[TRANS] 110729 KBS Makes Official Statement Regarding Cancellation of JYJ's Performance
KBS gave an official statement regarding the cancellation of JYJ’s participation in the “Jeju Island- World Seven Natural Landscapes” voting promotional performance some days back.
JYJ was initially scheduled to perform in the event hosted by KBS Jeju Television titled, “Challenge! World’s Seven Natural Landscapes, This Is Jeju Island” but their performance was suddenly cancelled, causing many speculations. Netizens requested for the broadcast station to give an explanation regarding the cancellation. On 28 July, Jeju broadcast station expressed their stand regarding this issue.
Regarding the cancellation of the performance, KBS expressed, “From the start when we were planning for the performance, we had underwent negotiations with Girls Generation and f(x), and both groups had only given us a positive reply that they could perform on the 15th. Jeju is just an island. People have strong desires for a spiritual and cultural life. We are lacking in that as compared to Seoul and other big cities. Girls Generation and f(x) both replied that they could attend this performance, and we felt that this is a good chance for everyone to meet their favourite stars. We also felt that as Girls Generation and f(x) have had performances as far as Europe, it would allow the world to understand Jeju Island, hence having an obvious positive effect. Hence we informed JYJ on 16th in the morning about the situation, and had expressed our apologies, hoping that they could understand us.”
In addition, KBS stated, “ The producer has the power to negotiate and confirm the list of performing guests, and the deciding factor on who to invite depends much on whether the artistes could be able to leave a big impact in the event. During the actual performance, there may be changes even at the last 5 minutes before the telecast begins.”
They also apologized, “However, We are apologetic for the harm caused to the audience who had given much attention to this issue.”
Netizens expressed, “The reasons you gave are not logical and proper, you will only get more complaints for such an explanation”, “They were already prepared to perform, but you cancelled their performance just like that, this is not just deceit towards JYJ, but also to other performers.” , “Your explanation only brings hurt to JYJ fans for the second time”, requesting KBS to do a formal apology.
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