement reader with the government channel KTV. He went into sports broadcasting, joining Korea TV Sports (now SBS Sports) and then Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). While with MBC he became popular as a current affairs presenter and notably covered the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. In 2007 he left MBC to be a freelancer after seven years with the station.
As a freelancer, Kim has hosted various popular variety shows ranging from singing competitions Mnet's Superstar K and MBC's King of Mask Singer to the cooking show Please Take Care of My Refrigerator. He has also returned to the sports broadcasting scene as a guest broadcaster for the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2012 he notably returned to MBC to cover the London Olympics at the last minute due to the absence of experienced reporters from the ongoing reporters' union strikes, which earned him both praise and condemnation from viewers and fellow broadcasters alike.{{cite news |last=Choi |first=Jung A |date=September 15, 2017 |title=주진우 "패고 싶다" 김성주 공개 비난…"엉뚱한 사람에게 화풀이" vs "틀린 말 아냐" |language=ko |trans-title=Joo Jin-woo publicly criticizes Kim Sung-joo for "I want to lose"..."Taking it out on the wrong person" vs "It's not wrong." |work=The Dong-a Ilbo |url=https://www.donga.com/news/Entertainment/article/all/20170915/86342215/9}}{{cite news |last=Yoo |first=Jin Mo |date=March 15, 2013 |title=프리선언 오상진, 김성주에게 배워라 |language=ko |trans-title=Oh Sang-jin of the Free Declaration, Learn from Kim Sungjoo |work=The Chosun Ilbo |url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/03/15/2013031500536.html}}
On November 15, 2021, Kim founded the Matched Project (MCP) agency with Kim Young-man, Ahn Jung-hwan, and Jung Hyung-don.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003802441|author=Ko Jae-wan|title=[공식] 김용만·김성주·안정환·정형돈 손잡고 콘텐츠 기획사 '뭉친프로젝트' 출발|trans-title=[Official] Kim Yong-man, Kim Seong-joo, Ahn Jung-hwan, and Jeong Hyeong-don join hands to launch 'United Project', a content management company|publisher=Sports Chosun|via=Naver |date=November 15, 2021|access-date= November 16, 2021|language=ko}}
In October 2024, he became an exclusive sports caster for MBC.{{Cite web |title=네이버 엔터 |url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/076/0004204931 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=m.entertain.naver.com}}
Personal life
Kim married his university sweetheart in 2002 after a nine-year courtship.{{cite news |last=Jung |first=Ji Yoen |date=December 11, 2002 |title=9년 열애 끝에 결혼한 MBC 아나운서 김성주·진수정 부부의 신혼 이야기 |language=ko |trans-title=The Newlywed Story of MBC Announcers Kim Sung-joo and Jin Soo-jung, who got married after nine years of dating |work=Women's Dong-A |url=https://woman.donga.com/3/all/12/128649/1}} The couple have three children, sons Min-guk and Min-yul and daughter Min-joo. Min-guk and Min-yul were cast members on Dad! Where Are We Going? with their father.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Filmography
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| Blue Chip Stars | Host | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001370564|author=Choi Hee-jae|title=카카오TV, 신규 예능 '블루칩스타즈' 론칭…김성주·초아 출연 [공식입장]|trans-title=Kakao TV launches new entertainment 'Blue Chip Stars'... Kim Seong-joo and Choa appeared [official position]|publisher=EXports News |via=Naver |date=November 8, 2021|access-date= November 8, 2021|language=ko}} |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:Mass media people from Seoul
Category:South Korean television presenters
Category:South Korean radio presenters