| Alt name | National Singing Contest |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music |
| Starring | Song Hae (until May 2022) Kim Shin-young (from October 2022) |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Location | South Korea |
| Runtime | 70 minutes |
| Network | KBS 1TV |
| First aired | November 9, 1980 |
| Last aired | present |
| Num episodes | 2,138 |
Korea Sings[1] (), commonly known in English as National Singing Contest, is a South Korean musical TV program. It airs live on KBS 1TV on Sunday at 12:10 beginning November 9, 1980.[2] For South Korean holidays, the show has been hosted overseas. In 2003, the show was hosted in Pyongyang during National Liberation Day of Korea.[3]
History
The show originally started as a program called KBS National Singing Fight () from 1972 to 1977.[4]
Description
According to the official program page, the show is described as "a show of battles of wit and exciting songs between amateur guests who passed the preliminary in their local regions which aims to make people touched, have good memories, and give honest smiles to the audience with things to be proud of the region that are unique to the area."[5]
References
- ^ "KBS World Tv"
- ^ Lee, Jae-hoon (17 February 2015). "ko:'전국노래자랑' 초대 MC 겸 가수 위키리, 미국서 별세". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- ^ "ko:전국노래자랑"
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived 2020-10-17 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "ko:전국노래자랑"
External links
- Official website (in Korean)