MBC Cut Kim Jae Hwan's Performance In The Middle, Fans Demand An Apology

Kim Jae Hwan had an incident during the 2019 MBC Gayo Daejejeon.

Kim Jae Hwan was part of the performance lineup for the event on December 31, 2019. After completing rehearsals successfully, he was slated to perform a total of 4 songs; “Rebecca”, “Who Am I”, “The Time I Need” and “Nuna”. When the music for “Rebecca” was supposed to start, however, his next song, “Who Am I” played instead.

So its like this
Jaehwan had 4 songs in total
He supposed to perform Rebecca but MBC played Who am I instead and again when he is supposed to perfom The Time I need they cut the song and played Nuna instead#JusticeForJaehwan #MBC가요대제전_방송사고_해명해 #MBCApologizetoJaehwan

— ❄️ TeukHannieYeol ❄️ (@babysunyuta127) December 31, 2019

Also, when he was supposed to perform “The Time I Needed”, MBC cut the performance mid-way and played the song for “Nuna” instead. Kim Jae Hwan stood frozen in confusion for a bit, until one of his back-up dancers walked up to him and told him to get into position for “Nuna”.

After the performances, video footage of him bowing at the end in apology had fans riled up in anger over his mistreatment, but some fans took it to mean him bowing to welcome in the new year.

One of the MCs at the event, Jang Sung Kyu, apologized for the incident on the show, saying that this was due to connection problems, and that it could be chalked up to being the”charm of live broadcasts”.

The connection to Jamsil Tower during the live wasn’t good. Putting it in a good way, you could say that it could be the charm of a live broadcast, but this absolutely will not happen again. We ask for your understanding.

—Jang Sung Kyu

He had to give a second apology when fans criticized him for calling it “the charm of a live broadcast”.

I was very nervous, so I ended up not being considerate of Kim Jae Hwan, who worked very hard for the event in the cold. I would like to apologize to Kim Jae Hwan, as well as the viewers.

—Jang Sung Kyu

Nonetheless, fans have been extremely angry about MBC’s folly regarding Kim Jae Hwan’s performances, and are demanding an apology from them.

Jaehwan didnt rehearsed 4 songs for you to just cut it & make him perform only one song! JAEHWAN DIDNT DESERVES THIS
He even apologizes for smthg that is not his fault#JusticeForJaehwan #MBCGayoDaejejeon #MBCGayoDaejejeon2019 #MBC가요대제전_방송사고_해명해 #MBCApologizetoJaehwan pic.twitter.com/pAmGnzq0Ad

— ❄️ TeukHannieYeol ❄️ (@babysunyuta127) December 31, 2019

help use this tag!! #가요대제전_사과해 kim jaehwan's stage for his title song, 'the time i need' was cut off by mbc and made him proceed to his other song 'nuna' jaehwan rehearsed in the cold weather and worked hard to prepare this stage please take notice pic.twitter.com/poB6EB2cjd

— ♡ (@pinksausaqes) December 31, 2019

so jaehwan rehearsed for 4 songs but mbc cut off the main song and make him perform the next song without any notice, he even bowed before leaving he stage please NO ONE deserve this#justiceforjaehwan #MBC가요대제전_방송사고_해명해 pic.twitter.com/6kwzPdHA0p

— mars; 한승우 (@hanseungwoah) December 31, 2019

This is not the only incident that has cropped up at the end-of-the-year events. On December 25, Red Velvet‘s Wendy suffered a major accident during stage rehearsals for the 2019 SBS Gayo Daejun. Fans were extremely upset over the apology that SBS issued to Wendy, and even groupmate Joy spoke up about how angry she was about it as well.

On December 27, Apink also had a stage incident at the 2019 KBS Song Festival where their performance was cut off midway. As a very senior group who’s only performance was during award shows, fans everywhere were extremely angry, and the hashtag #JusticeForApink trended worldwide on Twitter. Members Park Chorong, Son Nauen, Jung Eunji and Yoon Bomi also spoke up about the incident, and expressed their frustration over the incident.