Two days after the 2007 Mnet KM Music Festival, the truths behind the glamour are surfacing, angering not only the singers but also the fans. So what really happened at MKMF?
M (Lee Minwoo) left one hour before to show time
M abruptly went home one hour before show time because he believed that the results of MKMF were rigged. M’s rep asked Mnet to explain why TSZX the Grace were the winners of the Best Dance Music Award when M received greater number of online votes.
Mnet explained that internet polls count only 20% in determining the final winners – other criteria used were professional judges (20%), research (30%), record sales (10%) and digital charts (10%). Therefore, even if M received the most amount of online votes, he could have lost on other aspects.
However, M did not buy Mnet’s explanation and left the stadium angry and bitter.
Shin Hye Sung refused to attend MKMF
Ballad prince Shin Hye Sung’s absence wasn’t as dramatic as M’s, but he released an official statement today stating that he also cannot accept the results of the MKMF.
I understand that Mnet’s evaluation criteria is under a lot of criticisms, especially because they are unwilling to reveal the specifics of other criteria, but this mess could have been avoided if the winners were actually announced at the event. Next time, Mnet should seal and guard the results in Mnet vault until show time.
JYP, M & Fly to the Sky’s special performance cancelled
JYP planned a huge comeback stage with hoobaes, M and Fly to the Sky, but that evaporated when M decided to go home. M was suppose to sing JYP’s hit song “She was Pretty” and Fly to the Sky “Don’t leave me.” Dang! That would have been an awesome performance. Too bad that we all had to miss it.
Anyband special performance abandoned
Another hyped up yet totally unnecessary band, Anyband was suppose to perform, but due to DBSK’s busy schedule and weather conditions, it got cancelled. This really pissed off Jumping BoAs and Cassiopeias who paraded to the stadium to see their idols.
In addition to these cancellations, many are upset about the awards. Based on the record sales, SG Wanna be deserved the Album of the Year award, not Epik High. There were 34 awards but not all of them were announced, in fact some were merged into one making everyone question the validity of the awards.
Finally, due to all these cancellations, the hyped up event ended prematurely, leaving a bad taste in everyone’s mouth, except of course the Elves and Super Junior.
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Get your furry butt off the stage Lee Da-hae!
aaah too bad anyband performance was abandoned!
what a loser award.
Miun-Actually, I don’t think there’s much difference between CSJH and See Ya’s live performances and I don’t think both of them have very many songs i’ve liked. CSJH is more attractive so i’ll give them the edge, both are similar in the sense that they have untapped potential.
And why even put Big Mama on the same group? It’s pretty obvious they are above and beyond almost everybody in the talent field.
Also, the way you talk about CSJH makes you come off like a retarded anti who lacks the ability to separate reality from your ranting. How do you expect people to take what you say as anything but a joke?
Anyway, Min Woo missed out on the biggest part, it’s not about him or whether a dumbass explanation was sufficient. It’s about being a professional and performing for your FANS (because it’s about your FANS) not your ego. You can complain all you want after or before you perform but you should still perform.
@ RoflMyWaffle
Oh…sorry…i don’t mind if they are a coppy version, but i do mind if they are a faillure coppy version.
@ chadhova
Big Mama is in here b/c they are also nominated for the best girlsband and somebody is pissed why The Grace didn’t get the Best Girlsband title since they are so “gifted” and “have so much talent”.
And please take me as a retarted anti fan if you feel like you should see me that way. I don’t mind. That’s the truth, i enjoy hating The Grace and Suju, b/c i can’t stand talentess artist getting the award they shouldn’t get and their oh-s0-called-fan still think it’s not enough for them. Oh fan, please understand for your idols, their money is limited, so they can’t buy all the prizes. Maybe oneday, you will have the all SM Stars Award, then you can see your idols get 10Deasang at a time. Woof woof, can’t wait, hah?
Suju artist of the year my azz
The Grace, best dance, >> M? MY AZZ too
i was so mad i didnt sleep to watch the wards and TVXQ didnt appear it was so sad T-T
Miun-Well, obviously you don’t care because you come off like a moron. You realize See Ya won best girls group, not CSJH, right? Check the Pop Seoul post about the winners. Why even mention that? They all lost to See Ya, not CSJH. Like I said, you bring them up because you’re a biased anti who apparently just hates everything SM.
To call CSJH or See Ya “talentless” is pretty dumb. Really dumb, actually. Then again, I shouldn’t expect anything more from somebody who goes into a discussion with an obvious and admitted agenda.
I’m just a fan of whoever I think is good, I don’t get tied up in this politics crap that you apparently love so much.
Put on your tin foil hat.
they’re not very professional…..they’ll get better at it
this is one of the reasons i like the american music industry better….
Haha failure? Mind definng “failure”?
In terms of label, SM knows what they are doing. YG is getting there, but BB’s results are comparable to H.O.T’s popularity.
I see it this way.
Original Boybands
-H.O.T
-Deux
-Seche Skies
-Shinhwa
“New” Boybands
- DBSK
- BB
-SS501
-Paran
-FT Island
Wow, all 5 in one era. While there were 3 main competing boybands. Holy crude? Over rate pl0x?
@RoflMyWaffle
Are you crazy? I’m talking about the grace. Why you keep bringing back BB and YG into this discussion? Don;t you know the grace is a girl group? Whoa…. are you normal there, my friend?
@chadhova
What politic crap are you talking about. Why the hell shoudl I care? Stop forcing your childish though on me.Like whoever you want, and i hate whoever i want. Why bother open your mouth when it’s not your business?
And obviously, you don;t know what you are flapping about. I am a Seeya fan, and i really think they deserve it since Big Mama album is just came out. And I never said Seeya is talentless? You see that line in your dream? I get irritated when somebody flapping about the bestgirlgroup should belong to the grace. Don’t you understand? Or you really can;t get it through your thick “tin foil hat” you already have on your head?
Do all of a favor. Please stop posting
lol i wonder if POPSEOUL feels like HyeSung up in picture II, all sitting back, hands fold, and smiling through these .. arguments.. be whether it’s kids vs adolescent vs adults.
MNet is so rigged. They’re so bribed by SM it’s so not even funny… Super Junior as best artist??!!! Pleasssseee… They got NO attention whatsoever because of Wondergirls and Big Bang. Lee Soo Man… There is no stopping you, is there?
what? anyband was supposed to perform??
aahh??
why didn’t they??
i wanna see junsu!!
As much as it sucks to not get an award you were supposed to get, isn’t the point of being an artist kind of forgotten in all this? Everyone is so pissed off that they aren’t getting enough credit when they should just perform and be happy they’re performing and that fans are psyched to see them.
The music industry has gone to hell, huh? M’s a great artist, but to blow your top like that and ruin collaborated performances is pretty irresponsible.
If things are going to be like this, why not just quit giving out awards. Then everyone would be happy. Jeez.
Suju: Best Artist/Singer of the year? Gosh…..that’s PATHETIC…
Go M i support you. lol
i have no comment about the rigged results .. =\
Was this the first Award of MKMF? After this fiasco, I wouldn’t pay much attention to it ever again, I’m sure other artists would boycott it in the future.
This isn’t the first. But in the past, they have some good one. But this year’s award is DUMB
LEE MIN WOO and SHIN HYE SUNG im always on your side and it is the WISE decision to have just left the place!!
super junior is bollocks!!!
you know who should’ve won the dance award?
NAM HYUN JOON..friggen crazy popper.
that’s sad. If ANYBAND performed, maybe, JUST maybe, I would have watched it. Actually. yeah I would have. lol. Now that awards is like “whats the point?” arg.
Don’t they say that Hye Sung did not receive an invitation to attend? So he did not have to go since he wasn’t even invited.
im not sure if mkmf’s voting system has always been like this… if yes:
i dont get how some of you think what minwoo did is right…
i mean commmon!! hasnt MKMF always been like this?
just because he didnt win hes mad, and he blames it on their voting system, but whenever he wins an award he takes it with a smile? and he super unprofessional. he shouldve performed anyway, its just an award and didnt you guys say that its not even a serious one? then whys he so serious??
if not then forget whats written up there
And all of you guys bashing suju or the grace?? so who decided that they dont deserve the award YOU? do you know anything about them, well i dont know the grace but im talking about suju, do oyu know them? do you know what they went through, their talents?
When BB gets an award at mkmf you guys dont say yg payed mkmf or that its unfair voting? yeah you guys dont say that they won just because of the other 80% thats decided by mkmf. we can see you guys are biased. I wanted suju to win everything they were nominated for but when BB won instead did i insult them? no im happy for them. because im not like you guys who complain that elf is obsessed when all you guys do is bash, FOR NO REASON!
When dbsk won the daesang you guys didnt say sm payed but now that suju won and you dont like them you guys complain? you guys are such losers man
and you guys keep comparing SG wannabe to suju… HELLOOOO am i the only one that finds you guys dumb for comparing ballad singers with idols!!!
and super junior has talent in everything: in looks, in dancing, in singing, in acting, and great personalities, so why are they lacking talent? obviously not every single member is good in all of those but its a little divided in the group. I think that this was not a serious award and that you guys are crazy for going nuts about it..
sorry! but you guys should think normal from other peoples points of view sometimes… think about it, LOL byebye
MKMF is always rigged and screwed up in some degree or another. Why can’t people get over it? -_-;
they should just tell every one how each award is made up of and the evidence of each award…anyway…i have a feeling mkmf is rigged
Hmm.
interesting.
Maybe SuJu shouldn’t have won artist of the year
but I’m not really acquainted with many other Korean artists as of yet.
I love SuJu, though. So I support them.
I’m sure there are better out there,
but it is harsh to say that SuJu is untalented and/or sucks.
They do have voices
as well as dancing skills, acting ability, and personality.
It’s not always about the powerhouse vocals, no?
Would someone like to tell me other really good korean artists?
I don’t get it..
filthy filthy ass
WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok this article is translated or was written really misleadingly.
shin hyesung could not have refused to go coz he was NEVER INVITED. also minwoo didn’t know who had won the dance award just that it wasn’t him. considering that he was the only dance artist to have 2 songs in the top 10 on online music sites and was first among dance artists in album sales it should have gone to him. the only reason TSZX the Grace could have won was the judge’s decision which was 10~20%. now i wonder who payed money to bribe these ‘fair judges’(in case some don’t know its SM). and they never got the prizes that were decided by 100& online voting.
EVERYBODY WHO’S like ‘oh im so dissapointed in them… blah blah blah’ GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT AND READ OTHER UNBIASED ARTICLES BEFORE YOU COMMENT. some people are actually grateful they did this coz now mkmf might actually go away!! personally, im proud of what they did. who would want to go to a ‘dirty’ prizegiving anyway
Can I Ask A Question? Kekeke.
What’s The Elves?
just wait and see…
hehe…who believes Korean reporters(honestly.I’m Korean and i HATE Korean reporters).One of the reporters even wrote that Kim Dongwan refused to go to MKMF because of his friends(aka M and Hyesung) were not going.Haha.That article was hilarious.He wasn’t even invited,just like Hyesung.Oh, and Orangetiara,I agree with you.Gee,I mean,Lee Minwoo did the right thing by standing up against MKMF(aka SMMF). Doggy Supreme,Elves is the official fan of Super Junior. Most of them are crazy 11-year-old girls who think Super Junior can sing better than In Soon-Yee or even Beatles(at least in Korea).Yes,and they HATE other signers.Ever saw this one crazy Elf throwing water bottle at Shin Hyesung at a concert(fyi,Super Junior performed at the concert,before Shin,I believe) yelling “Get off from the stage,old and fugly singer!”?
Sry.ELF is the official fan club.forgot to type club
I’m actually glad Hyesung was not invited! That way he don’t have to attend such a sick music award ceremony. Shinhwa have been in the music industry for so long and whether they get the awards or not does not matter anymore. They have already proven they are talented. (AND all 6 have got a backbone!!!)
What I can’t stand is seeing fans of Suju, dbsk or some new groups bashing the seniors singers in the music industry. FTTS, H.O.T., Shinhwa and some others worked hard to achive the fame they have today. Fans of other groups have no rights to bash them. Don’t they know that some of their idols are fans (and friends) of those seniors?!
For those newbies fans haven’t been into kpop for the past 10+ years or even know the history of kpop… I beg you… please keep your idiotic comments to yourself. Get your facts right before you start bashing other singers.
p/s: I don’t hate any korean singers. I just remain netural about their style of music. There is no need to hate, bash or send threats like some sick fans girls we have in *you-know-where*
so dumb…those peopple who walked out because they didn’t win are such sore losers…they should’ve just stayed and shwoed some sportsman like mateship…they must’ve been so jelous just to walk out…shame.
yeah,de daesang shld be given either 2 Big Bang or WG!!!!
of all de ppl,y SuJu,de 13 clowns???
i’m fine wit any other ppl winning de daesang but definitely not Suju…pity BB who work so hard but lose de award 2 de bunch of clowns…
word of advice for future mkmf shows double check the votes before and then once it’s all squared away SHOW TIME
Awww…..don’t really know if they deserve the awards or not, but i kinda like suju. They act dorky most of the times, but that’s still better than pretending to be high and mighty.
IT’S THE PAST MAN…SUPER JUNIOR ALREADY WON DAESANG. crystal199187 SUPER JUNIOR DOES DESERVE…DID U JUST CALLED THE CLOWN OR DID O READ WRONG. OH NO YOU DIDN’T!
this is so old…gawd
whatevs.Lee Minwoo did the right thing.Shin Hyesung wasn’t even invited.Lee Minwoo definitely sold more albums and all that so he should’ve received the award but who cares now it’s an old story.
so all u guys who go like ‘omg suju deserved it’ honestly think suju can sing better than shin hyesung?seriously?do u think they can perform live like him?do u honestly think they can vibrate their voice so well like him?
well think about it.
MKMF has always been screwed up. ALWAYS. SBS Gayo, MTV seoul is pretty fair, and Golden Disk is THE FAIREST out of all the them. So screw MKMF awards, their worth nothing. and to those who say that SuJu shouldn’t have won blah blah blah, yeah we know they can’t sing, and medicore at dancing, theres sooo many other people who deserve it more then them…but how bout YOU guys think about this. Who made the biggest BUZZ of 2007? since groups like DBSK wasn’t active in korea and they already swept all the awards in 06, whose 2nd in line as the biggest talk of the music industry. Super Junior of course with their Elf’s. Techinally if you think about it its not about who has better vocals, its more about who ruled over 2007 with their new song. Leaving that aside….MKMF IS RIGGED!!!!
Most korean award shows are RIGGED!
i dont think it’s fair to talk trash about super junior and epik high and all that stuff. i mean the real person whose at fault is MKMF.
i mean its no like super junior or epik high MADE them give them the awards. it was MKMF who just decided to do what THEY wanted to do and no what the fans wanted. so the only people you should be talking trash about if MKMF.
whatever i don’t care…
i just wish DBSK will win the 2008 one XDDDDDDDDDDD
it’s super junior’s 2nd debut, is it not? didn’t they win new comer in 2006? in any case, I could see that they were not happy with the results. i believe they were aiming for the best male group rather than best artist. *and i believe they should have won best male group and maybe big bang or something for best artist instead* that is more fair. however, what can they do? accept what’s given. mkmf better start being serious…
i kind of like Suju. they tend to stay down-to-earth. They are very colorful and unique group of personalities that can do more than just sing and look ‘cool’. (& i think they sing well together.) They do not deserve to be bashed at and disrespected. I don’t see them disrespecting their seniors, the complete opposite actually. please save the bashing to mkmf and some of the freaky-scary idol fans that go way overboard.
i don’t like dbsk.