South Korean television series
My Little Television Genre Entertainment Presented by Seo Yu-ri , Kim Gu-ra Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of seasons1 No. of episodes101+ 2 (pilot) (as of June 10, 2017) Production location South Korea Running time 70 minutes Network MBC , KakaoTV Release February 22 & 28, 2015 (pilot) April 25, 2015 (2015-04-25 ) – June 10, 2017 (2017-06-10 )
My Little Television (Korean : 마이 리틀 텔레비전 ) is a South Korean television program which has been broadcast since February 2015, and features personal internet broadcasting similar to the likes of afreecaTV , Twitch or Daum tvPot. This program is inspired by real-time streaming services. It is a program that values communication with viewers. The program is hosted by Seo Yu-ri . The program is formatted in the form of a competition between main casts based on their internet broadcasting performance. It airs on KakaoTV (Raw live broadcasting of 'channels' of main casts/random time on Sundays (KST) every 2 weeks), as well as on MBC (Every Saturday at 23:15) since the beginning of April 25, 2015. The first season finished on June 10, 2017 with 101 episodes aired and 50 shows streamed online.[1]
Season 2 of the program, My Little Television V2 , began airing on March 29, 2019 and ended on January 20, 2020.[2] [3]
List of episodes [ edit ] List of Episodes (2015)
Pilot episodes (MLT-00)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 8, 2015 TV Broadcast: February 22 & 28, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Baek Jong-won Housewife Baek Online Midnight Snack Cooking 1st Choa Superstar Choa The Cam Towards Me Dance, Music, Make-up 2nd Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Stories Pop Music, Medical Consultation MC GREE , Jung Woo-yeol (Psychiatrist) 3rd Hong Jin-young Fresh Battery Heungsaeng Heungsa Food Broadcast, Fashion Chae Yeon 4th Kim Young-chul Keanu Reeves Fun Fun English English Conversation Jessica (Africa TV BJ) 5th Jung Jun-il Monster New York, New York, New York Music Broadcast Jo Jung-chi (Guitarist) 6th
Episode 1 & 2 (MLT-01)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 12, 2015 TV Broadcast: April 25 & May 2, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Baek Jong-won Housewife Baek Advanced Recipes Cooking 1st Choa Superstar Choa Dance, Music Jimin (AOA ) 2nd Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Baseball Stories Baseball MC GREE, Ho Goo-yeon (Baseball Commentator) 3rd Yeo Jung-hwa Coach Yeo DIY Fitness Fitness 4th Kang Kyun-sung Madam Kang Distressed Salon Distressed Consultation 5th
Episode 3 & 4 (MLT-02)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 3, 2015 TV Broadcast: May 9 & 16, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Baek Jong-won Housewife Baek Advanced Recipes Cooking 1st Yeo Jung-hwa Coach Yeo Bittersweet Sports Class Fitness 2nd Choa Superstar Choa Hard Choa Festival Dance, Music AOA 3rd Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Stories History MC GREE, Lee Da-ji (History Teacher), Jo Se-ho , Nam Chang-hee 4th Jung San Teacher San Hip-hop class Hip-hop Jessi 5th
Episode 5 & 6 (MLT-03)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 17, 2015 TV Broadcast: May 23 & 30, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Baek Jong-won Housewife Baek Premium Recipes Cooking 1st Hani What Are You Doing[a] Real Hani Show Dance, Music LE (EXID ), Shinsadong Tiger 2nd Jung Joon-young Visual Jung Review 3rd Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Money Stories Economy MC GREE, Jung Cheol-jin (Economy Expert), Jo Young-gu (Broadcaster, Scam Victim) 4th Hong Jin-kyung Hong Free One Free Hong Free One Free Show Talk 5th
Episode 7 & 8 (MLT-04)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 31, 2015 TV Broadcast: June 6 & 13, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Baek Jong-won Housewife Baek More Advanced Recipes Cooking 1st Key Kibum-i.e. "View"tiful Life[b] Lifestyle, Pet 2nd Hong Seok-cheon Headmaster Hong I Will Save You Cooking, Fashion Lee Hyuk (NORAZO), Kim Woo-ri (Stylist) 3rd Shin Soo-ji Soo-ji Q Miracle Gymnastics Show Gymnastics + Bowling Kwon Hae-bom (Guinea Pig PD) 4th Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Art Story Art Kim Bum-soo, Ahn Kwang-no (Artist), Kim, Ji-hyun (Art Director) 5th
Episode 9 & 10 (MLT-05)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : June 14, 2015 TV Broadcast: June 20 & 27, 2015 Location: Jebu Island Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Baek Jong-won Housewife Baek More Advanced Recipes Cooking 1st Lee Eun-gyeol The Illusionist EG Illusion TV Magic 2nd Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Camping Story Camping MC GREE, Kim Min-jong , Kim Jun-seong (Camping Specialist), Kim Hyun-seok 3rd Yeo Jung-hwa Coach Yeo Fitness Yeo Dong-woo (Yeo Jung-hwa's younger brother) 4th Dasom Refreshing Kim Secret That Can Be Told Psychological Consultation 5th
Episode 11 & 12 (MLT-06)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : June 28, 2015 TV Broadcast: July 4 & 11, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Baek Jong-won Housewife Baek More Advanced Recipes Cooking 1st Lee Eun-gyeol The Illusionist EG Fiction TV Magic Lee Seol-hee 2nd Solji Soul G Sol Sol La La Sol Sol Ji Music Kwon Hae-bom (Guinea Pig PD), Kwak Ho-seon, Gavin 3rd Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True History History MC GREE, Kim Sae-rom , Ham Kyu-jin (Professor), Kwon Byung-ho (Multi-instrument Musicians) 4th Hong Seok-cheon Headmaster Hong I Will Save You Interior Yang Tae-oh (Designer), Kim Woo-ri (Stylist) 5th
Episode 13 & 14 (MLT-07)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 12, 2015 TV Broadcast: July 18 & 25, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Kim Young-man Young Man Today, Let's Make Some Stuff? Paper Crafts 1st Baek Jong-won Housewife Baek Advanced Recipes Cooking 2nd Solji Soul G Sol Sol La La Sol Sol Ji Music + Self Defense Seo Eun-kwang (BTOB ) 3rd Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Coffee Story Coffee Kim Sae-rom , Kim Heung-guk, Seo Pil-hoon, Jung Kyung-woo (Barista) 4th Lady Jane Cupid Jane Love, Be Aware Love Kim Bum-soo, Jung Young-woong (voice), Jang Eun-sook (voice) 5th
Episode 15 & 16 (MLT-08)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 26, 2015 TV Broadcast: August 1 & 8, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Lee Eun-gyeol The Illusionist EG Fiction TV Magic 2015 World Magic Olympic Winners 1st Kim Young-man Young Man Today, Let's Make Some Stuff? Paper Crafts Shin Se-kyung 2nd Kim Namjoo (Apink ) Namjuice Namjoo's Learning Period Dance + Talk Kim Hyun-ah (Sungkyunkwan University, The Department of Performing Arts) 3rd Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Man's Story Kim Heung-guk, Kim Jung-min, Shin Dong-heon (Deputy Editor of Leon Fashion Magazine) 4th Hwang Jae-geun Masked Jae-geun Royal School of Design Design 5th
Episode 17 & 18 (MLT-09)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : August 9, 2015 TV Broadcast: August 15 & 22, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Lee Eun-gyeol The Illusionist EG Fiction TV Magic 1st Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Man's Story Crime & Mystery Kim Sae-rom , MC Gree , Kim Bok-jun (Professor) 2nd Oh Se-deuk Se-deuk-i TBC Eating broadcast 3rd Hwang Jae-geun Masked Jae-geun Royal School of Design Design Kim Jin-kyung 4th Kim Young-man Young Man Today, Let's Make Some Stuff? Paper Crafts Kim Dong-wan (Shinhwa) 5th
Episode 19 & 20 (MLT-10)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : August 23, 2015 TV Broadcast: August 29 & September 12, 2015 Cast Nickname Room Title Broadcast Topic Guest Ranking Kim Gu-ra Kim Gura True Man's Story Beer Kim Sae-rom , Kim Heung-gook 1st Hwang Jae-geun Masked Jae-geun Royal School of Design Design Kim Jin-kyung (model) 2nd Oh Se-deuk & Lee Chan-oh Se-deuk-i Cooking 3rd Park Ji-woo Jay Park Cha Cha Cha Dancesport Choi Yeo-jin , Ryu Ji-won (Park Ji-woo's wife), Kwon Hae-bom (Guinea Pig PD) 4th Kim Chung-weon Professor Chung-weon Art Sayuri Fujita 5th
Episode 21 & 22 (MLT-11)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : September 13, 2015 TV Broadcast: September 19 & 26, 2015 Episode 23 & 24 (MLT-12)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : September 29, 2015 TV Broadcast: October 3 & 10, 2015 Episode 25 & 26 (MLT-13)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : October 11, 2015 TV Broadcast: October 17 & 24, 2015 Episode 27 & 28 (MLT-14)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : October 25, 2015 TV Broadcast: October 31 & November 7, 2015 Episode 29 & 30 (MLT-15)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : November 8, 2015 TV Broadcast: November 14 & 21, 2015 Episode 31 & 32 (MLT-16)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : November 22, 2015 TV Broadcast: November 28 & December 5, 2015 Episode 33 & 34 (MLT-17)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : December 6, 2015 TV Broadcast: December 12 & 19, 2015 Episode 35 & 36 (MLT-18)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : December 20, 2015 TV Broadcast: December 26 & January 2, 2016 List of Episodes (2016)
Episode 37 & 38 (MLT-19)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : January 3, 2016 TV Broadcast: January 9 & 16, 2016 Cast Broadcast Topic Guests Ranking Kim Sung-joo & Ahn Jung-hwan Football 1st Jung Saem-mool Make-up Yang Ji-won (Spica ), Joo Seon-yeong (model) 2nd Oh Se-deuk & Choi Hyun-seok Cooking 3rd Cho Jin-soo (J-Black n Pink) Dancing J Pink & Pinky Cheeks (Dance crew), Kwon Hae-bom (Guinea Pig PD) 4th Kim Gu-ra Musical Kim Bum-soo, Jo Young-gu, Choi Woo-ri, Lee Jeong-ah 5th
Episode 39 & 40 (MLT-20)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : January 17, 2016 TV Broadcast: February 6 & 13, 2016 Episode 41 & 42 (MLT-21)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 14, 2016 TV Broadcast: February 20 & 27, 2016 Cast Broadcast Topic Guests Ranking Defconn Hip Hop DJ Fractal, Kang Il-won (music critic) 1st Sowon & Yerin (GFriend ) Cleaning Yoon Sun-hyun 2nd Kim Gu-ra Home shopping Kim Sae-rom , Jo Young-gu, Moon Chun-sik, Lee Min-woo 3rd Jung Saem-mool Make-up Kim Jung-min (actress) 4th Bbaek Ga Photography Baek Kwang-hyun (Bbaek Ga's brother) 5th
Episode 43 & 44 (MLT-22)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 28, 2016 TV Broadcast: March 5 & 12, 2016 Cast Broadcast Topic Guests Ranking Defconn Animation Kim Sung-il (animation programmer) 1st Kahi & Bae Yoon-jung Dance choreography Kwon Hae-bom (Guinea Pig PD), Im Su-jeong (asst. director) 2nd Kim Gu-ra Gags MC Gree , Kim Jung-min (actress), Kim Soo-yong, Shin Hyun-sub, Kim Kyung-min 3rd Yoo Min-joo Desserts 4th Bbaek Ga Photography 5th
Episode 45 & 46 (MLT-23)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : March 13, 2016 TV Broadcast: March 19 & 26, 2016 Episode 47 & 48 (MLT-24)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : March 27, 2016 TV Broadcast: April 2 & 9, 2016 Cast Broadcast Topic Guests Ranking Lee Kyung-kyu Fishing 1st Kim Gu-ra Baseball Heo Gu-yeon (MBC baseball commentator), Chung In-young (announcer), Jo Young-gu 2nd Yoo Min-joo Desserts 3rd Kim Eana Writing lyrics Cho Hyung-woo, Son Seung-yeon 4th Park Tae-yang Hair design Kang Han-na 5th
Episode 49 & 50 (MLT-25)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 10, 2016 TV Broadcast: April 16 & 23, 2016 Cast Broadcast Topic Guests Ranking Lee Kyung-kyu Horses 1st Kim Gu-ra Baduk MC Gree , Kim Jung-min (actress), Eom Yong-su, Lee So-yong (Baduk commentator) 2nd Yoon Do-hyun Skateboard Kim Min-woo (skateboard instructor), Kwon Hae-bom (Guinea Pig PD) 3rd Han Hye-yeon & Park Seung-gun Fashion show design Song Hae-na (model) 4th J Kim Food styling 5th
Episode 51 & 52 (MLT-26)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 24, 2016 TV Broadcast: April 30 & May 7, 2016 Episode 53 & 54 (MLT-27)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 8, 2016 TV Broadcast: May 14 & 21, 2016 Episode 55 & 56 (MLT-28)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 22, 2016 TV Broadcast: May 28 & June 4, 2016 Episode 57 & 58 (MLT-29)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : June 5, 2016 TV Broadcast: June 11 & 18, 2016 * For MLT-29, Lee Kyung-kyu did a live candid camera prank. The broadcast topic was made out to be Musikdrama, as the subject of the prank was known to watch the live internet broadcasts of the show.
Episode 59 & 60 (MLT-30)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : June 19, 2016 TV Broadcast: June 25 & July 2, 2016 Episode 61 & 62 (MLT-31)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 3, 2016 TV Broadcast: July 9 & 16, 2016 Episode 63 & 64 (MLT-32)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 17, 2016 TV Broadcast: July 23 & 30, 2016 Episode 65 & 66 (MLT-33)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : July 31, 2016 TV Broadcast: August 27 & September 3, 2016 The TV broadcast of MLT-33 was postponed because of the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Episode 67 & 68 (MLT-34)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : September 4, 2016 TV Broadcast: September 10 & 17, 2016 Episode 69 & 70 (MLT-35)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : September 18, 2016 TV Broadcast: September 24 & October 8, 2016 Episode 71 & 72 (MLT-36)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : October 9, 2016 TV Broadcast: October 15 & 22, 2016 Episode 73 & 74 (MLT-37)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : October 23, 2016 TV Broadcast: October 29 & November 5, 2016 Episode 75 & 76 (MLT-38)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : November 6, 2016 TV Broadcast: November 12 & November 19, 2016 Episode 77 & 78 (MLT-39)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : November 21, 2016 TV Broadcast: November 26 & December 3, 2016 Episode 79, 80 & 81 (MLT-40)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : December 4, 2016 TV Broadcast: December 10, 17 & 24, 2016 Collaboration special Episode 82 & 83 (MLT-41)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : January 1, 2017 TV Broadcast: January 7 & 14, 2017 The number of broadcasting channels is reduced to four from this episode. Episode 84 & 85 (MLT-42)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : January 15, 2017 TV Broadcast: January 21 & February 4, 2017 Episode 86 & 87 (MLT-43)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 5, 2017 TV Broadcast: February 11 & 18, 2017 Episode 88 & 89 (MLT-44)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : February 19, 2017 TV Broadcast: February 25 & March 4, 2017 Episode 90 & 91 (MLT-45)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : March 5, 2017 TV Broadcast: March 11 & 18, 2017 Cast Broadcast Topic Guests Ranking Jeon So-mi Coffee Barista Kwon Hae-bom (Guinea Pig PD) 1st Hong Seong-ran Egg dishes Chaekyung (April ) 2nd Kim Poong & Joo Ho-min Webtoon Jeong Jung-won (painter) 3rd Kim Gu-ra Jobs Jo Young-gu, Yun Jae-hong (headhunter) 4th
Episode 92 & 93 (MLT-46)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : March 19, 2017 TV Broadcast: March 25 & April 1, 2017 Cast Broadcast Topic Guests Ranking Highlight Camping 1st Mina & Sejeong (Gugudan ) Home decoration Decorit (interior designer) 2nd Lee Sang-min Lifestyle 3rd Kim Gu-ra Democracy Kim Jung-min (actress), Sim Yong-hwan (historian) 4th
Episode 94 & 95 (MLT-47)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 2, 2017 TV Broadcast: April 8 & 15, 2017 Episode 96 & 97 (MLT-48)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : April 16, 2017 TV Broadcast: April 22 & May 13, 2017 Episode 98 & 99 (MLT-49)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 14, 2017 TV Broadcast: May 20 & 27, 2017 Episode 100 & 101 (MLT-50)
Internet Broadcast (Live) : May 28, 2017 TV Broadcast: June 3 & 10, 2017 My Little Television Season 1 Finale Episode Miss MLT's master is revealed to be Kim Gu-ra Ratings [ edit ] In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red , and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.
Ratings (2015-16) [ edit ] 2015 Ratings
Year Episode # Original Airdate TNmS Ratings AGB Ratings Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area 2015 Pilot February 22 7.2% 6.4% 6.0% 6.4% February 28 6.7% 5.6% 5.6% 6.2% MLT-01 1 April 25 4.5% 5.0% 5.8% 6.8% 2 May 2 5.7% 7.2% 4.8% 5.5% MLT-02 3 May 9 6.4% 8.2% 6.7% 7.3% 4 May 16 5.5% 6.5% 5.6% 6.3% MLT-03 5 May 23 7.5% 8.9% 7.3% 8.4% 6 May 30 7.4% 8.9% 6.9% 7.7% MLT-04 7 June 6 7.3% 9.2% 7.2% 8.4% 8 June 13 7.8% 9.8% 7.5% 8.4% MLT-05 9 June 20 10.6% 12.0% 10.0% 10.8% 10 June 27 8.4% 9.6% 8.5% 9.2% MLT-06 11 July 4 8.9% 10.4% 8.3% 8.7% 12 July 11 9.7% 11.9% 8.7% 9.6% MLT-07 13 July 18 10.5% 12.9% 8.5% 9.0% 14 July 25 9.3% 11.6% 8.8% 9.8% MLT-08 15 August 1 7.3% 8.9% 7.2% 7.5% 16 August 8 6.8% 9.1% 6.0% 6.5% MLT-09 17 August 15 8.4% 9.6% 7.7% 8.5% 18 August 22 6.9% 8.8% 6.8% 7.9% MLT-10 19 August 29 7.2% 8.0% 7.2% 8.2% 20 September 12 6.4% 7.8% 6.3% 6.9% MLT-11 21 September 19 7.0% 8.9% 6.6% 7.7% 22 September 26 6.7% 8.1% 6.8% 8.0% MLT-12 23 October 3 5.4% 24 October 10 5.6% MLT-13 25 October 17 6.1% 26 October 24 5.8% MLT-14 27 October 31 7.1% 28 November 7 7.1% MLT-15 29 November 14 6.2% 30 November 21 6.2% MLT-16 31 November 28 6.6% 32 December 5 5.9% MLT-17 33 December 12 6.9% 34 December 19 7.2% MLT-18 35 December 26 6.2% 36 January 2, 2016 7.8%
2016 Ratings
Year Episode # Original Airdate AGB Ratings Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area 2016 MLT-19 37 January 9 8.7% 9.6% 38 January 16 10.0% 11.3% MLT-20 39 February 6 9.2% 10.0% 40 February 13 7.6% 8.7% MLT-21 41 February 20 8.5% 9.5% 42 February 27 7.1% 8.1% MLT-22 43 March 5 6.8% 44 March 12 6.1% MLT-23 45 March 19 9.2% 10.6% 46 March 26 7.7% 8.8% MLT-24 47 April 2 6.6% 8.0% 48 April 9 6.5% MLT-25 49 April 16 6.3% 50 April 23 5.7% 6.7% MLT-26 51 April 30 6.4% 7.5% 52 May 7 6.2% MLT-27 53 May 14 5.9% 7.5% 54 May 21 4.9% MLT-28 55 May 28 5.4% 56 June 4 5.3% MLT-29 57 June 11 6.0% 6.9% 58 June 18 5.2% 6.0% MLT-30 59 June 25 5.6% 6.4% 60 July 2 4.2% MLT-31 61 July 9 4.8% 62 July 16 5.2% MLT-32 63 July 23 6.8% 7.9% 64 July 30 5.9% 7.0% MLT-33 65 August 27 4.3% 66 September 3 4.1% MLT-34 67 September 10 5.6% 68 September 17 2.9% MLT-35 69 September 24 4.9% 70 October 8 3.7% MLT-36 71 October 15 5.2% 72 October 22 4.3% MLT-37 73 October 29 4.2% 74 November 5 4.7% MLT-38 75 November 12 4.5% 76 November 19 2.4% MLT-39 77 November 26 3.5% 78 December 3 3.7% MLT-40 79 December 10 3.9% 80 December 17 3.4% 81 December 24 3.1%
Ratings (2017) [ edit ] Year Episode # Broadcast Date AGB Ratings [1] TNMS Ratings [2] 2017 MLT-41 82 January 7 4.1% 4.2% 83 January 14 4.2% 3.6% MLT-42 84 January 21 3.1% 3.3% 85 February 4 3.6% 3.8% MLT-43 86 February 11 4.4% 4.2% 87 February 18 4.8% 5.0% MLT-44 88 February 25 5.2% 4.4% 89 March 4 3.6% 3.6% MLT-45 90 March 11 3.7% 4.1% 91 March 18 3.8% 3.9% MLT-46 92 March 25 4.0% 4.2% 93 April 1 3.7% 3.6% MLT-47 94 April 8 3.7% 4.0% 95 April 15 3.7% 3.7% MLT-48 96 April 22 3.8% 4.0% 97 May 13 2.8% 3.5% MLT-49 98 May 20 3.2% 3.1% 99 May 27 3.0% 3.2% MLT-50 100 June 3 4.0% 4.6% 101 June 10 4.1% 3.5%
International versions [ edit ] Currently airing An upcoming season No longer airing Controversies [ edit ] Flag incident [ edit ] In November 2015, girl group Twice appeared on the show, and Taiwanese member Tzuyu introduced herself as Taiwanese and held the ROC flag alongside that of South Korea. The Japanese flag was also shown, representing the nationalities of the girl group members.
Initially there were no reactions to the incident, but after the Taiwanese-born, China-based singer Huang An took to his Sina Weibo account and accused Tzuyu of being a Taiwanese independence activist.[5] This led to internet users in Mainland China to react angrily towards Tzuyu's actions, accusing her of "profiting from her mainland Chinese audience while holding a pro-independence stance". Soon after, Twice was barred from Chinese television, Tzuyu was pulled out from her endorsement deal with Chinese communications corporation Huawei , and all her activities in China were suspended.[6]
On January 15, 2016, the day before the Taiwanese general election , the CEO of JYP Entertainment , Park Jin-young apologized to Chinese media through his Weibo account, and JYP released a video of Tzuyu reading an apology, which included the statement:
There is only one China, the two sides of the strait are one, and I have always felt proud to be Chinese. I feel extremely apologetic to my company and to Internet friends on both sides of the strait for the hurt that I have caused, and I also feel very guilty.[7]
Effects [ edit ] As many believed the statement was made under duress, the apology video infuriated the Taiwanese public on election day.[8] The incident gained international attention as it was believed to have affected the 2016 Taiwanese general election , which was won by Tsai Ing-wen and the pro-independence DPP by a wide margin. While the DPP were already leading the polls months prior to the election,[7] [9] a survey found that Tzuyu's video apology affected the decision of about 1.34 million young voters, either by swaying them to vote or change their votes.[10] Scholars believe that the incident probably contributed one or two percentage points to Tsai's winning margin.[9]
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