Duet Song Festival (듀엣가요제)

The fantastical collaboration of Korea's top singers with ordinary citizens.

A stage where dreams become reality!

Duet Song Festival!

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

Doesn't the stage feel a little empty today?

What happened to Baek Ji-young and Sung Si-kyung? What's going on?

Well, you know... -So can I take their place now?

Yes. Do you guys want the MC's back?

Yes!

Allow me to introduce Ms. Baek Ji-young and Mr. Sung Si-kyung.

I'll cast a vote for you!

Okay, thank you! -424 points!

Did you look at the score? (Quickly turns around)

Did you see it? (Automatically looks at scoreboard)

424 points. Once again, let's give it up for these two!

Since this is a special King of Kings round,

Sung Si-kyung and Baek Ji-young prepared a special performance. -Right.

When the two of you were singing...

It was as if you were asking, "See why we're the MC's of this show?"

Oh, gosh. Not at all. -No, seriously!

Before that, during the New Year's special...

Sung Si-kyung and I performed for the opening stage together.

Yes, I know. "I'm Sorry I Can't be Cool." -Yes.

What do you think? Aren't I so much better?

Well, back then...

I think I was less nervous because of the choreography. -Is that so?

Yes. -Is this the first time you guys did a duet together?

Yes, it's our first time. -But this stage makes you nervous.

I usually don't get nervous when I have concerts,

but it's been a while since I've been on air. -I see.

How long has it been since you sang on stage?

I mean besides "I'm Sorry I Can't be Cool." -At a broadcasting station...

Maybe about six years? -It's been such a long time!

I'm guessing it's been about five or six years. No?

Yep, that's right. -I heard it's really been a while.

But listening to a song and singing on this stage after a long time...

Experiencing how nervous it feels to be on this stage...

Yes, this stage carried meaning for us as well.

Yes. -Like a little sample clip...

The real performance is at the end. -This was just the beginning.

Everyone, if the sample was this good...

You can imagine how great the later performances will be, right?

(We're totally looking forward to the King of Kings!) -Thank you.

Duet Song Festival, King of Kings will be unfolded!

Hi! Hello! -(7 teams are here for the King of Kings Competition.)

Nice to meet you. -(The Essence of Duet)

(Those who freely go wild and play on stage...) -Hello!

We're naturally handsome! -(Handsome Zombie Duet)

This is kind of awkward. -Hello.

Hi! -(Even postponed his civil service exam to participate)

(Episode 8's Winner Team: Young-hyun and Joon-hyung

Hi. -Kickboxing guy and charismatic older sis

Hello. This is team Na Yoon-kwon. -(Emotional Male-male Duet)

The winning team of the first round is...

Hyun Jin-young's team who kept up first place until the very end!

So the King of Kings Round began last week.

The impressive past winning teams of came together

to perform some heated competition stages.

To join us in the festival once again,

let's meet the panel members for today. Hello! -Welcome!

Okay. -There has been a chance in panel members from Round One to Two.

Seung-kwan is here.

This is Seung-kwan. -Hi! My name is Seung-kwan!

At this point, I can probably be considered a family of "Duet Song Festival."

Of course you are! You even stood on stage before!

Aren't you tempted? Don't you want to compete in King of Kings with effort?

Yes, I really do want to participate. But wow...

I can't even make eye contact with my seniors right now.

Aw, you're so sweet with your words.

Aren't they all outstanding seniors to you?

Yes. -Which team do you want to cheer for today?

If you had to choose just one.

Mr. Na Yoon-kwon who was in the same episode with me...

...is here, but I'd like to cheer for Ken.

Seung-kwan! -It's not you, Yoon-kwon.

I feel a void. -(Haha).

As this is the final episode of King of Kings...

The real king... -...will be determined today.

Yes, it will be.

This team scored 439 points in the last round. -Yes.

They received 439 points,

and just sat waiting the whole time...

and Hyun Jin-young's team ended up winning. -Right.

Is it okay to have high hopes for you today?

First off...

We prepared a song that feels really different

from what we usually sing.

I'm so curious.

Did Jin-young's team do the opening stage last week?

Yes. -Right?

That's why they're going last today. -They're last today.

How do you feel?

I think things actually turned out for the better. Right?

Yes, I think it's for the better.

Is this your first time seeing each other...?

He looked very surprised that she's talking to him.

You guys are partners for sure, right? -Yes.

While we're on the topic...

We all have loyalty toward our partners, right? But still...

Any other singer that you would like to do a duet with?

Pretend that you no longer have a partner.

There's no other choice,

so you have to choose someone else.

Sang-yeop? How about you? -Can I choose someone from the panel?

Yes, of course. -Including the panel?

Then the answer is Shin Bo-Ra.

Is there a woman singer you've always wanted to work with?

I usually like acoustic songs, so...

I choose Shin Bo-Ra. -What? Shin Bo-Ra?!

What? Shin Bo-Ra?! You mean me?!

Seriously?! -(Smiles)

Can I choose from the MC's as well? -Of course!

Well, then...

Personally, I'd like to work with Sung Si-kyung.

Baek Ji-young's face looked like she really had her hopes up!

I had super high hopes! -Shin Bo-Ra! Shin Bo-Ra!

I was thinking that I'd win over Shin Bo-Ra...

But Sung Si-kyung? That's so random.

Should we ask Sun-young? -Yes.

Actually... I was surprised, too, because I wanted Sung Si-kyung.

Wow! You already received two votes!

This isn't even important, so why does it feel so good?

Thank you. -(Proved his worth through stage)

You sang so well in the beginning today.

What about you, Joon-hyung?

Oh. I choose my friend, San-deul.

I'd like to sing with him. -Oh, right! You guys became friends!

Are you having a difficult time with Lee Young-hyun?

The others didn't seem too excited to pick another partner. -(Go away! It's hot)

You're the only one who seemed excited.

"I'd like to sing with my friend, San-deul." -My friend.

Let's go to the free spirit, Han-kyul. -Han-kyul?

I'd like to work with Yoo Se-yoon. -(Surprised)

I think they'll actually go well together! -What kind of style do you like?

I'm actually a huge fan of UV. -Thank you.

I listen to "On Probation" everyday. -It's on probation!

Love is on probation~

It's on probation~

Love is on probation~

Did your song always sound that good?

There's a song like that?

Was "On Probation" such an elegant song?

Wow, this feels like the real version of my song.

This is a very different feeling.

We're going to start the Duet Song Festival King of Kings Round 2.

Before that, we'll go over the competition rules and directions on voting.

Duet Song Festival's King of Kings competition consists of two rounds.

Scores of Round 1 from last week will be combined with today's Round 2 scores.

This will determine the final winner of the King of Kings.

The score is out of a possible 1000. -Everyone...

You guys may see high score that you've never encountered before.

So today, there's actually a specific order...

Because everything is reversed. -That's right.

The people who went first last time will go last today.

You see, the first stage is actually the most pressuring. -Right.

I think I was under the most pressure. -We.

I couldn't even breathe. -Oh, really?

Let's get started! The first round will be the team that wrapped up last week's show.

So Chan-whee's team will start off!

I'm so excited! -(Full of excitement)

We'll be looking forward to a great performance. -Good luck!

In college, I started mixed martial arts and I'm doing Muay Thai right now.

There's some mysterious charisma, an unknown force about So Chan-whee.

I presumed that something bad would happen if I didn't listen to her,

so I couldn't even breathe properly when we were practicing together.

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Wow!

Why did you suddenly want to try this song?

We've only sang ballads,

so we wondered what it would be like to do a song with a fast tempo.

You've never heard "Abracadabra" before, right?

This was the first time I've ever chosen a fast song in my life.