K-pop Star 3 explained
The third season of the South Korean reality television competition show K-pop Star premiered on SBS on November 24, 2013, airing Sunday evenings at 4:55 pm KST as part of the Good Sunday lineup.[1] Jun Hyun-moo replaced Yoon Do-hyun as host and narrator, and Yoo Hye-young replaced Boom as live host.[2] Yang Hyun-suk and Park Jin-young returned as judges. BoA was replaced by You Hee-yeol, as she was focusing on her music career instead.[3] [4] Changes to the format occurred, including the choice of company for debut made immediately on the live finale.[3] The season ended on April 13, 2014, with Bernard Park crowned as winner and choosing to sign with JYP Entertainment.[5]
A special episode named, K-pop Star 3 D-1 Final Stage, aired on April 12, 2014 before the finals as a summary and analysis of the season.[6]
Process
- Audition applications + Preliminary auditions (June - September 2013)
- First round: Talent Audition - Check for talents and skills (Airdate: November 24 - December 8, 2013)
- Second round: Good, Fair, Poor Audition - Grading by judges into groups for audition (Airdate: December 15–29, 2013)
- Third round: Team Mission - Contestants formed teams to compete (Airdate: December 29, 2013 - January 19, 2014)
- Fourth round: Casting Audition - Being cast by one of three companies for a two-week training session (Airdate: January 19 - February 2, 2014)
- Fifth round: Battle Audition - Competing for a spot in the Top 10 to advance to the live competition (Airdate: February 2–23, 2014)
- Sixth round: Stage Audition - Judges decided and viewers voted during live competition to decide the final winner (Airdate: March 2 - April 13, 2014)
Judges
YG Entertainment CEO, producer, singer
JYP Entertainment Executive producer, producer, singer, songwriter
Antenna Music Singer, songwriter, composer, pianist
Top 10
- Bernard Park: Born 1993, from Atlanta, United States, Winner, debuted as soloist under JYP Entertainment
- Sam Kim: Born 1998, from Federal Way, United States, Runner-up, debuted as soloist under Antenna Music[7]
- Kwon Jin-ah: Born 1997, from Busan, eliminated April 6, 2014 (5th Live), debuted under Antenna Music[7]
- The Shorties: eliminated on March 30, 2014 (4th Live),
- Ryu Taekyung: Born 1995, from Daegu debuted under CS Entertainment [8]
- Yeo Inhye: Born 1995, from Daegu debuted under CS Entertainment
- Park Najin (Former): Born 1995, from Daegu Almeng, eliminated March 23, 2014 (3rd Live), debuted as duo under YNB Entertainment, left in 2018 and signed with 2LSON Entertainment
- Lee Haeyong: Born 1990
- Choi Rin: Born 1990
- Han Heejun: Born 1989, from New York City, United States, eliminated March 23, 2014 (3rd Live), signed under Polaris Entertainment
- Jang Hannah: Born 1996, from Yangpyeong-gun, eliminated March 16, 2014 (2nd Live), signed under YG Entertainment, but left in 2017
- Bae Mina: Born 1999, eliminated March 16, 2014 (2nd Live)
- Something, eliminated March 9, 2014 (1st Live)
Born 1997, from Busan, debuted as soloist under Starship Entertainment after competing in Produce 101 Season 2, finishing in the 12th place.
- Nam Youngju: Born 1991, from Seoul, eliminated March 9, 2014 (1st Live), debuted as soloist under JJ Holic Media
Round 6: Stage Auditions
- For the Top 8 Finals, the Top 10 competed in two groups on stage with the results determined by the judges. The top three contestants from each group were chosen to proceed to the next round.
- The Top 8, who proceeded to the live stage, were determined by the three judges as well as a 100-member Audience Judging Panel. The last two contestants from each group became Elimination Candidates, with the Audience Judging Panel voting for their preferred act. The two acts with the most votes from the four Elimination Candidates proceeded to the Top 8, with the other two contestants eliminated.
- For the live Top 6 Finals, the Top 8 competed 1:1 on the live stage with the results determined by the judges. One contestant from each group was chosen to proceed to the next round.
- The contestants not chosen became Elimination Candidates and went through live TV viewers' voting by SMS and mobile messenger KakaoTalk, the top contestant proceeding to the next round.
- Of the remaining contestants, the judges chose to save one of them.
Episode
# | Group | Order | Name | Song - Original Artist | Rank | Result |
|---|
| Top 8 Finals (March 2 & 9) |
| 15 | A | 1 | Sam Kim | | Elimination Candidate | Top 8 |
| 2 | The Shorties | | 2nd | Top 8 |
| 3 | Kwon Jin-ah | 씨스루 - Primary | 1st | Top 8 |
| 4 | Bernard Park | | Elimination Candidate | Top 8 |
| 5 | Almeng | | 3rd | Top 8 |
| 16 | B | 1 | Han Hee-jun | | 1st | Top 8 |
| 2 | Bae Min-ah | | 3rd | Top 8 |
| 3 | Nam Young-ju | | Elimination Candidate | Eliminated |
| 4 | Jang Han-nah | 경고 - Tashannie | 2nd | Top 8 |
| 5 | Something | 21세기 카멜레온- Self-Written Song | Elimination Candidate | Eliminated |
| Top 6 Finals (March 16) |
| 17[9] | 1 | 1 | Han Hee-jun | | Elimination Candidate | Top 6 |
| 2 | Almeng | 정류장 - Panic | 1st | Top 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Sam Kim | | Elimination Candidate | Top 6 |
| 4 | Kwon Jin-ah | | 1st | Top 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Jang Han-nah | | Elimination Candidate | Eliminated |
| 6 | The Shorties | | 1st | Top 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Bae Min-ah | | Elimination Candidate | Eliminated |
| 8 | Bernard Park | | 1st | Top 6 |
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- For the next three episodes (18-20), each week showcased a different company. As this season featured the winner choosing the company they wished to sign with on the final live stage, this gave the contestants the opportunity to experience and explore each company equally. The first week (Top 4 Finals) was YG Week, in which contestants received advice and help from YG. The second week (Top 3 Finals) was JYP Week. The third week (Semifinals) was Antenna Week.
- For the Top 4, 3 Finals, Semifinals and Finals, the judges and viewers' scores were weighted 60:40, and were combined to eliminate the contestant with the lowest score.
Episode
# | Order | Name | Song - Original Artist | Judges Score | Result |
|---|
| JYP | YG | Antenna |
|---|
| Top 4 Finals (March 23) |
| 18 | 1 | Almeng | | 82 | 90 | 90 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Bernard Park | | 86 | 89 | 92 | Top 4 |
| 3 | The Shorties | | 96 | 96 | 95 | Top 4 |
| 4 | Sam Kim | | 97 | 95 | 97 | Top 4 |
| 5 | Han Hee-jun | | 84 | 85 | 90 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Kwon Jin-ah | | 96 | 90 | 96 | Top 4 |
| Top 3 Finals (March 30) |
| 19 | 1 | Kwon Jin-ah | | 99 | 95 | 98 | Top 3 |
| 2 | Sam Kim | | 94 | 95 | 95 | Top 3 |
| 3 | The Shorties | | 92 | 92 | 96 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Bernard Park | | 99 | 100 | 100 | Top 3 |
| Semifinals (April 6) |
| 20 | 1 | Bernard Park | | 92 | 93 | 97 | Top 2 |
| 2 | Kwon Jin-ah | Love - Primary | 93 | 93 | 97 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Sam Kim | | 99 | 100 | 99 | Top 2 |
| Finals (April 13) |
| 21 | Round 1: Judges Chosen Song |
| 1 | Sam Kim | | 91 | 94 | 93 | - |
| 2 | Bernard Park[10] | 사랑하기 때문에 - Yoo Jae-ha | 95 | 96 | 95 | - |
| Round 2: Choose Your Own Song |
| 1 | Sam Kim | | 99 | 100 | 100 | Runner-up |
| 2 | Bernard Park | | 95 | 95 | 97 | Winner | |
Ratings
In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show is in
red, and the lowest rating for the show is in
blue. (Note: Individual corner ratings do not include commercial time, which regular ratings include.)
| Episode # | Original Airdate | TNmS Ratings[11] | AGB Ratings[12] |
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| width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area | width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area |
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| 1 | November 24, 2013 | 8.8% | 9.1% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
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| 2 | December 1, 2013 | 8.6% | 10.3% | 9.0% | 8.9% |
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| 3 | December 8, 2013 | 9.1% | 11.0% | 10.7% | 12.2% |
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| 4 | December 15, 2013 | 9.4% | 11.0% | 11.0% | 12.6% |
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| 5 | December 22, 2013 | 9.2% | 11.0% | 9.8% | 10.8% |
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| 6 | December 29, 2013 | 8.4% | 10.0% | 10.6% | 11.0% |
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| 7 | January 5, 2014 | 10.2% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 12.0% |
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| 8 | January 12, 2014 | 10.0% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 13.0% |
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| 9 | January 19, 2014 | 9.8% | 11.7% | 11.2% | 12.1% |
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| 10 | January 26, 2014 | 11.1% | 12.7% | 12.9% | 14.8% |
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| 11 | February 2, 2014 | 10.9% | 13.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
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| 12 | February 9, 2014 | 12.1% | 14.1% | 12.7% | 13.3% |
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| 13 | February 16, 2014 | 10.3% | 12.0% | 11.5% | 12.3% |
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| 14 | February 23, 2014 | 10.6% | 12.2% | 11.9% | 13.2% |
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| 15 | March 2, 2014 | 9.7% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 11.2% |
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| 16 | March 9, 2014 | 9.4% | 10.9% | 10.5% | 11.8% |
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| 17 | March 16, 2014 | 8.9% | 10.8% | 9.5% | 9.9% |
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| 18 | March 23, 2014 | 8.5% | 10.6% | 11.0% | 12.3% |
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| 19 | March 30, 2014 | 8.8% | 10.5% | 10.2% | 11.0% |
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| 20 | April 6, 2014 | 8.2% | 10.3% | 9.1% | 10.1% |
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| 21 | April 13, 2014 | 9.1% | 11.2% | 9.5% | 10.6% | |
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External links
Notes and References
- News: 'K팝스타3', 11월24일 첫방송 확정. 4 November 2013. Newsen. 4 November 2013. ko.
- News: 전현무, 'K팝스타' 시즌3 새 MC 낙점..생방 진행. 10 November 2013. OSEN. 10 November 2013. ko.
- News: ‘K팝3’ 새 키워드 ‘공정한 경쟁’ 그리고 ‘변화’…오디션 홍수 속 빛 발할까(종합). 8 October 2013. TV Report. 8 October 2013. ko.
- News: ‘K팝스타’ 시즌3 오디션 접수 시작, 역대 최대 규모된다. 7 June 2013. Newsen. 7 June 2013. ko.
- News: 버나드박, 'K팝스타3' 최종 우승..JYP行 선택(종합). 13 April 2014. Star News. 13 April 2014. ko.
- News: 'K팝스타3 파이널 스토리'로 총정리..이제 결승이다. 12 April 2014. OSEN. 13 April 2014. ko.
- http://sports.donga.com/3/all/20140513/63443613/3 권진아 샘김 안테나뮤직 行…유희열 품으로, Sam kim signed to Antenna Music 스포츠동아 2014-05-13
- News: 'KpopStar 3 The Shorties have signed CS Entertainment. 17 September 2014.
- News: 'K팝스타3' 탈락자 장한나·배민아...탑6 진출 실패. 2014-03-17. YTN.
- News: Bernard Park wins 'K-pop Star 3'. The Korea Times. 2014-04-14.
- TNmS Multimedia Ratings Page
- AGB Nielsen Media Research Ratings Page
