Girl Spirit
Promotional poster
GenreReality competition
Presented by
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
ProducerMa Gun-young
Running time80–120 minutes
Original release
NetworkJTBC
ReleaseJuly 19 (2016-07-19) –
September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)

Girl Spirit (Korean: 걸스피릿) is a South Korean reality television singing competition that premiered on cable network JTBC on July 19, 2016. The aim of the show is to highlight the talents of the vocalists of twelve lesser-known girl groups that debuted in recent years.[1] It airs every Tuesday at 22:50 (KST).[2]

The contestants are ranked at the end of every episode based on their performances, and their scores will be accumulated over the course of twelve weeks to determine the top four contestants, two from each team. Each week select contestants' songs will be released digitally. The winner will receive a brand new car and the runner-up will get a family vacation to Saipan; both the winner's and the runner-up's final songs will also be released digitally.

Format

Girl Spirit centers around twelve girl group vocalists who have yet to achieve mainstream success. Five "gurus" will judge their performances every week, as well as give them advice. In addition to the gurus, the contestants' performances will also be judged by 100 "listeners" – men and women who are studying music and have dreams of becoming singers themselves – for a total of 105 maximum points. Starting with episode two, the contestants' scores will be accumulated to determine the top 2 from each team, and the other team will also be judging the performances, making the maximum score 111.

There are two separate rounds in every episode. During the first round, each of the gurus, listeners, and opposite team members will have a device which they will use to cast their vote for the contestants whose performances they liked. After the last contestant performs, round two begins and the listeners must vote for the contestant they felt gave the best performance. The weekly rank is determined by the second round of votes. The contestant who comes in first place then chooses the order in which the members of that team will perform on their next episode.

The contestants are given a different theme for every performance. As an "unstated rule," contestants may perform a "pop song" (English language song), as well as have a "wild card" (featured artist) in a performance only once throughout the competition.[3]

Gurus

Contestants

Episodes

Episode 1: Preliminaries

  • The twelve contestants were introduced in order of debut, starting with Bo-hyung, who debuted with Spica in January 2012, and ending with Sung-yeon, who debuted with Pledis Girlz in June 2016. Each contestant performed a song with their group followed by a solo song.
    • Voters: 105
Performances and round one results
Contestant Order Group song Individual song (Original artist) Score
Bo-hyung 1 "Tonight" "Lonely Night" (Boohwal) 67
Hye-mi 2 "Apple Pie" "If I Were You" (2NE1) 53
So-jung 3 "Galaxy" "Don't Be Shy" (Primary) 72
Uji 4 "Excuse Me" "8282" (Davichi) 78
So-yeon 5 "Journey to Atlantis" "Where U At" (Taeyang) 40
Kei 6 "Destiny" "Friday" (IU) 63
Min-jae 7 "I Like U Too Much" "Nice to Meet You" (EX) 43
Oh Seung-hee 8 "No Oh Oh" "I Will Survive" (Jinju) 50
Hyun Seung-hee 9 "Windy Day" "Dream Girl" (Shinee) 86
Jin-sol 10 "Tinkerbell" "Hey" (IU) 35
Da-won 11 "MoMoMo" "Music Is My Life" (Lim Jeong-hee) 59
Sung-yeon 12 "We" "In Dreams" (Lena Park) 68
Round two results
  1. Hyun Seung-hee
  2. Bo-hyung

Episodes 2 and 3: Fight Song

  • Theme: Songs that inspired the competitors to pursue their dream of becoming singers or helped them during difficult times
    • Voters: 111
Round two results
  • Theme: Songs that were popular in the first half of the year
    • Voters: 111
Round two results

Episode 6: Military Special

  • Theme: Capturing the hearts of military men
    The contestants were paired up to perform for 400 soldiers. The duos consisted of one member from each team, with the possibility of having up to two other members of both groups join them.
    • Voters: 405
Performances and round one results
Contestants
(Team name)		 Order Guest performers Song(s) Original artist(s) Score
So-yeon & Min-jae
(Presidents of the Military)		 1 Laboum: ZN and Yul-hee
Sonamoo: Na-hyun and Eui-jin		 "Heart Attack" AOA 257
Bo-hyung & Oh Seung-hee
(Daughters)		 2 none "Mom" Ra.D 308
Uji & Kei
(Bevelyz)		 3 Bestie: Da-hye and Hye-yeon
Lovelyz: Ye-in and Su-jeong		 "Twinkle"
"Something"		 Girls' Generation-TTS
Girl's Day		 359
Hye-mi & Sung-yeon
(Fiple)		 4 Fiestar: Jei and Yezi
Pristin: Eunwoo and Roa		 "Pick Me" I.O.I 185
Jin-sol & Da-won
(Unbeatably Innocent & Sexy)		 5 April: Chae-won and Na-eun
Cosmic Girls: Exy and Cheng Xiao		 "Touch My Body"
"Mister"		 Sistar
Kara		 256
So-jung & Hyun Seung-hee
(Oh My Lady)		 6 Ladies' Code: Ashley and Zuny
Oh My Girl: YooA and Mimi		 "24 Hours"
"NoNoNo"		 Sunmi
Apink		 379
Round two results
  1. So-jung & Hyun Seung-hee
  2. Uji & Kei
  3. Bo-hyung & Oh Seung-hee

Episodes 7 and 8: Legendary Songs

  • Theme: Collaborating with legendary singers
    The gurus did not vote as they all collaborated with one of the contestants.
    • Voters: 106
Round two results

Episode 9 and 10: Thank You Song - Enter The Top 4

  • Theme:
    • Voters: 200
Round two results

Episode 11 : Final - Top 5

Final results
  1. Bohyung (Spica)
  2. Hyun Seung-hee (Oh My Girl)

† The combined points totals for Rounds 1 and 2 of the final episode were revealed for only the top two finishers; the winner received 173 points and the runner-up received 160, meaning the algebraic upper limit for the other three finalists is ≤159 points.

Music

  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 02"[5]
  1. "Shout to Myself" (Min-jae) – 3:16
  2. "Atlantis Princess" (Kei) – 4:04
  3. "Don't Be Shy" (So-jung) – 2:13
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 03"[6]
  1. "I Have Nothing" (Uji) – 4:09
  2. "The Unwritten Legend" (Bo-hyung) – 3:30
  3. "Lady Camellia" (So-yeon) – 3:42
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 04"[7]
  1. "Cheer Up" (Hyun Seung-hee) – 4:22
  2. "You're the Best" (Da-won ft. Yeon-jung) – 3:48
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 05"[8]
  1. "I Don't Love You" (So-jung) – 4:40
  2. "Across the Universe" (Bo-hyung ft. Flowsik) – 4:14
  3. "Woo Ah" (Jin-sol) – 3:24
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 06"[9]
  1. "24 Hours + NoNoNo" (So-jung and Hyun Seung-hee) – 4:47
  2. "Twinkle + Something" (Uji and Kei) – 4:14
  3. "Mom" (Bo-hyung and Oh Seung-hee) – 3:52
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 07"[10]
  1. "Kiss" (Tak Jae-hoon and Kei) – 4:52
  2. "Maybe I Love You + Lover" (Chae Ri-na and Hyun Seung-hee) – 5:44
  3. "100 Days Prayer" (Lee Ji-hye and Sung-yeon) – 3:55
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 08"[11]
  1. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (So-yeon and JeA) – 3:47
  2. "Goodbye Romance" (Hye-mi and Seo In-young) – 3:09
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 09"[12]
  1. "As You Live" (Kei) – 5:48
  2. "Desperado" (Sung-yeon) – 3:55
  3. "Mt. Chilgap" (Min-jae) – 3:47
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 10"[13]
  1. "Friend" (Bo-hyung) – 4:32
  2. "Road" (Uji) – 4:24
  3. "A Moment Like This" (So-yeon ft. The Ray) – 3:55
  • "Idol Vocal League - Girl Spirit Episode 11"[14]
  1. "Caution" (Bo-hyung) – 4:02
  2. "Who You Are" (Bo-hyung) – 4:26
  3. "One's Way Back" (So-jung) – 4:52
  4. "Deviation" (Kei) – 4:31
  5. "U-Go-Girl" (Uji) – 3:40

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Episode # Original broadcast date AGB Nielsen Nationwide Ratings[15]
1 July 19, 2016 1.386%
2 July 26, 2016 1.069%
3 August 2, 2016 1.187%
4 August 9, 2016 0.994%
5 August 16, 2016 0.730%
6 August 23, 2016 1.026%
7 August 30, 2016 0.920%
8 September 6, 2016 1.014%
9 September 13, 2016 0.793%
10 September 20, 2016 0.670%
11 September 27, 2016 0.937%

Notes

  1. ↑ Featuring Cosmic Girls bandmate and I.O.I member Yeon-jung
  2. ↑ Remixed with "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
  3. ↑ Featuring Sleepy
  4. ↑ Featuring Flowsik
  5. ↑ Featuring S#arp's Lee Ji-hye, S#arp's Jang Seok-hyun and DinDin
  6. ↑ Featuring Clon's DJ Koo
  7. ↑ Featuring Roo'ra's Chae Ri-na
  8. ↑ Featuring NRG's Chun Myung-hoon and NRG's Noh Yoo-min
  9. ↑ Featuring Country Kko kko's Tak Jae-hoon
  10. ↑ Featuring Cho PD
  11. ↑ Featuring Hyun Jin-young
  12. ↑ Featuring Jewelry's Seo In-young
  13. ↑ Featuring Brown Eyed Girls' JeA
  14. ↑ Featuring H.O.T.'s Jang Woo-hyuk
  15. ↑ Featuring Baby V.O.X.'s Lee Hee-jin & Snuper's Se-bin
  16. ↑ Featuring 2AM's Chang-min
  17. ↑ Featuring B1A4's Sandeul
  18. ↑ Featuring Sam Kim
  19. ↑ Featuring The Ray
  20. ↑ Featuring V.O.S's Choi Hyun-Joon
  21. ↑ Featuring Jung Seung-hwan

References

  1. ↑ Kim Jae-heun (July 22, 2016). "'Girl Spirit' explores little-known idols". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ Ahn, Woorim (July 25, 2016). "Kei, "I didn't give up my dream to be a singer because of BoA"". BNT News. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Im, Juhyun (August 5, 2016). ""베스티 유지, 더이상 팝송NO?"..'걸스피릿'PD가 밝힌 규칙(인터뷰) :: 네이버 TV연예". Star News (in Korean). Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Pristin#2017: Official debut
  5. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 02 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  6. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 03 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  7. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 04 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  8. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 05 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  9. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 06 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  10. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 07 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  11. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 08 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  12. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 09 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  13. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 10 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  14. ↑ "아이돌보컬리그 - 걸스피릿 EPISODE 11 : 네이버 뮤직". Naver Music.
  15. ↑ "걸스피릿 시청률 – Daum 통합 검색" (in Korean).
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