The Show (South Korean TV program)

The Show (; previously The Show: All New K-Pop (season 2), The Show: All About K-Pop (season 3)) is a South Korean music television program broadcast by SBS FunE. It airs live every Tuesday and is broadcast from the SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Since January 2019, The Show is broadcast live to over 20 countries through Paramount Network, MTV France and on TBS in Japan. On October 24, 2025, SBS funE announced that The Show would officially be ending its 14-year run on November 11.^[2]

On May 13, 2026, it was announced that The Show will be returning on June 2, 2026 and it will be broadcast on SBS Life and on TikTok Live.^[3][4]

Chart system

The Show's chart system was introduced at the beginning of its fourth season which started on October 28, 2014 and was named The Show Choice.^{[5][unreliable source?]} This chart tracking from Saturday to Friday.

The three nominees were chosen from the starring singers every week and the winner of The Show Choice is determined based on the following criteria:

Based source and explanations for each criterion:

• Broadcast: Number of times that a songs played on SBS MTV
• Digital sales: Number of streaming and download based on Gaon digital chart.
• Physical album: Number of copies based on Hanteo album chart
• Professional judges or critics' choice: Score based on judgement by SBS MTV's staff
• Video views or SNS: YouTube views, counted from official MV only.
• Voting and netizen ranking: Voting and netizen choices happens before show start. Currently via Star Planet app (previously branded as Starpass). Previously method includes Starplay (for pre-vote and live-vote, used until the end of 2020) and text message (use from 2014 to 2017 and January 26, 2021 – February 23, 2021).

Hosts

Season 1

• Luna, Hyoseong (April 15 – September 30, 2011)
• Himchan, Hyeri (October 7 – December 16, 2011)

Season 2

• Lee Min-hyuk, Yook Sung-jae (March 23 – October 19, 2012)^[6]
• Zico, P.O (October 26 – December 21, 2012)^[7]

Season 3

• Gyuri, Seungyeon (October 8, 2013 – May 27, 2014)
• Jiyeon, Hyeri, Jung Wook (June 3 – October 21, 2014)

Season 4

• Hyeri (October 28, 2014 – January 20, 2015)
• Hongbin (March 3, 2015 – October 13, 2015)
• Jiyeon, Zhou Mi (October 28, 2014 – December 8, 2015)

Season 5

• Zhou Mi (January 26, 2016 – August 2, 2016)
• Yerin (January 26, 2016 – September 6, 2016)
• Somi, Wooshin (October 11, 2016 – April 25, 2017)^[8][9]
• P.O, Jeonghwa, Yeonwoo (May 16, 2017 – August 29, 2017)^[10]
• Youngjae, JooE, Hohyeon (October 17, 2017 – May 8, 2018)^{[11][unreliable source?]}

Season 6

• Yeeun, Jeno, Jin Longguo (May 22, 2018 – October 23, 2018)^[12][13]
• Yeeun, Jeno (October 30, 2018 – November 26, 2019)^[13]
• Tag, Dayoung, Bae Jin-young (December 3, 2019)^[14]
• Juyeon, Sihyeon, Kim Min-kyu (February 11, 2020 – February 2, 2021)^[15][16]
• Yeosang, Kim Yo-han, Jihan (March 2, 2021 – December 14, 2021)^[17][18]
• Yeosang, Kang Min-hee, Kim Chae-hyun (January 25, 2022 – March 14, 2023)^[19][20]
• Yeosang, Xiaojun, Hyeongseop, Jeon Woong^[a] (March 28, 2023 – March 5, 2024)^{[20][21][22][23]}
• Xiaojun, Hyeongjun, Nana, Jeon Woong^[a] (March 19, 2024 – December 3, 2024)^[24][25]
• Xiaojun, Hyeongjun, Jeong Sae-bi (March 4, 2025 – November 11, 2025)^[26]

The Show Choice winners

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021 – 2025

Achievements by artists

List of most The Show Choice wins

List of top 10 highest scores

Top 10 highest scores (October 28, 2014 – present)

List of Triple Crowns

Similar programs

• Mnet M Countdown
• SBS Inkigayo
• KBS Music Bank
• MBC Show! Music Core
• Arirang TV Pops in Seoul
• Arirang TV Simply K-Pop (formerly called The M-Wave and Wave K)
• JTBC Music on Top
• JTBC Music Universe K-909
• MBC M Show Champion

See also

• Music programs of South Korea

Notes

1. ^ Host only for the On the Way Out! segment

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External links

• The Show – Official website (in Korean)