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| ▲ This photo, provided by KBS, shows You Hee-yeol and guests on stage during the last episode of "You Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- 'You Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook,' hosted by singer and composer You Hee-yeol for the past 13 years, ended with 600 episodes.
According to a ratings research company Nielson Korea on the 23rd, the last episode of KBS 2TV’s music show ‘You Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook’ which was broadcast at 11:30 p.m. on the day before, recorded 1.2% ratings.
During the final episode, You Hee-yeol said, “It has been 13 years and 3 months since I first hold the mic at this program, and today we finally mark the 600th episode,” appreciating, “I would like to thank everything to you. Thank you so much again.”
Also, You mentioned, “We’ve prepared the 600th episode for a long time, and I hope you could let go of worries and be a star for tonight’s show.”
On this last episode, under the theme titled ‘Our summer days,’ Paul Kim, MeloMance, 10CM, Heize, Daybreak, HYOJUNG and SEUNGHEE of group OH MY GIRL, Kim Jong-kook, group SISTAR, and Gummy appeared.
‘You Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook,’ first broadcast in April of 2009, is evaluated to have provided live music stages of musicians that audiences like, and offered stage opportunities where unfamiliar artists could make their names known to the public.
‘You Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook’ has also been loved by the audiences with the host You Hee-yeol’s MC skills and his wittiness, but it finally ended with You’s decision to quit the show due to his plagiarism controversy recently.
Aside from his quitting from the show, You Hee-yeol said it was difficult to fully agree to the plagiarism controversy, but he did not mention about the issue during the show broadcast on the day before.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Kim Jimin.)
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