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The Show (South Korean TV program)

The Show (Korean: 더 쇼; previously The Show: All New K-Pop (season 2), The Show: All About K-Pop (season 3)) was a South Korean music television program broadcast by SBS FunE. It aired live every Tuesday and is broadcast from the SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.


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April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15) –November 11, 2025 (2025-11-11)

The Show (Korean: 더 쇼; previously The Show: All New K-Pop (season 2), The Show: All About K-Pop (season 3)) was a South Korean music television program broadcast by SBS FunE. It aired live every Tuesday and is broadcast from the SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.

Since January 2019, The Show is broadcast live to over 20 countries through Paramount Network, MTV France and on TBS in Japan. On October 24, 2025, SBS funE announced that The Show would officially be ending its 14-year run on November 11.

*The Show'*s chart system was introduced at the beginning of its fourth season which started on October 28, 2014 and was named The Show Choice. This chart tracking from Saturday to Friday.

The three nominees were chosen from the starring singers every week and the winner of The Show Choice is determined based on the following criteria:

Period coveredChart system
2014 – 2017N/A40%10%15%20%15% (live-voting only)
2018 – 202015% (5% pre-voting + 10% live-voting)
January 26, 2021 – February 23, 202115%N/A15% (live-voting only)
March 2, 2021 – present15% (5% pre-voting + 10% live-voting)

Based source and explanations for each criterion:

  • Broadcast: Number of times that a songs played on SBS MTV

  • Digital sales: Number of streaming and download based on Gaon digital chart.

  • Physical album: Number of copies based on Hanteo album chart

  • Professional judges or critics' choice: Score based on judgement by SBS MTV's staff

  • Video views or SNS: YouTube views, counted from official MV only.

  • Voting and netizen ranking: Voting and netizen choices happens before show start. Currently via Star Planet app (previously branded as Starpass). Previously method includes Starplay (for pre-vote and live-vote, used until the end of 2020) and text message (use from 2014 to 2017 and January 26, 2021 – February 23, 2021).

  • Luna, Hyoseong (April 15 – September 30, 2011)

  • Himchan, Hyeri (October 7 – December 16, 2011)

  • Lee Min-hyuk, Yook Sung-jae (March 23 – October 19, 2012)

  • Zico, P.O (October 26 – December 21, 2012)

  • Gyuri, Seungyeon (October 8, 2013 – May 27, 2014)

  • Jiyeon, Hyeri, Jung Wook (June 3 – October 21, 2014)

  • Hyeri (October 28, 2014 – January 20, 2015)

  • Hongbin (March 3, 2015 – October 13, 2015)

  • Jiyeon, Zhou Mi (October 28, 2014 – December 8, 2015)

  • Zhou Mi (January 26, 2016 – August 2, 2016)

  • Yerin (January 26, 2016 – September 6, 2016)

  • Somi, Wooshin (October 11, 2016 – April 25, 2017)

  • P.O, Jeonghwa, Yeonwoo (May 16, 2017 – August 29, 2017)

  • Youngjae, JooE, Hohyeon (October 17, 2017 – May 8, 2018)

  • Yeeun, Jeno, Jin Longguo (May 22, 2018 – October 23, 2018)

  • Yeeun, Jeno (October 30, 2018 – November 26, 2019)

  • Tag, Dayoung, Bae Jin-young (December 3, 2019)

  • Juyeon, Sihyeon, Kim Min-kyu (February 11, 2020 – February 2, 2021)

  • Yeosang, Kim Yo-han, Jihan (March 2, 2021 – December 14, 2021)

  • Yeosang, Kang Min-hee, Kim Chae-hyun (January 25, 2022 – March 14, 2023)

  • Yeosang, Xiaojun, Hyeongseop, Jeon Woong (March 28, 2023 – March 5, 2024)

  • Xiaojun, Hyeongjun, Nana, Jeon Woong (March 19, 2024 – December 3, 2024)

  • Xiaojun, Hyeongjun, Jeong Sae-bi (March 4, 2025 – November 11, 2025)

RankArtistWins
1stGFriend16
2ndVIXX14
3rdOh My Girl10
4thApink9
Red Velvet
Monsta X
Iz*One
8thEXID8
Got7
(G)I-dle
Ateez
12thMamamoo7
STAYC
14thExo6
WJSN
Wanna One
TXT
Ive
Highlight
Zerobaseone

Top 10 highest scores (October 28, 2014 – present)

RankArtistSongScoreDate
1stBTS"DNA"10,000September 26, 2017
Wanna One"Boomerang"April 3, 2018
"Light"June 12, 2018
"Spring Breeze"November 27, 2018
5thVIXX"Error"9,850October 28, 2014
6thGFriend"Summer Rain"9,750September 19, 2017
7thMamamoo"Starry Night"9,700March 20, 2018
Apink"Dilemma"February 22, 2022
9thLe Sserafim"Fearless"9,670May 17, 2022
10thIz*One"Violeta"9,646April 9, 2019
ArtistSongWins
2014
Apink"Luv"December 2, December 9, December 16
2015
VIXXLove Equation"March 3, March 10, March 17
Got7"If You Do"October 6, October 13, October 20
2016
VIXX"Dynamite"April 26, May 3, May 10
GFriend"Navillera"July 19, August 2, August 9
2017
NCT Dream"My First and Last"February 14, February 21, February 28
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