After revealing the line-up of artists for the 2023 edition of MAMA Awardsthe award became the target of questions about the lack of Jungkook, from BTS, and the groups, NewJeans, Stray Kids and IVE, at the awards. The doubt about the artists’ participation ended up becoming one of the topics mentioned at Media Day, causing the company to comment on what happened.
This is because the event held last Wednesday, 8th, was attended by the presenter Jeon So Mifrom the head of Mnet’s business department, Park Chan Wookand CJ ENM Convention Business Strategy and Planning Team Specialist, Lee Sun Hyungwho first clarified the criteria used to select this year’s participants.
As this is an awards ceremony, we prioritized the list of artists who had the greatest impact throughout the year”, revealed Park Chan Wook.
Soon after, the executive responded to the question about why the soloist, the boy group, and the two girl groups were not included in the list of idols who will participate in the awards, revealing that there is the possibility of including new artists in the line-up.
We are discussing the possibility of additional artists. We will officially share a further announcement if this aspect is decided. It’s hard to say at this point,” concluded Chan Wook.
It is worth mentioning that the first lineup of artists revealed the participation of ATEEZ, INI, JO1, NiziU, RIIZE, TVXQ, xikers and ZEROBASEONE. Meanwhile, the second line-up confirmed the presence of &TEAM, BOYNEXTDOOR, EL7Z UP, ENHYPEN, (G)I-DLE, Kep1er, LE SSERAFIM, SEVENTEEN, the cast of “Street Woman Fighter 2” and TXT. The last one brought Yoshiki, Dynamic Duo, Lee Young Ji, JUST B, TREASURE and Monika.
Organized by Mnet, the MAMA Awards 2023 will be held at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, on November 28th and 29th.
Source: Recreio
