The huge turnout of invited guests at the Super Junior’s press conference last Saturday, April 10, was a calculated move on the part of the promoters and not the other way around, as previously reported.

“We deliberately invited more than what the capacity of the venue is because that is what the Super Junior wants. They want it crowded and with lots of people standing in the back… Not too formal but overflowing. So that’s the reason,” Happee Sy of Pulp Live Productions wrote to PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) via Facebook.

Super Junior—a popular Korean boy group—held a press conference at the Palawan Function Room of the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City, and was greeted by more than a handful of media representatives along with fan groups composed of Filipinos and Koreans.

The K-Pop sensations concluded their Super Show 2 tour with a successful concert at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City on Saturday evening.

Sy even revealed that some of the group members were feeling under the weather when they arrived here in Manila on the eve of the concert: “We had to let them rest or the show might be jeopardized.”

SM Entertainment (Star Museum), the management group that handles the band’s career, is said to be strict when it comes to “implementing rules in promoting its talents,” and to avoid any problem, concert promoters have to adhere.

During the concert, Super Junior hinted the possibility of mounting another concert.

“We are working on Super Show 3,” revealed Sy. “We just got to gather more fans because they don’t like singing on an empty arena. They like it sold out or no show, so we are exerting all our efforts to gather more new fans.”

Sy added that the boys of Super Junior all had a great time during their stay here in the country. “They loved the cooperation we gave them when they wanted silence.”

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MANILA, Philippines – “Bring a white hanky, a lightboard, a blue glowstick, and I know you don’t know the members very well, but try to bring a banner with their names on it, anyway. Oh and come early, people are going to be lining up at Araneta as early as 5 a.m. And maybe you could memorize the fan chants, too!”

Hearing these words from my fangirl friend’s mouth, I couldn’t help but be shocked. When I asked for some information and advice about the Super Junior concert, I wasn’t expecting to be told to bring banners or be at the venue a full 14 hours before show time.

My friend’s suggestions were only the first of many surprises during the Super Junior Super Show 2 concert. Having only dipped my toes in the Korean-Pop pool, I had no concrete expectations — but I certainly didn’t see such a unique experience coming.

Still believing that this would be just another show, I ignored the advice I was given and arrived at the Araneta Coliseum at 5 p.m. The lines were already snaking around the inside of the building, but shockingly, everyone was still in good spirits, despite the heat and crowdedness. There seemed to be no strangers among the crowd — even I, a K-Pop newbie, was drawn into conversation with the people in line with me.

One out every four people seemed to be wearing a Super Junior fan shirt, while the other three people were carrying signs, blue glowsticks, lightboards, and binoculars. Oops. Maybe I should have at least worn blue, Super Junior’s fanclub color.

My lack of band support was more than made up for by the other members of the audience. The concert hall was a sea of people with little blue lights in their hands. Even before the start of the show, many sections were already waving their arms, as if practicing for what was to come (and, as I later found out, they actually were).

Everyone was pumped up — every time one of the five big screens on stage flickered, a cheer would erupt from the crowd. Within five minutes of taking my seat, my ears had started ringing with all of the squealing. I’ve heard my fair share of screams, but the SuJu fans who almost filled the Big Dome to capacity take the cake.

All the fans, from the bleachers to the VIP section, had a decent view of the huge circular stage specially designed for the concert. Complete with hydraulics, fireworks, and rotating platforms, the Super Junior stage was definitely as hardcore as the fans.

Of course, a fancy stage would be useless if the performers weren’t up to par, and the Super Junior boys — Kyuhyun, Shindong , Siwon, Sungmin, Heechul, Yesung, Leeteuk, Ryeowook, Donghae, Eunhyuk, plus Super Junior subgroup Super Junior M’s Chinese members Henry and Zhou-mi — knew how to work the crowd, performing over 30 songs.

Of those 36 songs, I knew only three — Sorry Sorry, a cover of Craig David’s Insomnia, and Puff the Magic Dragon (yes, the whole song!). But it didn’t matter that I didn’t know the lyrics or that I didn’t even understand the lyrics, because the whole concert was just pure fun.

Most of the time, I had no clue what was happening, but I think that’s part of allure. It’s a breath of fresh air from the usual concerts. After all, I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen a kiddie song (complete with costumes and play-acting) performed right before a dance-off, and then a violin solo.

Add the occasional video, some cute animal hats and water guns, and you’ve got a very interesting show. Another segment that was really entertaining was the band’s spoof of K-Pop girl group, f(x)’s hit Chu~, where five of the boys donned girl clothes and wigs.

A good thing about the show was that each member of the boy band had his moment, performing a solo or a duet. All of them were introduced one by one at the start of the concert, and the boys all took that opportunity to show off their skills, from Kyuhyun doing the moonwalk, to Filipino-favorite Donghae running at full speed around the stage. Shindong received loud cheers from the audience after reciting several newly-learned Tagalog words, like Pasensya na po! and Ano ba ‘yan?

However, for most of the songs, at least six of the 12 Super Junior members were onstage. On such a big stage, it was often really hard to keep track of them. I’d see their faces on the widescreen, and then I’d scan the whole stage looking for them. With the hydraulics and all the stairs, they appear and disappear so easily!

Each time one of them would enter the stage, the fans would go wild. Since almost every five minutes one would exit and enter, the whole show was full of frenzied cheering. The squealing grew particularly loud during the dance performances, Supergirl, and Sorry Sorry.

While Super Junior’s talented members account for the success of the show, it can’t be denied that a large part of what made the concert so amazing was the level of audience participation.

Filipinos are known for singing along to practically every song an artist performs in concert here, but in this case, the lyrics were literally foreign (although many audience members actually knew how to speak Korean). Ever appreciative of talent, the largely-Filipino crowd still found a way to express their love for Super Junior — importing the K-Pop concert culture completely.

Throwing mementos on stage for the band members, bringing all the necessary props for full participation in the songs, memorizing the fan chants, all these the Filipino crowd did. When the boys brought out the water guns for their song Carnival, the audience responded by having a water gun fight with their idols on stage. When Super Junior sang Marry U, the fan chanting was thunderous.

The amour the fans showed was equaled by the band. In a video, Super Junior thanked their EverLasting Friends (ELFs), the term their fans use to call themselves, afterwards performing Shining Star. They dedicated the song to all their supporters, from those who have been with them since their debut in 2005, to the people in the audience, who like me, were appreciating their music for the first time.

It was a great night, and everyone in the audience was brought to their feet. Well, except for a few boys who were forlornly watching their girlfriends/sisters/friends go crazy — but, who can blame them? I imagine it’s really difficult to compete with 12 hot guys grooving on the stage. I can now understand why Super Junior is so popular with the female population.

Someone once asked me, “Why do so many people like Super Junior?” At the time, I didn’t know the answer. Now, I do.

Sitting cross-legged on the floor and posing for the fans, laughing at a bunch of condoms thrown onto the stage, grabbing a fan’s camera and taking a picture of her with another SuJu member, playing with the gifts the fans give, performing tirelessly for almost three hours straight — all of these show just how much Super Junior love their fans.

And that’s the reason why their fans absolutely adore them.

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Super Junior is the world’s largest boyband, and they’re also SM Entertainment’s biggest group. This group that debuted in 2005, whose orginal name was Super Junior 05, but after some changes in members, were officially renamed as “Super Junior” in 2006. The final 13 members were: Leeteuk, Heechul, Hankyung, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum and Kyuhyun.

As SM Entertainment was well-equipped with knowledge they have gained from experience, they split up the 13 members, into 4 sub-groups Super Junior- T, Super Junior- H, Super Junior- K.R.Y (with R&B as their main genre, to attract noonas and hyungs as fans), and Super Junior-M (5 members plus 2 who are not SJ members- Henry and Zhoumi), to target Asia’s various markets, for example Super Junior-M entered China’s music industry, and there are 3 members who can speak fluent Chinese, which closes the gap between the Korean idols and fans who lived in other countries.

In SJ, because of Kibum’s busy packed schedules, he is the only one who does not belong to any sub-group.

In this 2 years, the Korean Wave has had many classic “infectious songs”, which include Super Junior’s March 2009 release of Sorry Sorry, Super Girl (by SJ-M), U (in 2006) and It’s You made many K-Pop fans go crazy. (Hoobae SHINee’s Ring Ding Dong and Wonder Girls’ Nobody were also among those songs).

Sorry Sorry, a song that has excellent tunes and choreography, let it remain very popular in the whole of year 2009, and that brought the Korean wave slowly spread to all the Asian countries, from stars in the entertainment industry, singers, actors, fans and even political figures, almost everyone can sing or dance a short verse of “Sorry Sorry”, and that proves SJ’s immense popularity!

Actually, when SM Entertainment was planning for SJ, they were similar to Taiwan’s HIM International Music when they were planning for SHE. They all tried to make use of every member’s unique voices, and produce songs that complimented all of their voices, so that they could show the fans and the medias SJ’s prowess when they sang together.

In the group, Leeteuk (Leader), Heechul, Hankyung, Sungmin, Donghae and Ryeowook focus on mid to high range pitch, while Yesung, Kangin and Siwon were in charge of the low pitch range, whereas Shindong, Kibum and Kyuhyun had to focus on the mid to low range pitch. Last but not least, Eunhyuk, together with Shindong and Kibum, were in charge of rapping. Eunhyuk was also the main composer of the raps in the second album. {Minor correction here: Donghae also raps for some songs, but I guess they missed that out}.

As long as there are many members, in terms of dancing, they need to have 2 things: neatness and harmony. But from the start, SJ’s performances’ focus has always been the choreography.
No matter what, from debut’s hip hop dance performance, to now’s synchronized dancing (mainly hip hop’s popping, waving, sliding, liquid dancing etc.), most of their choreography has 2-6 members mostly in the center.

In SJ, Hankyung, Shindong, Eunhyuk and Donghae’s dancing skills are the best, so they are always at the front leading or performing dance solos. Not just good in dancing, Shindong is the main choreographer for the dance steps of “U”.

Super Junior also has ever changing styles. When SJ debuted, their concept was that of “rocker”, but only after 2-3 years, they have turned into stylish suit-wearing gentlemen.

In this year’s 19th Seoul Music Awards, SJ nabbed 3 big prizes, “Top 10 Artists”, “Hallyu Wave Special Award” and “Most Popular Award”, and that temporarily masked the Kangin incident and Hankyung’s contract termination.

And for example, Kibum had a role in “Jumunjin” and also Choi Siwon who will be a main character in a new drama serial “Oh! My Lady” once again appear through drama serials to bring up SJ’s popularity!

And after the concert tour that they have been having all over Asia which will be ending soon, they are slated to make a comeback this year with their 4th album, and we just know that they’ll be kings of the K-Pop industry in the year 2010!

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MANILA, Philippines – Fans of the popular Korean pop group Super Junior break into a stampede as they welcomed the cute guys upon their arrival yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

Super Junior is mounting a big concert tonight at the Araneta Coliseum, presented by Smart Buddy with Bench and Hyundai as co-presentors.

The three-hour show, set on the largest stage ever constructed in the Big Dome, will start promptly at 7 o’clock.

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