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K-pop Star 3

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K-pop Star 3
Season 3
Hosted byJun Hyun-moo
Yoo Hye-young
JudgesPark Jin-young
Yang Hyun-suk
You Hee-yeol
WinnerBernard Park
Runner-upSam Kim
Release
Original networkSBS
Original releaseNovember 24, 2013 (2013-11-24) –
April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)
Season chronology
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K-pop Star 2
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K-pop Star 4

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

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  • 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

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Top 10

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Round 6: Stage Auditions

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  • 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 그XX - G-Dragon Elimination Candidate Top 8
2 The Shorties BrownCity - Brown Eyed Soul 2nd Top 8
3 Kwon Jin-ah 씨스루 - Primary 1st Top 8
4 Bernard Park 하고 싶은 말 - Kim Tae-woo Elimination Candidate Top 8
5 Almeng 담배가게 아가씨 - Song Chang-sik 3rd Top 8
16 B 1 Han Hee-jun 미련 - Kim Gun-mo 1st Top 8
2 Bae Min-ah Day by Day - As One 3rd Top 8
3 Nam Young-ju 너의 뒤에서 - Park Jin-young 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 니가 사는 그집 - Park Jin-young Elimination Candidate Top 6
2 Almeng 정류장 - Panic 1st Top 6
2 3 Sam Kim Billie Jean - Michael Jackson Elimination Candidate Top 6
4 Kwon Jin-ah 24시간이 모자라 - Sunmi 1st Top 6
3 5 Jang Han-nah Goodbye Sadness, Hello Happiness - Yoon Mi-rae Elimination Candidate Eliminated
6 The Shorties Let It Go - Idina Menzel 1st Top 6
4 7 Bae Min-ah Whenever You Call - Mariah Carey, Brian McKnight Elimination Candidate Eliminated
8 Bernard Park Home - Michael Bublé 1st Top 6
  • 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 청개구리 - Psy 82 90 90 Eliminated
2 Bernard Park 넌 감동이였어 - Sung Si-kyung 86 89 92 Top 4
3 The Shorties Listen - Beyoncé 96 96 95 Top 4
4 Sam Kim 너뿐이야 - Park Jin-young 97 95 97 Top 4
5 Han Hee-jun 천일동안 - Lee Seung-hwan 84 85 90 Eliminated
6 Kwon Jin-ah Fields Of Gold - Sting 96 90 96 Top 4
Top 3 Finals (March 30)
19[10] 1 Kwon Jin-ah 십년이 지나도 - Park Jin-young 99 95 98 Top 3
2 Sam Kim Stand By Me - Ben E. King 94 95 95 Top 3
3 The Shorties 뜨거운 안녕 - Toy 92 92 96 Eliminated
4 Bernard Park Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx 99 100 100 Top 3
Semifinals (April 6)
20 1 Bernard Park Who's Loving You - The Jackson 5 92 93 97 Top 2
2 Kwon Jin-ah Love - Primary 93 93 97 Eliminated
3 Sam Kim Honey - Park Jin-young 99 100 99 Top 2
Finals (April 13)
21 Round 1: Judges Chosen Song
1 Sam Kim 거짓말 - Big Bang 91 94 93 -
2 Bernard Park[11] 사랑하기 때문에 - Yoo Jae-ha 95 96 95 -
Round 2: Choose Your Own Song
1 Sam Kim Englishman in New York - Sting 99 100 100 Runner-up
2 Bernard Park I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly 95 95 97 Winner

Ratings

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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[12] AGB Ratings[13]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 November 24, 2013 8.8% 9.1% 8.4% 8.3%
2 December 1, 2013 8.6% 10.3% 9.0% 8.9%
3 December 8, 2013 9.1% 11.0% 10.7% 12.2%
4 December 15, 2013 9.4% 11.0% 11.0% 12.6%
5 December 22, 2013 9.2% 11.0% 9.8% 10.8%
6 December 29, 2013 8.4% 10.0% 10.6% 11.0%
7 January 5, 2014 10.2% 12.0% 11.6% 12.0%
8 January 12, 2014 10.0% 11.8% 11.7% 13.0%
9 January 19, 2014 9.8% 11.7% 11.2% 12.1%
10 January 26, 2014 11.1% 12.7% 12.9% 14.8%
11 February 2, 2014 10.9% 13.7% 10.8% 11.6%
12 February 9, 2014 12.1% 14.1% 12.7% 13.3%
13 February 16, 2014 10.3% 12.0% 11.5% 12.3%
14 February 23, 2014 10.6% 12.2% 11.9% 13.2%
15 March 2, 2014 9.7% 11.4% 10.5% 11.2%
16 March 9, 2014 9.4% 10.9% 10.5% 11.8%
17 March 16, 2014 8.9% 10.8% 9.5% 9.9%
18 March 23, 2014 8.5% 10.6% 11.0% 12.3%
19 March 30, 2014 8.8% 10.5% 10.2% 11.0%
20 April 6, 2014 8.2% 10.3% 9.1% 10.1%
21 April 13, 2014 9.1% 11.2% 9.5% 10.6%

References

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  1. ^ "'K팝스타3', 11월24일 첫방송 확정" (in Korean). Newsen. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ^ "전현무, 'K팝스타' 시즌3 새 MC 낙점..생방 진행" (in Korean). OSEN. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "'K팝3' 새 키워드 '공정한 경쟁' 그리고 '변화'…오디션 홍수 속 빛 발할까(종합)" (in Korean). TV Report. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. ^ "'K팝스타' 시즌3 오디션 접수 시작, 역대 최대 규모된다" (in Korean). Newsen. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  5. ^ "버나드박, 'K팝스타3' 최종 우승..JYP行 선택(종합)" (in Korean). Star News. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  6. ^ "'K팝스타3 파이널 스토리'로 총정리..이제 결승이다" (in Korean). OSEN. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  7. ^ a b 권진아 샘김 안테나뮤직 行…유희열 품으로, Sam kim signed to Antenna Music 스포츠동아 2014-05-13
  8. ^ "'KpopStar 3 The Shorties have signed CS Entertainment". 17 September 2014.
  9. ^ "'K팝스타3' 탈락자 장한나·배민아...탑6 진출 실패". YTN. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  10. ^ Kwon, Subin (30 March 2014), "'K팝스타3' 버나드박 권진아 샘김 TOP3 세미파이널 진출", Newsen
  11. ^ "Bernard Park wins 'K-pop Star 3'". The Korea Times. 2014-04-14.
  12. ^ (in Korean) TNmS Multimedia Ratings Page Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ (in Korean) AGB Nielsen Media Research Ratings Page Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
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