'2018 KBS Gayo Festival' is a medley of top agencies

Article: '2018 KBS Gayo Festival' reps, "Cue sheet was illegally leaked.. please delete it"

Source: Money Today via Naver

1. [+642, -31] I don't understand why we have to see SM and JYP special stages at a year-end show. Am I the only one who doesn't get it?

2. [+442, -54] I was watching live and thought it was so ridiculous ㅋㅋ People were beating Armies up over all the solo stages but we should be the ones beating everyone else up ㅋㅋ how ridiculous that the whole thing ended up being an SM party. Please go hold your SM party at your own personal concert ㅋㅋ was there any company mentioned aside from SM and JYP? This isn't a Gayo Festival, this is just a Big Company Festival. Sad that BTS is being used for promotional purposes but are shafted like this at the actual event. Everyone should be embarrassed of themselves.

3. [+344, -28] What else does this prove than that a big company's power is all it takes ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

4. [+264, -17] Amazing how SM can't pull it off with one singer so they throw all their singers in. Roy Kim was amazing for filling an entire stage on his own. This wasn't the 'Gayo Festival', this was an SM and JYP festival. So embarrassing to watch.

5. [+107, -3] People who don't get why this is a problem are just proving that they don't have brains. Have you ever seen any international award ceremony go out of their way to mention a specific company just because a lot of their artists are in attendance? America is the epitome of capitalism and yet their ceremonies honor and respect the artists as individuals, not for the companies and the money they're associated with. I felt so uncomfortable watching the entire time;;

6. [+97, -1] Can't believe a public broadcast is the one dividing sides... ridiculous concept~~

7. [+89, -10] Next time, I'd rather BTS not attend a gayo festival like this. It's a waste of our group's time, sigh~ what a hopeless talent show. I'm really curious how the viewer ratings turned out.

8. [+78, -2] What was KBS thinking? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It was basically an SM and JYP special, one big company party

9. [+72, -4] KBS is honestly worse than Mnet. They left any singer who is not JYP or SM out in the cold. Why not just make it a personal company party then, why turn your whole ceremony into this??

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Article: [KBS Gayo Festival] Hyoyeon, Red Velvet -> NCT, EXO, SM Town's perfect collabo

Source: Star News via Naver

1. [+1,873, -311] EXO's 'Monster' was super damn cool

2. [+1,316, -134] EXO's 'Monster' was the best ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

3. [+1,145, -87] As expected of EXO ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ it was so good to see the stage for the first time in a while ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

4. [+1,181, -240] But why would SM have so many hit songs by seniors but sing an NCT medley

5. [+940, -72] EXO's 'Monster' is jjang no matter when you listen to it~

6. [+442, -27] SM does not seem to know what a collab is... just because you string a bunch of stages together doesn't make it a collab

7. [+363, -17] Wow, EXO's 'Monster' was so cool

8. [+284, -13] 'Monster' was jjang ㅠㅠㅠ

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Article: [2018 KBS Gayo Festival] EXO Suho's waiting room talk "A happy and fun day as SM's next director"

Source: Top Star News via Nate

1. [+615, -149] SM's company just feels like trash...

2. [+508, -44] Couldn't put NCT out there on their own so it feels like they forced a collab to be able to include them with everyone else

3. [+428, -43] Basically an SM, JYP idol concert

4. [+68, -8] ㅋㅋㅋ This was hilarious. So the companies got together and their artists were basically putting on shows in honor of their CEOs basically ㅋㅋㅋ KBS is so behind on the times, this is such an outdated idea. It's embarrassing that this was broadcast internationally. The MMA and the MAMA were so much better than this. This was basically a talent show put on by each agency.

5. [+60, -11] I don't know why they did the big agency specials. Both of them were so boring.

6. [+55, -20] What did SM do this year though? Did any of their groups achieve something bigger than BTS, Twice, or Wanna One?

7. [+52, -18] SM is looking so desperate even though they're trying to look like they're not

8. [+48, -18] Just curious but weren't BTS and Wanna One way more popular this year? Why does EXO keep getting the ending...?

9. [+47, -18] All that fuss about how it was going to be a BTS concert but it ended up being an SM and JYP concert;; no shame at all ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

10. [+46, -26] I'm watching SM now and it's so noob. And EXO was already a part of SM's special so why are they given the ending too? ㅡㅡ Big agencies are lame

11. [+39, -12] I'm just really curious. BTS and Wanna One were the hottest of 2018 and EXO is a has-been so.... why are they given the ending?????? I can't believe our broadcast companies are catering to the whims of a has-been agency ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

12. [+37, -15] EXO doesn't deserve ending stages let alone even at the level to be doing year-end ceremonies which is why people are hating when they're randomly given the ending like this. Why are companies still catering to their whims??

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Article: [KBS Gayo Festival] BTS reveals 7 solo stages 'world class'

Source: Star News via Nate

1. [+634, -28] Live, performance, all amazing

2. [+567, -26] Another amazing stage ㅎㅎㅎㅎ BTS is the best!

3. [+558, -25] It was amazing... BTS the best ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

4. [+85, -1] Today was insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋ so glad to see their solo performances on public broadcast. The 'Fake Love' dance break was daebak ㅋㅋ sad that the camera couldn't capture their entire dance..

5. [+76, -1] The amount of effort they put into their stages are no joke. All 7 of their solos were amazing. I was especially surprised with J Hope and V's stages. You could tell that they put in a lot of effort to show as much as they could in the time that they were given. I guess this is what makes them so popular... Out of all their recent stages, I've never once felt that any of the members were holding back from giving their all. Truly amazing.

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