The third season of the South Korean reality television competition show K-pop Star premiered on SBS on November 24, 2013, airing Sunday evenings at 4:55 pm KST as part of the Good Sunday lineup. Jun Hyun-moo replaced Yoon Do-hyun as host and narrator, and :ko:유혜영 |Yoo Hye-young replaced Boom as live host. Yang Hyun-suk and Park Jin-young returned as judges. BoA was replaced by You Hee-yeol, as she was focusing on her music career instead. Changes to the format occurred, including the choice of company for debut made immediately on the live finale. The season ended on April 13, 2014, with Bernard Park crowned as winner and choosing to sign with JYP Entertainment. A special episode named, K-pop Star 3 D-1 Final Stage, aired on April 12, 2014 before the finals as a summary and analysis of the season.
Nam Youngju: Born 1991, from Seoul, eliminated March 9, 2014, debuted as soloist under JJ Holic Media
Round 6: Stage Auditions
For the Top 8 Finals, the Top 10 competed in two groups on stage with the results determined by the judges. The top three contestants from each group were chosen to proceed to the next round.
* The Top 8, who proceeded to the live stage, were determined by the three judges as well as a 100-member Audience Judging Panel. The last two contestants from each group became Elimination Candidates, with the Audience Judging Panel voting for their preferred act. The two acts with the most votes from the four Elimination Candidates proceeded to the Top 8, with the other two contestants eliminated.
For the live Top 6 Finals, the Top 8 competed 1:1 on the live stage with the results determined by the judges. One contestant from each group was chosen to proceed to the next round.
* The contestants not chosen became Elimination Candidates and went through live TV viewers' voting by SMS and mobile messenger KakaoTalk, the top contestant proceeding to the next round.
* Of the remaining contestants, the judges chose to save one of them.
For the next three episodes, each week showcased a different company. As this season featured the winner choosing the company they wished to sign with on the final live stage, this gave the contestants the opportunity to experience and explore each company equally. The first week was YG Week, in which contestants received advice and help from YG. The second week was JYP Week. The third week was Antenna Week.
For the Top 4, 3 Finals, Semifinals and Finals, the judges and viewers' scores were weighted 60:40, and were combined to eliminate the contestant with the lowest score.
Ratings
In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show is in red, and the lowest rating for the show is in blue.
