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Wonder Girls reveal feelings about Sunmi’s departure at fanmeet
Amid the pandemonium that followed Wonder Girls‘ Sunmi announcing her departure from the beloved girl group, the other members, Sunye, Yeeun, Sohee and Yoobin have revealed their personal feelings and reactions to Sunmi’s decision.
As we reported earlier, the four Wonder Girls flew back to Korea for a fanmeeting on February 8. Half an hour ago, details of the meeting were released on an official Wonderful fan cafe in an account titled “Byeolha in Wonder Girls,” revealing the girls’ highly anticipated answers to many burning questions that Wonderfuls –and many other kpop fans– have had.
According to this report, Sunmi has long expressed her regrets about missing a normal life; after all, her schooling life was cut short years back with the training period that the members underwent prior to their debut. “It’s hard to be away from your family when you’re young, so I understand Sunmi’s feelings,” Sohee, who is the same age as Sunmi, said.
The Wonder Girls revealed their shocked reaction when Sunmi announced her departure from the quintet.
Like the fans … we initially panicked and said that Sunmi would regret it if she ended it here, and we asked her to be strong for a little more time. But then we had to think about what was really best for Sunmi. We thought about it for a long time and then told our company.
[About the fans that are blaming JYP for bringing us to America "too soon,"] We dreamed about stepping into America as we dreamed about being singers. We were scared that it was a bit early but it was something we wanted to do.
Sunmi of the Wonder Girls is important but Sunmi the individual is also important. Sunmi knows what’s best for her own life. We couldn’t hold on to her and know that she might regret staying as part of the Wonder Girls later. We wouldn’t be able to deal with that guilt.
Hae Lim probably won’t be able to fill Sunmi’s spot instantly because Sunmi has been with us for four to five years but she has a lot of potential.
It’s not true that one of the members cried on stage in China. Half of the rumors going on right now are false.
Sunmi has not quit the group, she’s just taking a break. Also, Hae Lim is now an Wonder Girls’ official member. If Sunmi wants, we will welcome her whenever.
It had to be five members because we can’t fill up for Sunmi’s spot. If we did, it’d be like Sunmi’s spot was never needed. Also, a six member group with Sunmi is very possible. Taking away members is a bad thing but adding is a good thing.
Sunmi didn’t come with us to Korea because we thought Sunmi and the fans would be really hurt if they saw each other.
The four Wonder Girls also held a meeting with a fan representative regarding 2PM that same afternoon.
After hearing the Wonder Girls themselves speaking out on this event, have your opinions changed? Do you think this is JYPE’s fault or not?
TAIPEI: Singer Jay Chou's maiden attempt at directing a television drama suffered poor ratings after it debuted on Friday in Taiwan.
"Pandaman", which Chou had earlier described as "cool", is a science fiction action drama about two superheroes from differing backgrounds who share a fascination with pandas.
The 30-year-old singer-director even expressed that he was confident the 110 million Taiwan dollars (about S$5.5million) production would be a success. However, the show's poor ratings indicate his confidence may have been misplaced.
"Pandamen", which aired on CTS, one of the four major television stations in Taiwan, attracted the least number of viewers among television shows in the same 10 pm timeslot. Chou's "Pandamen" only managed to garner 0.77 in ratings, compared to shows like the talent contest "One Million Star" (2.18) and idol dramas "K.O. 3an Guo" (1.53) and "Lucky Days" (0.79).
Viewers complained that "Pandamen" had a childish, convoluted plot that was hard to follow and pointed out that the show seemed to cater specifically for Mainland audiences as the cast often delivered their lines in Mainland-accented Mandarin.
Chou, who recently appeared in the film "The Treasure Hunter", brushed off these complaints and wrote on his official website that he "did not need high ratings". He insisted that the show was a success as "it represents a new generation of heroes" and "was a historic moment".
CTS officials also backed him and pointed out that "Pandamen" was the highest-rated show on its 10 pm slot in nearly a year.
The drama's poor showing in Taiwan was preceded by its dismal results when it first aired in Guangzhou, China. "Pandamen" was shown for three days on Guangzhou Television in late January.
Guangzhou Television reportedly paid an astronomical sum for the broadcast rights to the show, but "Pandamen" only managed to attract about 5,000 viewers on its third day, making it the lowest-rated show in the station's history.
At that time, many believed that complaints of a messy plot were due to heavy-handed Chinese censors cutting out crucial scenes for depicting gunplay.
However, "Pandamen" aired completely uncut in Taiwan.
Chou, who plays a police commissioner and appears for just two and a half minutes on the show, will reportedly attend a meet-the-fans session at Huashan Cultural Park on February 27, in an attempt to resuscitate the flat-lining show.
Jerry Yan beats Van Ness Wu for the best idol actor overnight
Yahoo Kimo recently held a poll to let fans vote on who they think is the best idol actor. Although Down with Love is behind Autumn’s Concerto in the ratings, Jerry Yan managed to come back with over 10,000 votes overnight to win over fellow F4 Van Ness Wu. Despite their votes being pretty even through out the week, Jerry Yan claimed victory in the end and was crown the best actor among idols.
The poll titled “Who do you think is the idol with the best acting” took place between February 2nd to the 8th, and tallied 171,504 votes in total. Jerry Yan was first place with 30.8%, Van Ness Wu and Vic Chou received 26% and 14.9% respectively, Show Luo was fourth with 7.9%, while Ming Dao was fifth with 5.9%.
Jerry Yan is currently in Japan and wanted to thank everyone who had voted for him. His manager Fenny said, “Because Jerry has always played cool rich boys in the past, there were less depth and change (in his characters). This time is different from before. He has great interaction with Ella that resulted in a lot of chemistry. The two would always discuss with the director to add more things to the drama. Jerry is very thankful to Ella.”
Van Ness Wu was pleased that F4 was recognized for their acting, “This is a very big encouragement for me, I am happy.” Meanwhile, Vic Chou’s manager responded on his behalf, “Thank you for everyone’s support. We have remained focused on acting, and make good dramas for everyone to watch.” Both Autumn’s Concerto and Down With Love will take a break this Sunday, they will be preempted to make way for the Chinese New Year specials on their respective networks.
SNSD fans have once again showed their dedication and power.
Tickets for Jessica’s last performance in March for her musical debut in “Legally Blonde,” went on sale on the 8th (today). Well, immediately after ticket sales went live at 2:00 PM, Sones flooded the servers to purchase their tickets and crashed the servers. The site was inaccessible for nearly 30 minutes straight.
For those fortunate enough to have scored tickets, you are blessed. For everyone else, mash F5 harder next time.
Although many kpop fans may be getting tired of the Wonder Girls‘ top hits, many international fans are getting their first whiff of the pop quintet with the recent releases of Nobody, So Hot and now Tell Me in Mandarin Chinese.
Obviously the lyrics are in a different language, but there are some notable changes: for example, Sohee’s ‘omona’ has been changed to ‘please (請你)’ and Yubin’s is completely in English.
