Lunar New Year is the biggest celebration as well as being the most important holiday beginning each year. This is an important Event to the Asian communities everywhere in the world, but especially so to Mainland Chinese and Vietnamese communities. The New Year Celebration will no doubt be more meaningful, if you have the chance to spend time with your favorite idol. Let's see how Korean Dramas' fans from Vietnam and Mainland China will
respond to the survey question "Who is the favorite Korean Star you would like to celebrate Lunar New Year with ?"
According to a survey by the web page specialized in Korean Films in Vietnam: KST (krfilm.net), the majority of Vietnamese fans selected Actor Lee Jun Ki as their number one Idol to celebrate the Lunar New Year with. Lee Jun Ki leads the poll with 21.76% of the overall votes . Lee Jun Ki is a popular name to Vietnamese fans through his earlyl roles in the movie "King and the Clown" and the television drama "My Girl". Jun Ki's portrayal of Undercover Agent Kay character in the drama "Time Between Dog and Wolf" have permanently endeared him to Vietnamese fans as a whole.
Second in ranking is none other than the multi-talented Singer/Actor Bi-Rain with 16.96% of the overall votes. Despite the fact that last year was not a spectacular year for Rain in the Music Platform but Bi held his own position in the heart of his adoring Vietnamese fans. Hopefully, Bi will becomes even more successful with his debut in the Hollywood movie next year.
Third in ranking is the Legendary Bae Yong Joon . His successful came back as The Legend, in the role of Tae Wang Sa Shin Ki after five years away from the television screen, has proven to us that Bae Yong Joon is not only the Yoonsama to his Japanese fans, but also a legend of Korean Hallyu (Korean Wave) to his adoring Vietnamese fans. Especially at Krfilm.net, Tae Wang Sa Shin Ki is one of the drama stayed HOT for the longest time, despite the fact that the drama has ended some times ago.
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Fourth on the ranking poll is Gong Yoo. This past year (2007) Gong Yoo shot to the top of the popularity poll with his role in the drama "The First Shop of Coffee Prince" along with Yoon Eun Hye. He enlisted on January 14th, but his fanbase remained intact . Hopefully, two years from now when Gong Yoo returning to his adoring public, there will be many more great dramas to come.
Last but not least among the top five favorite stars is the youthful Jang Geun Suk . In his debuting role as the first love of Hwang Jin-i in the television drama "Hwang Jin-i", Jang Geun Suk has made a lasting impression on the Vietnamese audience with his youthful good looks. In 2008, Jang Geun Suk returns to the television screen as the aloof Prince Chang Whee in Hong Gil Dong drama. This drama has helped Geun Suk gathered more and more Vietnamese fans as the series continues. The drama Hong Gil Dong at Krfilm.net is approaching the historic downloading mark. Hopefully, Jang Geun Suk will continues to win over the hearts of many more fans in the near future.
Those are the results of the poll for the "Princes", what about the "Princesses" ? After her memorable role in Goong that created a heat wave in Vietnam , Yoon Eun Hye became an Idol of the Vietnamese youths. The year 2007 witnessed a new maturity in Yoon Eun Hye's acting abilities via her role as as a girl disguised as a guy in order to get a job in the drama "The First Shop of Coffee Prince". This drama has earned her the Best Actress Award in the MBC Award 2007, as well as creating waves of excitement in the Vietnamese viewership community prior to the official showing in Viet Nam. The fact that she is on top of the list of actresses that Vietnamese fans would love to celebrate Lunar New Year with is not so surprising.
Second in ranking is the beautiful Song Hye Kyo. Despite the fact that her period-traditional movie version of Hwang Jin-i was not favorably reviewed, but the after affects of the Full House drama still very much presence in the hearts of many Vietnamese fans who would dearly want to celebrate the Lunar New Year with her.
Three years have past since Kim Tae Hee's departure from the television screen, but that did not diminish her popularity in Viet Nam. Her continuous appearances on magazines and commercials have earned her the title of CF Queen 2007. Despite its substantial financial investment, the movie "Quarrel" was not as successful as anticipated, so her fans are hoping that Kim Tae Hee will returns to the television screen in 2008. Tae Hee is ranking third in the
Krfilm.net's poll .
The fourth place belongs to a brand new name - Lee Ji Ah. This small sensation have stirred up many Vietnamese fans in the last 3 months of the year 2007. With her debuting role as Sujini in the substantially expensive drama Legends, the unknown Lee Ji Ah became an instant Celebrity overnight. The year 2007 is a highly successful year for Lee Ji Ah with 3 awards at the MBC Award 2007: Best New Actress Award, The Popularity Award, and The Best Couple Award. Vietnamese fans are looking forward to more dramas with Lee Ji Ah in 2008. Would she be able to overcome the highly popular shadow of Sunjini?
Trailing behind Lee Ji Ah is Sung Yu Ri. She is not well received in stereo-type roles as rich, fragile beauties in many of her previous dramas. But this year, 2008, Sung Yu Ri has forced many of her critics to change their views with her role of Huh Yi Nok in the period-traditional comedy series Hong Gil Dong. Currently, Yu Ri's role as Yi Nok is dearly loved by many of the Vietnamese fans.
Top 5 Korean Actors that Vietnamese fans would love to celebrate Lunar New Year with:
1. Lee Jun Ki
2. Bi-Rain
3. Bae Yong Joon
4. Gong Yoo
5. Jang Geun Suk
Top 5 Korean Actresses that Vietnamese fans would love to celebrate Lunar New Year with:
1. Yoon Eun Hye
2. Song Hye Kyo
3. Kim Tae Hee
4. Lee Ji Ah
5. Sung Yu Ri
As for Mainland China, based on the results of the poll by Sina (Sina.com), the ranking list is different somewhat as compared to the Vietnamese fans' ranking. The Korean Stars that Mainland Chinese fans would like to celebrate Lunar New Year with splitted evenly among Acting and Music category.
Leading the list is The Prince of Tears "Kwon Sang Woo". Re-appearing after two years in enlistment, Kwon Sang Woo has proven once again that his name is representational of the Korean Hallyu. The drama "Bad Love" in which he teamed up with Lee Yo Won, despite the fact that is not favorably received in Korea, but Mainland Chinese fans on the otherhand really like this drama. In Mainland China, Kwon Sang Woo is still ranked as number one Star with
22.43% of the overall votes.
Great singers, fantastic dancers and goodlooking are the five young men in the most successful boy band of Korea: Dong Bang Shin Ki. This Lunar New Year, if given the opportunity to celebrate it with the stars of their choice, 17.28% of Mainland Chinese fans have casted their votes for DBSK, which placed them in the second ranking on this poll. Last year, DBSK concentrated their efforts in Japan and succeeded in numerous goals. We wish DBSK many more success in the new year.
Similar to VietNam, the fact that Song Hye Kyo's name always presence on any given polls, let us know the extend of her popularity. In 2007, Song Hye Kyo only has one movie Hwang Jin-i and some commercials, but her fans are always supportive of her efforts so the third position on the poll is well-deserved.
The 13 young men of the boy band Super Junior (SJ or SuJu) have always been the "Dream Lovers" of all female fans in Asia . Mainland Chinese fans are not the exception to that rule either. Last year, Suju pushed forth their activities in Asia with the Asian Tour and focused on Mainland China as their MUST stop. Fans selected Suju at the fourth ranking with 16.87% of overall votes.
If you were to ask which Korean Female Singer has the most number of fans in Mainland China right now, then the answer is not BoA, or Hyori, but rather it is Chae Yeon. Chae Yeon has an amazing fanbase in Mainland China and that number surpassed the 100,000 mark. In the near future, Chae Yeon will release an album in Chinese per popular demands from her fans. Tentatively planned for 2008, Chae Yeon will concentrates her efforts in establishing her career in Mainland China. Chae Yeon ranked fifth (5th) place among all the Korean Stars that Mainland Chinese fans would like to celebrate Lunar New Year with.
Ranked sixth (6th) on the poll is the Shinhwa band of 6 young men. Shinhwa is a very popular boy band with a strong fanbase in Mainland China. The fact that the individual members had their own solo releases did not affect Shinhwa's performance as a group. But in 2008, the young men in this band will enlisted, so it will be two more years before we could once again see Shinhwa on the stage. Shinhwa is currently trying to wrap up all the loose ends prior to the group's enlistments.
Singer Jeon Hye Bin is 7th on the poll with 8.8% of the overall votes.
Next on the poll, ranked 8th on the favorite Stars' list is the gorgeous Actor Lee Jun Ki. Lee Jun Ki is a name that got the most coverage by Mainland China's mass media in the past few months. He went to Mainland China several times to promotes his drama and to set the wheels in motion for some of his plans in the future. With his success in the drama "Time Between Dog and Wolf", it further substantiated his popularity in the Mainland Chinese fanbase. Let's wait and see his portrayal of the humane bandit Iljimae. The drama "Iljimae", an SBS television's series is scheduled to air in April of 2008.
Ranking as ninth (9th) on the poll is the Actor/Singer Kim Jung Hoon. Currently, he is actively working in Mainland China, as well as appearing in the television Idol Drama "Love Strategies" with Vivian Hsu.
And last but not least, the beautiful Lee Da Hae. With her success in the drama "My Girl", Lee Da Hae became one of the most popular 8x actresses in Mainland China. In 2008, Lee Da Hae returns to the television screen as a young widow in the drama "Robbers". This drama does not have high rating in Korea, but in Mainland China it is one of the hottest dramas, with the highest number of viewerships. Lee Da Hae was also selected as the most loveable Mom on the screen. The number 10th on the popularity poll is perfect for her.
Top 10 Korean Stars that Chinese fans would love to celebrate Lunar New Year with:
1. Kwon Sang Woo
2. Dong Bang Shin Ki
3. Song Hye Kyo
4. Super Junior
5. Chae Yeon
6. Shinhwa
7. Jeon Hye Bin
8. Lee Jun Ki
9. Kim Jung Hoon
10. Lee Da Hae
respond to the survey question "Who is the favorite Korean Star you would like to celebrate Lunar New Year with ?"
According to a survey by the web page specialized in Korean Films in Vietnam: KST (krfilm.net), the majority of Vietnamese fans selected Actor Lee Jun Ki as their number one Idol to celebrate the Lunar New Year with. Lee Jun Ki leads the poll with 21.76% of the overall votes . Lee Jun Ki is a popular name to Vietnamese fans through his earlyl roles in the movie "King and the Clown" and the television drama "My Girl". Jun Ki's portrayal of Undercover Agent Kay character in the drama "Time Between Dog and Wolf" have permanently endeared him to Vietnamese fans as a whole.
Second in ranking is none other than the multi-talented Singer/Actor Bi-Rain with 16.96% of the overall votes. Despite the fact that last year was not a spectacular year for Rain in the Music Platform but Bi held his own position in the heart of his adoring Vietnamese fans. Hopefully, Bi will becomes even more successful with his debut in the Hollywood movie next year.
Third in ranking is the Legendary Bae Yong Joon . His successful came back as The Legend, in the role of Tae Wang Sa Shin Ki after five years away from the television screen, has proven to us that Bae Yong Joon is not only the Yoonsama to his Japanese fans, but also a legend of Korean Hallyu (Korean Wave) to his adoring Vietnamese fans. Especially at Krfilm.net, Tae Wang Sa Shin Ki is one of the drama stayed HOT for the longest time, despite the fact that the drama has ended some times ago.
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Fourth on the ranking poll is Gong Yoo. This past year (2007) Gong Yoo shot to the top of the popularity poll with his role in the drama "The First Shop of Coffee Prince" along with Yoon Eun Hye. He enlisted on January 14th, but his fanbase remained intact . Hopefully, two years from now when Gong Yoo returning to his adoring public, there will be many more great dramas to come.
Last but not least among the top five favorite stars is the youthful Jang Geun Suk . In his debuting role as the first love of Hwang Jin-i in the television drama "Hwang Jin-i", Jang Geun Suk has made a lasting impression on the Vietnamese audience with his youthful good looks. In 2008, Jang Geun Suk returns to the television screen as the aloof Prince Chang Whee in Hong Gil Dong drama. This drama has helped Geun Suk gathered more and more Vietnamese fans as the series continues. The drama Hong Gil Dong at Krfilm.net is approaching the historic downloading mark. Hopefully, Jang Geun Suk will continues to win over the hearts of many more fans in the near future.
Those are the results of the poll for the "Princes", what about the "Princesses" ? After her memorable role in Goong that created a heat wave in Vietnam , Yoon Eun Hye became an Idol of the Vietnamese youths. The year 2007 witnessed a new maturity in Yoon Eun Hye's acting abilities via her role as as a girl disguised as a guy in order to get a job in the drama "The First Shop of Coffee Prince". This drama has earned her the Best Actress Award in the MBC Award 2007, as well as creating waves of excitement in the Vietnamese viewership community prior to the official showing in Viet Nam. The fact that she is on top of the list of actresses that Vietnamese fans would love to celebrate Lunar New Year with is not so surprising.
Second in ranking is the beautiful Song Hye Kyo. Despite the fact that her period-traditional movie version of Hwang Jin-i was not favorably reviewed, but the after affects of the Full House drama still very much presence in the hearts of many Vietnamese fans who would dearly want to celebrate the Lunar New Year with her.
Three years have past since Kim Tae Hee's departure from the television screen, but that did not diminish her popularity in Viet Nam. Her continuous appearances on magazines and commercials have earned her the title of CF Queen 2007. Despite its substantial financial investment, the movie "Quarrel" was not as successful as anticipated, so her fans are hoping that Kim Tae Hee will returns to the television screen in 2008. Tae Hee is ranking third in the
Krfilm.net's poll .
The fourth place belongs to a brand new name - Lee Ji Ah. This small sensation have stirred up many Vietnamese fans in the last 3 months of the year 2007. With her debuting role as Sujini in the substantially expensive drama Legends, the unknown Lee Ji Ah became an instant Celebrity overnight. The year 2007 is a highly successful year for Lee Ji Ah with 3 awards at the MBC Award 2007: Best New Actress Award, The Popularity Award, and The Best Couple Award. Vietnamese fans are looking forward to more dramas with Lee Ji Ah in 2008. Would she be able to overcome the highly popular shadow of Sunjini?
Trailing behind Lee Ji Ah is Sung Yu Ri. She is not well received in stereo-type roles as rich, fragile beauties in many of her previous dramas. But this year, 2008, Sung Yu Ri has forced many of her critics to change their views with her role of Huh Yi Nok in the period-traditional comedy series Hong Gil Dong. Currently, Yu Ri's role as Yi Nok is dearly loved by many of the Vietnamese fans.
Top 5 Korean Actors that Vietnamese fans would love to celebrate Lunar New Year with:
1. Lee Jun Ki
2. Bi-Rain
3. Bae Yong Joon
4. Gong Yoo
5. Jang Geun Suk
Top 5 Korean Actresses that Vietnamese fans would love to celebrate Lunar New Year with:
1. Yoon Eun Hye
2. Song Hye Kyo
3. Kim Tae Hee
4. Lee Ji Ah
5. Sung Yu Ri
As for Mainland China, based on the results of the poll by Sina (Sina.com), the ranking list is different somewhat as compared to the Vietnamese fans' ranking. The Korean Stars that Mainland Chinese fans would like to celebrate Lunar New Year with splitted evenly among Acting and Music category.
Leading the list is The Prince of Tears "Kwon Sang Woo". Re-appearing after two years in enlistment, Kwon Sang Woo has proven once again that his name is representational of the Korean Hallyu. The drama "Bad Love" in which he teamed up with Lee Yo Won, despite the fact that is not favorably received in Korea, but Mainland Chinese fans on the otherhand really like this drama. In Mainland China, Kwon Sang Woo is still ranked as number one Star with
22.43% of the overall votes.
Great singers, fantastic dancers and goodlooking are the five young men in the most successful boy band of Korea: Dong Bang Shin Ki. This Lunar New Year, if given the opportunity to celebrate it with the stars of their choice, 17.28% of Mainland Chinese fans have casted their votes for DBSK, which placed them in the second ranking on this poll. Last year, DBSK concentrated their efforts in Japan and succeeded in numerous goals. We wish DBSK many more success in the new year.
Similar to VietNam, the fact that Song Hye Kyo's name always presence on any given polls, let us know the extend of her popularity. In 2007, Song Hye Kyo only has one movie Hwang Jin-i and some commercials, but her fans are always supportive of her efforts so the third position on the poll is well-deserved.
The 13 young men of the boy band Super Junior (SJ or SuJu) have always been the "Dream Lovers" of all female fans in Asia . Mainland Chinese fans are not the exception to that rule either. Last year, Suju pushed forth their activities in Asia with the Asian Tour and focused on Mainland China as their MUST stop. Fans selected Suju at the fourth ranking with 16.87% of overall votes.
If you were to ask which Korean Female Singer has the most number of fans in Mainland China right now, then the answer is not BoA, or Hyori, but rather it is Chae Yeon. Chae Yeon has an amazing fanbase in Mainland China and that number surpassed the 100,000 mark. In the near future, Chae Yeon will release an album in Chinese per popular demands from her fans. Tentatively planned for 2008, Chae Yeon will concentrates her efforts in establishing her career in Mainland China. Chae Yeon ranked fifth (5th) place among all the Korean Stars that Mainland Chinese fans would like to celebrate Lunar New Year with.
Ranked sixth (6th) on the poll is the Shinhwa band of 6 young men. Shinhwa is a very popular boy band with a strong fanbase in Mainland China. The fact that the individual members had their own solo releases did not affect Shinhwa's performance as a group. But in 2008, the young men in this band will enlisted, so it will be two more years before we could once again see Shinhwa on the stage. Shinhwa is currently trying to wrap up all the loose ends prior to the group's enlistments.
Singer Jeon Hye Bin is 7th on the poll with 8.8% of the overall votes.
Next on the poll, ranked 8th on the favorite Stars' list is the gorgeous Actor Lee Jun Ki. Lee Jun Ki is a name that got the most coverage by Mainland China's mass media in the past few months. He went to Mainland China several times to promotes his drama and to set the wheels in motion for some of his plans in the future. With his success in the drama "Time Between Dog and Wolf", it further substantiated his popularity in the Mainland Chinese fanbase. Let's wait and see his portrayal of the humane bandit Iljimae. The drama "Iljimae", an SBS television's series is scheduled to air in April of 2008.
Ranking as ninth (9th) on the poll is the Actor/Singer Kim Jung Hoon. Currently, he is actively working in Mainland China, as well as appearing in the television Idol Drama "Love Strategies" with Vivian Hsu.
And last but not least, the beautiful Lee Da Hae. With her success in the drama "My Girl", Lee Da Hae became one of the most popular 8x actresses in Mainland China. In 2008, Lee Da Hae returns to the television screen as a young widow in the drama "Robbers". This drama does not have high rating in Korea, but in Mainland China it is one of the hottest dramas, with the highest number of viewerships. Lee Da Hae was also selected as the most loveable Mom on the screen. The number 10th on the popularity poll is perfect for her.
Top 10 Korean Stars that Chinese fans would love to celebrate Lunar New Year with:
1. Kwon Sang Woo
2. Dong Bang Shin Ki
3. Song Hye Kyo
4. Super Junior
5. Chae Yeon
6. Shinhwa
7. Jeon Hye Bin
8. Lee Jun Ki
9. Kim Jung Hoon
10. Lee Da Hae
Source:http://krfilm.net/dien-vien-han-quoc/fans-viet-nam-va-trung-quoc-thich-an-tet-voi-sao-han-nao-nhat/
By Cecil & latuongtu @krfilm.net
