'Miss Trot 2' gallops to success with 30% viewership share

Song Ga-in and Lim Yeong-woong, two of the hottest trot singers right, now rose to stardom as the shows' winners. Fourteen contenders for the ... BackToTop K-PopHerald TheInvestor TheHeraldBusiness TheHeraldPOP RealFoods Newsletter Signin National Election2022 Politics SocialAffairs ForeignAffairs Defense NorthKorea Science DiplomaticCircuit Education Business Industry Technology Transport Retail Finance Economy Market Money Life&Style Culture Travel Fashion Food&Beverage Books People ExpatLiving Arts&Design Health Entertainment Film Television Music Theater K-pop esports Sports Soccer Baseball Golf MoreSports World WorldNews WorldBusiness Opinion Editorial Viewpoints EnglishEye Podcast EnglishCafe Topics Weekender PRNewswire GlobalInsight #HashtagKorea 한국어판 MobileVersion Subscribe KHMediaKit RSS Twitter YouTube Instagram 'MissTrot2'gallopstosuccesswith30%viewershipshare ByImEun-byel Published:Feb7,2021-15:14      Updated:Feb7,2021-15:14 | ◀BacktoList MorearticlebythisWriter Scenesfrom“MissTrot2,”airedThursday(TVChosun)TVChosun’shitauditionshow“MissTrot2”recordedaviewershipratingof30percentThursday,emulatingthesuccessofthemen’sversionlastyear.The30percentviewershipsharehastraditionallybeenthethresholdforalocalentertainmentshowbeingconsideredasuccess.“MissTrot2”isofficiallythethirdseasonoftheauditionshowseries,following“MissTrot”anditsmaleversion“MisterTrot,”whichairedin2019and2020,respectively.SongGa-inandLimYeong-woong,twoofthehottesttrotsingersright,nowrosetostardomastheshows’winners.Fourteencontendersforthesemifinalswererevealedduringtheeighthepisodeof“MissTrot2”airedThursday.Incidentally,theshow’spreviousseason“MisterTrot”recorded30percentviewershipratingwithitseighthepisode.The30percentviewershipratingThursdaywasa1.7percentagepointrisefromthepreviousepisodewhichairedJan.28.Meanwhile,JinDal-rae,acontestantwhoannouncedshewassteppingdownfromtheshowafteradmittingtoaschoolbullyingaccusation,wasshownonThursday’sepisodeleavingtheshowintears,sayingthatshedidnotwanttocausedamagetoothercontestants.Criticismabouthertearfulexit’sinclusionontheshowfollowed.WhileThursday’sepisodewasrecordedonFeb.1anddidnotshowJincompeting,thesegmentshowingJinintearshadbeenrecordedearlier.Also,onWednesday,claimswerefiledwiththeKoreaCommunicationsCommission,questioningthefairnessoftheshow,andaccusingitoffailingtoprotecttherightsofunderagecontenders.Theproductionteamdeniedtheaccusations.Thoughnotwithoutcontroversies,“MissTrot2”hasbeenahitwithitsviewershipratingsontherise.FromApril,thecastmemberswillgoonanationwidetour.AccordingtoshowproductioncompanyShowplay,the13-citytourfor“MissTrot2”willkickoffinSeoul,April9-11,andcontinueuntilJuly,travelingacrossKorea.The14semifinalcontendersandsomeothercastmembersaretojointhetour.TVChosunandShowplayco-producedtheconcerttourfor“MisterTrot”lastyearforwhichticketsquicklysoldout.However,someconcertshadtobepostponedorcanceledduetothesocialdistancingrulesregardingCOVID-19andthoseconcertsaretoresumeinMarch.Thenextepisodeof“MissTrot2”willairat10p.m.onThursday.Viewerscansupporttheirfavoritesingersbyvotingonamobileappfortheshow.Thevoteswillcounttowardthefinalscores.ByImEun-byel([email protected]) | ◀BacktoList MorearticlebythisWriter MOSTPOPULAR ‘ToolateforvaccinestosaveNorthKorea’ ViralTikToksparksdebateaboutracismatnightclubs N.Koreareports6additionaldeathsamidCOVID-19;militarymobilizedfordrugsupply [Reporter’sNotebook]WhysomanyKoreansresonatewiththedesiretobe‘revered’ Yoonforgesaheadwithjusticeministerappointmentagainstresistance Amidbuyouttalks,SsangYongtolaunchnewelectricSUVTorres NewCOVID-19casesaround35,000;govt.weighsfurthereasingofviruscurbs Ex-employeesofSamsungchipvendorindictedintechtheftcase LATESTNEWS > N.Korea'stradewithChinajumpsonyearinApril > [Today’sK-pop]GFriend’sYerinshowsoffhercolorswithdebutEP > SsangYongsignsconditionalinvestmentdealwithKGconsortium > Korea-USmilitary,economicalliancetoextendtotechnologyatsummit > Justiceministerrevivesfinancialfraudteam > PatientsfearlosingCOVID-19coveragewithemergencyabouttoend > BidenpicksSamsungchipcomplextostarthisSeoulvisit > Yoonlikelytocutcorporatetax > ExpertsurgeSMEstobuildbrandidentityinplatformera > S.Koreatodecidewhetherlift7-dayquarantinemandateonFriday ABOUTKOREAHERALD ABOUTHERALDCORPORATION CODEOFETHICS ANNOUNCEMENT CSCENTER CONTACTUS LOCATION