SBS Inkigayo VS GD n TOP

SBS Inkigayo to ban MAMA attendees? [NEWS]

Big Bang members G-Dragon and TOP who formed a unit will release new music on the 15th. Meanwhile, their agency, YG Entertainment, has upset SBS ‘Inkigayo’ who have recently shown disappointment in YG. What SBS will do in response to G-Dragon and TOP’s comeback has attracted attention.

Among the music program broadcasters, SBS “Inkigayo” has maintained an exceptionally strong relationship with YG. As a result, of course YG artists have received a particular treatment for their comeback stages. Like the time when girl group 2NE1 performed “Go Away”, “Clap Your Hands”, and “Can’t Nobody” on “Inkigayo” taking up a whopping 11 minutes, while other music broadcasters such as KBS Music Bank and MBC Music Show only allowed them to perform 2 songs. Thus exposingSBS’s special “affection” towards YG’s artists. Fans and producers alike complained that “11 minutes is taking it too far”, “It was unfair for other artists”, showing their discontent. But SBS was indifferent to these claims.

However, recently YG and Inkigayo’s relationship has been strained because of YG’s attendance to Mnet’s award ceremony “2010 MAMA” last month. SBS said Mnet’s MAMA overlaped with their live broadcast schedule and disapproved of some of the artists who chose to participate in Mnet’s Awards. In fact, the majority of the companies understood SBS’s intention and didn’t attend the ceremony. However YG artists went ahead and participated which from SBS’s Inkigayo perspective who had given YG the most loyalty and affection, was a blow right to their head.

YG’s Yang Hyun Suk announced that the unit of TOP and G-Dragon would also go with the three-title-songs strategy like 2NE1 did. Only this time it’s still being contemplated whether SBS Ingikayo will support their appearances. Whether they will give them exceptional treatment like in 2NE1′s case has gained much attention.

SBS’s executive expressed their anger after they stated, “In my opinion, singers who attended Mnet’s ceremony should be unconditionally suspended [from appearing/performing]“. The decision SBS Inkigayo will take regarding G-Dragon and TOP’s unit has drawn much attention.