SBS Gayo Daejeon

SBS Gayo Daejeon (Hangul: 가요대전 , broadly battle of the Bands, lit. SBS Music Match), also transliterated SBS Gayo Daejun is a major annual end-of-the-year music program broadcast on 29 December by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS). It was started in 1997, and awards were given to entertainers until 2007. The awards returned in 2014 as part of SBS' Awards Festival.

2010

In 2010 the hosts were Super Junior’s Heechul, CNBLUE’s Jung Yong-hwa, 2AM’s Jo Kwon and actress Hwang Jung-eum hosted.^[1]

2012

The 2012 SBS Gayo Daejeon aired live from Korea University with Suzy of Miss A, IU, and actor Jung Gyu Woon as MC's.

Performers were TVXQ, Super Junior, Big Bang, Dynamic Duo, Epik High, f(x), SHINee, Ailee, B1A4, 2NE1, Secret, B.A.P, SISTAR, T-ara, GLAM, Teen Top, CN Blue, EXO, FT Island, Miss A, MBLAQ, A Pink, Infinite, 4minute, 2AM, After School, B2ST, and Kara.

Colors of K-pop

Under the theme "The Color of K-Pop", some of the biggest groups create four super idol groups, recorded a new single, and performed it together on stage. There were four teams consisting of members of different idols groups labeled under the names of Mystic White, Dramatic Blue, Dynamic Black, and Dazzling Red, who sang songs created by the hottest producers of 2012.^[2]

2014

In December 2014, it was announced by SBS that the awards segment of the music program would return as part of 2014's SBS Awards Festival. It was later announced that the concept of 2014 would be Gayo Daejeon – Super 5 and also a change of the air date, changing from the usual 29 December to 21 December. Later it was announced the hosts of the program, titled as "Lucky Boys", the MCs were: CNBLUE's Jung Yong-hwa, 2PM's Nichkhun, Winner's Song Min-ho, B1A4's Baro and Infinite's L.^[3] A few days later, it was also announced that the actress Song Ji-hyo would also be a MC.^[4]

Awards

• Best Album: EXO – Overdose
• Best Song: Soyou x Junggigo – "Some"
• Best Male Group: EXO
• Best Female Group: 2NE1
• Best Solo Male: Taeyang
• Best Solo Female: Ailee
• Best Band: CNBLUE
• Best New Group/Rookie: WINNER
• Global Star: 2PM
• Chinese Popularity Award: T-ARA^[5][6]
• Top 10 Artists: Girl's Day, Ailee, Akdong Musician, BEAST, Taeyang, Infinite, A Pink, SISTAR, 2NE1, EXO

References

See also

• Live TV Songs 20
• SBS Music Trend
• MBC Gayo Daejejeon
• KBS Gayo Daechukje