[NEWS] 110723 Nine K-Pop Groups Voted at the “Best Fan Forever” Poll


The Academy of Korean Studies held a “Best Fan Forever” (BFF) poll to see which artists had the most number of fans in Vietnam. By the end of the voting period, DBSK had a total of 90,898 votes from the netizens, capturing the 1st place.

Super Junior ranked 2nd with 87,485 votes, followed by Big Bang in 4th place with 19,399 votes.

Another group who made it to the list was 2PM in 6th place with 5,032 votes, SNSD in 7th place with 4,139 votes, followed by JYJ in 8th place with 2,967 votes, Wonder Girls in 9th place with 2,856, SHINee held the number 10th spot with 2,005 votes and last but not least, BEAST took the 14th spot with 1,614 votes. Among the top 15 groups, nine of them are from Korea, showing that K-Pop is growing stronger in Vietnam as well.

Source: Nate
Posted by: JangMinHo @soompi

[NEWS] 110529 Mnet back with “Idol Chart Show”


Mnet’s “Idol Chart Show” is back again with yet another chart ranking the fashion styles of idol members.

It’s hard to measure how fashionable idols really are since they’re always dolled up by stylists for the stage. One group recently revealed that they were even styled by others in preparation for ‘airport fashion photos’.

With that said, Mnet went ahead and picked apart the off-camera fashion styles of idol stars, ranking them accordingly. With Super Junior’s Heechul placing 20th, the list was topped off with Big Bang’s fashion-king, G-Dragon, coming in at first.

Check out the ranking below!

20 – Heechul

19 – Bom

18 – Nana

17 – Yonghwa

16 – Gayoon

15 – Key 

14 – Kang Min Kyung

13 – Junsu

12 – Hyomin

11 – Jiyoung

10 – Ga-In

09 – Song Joong Ki

08 – Kim Hyung Joon

07 – Minho 

06 – Sohee

05 – CL

04 – Yunho

03 – Kim Yuna

02 – Yoo Ah In

01 – G-Dragon

Credit: Allkpop

[NEWS] 110522 Final results for “Favourite Male Rapper” revealed


The DKPOPNEWS ”Favourite Male Rapper” poll has ended.

A total of 46,404 readers have voted on the poll.Super Junior’s Eun Hyuk topped the poll with more than 10,000 voted.SHINee’s Minho and BEAST Jun Hyung placed at 2nd and 3rd place with 6,053 votes and 5,709 votes.

Big Bang’s GD and TOP did well on the poll too by receiving more than 5,000 votes.

Credits: dkpopnews

[NEWS] 110516 Minho & Seohyun, “Idols You Want to Give a Rose to on Coming of Age Day” 1st Place


SHINee’s Minho and Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun each took first place as the male and female celebrity whom people want to present a rose to on Coming of Age Day.

Movie site Max Movie conducted a poll for four days from May 13th to the 16th asking the question “Who is the male celebrity to whom you want to present a rose on Coming of Age Day?” A total of 3020 netizens participated in the poll.

For the results in the male section of the poll SHINee’s Minho received the support of 53.2% (1608 votes) of the netizens and came in 1st place.

The subsequent order was 2nd place 2AM’s Jung Jinwoon 25% (754 votes), 3rd place FT Island’s Lee Jaejin 5.5% (167 votes), 4th place SHINee’s Key 4.5% (137 votes), 5th place MBLAQ’s Mir 4.2% (127 votes), 6th place Beast’s Dongwoon 3.8% (116 votes), and 7th place U-Kiss’s Woo Sunghyun 3.7% (111 votes).

For the female section of the poll a total of 2399 netizens participated and resulted in Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun receiving 44.3% (1062 votes) of the support and recording 1st place.

The subsequent order was 2nd place Kara’s Goo Hara 28.9% (693 votes), 3rd place Kara’s Nicole 8.1% (194 votes), 4th place 2ne1’s CL 6.3% (152 votes), 5th place After School’s Nana 3.5% (84 votes), 6th place Woori 3.3% (80 votes), 7th place 4minute’s Jung Jiyoon 2.8% (68 votes), and 8th place 4minute’s Heo Gayoon 2.8% (66 votes).

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Source: Osen
Original article: here
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[NEWS] Which idol is most wanted to spend the coming of age day with? (Minho mentioned)


In Korea, the coming-of-age ceremony is celebrated on May 16 yearly so this year, a lot of attention are placed on celebrities born in 1991, who will be stepping into adulthood.

To find out who is the most wanted idol to spend the special day with, an online poll involving 100 people was conducted.

SNSD’s maknae Seohyun topped the poll followed by KARA’s GooHara and SHINee’s Minho. Other idols in the list are MBLAQ’s Mir, After School’s Nana and 2AM ‘s Jiwoon

Participants of the survey commented, “SNSD’s Seohyun is pure and feminine so it would be nice to spend and enjoy the special day with such a beautiful girl” while another netizen commented, “Seohyun’s charms is her warmth, despite her mature and sophisticated self.”

Who would you choose to spend the coming-of-age day with? Which idol would you get your vote for the above survey?

Source: Nate
Translated by: Soshified
Written by: yegrina@kpoplive.com
Found in: Kpoplive.com

[INFO] 110427 Taemin voted No. 1 for male idol with slimmest legs


Taemin was recently voted no. 1 by netizens of DC Inside for the male celeb with the slimmest legs comparable to the fairer sex. He gathered 1,681 votes (23.2%) out of 7,245 votes. The poll was held from 19 April to 26 April 2011. Taemin is also not embarrassed to show off his beautiful slender legs when dressed as a girl. G-Dragon received 608 votes (8.4%) was no. 2.

Source/Credits: SHINee Bloom

Translation by: eimanjjong @ tumblr

[NEWS] 110416 Which K-pop artist do the Japanese most want to get to know?


On April 10th, WOWOW aired the big South Korean music event “DREAM CONCERT 2010” in Japan and many Japanese K-pop fans were pleased to see the performances of many of their favorite Korean artists on TV.

Prior to the broadcast goo/NTT DoCoMo wanted to find out which K-pop artist their members were most curious about and yesterday they released the results of this mobile poll. The results shouldn’t be that surprising when looking at the current success of the various K-pop groups in Japan. Check out the complete ranking below. (For those of you curious as to why Big Bang wasn’t on the list, they picked the artists from the lineup that performed at DREAM CONCERT 2010).

Which K-pop artist do you want to get to know the most?
01 – 5,124 votes – KARA
02 – 2,665 votes – I’m not interested in K-pop
03 – 2,155 votes – Shoujo Jidai (SNSD)
04 – 688 votes – CNBLUE
05 – 397 votes – 2PM
06 – 369 votes – BEAST
07 – 355 votes – SUPER JUNIOR
08 – 260 votes – 4Minute
09 – 213 votes – SHINee
10 – 94 votes – T-ara
11 – 88 votes – AFTER SCHOOL
12 – 82 votes – MBLAQ
13 – 71 votes – ZE:A
14 – 43 votes – Lee Hyori
14 – 43 votes – U-KISS
16 – 35 votes – Wonder Girls
17 – 34 votes – f(x)
18 – 19 votes – RAINBOW
19 – 10 votes – F.CUZ

Source: tokyohive
Credits: ONEW SANGTAE♥♥

[NEWS] Which K-pop artist do the Japanese most want to get to know?


On April 10th, WOWOW aired the big South Korean music event “DREAM CONCERT 2010” in Japan and many Japanese K-pop fans were pleased to see the performances of many of their favorite Korean artists on TV.

Prior to the broadcast goo/NTT DoCoMo wanted to find out which K-pop artist their members were most curious about and yesterday they released the results of this mobile poll. The results shouldn’t be that surprising when looking at the current success of the various K-pop groups in Japan. Check out the complete ranking below. (For those of you curious as to why Big Bang wasn’t on the list, they picked the artists from the lineup that performed at DREAM CONCERT 2010).

Which K-pop artist do you want to get to know the most?
01 – 5,124 votes – KARA
02 – 2,665 votes – I’m not interested in K-pop
03 – 2,155 votes – Shoujo Jidai (SNSD)
04 – 688 votes – CNBLUE
05 – 397 votes – 2PM
06 – 369 votes – BEAST
07 – 355 votes – SUPER JUNIOR
08 – 260 votes – 4Minute
09 – 213 votes – SHINee
10 – 94 votes – T-ara
11 – 88 votes – AFTER SCHOOL
12 – 82 votes – MBLAQ
13 – 71 votes – ZE:A
14 – 43 votes – Lee Hyori
14 – 43 votes – U-KISS
16 – 35 votes – Wonder Girls
17 – 34 votes – f(x)
18 – 19 votes – RAINBOW
19 – 10 votes – F.CUZ

Source: @ tokyohive

Credits:  ONEW SANGTAE♥♥