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Source: NTN via Nate
by ramham424 on February 6, 2011

Idol group Rainbow’s synchronized swimming performance is on the chopping blocks 俎上肉again, this time for being too sexual.

On MBC’s “Idol Star Athletics & Swimming Championships”, Rainbow revealed their amazing synchronized swimming performance to their song “A”. It was reported that the members trained for 4 months with a professional just for this performance.

The performance is now being criticized for being overly sexual, as the camera angles inappropriately captured the Rainbow members’ body parts, such as their butts.

Viewers commented, “There were moments of the performance that I just couldn’t watch”, “I didn’t feel comfortable watching the parts where they showed off their butts”, “I can’t believe it was a special performance. It was just too much“, showing off much of their discomfort at viewing the ’sexual’ performance.

The program was already a hot topic even before it was filmed. Viewers were concerned about the idols wearing revealing bathing suits arguing, “I feel uncomfortable at the idea that young girls have to reveal their bodies“. To counter this criticism, the production team decided on a closed filming, but the idea of the championships being too sexual has not been avoided.

Personally, I think the viewers are to blame for making this too big of an issue. If they only focused on the athleticism of the program, they wouldn’t even notice the so-called ’sexualness’ of the swimming championships. Oh well, controversy is always hard to prevent.




MBC criticized遭批評 for Rainbow's short airtime on “Idol Star Athletics & Swimming Championships”

Source: Newsen, TV Report via Nate
by ramham424 on February 6, 2011





MBC’s ”Idol Star Athletics & Swimming Championships” is being heavily criticized for airing only 40 seconds of Rainbow’s synchronized swimming performance.

On February 5th, Rainbow revealed their fantastic aquatic performance of “A” before the men’s 50m competition. Reportedly, the girls trained for 4 months with a professional, and so their segment became one of the program’s most highly anticipated events.

Unfortunately, only 40 seconds of their performance was aired on the show, and viewers couldn’t hold back their disappointed responses.

Je Young Jae PD spoke through Newsen on Feburary 6th and stated, “The producers are just as upset, since their segment was edited short due to the broadcast time restriction. Their actual performance was about two minutes long, but only the more impressive parts were edited and aired.”

Regarding Rainbow’s performance skills, the PD continued, “Synchronized swimming is not anything easy. Even with 4 months of training, it’s impossible to be on the skill level of a professional. We feel that they did a good job as non-athletes. We could see that they truly tried their best.”

Viewers commented, “They practiced for 4 months? They just shouldn’t have done it”, “Almost everything was edited, the members would be very disappointed”, “I even thought this was disappointing before it was revealed that they practiced for 4 months. They would be shocked“.

Considering how the segment is receiving such a high level of interest, we hope that Rainbow will get the opportunity to show off their hard work.