“In viewing the program as a whole, Girls Generation and F(x)’s appearances are effective.”
On the cancellation of appearance by JYJ from the Jeju 7 Wonders KBS Special Live Broadcast, KBS Jeju Broadcast Agency (hereafter “KBS Jeju”) revealed its position.
The KBS Jeju affiliate who is producing this broadcast said in the telephone conversation with MyDaily on the afternoon of the 17th relayed that due to the appearance of Girls Generation and F(x) the cancellation of JYJ’s appearance had taken place: “We were propelling the appearance of Girls Generation and F(x) from before but they fell through due to scheduling problems. But at the end of the preparation stages for the broadcast, they said that they could appear. The duty of our broadcast station from the perspective of culture is to introduce many stars to the region’s society. In viewing the program as a whole, we considered just what is effective.”
The affiliate continued: “To the side of JYJ, we respectfully revealed our apologetic position.” He explained further “The group SpringSummerFallWinter will appear as planned. But in this broadcast, aside from SpringSummerFallWinter, Girls Generation, and F(x), other artists such as popera singers are planned to appear.”
The local government of Jeju, who is one of the hosts of the event, revealed through an affiliate on the telephone: “We do not know. What kind of power or abilities would we have to procure a celebrity. It is something that KBS Jeju pursued.”
Further, they relayed that they felt they were falsely charged: “Due to this situation, there are posts of protests raining on the bulletin of Jeju’s local government. But this is not something that we have done.” In particular, Jeju worried about there being potential ill effects on the voting for Jeju as one of the 7 Wonders of the World.
Before this, JYJ’s agency C-JeS Entertainment had revealed through its official webpage on the 16th: “JYJ had been looking forward to appearing on the 20th on the special broadcast as honorary ambassadors for Jeju as a member of the 7 Wonders. But today we suddenly received the notification of cancellation. We have currently requested the precise reason for the sudden cancellation of appearance to the hosts. We ask for your understanding on our sudden announcement of cancellation to the fans who had been waiting. We will soon make an additional announcement after confirming the situation.”
First, just a few hours ago KBS Jeju had stated that it had nothing to do with JYJ’s cancellation (see here). Now it has reversed its word.
Second, it is impossible that KBS Jeju showed proper respects to JYJ when it had notified JYJ of their cancellation by surprise and without providing the reasons, compelling C-JeS to call around to inquire.
Third, the appearance of Girls Generation and F(x) do not make it necessary that JYJ not appear. Although at this point the appearance of JYJ on a program hosted by an organization that will result in the production of the chaos of the last few days does seem too horrible for contemplation, JYJ are the official honorary ambassadors. Not withstanding the ridiculousness of the assertion that Girls Generation and F(x) are “more effective” than JYJ, this is simply no excuse.
Lastly, Jeju is correct to be concerned about the ill effects this will have on the voting for Jeju as a N7W.
