[NEWS] 131009 YG’S ‘WIN’ EARNS EXPLOSIVE RESPONSE FROM JAPAN’S NICONICO SPECIAL STREAMING

[OSEN=손남원 기자] The borderless popularity of YG’s real survival program to determine the formation of next boy group, ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, has been proven as Japan’s largest video-sharing website Niconico Video confirmed the streaming of the program.

[NEWS] 131006 SONG YOON HYUNG & KIM DONG HYUK OF “WIN” TEAM B, SHEDDING TEARS READING LETTER… “STRONG TEAMWORK”

[OSEN=오민희 기자] Team B (B.I, Kim Jjn Hwan, Bobby, Song Yoon Hyung, and Kim Dong Hyuk) of “WIN” show strengthened their teamwork once again and reaffirmed their resolve for a victory in the second battle.

In “WHO’S NEXT:WIN” aired on the 4 on Mnet, Song Yoon Hyung and Kim Dong Hyuk read their letters of thanks to the team members, making everybody shed tears.

[NEWS] 131006 YG’S YANG HYUN SUK, “THE LOSING TEAM OF ‘WIN’ WILL BE BROKEN UP”

[OSEN=손남원 기자] YG Entertainment’s founder Yang Hyun Suk announced that the losing team will be broken up on ‘WIN’, YG’s real survival program that will determine the formation of the first boy group in 8 years since BIGBANG.

Through a phone interview, Yang said on Oct 5, “The viewers are the judges on ‘WIN’, and the result depends on them completely. We will follow the viewers’ decision and will keep the promise we made. At the production preview event, we announced that the winning team will make a debut straight away while the losing one will either face a break-up or indefinite delay of debut. And we decided that the losing team should be broken up. We believe that is the right thing to do.”

[NEWS] 131006 TEAM A’S LEADER CHANGES FROM SONG MIN HO TO KANG SEUNG YOON ON ‘WIN’, A PERFECT HARMONY

[OSEN=박현민 기자] Team A on YG Entertainment’s ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, a survival program that will determine the formation of the next boy group, temporarily changed its leader from Song Min Ho to Kang Seung Yoon, due to the injuries of Song. The team wisely faced the crisis and boasted a fantastic harmony among the team members.

On episode 7 of ‘WIN’ aired on Oct 4, YG’s founder Yang Hyun Suk expressed much concern for Team A for the leader, Song Min Ho’s injury could put them in a disadvantageous position. At last, Yang decided to change the leader temporarily to Kang Seung Yoon.
 

[NEWS] 131006 YG’S RECORD-BREAKING VIEWING RATE OF ‘WIN’: WILL THE INCLINE CONTINUE?

[OSEN=황미현 기자] YG’s ambitious project ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, the survival program that will determine the formation of the first boy group in 8 years, forecasted a creation of a big hit group when it hit a record-breaking viewing rate.

On Oct 4, ‘WIN’ aired the second battle between Teams A and B, which recorded an average viewing rate of 1.3% and the peak of 1.9% according to Nielson Korea’s research based on households with cable channels. This is a record-breaking rate for the program. It is a clear testament to how popular the how has become.

[NEWS] 131006 HIP-HOP POWERHOUSE YG, WHO WILL BE ITS NEXT –GENERATION RAPPER?

[OSEN=손남원 기자] Who will become YG’s next-generation rapper and lead the company’s future? Four rappers who are fiercely competing with one another in “WHO IS NEXT : WIN“ (WIN) are drawing much attention. “WIN” is YG’s survival show to select the members of its next-generation boy band which will be newly formed eight years after Big Bang’s debut.

Song Min Ho-Lee Seung Hoon and B.I-Bobby are at the center of the showdown. Team A’s lead rapper Song Min Ho and Lee Seung Hoon, and Team B’s lead rapper B.I (Kim Han Bin) and Bobby (Kim Ji Won) are staging their quick-fire raps, to win the future as YG artists, with their unique style and charm.

[NEWS] 131004 Team A's leader Song Minho injures his ankle + is replaced by new leader Kang Seung Yoon

The October 4th installment of Mnet's 'WIN' revealed that the Team A leader Song Minho injured his ankle while preparing to stand on stage with G-Dragon and received a thorough inspection. 

According to an expert's diagnosis, Song Minho was to refrain from any difficult movements, which included dancing.

[NEWS] 130930 A HUGE TWIST: VIEWERS VOTE TEAM A ON ‘WIN’

‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, YG Entertainment’s real survival program on cable channel Mnet designed to determine the formation of a new boy group, unveiled the result of the viewers’ votes for the first battle aired on Sept 27.

On Sept 30, YG announced through the official homepage of ‘WIN’ on Daum portal site that the winner is Team A. 51.37% of the viewers voted for Team A while 48.63% for Team B, which concluded as an almost neck-and-neck competition. It is a surprise to many as Team B won the votes of the judges on the show. The viewers saw the battle differently.

NEWS [130930] DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES BETWEEN BIGBANG & VIEWERS OF YG’S ‘WIN’

Team A or Team B? Which one will be YG’s next boy group? The show, ‘WIN’, that will provide an answer to this question, has surely given the audience a source of entertainment when it announced the voting result from the viewers. It was indeed different from what the experts, BIGBANG and 2NE1, chose.

The winner of the very first battle on ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, which is YG’s survival program to determine the formation of the first boy group in 7 years since BIGBANG, was in fact, Team A.

[NEWS] 130930 ‘WIN’ ON THE RISE: SHOW FOR THE YOUNGSTERS? UH-UH, ALSO LOVED BY PEOPLE IN THEIR 40’S!

‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, YG Entertainment’s real survival program to determine the formation of a new boy group, is on the rise, visibly and quickly.

On episode 6 aired on Sept 27, the much-anticipated first battle of Team A (Song Min Ho, Kim Jin Woo, Lee Seung Hoon, Nam Tae Hyun, Kang Seung Yoon), and Team B (B.I., Kim Jin Hwan, Bobby, Song Yoon Hyung, Koo Jun Hoe, Kim Dong Hyuk) was finally unveiled.

Teams A and B prepared a song and the choreography of TAEYANG and G-DRAGON respectively, and the latter team’s performance of GD’s ‘One of a Kind’ recorded the highest viewing rate in the entire episode.

[NEWS] 130929 TEAM B’S PERFORMANCE HITS THE HIGHEST VIEWING RATE IN THE 1ST BATTLE OF ‘WIN’

‘WIN’ is garnering popularity visibly and quickly.

On episode 6 aired on Sept 27, the much-anticipated first battle of Team A (Song Min Ho, Kim Jin Woo, Lee Seung Hoon, Nam Tae Hyun, Kang Seung Yoon), and Team B (B.I., Kim Jin Hwan, Bobby, Song Yoon Hyung, Koo Jun Hoe, Kim Dong Hyuk) was finally unveiled.

Teams A and B prepared a song and the choreography of TAEYANG and G-DRAGON respectively, and the latter team’s performance of GD’s ‘One of a Kind’ recorded the highest viewing rate in the entire episode.

According to Nielson Korea, the company that analyses viewing rates, the first battle on ‘WIN’ recorded 1.0% viewing rate while Team B’s performance hit whopping 1.3%. The intriguing point here is that the majority of the viewers were consisted of women in their 20’s, which was the same as the previous episode, but the groups that followed were quite different: men in their 20’s and women in their 40’s.

It can be analyzed that the 11 trainees, divided into Teams A and B, won the hearts of the viewers by sincerely wanting to make a debut and working night and day to achieve the dream. Their genuine diligence grabbed the attention of a huge array of viewers, disregarding their age.

The result of the battles is completely dependent on the viewers. The competition is ignited by the first battle revealed on episode 6, where the viewers could join in to vote for their favorite team.

‘WIN, ‘WIN voting’ and ‘WIN Team B’ have been the most-searched phrase on different search engines since the show was aired, while the program was added as a Plus Friend by the highest number of people on Kakao Talk. Hitting 700,000 views daily on Daum portal site, ‘WIN’ has topped the chart of most-viewed daily videos.

Episode 6 was indeed entertaining for the viewers as members of BIGBANG and 2NE1 appeared as judges, apart from G-DRAGON and TAEYANG coaching the teams as their mentors. Team B, which is consisted of members less known to the public than those of Team A, had the opportunity to show each of their talents and uniqueness to the viewers. Such opportunity helped Team B contribute greatly to achieving the highest viewing rate.

WIN is aired every Friday from 10p.m. on Mnet and 11:20p.m. on tvN. Korea’s Daum portal site provides replay and behind-the-scenes services while also streaming it live.

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[NEWS] 130930 TEAM A WINS THE FIRST BATTLE OF ‘WIN’—THE ‘KANG SEUNG YOON & LEE SEUNG HOON EFFECT’

Team A beat Team B on ‘WIN’, a result determined by the voting of the viewers.

On Sept 30, YG Entertainment revealed the voting result of the viewers of its real survival program ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’.

‘WIN’ is a survival program that divides YG’s 11 trainees into Teams A and B for a fierce battle. The two teams will be put in a competition 3 times in the 10-weeks of the program. The result depends fully on the viewers’ vote, which will be conducted on the Internet, mobile applications and live SMS. The successful team will make a debut as the first boy group in 8 years since BIGBANG, under the group name WINNER.

[NEWS] 130929 FIRST BEHIND-THE-SCENE OF ‘WIN’ UNVEILED, REVEALING THE CHARMING FOUR MEMBERS

‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, YG’s new survival program aired through Mnet, revealed its first behind-the-scene photographs of the first battle.

The behind-the-scene photos revealed on Sept 29 were from the first battle aired on Sept 27, which captured Song Min Ho and Nam Tae Hyun from Team A and Bobby and Kim Dong Hyuk from Team B.

[NEWS] 130928 YANG EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH GD & TAEYANG’S COACHING OF TEAMS A & B ON ‘WIN’

Yang Hyun Suk, the founder of YG Entertainment, expressed content on ‘WIN’.

It was a rare smile for Yang Hyun Suk, who has always been the strict coach to the trainees appearing on ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’ on Mnet.

On the episode aired on Sept 27, Yang had a big smile on his face when Teams A (Kang Seung Yoon, Lee Seung Hoon, Song Min Ho, Kim Jin Woo, Nam Tae Hyun) and B (B.I., Bobby, Kim Jin Hwan, Kim Dong Hyuk, Koo Jun Hoe, Song Yoon Hyung) performed remarkably for the very first battle.

[NEWS] 130928 ALL THAT RAGE ABOUT BIGBANG, NOT A SURPRISE

TAEYANG and G-DRAGON from BIGBANG go against each other by being in charge of the producing of Teams A and B on ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, YG Entertainment’s real survival program. The tension heightened to the max, providing a source of entertainment to the viewers.

G-DRAGON and TAEYANG, who used to be YG’s young trainees in the past, are now put into a battle against each other by being in charge of the producing of Teams A and B on ‘WIN’. G-DRAGON hinted a fierce battle commenting, “I never beat TAEYANG in any competitions back then.” The two were fully engaged with their team members in an attempt to win the battle. G-DRAGON and TAEYANG both aroused much attention for their ability to point out the teams’ weaknesses as more experienced artists.

[NEWS] 130928 BIGBANG’S T.O.P ON ‘WIN’ EXTOLS BOBBY FOR “AMAZING TONE FOR RAPPING”

T.O.P from BIGBANG (consisted of other members G-DRAGON, DAESUNG, TAEYANG and SEUNGRI) extolled Bobby, the trainee from YG Entertainment.

‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, YG Entertainment’s real survival program aired on Sept 27 at 10 p.m. through a cable channel Mnet, the 11 trainees, or the constants, delivered their performances for the first battle.

[NEWS] 130928 WHAT WAS DIFFERENT BETWEEN G-DRAGON AND TAEYANG’S PRODUCING ON ‘WIN’?

TAEYANG was warmhearted, while G-DRAGON was meticulous.

The two Teams A (Kang Seung Yoon, Lee Seung Hoon, Song Min Ho, Kim Jin Woo, Nam Tae Hyun) and B (B.I., Bobby, Kim Jin Hwan, Kim Dong Hyuk, Koo Jun Hoe, Song Yoon Hyung) were trained and mentored by TAEYANG and G-DRAGON respectively on ‘WHO IS NEXT: WIN’, YG’s real survival program aired on Sept 27 through Mnet.

[NEWS] 130928 GD & TAEYANG DRAWS ATTENTION WITH THEIR PRODUCING CAPABILITIES ON ‘WIN’

YG Entertainment’s G-DRAGON and TAEYANG from group BIGBANG are arousing much attention with their producing capabilities.

‘WHO IS WIN: NEXT’, aired on Sept 27 at 10p.m. through Mnet is YG’s survival program for 11 of its trainees. The contestants of the show were being trained by G-DRAGON and TAEYANG for the very first battle.

[NEWS] 130928 YANG HYUN SUK ON ‘WIN’ PRAISES TEAM A: “SURPASSED THE EXPECTATION”

Team A (consisting of members Kang Seung Yoon, Song Min Ho, Kim Jin Woo and Nam Tae Hyun) won high praises for surpassing the judges’ expectation in the first battle of ‘WIN,’ YG Entertainment’s real survival program to determine the formation of the next boy group.

[NEWS] 130926 YG’S NEW BOY BAND “WIN”, BEGINNING VIEWER VOTE

“WHO IS NEXT: WIN” (“WIN”), a survival show that portrays the competition between two teams of novice artists to be selected as members of YG’s new boy band formed eight years after the debut of Big Bang, is finally beginning the first viewer vote. The show has recently recorded the highest viewership among cable channel’s entertainment shows, and is not beginning the survival battle in earnest, with a great interest of viewers.