Superstar K () is a South Korean television talent show series which is held yearly. First held in 2009, Superstar K has increasingly gained more attention, considered the biggest audition program in South Korea. Superstar K's concept involves that of finding the next "superstar," with the winner each week determined with a combination of the scores given by judges and votes from viewers.
The show received immense popularity for its first three seasons, discovering popular acts such as Seo In-guk, Huh Gak, John Park, Kang Seungyoon, Ulala Session and Busker Busker, and reached its peak in ratings in its fourth season with Roy Kim and Jung Joon-young as its forefront. The show saw a decline in popularity and ratings starting from its fifth season. The eighth season of Superstar K broke with tradition and abandoned the series number in its name, and was instead called Superstar K 2016.
Traditionally, the award winner of each season is given the chance to perform at the Mnet Asian Music Awards as well as receive other prizes.
Seasons Superstar K1 Superstar K2 Superstar K3 Superstar K4 Superstar K5 Superstar K6 Superstar K7 Superstar K 2016
Winning contestants Year Season Winner Runner-up 2009 Superstar K1 Seo In-guk Joo Moon-geun 2010 Superstar K2 Huh Gak John Park 2011 Superstar K3 Ulala Session Busker Busker 2012 Superstar K4 Roy Kim DickPunks 2013 Superstar K5 Parc Jae-jung Park Si-hwan 2014 Superstar K6 Kwak Jin-eon Kim Feel 2015 Superstar K7 Kevin Oh Cheon Dan-bi 2016 Superstar K 2016 Kim Young Geun Lee Ji Eun
References
External links
Official website