Wonhyuk went to Jeju Island to practice singing but was eliminated
Wonhyuk went to Jeju Island to practice singing but was eliminated
The world's largest Trot show, 'Mr. Trot 2 - The Beginning of a New Legend', recorded a viewer rating of 20.9% (Nielsen Korea, nationwide standard), achieving the dignity of being number one on all channels for four consecutive weeks. In addition, 'Mr. Trot 2' is dominating 2023 with an all-kill on the popular video charts of major portal sites, and sweeping the top spot in the TV-OTT combined topicality and non-drama TV topicality rankings in the first week of January.

In TV CHOSUN's 'Mr. Trot - The Beginning of a New Legend', which aired on the 12th, the Trot stones discovered in the master preliminary round entered the team mission in the first round of the finals, and each department fiercely clashed, risking the life and death of the team and pouring everything into it. lost. As a result of the first week of online cheering voting held from January 6 to 11, Park Seo-jin in 1st place, Min-ho Hwang in 2nd place, Ji-hyun Park in 3rd place, Seong-hoon Ahn in 4th place, and Yong-pil Kim in 5th place are leading.

Naiyagarabu, a team of three members including Go Jeong-woo, Wang Jun, and Seung-guk, chose Seol Woon-do's 'Because I'm Feeling Depressed', a classic trot genre song. Naiyagarabu, which recorded 11 hearts, presented a delightful stage with an unrequited love performance using public phones and street food stalls as if watching a musical play, and unexpected developments, but Ko Jeong-woo Han, who showed surprising progress not only in singing but also in correcting the pronunciation of 'ㅅ', which was a problem, was difficult. Only Myeong advanced to the next round.

The national team (Jeong Min-chan, Kim Si-won, Yoon Dae-woong, Kim Hong-jong), who set the stage with Light Pink's 'Please Make Me Ugly' of the semi-trot genre, showed off their weapons such as ballet turns, leg splits, beat boxing, and pectoralis major opening, as they are a team of the strongest performers. and exploded with excitement unrivaled by any other club. In addition, the national team, which confirmed the dignity of the national team by providing great fun with witty lyrics rewritten with the concept of prince's disease and self-love, received 12 hearts, and Jeong Min-chan experienced the joy of passing.

The Daddy Club, which consists of four 'super dads' Choi Dae-seong, Jin-woong, Kim Min-jin, and Lee Ha-jun, first attracted attention with their retro outfits and the selection of 'The Only Love' by Shim Shin of the 7080 genre. Daddy's Boo, based on the fathers' sly charms, showed off the song's highlight, the double-pistol dance, powerful sword-angle choreography, and swirling harmony, earning 12 hearts along with the evaluation that they "looked like the most united team." In the daddy department, Lee Ha-jun, who brought out the flavor of the song with his charming husky singing style, was the only one to be named on the list of successful applicants.

The 'Scary Trot Sprouts' youth group (Park Seong-on, Jeong Ye-jun, Song Do-hyun, Seo Ji-yu, Kwon Do-hoon), who are able to kill even adult participants with their skills, are legendary by showing cute movements and unexpected monster singing skills to the traditional Trot genre, Kim Yang's 'Heungbuja'. A stage was born. The youth team captivated viewers by demonstrating 200% of their skills despite difficulties such as practicing through video calls due to the large number of local members. Park Seong-on and Song Do-hyeon received 12 hearts and advanced to the next round.

Namjin's 'Oppa Is Still Alive' stage, which attracted attention due to the revenge battle of the winning team (Jin Hae-seong, Na Sang-do, Ahn Seong-jun, Jae-ha, Park Se-wook, and Oh Ju-ju), who were in desperate danger, was a new challenge for the winning team with a twist with Latin trot. It shone brightly and burst into all hearts. The masters poured praise on the stage of the championship team, which showed off their health by captivating everyone with the perfect teamwork and passionate Latin dance of the six people, such as "There was no shaking," "It was perfect," and "It was just a performance." In particular, Jin Hae-seong, whose 'body size' caused concern, practiced hard and performed the difficult Latin dance in a fascinating manner, and even showed the composure to wink during the performance.

The Dokjongbu, consisting of Wonhyuk, Yongho, Jeong Hyeongchan, Lee Chanseong, Go Kangmin, and Choi Jeonseol, presented a stage like a ‘Trot comprehensive gift set’ with Kim Youngcheol’s ‘Makgari’, a dance trot genre. In particular, the comical bicycle performance in the interlude and Jeong Hyeong-chan's soft singing style shocked the masters. Dokjongbu, who even went to the Jeju Island training camp, completed an amazing performance. Chan-seong Lee, who recorded 11 hearts and showed excellent vocals even in the midst of a busy performance, advanced to the next round.

The workplace department, made up of four ‘jazz gentlemen’ led by Kim Yong-pil, the main character of the master trial beauty, Marcus Kang, Park Sang-woo, and Lee Sang-yeon, showed the essence of ‘gentle sexiness’ with Ryu Ji-gwang’s ‘Caballet’ of the jazz trot genre. The work department, which truly showed off the charm of swing with the unaccompanied a cappella featuring Marcus Kang's attractive velvet bass and the stylish and elegant jazz vocals of 4 people, won 12 hearts with the reviewer's comment, "Sexy even without exposure," Yongpil Kim, Marcus Kang produced two successful candidates.

7080 Genre The other genre group (Hwang Ki-dong, The Ray, Hong Seung-min, Seong Yu-bin, Sleepy, Gil Byeong-min), who chose Kim Wan-seon's 'Dance in the Rhythm', captured attention with a variety stage that took advantage of each genre. In the interlude section, Gil Byeong-min and Hong Seung-min's high-quality vocal parts and Sleepy's storm rap were added to decorate the stage splendidly, but it was evaluated that the members' personalities did not mix well and received 10 hearts. The other genres were left disappointed with the shocking result of all members being eliminated.

The idol group with overwhelming visuals (Seongmin, Park Geon-woo, Seonyul, Han Tae-i, Seongri) created an all-time stage that surpassed the celebratory performances of active K-POP idol groups with Kim Ji-ae's 'Secret Love', a classic Trot genre song. The idol section presented a dizzying 'adult sexiness' in cropped shirts, see-through clothes, and upper body exposure that further highlighted the perfect physique built up through intense exercise, providing a treat to the eyes. And in the opening prison performance, a highly complete scene was created as if watching a musical, showing off the idol's unrivaled talent through synchronized choreography and dance breaks, while each member's outstanding vocal capabilities dominated the stage. The idol group achieved all-heart praise, with compliments such as “They look like invited singers,” “Why can’t we make a trot group like this?”, “It’s no different from a world tour,” and “The team is the most suitable for the team mission.”

The passionate challenge of men who are twice as strong, the only original Trot audition TV CHOSUN 'Mr. Trot 2 - The Beginning of a New Legend' is broadcast every Thursday at 10 PM.

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