Broadcast date: Aug. 22
Starring: Girls’ Generation, Apink, B1A4

Girls’ Generation aired the fifth installment of its “8 Beauties” show, in which the members demonstrated their skill at “Omok,” a game designed to boost concentration.

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The octet played four against four, with the first team to line up five stones on the game board winning the game.

Hyoyeon, Sunny, Tiffany and Taeyeon played black against Yoona, Yuri, Sooyoung and Seohyun, who played white.

After a quick exchange of turns, the black team won. But the white side took issue with the result, so the girls played another game to determine the final winner. The decider was a game of “Al-kka-gi,” a sort of a miniature version of the winter sport curling, in which black and white stones are placed on the board, and the players take turns trying to flick off the opponents’ stones with their own.

(Naver V app)

(Naver V app)

The black team won again and, as a penalty, the white team was required to make funny faces for the fans.

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Meanwhile, Apink broadcast to their fans from backstage at their “Pink Island” concert. The sextet appeared with no makeup and said hello to fans. Hayoung took the camera around to each member, asking for a comment and a short singing performance.

(Naver V app)

(Naver V app)

Hayoung then took the camera out of the green room and across to the rest of the backstage area to introduce the fans to “everyone who works hard to make the show happen.” She showed the waiting room for the backing dancers and security guards.

The second set of headline performances by the girl group in 2015, Apink’s “Pink Island” concerts started with a show on Saturday, with another set for Sunday.

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At Saturday’s show, the sextet sang not only their own songs but also remakes of songs by famous Korean singers.

Boy group B1A4 also broadcast from backstage at a live event.

“We’re here for the second fan-signing event for ‘Sweet Girl,’” Sandeul said, referring to B1A4’s latest EP release.

Sandeul took the center position and led the conversation, asking each member to do something for the camera.

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Baro performed a “squirrel dance,” with the camera zoomed in on his wide eyes to ensure “eye-contact” with fans.

B1A4 also offered to do what fans wanted them do on the V app. The most popular request from the fans was to have their names called out by the boy band.

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Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit www.vlive.tv.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

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