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K-Pop Star Hunt | |
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Genre | Audition, Music, Competition |
Narrated by | Hye-kyeong An (Season 1) Tony An (Season 2) |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original languages | Korean (Seasons 1-2) Mandarin (Season 3) |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 8 episodes (Season 1) 12 episodes (Season 2) 8 episodes (Season 3) |
Production | |
Running time | 40-50 minutes per episode |
Original release | |
Network | Channel M (Southeast Asia) (now known as tvN Asia), Mnet |
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K-POP Star Hunt is a regional competition that captures the popularity of Korean popular music (K-Pop) in Asia, and gave the Asian viewers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a K-Pop star.
K-pop Star Hunt was organized by CJ E&M and Fox International. The show was broadcast in southeast Asia by the main channel, Channel M (now known as tvN Asia) and also other channels such as Star World Asia, Channel [V] and Mnet in South Korea.
K-pop Star Hunt seasons 1 and 2 worked with Cube Entertainment in searching for the next K-pop star. FNC Entertainment took over as the star hunter in Season 3.
The eventual winner of season 1 was Sorn (Thailand),[1] while season 2's winner was Ling Ling, also from Thailand. Andy of Taiwan was crowned as the winner for season 3.