The most wanted celebrities by advertisers for the first half of 2009 have just been revealed. The results are according to a recent survey by the Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation.

The top female celebrity was Korean figure skating champion and 2010 Olympic Gold Medal contender Kim Yu Na. Yu Na has been the Nation’s sweetheart ever since winning the World Championship in record setting style. Other top female celebrities included Kim Tae Hee, Jeon Ji Hyun, Lee Hyori, Kim Nam Joo, Han Ga In, and Lee Young Ae.

The top male celebrity is a surprise, it’s Speedy Scandal’s Cha Tae Hyun. Oppa, say what? Although Tae Hyun is hilarious and a great actor, I can’t believe he beat out top competitors like Rain, Jang Dong Gun, Park Ji Sung, Lee Min Ho, and Lee Seung Gi.
So what do you think? Would you give up your hard earned cash for something that Yu Na or Tae Hyun sold you? Or are advertisers chasing after the wrong celebrities?

credits: hijinx @ omgkpop

Singer Lee Hyori and Lee SeungGi are voted the top entertainers Korean netizens want to go back to their hometown with this chuseok.

A survey was done on EduWill (www.eduwill.net) from 14th till 25th September on the question “Who is the entertainment you want to go back to your hometown with this chuseok”.

Go under the cut to see which other entertainments are voted on the survey.


The rest of the survey results:

Female celebrity category:

1. Lee Hyori (426 votes – 35.4%)
2. Kim TaeHee (18.7%)
3. SooAe (16.2%) – who was recently popular with movie ‘Sword with no name’
4. Han Ye Seul (15.8%)
5. Song Hye Gyo (13.9%)
   

Male celebrity category:

1. Lee Seung Gi (489 votes – 40.6%)
2. Jang DongGun (19.2%)
3. Yoon Sang Hyun (18.3%)
4. Rain (14.3%)
5. HyunBin (7.6%)

Credit:K BITES

…because they are “Good Downloaders”.

Big names from the film industry came together for a campaign against illegal downloading and piracy. These twelve stars are pretty much at the top of their game in terms of popularity (might I add that most are at the top in terms of talent too) and they include, from left to right, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Tae-hee, Song Kang-ho, Kim Ha-neul, Park Joong-hoon, Uhm Jung-hwa, Jang Dong-gun, Shin Min-a, Ahn Sung-ki, Ha Ji-won, Kim Joo-hyuk, and Hyun Bin.


They will be representing Korea as a whole to encourage lawmakers to take further serious action against copyright infringement and promote good and healthy legal downloading with hopes to recucitate the seemingly dying film industry. Along with these pictures, they also filmed a CF set to run some time in October. Now if only they all made a movie together and add Won Bin in the mix…
Unlike these two ladies who are probably just having a nice chuckle with JDG, I would’ve hit on him shamelessly if I was there.

cr:seoulbeats

Actress Kim Tae-hee, well known for her beauty, was found to have achieved perfect scores in all subjects during three years in middle school.

An MBC TV program got its hands on her school records and disclosed them to the media ahead of the launch of the new entertainment program "Star the Secret."

``The school records showed that Kim had claimed top places during the entire three years, with perfect scores in all subjects at the school. It's unbelievable," an MBC staff member said.

One of her home school teachers said in evaluation comments that ``Kim was a well-behaving student who concentrated on studies and thereby kept teachers alert during classes."

The teacher also described her as a "perfect student" who not only studied well but drew popularity from male students with her beauty. "I've never seen such a perfect student as Kim Tae-hee in all my career at schools," the teacher said.

Kim is a graduate from the nation's top school, Seoul National University.

In the meantime, the 29-year-old actress will appear as a heroin in the upcoming espionage TV drama "Iris,"which has generated plenty of hype since the unveiling of its A-list cast and blockbuster scale.


Korea Times