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Dancing 9
Promotional poster
Presented by	Oh Sang-jin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	25
Production
Production company	SM C&C
Original release
Network	Mnet Channel M (SE Asia)
Release	July 20, 2013 (2013-07-20) – June 5, 2015 (2015-06-05)

Dancing 9 (Korean: 댄싱9) is a South Korean dance survival program by Mnet. 18 contestants are divided into two teams, Blue Eye and Red Wings with 9 members each. A live performance each week where the two teams perform will determine the winner. A prize of 100 million won will be given to the winning team with 300 million won worth of support for dance performances. The person chosen as the MVP will also receive a 100 million won worth of additional benefits.

The two teams also have coaches or masters who are dance experts in a specific field.

The show is hosted by Oh Sang-jin and the theme song of the show was sung by SPICA.

Season 1

Masters

Teams

Blue Eye

• Captain: Eum Moon-suk (32) - Krumping
  • Lee Eun-hye (20) - Dancesport
  • Lee Ji-eun (20) - Jazz Dance
  • Kim Soo-ro (27) - Dancesport
  • Hong Sung-sik (30) - B-boying
  • Kim Sol-hee (20) - Krumping
  • Kim Myung-gyu (28) - Modern Ballet
  • Han Sun-chun (25) - Modern Dance
  • Lee Jun-yong (30) - Hip-Hop

Red Wings

• Captain: Ha Hui-dong (35) - B-boying
  • Yeo Eun-ji (22) - Waacking
  • So Mun-jung (18) - Dancesport
  • Kim Hong-in (19) - Dancesport
  • So Young-mo (33) - Street Dance
  • Nam Jin-hyun (24) - Modern Dance
  • Lee Sun-tae (26) - Modern Dance
  • Lee Luda (28) - Ballet
  • Ryu Jin-wook (31) - Modern Dance

On the show's finale which was held on October 6, 2013, Red Wings was declared the winner of the two teams and Red Wings' Ha Hui-dong from the B-boy group T.I.P was declared the MVP.

Season 2

Mnet announced that the show would be returning for another season and has opened up a global casting call. Red Wings masters from the first season Lee Min-woo, Woo Hyun-young and Park Ji-woo would be returning as masters for Red Wings. Season 1 winner Ha Hui-dong would be joining them. On April 1, 2014, Mnet released a teaser introducing Jay Park (Park Jae-bum) as Blue Eye's new street and K-pop master. He will be joining Park Ji-eun and Lee Yong-woo who returned as Blue Eye's masters for the second season and another new dance master, actor Kim Su-ro. The show's second season premiered on June 13.

Masters

Teams

Blue Eye

• Captain: Yoon Jeon-il (28) - Ballet
  • Kim Seol-jin (34) - Modern Dance
  • Ahn Nam-geun (29) - Modern Dance
  • Kim Ki-soo (28) - B-boying
  • Lee Ji-eun (30) - Dancesport
  • Im Saet-byul (28) - Modern Dance
  • Kim Tae-hyun (25) - Krumping
  • Park In-soo (23) - B-boying
  • Choi Nam-mi (22) - Waacking

Red Wings

• Captain: Shin Kyu-sang (30) - B-boying
  • Son Byung-hyun (32) - House
  • Lee Yoon-hee (30) - Modern Dance
  • Choi Soo-jin (30) - Modern Dance
  • Kim Kyung-il (28) - Modern Dance
  • Lee Yoo-min (29) - Locking
  • Yoon Na-ra (26) - Modern Dance
  • Ahn Hye-sang (24) - Dancesport
  • Park Jung-eun (18) - Street Dance

Final Battles

Pre-1st Final Battle

Opponent team pick songs

• MC: Din-Din
• DJ: Jung Jin-wook
• Judge: Cha Jin-yeob, Lee Yoon-kyung, Hong Se-Jung, Kim Yong-soo, Lee Woo-Sung, Kim Hak-soo (G-haksu), Jo Seung-ho
• Theme: Water Dance
• Result: Red Wings vs Blue Eye (1-6) Blue Eye WIN, Blue Eye got score 3 for 1st Final Battle

1st Final League Dream Match

• Judge: Cha Jin-yeob, Lee Yoon-kyung, Hong Se-Jung, Kim Yong-soo, Lee Woo-Sung, Kim Hak-soo (G-haksu), Jo Seung-ho

Final Result

Pre-2nd Final Battle

• Judge: Matthew Jessner, Emma Delmenico, James Cooper
• Result: Red Wings vs Blue Eye (3-0) Red Wings WIN, Red Wings got score 3 for 2nd Final Battle

2nd Final League Master Match

• Judge: Kim Ji Young, Cha Jin Yeob, Kim Young Jin, Hong Se Jeong, Lee Woo Seong, Boogaloo Kin, Jo Seung Ho

Final Result

Pre-3rd Final Battle

• Judge: Nam Kyung-joo, Jamal Sims, Dondraico Johnson
• Theme: The Original
• Result: Red Wings vs Blue Eye (0-3) Blue Eye WIN, Blue Eye got score 3 for 3rd Final Battle

3rd Final League Mix Match

• Judge: Jamal Sims, Kim Ji-young, Cha Jin-yeob, Kim Seong-young, Hong Se-jeong, Lee Woo-Seong, Jo Seung-ho

Final Result

Season finale

On August 16, 2014, with a final score of 1-2, Blue Eye was declared the winner and Blue Eye's Kim Seol-jin was declared the MVP of the second season.

References

1. ^ "Dancing 9". CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
2. "'댄싱9' MVP 하휘동 "아버지 개인택시 사드릴것" ('Dancing 9' MVP Ha Hwi-dong "I will buy my father a personal taxi")". Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
3. "Lee Min Woo Keeps His Spot On 'Dancing 9' For Season 2". kpopstarz. 2014-03-12. Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
4. "'Dancing 9' introduces its new Blue Eye master Jay Park through a teaser video". Allkpop. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
5. "'Dancing 9' announces winning team and MVP on its season finale". Allkpop. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-19.

• 2013 South Korean television series debuts
• Dance competition television shows
• South Korean game shows
• Korean-language television shows
• Mnet (TV channel) original programming
• Television series by SM C&C