Superband (TV program)

Superband
Hangul
슈퍼밴드
Genretalent show
reality television
Presented byJun Hyun-moo
JudgesYoon Jong-shin
Yoon Sang
Kim Jong-wan (Nell)
Joe Hahn
Lee Su-hyun
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes14[1]
Production
Executive producerKim Hyeong-jung (김형중)
Running time80 mins[1]
Original release
NetworkJTBC
ReleaseApril 12 (2019-04-12) –
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)
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Superband (Korean: 슈퍼밴드) is a South Korean talent show produced by JTBC in 2019, where indie musicians were invited to perform and eventually create a "superband", competing against each other.

The average viewership rating was around 3%, and the show received positive and negative feedback, as well. The concept and its genre diversity was praised, while the media heavily criticised the lack of female participants. Only involving the viewers in the decision process at the end of the show drew criticism, as well.

Besides the winning band, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th place bands also signed with different production companies after the show.

The winner was Hoppipolla.[2] The show was produced by the same production team of Phantom Singer and Hidden Singer.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference JTBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Hoppipolla found their voice by being different: 'SuperBand' winners are now ready to make music of their own". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2019-07-17. Archived from the original on 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. ^ "'슈퍼밴드' 김형중 PD "입소문에 감동, '슈퍼밴드'엔 모든 취향이 공존"" (in Korean). Star Today. Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2020-05-19.