Superstar K 2016

Superstar K 2016
Hosted by	Kim Sung-joo
Judges	Kim Bum-soo; Gummy; Gil Seong-joon; Kim Yeon-woo; Brave Brothers; Ailee; Han Sung-ho (CEO FNC Entertainment);
Winner	Kim Young Geun
Runner-up	Lee Ji Eun
Finals venue	CJ E&M Center Multi-studio
Release
Original network	Mnet; tvN; Mnet Japan;
Original release	September 22 –; December 8, 2016
Season chronology

Superstar K 2016 (Korean: 슈퍼스타 K 2016) is the eighth current season of the South Korean television talent show series Superstar K, which premiered on 22 September 2016 on Mnet and airs every Thursday night at 9:40PM KST. Eliminations are determined in every episode, based on text message votes and online votes that are open to the entire public. The winner of Superstar K 2016 will receive 500,000,000 won (US$470,990). Kim Bum-soo had been confirmed return to appear on the show. Gummy, Gil Seong-joon, Kim Yeon-woo, Brave Brothers, Ailee, Han Sung-ho of FNC Entertainment have joined him in the list of judges. The lineup is a mixture of veteran singers and producers in the industry.

The judges will be separated into the categories of "Legendary Vocal", "Trendy Artist", and "Star Maker". The contestants will be judged not only on their vocals but their star power, public appeal, and potential.

An Mnet representative stated, "Superstar K 2016 will show the most change among all the Superstar K seasons. In order to show the audiences something new, we will be transforming the show all the way from the judging lineup. Please anticipate the new season."

This is the first season to be produced by Signal Entertainment Group for Mnet due to the 890 million won contract between the former and Mnet's owners CJ E&M in May 2016. Signal was the production company behind the hit but controversial Mnet girl group survival program Produce 101.

Broadcasting time

Broadcast

Network	Broadcasting Dates	Broadcasting Time
Mnet · tvN	September 22 – December 8, 2016	Every Thu 9:40 - 11:00 PM (KST). Ep9,Ep10-12(Live) 9:30 - 11:00 PM (KST).

Winner Prize

300₩ million cash prize +
200₩ million recording contract
Album Debut

Selection process

Audition Period: April 11, 2016 – July 10, 2016

For Korean Speakers:

this season, the options of applying via KakaoTalk. also became available.

For Non-Korean Speakers:

Apply directly on mnet.com by uploading video of you singing. Click here for the application page.

In addition, in-person overseas auditions are planned to take place in the US at Shepard University in Los Angeles, Berklee College of Music in Boston, and Born Star Training Center in New York.

Audition city	Date	Venue
Los Angeles	May 14, 2016	Shepherd University
Boston	May 18, 2016	Berklee College of Music (practice room)
New York City	May 20, 2016	Born Star Training Center

Audition Rounds Guide

Rounds 1 : 20-Second Battle

competitors are given 20 seconds to appeal on their singing skills . Judges can press the "plus" button to extend the auditioner's singing time by 10 seconds and one can only allow a maximum of 30 seconds. However, if the singer fails to receive more time, the four Judges' Approvals can pass the singer to the next round, of He the Automatically drops OUT, even if the singer was given the full minute and 30 seconds to perform on stage.

Round 2 : Battle Point Out (64 Teams)
Round 3 : 2vs2 (40 Teams)
Round 4 : Finals TOP10 (26 Teams)
- Double Final Mission
- Solo mission

Finalists

TOP 10

Jinwon (ko)
Jo Min Wook
Corona
Lee Ji Eun
Lee Sarah
Yoo Da Bin
Park Hye-won
Kim Ye Sung
Dong Woo Seok
Kim Young Geun

Elimination chart

Contestant	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode oo
Kim Young Geun	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WINNER
Lee Ji Eun	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	RUNNER-UP
Park Hye Won	SAFE	SAFE	Eliminated
Jo Min Wook	SAFE	SAFE	Eliminated
Corona	SAFE	Eliminated
Lee Sarah	SAFE	Eliminated
Dong Woo Seok	SAFE	Eliminated
Kim Ye Sung	Eliminated
Yoo Da Bin	Eliminated
Jinwon	Eliminated

Finals

TOP 10 - First Stage (November 17, 2016)

Judges Score 50% + Population Votes 40% + Online Pre Votes 10%

Performance

Order	Contestant	Song (original artist)	Judges Score							Judges Score Average
Order	Contestant	Song (original artist)	Ailee	Brave Brother	Kim Yeon Woo	Han Seong Ho	Kim Bum Soo	GUMMY	GILL	Judges Score Average
1	Park Hye Won	Yoon Bok-hee - Move	99	95	98	90	95	98	82	94
2	Lee Sarah	Frederic Weatherly - Danny Boy	90	80	86	88	79	84	74	83
3	Kim Ye Sung	Bulnabang Star Sausage Club - In Mud	79	77	83	78	85	79	66	78
4	Lee Ji Eun	Kim Hyun-Sik - Went Away	94	90	98	89	92	92	80	91
5	Dong Woo Seok	Jung Joon-young - Spotless Mind	89	84	93	78	83	80	77	83
6	Yoo Da Bin	Lee So-La - Track9	81	78	94	83	84	83	72	82
7	Jo Min Wook	Han Dong Geun - Amazing You	93	90	95	87	89	88	70	87
8	Corona	g.o.d - One Candle	97	94	94	85	91	93	78	90
9	Jinwon	V.One - Shaving	74	72	92	79	78	77	65	77
10	Kim Young Geun	Han Dae-soo - To Happy World	92	89	93	87	93	89	78	89

Results

Rank	Order	Contestant	Judges Score	Population + Online Score	Sum Score	Result
1	4	Lee Ji Eun	635	696	1331	TOP 7
2	10	Kim Young Geun	621	675	1296	TOP 7
3	2	Park Hye Won	657	597	1254	TOP 7
4	7	Jo Min Wook	612	618	1230	TOP 7
5	1	Corona	632	592	1224	TOP 7
6	3	Lee Sarah	581	559	1140	TOP 7
7	5	Dong Woo Seok	584	538	1122	TOP 7
8	3	Kim Ye Sung	547	505	1052	Eliminated
9	6	Yoo Da Bin	575	476	1051	Eliminated
10	9	Jinwon	537	439	976	Eliminated

TOP 7 - Judge's Mission (November 24, 2016)

Judges Score 50% + SMS Votes 45% + Online Pre Votes 5%

Performance

Order	Contestant	Producer	Song (original artist)	Judges Score							Judges Score Average
Order	Contestant	Producer	Song (original artist)	Ailee	Brave Brother	Kim Yeon Woo	Han Seong Ho	Kim Bum Soo	GUMMY	GILL	Judges Score Average
1	Corona	Brave Brother	Nell - Time Spent Walking Through Memories	90		90	87	87	89	84	88
2	Park Hye Won	Ailee	Boohwal - Lonely Night		90	87	90	94	91	89	90
3	Lee Sarah	Han Seong Ho	Poet and Village Headmaster - Thorn Tree	85	86	85		82	87	79	84
4	Kim Young Geun	GILL	WoongSan - I Sing the Blue	93	89	93	92	96	95		93
5	Dong Woo Seok	Kim Bum Soo	MATE - Fly To The Sky	87	85	88	80		87	86	86
6	Jo Min Wook	Kim Yeon Woo	Yim Jae-beom - The Flight	87	88		85	92	89	86	88
7	Lee Ji Eun	GUMMY	Jessie J - Bang Bang	91	91	93	92	98		90	93

Results

Rank	Order	Contestant	Judges Score	SMS + Online Score	Sum Score	Result
1	4	Kim Young Geun	558	596	1154	TOP 4
2	6	Jo Min Wook	527	560	1087	TOP 4
3	7	Lee Ji Eun	555	529	1084	TOP 4
4	2	Park Hye Won	541	489	1030	TOP 4
5	1	Corona	527	460	987	Eliminated
6	3	Lee Sarah	513	423	936	Eliminated
7	5	Dong Woo Seok	504	387	891	Eliminated

TOP 4 - My Style by Kim Gun-mo (December 1, 2016)

Judges Score 50% + SMS Votes 45% + Online Pre Votes 5%

Performance

Order	Contestant	Song (original artist)	Judges Score							Judges Score Average
Order	Contestant	Song (original artist)	Ailee	Brave Brother	Kim Yeon Woo	Han Seong Ho	Kim Bum Soo	GUMMY	GILL	Judges Score Average
1	Jo Min Wook	Kim Gun-mo - Beautiful Goodbye	89	80	94	85	93	85	84	87
2	Kim Young Geun	Kim Gun-mo - I Owe It All To You	95	89	94	92	91	91	88	91
3	Lee Ji Eun	Kim Gun-mo - SINGER	93	95	96	94	98	93	86	94
4	Park Hye Won	Kim Gun-mo - I'm Sorry	89	84	95	91	91	92	82	89

TOP4 Special Stage: Jo Min Wook + Kim Young Geun + Lee Ji Eun + Park Hye Won : "Park Gwang-hyun and Kim Gun-mo - Together"

Results

Rank	Order	Contestant	Judges Score	SMS + Online Score	Sum Score	Result
1	2	Kim Young Geun	640	699	1339	FINAL
2	3	Lee Ji Eun	655	610	1265	FINAL
3	4	Park Hye Won	624	517	1141	Eliminated
4	1	Jo Min Wook	610	428	1038	Eliminated

FINAL (December 8, 2016)

Judges Score 50% + SMS Votes 45% + Online Pre Votes 5%

Performance

Order	Contestant	First song (Special Stage)	Special Stage Featuring	Order	Second song (Final Stage)	Judges Score							Judges Score Average
Order	Contestant	First song (Special Stage)	Special Stage Featuring	Order	Second song (Final Stage)	Ailee	Brave Brother	Kim Yeon Woo	Han Seong Ho	Kim Bum Soo	GUMMY	GILL	Judges Score Average
1	Kim Young Geun	Crush (Feat. Gaeko) - Hug Me	Gaeko	4	Lim Jae Wook (Position) - I Sarang (Ost. The City Hall)	94	93	96	96	98	98	92	95
2	Lee Ji Eun	Deulgukhwa - Till the Morning Comes	Yoo Sung-Eun	3	Park Hyo-shin - Breath	90	93	98	93	96	98	90	94

TOP2 Special Stage: Kim Young Geun + Lee Ji Eun : "Lee Moon-se - Farewell My Love"
TOP10&Kim Bum-soo&Kim Yeon-woo Special Stage: Jinwon + Jo Min Wook + Corona + Lee Ji Eun + Lee Sarah + Yoo Da Bin + Park Hye Won + Kim Ye Sung + Dong Woo Seok + Kim Young Geun + Kim Bum-soo + Kim Yeon-woo : "NOW N NEW Various Artists - 하나되어"

Results

Rank	Order	Contestant	Online	Judges Score	SMS + Online Score	Sum Score	Result
1	1	Kim Young Geun	58.4%	667	700	1367	WINNER
2	2	Lee Ji Eun	41.6%	658	567	1225	RUNNER-UP

Discography

Year	Title	Contestant	Peak chart positions	Sales	Album
Year	Title	Contestant	KOR	Sales	Album
2016	탈진 (Exhausted)	Kim Young Geun	30 [1]	KOR: 164498+	SuperStarK 2016 #1
	너의 손 잡고 (Holding Your Hand)	Corona	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #1
	Lay Me Down	Kim Young Geun	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 Kim Young Geun - Lay Me Down
	Catch The Star	Youngja Dolim	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #2
	오늘도 (Today)	Junhyuk Park	-	KOR: -
	고칠게 (I'm Gona Change)	Jinwon	-	KOR: -
	Lost	Choi Solji	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #3
	바보처럼 살았군요 (Lived Like a Fool)	Kim Young Geun	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #4
	옛사랑 (Old Love)	Lee Sarah	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #4
	사랑 그렇게 보내네 (Farewell My Love)	Kim Ye Sung, Lee Ji Eun	22 [2]	KOR: 88,319+	SuperStarK 2016 #5
	퇴근버스 (Commuting Bus)	Jo Min Wook, Park Hye Won	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #5
	Shine	Corona, Lee Sarah	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #6
	Break Down	Kim Ye Sung, Kim Young Geun	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #7
	빈 고백 (Empty Confession)	Jinwon, Park Hye Won	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #7
	그대 없는 거리 (Boulevards Without You)	Lee Ji Eun	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #8
	Stand Up For You	Park Hye Won	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 #8
	집으로 오는 길 (On The Way Back Home)	Kim Young Geun	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 Kim Young Geun - On The Way Back Home
	병이에요 (Spotless Mind)	Dong Woo Seok	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 TOP10
	Track 9	Yoo Da Bin	-	KOR: -
	촛불하 (One Candle)	Corona	-	KOR: -
	면도 (Shaving)	Jinwon	-	KOR: -
	행복의 나라 (To Happy World)	Kim Young Geun	-	KOR: -
	노래 (Move)	Park Hye Won	-	KOR: -
	Danny Boy	Lee Sarah	-	KOR: -
	뻘밭에서 (In Mud)	Kim Ye Sung	-	KOR: -
	떠나가 버렸네 (Went Away)	Lee Ji Eun	-	KOR: -
	Lonely Night	Park Hye Won	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 TOP7
	가시나무 (Thorn Tree)	Lee Sarah	-	KOR: -
	I Sing The Blues	Kim Young Geun	-	KOR: -
	Bang Bang	Lee Ji Eun	-	KOR: -
	SINGER	Lee Ji Eun	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 TOP4
	아름다운 이별 (Beautiful Goodbye)	Jo Min Wook	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 TOP4
	이사랑 (이사랑 버리자) [ I Sarang (I Sarang Beorija) ]	Kim Young Geun	-	KOR: -	SuperStarK 2016 FINAL

Ratings

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue.

Episode	Rounds	Air date	tvN		Mnet
Episode	Rounds	Air date	AGB ratings	TNms ratings	AGB ratings	TNms ratings
1	20-Second Battle	September 22, 2016	2.0%	1.5%	0.8%	1.4%
2		September 29, 2016	1.8%	1.9%	0.6%	1.4%
3		October 6, 2016	1.6%	1.3%	0.5%	0.5%
4	Battle Point Out	October 13, 2016	1.7%	1.3%	0.5%	0.8%
5	Battle Point Out	October 20, 2016	1.5%	1.2%	0.6%	0.7%
6	2vs2	October 27, 2016	1.1%	1.1%	0.7%	0.7%
7	Double Final Mission	November 3, 2016	1.2%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%
8	Solo mission	November 10, 2016	1.9%	1.4%	0.6%	0.6%
9	TOP10	November 17, 2016	1.5%	1.1%	0.7%	0.5%
10	Live TOP7	November 24, 2016	1.7%	1.1%	NR	NR
11	Live TOP4	December 1, 2016	1.4%	0.9%	0.5%	0.5%
12	Live FINAL	December 8, 2016	1.2%	0.8%	0.5%	0.5%

Note that the show airs on a cable channel (pay TV), which plays part in its slower uptake and relatively small audience share when compared to programs broadcast (FTA) on public networks such as KBS, SBS, MBC or EBS.
NR rating means "not reported". The rating is low.

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References

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