Posts by Poya

Quote from Flovell

https://www.allkpop.com/articl…-in-album-sales-this-year

This is them in their debut era. I know you know how crazy this number back in 2nd gen. Yes they're in decline now and their popularity is not like back then when they're almost on par with big 3 groups and have amazing digital sales, but they were never in nugu position. Bts only sell 34 copies of albums on their debut day. They're one of the best story of rags to riches in kpop so, idk why they're not suitable as a judges just because they're too successful. Didn't this what those groups needed?

But ngl, when I make this thread, Gi Kwang and Sung Kyu are definitely not the one who I think can be replaced.

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I get what you meant in your OP now.

Personally I don't think BTS would necessary be suitable judges because their circumstances were too unique (like the rise of social media, now most idols heavily use social media to connect with their fans) and would be difficult to reproduce in current kpop. And for the famous part, well usually it's more difficult to empathize with people who are in a situation far removed to your current own as humans in general. But it's not like I know them personally so who knows they might have killed it.

I don't necessarily agree with the other commenter who kept arguing with you (because Jay Park, Kyunhyun and Tiffany come from Big 3) but are you seriously calling Highlight idols who have no idea about being underdogs?

You do realize they debuted in a -at the time- tiny barely created company called Cube Entertainment, and together with U-Kiss and Infinite worked super hard to get recognized and prove that a group doesn't have to come from Big 3 to become popular. You maybe don't know but they were made fun of both by media and the public as a "recycled group" made of trainees who failed to debut in Big 3 (Dujun, Yoseop, Hyunseung, Dongwoon) or already debuted idols who didn't get much popularity (Junhyung, Gikwang) for the first few years after they debuted. And that's why it was a huge deal when they got daesang with Fiction, it was the first time a non Big 3 group got such a big award.

You're talking about BTS and Seventeen being underdog who had to work hard as if Gikwang (Beast/Highlight) and Sungkyu (Infinite) don't have very similar underdog stories, they are idols who are looked up to by 3rd gen and 4th exactly because they fought their way to where they are now. From what you say in your own comments I'd argue BTS would be worse judges because they are so far removed from their nugu days whereas Highlight or Infinite are definitely not super popular at the moment, you can just look at the numbers on Highlight's recent releases lol.