Junsu's name gets muted in recent airing of 'Gag Concert,' fans protest 

Junsu\'s name gets muted in recent airing of \'Gag Concert,\' fans protest

On April 26 airing of KBS 2TV\'s \'GAG Concert,\' viewers were confused when there was a brief moment of silence during a popular segment titled, \'This or That.\' Though some viewers might have brushed it off as an error or malfunctioning of their television set, fans of Junsu caught that the show had actually muted out the idol\'s name for the airing.

Park Sung Ho sang comedically, "Male celebrities, when they play soccer, Minho is manly and (Xiah) Junsu is cool, but Lee Duk Hwa is reverse." 

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Though live audiences were able to hear the full verse, audiences at home who were watching the show on television only heard a faint sound that was barely made out as Junsu. Only when they caught a glimpse of Junsu\'s picture that the comedian was holding up were viewers able to tell that he was talking about the idol. 

Following the airing, fans of Junsu expressed their discontent and complaint through viewer forums of the show, writing, "To both the singer and fans, this is unpleasant!!! You should apologize," "It\'s not like (Xiah) Junsu is a criminal or anything," and "What did he do so wrong that his name was muted? I am so confused." 

According to the most recent report, there were about 50 complaint posts on the viewers\' forum.

In response to the complaints, producer of \'Gag Concert\' later explained to

Star News, "We thought that using the name \'Xiah Junsu\' would hurt his fans more so we muted \'Xiah,\' but it caused even more misunderstanding. While editing, since Junsu was promoting not under the name \'Xiah Junsu\' but under \'XIA\' or \'Kim Junsu,\' we thought that it would cause harm to his fans. On the airing, we didn\'t mute out the name \'Xiah Junsu\' as a whole, but we were being considerate of his current promotional name and muted out \'Xiah.\'" 

Check out the problematic segment from \'Gag Concert\' below.

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First of all comedians are not one to blame its nice that they even mentioned them, second that excuse is lame it is no doubt ( I\'m curious how many people would actually know did he say xiah or xia cos come on) but what angry me in this issue is how people react not what they did. Cursing, screaming and wasting energy on KBS and SM again like they did something new and way too worse than what was done years ago is insane. If you want to help Junsu then help him on right way, diplomacy and intelligence exist for that purpose reacting like mad, crazy person wont make fans and junsu look good in other eyes.

how can you say xia then it Pronounce just like xiah   those shows get me sick  

i read only the representative\'s reponse i was like " is this convincing enough" , but after watching the video .he  actually makes sense , they muted only XIAH , not his whole name , u can clearly hear the gag man saying JUNSU . 

btw , why would fans be hurt over " XIAH " ? is it because when he was TVXQ , he was promoting under XIAH ?.

2015 junsu is still active as XIA all his solo albums are under XIA name, we (his fans) are angry for this lame excuse.

there are so many junsu in korea and his nick name his brand as an artist so they should not have mute that part

I will repeat myself dear I understand your point of view dear but the fact they used us(junsu fan) as an excuse to do that it hurts so much , and everyone who know him they also know his fans still use XIAH when he was in DBSK + XIA for him being in JYJ , we use both of them and the pronunciation of the both nicknames are the same , and how come it\'s ok for the ppl who are present for the show to hear the XIA name but it has to be censored during broadcasting ?!! They should never censore anyone name with such low excuse it just hurt my pride that they use us(his fans) to do such insulting act towards our boy junsu , he have done nothing wrong to deserve such act

@zoOZshine well , i dont\' know korean , but they said that he goes under XIA now and not XIAH that\'s why. Anyways , i\'m with u , they should not mute his name . i\'m a fan of junsu too btw . maybe not a hardcore one .

If they actually muted his name that\'s pathetic. He\'s not a bloody pariah. He\'s a singer that sued his company. The stations need to let it go.

and you dont have anything better to do than come to articles of people you dont even like! way to spend your free time! do something useful with your time dude

They treat them like they "shall not be named" this too much.

Wtf there is no excuse that they can give us to sooth our range now. What a lousy excuse too -_- I

SM you\'ll find your own karma one day, in somewhere, maybe not in earth, but in hell, you\'ll pay what you did to JYJ.. So childish and immature.. And KBS too... That\'s why this program can not long lasting, no manner , no right attitude.. JUSt some people who feel jealous about other people\'s success 

In korean, when you pronounce "Xiah" or "XIA" is there even really a difference? Even when in English there\'s no difference. -_-" way to give an explanation KBS 

LoL , this is just an excuse. Why should we been hurt by they use Xiah Junsu`s name, and there was nothing negative about him , it\'s just positively that he is cool when he plays football. 

most of the sane public will agree with your opinion

but uunsu is active as XIA, all junsu solo albums come under XIA name

After watching the video, I think their explanation makes sense. I wished they didn\'t edit the name though. or at least they could have called him Junsu from the get go. but the fact they only muted out the "Xiah" part makes sense with their explanation. not that I ever get hurt for calling them Xiah or I don\'t think his fans will get hurt either, but the fact the show did not mute his entire name makes me understand them a little. 

people, don\'t just get upset. watch the video. his name is still there. and so is his photo. they wouldn\'t have used his photo if they meant evil to begin with. I think it is a matter of lack of judgement during editing. 

no, their explanation makes no sense. Junsu has been active under both names - as Xia Junsu and Kim Junsu - fans know that, fans don\'t mind it!!! no matter which of these names you use, both fans and the general public think of him only! it\'s such a stupid excuse for following SM orders!

I understand your point of view dear but the fact they used us(junsu fan) as an excuse to do that it hurts so much , and everyone who know him they also know his fans still use XIAH when he was in DBSK + XIA for him being in JYJ , we use both of them and the pronunciation of the both nicknames are the same , and how come it\'s ok for the ppl who are present for the show to hear the XIA name but it has to be censored during broadcasting ?!! They should never censore anyone name with such low excuse it just hurt my pride that they use us(his fans) to do such insulting act towards our boy junsu , he have done nothing wrong to deserve such act , it just make my heart heavy

It would be better if KBS had said it was part of the show as a critical view over the years of censorship... 

lol I guess your new but you can just google JYJ and SM if you want more detail but basically JYJ is a group in which Junsu belongs to and they sued SM for slave contract and left TVXQ. So ever since JYJ won the lawsuit SM has basically gotten them kicked out of every tv channel so they can\'t perform their songs like other idols on shows, they usually don\'t appear on tv unless is for a drama. And JYJ had to have its own agency made in order for them to keep making music... thats a summary they whole story is much longer

@Kerial501 JYJ didn\'t win the lawsuit.Google it instead of talking crap

@atravista JYJ won their battles with SM, SM lost their battles with JYJ.

@Misti01 Proof is the articles from your biased sites lol.I googled it and jyj didn\'t win the lawsuit

@atravista so what!!! sm agreed to let them (it just seems like that) go cause they knew they could not win the case cause they could not win hangeng\'s case either... they threatened all broadcast companies and others to not let them seen on broadcast and not let them to get cf deals. But still JYJ is there as JYJ

@tutaste Still JYJ didn\'t win .Do you even know anything about law? lol

@atravista I know you are an anti-fan of JYJ, you know well I don\'t need to google anything.

SM is scared sh*t their Korean idols will start leaving as JYJ did! They are trying very hard to prevent that from happening! as everyone can see there is little they can do for the Chinese members leaving as they have no influence in China!

@missdi Remember that JYJ only left because they had avex at that time

@Misti01 Same as you.Your oppa doesn\'t even know you

@atravista does ur oppas knows you?! YOUR STUPID TVXQ

@atravista the irrelevant JYJ are always in the top whatever they do despite all the blocking!

@Misti01 I don\'t care about that but you seem like a crazy person . Maybe you think that your oppa will date u someday? xd . Don\'t blame me for saying this .Blame your friends jyj stans who hated on us for many years .Now here is your payback

@missdi They flop in digital and even groups like infinite outsold them in physical

@atravista JYJ didn\'t leave because of AVEX. JYJ left with some of the staff (most of the dancer for example) and they had many people supporting them, not only AVEX

[+4137, -173] You should have just called him Junsu from the beginning..

[+3231, -259] It\'s been years already.. This is really pathetic.

[+2393, -198] He\'s doing fine..why can\'t people just leave him alone

[+675, -37] I guess you get in big trouble if you say Junsu\'s name on broadcast

hahahahahah good!!! exo stan here ~~ and I dont care bout junsu keke

You\'re a troll who hates everyone including EXO. But nice try:)

u are just a troll, nothing else -_- keep on trying

i am thankful to the comedians/writers who despite the ban put Junsu\'s name and photo on a TV broadcast showing their support for him! I am sure there is a comedian from this show who plays for FC Men with Junsu.

It was their bosses who decided to mute the name - a bunch of bootlickers! KBS entertainment department, you should be ashamed of this!

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