Superstar K 2 (2010)
-Winner: Park Jimin
-Contestants included Lee Hi, Baek Ayeon, Lee Seunghoon, Lee Michelle, Yoon Hyungsang, etc.
-Other seasons had higher momentary viewer ratings, but none surpassed Season 1’s average rating of 19.5%
Mr. Trot (2020)
-Winner: Lim Youngwoong
-Top contestants like Lee Chanwon, Jang Minho, Jung Dongwon, and Kim Hojoong all became named celebrities
-Recorded a viewer rating of 35.7%.
-Set a record with a total of 7,731,781 text votes, causing the live results announcement to be delayed (The host, Kim Sungjoo, also often became a hot topic during this time)
-Though originally popular among viewers in their 30s to 40s, it became such a sensation that even people in their 20s knew what was happening
-Wow, I didn’t watch either of them...
-I watched both. I think K-pop Star was more fun.
-I only watched K-pop Starㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow, I knew Lee Hi was young back then, but seeing it again, I'm amazed how young she was. Look at those chubby cheeks.
-I agreeㅋㅋ I only watched Superstar K, my sibling watched K-pop Starㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I only watched the season with Huh Gak and John Park.
-Superstar K 2 is truly legendaryㅋㅋㅋ
-Superstar K was the first survival show I watchedㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I didn't watch all of them, but the hype was so huge that even I knew what was happeningㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I only watched Superstar K 2. Everyone around me was talking about it all the time that I couldn't not watch it....
-It still fascinates me how the 4th place from show #1 and show #2 are now in the same group and became my biasesㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-That last line is so trueㅋㅋㅋㅋ My family didn't watch these, but we all knew what was going on.
-I remember voting for Huh Gak and John Parkㅋㅋㅋ
-I think I only watched K-pop Star, and even that I didn't watch properly.