Dancing 9 (Korean: 댄싱9) is a South Korean dance survival program by Mnet. 18 contestants are divided into two teams, Blue Eye and Red Wings with 9 members each. A live performance each week where the two teams perform will determine the winner. A prize of 100 million won will be given to the winning team with 300 million won worth of support for dance performances. The person chosen as the MVP will also receive a 100 million won worth of additional benefits.[1]
The two teams also have coaches or masters who are dance experts in a specific field.[1]
The show is hosted by Oh Sang-jin and the theme song of the show was sung by SPICA.
Season 1
Masters
Blue Eye
Red Wings
Lee Yong Woo
Woo Hyun Young
Park Ji Eun
Park Ji Woo
Ducky
Poppin J
Yuri
Lee Min Woo
Hyoyeon
Teams
Blue Eye
Captain: Eum Moon-suk (32) - Krumping
Lee Eun-hye (20) - Dancesport
Lee Ji-eun (20) - Jazz Dance
Kim Soo-ro (27) - Dancesport
Hong Sung-sik (30) - B-boying
Kim Sol-hee (20) - Krumping
Kim Myung-gyu (28) - Modern Ballet
Han Sun-chun (25) - Modern Dance
Lee Jun-yong (30) - Hip-Hop
Red Wings
Captain: Ha Hui-dong (35) - B-boying
Yeo Eun-ji (22) - Waacking
So Mun-jung (18) - Dancesport
Kim Hong-in (19) - Dancesport
So Young-mo (33) - Street Dance
Nam Jin-hyun (24) - Modern Dance
Lee Sun-tae (26) - Modern Dance
Lee Luda (28) - Ballet
Ryu Jin-wook (31) - Modern Dance
On the show's finale which was held on October 6, 2013, Red Wings was declared the winner of the two teams and Red Wings' Ha Hui-dong from the B-boy group T.I.P was declared the MVP.[2]
Season 2
Mnet announced that the show would be returning for another season and has opened up a global casting call. Red Wings masters from the first season Lee Min-woo, Woo Hyun-young and Park Ji-woo would be returning as masters for Red Wings. Season 1 winner Ha Hui-dong would be joining them.[3] On April 1, 2014, Mnet released a teaser introducing Jay Park (Park Jae-bum) as Blue Eye's new street and K-pop master. He will be joining Park Ji-eun and Lee Yong-woo who returned as Blue Eye's masters for the second season and another new dance master, actor Kim Su-ro. The show's second season premiered on June 13.[4]
On August 16, 2014, with a final score of 1-2, Blue Eye was declared the winner and Blue Eye's Kim Seol-jin was declared the MVP of the second season.[5]
References
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^"'댄싱9' MVP 하휘동 "아버지 개인택시 사드릴것" ('Dancing 9' MVP Ha Hwi-dong "I will buy my father a personal taxi")". Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
^"Lee Min Woo Keeps His Spot On 'Dancing 9' For Season 2". kpopstarz. 2014-03-12. Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^"'Dancing 9' introduces its new Blue Eye master Jay Park through a teaser video". Allkpop. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
^"'Dancing 9' announces winning team and MVP on its season finale". Allkpop. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-19.