For the first time in a long time, JYJ made an appearance on terrestrial broadcast.
On September 20, JYJ held a press conference for its 2014 Asia Tour ′The Return of the King′ at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, where the group talked about appearing on stage at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
JYJ has ran for two years as the honorary ambassadors for the Asian Games, finally coming to the opening ceremony. JYJ′s performance was shown on live broadcast, allowing the group to appear on national TV as not actors, but singers for the first in a very long time.
“It felt different. The last time the three of us appeared on national broadcast, it lasted about two seconds during president Park Geun Hye′s inauguration. Before that, it was four years ago at a KBS award ceremony, where we sang, I Found You. For the past ten years, we came out on broadcast twice,” said Kim Jae Joong.
“So we were really worried yesterday. It wasn′t our stage that was important, but the shots of the Asian Games. We were worried that the focus would be on the [Games] and we would just come out for two seconds again,” continued the JYJ member.
“But fortunately, the camera captured us for a long time. The feeling of appearing on broadcast after such a long time made us nervous and excited. We received a lot of congratulations from people around us.”
“I performed, not thinking about the broadcast, but with the Incheon Asian Games as the priority, but when we came down the stage, our staff were teary-eyed. I realized then that we were broadcasted,” explained Park Yoo Chun. “I received text messages from friends from in and outside of the country. It was fascinating to receive texts because we appeared on broadcast. I wondered if it was something to receive text messages for.”
“Either way, I really enjoyed the Incheon Asian Games. A lot of people all over Aia were there. A lot of the recognized us, so I had so much fun and enjoyable time while performing.”
Meanwhile, JYJ began its concert tour on August 9 in Seoul, continuing onto Hong Kong, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh, Chengdu, and more, for a total of eight Asian cities. The Shanghai concert sold out 11,000 seats, already receiving a hot response.
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Right..so excited. I proud of JYJ..Yeah…＼(^o^)／
I am so happy for them. :,) Congratulations JYJ! It is really a fruit of you’re hardworks. 🙂
I am proud of them. Keep fighting JYJ and keep the spirit up! ! We will support and continue to support you guys! !
Congratulations JYJ !!! I’m proud of you and I’m proud to be your fans….
JYJ Figthing !!!!
Aww~ love when they shared their thoughts with all like here, direct from ’em boys, not through other parties.
But must say.. YC’s thoughts really made me teary-eyed TT_TT
..maybe because of the details? Idk!! haha..
like; we just went there to perform for our country, didn’t give other stuff much thought, came down the stage, saw staff crying, hit me then BIG DEAL, we are on broadcast FOR REAL.
I saw this on mwave’s site. I think they made a mistake in the 4th paragraph. It should read “For the past 5 yrs we have come out on broadcast twice.” (not 10 yrs.)
For almost 5 years, no contracts nor lawsuits nor petitions nor court and FTC rulings have brought them to broadcasts. There must be one big shot in IAG who fought for them, fought against the program and sponsorship committees which were the source of all the mess, to give JYJ the rightful place in the opening ceremony, and of course how could the Korean broadcast stations skip JYJ when there was a live telecast to all 45 participating countries/states. That’s actually a shotgun scenario to KBS/MBC/SBS, lol
Hope more like him or her will follow suit. Thumbs up to you sir or ma’am
Hmm, wonder who this big shot is ;))
Whoever you are, big shot, THANK YOU! lol
He may be real or just imaginary, lol, thinking that the bullies were never shaken by any rulings and petitions for the last 5 years.
It’s like a miracle and knowing that the staffs were crying, that’s so touching.
Exactly, I thought of that too. There may be someone who at least reason with these people to let JYJ performed. With all the petition and constant relevant nags from the fans on IAG facebook, they ought to do something about it. It could be the PR team…or whoever that is, thank you, and thank you to us fans as well. It’s good to be one.
And my utmost congratulations to JYJ for the great performance. :’)
whoever or whatever happened to make it a reality, i am so very grateful! it is like a dream and one i wouldn’t mind repeating often very soon! now someone get brave and give them an invite to your show!
This really makes my blood boiled. Damn you SM. The only consolation is that they still appear on TV as drama actors. Not just the mediocre actors like most of SM actors, but the good ones worthy to be nominated as the best actors, if I may add ^___^
very well said
So happy for you…..JYJ3 and keep it up…WE are Fans always loved you.
So proud of these guys!!! They’ve given so much of themselves…JYJ… so wonderful ❤
Thanks to the internet, JYJ is loved all over the world. Thanks to the internet, we can follow their careers. Thanks to the internet, we can hear their songs and purchase their music. Thanks to the internet, we can watch their performances. Thank God SM can’t control the internet.
I Super like your last statement…
THANK GOD SM CANT CONTROL THE INTERNET. Well said…
I am so happy for them. Finally, they performed on a television broadcast together as JYJ!
oh boy..you make me cry again hiks..
so proud of JYJ ^^
OMG I’m gonna cry again now 😥
I was singing and crying at the same time while watching their performance live. Yea….JYJ !!!!! They looked so happy and having a good time. Congrat my boys!
“I received text messages from friends from in and outside of the country. It was fascinating to receive texts because we appeared on broadcast. I wondered if it was something to receive text messages for.” OMG, its too sad … I even do not have words – no, I do – I HATE SM!