‘Mr. Trot 2’ is determined by the size of the fandom.
‘Mr. Trot 2’ is determined by the size of the fandom.
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TenAsia reporter Ryu Ye-ji takes a proper look at the entertainment industry incidents and accidents that are attracting the most attention.


The power of text voting is beyond imagination. The more popular contestant, not the more skilled contestant, has the upper hand. In fact, the judges' scores were no longer needed.

In the TV Chosun entertainment program 'Mr. Trot 2 - The Beginning of a New Legend', which aired on the afternoon of the 9th, the TOP 10 (Na Sang-do - Choo Hyuk-jin - Choi Su-ho - Park Ji-hyun - Song Min-jun - Jinwook - Jin Hae-seong - Ahn Seong-hoon - Song Do-hyeon - Park Seong-on towards the final TOP 7) )'s semifinals were held.
‘Mr. Trot 2’ is determined by the size of the fandom.
‘Mr. Trot 2’ is determined by the size of the fandom.
On this day, three participants were eliminated in the semifinals. Choo Hyuk-jin, who was ranked 4th in the semi-finals, fell to 9th place when the text votes were combined and failed to advance to the finals. Choo Hyuk-jin showed off his command of the stage as if he were watching a live performance while singing Park Gu-yoon's 'Do You Know the Feeling?' Despite the master's total score of 1,145 points, his ranking fell due to an extremely low number of votes.

The scores of the masters, who are music-related experts, seemed virtually unrelated to advancing to the finals. This is because viewer votes accounted for an unexpectedly large proportion of the vote.
‘Mr. Trot 2’ is determined by the size of the fandom.
‘Mr. Trot 2’ is determined by the size of the fandom.
Similar results applied to Song Do-hyun, the youngest participant. Song Do-hyun, who was ranked 7th in the middle rankings (1,117 points), seemed to have narrowly settled into the top 7. However, when the text votes were added up, they were announced as 10th and were the first to be eliminated. Although she was a contestant who was called a 'genius' by Jang Yoon-jeong, she was eliminated before the finals.

On the other hand, there are participants who miraculously survived thanks to their enormous fandom. Jin Hae-seong rose from 10th to the final 4th place in the total master score rankings. Jin Hae-seong, who has already won other audition programs, is building a solid fandom. Thanks to our strong fans, we managed to land in the top 7.
‘Mr. Trot 2’ is determined by the size of the fandom.
‘Mr. Trot 2’ is determined by the size of the fandom.
The same goes for Park Ji-hyun and Ahn Seong-hoon, who are said to be candidates for the championship. The two ranked 5th and 3rd in the median rankings, respectively. However, when the real-time text voting ended, they rose to second and first place, respectively.


It is clearly difficult to come up with a ranking that satisfies everyone. This is especially true because the more active participants there are, the more different their individual standards are. However, there is a need to produce a top-tier cast that most people agree with. Only then will the recognized participants feel good and the authority of ‘Mr. Trot 2’ will be maintained.

‘Text voting’ should not play the most important role in determining successful and rejected candidates. 'Mr. Trot 2' is a broadcast that selects new legends who will be reborn as true Trot singers. Wouldn’t there be a need to refocus the audition program so that it doesn’t degenerate into a place for popularity voting?

Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr
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