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[10.01.09] Which Girl Group is Going to Own 2010? 'Who's going to be the strongest girl group in 2010?' The last year was swept by girl groups and in 2010 and their fanbases are constantly growing, they continue to sweep the nation. SNSD, KARA, Brown Eyed Girls and SeeYa were some of the girl groups that have been existing before the previous year. Just last year, groups like 2NE1, 4Minute, T-ara, Rainbow, Secret, HAM, and JQT have joined the music industry and had made 2009 what critics have called "The Flood of Girlgroups" (With no exaggeration whatsoever). The men that have particpated last year such as 2PM, BEAST, MBLAQ, SHINee, Super Junior, and SS501 did not have a match with the amount of girls and did not make 'mainstream' enough. Girl groups such as SNSD, KARA, 2NE1 and Secret are bound to have a strong chance of being noticed in the beginning of the year due to their upcoming activities. #T-ara, Secret, Rainbow, and HAM are Rookie Groups You Just 'Cannot Ignore'! Not only did the first half of the year go crazy with the sunbae girl groups, but people also went nuts (without exaggeration) for the new batch of girl groups that came out in the second half of last year, such as T-ara, Secret, Rainbow, and HAM. This is especially true for T-ara who had won their first #1 in KBS2's Music Bank for their title track song 'Bo Peep, Bo Peep' from their first studio album on the New Year's and was followed by another Mutizen Song Award on SBS's Inkigayo on January 3rd. T-ara's popularity is surely to sky-rocket more later on. NOTE: I didn't translate the non-T-ara related aspects of the article. If you wish to see the real article with all the extras, visit the source link which can be found below. *** Source: http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno...010508492106924 Written by: Park Geonwook Translated by: Elly@diadem

[10.01.09] Idol Dreams: SNSD's Taeyeon, T-ara's Hyomin, KARA's Nicole, and IU MBLAQ, 2AM, and the U-KISS boy member groups want to have scandals with SNSD's Taeyeon, KARA's Nicole, T-ara's Hyomin, and IU. MBLAQ's Mir and Joon, 2AM's Jinwoon, and U-KISS's Dongho were on the holiday special of SBSSE!TV's Idol Maknae Revolution and were asked which celebrity girl group member would they wish to have a scandal with. In the 'Fear of NO' corner of the show, MBLAQ's Mir-SNSD's Taeyeon, Joon-T-ara's Hyomin, 2AM's Jinwoon-KARA's Nicole, U-KISS's Dongho-IU were questioned. Each person, said "Yes" respectively. Other cast members commented that "These are good news of the new year". With that, the atmosphere arose to laughter. This episode will air on January 9th at 10PM on SBSE!TV. *** Source: http://www.hg-times.com/sub_read.html?uid=...ction=section17 Written by: Oh Jiyeon Translated by: Elly@diadem

[10.01.09] T-ara's Jiyeon Is A No-Show for Friday's Music Bank Because of GOS Filming Fans become sad about the fact that T-ara's Jiyeon was a no-show for Friday's KBS 2TV Music Bank episode. On January 8th, T-ara performed their track 'Bo Peep, Bo Peep' in Music Bank as a 5-member girl group. Because of God of Study filming, Jiyeon was unable to attend and perform with her co-members on the stage. "Why was Jiyeon nowhere to be found today?" is what Jiyeon's fans asked on the message boards after Music Bank's episode finished airing. Fans were quite disappointed about that especially since there was a solo dance Jiyeon was supposed to perform that fans were highly anticipating and waiting for. However, T-ara won their 2nd Mutizen Song award for 'Bo Peep, Bo Peep' for the second consecutive time. With Jiyeon participating in a drama, and Hyomin participating in a musical, T-ara seems to be a very popular group. *** Source: http://www.tvreport.co.kr/main.php?cmd=new...w&idx=35228 Written by: Jang Giyoung Translated by: Elly@diadem

[Caps] EcoToday Interview w/ Eunjeong and Hyomin (01/08) (Click title to view all pictures) Cr: ecotoday + tiarafan + Elly + tiaradiadem