2017 KBS Song Festival

2017 KBS Song Festival
Also known as	KBS Gayo Daechukje
Presented by	EXO's Chanyeol; Red Velvet’s Irene; BTS’s Jin; TWICE’s Sana; MAMAMOO’s Solar; SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu; GFRIEND’s Yerin; Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
Starring	BTS; EXO; SEVENTEEN; Wanna One; Red Velvet; MAMAMOO; GFRIEND; TWICE; Hwang Chi-yeul; HyunA; The Unit
Production
Production location(s)	KBS Hall; Seoul, South Korea
Production company(s)	Korean Broadcasting System
Release
Original network	KBS 2TV; KBS World
Original release	December 29, 2017 ; 20:30
Chronology
Preceded by	2016 KBS Song Festival
Followed by	2018 KBS Song Festival
External links
	Website

The 2017 KBS Song Festival was the 8th edition of KBS Song Festival, held on December 29, 2017, live from KBS Hall.

This year's theme was “Concert and Confessions”, with the confessions part stated as a double meaning of "Confessions of the heart and Go Back" and will give stars a special opportunity to open their hearts up to fans as they send off 2017.

Broadcast

On December 7, 2017, it was announced that the 8th KBS Song Festival will air on December 29 and will be held at KBS Hall. It was also revealed, that unlike previous years, this time the show will be in a smaller scale as a Music Bank end-of-year episode, due to the ongoing KBS strike.[1][2]

On December 15, it was revealed that only eight teams have been invited to the show. The teams are BTS, SEVENTEEN, EXO, Wanna One, Red Velvet, MAMAMOO, GFRIEND, and TWICE, with additional participation of the mentors of KBS2's The Unit, including Hwang Chi Yeol, HyunA, and Taemin. It also stated that theme for this year will be "Concert and Confessions" and will feel like a mini-concert.[3]

A few days later, it was announced that a representative from each group will be a host with the first half presented by Red Velvet's Irene, BTS's Jin, EXO's Chanyeol, and TWICE's Sana and the second half presented by MAMAMOO's Solar, SEVENTEEN's Mingyu, GFRIEND's Yerin, and Wanna One's Kang Daniel.[4] On December 25, it was confirmed that Taemin will not be performing on this edition due to various circumstances.[5]

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Part 1
All Performers	"Music is My Life"
MAMAMOO	"Mr. Ambiguos" "Piano Man" "Um Oh Ah Yeah" 2017 Hit Song Medley "Yes I Am"
SEVENTEEN	"Don't Wanna Cry" (Orch Ver.) "Habit", Vocal Unit "Check-In", Hip Hop Unit "Who", Performance Unit "BOOMBOOM" (Rock Ver.) "Clap" (Remix Ver.)
GFRIEND	"Fingertip" "Just A Feeling" (S.E.S. Cover) "Me Gustas Tu" "Love Whisper"
HyunA	"Red" "Lip & Hip"
Hwang Chi-yeul	"Confession" "A Daily Song"
Wanna One	"Energetic" "Never" "Burn It Up" "Beautiful" "Pick Me" (Concert Ver.)
Part 2
The Unit	"Stay" "Chained Up" "Who's Your Mama?" "My Turn"
Red Velvet	"Happily Ever After" "Rookie" "Peek-a-boo" "Red Flavor"
Twice	"Signal" (Remix Ver.) "Heart Shaker" "4 Minutes" "Greedy" "Knock Knock" (Carol Ver.) "Likey"
BTS	"Spring Day" "Lost" "BTS Cypher 4" "DNA" "Not Today"
EXO	"Call Me Baby" "Touch It" "For Life" "Ko Ko Bop" "Power"
All Performers	"Love and Remember"

References

"[단독]KBS 가요대축제, 29일 개최 확정…출연팀 대폭 준다" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
"[공식] KBS 측 "'가요대축제' 29일 개최 확정, 규모 축소될 것"" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
"[공식] KBS '가요대축제' 엑소부터 워너원까지…대세 8팀의 미니콘 본다" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
"엑소 찬열·방탄 진·워너원 강다니엘, 'KBS 가요대축제' MC" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
"[공식] 샤이니 태민,29일 '가요대축제' 불참... "휴식·안정 필요"" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-30.

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[1] "[단독]KBS 가요대축제, 29일 개최 확정…출연팀 대폭 준다" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-30.

[2] "[공식] KBS 측 "'가요대축제' 29일 개최 확정, 규모 축소될 것"" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-30.

[3] "[공식] KBS '가요대축제' 엑소부터 워너원까지…대세 8팀의 미니콘 본다" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-30.

[4] "엑소 찬열·방탄 진·워너원 강다니엘, 'KBS 가요대축제' MC" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

[5] "[공식] 샤이니 태민,29일 '가요대축제' 불참... "휴식·안정 필요"" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-12-30.