MBC has officially ended 2021 with their annual year-end song festival, MBC Gayo Daejejeon, where several soloists and idol groups including NCT, Red Velvet, aespa, Lee Hi, and WOODZ performed their hit songs.
2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon Recap: Here's What You Missed on the Year-End Korean Song Festival
On Dec. 31, 2021 at 8:40 p.m. KST, the 2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon took place with the theme "TOGETHER." Girls' Generation Yoona, 2PM Junho and Jang Sung Kyu were the hosts for the event.
The song festival's lineup of performers included Brave Girls, NU'EST, Red Velvet, NCT 127, Oh My Girl, NCT Dream, ASTRO, ITZY, aespa, The Boyz, ATEEZ, STAYC, IVE, ENHYPEN, Stray Kids, and TOMORROW X TOGETHER.
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Several K-pop soloists also performed at the 2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon such as SHINee Key, WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn), (G)I-DLE Minnie, SF9 Taeyang, Simon D, LOCO, former IZ*ONE member Lee Chae Yeon, GRAY, and Lee Hi.
According to Nielsen Korea, MBC's year-end song festival took first place on the list of most-watched programs that aired on Friday. The broadcast even recorded the network's all-time highest viewership rating of 7.4%.
Here are the Solo and Group Performances at the 2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon:
1. Song Gain - "Dream" and "I Like Trot"
2. TAN - "Last Chance"
3. IVE - "ELEVEN"
4. SWJA - "Run With Me"
5. NCT U - "Universe"
6. NORAZO - "Buy Now Think Later"
7. Brave Girls - "Chi Mat Ba Ram"
8. aespa - "Savage" and "Dreams Come True"
9. MSG WANNABE (JSDK) - "Only You" and "Foolish Love"
10. MAMAMOO Hwasa - "Maria" + "I'm a B"
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11. ITZY - "LOCO"
12. Oh My Girl - "Dun Dun Dance (Disco version)"
13. MAMAMOO - "Yes I Am" + "Décalcomanie" + "Um Oh Ah Yeh" + "mumumumuch"
14. Red Velvet - "Queendom"
15. Stray Kids - "Only You"
16. 10CM - "Go Back"
17. Lim Young Woong - "My Starry Love"
18. NCT 127 - "Sticker"
19. NCT Dream - "Hot Sauce"
Here are the Special and Collab Stages at the 2021 MBC Gayo Jaejejeon:
1. Girls' Generation YoonA and 2PM Junho - "Señorita"
2. STAYC Seeun, Yoon and J - "Twinkle" (original by Girls' Generation-TTS)
3. ITZY Yeji x (G)I-DLE Miyeon x Kim Minju x IVE Jang Wonyoung and Yujin - "Rum Pum Pum Pum"
4. Aiki x Jeon Soyeon (of (G)I-DLE) x After School - "Same Same, Different"
5. Lee Mu Jin x Hwasa (of MAMAMOO) - "Traffic Light"
6. STAYC x Celeb Five - "WHATTA LIFE"
7. ASTRO Cha Eunwoo x Yang Hee Eun - "Autumn Morning"
8. Yang Hee Eun x MAMAMOO Solar x Red Velvet Wendy x Oh My Girl Hyojung - "Let's Go to Happy Land"
9. Sangyeon x Younghoon x Hyeonjae - "Let's Go See the Stars"
10. Stray Kids Bang Chan, Felix x ITZY Lia - "City of Stars"
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11. SWJA x Oh My Girl Hyojung, YooA, and Seunghee - "Dolphin"
12. NCT Jungwoo, Mark x SF9 Chani x Stray Kids Lee Know, Hyunjin - "Snow Prince"
13. 10CM x Red Velvet Joy - "Love in the Milky Way Café"
14. Kim Yeonja x ASTRO MJ, Jinjin x IVE - "Amor Fati"
15. The Boyz - "Kill This Love" (original by BLACKPINK)
16. Kim Yeonja x All Performers - "In the Country of Morning"
17. YB x NCT Taeil, Doyoung, Jungwoo, and Haechan - "A Flying Butterfly"
18. Hosts and All Performers - "Superstar"
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Written by Mhaliya Scott