Last year, BIGBANG member Taeyang appeared on SBS’s “Fantastic Duo” where he left a legendary performance of “Eyes, Nose, Lips” with female contestant “Rhythm Gangster.” Many wondered if he could outdo his previous performance when he appeared on “Fantastic Duo 2.”
According to Nielsen Korea, the September 10 episode of SBS’s “Fantastic Duo” starring Taeyang and Baek Ji Young recorded the highest national viewer ratings of 7.9 percent for part one and 11 percent for part two of the show. Unlike his first season’s choice, Taeyang chose the male contestant “Dunk Shoot” to perform “Darling” and beat Baek Ji Young, which recorded 14.5 percent, the highest ratings per minute.
PD Kim Young Wook of “Fantastic Duo 2” said, “I didn’t expect [the enthusiastic response] at all,” then added, “Taeyang felt pressure because his season one performance with Rhythm Gangster was unbeatable. But because of that pressure, I think he used that energy to make a better performance.”
“Fantastic Duo 2” airs on Sundays at 6:25 p.m. KST. Watch Taeyang and Baek Ji Young compete against each other on “Fantastic Duo 2!”
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JEJU, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) — Jeju Shinhwa World, a resort complex under development on the resort island of Jeju, is gearing up to open a theme park and a K-pop entertainment center, a provincial investment promotion center said Monday.
The resort project developed by Landing Jeju Development has opened in stages from earlier this year to offer over 300 condominiums and villas, and is set to open a theme park on Sept. 30, said Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC), a government institution which promotes investment on the island.
Landing Jeju Development is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Landing International Development, which mainly invests in resort and entertainment businesses.
This picture taken on Aug. 8, 2017, shows a theme park in Jeju Shinhwa World under development in Jeju Island. (Yonhap)
The resort will also have a cafe and a bowling alley designed by BIGBANG leader G-Dragon in YG Town, a K-pop and leisure complex tentatively named after YG Entertainment, next month, JDC said.
The resort, which spans approximately 2.5 million square meters, will gradually open other facilities, including a movie theme park, a casino, a K-pop entertainment center and a water park by 2019.
A movie theme park partnered by Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, an American entertainment company, will open in the resort complex in 2019 to feature seven movie zones themed after blockbuster films, including “The Hunger Games,” “The Twilight Saga” and “Now You See Me.”
A total of 1.32 trillion won (US$1.18 billion) in foreign direct investment, mostly from Chinese citizens, has been injected into the 2-trillion-won project, JDC said, noting it is actively seeking funds from non-Chinese investors to diversify sources of investment.
BIGBANG’s Taeyang made an appearance in SBS’ “Fantastic Duo” a year ago and attracted great attention of the public. He showed great performance, showing off his outstanding singing skills. And recently, yeah, he appeared in the second season of the program. Did you watch the episode? Well, he absolutely electrified viewers again by singing his songs such as “Wake me up”, “Eyes, nose, lips” and “Only look at me”.
You know, a variety of great k-pop singers including Lee Sunhee, Lee Moonsae, PSY, IU and Baek Jiyoung have appeared in “Fantastic Duo”. And yeah, BIGBANG’s Daesung has appeared in the program too. But, actually, it seems like Taeyang was the best guest to the producer of the program. Check out what the producer talked about Taeyang.
Taeyang is a really great singer. And he’s good-natured and faithful too. Lyric writer Lim Eana once said Taeyang is as hot as the noonday sun, and I totally agree with her. Taeyang is an unique singer. And I think he is the symbol of “Fantastic Duo”. When he appeared in the first season of the program, he showed outstanding performance, and his performance video was really hot on the Internet. Actually, when I asked him to appear in the second season of the program, he was reluctant to do it. He said he felt pressured to do better than he did in the first season. But, he eventually made up his mind to appear in the program again, and he did best to show great performance.
Source: KPopBehind