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  On May 21st only 8 artists passed to the second round of the MTV Italt Awards 2013 in the cathegory “Artist Saga”. Super Junior have defeated the singer Marco Carta but now the challenge is against the great Laura Pausini, an Italian singer with a powerful and beautiful voice. The second turn ends on June 6th so Elfs, but also Kpop fans in general, can support them by clicking on the VOTA button after you have logged in with your Facebook account at the ArtistSaga website

Lee Bo-yeong stood out very stylishly in Italy. Cable channel Olive "It City Lee Bo Yeong's Café Italy" showed Lee Bo-yeong enjoying a café holiday in Italy. Lee Bo-yeong's stylish looks draw attention as well as her beauty. She is wearing a loose fit shit and white pants with a beige coat, looking feminine and sophisticated. She is also holding a beige Samantha Thavasa's "Crocker Azelle" bag, adding luxury into the look. Netiznes say, "She's beautiful even in Italy", "I want her style" and more

Renowned violist Yuri Bashmet will perform at the Seoul International Music Festival (photo courtesy of SIMF organizer). This month will be filled with classical music and harmony as two major music festivals are on their way. The Seoul International Music Festival (SIMF) and the Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music (SSF) will be held in late May, featuring world renowned artists and promising young talents. Leading musicians across the world including violinist/violist Yuri Bashmet, pianist Son Yeol-eum, Sejong Soloists, Curtis on Tour, and Ning Feng will come together to perform at the fourth SIMF at Seoul Arts Center, Kumho Art Hall and Seongnam Arts Center from May 14 to May 30

BoA BoA Releases a Picture from Europe Trip, 'Cute and Funky' Singer BoA revealed a picture from her Europe trip. Yesterday she posted on her instagram, "Ciao," along with a picture. In the picture, she is seen in Italy and is showing off a funky outfit and pose. Her lively and fun image grabbed many people's attention. Internet users commented, "How cute" and "Have a great trip." Starting on May 18, she will begin her solo concert outside of Korea

It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for more of my weekly spouting off about all things K-pop on Confessions of an Uncle Fan. Last week I was writing from lovely Santa Monica on a mini-vacation but I’m back in New York City and have been catching up on the latest K-pop news. It was actually a fairly quiet week following the surge of girl group comebacks but there are always things to talk about so let’s get to it. Cool Things of the Week The Queen Returneth Move over girls because the Queen is back

Girls Generation, INFINITE H, K-Pop K-Pop All around the World, 'Girls' Generation in South America and INFINITE H in China' For anyone remotely interested in K-pop, there is a simple question that begs an answer as K-pop continues to expand: Which K-pop artists are the most popular in various countries around the world? The survey conducted by M-Wave posed that exact question to 73,809 individuals around the globe from April 4 through April 21. Twenty artists who actively performed in the first quarter of 2013 were listed as choices to select from

The stars were spotted all across the globe, and they were sure to update fans on their travels in the Twitterverse.See it all in today’sTwitter Roundup! Super Junior’s Choi Siwon tweeted a photo from the flipside, writing “See you tonight NYC! Let’s enjoy.” Later that day, he updated fans with another photo from the Met Gala, writing “Couldn’t spend a lot of time with you due to time constraint.”The Super Junior member wasn’t the only one K-Pop star who made an appearance at this year’s Met Gala, as Psy mingled with a few famous faces in true world star style at the event

  This is the first edition of MTV Awards in Italy and it takes place in the beautiful city of Florence on Saturday 15th June.  The show starts at 9 p.m., live from Piazzale Michelangelo, and it will be given the Awards to the winner of the 16 categories. One of this categories is Artist Saga, in which Super Junior are nominated. Previously, on the Mtv Italy Facebook page, a poll was done and the fans kept on voting for them, making them one of the 16 finalists in the category. The organizators of the event have decided to do a different thing from the normal voting process: there are different turns in which only two artists are “facing” each other and the one with more votes can pass to the next turn

Fans across the globe voted for their favorite idols. After running a survey back in December, CJ E&M ran another survey titled ‘The K-pop artist you like the most‘ from April 4th to the 21st. The survey listed 20 artists that released a song in 2013 and asked users to choose their favorite. In all, the survey received a total of 73,809 votes. INFINITE-H ranked #1 overall on the survey with 41.4% of the overall vote, they were followed by Girls’ Generation with 17

Michael Zoeller, Samsung Electronics' European director for TV/AV, talks at a power briefing during the four-day IFA Global Press Conference. Provided by IFA SARDINIA, Italy - Samsung Electronics will further diversify its ultra high-definition (UHD) TV lineup in response to upbeat forecasts for the segment. Its executive in charge of the European market said on Saturday the world's No. 1 TV producer will introduce several models on top of the currently available 85-inch and 110-inch sets at the IFA consumer electronics fair in September