2018 KBS Song Festival
The 2018 KBS Song Festival was the 9th edition of KBS Song Festival, held on December 28, 2018, broadcast live from KBS Hall by the Korean Broadcasting System.
| 2018 KBS Song Festival | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | KBS Gayo Daechukje |
| Presented by | EXO's Chanyeol Twice’s Dahyun BTS’s Jin |
| Starring | BTS Wanna One Red Velvet Seventeen GFriend BtoB Apink Hwang Chi Yeol Sunmi Chungha Norazo Oh My Girl (G)I-DLE EXO Twice AOA VIXX Nu'est W GOT7 Monsta X NCT 127 Highlight's Yong Jun Hyung 10cm Roy Kim Lovelyz Momoland Cosmic Girls Kim Yeon Ja Celeb Five |
| Production | |
| Production locations | KBS Hall Seoul, South Korea |
| Production company | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Release | |
| Original network | KBS 2TV KBS World |
| Original release | December 28, 2018 20:30 |
This year's theme was "a huge fantastical party".
Broadcast
On December 11, 2018, KBS announced that the festival would take place on December 28, 2018, at 8:30 p.m. KST, also revealing the first lineup of artists as: BTS, Wanna One, Red Velvet, SEVENTEEN, GFRIEND, BTOB, Apink, Hwang Chi Yeol, Sunmi, Chungha, Norazo, Oh My Girl, and (G)I-DLE. This year's theme is "a huge fantastical party" and expects to meet the 200% of the public's fantasies in a unique stage never seen before[1]
On December 13, a second lineup of artists was revealed: EXO, Twice, AOA, VIXX, NU’EST W, GOT7, MONSTA X, NCT, Highlight’s Yong Jun Hyung, 10 cm, Roy Kim, Lovelyz, and MOMOLAND. It was also revealed that this year's MCs will be EXO’s Chanyeol, Twice’s Dahyun, and BTS’s Jin.[2]
On December 20, the third and final lineup was revealed: WJSN (Cosmic Girls), Kim Yeon Ja, and Celeb Five. It was revealed that JYP and SM would create special stages.[3][4]
Performers
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Celeb Five | "Shutter"
"I Wanna Be A Celeb" |
| The Boyz | "No Air" |
| (G)I-dle | "Latata" (Remix) |
| Momoland | "Bboom Bboom" (Mix Ver.)
"Baam" |
| NCT 127 | "Simon Says"
"Regular" |
| Chungha | "Do It"
"Love U" "Rollercoaster" |
| BtoB | "Only One For Me"
"Beautiful Pain" |
| Cosmic Girls | "Save Me, Save You" |
| Hwang Chi Yeol | "The Only Star" |
| Special Stage 1 | |
| Red Velvet's Yeri
Lovelyz's Kei Gfriend's Umji Oh My Girl's Arin Twice's Dahyun (G)I-dle's Yuqi |
"Kissing You" by Girls' Generation |
| Nu'est W | "Dejavu"
"Help Me" |
| Special Stage 2 | |
| Red Velvet's Joy
Lovelyz's Mijoo GFriend's Sowon Oh My Girl's Jiho Twice's Tzuyu Momoland's Yeonwoo |
"Hush" by Miss A |
| Monsta X | "Shoot Out" |
| Sunmi
Red Velvet's Seulgi Wanna One's Daehwi |
"Heroine" |
| Sunmi | "Siren" |
| Norazo | "Super Curry Cider Man" |
| Oh My Girl | "Remember Me"
"Secret Garden" |
| Special Stage 3 | |
| GOT7's Jinyoung
Monsta X's Minhyuk NCT 127's Jaehyun Wanna One's Minhyun |
"You are so Beautiful" |
| GFriend | "Time for the Moon Night"
"Sunny Summer" |
| Seventeen | "Thanks"
"Getting Closer" "Oh My!" |
| Roy Kim | "Only Then"
Special |
| SM Special "SM The Greatest" | |
| Hyoyeon
Red Velvet |
"Punk Right Now" |
| EXO's Kai
NCT Dream's Jisung |
"Hybrid" |
| NCT U | "The 7th Sense" |
| NCT Dream | "Go" |
| NCT U | "Boss" |
| Red Velvet | "Be Natural"
"RBB (Really Bad Boy)" |
| EXO
NCT U NCT Dream |
"Monster" |
| JYP Special "JYP of All Time" | |
| Twice
Stray Kids Day6 GOT7 |
|
| 10cm | "Mattress" |
| Highlight's Yong Jun Hyung | "Go Away" |
| Roy Kim
Kim Jaehwan |
"A Little Girl" |
| Highlight's Yong Jun Hyung
10 cm |
"Sudden Shower" |
| Lovelyz | "That Day"
"Lost N Found" |
| AOA | "Bingle Bangle" |
| VIXX | "Scentist" |
| Red Velvet | "Hit That Drum"
"Power Up" |
| Wanna One | "I.P.U"
"12th Star" |
| Apink | "I'm So Sick" |
| GOT7 | "Miracle"
"Lullaby" |
| Twice | "Yes Or Yes"
"Dance the Night Away" |
| BTS Special | |
| J-Hope | "Just Dance" |
| Jung Kook | "Euphoria" |
| Jimin | "Serendipity" |
| RM | "Love" |
| V | "Singularity" |
| Suga | "Seesaw" |
| Jin | "Epiphany" |
| BTS | "Fake Love" |
| EXO Special | |
| EXO | "Sign" |
| Sehun | |
| EXO | "Tempo"
"Love Shot" |
| Kim Yeon Ja
All Performers |
"Amor Fati" |
References
- "The 1st lineup for KBS Song Festival revealed". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- "EXO's Chanyeol, TWICE's Dahyun and BTS' Jin announced as MCs at 2018 KBS Song Festival". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- "'2018 KBS Song Festival' final line-up revealed". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- Bank, Music (2018-12-19). "'2018 KBS Song Festival' JYP and SM Specials". @KBSMusicBank (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-12-27.