MBC Called Out For Excluding ZEROBASEONE’s Kim Jiwoong From “2024 ISAC” Content
MBC’s Idol Star Athletic Championships (also known as ISAC) finally returned for Chuseok 2024, airing in multiple parts from September 16 to 18 for the holiday. The event took a hiatus, not airing in 2023, so fans looked forward to its return with new categories added.
ZEROBASEONE (also known as ZB1) has especially delighted fans with their appearance at 2024 ISAC. Kim Jiwoong and Sung Hanbin both went viral for their archery skills.
sung hanbin pls like women plsplspls https://t.co/S1Sx6ZFHGK
— nis (@gwkology) September 10, 2024
jiwoong hit a straight bullseye and broke the camera lenses…he’s so hot pic.twitter.com/1CJ4NRY3Bv
— nori✩ (@jiwoongiez) September 18, 2024
The two even won gold in the archery event. It marked the group’s first gold medal win.
jiwoong and hanbin's mini interview 🎯
🐹 we won an award! we just wrapped up our promotions for good so bad, so we're grateful and honored for your support.
🦋 it's our first gold medal!
🐹 since zerobaseone is a family, we'll consider this as a family treasure and cherish it. pic.twitter.com/YcbiPK4R2b— Z (@mydearnine) September 18, 2024
_𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗦
ZB1이 쏜 건 과녁인데 왜 제로즈 심장이 아픈거죠? 제로즈 전생에 과녁이었나봅니다. 🎯🌹🩵#ZEROBASEONE #ZB1#제로베이스원 pic.twitter.com/D6QIPwVYdo
— ZEROBASEONE (@ZB1_official) September 18, 2024
Despite this, fans are dissatisfied with MBC’s coverage of Jiwoong.
MBC has notably been posting lots of content, capitalizing off Hanbin’s appearance. They have used him for multiple thumbnails.
MBC STAND UP 😭 pic.twitter.com/3VQzq9n9F1
— July’s AOTM 🎞️ (@0ss) September 18, 2024
Yet, when it comes to Jiwoong, they hardly used him, even in ZEROBASEONE-content. Fans especially found it weird that he was excluded from an archery compilation video of best moments, considering Jiwoong is responsible for one of the most viral moments, as he broke a camera lens and won gold.
apparently @withMBC posted about zb1 and kep1er, but the only person whose photo they didnt include in this post is jiwoong (they posted a member of another group instead), and on youtube they posted the "best" moments from archery and didnt include jiwoong breaking camera… pic.twitter.com/gkSLFRciUr
— hi (@vivrescent) September 18, 2024
Oh @MBC_entertain & @wakeone_offcl def sit on the same table…
I knew they weren't fond of jw from their past actions but posting 3/4 w1 idols and leaving him out so openly is really sad to say the least… pic.twitter.com/GV1hLadGDq
— Barbara II Kim Jiwoong 🦋 🩵.˖⑅. ˖ 🎬 🎥˖ .⑅˖. (@barbarakpop03) September 18, 2024
Mbc didn’t just ignore jiwoong they toke his moment hitting the lense and tried making it other idol’s moment #mbcbeprofesional pic.twitter.com/B1Ypn8W6uN
— abiatch -apple hip guy – (@boobiatchb) September 18, 2024
why does this always happen to jiwoong :(
— nori✩ (@jiwoongiez) September 18, 2024
Fans have long been concerned about Jiwoong’s lack of schedules and coverage.
JIWOONG SCHEDULE JUST WTF pic.twitter.com/3JomPclLVf
— xiaya 🌸 💙 (@xiaya07) September 14, 2024
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