The Second American K-Pop Contest

With the cooperation of Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles and KBS America, the Second American K-Pop Contest was held on Friday, June 8th at the Zipper Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles. Total of 14 teams of 18 contestants competed for the tickets to Korea. This year, contestants’ level including singing skills and Korean pronunciation was greatly improved than from the contestants who performed last year. From an 8 year old girl to a young man in early 30’s, the range of the contestants’ age was wide. The winners of the contest were  Angky Budiardjono and Arlene Budiardjono  - both are siblings. They won 2 Asiana Air tickets to Korea and MusicBank, a Korean TV Music show program as their awards. They will also perform at the K-Pop World Festival as representatives of  Los Angeles which will take place in ChangWon, Korea. 21 year old K-pop lover, John Lorigan who sung ‘Goodbye Baby’ by Miss A won the second place and Russell Argenal (23) and Joselyn Arciaga(20) took the third place.

-Contestants and songs
Patricia Davis: 아파 (2NE1)
Angky & Arlene Budiardjono: 헤븐 (에일리)
Tara Louise: 너와 나 (아이유)
John Lorigan: 굿바이 베이비 (미스 A)
Susie Famisan: 길에서 (나비)
Daphne Ferreiro: 남자답게 (플라이 투더 스카이)
Misty Ngo & Vivan Pham & Tory Cordoso: Cry Cry (티아라)
Dany Pham: 사랑한다는 흔한 말 (김연우)
Bianca Janian: Suddenly (김보경)
Kiwi: I Don’g Care (2NE1)
Chanelle: 트윙클 (태티서)
Eric Dong: 응급실 (이지)
Alexa Cordero: 그 여자 (백지영)
Russell Argenal & Joselyn Arciaga: 트러블메이커 (현아, 현승)