This year's season of KPOP star is finally nearing it's end. And as an avid follower of the Survival Program, I dare to write my thoughts about the upcoming final round. I think this year's final round will be a total war. This year's finals would be a battle between Katie Kim's soulful music and Jeong Seung Hwan's ballad sentiments. These two contenders has been on a lookout for the judges and viewers the like since they had been showing strong performances since round1

Different from the previous years' finals rounds (where season1 was a battle of girl sentiments, season2 was a battle of potentials and season3 was a battle of guy sentiments), this year's finals would be a battle of talent, skills and individuality in music. Since they are of different genres, the grounds for judging would come down to how much they explore, improve and embrace their own music. 

Now let's try to look even closer to each contestant.

KATIE KIM: The 20 year old slow-speaking diva from the USA. Her prowess comes with her soulful voice made complete with a touch of RnB and perfect rhythm. [I dare say her soul sentiment is in comparable!]. She may seem coy for just about everything, but when she starts singing, she can turn the tables with her feels! Having crisis during the battle auditions with a poor performance, she managed to come up to TOP10 with the help of YG's chance coupon. She performed g.o.d's "Place Where You Need to Be" and received tremendous applause for the TOP10 round. After which she had nowhere to go but up in the succeeding rounds. Indeed, her parent's decision for sending her to Berklee College of Music is starting to pay off.

One of her best performances include the Fugees' "Killing me Softly" that left the judges with unrest on their seats during round2. 

check out her over the top soulful rendition of Killing Me Softly

JEONG SEUNG HWAN: The senior high school Balladeer who chose to sneak out from the study hall to audition for KPOPSTAR. At first glance, you would never expect that this teenage boy would pull off ballads in a way even better than any other singers at present. His strength comes with his deep sentiments that punches right through the heart every time he sings. I dare say, he's the future of Gayo! [I can rightly imagine him singing for every other OST for dramas in the future.] He might not be your pretty boy type, but his personality, attitude and talent exudes in manliness that overthrows every other visual-singers out there; even the judges are falling for him.

One of his best performances include Kim Jo Han's "I Want to Fall in Love" which unexpectedly topped Gaon charts overthrowing other songs performed by professional singers. 

check it out here!

Even though their song choices might be obvious, the way they render each song and transform them into their own is very unpredictable. Indeed, this season's final round would be the battle of a lifetime and you should not dare miss it.

KPOPSTAR SEASON4 FINAL ROUND, April 12, on SBS.


update:

KATIE KIM is the new KPOPSTAR!!!! She also decided to join YG Entertainment to help her succeed in the music industry. [yey!!!]

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