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The Strongest K-Pop Survival (lit. K-Pop: The Ultimate Audition) also known as K-Pop Extreme Survival is a South Korean television series starring Park Yoo-hwan and Go Eun-ah, with Kwak Yong-hwan. It aired on Channel A from March 19 to May 1, 2012 for 14 episodes at 20:50 (KST) every Monday and Tuesday.

Synopsis
This drama shows the passions of young people who dream of being the best idol stars and their love story. Kang Woo-hyun (Park Yoo-hwan) is the leader and most popular member of idol boy band M2. He acts like a sweet person, but he is actually mean and arrogant.

Meanwhile, Ji Seung-yeon (Go Eun-ah) plays classic piano at a music school in England. Because Seung-Yeon decided to play Beethoven in her own way, the school kicked her out. On her flight back to Korea, Seung-Yeon vomits on Woo Hyun, who is returning to Korea after a concert in England. Ji Seung-yeon dreams of becoming a hip-hop legend and unexpected events set her on the path to achieve just that, although there is an added obstacle - she has to dress up as a boy in order to join a male idol group. In the process, she meets Kang Woo-hyun, the leader of the popular idol group, M2, who captivates fans with a killer smile that masks his rude and selfish personality.

Back in Seoul, Seung-Yeon stays at Ji-Woo's (Kwak Yong-Hwan) house and does not tell her parents that she is back. Seung-Yeon and Ji-Woo are best friends. Ji-Woo is a trainee at Sunny Management Company.Their challenge and the taste thrill of the reality of Survival Audition and idol's splendid performance is highly impressive. CEO Jang manages the first entertainment company in Korea entitled 'Sunny Entertainment' and makes up a group name M2.

Sunny Management decides to overhaul boy band M2 with new members. The present members will be "graduated," but fans of M2 oppose the idea and demonstrate outside of Sunny Management's office. Sunny Management holds an audition, which Ji-Woo takes part in. Due to being nervous, Ji-Woo fails his audition. His audition video is posted on the internet. This riles up fans of M2 even more, complaining how the applicants are worse. CEO Jang Hyun-suk (Hong Kyung-Min), president of Sunny Management, holds a press conference and announces that they will pick new members of 2 through fan voting. A survival audition is then held.

Eight members of M2 Junior are selected in the audition and have to perform in a concert on the stage of their exclusive theater once a month in order to be the formal member of M2. They came through a competition of 6,500 to be the final 8 members of M2 and challenged the Survival Audition to become the formal members.

Main

 * Park Yoo-hwan as Kang Woo-hyun (M2 leader)


 * He is the leader of M2. He is a cute and sweet guy who has a dual and pretentious personality. He falls in love with Seung-yeon without knowing her real identity.


 * Go Eun-ah as Ji Seung-yeon


 * She is one of the M2 Junior's member. She is passionate and talented girl. She is also an easy-going and generous person in the group. Her major is in Piano. She left Royal Collage of Music to become a popular idol star in Korea.


 * Kwak Yong-hwan as Kwon Ji-woo


 * He is M2 Junior's main vocalist. He has a handsome look and great body figure but really nervous in front of many people. He has a crush on Seung-yeon.

M2 Junior Members

 * Song Se-hyun as Kim Hyun-seung (M2 Junior leader)
 * Mino as Park Ki-bum
 * Jin-hyuk as Yoon Jae-ah
 * Jo Yoon-woo as Han Dong-woo
 * Kevin as Kang Chang-min
 * Maeng Se-Chang as Jang Tae-kwon

Sunny Entertainment

 * Hong Kyung-min as CEO Jang Hyun-suk
 * Park Hyo-joo as Team Leader Han Jung-eun
 * Lee Sang-joon as Jang Suk
 * Ali as Teacher Park
 * Shin Seo-kyung as Lee Soon-yeon

Other people

 * Kim Eun-jung (member of the Jewelry band) as Ri Ah / Oh In-young (a great celebrity that represents the whole nation. Ex-girlfriend Kang Woo-hyun)
 * Kim Young-ok as Ji-woo's grandmother
 * Han Yeo-wool as nurse
 * Lee Chang-yong as Director Hong
 * Kim Dong-seok
 * Hong Seung-hui

Special appearances

 * Kan Mi-youn
 * U-KISS
 * T-ARA
 * MBLAQ
 * Choshinsung

Production

 * The drama is directed by Lee Jung-pyo and written by Moon Sun-hee.
 * 16 episodes were originally planned, but this was later reduced to 14.
 * Park Yoo Chun & Park Yoo Hwan’s father passed away on 14/March/2012 while they are filming for Rooftop Prince (SBS) & The Strongest K-POP Survival (Channel A) which will be airing on 21/March/2012 & 19/March/2012. (Funeral)

Ratings
Source: AGB Nielsen

''*** Note: This drama is aired on Pay-TV channel which has fewer viewers than Free-TV channels. So, please don’t be surprised with the low rating. ***''