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Yoo Jae-suk going to MBC after filtering KBS
Mixed ‘2021 Entertainment Awards’
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Yoo Jae-suk, who skips KBS and goes to MBC… Contrasting ‘Entertainment Awards’
Broadcaster Yoo Jae-suk will not participate in the ‘2021 KBS Entertainment Awards’. I heard about the risk of being infected with Corona 19 for external reasons, but I plan to attend the ‘2021 MBC Entertainment Awards’.
On the 25th, Yoo Jae-suk announced his intention not to participate in the ‘2021 KBS Entertainment Awards’ held at KBS in Yeouido, Seoul. Earlier, after being diagnosed with COVID-19, he completed home treatment and announced his return to activities on the 21st, but he has decided not to attend the ‘2021 KBS Entertainment Awards’.
Yoo Jae-suk did not participate in the ‘2021 SBS Entertainment Awards’ held on the 18th. At that time, he was classified as a subject for home treatment and was physically unable to attend. On the other hand, he was unable to attend the ‘2021 KBS Entertainment Awards’, even though it was held while he was active.
According to the broadcaster, Yoo Jae-suk has expressed his intention not to attend the awards ceremony due to the risk of COVID-19. Although he was released from self-quarantine, it was difficult for KBS to convince him as it had not been long since he had fought the disease.
However, Yoo Jae-suk is expected to attend the MBC Entertainment Awards, which is likely to win the grand prize. His staggering moves differed depending on the performance of each broadcaster’s work.
Yoo Jae-suk is mentioned as the strongest candidate for the grand prize as he has been active in MBC’s ‘What do you do when you play?’ this year. On the other hand, KBS did not even allow Yoo Jae-suk to qualify as a candidate. This is due to the fact that he made a splendid return to his parents’ home after over a year through ‘Come Back Home’ in April, but withdrew after 10 episodes after receiving a bitter report card.
‘Come Back Home’, which ended in a total of 10 episodes, is a reality entertainment program that supports and empowers the dreams of young people living there by returning to the home where the star started living in Seoul. The production team of ‘Happy Together’, which ended last year, and Yoo Jae-suk worked together to raise expectations.
The preparation period alone has been over a year, and at the production presentation, Yoo Jae-suk expressed his extraordinary will, saying, “I can’t say I want to become a long-lived program, but I want to occupy a place in KBS.”
However, contrary to his wishes, his vote to cover all generations did not win much sympathy. It ambitiously took on the challenge during the prime time on Saturday evening, but the highest viewership rating was only 4.5% (Nielsen Korea, national standard). In that way, Yoo Jae-suk left his family again while only digesting the promised 10 episodes.
Yoo Jae-suk, who debuted in the 7th KBS open recruitment comedian in 1991, currently has no works in his family. ‘Comeback Home’ also only had 10 episodes, so his performance on KBS was minimal. As a result, Yoo Jae-suk was excluded from the list of nominees for the ‘KBS Entertainment Awards’ for three consecutive years following 2019 and 2020.
Nevertheless, the expectation that Yoo Jae-suk would attend the ‘2021 KBS Entertainment Awards’ was high. If you count the entertainment awards he has received from the three terrestrial broadcasters over the past 10 years, it amounts to seven. This is the reason why many viewers sympathize with Ji Suk-jin’s words at the ‘2021 SBS Entertainment Awards’ held earlier, “It’s awkward because (Yoo) Jae-suk is not here.” It is familiar to the public to see Yoo Jae-suk not only winning the award at the awards ceremony, but also congratulating his colleagues on the award and sharing the joy.
In the meantime, Yoo Jae-suk has been a role model for many broadcasters by enjoying the festival regardless of whether he received an award or not. The argument that he did not participate due to greed for the award or exclusion of the grand prize candidate is difficult to convince. Apart from his overwhelming popularity and favorable image, Yoo Jae-suk is a positional figure who transcends trophies just by looking at the awards ceremony results. There is a reaction that is curious about Yoo Jae-suk’s 2021 awards ceremony schedule. The appearance of skipping KBS and moving on to MBC seems to be different from what he has shown in the past.
Yoo Jae-suk’s absence is also an example of the fallen authority of the three terrestrial broadcasting companies. As in the past, if the stage where he could be active was limited, there is no way he could refuse to attend the banquet at the broadcasting station to end the year. However, Yoo Jae-suk has a variety of options. It can be concluded that there is no need to reflect on the nightmare of the work, which was sluggish in public in order to keep the loyalty to her parents. It is understandable by looking at who is more regrettable about Yoo Jae-suk’s absence from the ‘2021 KBS Entertainment Awards’.
By Jeong Tae-gun, staff reporter for Ten Asia biggun@tenasia.co.kr
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