58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen

The 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (第58回NHK紅白歌合戦), referred to from here on as "Kōhaku," aired on December 31, 2007, on NHK Hall in Japan.

The music show on New Year's Eve is broadcast on both television and radio, and divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. Air time was from 19:20 to 23:45 (with an interruption from 21:25 to 21:30 for news). All times are JST.

Chairpersons

 * Red team host: Masahiro Nakai
 * White team host: Tsurube Shōfukutei
 * Mediators: Kazuya Matsumoto and Miki Sumiyoshi
 * Radio announcers: Sen Odagiri and Ai Tsukahara

Results
The winners were the shirogumi, the white team, which was revealed by illuminating the darkened Tokyo Tower in blue-white light.

Viewing percentages in the Kantō region were 32.8% for the first section and 39.5% for the second.

Judges

 * Aoi Miyazaki
 * Momoko Ueda
 * Hideki Okajima
 * Isao Aoki
 * Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
 * Yui Aragaki
 * Ken Mogi
 * Mariko Bando
 * Tomonori Jinnai