Show Champion

Show Champion
Genre Music, Entertainment
Presented by Kim Shin-young
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 159 (as of September 16, 2015)
Production
Running time 90 minutes
Release
Original network MBC Music
MBC Every1 (simulcast live)
Picture format 1080i
Original release February 14, 2012 – present
External links
Website

Show Champion (Korean: 쇼 챔피언) is a South Korean music television program that broadcasts live every Wednesday 6:00 PM KST at Bitmaru Broadcasting Center in Ilsan by MBC Music. It is hosted by a comedian, Kim Shin-young and various guest MCs.[1]

Segment

The program aims the emcees, artists, and even the audience to be one in selecting “the champion” of music industry. It will also provide the most popular song, the hottest issue, and the best rookie of the week. The show has two different sets for singing and interviewing to combine characteristics of a variety show and a music program. In 2013, the show′s producers decided that the weekly music show would switch from pre-recorded format to a live show format, new changes to the show will begin to take effect starting on January 30.[2]

Hosts

Guest MCs

Former MCs

Chart Point System

Show Champion selects top 10 of the week and choose the chart winner by combining the following:[4]

The song at the top chart earn the title “Champion Song”. On the other hand, the star with the hottest issue named as “Issue Champion”, while the best rookie called, “Rookie Champion”. The feature “Rookie Survival” draws particular attention because audience will get to give scores during the live broadcast.[5]

On September 4, 2012 the program was reorganized and the chart ranking system was abolished.

In 2013, the show underwent another reorganization, which resulted in the resurrection of the "Champion Song" ranking system with new criteria starting from January 30.

Champion Song Winners

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Achievements by artists

List of most Champion Song winners

Rank Artist Count Debut
1st EXO 11 2012
2nd SHINee 10 2008
3rd 4Minute 7 2009
CNBLUE 2010
4th INFINITE 6 2010
5th Super Junior 5 2005
B1A4 2011
VIXX 2012
6th Shinhwa 4 1998
KARA 2007
Girls' Generation
f(x) 2009
BEAST
SISTAR 2010
Ailee 2012
7th K.Will 3 2007
Apink 2011
Girls' Generation-TTS 2012
EXID
BTS 2013
GFriend 2015
Red Velvet 2014

List of longest consecutive Champion Song winners

Rank Artist Song Count Year
1st SHINee Dream Girl 4 2013
2nd Girls' Generation-TTS Twinkle 3 2012
Super Junior Sexy, Free & Single
CNBLUE I'm Sorry 2013
4Minute What's Your Name?
EXO 으르렁 (Growl)
B1A4 없구나 (Lonely) 2014
EXO CALL ME BABY 2015
LOVE ME RIGHT
GFriend Rough 2016

End of the Year Awards

2015

Special end-of-the-year broadcast awards. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[6]

Best Champion Songs of 2015 Most Appearances
  • EXID - "Ah Yeah"
  • EXO - "Call Me Baby"
Best Audience Rating Stage Most Spectators
Best performance - Male Best performance - Female

International broadcast

Similar programs

See also

References

  1. ↑ "T-ara’s Ham Eun Jung and f(x)’s Amber Are the New MCs of MBC’s ‘Show Champion’". Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Super Junior’s Shindong and Kim Shin Young Depart ‘Show Champion’". Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.allkpop.com/article/2015/01/smrookies-doyoung-and-jaehyun-announced-as-new-show-champion-mcs
  4. ↑ http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/823/9js3.jpg
  5. ↑ "신동 김신영, '쇼 챔피언' MC 발탁 '시선집중'" (in Korean). Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  6. ↑ "'Show Champion' reveals 'Best Champion Songs' of 2015 and more for its end-of-the-year awards". Retrieved December 25, 2015.

External links

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