Superstar K 3 Explained

Superstar K3 is the third season of the South Korean television talent show series Superstar K, broadcast by M.net. The theme song for this season, "Fly" is written by producer Park Keun-tae and sung by Super Junior-K.R.Y. It was released on 14 April 2011 and debuted at the preliminary round in Busan on 24 April till the final show in November.^[1] It was also the first season within the show's three-year history to allow group acts to compete.

Broadcasting time

Broadcast

TOP 11

• Originally to consist of the TOP 10 finalist, however, the team "Yery Band" were subsequently removed from the show and were replaced by the contestants "Haze" and "Busker Busker." This meant that the final line-up became the TOP 11.

Name/Group Name	Age	Place of Audition	Profession	Final Standing
Ulala Session (울랄라 세션) (임윤택, 박광선, 박승일, 김명훈)	32, 22, 31, 29	Daejeon	Choreographer, Self-Employed, 의류업, Amateur Photographer	Winner
Togeworl (투 개월, Two Months) (김예림, 도대윤)	18, 19	United States of America	Student, Student	TOP 3
Yery Band (예리밴드)^[2] (한승오, 유예리, 김하늘, 김선재)	40, 25, 27, 27	Daejeon	Musician & Music Studio Operator, Vocal Instructor, Musician, Musician	Voluntarily Evicted
Min Hoon Ki (민훈기)	23	Incheon	College Student	TOP 11
Kim Do Hyun (김도현)	19	Busan	High School Student, Ssireum Athlete	TOP 5
Chris Golightly (크리스 골라이틀리)^[3]	29	Seoul B	Composer and Singer	TOP 7
Christina Love Lee (크리스티나 러브 리)	26	United States of America	Music Therapist	TOP 4
Lee Gun Yul (이건율)	23	Incheon	College Student	TOP 9
Lee Jung Ah (이정아)	25	Seoul A	College Student	TOP 9
Shin Ji Soo (신지수)	19	Incheon	High School Student	TOP 7
Haze (헤이즈)^[4] (신동주, 이승준, 송석민, 정재현, 변종필)	28, 27, 28, 28, 25	Daegu	College Student, College Student, Musician, College Graduate, College Student	TOP 11
Busker Busker (버스커 버스커) (장범준, 김형태, 브래드(Brad Moore))	23, 21, 28	Daejeon	College Student, College Student, University Professor	Runner-Up

Order	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14
1	Haze	Christina	Chris	Ulala Session	Togeworl	Busker Busker	Busker Busker
2	Min Hoon Ki	Lee Gun Yul	Kim Do Hyun	Busker Busker	Christina	Togeworl	Ulala Session
3	Christina	Lee Jung Ah	Busker Busker	Christina	Busker Busker	Ulala Session
4	Lee Gun Yul	Chris	Shin Ji Soo	Kim Do Hyun	Ulala Session
5	Kim Do Hyun	Kim Do Hyun	Ulala Session	Togeworl
6	Lee Jung Ah	Shin Ji Soo	Christina
7	Chris	Togeworl	Togeworl
8	Busker Busker	Busker Busker
9	Shin Ji Soo	Ulala Session
10	Ulala Session
11		Togeworl

Note

• The order is based on the order in which the above contestants performed.
• Super-Save Scheme: The contestant who scores the highest score from the judges will be exempted from being eliminated regardless of the poll results.

Winner

Super-Save

Dropout

External links

• Superstar K3

Notes and References

1. Hong, Lucia "Super Junior K.R.Y. to release theme song for Mnet show this week" 10Asia. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-30
2. Complained about the staff and editors of Superstar K3, and were forced to give up their entry in the Top 10.
3. Prior to starring in Superstar K3, Chris had appeared in the TOP 24 for Season 9 of American Idol. However, it was stated that Chris had a music contract with a company which ran contrast with the American Idol's rules which disallowed the existence of a contract during the audition period - and was thus disqualified from the competition.
4. Passed the auditions, and filled the vacant position left by the abstaining of Yery Band.