By Hafiz Jasri
Fantastic Duo is a South Korean television show where fans can sing a duet with their favorite singer using their cell phones. This show is currently hosted by Jun Hyun-Moo, It airs on SBS every Sunday beginning April 17, 2016; forming part of SBS's Good Sundaylineup.There were 30 episodes aired during Season 1, which ended on November 20, 2016.
Season 2 broadcast every Sundays at 18:30 (KST) starting March 26, 2017, after Running Man On October 26, Fantastic Duo production team announced that season 2 would be end after the last recording on November 7, whose the last regular episode was aired on December 10. A special episode titled "Fantastic Memory" was aired on December 17, 2017.
In each episode, 4-5 Korean singers will compete each other in order to find and be the "Fantastic Duo". Through the singing application "everySing", 5–10 runners-up from ordinary people were selected and from there, 3 contestants were selected and will appear in the show. The contestants later compete with each other in "1:3 Random Competition" (details below), where the singers would choose one of the 3 contestants to be his/her "Fantastic Duo". Later a final performance will be conducted, and the duo which received the highest votes out of 300 audiences will be crowned as the winner. The songs will be officially released as a single, and will be given the copyright that is protected by the Korean Law, and the copyright will be maintained for the next 70 years. To ensure for the contestants to earn the royalty, the broadcasting company, SBS, will register the contestants to the Federation of Korean Music Performers, where they will automatically given the privilege of a singer. The winning duo will earn $10,000 (Ten thousand dollars) for every win, with a maximum of five wins
1:5 Competitions
It started when all 5 candidates compete on the same stage while singing with their chosen artist
1:3 Random Competition
The 3 contestants will go up to the stage and will sing a singer's song. The contestants can only sing when their light comes up, with the light comes up randomly. The singer sing the song's first verse. After the performance ended, the singer will personally shut down the contestants light, the contestant with his/her light still comes up became the singers "Fantastic Duo"
In several episodes, there would be a "First Impression Medley" section which allows the singers to see the contestants abilities and help them to choose his/her duo
Comments