What's Up KOREA ?!: 2010

Superstar K2’s John Park beats Jang Jae In in heated online battle

Mnet Superstar K2’s participant John Park won 1st place in the 5th edition of the online voting for the show. This past weekend we reported that John Park jumped up to the number one spot as voting began on October 9th.

The 5th round of voting officially ended on October 14th at 6 pm, and after a close competition between John Park and Jang Jae In, Park won with a total of 29815 votes, putting Jang in a close 2nd with 28552 votes.

The battle was very close as on the morning of the 14th, Jang was actually beating Park and the prospects of being 1st in online voting for the 5th consecutive week looked good. However, during the afternoon, John Park recaptured the lead and ultimately won 1st place.

As the netizens’ online vote has a tremendous influence on the results for the show, viewers all overKorea

are interested in this turn of events.

Meanwhile, Heo Gak received 22,897, placing him in 3rd place below Jang Jae In.

Source + Photo: Osen

SNSD member Tiffany performs the wrong version of ‘Gee’

On October 13th, the ladies of SNSD / Girls’ Generation attended the KIKO Public Awareness Cultural Festival which was held at the Yeouido Park in Seoul. The girls performed 3 songs in total:Run Devil Run, Oh!, and Gee. The girls performed the songs flawlessly per usual with the exception of Gee.

As many of you know, the girls known as Shoujo Jidai in Japan are scheduled to release the Japanese version of Gee on October 20th. The girls are also scheduled to perform the Japanese version of Gee on the October 22nd edition of the popular music program Music Station. The girls were scheduled to perform the Korean version of Gee at this Festival but it seems SNSD member Tiffanyhad Japanese on the mind as she mistakenly performed the Japanese version.

Tiffany realizes the mistake and stops performing but you can visibly see both herself and fellow SNSD member Hyoyeon laughing about the mistake.

Tip: jenn4
Photo: Osen

SNSD Tiffany’s ‘Banji (Ring)’ MV released for Haru OST

Nearly three weeks ago we reported that SNSD / Girls’ Generation member Tiffany would release a track titled 반지 / Banji (Ring) for the Korean Tourism Authority omnibus drama “Haru (One Day) An Unforgettable Day in Korea.” Well, it took a while but the track along with the MV has finally been released.

2AM reveals new teaser image

Last week, Si-Hyuk Bang, a famous music producer also known as “HITMAN” Bang revealed information stating that 2AM’s first regular album will be released on October 26th. The HITMAN also mentioned that the website, http://2am.ibighit.com/ would be updated periodically and today the website was updated with a teaser image from 2AM’s upcoming comeback.

It seems either the album name or upcoming title track is going to be Saint o’clock. When any new information arises, we’ll be sure to keep you informed.

Tip: ayumi

Se7en, Wonder Girls and more attend Dr. Dre Beats Pro launch party

The launch party for the new Beats Pro premium headphones under Beats By Dr. Dre / Monster Cable was held this evening at Club Eden, where several K-Pop stars showed up to add more glitz to the event.

Beats By Dr. Dre

is a famous headphone/earphone brand created by American hip-hop artist Dr. Dre, offering exceptional sound quality at a premium and is highly coveted. Among famous K-pop artists who have been seen with them include Big Bang’s G-Dragon, 2NE1 and many more.

The launch party was held with a party concept in mind and stars who attended include Se7en, Wonder Girls’ Yeeun, Sunye, Yubin, San-E, Koo Jun Yup, DJ DOC’s Lee Ha Neul, Baekga, etc.

The sale of Beats By Dr. Dre in Korea will be supervised by Mnet, under CJ O Shopping.