Surviving the 2012 KBS Gayo Daejun

Friday the 28th of December saw KBS kick off the year-end festivities with the 2012 KBS Gayo Daejun, the first of three song festivals to be held for the year. As a start, though, this wasn’t so much a bang as it was a fizz.

KBS seems to have a reputation for the most lacklustre gayo daejuns, and that perception remains — the event felt more like an episode of Music Bank than anything, but a lacking one — save for Ailee, none of the 2012 rookies were in attendance,and YG groups were also nowhere to be seen, among others (*cough*Block B*cough*). In fact, the Christmas special from the previous week was a much more entertaining affair, making this even more disappointing by comparison.

Having made the mistake of livestreaming this gayo daejun, it was up to me to recap it; fortunately, Lindsay kindly volunteered to join me in reviewing the performances. Because many of the stages were only slightly different to those seen throughout the year, Lindsay and I have instead picked out the special stages, followed by our favourite performances.(...)
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