This year’s theme of the “2020 KBS Song Festival” was decided as “Connect,” meaning that K-pop singers and fans would not be able to meet with “music” in a world where everything has been reversed due to COVID-19.
TVXQ’s U-Know Yunho, ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo and actress Shin Ye-eun were selected as MCs, while BTS, Park Jin-young X Sun-mi, TWICE, Taemin, Paul Kim, Seventeen, Kim Yeon-ja X Seol-woon-do, NCT, and Jesse X Jackson were named in the lineup.
KBS goes beyond time and space and connects to various media stages and only “Connect” theme is “Connect.”Expectations are rising for what kind of performance will be waiting for viewers while predicting special stages that will only be unveiled at the Great Festival.”
Meanwhile, on the 17th of December, a day before the 2020 KBS Song Festival, NCT and SEVENTEEN were pre-emptively tested for COVID 19 and the pre-recording was canceled.
Earlier in the day, Golden Child’s Jaehyun found out that the line of movement overlaps with the confirmed person at the shop and conducted a pre-emptive inspection, and was confirmed to be COVID-19. NCT and SEVENTEEN also confirmed that their positions overlapped with makeup staff and confirmed patients, and were examined for the preemptive response.
KBS said, “The pre-recording session on the 17th is based on the quarantine guidelines and safety is the top priority. While the broadcast will also be broadcast without any problems, attention is being paid to whether NCT and Seventeen will be able to be seen at the 2020 KBS Song Festival.