'CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special': Air date and all you need to know about Japanese show featuring performances by BTS, Seventeen and Babymetal

BTS is set to deliver a special performance this holiday season. Announced by the K-pop group's label Big Hit Entertainment on December 7, BTS will hit the stage at TBS' 'CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special' to perform their 2020 smash 'Dynamite'. Due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, all performances will be filmed live in South Korea.
Here's all you need to know for the upcoming Christmas event.
Airdate
'CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special' will air on TBS December 21 at 7 pm. KST. / 5 am EST
Performers' Line-up
BTS
As mentioned above, BTS will perform their record-breaking 'Dynamite' single, but as six members without Suga. According to Soompi, the BTS member is recovering from surgery on his shoulder: “Suga recently received surgery for his shoulder, so he won’t be appearing on this stage in order to concentrate on recovery. Please be understanding.”
TXT
South Korean boy group TXT will also share the CDTV stage for a night of Christmas celebration, debuting the Japanese version of the title track 'Blue Hour' from their latest EP 'Minisode1: Blue Hour' for its first live performance. The EP recently impacted the US Billboard 200 albums chart, breaking a personal record for the group. Additionally, during the week of its release, the EP also hit the No 1 position on Oricon's daily and weekly album charts in Japan.
Seventeen
Fans can also look forward to an appearance by Seventeen on the upcoming Christmas special. The boy group will perform the title track '24H' from their latest EP of the same name.
Other artists to perform on 'CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special' include but are not limited to:
Baby Metal - Japanese kawaii metal group
Mr. Children - Japanese pop-rock band
LiSA - J-pop, rock, pop-punk singer
DISH - Japanese pop-rock band
Concept
For those unfamiliar with the show, CDTV (Count Down TV) is a Japanese late-night music television program, broadcast on the network TBS since 1993. The series is shown weekly and features live performances from popular artists, a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, music information and more. It is presented by three CGI-animated hosts. Considering that the program has tapped some of the biggest names in South Korea for performances and that Covid-19 has altered the way live shows/events are presented for fans, it will be exciting to see how they've mixed things up for fans watching at home.
Announcements/teasers
Check out some of the teasers and announcements shared online below
.@BTS_twt will be performing "Dynamite" on TBS' CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special on Monday December 21, sometime between 7PM - 10:57PM JST/KST. 🇯🇵https://t.co/GRmA6qL6sl pic.twitter.com/g7wSyRQtLM
— K-Charts & Translations⁷ (@charts_k) December 7, 2020
[NOTICE] TXT will appear on TBS CDTV Live! Live! Christmas Special on December 21st at 7PM KST/JST!
— TXT Translations (@TXTranslatlons) December 7, 2020
They will perform 'Blue Hour [Japanese Ver.] for the first time. @TXT_members @TXT_bighit https://t.co/7vz0NLbNro
12/21(Mon) SEVENTEEN will perform 24H at 2020 CDTV live! live! Christmas special.
— Worldwide Carats (@WorldwideCarats) December 7, 2020
It’ll start 7pm JST.#SEVENTEEN #세븐틴 @pledis_17 https://t.co/2gcZFfkzjA
BABYMETAL to perform PA PA YA!! on the "CDTV LIVE! LIVE!" Christmas Special on December 21st on TBS (Japan)
— Unofficial BABYMETAL News (@BABYMETAL_News_) December 7, 2020
This will be the 4th performance for the month.https://t.co/U44h2JowLi#BABYMETAL #CDTVライブライブ #PAPAYA pic.twitter.com/GLizo5SoYL
Fan reactions
As is expected for such an epic Christmas event, fans have been quick to share their excitement on Twitter. From surprise, to pledging allegiace to their favorite group, the reactions were varied. One fan even even said they were going to 'combust from happiness'.
Omg @TXT_members and @BTS_twt
— @BTS_twtᴮᴱ 🇵🇪 @TXT_members (@JenniARMY_MOA) December 8, 2020
Los amooo pic.twitter.com/ZycrM8DJMH
OH YES FINALLLYYYpic.twitter.com/vhK918FO2z
— nurul⁷ | sunghoon bday (≧▽≦) (@strryshi) December 8, 2020
TXT, BTS and Seventeen along with BABYMETAL and LiSA, I'm gonna combust from happiness...
— ❈Empress❈ || Stream CYSM & Blue Hour (@Empress2412) December 7, 2020
yeah, shes a huge star among anime fans, for doing a lot of anime openings and endings. both the op and ed for demon slayer are sung by her.
— 👽 hayley 👽 (@choerrycoloured) December 7, 2020