August 8, 2010. When appearing on MBC’s “Bouquet”, Super Junior’s Eunhyuk blushed in front of of all the idol girl groups.

On that day, it was Eunhyuk’s first time meeting some of them, and he appeared to be very shy and Super Junior’s other members Leeteuk, Sungmin, Kyuhyun and the other guests at the show were very surprised.

The guests on MBC Bouquet asked Eunhyuk “if today’s guest appearances have someone of your ideals or someone you once wooed?” After that, not only his face turned red, his ears also turned red.

In true fact, Eunhyuk has once liked one of the girl group members, and that’s the reason why he blushed, and he was even flustered once during recording.

To find out who is the girl group member that made Eunhyuk feel shy, please watch that day’s MBC “Bouquet”.

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Original source: Daum
Chinese translation: 万能小A@ 韩流部落吧
English translation: HAEthere @ Super-Legacy.com

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August 4, 2010. Many Korean bands debut each year, and if you analyse how each of these idol groups achieved success, you will realise that there is actually a structure (like a perfect combination): With the group leader’s blood type being A, the group would be the most charismatic and stable; In a group, the youngest must be likeable; If their fans don’t have a representive name and colour, it means that the colour is not “fashion”.

Popular Idol Group Leader’s rule: Leaders are mostly Blood Type A

With the ‘war’ between korean boybands, in order to let each member show their own talents, the ‘leader’ has to be there. FT Island’s Choi Jung Hun, CNBlue’s Jung Yong Hwa, ZE:A’s Moon Jun Yeong, Super Junior’s Lee Teuk, DBSK’s Jung YunHo (UKnow), 2PM’s ex-leader Jaebum, 2AM’s Jo Kwon, Big Bang’s G-Dragon and B2ST’s Yoon Du Jun, the common point between these 9 leaders are that they are all of Blood Type A, and are all responsible, follow rules and like to service others. WIth groups having such sweet leaders, it is like they have something to lean on, and the leaders lead the group towards a goal.

Popular Idol Group Maknae’s (youngest) rule: Maknae must be cute; increase popularity

In Korea, respecting those who are older than you is very important. In korea’s boybands, there is also a special ‘Maknae’ culture: Like SS501′s Kim Hyung Joon, FT Island’s Choi Min Hwan***, Big Bang’s Seungri etc, because they are the youngest members, they are often teased, but their image is often cute and is loved by the audience. A manager of an idol group said, “when choosing the maknae member, other than that she/he must be talented, the most important factor is their skin and their looks, we wil try to choose those with milky skin and who have baby face.” In a group, the maknae is often the one who has to help his brothers/sisters, for example 2PM’s dorm, although they have a helper to clean their dorm, the one who has to throw the rubbish and clean up the dining table after a meal is always the youngest member, Chansung. Beast’s maknae, Song Dong Woon, is the one who creates the atmosphere in their dorm, and when his hyungs are feeling down, he will cheer them up.

Since 2000, the leaders have been used to increase the group’s popularity; but now, its the youngest members. U-Kiss’s Dongho is an example. Dongho rose to fame through a KBS2 TV program, and managed to show everyone what U-Kiss was made up of. T-ara’s maknae Jiyoon also increased T-ara’s poularity through acting in KBS2′s “God of Study”. The most miraculous thing is, when creating an idol group, the youngest member is usually the last to be chosen. This was the case for 4Minute’s Kwon So Hyung and Beast’s Song Dong Woon.

4Minute’s management company said, “Staying with members, the youngest member must have a lot of patience.” and also, “Although they do not talk much usually, but when needed, a powerful sentence from them might decide the result.

“Popular Idol Group Member’s Rule: There must be one with “Princess’ illness” and “Alien”

In an idol group, there is often one funny idol who likes to admire herself/himself (“Princess Illness”)in the mirror. Like Shinhwa’s ,Shin Hye SUng and Kim Dong Wan, DBSK’s Hero Jaejoong, SS501′s Park Jung Min, Super Junior’s Kim Hee Chul. Kim Heechul calls himself ‘cinderella’ and his fans also call him “Princess”. His image is more extravagant than women, with red hair, golden hair, silver hair, long ponytail, pink jacket, rainbow shawls, Roger Rabbit’s large T pyjamas, pink school bags; his members said “he likes to show his collarbone more than women do”, “Because he is worried that it is not good for his skin, he doesn’t even drink carbonate drinks”. They also praised him –”his nickname is Cindrella, he is the little red spot in SJ, which is green.” Park Jung Min is even worse, he locked himself in the toilet once, and faced the mirror touching his face saying “this is so pretty, i really want to hang you up on the wall.”, and when he is praised for his looks, he says “i was born like that.” He also often gives himself names like “Park Charisma”, “Sexy Park” etc.As fir ‘Aliens’, there are ShinHwa’s Eric, DBSK’s Hero Jaejoong, SS501′s Kim Hyun Joong, Super Junior’s Kim Heechul, Big Bang’s T.O.P, 2PM’s Park Jaebum, 2AM’s Jo Kwon, they are called 4-dimensional, and tend to jump up with actions upon hearing certain words. Their actions often leave people wondering “Huh?” but at the same time finding it interesting, like Kim Hyun Joong’s first kiss scene, he asked the director, “Director..do i have to put my tongue in?” When asked who in “Boys over Flowers” is the most handsome, he would say “the colour of my hair is the most handsome” and weird answers like that. Idol groups with members with “princess illness” and “aliens” allow the group and members to have many things to talk about and laugh about, they are also well-loved, and are the ones in the group who lighten the atmosphere.Also, many idol groups have members who have animals as their nicknames, for example Shinhwa’s Eric is rabbit, Lee Min Woo is cat, Shin Hye Sung is fox; Click-B’s Oh Jong Hyuk is rabbit; DBSK’s Junsu is dolphin; SS501′s Heo Young Saeng is beaver, Park Jung Min is horse; Super Junior’s Kangin is racoon, Eunhyuk is monkey, Sungmin is rabbit and Lee Donghae is fish.

Popular Idol Group Fans’ rule: Each group has a representative colour

Every idol group has its representive colour, and they have special names for their fans. Super Junior’s representative colour is Pearl Sapphire Blue, and they call their fans “E.L.F” (Ever Lasting Friends) “ELF” is also used to refer to elves, so their fans are also called “elves” (more relevant for chinese fans) SS501′s representative colour is green, so when their fans hold the green balloons, they look like peas, and thus SS501 calls their fans “Pea Princesses”. Their management company also produced pea cups, pea earrings etc. FT Island’s representative colour is yellow, and their fans are called “Primadonna” (‘Female lead’ in Italian), otherwise known as “Pri”.Korea’s idol market has a very special ‘balloon culture’, as it is convenient to bring balloons around and they become big when air is blown in. This way, it is easy for singers to know where their fans are, and thus would interact with his/her fans more.

***Not sure why they say Choi Min Hwan is the maknae of FT Island, the maknae of FT Island is Song Seunghyun.

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Original source: Sina
English Translation: fishyplankton @ Super-Legacy.com

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Super Junior Leetek and Eunhyuk claimed the ‘theory of insoles’.

On the ‘Strong Heart’ broadcasted on August 31, singer Se7en revealed the incident when he agreed to add a insole each with TOP of Big Bang before going onstage.

Super Junior Leeteuk immediately followed up by claiming the insoles theory. Leeteuk said ‘Shoelifts are a form of courtesy, balancing your own height with the height shown on the screen. Through Shoelifts, you can eventually keep that promise.’

Super Junior Eunhyuk also emphasized that ‘shoelifts are a must’.

Leeteuk and Eunhyuk continued to take out their own shoelifts, promoting the ‘theory of insoles’. The pair said ‘Shoelifts can make a person look taller, as well as protecting your ankles’. They also compared the newly-released shoelifts. While demonstrating themselves, they said ‘According to the type of shoes, the heights of the shoelifts are also different’.

Upon seeing the situation, Hong Kyung Min said ‘The music industry really developed a lot. When I had schedules as a singer, the only way to look taller is to spike up my hair’, making everyone in the studio laugh.

On the other hand, the guests of ‘Strong Heart’ that day included Se7en, SHINee Minho & Key, 2AM Changmin, 8eight Lee Hyun etc.

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Original Source: Newsen
Chinese Translation: 宝妮妮@爱·1380(i1380.com)
English Translation: heart_beat327@super-legacy.com

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Choi Yun Yeong revealed that she have a special connection with Xiah Junsu and Eunhyuk.

In the drama ‘Baker King, Kim Tak Goo’, Choi Yun Yeong played the role of “Goo Ja Rim”, revealed that she have a special releation with TVXQ Xiah Junsu and Super Junior Eunhyuk. Which also made this a hot topic among people.

Choi Yun Yeong revealed on KBS 2TV ‘Yeo Yu ManMan*’ that she was in the same class with Xiah Junsu and Eunhyuk before.

She said “During our school days, we are in the same class. And also in the same dance class”. She even left a video message for Xiah Junsu as well : “Junsu-ah~ how are you lately? Do contact me if you did watch my drama, let’s meet again soon”.

In addition, Choi Yun Yeong state that her introvert character is totally different from the character in the drama.

*direct translation of the show from chinese

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Original Source: 转自贵州讯息港
English Translation: Xiaosi@super-legacy.com

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The pride of Asian boy bands Super Junior, what is so special about idols in the resting room?

The members, who held ‘Super Show 3’ in Seoul Olympic Stadium on the 14th and 15th, revealed their photos from backstage. They, who love taking pictures, one by one posed for the camera, from seducing poses to naughty ones. So far the boy band with the most members, they gave the impression of constantly helping and caring for each other even in backstage. Members of SNSD and TRAX, also from the same company, went backstage as well. Everyone was still in the trance of Super Junior members’ charisma.

Super Junior members took pictures together before going onstage. In the photo, their hands were stacked together, encouraging each other. It is already their 3rd tour, however they were still very nervous, therefore in need of support from one another.

In addition, Heechul took a picture with two members of SNSD. Heechul performed ‘The Way To Break With An Idol’ in this concert, as well as imitating Lady Gaga as ‘Lady Hee Hee’.

‘Warm charisma’ leader Leeteuk in the changing room showed his warm smile with his fellow members in front of the camera. With Yesung, the two did not expose their nervousness at all. In the middle of performing, cameras also took pictures of them being drenched in sweat.

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Original Source: hankooki
Chinese Translation: 悦鑫@SJ公会 (sjgonghui.com)
English Translation: heart_beat327@super-legacy.com

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Korean idol group Super Junior’s new album ‘Bonamana’ released 3 different versions. Just version A even sold over 120,000 copies in Korea. Along with the sales of versions B and C, it totals to around 210,000 albums sold, making SJ the ‘sales king’ of this year up until now. On the ranking, the first 7 are also albums from artists of the same company, SM Entertainment.

A site researching the sales of Korean albums ‘Hanteo’ released yesterday the sales of Korean albums from January 1 this year till the 17th of this month. Super Junior’s ‘Bonamana’ was relased in May in Korea, releasing 3 versions in only 3 months, totaling to over 210,000 copies sold. However, this album only sold around 45,000 copies in Taiwan.

Artists under SM Entertainment successfully achieved the first 7 rankings of the list. Super Junior respectively took 1st, 5th and 7th.

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Original Source: Apple Daily
English Translation: heart_beat327@super-legacy.com

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Promotions of Super Junior’s new song ‘Tok Tok Tok’ has been tremendous. A lot of members used Twitter to promote their new song.

On the 17th, Kim Heechul tweeted: ” ‘Tok Tok Tok’ Give my heart a knock~ I’m willing to be a self promoting idol..”. Shindong tweeted, “Super Junior’s traditional TROT single Tok Tok Tok says ‘give my heart a knock’, while listening to the song you’ll soon get addicted to it!!!”. Eunhyuk tweeted, “~Who is it? Ever since I was young I always heard people say I was smart, but I would have never guessed that one day I would sing a song like Tok Tok Tok……Hehe? Good, now SM has decided to hand us over to the media” They all left a message through Twitter.

It seems like the three members have planned to go on Twitter to promote their new song at the same time, as Heechul has described, ‘self promoting idols’.

Also, the melody, performance, editing and vocals of Super Junior’s new song ‘Tok Tok Tok’ are all traditional TROT style and was released on different public websites on the 16th.

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English Translation: ❝Cherylbchow☆❞@super-legacy.com

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