Director: | Cho Seung-wook |
Presenter: | Jun Hyun-moo |
Starring: | Various participants and artists |
Country: | South Korea |
Language: | Korean |
Num Seasons: | 7 |
Num Episodes: |
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Producer: | Kim Seok-yoon |
Editor: | Lee Geon-young |
Cinematography: | Choi Sung-jin |
Camera: | Multi-cameras |
Runtime: | 120 minutes |
Company: | JTBC |
Channel: | JTBC |
Hidden Singer is a South Korean variety-music TV program broadcast on JTBC. The mechanics are a famous singer and several of their impersonators sing one measure of a song behind the blinds for four rounds. In the first three rounds, an audience of 100 people vote on the person who they think is not the real singer, the person with the most votes would be eliminated. In the final round, the audience votes on who they think is the real singer, the person with the most votes would win the episode.[1] The program is hosted by Jun Hyun-moo.[2]
After around three years of hiatus, since the fourth season's end, the program began its fifth season by airing a "comeback special" episode on June 10, 2018; the regular episodes air starting from June 17, 2018.[3]
A sixth season has been confirmed after two years,[4] [5] starting with a "comeback special" episode that aired on July 31, 2020.[6] [7]
After two years of hiatus, the seventh season will air starting from August 19, 2022. This marks the program celebrating its tenth anniversary.[8]
Season | Host | Vocal trainer | Broadcast date | Total episodes |
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1 | Jo Hong-kyung | December 21, 2012 – December 28, 2012 | 2 (pilot) | |
March 16, 2013 – June 22, 2013 | 17 | |||
2 | October 12, 2013 – January 25, 2014 | 16 + 2 (special) | ||
3 | August 2, 2014 – December 6, 2014 | 17 + 2 (special) | ||
4 | October 3, 2015 – January 16, 2016 | 16 + 5 (special) | ||
5 | [9] | June 17, 2018 – October 7, 2018 | 17 + 1 (special) | |
6 | July 31, 2020 – November 13, 2020 | 14 + 2 (special) | ||
7 | August 19, 2022 – November 18, 2022 | 14 |
In each episode, one singer is the star of the episode, and in each round, he/she sings with impersonators a certain mission song in the hidden stage while the audience attempts to find the impersonators and the original singer. If the real singer is eliminated, they stay in the rounds until the end (albeit with null votes). In the end, if an impersonator wins the episode, he/she would receive 20 million won. If the real singer won the episode, the second-place impersonator would get 100,000 won times the number of votes they got in the final round.
The singer and five impersonators go in order (from #1-#6, though before, after, or in between individual parts, multiple or all singers can sing at once). At the end of the first half of the song, the 100-member audience votes on who they believe sounds least like the original singer, and the celebrity panel discusses their votes and thoughts on the real singer's position. When the results are revealed, the number of votes are shown for each person in order (there have been case where the votes are shown in reverse order), and the one with the highest number of votes is eliminated. If it is an impersonator, they introduce themself. In round 1, only the doors for the real singer and elimination are opened. As in three episodes so far, if the original singer is not in the hidden stage because six impersonators were chosen instead of five, there would be six impersonators in the next round (The real singer is said to be in "room number 7").
The remaining five (or six) sing half of the next song in the hidden stage (with their positions shuffled). After voting and discussion, the next half of the song is sung, but the doors are opened, and the impersonators faces are revealed. The elimination is then announced, and, if an impersonator is eliminated, he/she introduces themself.
The singer and three (or four) surviving impersonators sing the next song in the hidden stage, but the music does not stop. Instead, the audience votes during the interlude, and the impersonators' and singer's positions are revealed during the second half.During round 3, the surviving impersonators also introduce themselves. Each one has a nickname like (nickname)(singer's name). Nicknames are usually qualities (like "Handsome Man Nam Jin"), places of origin (like "Jinju Kim Kyung-ho"), song titles that are relevant to their backstory as a fan (like "On The Street Kim Kwang-seok"), occupations (like "Welder Im Chang-jung"), or even puns ("Who Shin Ji/누구 신지" is a pun on the phrase "Nugushinji" which translates to "Who is it") though there can be other types. The impersonators can be celebrities, foreigners, and both male and female regardless of the singer's gender.Around this time, a medley of the singer's songs (that are not mission songs) or a special performance are sung by members of the panel and the impersonators.At the end of round 3, the elimination is announced.
The round 4 performance works the same as round 3. The singer and two (or three) surviving impersonators sing the final song in the hidden stage, but the music does not stop. Instead, the audience votes during the interlude on who they think the real singer is. After the votes are cast, the impersonators' and singer's positions are revealed during the second half. After the song the third place is announced, and then the winner (As a running gag, in most episodes, right before the winner is announced, the host says "Cue commercial!" generally causing an uproar). The last surviving impersonator wins money depending on what place they ranked and how many votes they got. This impersonator also gets to go to the end-of-season King of Kings championship. Sometimes, if there is a tie for two impersonators as runner-ups, both impersonators will receive prize money and participate in the championship. If the singer was eliminated prior to announcing the winner, the singer will announce the winner of the episode in place of the host. In Season 6, the champion impersonator would receive a Korean beef set, while in Season 7, this was a pork set.Sometimes at the end, an encore is sung by the impersonators and the singer.
In the latter half of Season 6, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the voting system changed temporarily. Only the panel of celebrities would be present, and live viewers could vote online when possible during the livestream. This led to some controversy as people speculated it could be rigged/manipulated.
The King of Kings Championship is the season finale (usually) where all the winning impersonators compete against each other. For the first four seasons, the champions would be divided into Groups A, B, and C. Each singer would sing half of a song behind the door, and the 300-member audience would vote zero if they thought the singer was good. They would open the door, and the champion would sing the next half of the song. After all singers in a group had sung, the scores would be revealed (generally one or two digits at a time), and whoever had the most votes would move to the finals. If two champions tied for the most votes, they both would advance.In the finals, each singer sings like in the qualifiers, except that from Season 2 onwards, the finals were broadcast live, with hundreds of thousands of voters. The winner would get money and a special prize (like an expensive car)In Seasons 3 and 4, between the qualifiers and the finals, viewers could vote for a "wildcard" who would go to the finals as a fourth member.In Season 5, the format changed, where each singer would perform one by one, and the score out of 300 would be revealed before the next performer. The top three out of the twelve would with money and prizes.In Season 6, the format changed again, where instead of voting zero, each voter out of 200 would rate the singer from 1 to 10 (2000 possible points) after each performance, the panel's votes (out of 300 points) were revealed after each stage, and the total votes for each person were revealed at the end. In Season 7, the format is the same as the previous season except the panel's votes were out of 250 points instead.In Seasons 1 and 7, midway through the performances, a "re-challenge" would happen, where a singer and his five impersonators would go through a normal round-style performance, and the audience's votes were revealed at the end.At or near the end, there is usually a special performance featuring all of the impersonators or a special guest singer.
This event has happened twice in Hidden Singer history. Eight teams, each consisting of one singer and one impersonator who was a participant in the King of Kings Championship. Each team has two performances, the one where half is in a special two-room hidden stage, and the other half after the doors open and their positions are revealed. The audience and the other seven teams are challenged to find, the real singer. The second performance is the team alternating parts of a different song on the stage. After all eight teams have performed, the audience votes for their favorite team, and the winner is declared "Best Couple".
Before some seasons, a special episode would air with the host and panel, featuring a collection of the best past performances, or the lineup prediction for the following season. The first and seventh seasons are the only ones to not have such an episode. In the fifth and sixth seasons, these were "Comeback Specials" and they featured highlights of the previous seasons as well as hearing quizzes, where six audio clips of songs would play, and the panel would guess which one was a real singer singing. The other five were impersonators. Hearing quizzes also happened during the Season 4 Doppel-Singer Music Festival and the Season 6 King of Kings Championship.At the end of Season 3, a special "All Three Seasons King of Kings Championship" was broadcast live. It worked similar to a Championship Final, expect there were ten contestants (the finalists from the past three seasons, except Kwak Dong-hyun). A special performance featuring the majority of champions from the three seasons appeared at the end.In the middle of Season 6, a Special Live Broadcast Quiz aired, which included a hearing quiz and a lineup prediction for the second half of Season 6.
Episode # | Air Date | Singer | Panel of Celebrities | Song | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||
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Third place | Runner-up | Winner | |||||||||
1 (Pilot) | December 21, 2012 |
| Im Ji-soo | Cheon Ga-yeon | Kim Ji-seon | Oh Ha-neul | Lena Park | ||||
2 (Pilot) | December 28, 2012 | Joo Young-hoon, Kim Young-chul, Son Ho-young (g.o.d), Solbi, Girl's Day (Sojin, Minah) |
| Kim Hyun-cheol | Seol Min-ji | Lee Jae-yoon | Woo Hyung-gi | Kwak Dong-hyun | Kim Kyung-ho | ||
3 | March 16, 2013 | Yoon Jong-shin, Bae Ki-sung (CAN),, Solbi, f(x) (Victoria, Amber), VIXX, Kwak Dong-hyun |
| Jang Jae-ho | Go Hong-seok | Kim Gi-hyun | Park Sung-soo | Park Ji-hoon | Sung Si-kyung | ||
4 | March 23, 2013 | Jo Tong-dal, Geum Bo-ra, Joo Young-hoon, Solbi, CNBLUE (Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Jung-shin) |
| Jo Hwi | Ji Seo-ryun | Lee Cheol-hee | Lee Won-seok | Kang Nam-soon | Jo Kwanwoo | ||
5 | March 30, 2013 | , Danny Ahn (g.o.d), Lee Ki-chan,, Solbi, (Kevin, Dongjun) |
| Choi Joo-ri | Ha Eun-ji | Kim Jae-seon | Woo Yeon-soo | Lee Soo-young | |||
6 | April 6, 2013 | Bang Eun-hee, Kim Kyung-ho, Danny Ahn (g.o.d),,, Sistar (Soyou, Dasom) |
| Jung Geun-young | Lee Woong-hee | Choi Hyun-moo | Park Sang-woo | Lee Hyun-hak | Kim Jong-seo | ||
7 | April 13, 2013 | Kim Sung-ryung, Lee Se-joon (Yurisangja), Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies), Danny Ahn (g.o.d),, Ailee, Han Groo Special: |
| Ji Min-wook | Kim Soo-bin | Ahn Joon-yong | Hong Woo-jin | Paul Song | Bobby Kim | ||
8 | April 20, 2013 | Sunwoo Yong-nyeo, Joo Young-hoon,,, Solbi, Wink, MBLAQ (Seungho, Mir) |
| Kim Jeong-won | Kim Seo-young | Lila | Kim Seon-myung | Oh Ye-joong | Jang Yun-jeong | ||
9 | April 27, 2013 | Park Seung-hwa (Yurisangja),, Lee Jung, Kim Ji-min,, INFINITE (Dongwoo, Woohyun, Sungyeol) |
| Lee Sang-won | Jeon Dae-won | Kim Young-hyun | Park Sang-min | ||||
10 | May 4, 2013 | Joo Young-hoon, Kim Chang-ryeol (DJ DOC),, Solbi, Huh Gak, Shin Bo-ra, B1A4 (Sandeul, Baro) |
| Kang Min-kyung | Park Hae-young | Baek Ji-young | |||||
11 | May 11, 2013 | Kim Jong-kook[10] | Joo Young-hoon, Hong Seok-cheon,, Kim Jong-min (Koyote),, After School (Jooyeon, Raina, Nana) |
| Ham Yoo-sung | Seo Joon-gyo | Yoo Young-min | Kim Byung-soo | Kim Jong-kook | ||
12 | May 18, 2013 |
| Hwang Young-hoon | Kim Tae-geuk | Kim Jeong-hoon | Ahn Woong-gi | Lee Moon-se | ||||
13 | May 25, 2013 | Yoon Min-soo (Vibe) | Lee Han-wi, Bang Eun-hee, Kim Sook,, Ryu Jae-hyun (Vibe), Jang Sung-kyu, Solbi, Shindong (Super Junior), Dal Shabet (Subin, Serri, Ah Young) Special: Yoo Seul-gi, Kang Min-kyung (Davichi) |
| Jo Sung-beom | Hwang Gil-seon | Park Sang-moon | Choi In-sik | Kim Sung-wook | Yoon Min-soo | |
14 | June 1, 2013 | Kim Heung-gook, Joo Young-hoon, Lee Soo-geun,,, Jang Sung-kyu,, Secret, Stellar (Gayoung, Hyoeun) |
| Yoo Sung-hee | Kim Jin-wook | Shin Young-gwang | Kim Sung-hoon | Choi Dong-hwan | Kim Gun-mo | ||
15 | June 8, 2013 | Legend of Hidden Singer Highlights |
Episode # | Air date | Panel | Participants | |||
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16–17 | June 15, 2013 – June 22, 2013 | Kim Kyung-ho, Solbi,, Tae Jin-ah, T-ara, Joo Young-hoon, Park Sang-min, Park Eun-ji, Lee Soo-young, Jo Kwan-woo, Dongjun, Kyungri (Nine Muses) Special: Jeon Dae-won, | The regular episodes' last survivors (excluded the singers) | |||
Group A | ||||||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 300) | Rank | |
1 | Kwak Dong-hyun | "Heartless" (비정) | 233 | 1 | ||
2 | Kim Young-hyun | "One Love" (하나의 사랑) | 79 | 5 | ||
3 | Choi Dong-hwan | "A Bird Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (뻐꾸기 둥지 위로 날아간 새) | 216 | 2 | ||
4 | Oh Ha-neul | "I'll Write You A Letter" (편지할게요) | 135 | 4 | ||
5 | Kang Nam-soon | "Swamp" (늪) | 138 | 3 | ||
Park Sang-min's re-challenge | ||||||
Room # | Singer & Participant | Song | Vote (out of 264) | |||
1 | Jeon Dae-won | "A Farewell to Arms" (무기여 잘있거라) | 42 | |||
2 | 79 | |||||
3 | Kim Young-hyun | 125 | ||||
4 | 15 | |||||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 300) | Rank | |
Group B | ||||||
1 | Kim Byung-soo | "One Man" (한 남자) | 64 | 5 | ||
2 | Ahn Woong-gi | "Old Love" (옛 사랑) | 242 | 1 | ||
3 | Park Hae-young | "I Won't Love" (사랑 안해) | 112 | 4 | ||
4 | Lee Hyun-hak | "Beautiful Restriction" (아름다운 구속) | 191 | 3 | ||
5 | Paul Song | "Tic Tac Toe" | 239 | 2 | ||
Group C | ||||||
1 | Woo Yeon-soo | "Grace" | 223 | 1 | ||
2 | Kim Sung-wook | "Piled Up with Longing" (그리움만 쌓이네) | 223 | 1 | ||
3 | Park Ji-hoon | "We Make a Good Pair" (우린 제법 잘 어울려요) | 166 | 3 | ||
4 | Oh Ye-joong | "Evocation" (초혼) | 144 | 4 | ||
Final | ||||||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (/300) | Rank | |
1 | (Group A) Kwak Dong-hyun's highlight video | 31 | Fourth place | |||
2 | (Group B) Ahn Woong-gi's highlight video | 157 | ||||
3 | (Group C) Woo Yeon-soo's highlight video | 45 | ||||
4 | (Group C) Kim Sung-wook's highlight video | 51 | ||||
Choral of 14 participants: "A Goose's Dream" (거위의 꿈;) |
Episode # | Air Date | Singer | Panel of Celebrities | Song | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||
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Third place | Runner-up | Winner | |||||||||
1 | October 12, 2013 |
| So Won | Huh Gak, Kim Bit-na-la, | Lee Jae-eon | Kim Dae-san | Jo Hyun-min | Im Chang-jung | |||
2 | October 19, 2013 | Kim Kyung-ho, Park So-hyun, Kang Yong-suk, Kang In-joon, Solbi, Han Groo, Luna (f(x)), Dana (The Grace), Don Spike, |
| Shin Dong-hwan | Baek Gi-soo | Lee Hyun-kyung | Jang Jin-ho | ||||
3[11] | October 26, 2013 | Joo Young-hoon, Noh Sa-yeon, Ryu Tae-joon, Shin Ji (Koyote), Solbi, MayBee, T-ara (Eunjung, Hyomin) |
| Kim Joo-han, Oh Hyun-taek | Oh Joong-hwan | Im Sung-hyun | |||||
4 | November 2, 2013 | Joo Young-hoon, Yoon Il-sang,,,,, Lady Jane, Ladies' Code, Pure (Black Jimin, Pink Chanhwee, Yellow Younghoo) |
| Nam Hoon-woo | Kim Joo-wan | Lee Beom-sik | Kim Chang-hoon | Jeon Cheol-min | Kim Bum-soo | ||
5 | November 9, 2013 | Joo Young-hoon,, Solbi, Hong Jin-young,, Haha,, Danny Ahn (g.o.d), 2Eyes (Hyangsook, Dasom, Daeun) |
| Min Hye-young | Park Ae-hwa | Bae Ah-hyun | Han Soo-young | Choi Yoo-kyung | Joo Hyun-mi | ||
6 | November 16, 2013 | Kim Kyung-ho, Lee Soo-young,, Sojin (Girl's Day), Shinee (Jonghyun, Key, Taemin), |
| Jo Jae-il | Yoo Ho-jin | Seo Jeong-yong | Jang Ji-won | Jo Yool | Yoon Do-hyun | ||
7 | November 23, 2013 |
| Jeon Ah-hyun | Anna | Kim Mi-hyun | IU | |||||
8 | November 30, 2013 | Kim Kyung-ho, Park Hae-mi, Park Hyun-bin,, 4Minute (Jiyoon, Gayoon, Woo Hyun, |
| Jung Jong-gi | Choi Wook | Jo Hyun-nam | Jeon Chan-young | Nam Jin | |||
9 | December 7, 2013 |
| Je Cheong | Daison | Park Joon-young | Kim Jin-ho | Wheesung | ||||
10 | December 14, 2013 |
| Byun Jae-min | Kim Nam-jong | Lee Sang-taek | Park Jin-young | |||||
11 | December 21, 2013 |
| Park Yoo-jin | Kwon Hyun-jin | Rael | Yook Hyo-seon | Jang Seo-yoon | Kim Yoon-ah | |||
12 | December 28, 2013 | ,, Joo Young-hoon, Lee Se-joon (Yurisangja), Bang Eun-hee, Kim Sung-kyung, Park Gun-hyung, Kim Ye-won, Kim Seul-gi,, Apink (Jung Eun-ji, Yoon Bo-mi, Oh Ha-young), NC.A, F.T. Island (Lee Hong-gi, Lee Jae-jin),, |
| Ryoo Jeong-hwan | Jin Ho-hyun | Lee Kyung-yong | Kim Kwang-seok | ||||
13 | January 4, 2014 | Highlights and King of Kings' Challenge's preparation |
Episode # | Air date | Panel | Participants | |||
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14–15 | January 11, 2014 – January 18, 2014 | The regular episodes' last survivors (excluded the singers) | ||||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 300) | Rank | |
Group A | ||||||
1 | Kim Yeon-joon | "You and I" (너랑 나) | 109 | 4 | ||
2 | Jang Jin-ho | "Your Smile in My Memory" (미소 속에 비친 그대) | 239 | 3 | ||
3 | Jeon Cheol-min | "Last Love" (끝사랑) | 241 | 2 | ||
4 | Jo Hyun-min | "A Shot of Soju" (소주 한 잔) | 285 | 1 | ||
Group B | ||||||
1 | Im Sung-hyun | For Your Soul | 243 | 1 | ||
2 | Jang Seo-yoon | "Nocturne" (야상곡) | 80 | 5 | ||
3 | "Empty Glass" (빈잔) | 221 | 3 | |||
4 | Jo Yool | "A Flying Butterfly" (나는 나비) | 234 | 2 | ||
5 | "Good Day" (좋은 날) | 183 | 4 | |||
Group C | ||||||
1 | Kim Jin-ho | "Heartsore Story" (가슴 시린 이야기) | 278 | 1 | ||
2 | Choi Seung-yeol | "Although I Loved You" (사랑했지만) | 239 | 2 | ||
3 | Choi Yoo-kyung | "Unrequited Love" (짝사랑) "The Man in Sinsa-dong" (신사동 그 사람) | 191 | 3 | ||
4 | Lee Sang-taek | "Behind You" (너의 뒤에서) | 81 | 4 | ||
Choral of 13 participants: "The Magic Castle" (마법의 성;) |
Episode # | Air date | Panel | Participants | |||
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16 | January 25, 2014 | Joo Young-hoon, Im Chang-jung, Wheesung, Greg, Shannon, Jeon Cheol-min | The groups' first place in the semifinals | |||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 864,868) | Rank | |
1 | Jo Hyun-min | "Again" (그때 또 다시) | 318,938 (36.9%) | |||
2 | Im Sung-hyun | "Do You Know" (아시나요) | 176,556 (20.4%) | |||
3 | Kim Jin-ho | "I Even Thought of Marriage" (결혼까지 생각했어) | 369,374 (42.7%) | |||
Special performance: Season 1's finalists | ||||||
Special performance: Kim Kwang-seok's impersonators- "A Letter From a Private" (이등병의 편지) |
Episode # | Air Date | Singer | Panel of Celebrities | Song | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||
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Third place | Runner-up | Winner | |||||||||
1 | August 23, 2014 | Joo Young-hoon, Song Eun-i, Cha Tae-hyun, Lee Se-joon (Yurisangja), Hong Kyung-min, Lee Young-ha,,, Ryu Jae-young,, Mamamoo, Ben, (Kevin, Dongjun) |
| Jung Da-ae | Choi Jin-hyang | Kim Ha-young | Jung Mi-ae | Kim Won-joo | Lee Sun-hee | ||
2 | August 30, 2014 | Lee Jae-hoon (Cool) | Jeong Jun-ha, Song Eun-i, Oh Hyun-kyung, Kim Sung-soo (Cool), Yoon Il-sang, Shin Ji (Koyote), Soyou (Sistar), AOA (Choa, Jimin, Yuna), |
| Han Sang-hoon | Bang Chang-yong | Im Si-won | Lee Dong-geun | Im Jae-yong | Lee Jae-hoon | |
3 | September 6, 2014 |
| Ahn Hee-jae | Hwang Bo-yeon | Kim Hyung-joon | Jang Young-dae | Kim Jae-hyun | Park Hyun-bin | |||
4 | September 13, 2014 | Hwanhee (Fly to the Sky) | Joo Young-hoon,, Brian (Fly to the Sky),,, Song Eun-i,, BESTie, Christina Confalonieri, Myname (Chae-jin, In-soo, Se-yong) |
| Hwang Eui-hyun | Park Ji-hoon | Kim Seung-yeon | Shin Hee-seop | Park Min-gyu | Hwanhee | |
5 | September 20, 2014 | Taeyeon (Girls' Generation) | Girls' Generation (Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Seohyun), Lee Se-joon (Yurisangja), Song Eun-i, Lee Kye-in, Yoo Se-yoon,, Red Velvet, Jo Hyun-min | Jung Yeon-joo | Im Soo-hyun, Park Sung-mi | Kim Hwan-hee | |||||
6 | September 27, 2014 | Joo Young-hoon, Park Won-sook, Kwon Oh-joong, Jang Dong-min, Kim Sae-rom,,, Shorry J (Mighty Mouth), Teen Top (Chunji, Niel, L.Joe), Kim Jin-ho, |
| Do Dong-hyun | Kim Dae-san | Jeon Tae-won | Min Soo-hyun | Kim Young-nam | Tae Jin-ah | ||
7 | October 4, 2014 |
| Lee Dong-joon | Go Myung-yoon | Moon Chan-hee | Bae Seung-hyun | KoN | Lee Juck | |||
8 | October 11, 2014 |
| Shin Ji-hye | Jung Chae-rin | Kwon Yoon-mi | Yang Jeong-eun | Insooni | ||||
9 | October 18, 2014 |
| Jeon Young-joo | Lee Hwan-hee | Shin Hyun-sik | In Eun-bae | Choi Hyung-seok | Yoon Jong-shin | |||
10 | October 25, 2014 | Bom Yeoreum Gaeul Kyeoul, Joo Young-hoon, Song Eun-i, Ahn Young-mi, Ailee,, Lim Kim,,,, Shannon, T-ara (Eunjung, Hyomin, Soyeon, TOP.IC |
| Kim Yong-gyu | Jung Dong-won | Lee Byung-geol | Goo Ja-yoon | Kim Young-gwan | |||
11 | November 1, 2014 | Kim Tae-woo (g.o.d) | g.o.d (Joon Park, Danny Ahn, Son Ho-young), Gong Hyung-jin, Joo Young-hoon, Kim Kyung-ho,, Gong Jeong-hyuk,, Megan Lee, Apink (Yoon Bo-mi, Oh Ha-young), AOA (Choa, Seolhyun, Chanmi),, Choi Dong-hwan |
| Im Geon-min | Jang Joon-hyuk | Kim Min-woo | Seon Ji-hoon | Kim Hong-young | Kim Tae-woo | |
12 | November 8, 2014 | Highlights and King of Kings' Challenge's preparation |
Episode # | Air date | Panel | Participants | |||
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13–14 | November 15, 2014 – November 22, 2014 | Joo Young-hoon, Yang Hee-eun, Lee Jae-hoon, Hwanhee, Kim Won-hee, Kim Min-hee,, Song Eun-i, Huh Gak, Girl's Day (Sojin, Yura) | The regular episodes' last survivors (excluded the singers) | |||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 300) | Rank | |
Group A | ||||||
1 | Kim Won-joo | "Fate" (인연) | 206 | 2 | ||
2 | Kim Jae-hyun | "So Hot!" (앗 | 뜨거) | 269 | 1 | |
3 | Kim Hong-young | "Love Rain" (사랑비) | 96 | 4 | ||
4 | KoN | "Lie Lie Lie" (거짓말 거짓말 거짓말) | 147 | 3 | ||
Group B | ||||||
1 | Im Jae-yong | "Sorrow" (애상) | 271 | 2 | ||
2 | Park Min-gyu | "Like a Man" (남자답게) | 280 | 1 | ||
3 | Choi Hyung-seok | "One Day Long Ago" (오래전 그날) | 154 | 4 | ||
4 | Kim Young-nam | "Mother" (사모곡) | 165 | 3 | ||
Group C | ||||||
1 | Kim Young-gwan | "How Love Is" (어떻게 사랑이 그래요) | 237 | 1 | ||
2 | Kim Hwan-hee | "Can You Hear Me" (들리나요) | 149 | 2 | ||
3 | Yang Jeong-eun | "Father" (아버지) | 104 | 3 | ||
Choral of Yang Hee-eun and 11 participants: "Beautiful Things" (아름다운 것들) + "Evergreen Tree" (상록수) + "Think of You" (당신 생각) |
Episode # | Air date | Panel | Participants | |||
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15 | November 29, 2014 | The groups' first place and the audiences' wildcard in the semifinals | ||||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 567,234) | Rank | |
1 | Kim Jae-hyun | "Just Trust Me" (오빠만 믿어) | 53,533 (9.4%) | Fourth place | ||
2 | Im Jae-yong | "Fate" (운명) | 119,716 (21.1%) | |||
3 | Kim Young-gwan | "Live a Long Long Time" (그대가 그대를) | 182,990 (32.3%) | |||
4 | Park Min-gyu | "Tomorrow" | 210,995 (37.2%) |
Episode # | Air date | Panel | Participants | |||
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16 | December 6, 2014 | All three seasons' "King of Kings' Challenge"'s finalists | ||||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 816,597) | Rank | |
1 | Ahn Woong-gi | "Old Love" (옛 사랑) | ||||
2 | Im Jae-yong | "Before Sadness Comes" (슬퍼지려 하기전에) | ||||
3 | Jo Hyun-min | "Ordinary Song" (흔한 노래) | 135,088 (16.5%) | |||
4 | Woo Yeon-soo | "Whistle to Me" (휠릴리) | ||||
5 | Kim Jae-hyun | "Shabang Shabang" (샤방샤방) | ||||
6 | Kim Jin-ho | "Heartsore Story" (가슴 시린 이야기) | ||||
7 | Kim Young-gwan | "A Thousand Days" (천일동안) | 123,426 (15.1%) | |||
8 | Kim Sung-wook | "Drinking" (술이야) | ||||
9 | Im Sung-hyun | "A Thorn Tree" (가시나무) | ||||
10 | Park Min-gyu | "Missing You" | 138,917 (17.0%) | |||
Choral of all three seasons' "King of Kings' Challenge"'s participants: "Being Together" (하나되어; Various artists) |
Air date | Panel | Participants | ||||
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September 26, 2015 – September 27, 2015 | Joo Young-hoon, Byun Jin-sub, Song Eun-i, Kim Sook, Koyote (Kim Jong-min, Bbaek Ga), Huh Gak, Girl's Day (Sojin, Yura) Special: Shin Ji (Koyote), Cool (Kim Sung-soo, Yuri) |
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Stage # | Participant | Singer | First performance | Second performance | Result | |
1 | Park Min-gyu | "Even Though My Heart Aches" (가슴 아파도) | "Sea of Love" | |||
2 | Im Jae-yong | "Sorrow" (애상) | "Before Sadness Comes" (슬퍼지려 하기전에) | |||
3 | Oh Ye-joong | "Evocation" (초혼) | "Sticking Plaster" (반창고) | |||
4 | Jo Hyun-min | "A Shot of Soju" (소주 한 잔) | "Love Again" (또 다시 사랑) | |||
5 | Kim Jin-ho | "I Even Thought of Marriage" (결혼까지 생각했어) | "Insomnia" | |||
6 | Woo Yeon-soo | "Whistle to Me" (휠릴리) | "A Love to Kill" (이 죽일놈의 사랑) | |||
7 | Kim Sung-wook | "Love Me Once Again" (미워도 다시 한 번) | "Are You Crazy?" (미친거니) | |||
8 | Kim Young-gwan | "How Love Is" (어떻게 사랑이 그래요) | "That One Person" (그 한 사람) |
Episode # | Air Date | Singer | Panel of Celebrities | Song | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |||
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Third place | Runner-up | Winner | |||||||||
1 | October 3, 2015 |
| Ji In-seon | Shin Jin-ah | Kim So-yeon | Moon Ye-seul | Seo Young-seo | BoA | |||
2 | October 10, 2015 | Kim Jin-ho (SG Wannabe) | Joo Young-hoon, Sunwoo Yong-nyeo, SG Wannabe (Kim Yong-jun, Lee Seok-hoon), Song Eun-i, Kim Sook,,, Park Seung-hi, AOA (Choa, Jimin, Hyejeong), Kim Jin-ho, Jo Hyun-min |
| Kim Kang-jin | Im Gyu-hwan | Kim Jeong-joon | ||||
3 | October 17, 2015 | Min Kyung-hoon (Buzz) | Joo Young-hoon,, Tei, Song Eun-i, Buzz (Yoon Woo-hyun, Son Sung-hee, Kim Ye-joon, Shin Joon-gi), Sunwoo Sun, Lee Guk-joo,, DIA (Seunghee, Yebin, Chaeyeon) |
| Park Hyun-soo | Kwon Joon-yeon | Baek Sung-jin | Choi Seung-ho | Park Kyung-won | ||
4 | October 24, 2015 | Joo Young-hoon, Shin Daechul (Sinawe), Yoo Sun, N.EX.T (Kim Se-hwang, Lee Hyun-seop, Ji Hyun-soo), Song Eun-i, Kim Jong-seo,, NC.A,, Eric Nam, Lady Jane, 2Eyes, Yoon Won-hee |
| Ahn Min-ho | Na Hyun-ho | Kim Dong-hwan | Kwon Seung-goo | Jung Jae-hoon | Shin Hae-chul | ||
5 | October 31, 2015 |
| Ariel Weinberg | Kim Hee-na | Kwon Joo-hee | Park Yeon-kyung | Lee Eun-mi | ||||
6 | November 7, 2015 | Joo Young-hoon, Kim Kyung-ho, Byun Jung-soo, Song Eun-i, Lee Ki-chan, Park Na-rae,, Song Ji-eun (Secret),,, Hello Venus (Nara, Yooyoung, Yeoreum), VIXX (Ken, Ravi, Hyuk) |
| Yoo Da-young | Hwang In-sook, Joo Mi-sung | So Chan-whee | |||||
7 | November 14, 2015 | Kim Jong-jin (Bom Yeoreum Gaeul Kyeoul), Oh Hyun-kyung,, Rumiko Tani,, Noel (Lee Sang-gon, Kang Kyun-sung), Kim Sook, Song Eun-i, BESTie, HALO (Jaeyong, Heecheon), Kis |
| Yoon Gwang-yong | Kim Hwan-jin | Lee Bong-geun | Shin Hee-young | Kim Jong-moon | Kim Jung-min | ||
8 | November 21, 2015 | Joo Young-hoon, Kim Kyung-ho, Park Joon-geum, Song Eun-i,,, Oh Young-sook, Mamamoo, Jang Sung-kyu,,,, VIXX (Ken, Ravi), |
| Ahn Jeong-hoon | Han Seung-hee | Lee Yong-goo | Jo Gil-won | Kim Yeon-woo | |||
9 | November 28, 2015 |
| Lee Young-jae | Shin Gong-hoon, Jung Young-pil | Ahn Jeong-soo | Kim Min-ho | Kim Jin-wook | Yim Jae-beom | |||
10 | December 5, 2015 | Shin Ji (Koyote) | Sunwoo Yong-nyeo, Joo Young-hoon, Koyote (Kim Jong-min, Bbaek Ga), Song Eun-i, Cool (Kim Sung-soo, Lee Jae-hoon),, EXID (Solji, LE, Hani), Topp Dogg (B-Joo, Xero), Im Jae-yong |
| Oh Eun-jin | Kim Soo-jin | Shin Ji | ||||
11 | December 12, 2015 | Joo Young-hoon,, Wheesung,, Song Eun-i,,,,, Fiestar (Jei, Cao Lu), Joy o'clock Special: Kim Jin-ho |
| Lee Se-mi | Kim Hyun-sil | Hong Hye-jin | Lee Eun-ah | Gummy | |||
12 | December 19, 2015 | Joo Young-hoon, Kim Wan-sun, Kim Kwang-kyu, Bang Eun-hee, Kim Sung-ryung, Go Woo-ri (Rainbow), Song Eun-i,,, Kangnam (M.I.B), U Sung-eun, Park Si-hwan, |
| Kim Dong-ho | Kim Dong-eon | Park Hwal-gi | Song Sung-yong | Lee Seung-cheol | Byun Jin-sub | ||
13 | December 26, 2015 | Highlights and King of Kings' Challenge's preparation |
Episode # | Air date | Panel | Participants | |||
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14–15 | January 2, 2016 – January 9, 2016 | Joo Young-hoon, Solbi, NC.A, Shin Ji, So Chan-whee, Kim Heung-gook, Kim Jung-min, Min Kyung-hoon, Song Eun-i, Apink (Yoon Bo-mi, Oh Ha-young, Kim Kyung-in, Ahn Na-kyung,, | The regular episodes' last survivors (excluded the singers) | |||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 300) | Rank | |
Group A | ||||||
1 | Joo Mi-sung | "A Smart Choice" (현명한 선택) | 185 | 5 | ||
2 | Seo Young-seo | "Valenti" | 220 | 4 | ||
3 | Kim Jin-wook | "For You" (너를 위해) | 223 | 3 | ||
4 | Kim Jeong-joon | "As We Live" (살다가) | 274 | 1 | ||
5 | Kim Jong-moon | "Endless Love" (무한지애) | 256 | 2 | ||
Group B | ||||||
1 | Hwang In-sook | "Tears" | 265 | 1 | ||
2 | Park Kyung-won | "You Don't Know Men" (남자를 몰라) | 257 | 2 | ||
3 | Lee Seung-cheol | "Dear My Lady" (숙녀에게) | 197 | 4 | ||
4 | Kim Soo-jin | "Sad Dream" (비몽) | 256 | 3 | ||
Group C | ||||||
1 | Jung Jae-hoon | "To Her" (그대에게) | 258 | 2 | ||
2 | Lee Eun-ah | "We Should've Been Friends" (친구라도 될 걸 그랬어) | 259 | 1 | ||
3 | Park Yeon-kyung | "Nocturne" (녹턴) | 254 | 3 | ||
4 | Jang Woo-ram | "Love, That Common Word" (사랑한다는 흔한 말) | 184 | 4 | ||
Choral of 13 participants: "Sano Ramen" (사노라면;) | ||||||
Special performance: Jeon In-kwon – "Imagine" | ||||||
Choral of Jeon In-kwon and 13 participants: "Don't Worry" (걱정말아요 그대) |
Episode # | Air date | Panel | Participants | |||
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16 | January 16, 2016 | Joo Young-hoon, Kim Heung-gook, Gummy, So Chan-whee, Min Kyung-hoon, Kim Jung-min, Song Eun-i, AOA (Jimin, Mina) | The groups' first place and the audiences' wildcard in the semifinals | |||
Stage # | Participant | Singer | Song | Votes (out of 506,967) | Rank | |
1 | Hwang In-sook | "A Smart Choice" (현명한 선택) | 101,489 (20.0%) | |||
2 | Kim Jeong-joon | "Timeless" | 151,451 (29.9%) | |||
3 | Lee Eun-ah | "Memory Loss" (기억상실) | 154,139 (30.4%) | |||
4 | Park Kyung-won | "Coward" (겁쟁이) | 99,888 (19.7%) | Fourth place | ||
Special performance: Turbo – "Again" (다시) + "Love Is" + "White Love" (스키장에서) + "Twist King" |
Episode # | Air Date/ References | Singer | Panel of Celebrities | Song | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | ||
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Third place | Runner-up | Winner | ||||||||
1 | June 17, 2018 [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] | Kangta (H.O.T.) | Sunwoo Yong-nyeo, Song Eun-i, Jeong Jun-ha, Tony An (H.O.T.), Sechs Kies (Eun Ji-won, Kang Sung-hoon), Luna (f(x)), Hyoyeon (Girls' Generation), Park Ji-sun, Park Sung-kwang, Momoland (Hyebin, Jane, JooE) Special: Lee Jae-won (H.O.T.) | Choi Young-gyun | Kim Hwi-goo | Kim Hyung-chan | Cha Gyeo-wool | Kim Min-chang | ||
2 | June 24, 2018 [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] |
| Kim Kwang-young | Kim Bong-gi | Hong In-pyo | Yoo Je-hyuk | Han Ga-ram | Jeon In-kwon | ||
3 | July 1, 2018 [24] [25] [26] [27] |
| Shin Yong-nam | Im Dong-yeol | Seo Yoo-hyun | Choi Go-ya | Kim Sung-in | Psy | ||
4 | July 8, 2018 [28] [29] [30] [31] |
| Shin Seo-woo | Shin Young-hwan | Song Ji-seok | Kim Byung-gil | Jung Han | K.Will | ||
5 | July 15, 2018 [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] | Lee Kye-in, Song Eun-i, Wheesung, Choi Jung-in,, Son Dong-woon (Highlight),, Oh My Girl (Hyojung, YooA, Seunghee),,, Ken (VIXX), |
| Hyun Jin-joo | Heo Mi-yeon | Hyun So-jin | Ahn Min-hee, Choi Woo-sung | Lyn | ||
6 | July 22, 2018 [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] |
| Nam Hyung-wook | Seon Yong-seon | Jung Ji-hoon | Lee Dong-young | Ko Yu-jin | |||
7 | July 29, 2018 [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] |
| Go Soo-yeon | Ma Jeong-mi | Lee Seung-yeon | Hong Jin-young | ||||
8 | August 5, 2018 [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] |
| Lee Yoo-jin | Ailee | Lee Jeong-eun | Kwon Ye-rin | Kang Go-eun | |||
9 | August 12, 2018 [52] [53] [54] [55] | Bada (S.E.S.) | Jung Jae-yong (DJ DOC), Song Eun-i, Shoo (S.E.S.), Lee Jae-won (H.O.T.),,, Hanhae, Goon Jo, SEVENTEEN (Jeonghan, DK, Seungkwan),, |
| Jung Ji-yoon | Shin Jin-kyung | Na Mi-hee | Kim Hye-in | Choi So-hyun | |
10 | August 19, 2018 [56] [57] [58] [59] | , Lee Juck, Song Eun-i, Kim Young-chul, Lee Se-joon (Yurisangja),, Park Sung-kwang, Duetto, Kwak Dong-hyun,, NC.A (Uni.T), Gugudan (Nayoung, Sejeong) Special: Lee Young-ja, Kim Sook |