'The Current King of Singing 2' has revealed the viewing points for the 'final match' with a total of 5,000 points at stake, just one day before the long-awaited final episode that will see the birth of the second current king and the national representatives TOP7.
'The Current King of Singing 2,' a fierce battle for the MBN Taegeuk Mark, has been proving its unbreakable excitement, being the hottest topic in the entertainment industry since its first broadcast on Nov. 26 last year. Moreover, 'The Current King of Singing 2' has maintained the top spot in the Tuesday entertainment rankings for 11 consecutive weeks with a high rating of 13.6% for its 12th episode and was ranked first in the Good Data Corporation's TV-OTT non-drama search responses in the second week of February, demonstrating that the boom is far from cooling down. Furthermore, viewers are also expressing their heightened interest ahead of the final episode by generously pouring out praise, support, and promotional posts for their favorite contestants across various communities, as well as in real-time chats.
'The Current King of Singing 2' will air the highly anticipated final broadcast on the 25th (Tuesday), following the first round of the finals broadcasted on the 18th (Tuesday), titled 'New Song Mission - Competition for First Place.' In relation to this, we looked into the viewing points for the second round of the finals, 'The Song of the Current.'
♦ 'Viewing Points for the Final Match' 1. From 7th place Park Seo-jin to 10th place Hwanhee, powerful current singers are at risk! Despite being first in the national popularity voting, is Park Seo-jin's survival in doubt?!
The second round of the finals will be conducted as a 'Song of the Current' mission, where the contestants select one song that represents their current singer life to compete. In particular, unlike the first round, where the combined scores of the celebrity judging panel and the national judging panel totaled 1,100 points, only the scores from the celebrity judging panel will apply to the on-site score of 1,100 points in the second round, creating a differentiation. Additionally, in the second round, only the highest and lowest scores from the celebrity judging panel will be revealed first, adding to the thrill.
Currently, the results of the first round of the finals show that Enock is in 1st place, Shin Seung-tae in 2nd, and Kang Mun-kyeong in 3rd, while Choi Soo-ho is in 4th, Kim Joon-soo in 5th, Jin Hae-seong in 6th, and Park Seo-jin in 7th, with Kim Soo-chan in 8th, Shin Yu in 9th, and Hwanhee in 10th. Moreover, all the powerful current singers from 7th place Park Seo-jin to 10th place Hwanhee are in the danger zone, creating a shocking situation. It will be interesting to see if these powerful current singers in the danger zone, who have no scores from the national judging panel in the second round, can turn things around. Can Park Seo-jin, who is currently first in the national public voting but maintaining an unsettling rank, surge into a higher position?
♦ 'Viewing Points for the Final Match' 2. Live text voting accounts for 40%! The rankings can flip at any moment!
The live text voting, which is only applicable to the second round of the finals, accounts for 40% of the total score, with 2,000 points at stake. The real-time text voting proved the 'Current King of Singing power' by breaking 2.26 million votes in just two hours in last season, and it is expected to create another wave this time. In fact, in the previous season, live text voting was a crucial 'key' to determining the outcome of the TOP7, and it raises curiosity about whether it will be the most powerful variable to overturn the scores of the celebrity judging panel again, as the rankings of the TOP10 could change at any moment.
The live text voting is possible by sending a text that includes the number or name of the current singer you support. Duplicate voting is not allowed, while multiple votes are allowed, and typos or lengthy messages will be invalidated.
♦ 'Viewing Points for the Final Match' 3. The stage video of the 'New Song Mission' surpassed 1.42 million views in just five days! Fans are going all out! Who will take home the 500 points for the national public voting and 300 points for the new song audio score?
In the final round of the finals, there will be 500 points at stake for the national public voting, accounting for 10% of the total score, and 300 points from the new song audio score, which accounts for 6% of the total score. Therefore, fans of the TOP10 current singers are currently in a frenzy, continuing their all-out attacks to influence the rankings. In the stage video of the first round of the finals 'New Song Mission,' Park Seo-jin reached 1.42 million views, Jin Hae-seong reached 1.34 million, Kang Mun-kyeong reached 1.27 million, and Enock reached 1.15 million, all crossing the 1 million view mark in the shortest time, while other current singers' new song stage videos are also rapidly increasing in view counts, raising curiosity about the results of the national public voting and the new song audio scores.
Meanwhile, the celebrity judging panel stands up after watching a performance by a current singer and dances exuberantly, expressing their enthusiastic response by saying, "We have to go to Japan just like this!" This has heightened expectations for who will be the star of the luxurious stage that showcases the true essence of K-Trot.
The production team stated, "In the final episode of 'The Current King of Singing 2' airing on the 25th (Tuesday), Hwanhee, Shin Yu, Kim Soo-chan, Park Seo-jin, Jin Hae-seong, Kim Joon-soo, Choi Soo-ho, Kang Mun-kyeong, Shin Seung-tae, and Enock will showcase their most confident special performance, bringing about emotional moments and applause." They also urged, "Please take the lead in the valuable opportunity to vote for the TOP7 and the second current king through live text voting."
Meanwhile, the fierce battle for the MBN Taegeuk Mark, 'The Current King of Singing 2,' is a national representative selection survival show that will select the TOP7 of 'the top male current singers' representing South Korea to participate in the 'Korea-Japan King of Singing Contest,' scheduled to take place in 2025 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan. The 12th episode of 'The Current King of Singing 2' will air on Feb. 25 (Tuesday).
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[OSEN=Reporter Kang Seo-jung]