News MBC Denies Accusations Of Blocking Big Hit Artists From 2019 MBC Music Festival Due To BTS’s Absence (1 Viewer)

[eclipsoul]

Source: Soompi

MBC has been accused of abusing their power to purposely prevent TXT and GFRIEND from appearing at the 2019 MBC Music Festival after being notified that BTS would not be attending their year-end show.

When the lineup for the 2019 MBC Music Festival was unveiled, allegations of discord between Big Hit Entertainment and MBC arose among social media and online communities. Because TXT and GFRIEND were not included in the lineup, many netizens suspected that MBC was exercising vengeful gapjil (Korean term for abuse of power) on them. TXT is part of Big Hit Entertainment along with BTS, while GFRIEND is under Source Music, which was acquired by Big Hit Entertainment in July.

Previously, it was announced that BTS would appear on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on December 31. MBC reportedly blocked TXT and GFRIEND from performing at the 2019 MBC Music Festival after this announcement was made. A source from MBC told OSEN, “I haven’t heard about the reason why TXT and GFRIEND are not appearing. However, many people were disappointed that BTS will not appear on the 2019 MBC Music Festival. The production team must especially be disappointed. [BTS] will appear on SBS’s and KBS’s year-end shows but not MBC’s, so there have been many contrasting opinions ever since the lineup was revealed.”

According to OSEN, multiple industry sources shared, “Ever since October, when BTS’s side told MBC that BTS would not be appearing on MBC’s year-end music festival, it has been difficult for singers associated with Big Hit Entertainment to appear on MBC. It is already an openly known fact in the industry.”

On December 26, a source from the 2019 MBC Music Festival shared in a telephone interview, “It is definitely not true that the reason why TXT and GFRIEND are not appearing in this year’s MBC Music Festival is due to BTS’s absence from the show. The casting decisions are made by the PD [producing director] in charge. BTS’s absence is due to their pre-arranged overseas schedule.”

Regarding the fact that TXT had not been part of the lineup for MBC’s “2020 Idol Star Athletics – New Year Special,” an MBC official said, “The producers of the two events are different, so that is completely unrelated.”

The 2019 MBC Music Festival will be held on December 31 at 8:55 p.m. KST.

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[Abeamus]

Their excuse is so laughable, they just blame it on the PDs when anyone in their right mind would invite TXT and Gfriend.

 

[Darkseid]

I smell bullshit

MBC lineup was actually leaked but they denied and held out on releasing the official lineup until the last moment, hoping for BTS. And once BTS snubbed them, they released the leaked lineup anyway
It's pretty clear they've taken the snub personally so now they've blocked TXT and GFriend lol.

It's a shame coz GFriend alongside Red Velvet have been appearing on every MBC Gayo since 2015 and now that streak is broken.

 

[spicy_illusion]

I call this BS.
No disrespect to BTS and it is not their fault, but I hate the fact that other artists are being excluded from events or taken advantage of because of the events 'main bg' are not attending.
Yes, they may be the stars of the show and are likely to get the most views, but TXT and Gfriend are surely not to disappoint.
It's double standards which is belittling other artists.

 

[yeji]

this is messy. why are all the stations doing odd stuff

 

[Darkseid]

I call this BS.
No disrespect to BTS and it is not their fault, but I hate the fact that other artists are being excluded from events or taken advantage of because of the events 'main bg' are not attending.
Yes, they may be the stars of the show and are likely to get the most views, but TXT and Gfriend are surely not to disappoint.
It's double standards which is belittling other artists.

Yeah they're basically viewing TxT and GFriend as add ons to the main act BTS and without BTS, they have no use for them. Like TXT and GFriend don't have sizable fandoms of their own

 

[OnlyCalB]

this is messy. why are all the stations doing odd stuff

They have all been doing odd/shady stuff at least since I started following Kpop in 2014. Nothing much has changed at all. It is very frustrating. Work ethics are backwards as hell in SK. Very little honesty & integrity seems to be the norm.

 

[Abeamus]

Yeah they're basically viewing TxT and GFriend as add ons to the main act BTS and without BTS, they have no use for them. Like TXT and GFriend don't have sizable fandoms of their own

They're just cutting their nose off to spite their face, Gfriend and TXT aren't gonna lose anything not appearing on MBCs shows meanwhile their shows lineups will suffer from not having Gfriend and TXT on and especially BTS if Big Hit decides to pull them from appearing in the future as retaliation.

 

[spicy_illusion]

They're just cutting their nose off to spite their face, Gfriend and TXT aren't gonna lose anything not appearing on MBCs shows meanwhile their shows lineups will suffer from not having Gfriend and TXT on and especially BTS if Big Hit decides to pull them from appearing in the future as retaliation.

I hope Big Hit do so MBC can shoot themselves in the foot. It's not like Gfriend and TXT can't bring in their own views. They are pretty big groups in their own rights.

 

[Abeamus]

I hope Big Hit do so MBC can shoot themselves in the foot. It's not like Gfriend and TXT can't bring in their own views. They are pretty big groups in their own rights.

Would be the perfect retaliation and not only do Gfriend and TXT have their own audiences, TXT could have gotten Army to go as well since they share stans with BTS and BTS would be in America.

 

[spicy_illusion]

Would be the perfect retaliation and not only do Gfriend and TXT have their own audiences, TXT could have gotten Army to go as well since they share stans with BTS and BTS would be in America.

Exactly! Also, the fact that a lot of ARMY's are welcoming Gfriend into the Big Hit family and saying that they are now the sister group to BTS and TxT.
There is also future Big Hit groups that will be created who will also most likely become big, so if Big Hit does decide to pull out on future events, that would be really bad for MBC.

 

[Darkseid]

They're just cutting their nose off to spite their face, Gfriend and TXT aren't gonna lose anything not appearing on MBCs shows meanwhile their shows lineups will suffer from not having Gfriend and TXT on and especially BTS if Big Hit decides to pull them from appearing in the future as retaliation.

Ah well I hope they enjoy having the least ratings and viewership among SBS, KBS and themselves for this year and all future years

 

[RandAlThor]

I call this BS.
No disrespect to BTS and it is not their fault, but I hate the fact that other artists are being excluded from events or taken advantage of because of the events 'main bg' are not attending.
Yes, they may be the stars of the show and are likely to get the most views, but TXT and Gfriend are surely not to disappoint.
It's double standards which is belittling other artists.

that is the way the game is played.
And the cost as it is for being in a big agency.

Sadly gfriend got caught in the cross fire and thus the first thing they get from being in the big hit family is backlash because of their seniors.
Hopefully there is some worth to sources decision evidenced in the coming years because they went from being the Huge fish in the pond to guppy's that will be behind any bg in prioritization.

 

[Ashla_K]

TV stations taking revenge on groups due to their incredibly childish business mindset? Who would've thought...
When I read the title of the thread I legit forgot that BH had other groups besides BTS... :wonugl: