'King of Singers 2', controversy over fairness erupts… Shin Yoo and Park Seo-jin cast as per the production team's will without preliminary evaluation

There was already controversy before the broadcast...

It's an audition program, but I didn't participate from the beginning, I joined late;;

I think it might be unfair for those who fell...

Actually, Shin Yoo and Park Seo Jin only did as the production team asked, but they became the subject of controversy;;;

Suddenly going from being a judge to a contestant;;;; It's a bit strange;;

Ten Asia DB MBN's 'King of Singers 2' was embroiled in controversy over fairness even before its first broadcast.

According to Ten Asia's coverage on the 7th, additional contestants were suddenly added after the preliminary filming of 'King of Singers 2'. 'King of Singers 2', which finished its first filming at the end of last month, originally started with 34 contestants. After the preliminary round, 4 contestants were eliminated, and before moving on to the main round, 2 active singers were suddenly added to the cast list.

The production team is in a situation where they cannot help but hear criticism that it is unfair to recruit two active singers in the middle of the program. In particular, the four contestants who were eliminated in the first round have complained about the unfairness and have raised questions about fairness.

The two people the production team added are singer Shin Yoo and Park Seo Jin. Shin Yoo appeared as a judge in the preliminaries of 'King of Singers 2', but suddenly appeared as a contestant, or player, starting from the main round. Park Seo Jin met the production team again, having met them in the past when he appeared on TV Chosun's 'Mr. Trot 2'. It is said that the two declined to appear several times, but eventually joined after the production team's repeated requests.
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From the production team's perspective, it is said that they changed the direction of the plan in the middle, expecting things like 'Catfish Island' and 'Catfish Effect'. They said that they judged that a strong competitor would help the program's popularity. In fact, two days before the main filming, they contacted two active singers (Shin Yu and Park Seo-jin) and asked them to participate.

There is nothing wrong with the 'catfish system' itself. It is a system that can be seen in various dating programs such as 'Solo Hell' and 'Heart Signal'. However, 'King of Singers 2' is an audition and survival program. There were already eliminations in the preliminaries. The fact that new contestants went straight to the main event without even passing the preliminaries is problematic enough. Fairness is important enough to determine the existence of a program, so it is inevitable that criticism will be raised that this principle has been violated.

'King of Singers 2' is scheduled to premiere on the 26th. However, due to various internal issues, it has been creaking even before the broadcast. The legal dispute regarding the 6 billion won concert IP of 'King of Singers 2', which was exclusively reported by our paper last month, is also an ongoing issue. It started with the concert performance rights and management rights that nCH purchased from Crea. The cause was that they resold some of them to a third party, Showdang Entertainment, which caused mutual dissatisfaction.