On the evening of December 25, the year-end music festival SBS Gayo Daejun 2023 took place with a red carpet and a series of feverish stages. Gathering top line-ups such as NewJeans, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, aespa, TVXQ, SHINee, NCT, Stray Kids, (G)I-DLE, ATEEZ, ITZY, TXT, ENHYPEN, NMIXX, ZB1,… the event The event attracted attention from many Kpop fans. It was thought that there would be another explosive season, but SBS Gayo Daejun 2023 caused controversy due to a series of unnecessary incidents that directly affected the participating artists.
Counterfeit ticket controversy
SBS Gayo Daejun 2023 is scheduled to air at 5:00 pm December 25 (Korean time), but at the show venue, many fans could not check-in because they discovered fake tickets. A department selling fake tickets has caused many spectators to suffer losses because they lost both money and effort in traveling on Christmas day. The noise of fake tickets being discovered right at the entrance to the show as direct transactions caused the event to face negative reactions right before hour G.
The incident caused SBS to receive a lot of criticism for not strictly managing ticket sales. In response to the audience’s grievances, SBS representative issued an official statement to Xports News, pledging to investigate: “We are aware of fraud at the performance venue on the day of the performance and immediately requested a police investigation. The exact scale of damage is currently being assessed.”
NCT member fell on stage
As one of the main line-ups of this year’s SBS Gayo Daejun, NCT delivered a series of majestic performances, alternating with subgroups NCT Dream, NCT 127 and NCT U. But, an incident happened before the show. Baggy Jeans section begins. Specifically, Ten took on the opening solo dance. While running to the stage, the male idol fell and hit his face on the elevator area at the corner of the stage. Even though the fall was quite serious, Ten still returned to perform.
Ten’s fall reminded SM fans of the Wendy (Red Velvet) incident last year. Also at SBS Gayo Daejun, because the stage did not ensure safe performance, Red Velvet’s main vocalist fell from the stairs leading to a back injury that took a long time to recover. Many times, incidents related to performance safety occurred, and the organizers of SBS Gayo Daejun made fans unhappy.
Winter (aespa) was approached by crazy fans on the red carpet
A video captured the moment a man wearing a camera rushed to approach Winter (aespa) on the red carpet of SBS Gayo Daejun 2023, making fans extremely worried. Specifically, while greeting the audience on the red carpet, a man ran very quickly towards Winter, and the event’s security team immediately stopped him.
The incident made Winter and the entire idol group in attendance both shocked and confused. In the recorded video, it can be seen that despite being forced, the man still tried to point the camera at Winter. Many people believe that if the security team does not handle it promptly, they will not know what happened to the aespa member.
NewJeans music was played during Stray Kids’ performance; The Boyz fans are dissatisfied with the show’s lack of attention
In addition to serious incidents, the quality of the SBS Gayo Daejun 2023 stage was also criticized a lot. On social networks, Knet is indignant about technical problems affecting Stray Kids and The Boyz. Specifically, Stray Kids’ performance was interrupted because the program crew mistakenly played NewJeans’ music.
The moment that spread online received many negative reactions from the two fandom groups. Even Stray Kids’ stage video was partially blank because the camera was not filming while the group performed. Stray Kids fans have compiled a series of details proving that the organizers of SBS Gayo Daejun 2023 were negligent with the group’s performance, demanding an apology.
As for The Boyz, the impressive dance segment with the most impressive moves of member Juyeon was not broadcast live. Fans feel regretful and dissatisfied with SBS Gayo Daejun for their lack of concern for their artists and audiences.
Many viewers commented that the lighting and camera direction of SBS Gayo Daejun 2023 were of poor quality, as if “this was the first time they broadcast a year-end music show live”. Too many incidents have happened, people are extremely concerned that a meaningful, large-scale music festival with many stars is being held as amateurishly as this.
