Monday, October 1, 2007

Jang Dong-gun and Jeon Ji-hyun, most popular actors for 2nd half of 2007

[Yonhap News, 2007-10-01 19:37]



Jang Dong-gun and Jeon Ji-hyun have been selected as the most popular male and female actors for the 2nd half of 2007. The most popular in singer section are Rain and Lee Hyo-ri while Yoo Jae-suk and Shin Bong-sun are the most popular in the comedian section.

Marketing research firm Lee’s PR & Research Ltd announced the result of entertainer popularity survey that was conducted on 1,319 people aged 13 to 65 in 5 big cities nationwide from 25 to 31 August 2007.

In the male actor section, Jang Dong-gun defended his No 1 position which he has held since 2nd half of 2005 with 20.4% ( Translator’s Note: should be 1st half of 2005). Gong Yoo of MBC drama “Coffee Prince” took the 2nd place with 13.6%, No 3 is Jo In-sung (8.6%). Others in the top ten include Choi Soo-jong, Kwan Sang-woo, Ahn Sung-ki, Jong Il-woo, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Jun-ki and Bae Yong-joon.

In the female actor section, Jeon Ji-hyun rose to No. 1 with 9.3% from No.6 in the 1st half of the year. Lee Young-ae maintained her No.2 position with 9.1%. Yoon Eun-hye who became very popular through drama “Coffee Prince” rose to 3rd place with 8.8%. She was followed by Kim Tae-hee, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Hye-soo, Han Ga-in, Ha Hee-ra, Kim Ah-jung and Song Hye-kyo.

In the male singer section, Rain with 22.8% support votes took No.1 position for the 5th consecutive time. SG Wannabe (9.1%) the only ballad singer in top 10 took the 2nd place. They were followed by Tae Jina, Sol Woon-do and Super Junior.

For the female singers, Lee Hyo-ri (17.7%) defended her 1st position since 2nd half of 2006. She was followed by Ivy (13.6%), Chae Yeon (11.6%), BoA and Jang Yoon-jung.

In the male comedian section, Yoo Jae-suk enjoyed overwhelming popularity with 40.4%, while Kang Ho-dong (13.4%) and Park Myung-soo (8.5%) held 2nd and 3rd places. They were followed by Shin Dong-yub and Jung Hyung-don who made half of 6 MCs in MBC ‘Infinite Challenge’ included in top 5 list.

For female comedians, Shin Bong-sun who held 8th place at first half of 2007 rose to 1st place with 20.9%, Jo Hye-run (17.1%) and Kang Yoo-mi (14.5%) took 2nd and 3rd places. They were followed by Kim Mi-hwa and Jung Sun-hee.

For sportsman and sportswoman sections, Park Ji-sung and Pak Se-ri were selected as the most popular. Park Ji-sung with 32.1% support votes cleared away Lee Seung-yub (18.7%) and Park Tae-hwan (14.7%). Pak Se-ri with 40.9% beat Kim Yun-a (31.2%) who was No. 1 at 1st half of 2007. Michelle Wie took the 3rd place.

Reported by Kang Jong-hoon, double@yna.co.kr
Translated from: http://news.naver.com/news

The most popular male actors from 2005 to 2007:

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