K-Pop Star Hunt
Contestant Nickname Age Country Audition Rank
Ngô Đặng Thu Giang Giang 22 Vietnam Top 16
Leona Ho Leona 18 Hong Kong Top 16
Tsai Chih-Ang Chih-Ang 27 Taiwan Top 16
Saika Maeda Saika 20 Japan Top 16
Shimali De Silva Shimali 13 Hong Kong Top 12
Anthea Wang Yi Thong Anthea 16 Singapore Top 12
Isarapa Thawatpakdee Tarwarn 15 Thailand Top 12
Nguyễn Diệu Hương Trang Hương Trang 22 Vietnam Top 12
Rendy Lauwandy Rendy 20 Singapore Top 8
Nur Shazreen Binti Sharupidin Eryn 18 Malaysia Top 8
Miku Ishida Miku 22 Japan Top 8
Tanya Tai Tanya 21 Taiwan Top 5
Liahona Flores Liahona 15 Philippines Top 5
Sheila Eunice Ona Sheila 21 Philippines Top 3
Khairul Najmuddin Bin Abu Samah Erul 20 Malaysia Runner-up
Kawintida Sujindaporn Ling Ling 15 Thailand Won
Season 2 ( 2012-2013 )
Kpop Star Hunt Season 2 Official Logo Following the phenomenally successful talent show of Season 1 , K-pop Star Hunt Season 2 proudly announces Malaysia , Japan and Vietnam as the sixth , seventh and eighth auditioning country along with Singapore , Hong Kong , Taiwan , Thailand and the Philippines . The ultimate winner of K-Pop Star Hunt Season 2 will receive an intensive professional training for K-POP singer by CJ E & M and CUBE Entertainment , along with an album release and even a chance to make a debut stage appearance on 2013 MAMA , the leading international music award show in Korea . Countries that Season Auditions were held at : Hong Kong Singapore Thailand Philippines Taiwan Vietnam Malaysia Japan Contestants : ( ages are at time of competition ) :
K-POP Star Hunt was a regional competition that captured the popularity of Korean popular music (K-Pop) in Asia, and gave the Asian viewers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a K-Pop star. K-pop Star Hunt was organized by CJ E&M and Fox International. The show was broadcast in southeast Asia by the main channel, Channel M (previously known as tvN Asia) and also other channels such as Star World Asia, Channel [V] and Mnet in South Korea. K-pop Star Hunt Seasons 1 and 2 has worked with Cube Entertainment in searching for the next K-pop star. FNC Entertainment took over as the star hunter in Season 3. The eventual winner of Season 1 was Sorn (Thailand), while Season 2's winner was Ling Ling, also from Thailand. Andy of Taiwan was crowned as the winner for Season 3.