MBC Gayo Daejejeon 2021: Air date, how to watch, lineup, and all about the K-pop song festival
After the KBS Song Festival ended on a rather grand note, fans are excited about what is in store for the K-pop industry as we near the end of the year 2021. The next song festival is the SBS Gayo Daejeon which airs on December 25 with a stellar lineup, featuring the most known faces of the fourth generation of K-pop as well as MCs like SHINee’s Key, Boom, and ITZY’s Yuna hosting the show for SBS. On December 20, MBC, the final of the three big broadcasting companies from South Korea announced the lineup for their official year-end festival.
The theme for the 2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon is called ‘Together’ while the festival will be broadcast over a period of two days this year. The ‘2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon: TOGETHER’ revealed the crew lineup as well as other important updates about their song festival. This year, MBC has pitched ‘Together’ as their concept, bringing a wide range of artists together for the Gayo festival so that there are fun interactions between 36 different K-pop acts.
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Air date and time
MBC Gayo Daejejeon 2021 will air on December 31 at 8.40 pm KST (6:40 am ET)
Covid-19 update from MBC
This year again, MBC Gayo Daejejeon will refrain from having a live audience. It was reported that MBC had initially planned an event with fans in the audience but decided against it due to the sudden outbreak of Covid-19 in the Korean Industry. The show will be held in a non-face-to-face event in compliance with the Covid-19 protocols and to avoid the spread of the virus.
Where to watch
The MBC Song Festival 2021 titled, ‘2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon: Together’ will be telecast on the MBC channel for South Korean residents. For international fans, the song festival will also be live-streamed on MBC Kpop's YouTube channel.
Hosts
MBC has also listed their set of representatives to host the 2021 song festival, ‘Gayo Daejejeon’. The ‘2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon: Together’ will be hosted by 2PM’s Junho who has captured hearts with his K-drama appearance on ‘The Red Sleeve’. Junho’s appearance at the year-end festival is highly anticipated as this will be his first time hosting a song festival after his immense popularity following his return from the military and his comeback with the K-pop group, 2PM who released their studio album, ‘Must’ in June of 2021.
Alongside 2PM’s Junho, long-time TV presenter, Jang Song-kyu, and Girls Generation’s Yoona will both host the song festival together for a second consecutive time. Yoona has been a long-time MC of the show who has been hosting the festival for MBC since 2015. In 2020, Yoona and Song-kyu were joined by Actor Kim Seon-ho who is replaced by 2PM’s Junho for 2021.
Performance lineup
Mamamoo
Red Velvet
Oh My Girl
Brave Girls
Astro
NCT 127
NCT Dream
NCT U,
The Boyz
Stray Kids
ITZY
STAYC
aespa
Lee Mujin
IVE
Kim Yeonja
YB
Song Gain
Lim Youngwoong
10cm
Sunwoo Jungah
NORAZO
CELEB FIVE
MSG Wannabe and M.O.M
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