K-pop Star (season 1)
The first season of Survival Audition K-pop Star (Korean: 서바이벌 오디션 K팝 스타) premiered on December 4, 2011, airing every Sunday evening at 6:30 pm under the Good Sunday programming block on SBS, until April 29, 2012. The first winner was Park Ji-min, who chose to sign with JYP Entertainment.
| K-pop Star | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Hosted by | Yoon Do-hyun Boom |
| Judges | BoA Park Jin-young Yang Hyun-suk |
| Winner | Park Ji-min |
| Runner-up | Lee Ha Yi |
| Release | |
| Original network | SBS |
| Original release | December 18, 2011 – April 29, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
The three judges for this season were Yang Hyun-suk, founder of YG Entertainment and former member of the popular South Korean act Seo Taiji & Boys, Park Jin-young, singer/songwriter and founder of JYP Entertainment, and Korean pop icon BoA, from SM Entertainment.
Singer, Yoon Do-hyun, and entertainer, Boom, hosted the live competition from March 4, 2012 to April 29, 2012 when the winner is crowned. Yoon Do-hyun has also been narrating through the entire process.
Contestants from the Top 10 of Season 1 returned for a special Dream Stage - Best of the Best episode on April 14, 2013, competing with contestants of Season 2 for the title of Overall Champion.