When news broke out that CSJH will not be performing in SMTown Thailand, a lot of people were disappointed. Not only were Shapleys given the short end of the stick by announcing their group's cancellation ONE DAY before the concert, but also a lot of people who were anticipating the collaborations with these talented 4 ladies were also left high and dry.
Thailand Shapleys outside the Arena:
So a lot of people had high hopes that the spots left by The Grace will be rightfully given to those deserving of such slots (i.e. Zhang Li Yin). After all, talent must EQUAL talent.
So imagine our surprise when news surfaced of SNSD's Sunny came out doing the famous JaeNa duet "Scars Deeper than Love" with DBSK's Hero Jaejoong.
Not only that...
It would seem that most of the spots that CSJH left open were given to... yep, you guessed it right...
SNSD
They performed the following songs:
1. Into the New World
2. Baby baby
3. Complete
4. Can You Hear Me? - Mr. Tae's solo
5. Kissing You
6. Girls Generation
7. Gee
8. Way to Go
And as I mentioned, Sunny's duet...
We do have reports coming in from our fellow STANDers who went to watch the concert, that apparently, Sunny LIPSYNCHED in her duet with Jaejoong. Fan accounts from Baidu also mentioned technical difficulties during their duet and that the "microphone was not good"... well... what can one expect from someone who can't sing for her dear life. The only reason I see why she was even there in the first place is because of her dear UNCLE Lee Soo Man, the owner of SM Entertainment.
If there was one person who can actually do justice to Lina's performance for that song, it's no other that Zhang Li Yin... but poor girl had to again stick to the background. Apparently, she sang only 3 songs... some accounts even say only 2... As opposed to SNSD's 8 +
And if that still wasn't enough, guess who replaced Stephanie in the Dance Battle?
Yup.. you guys guessed it again...
SNSD
Yuri danced to a Hillary Duff song during the dance battle.
And of course let us not forget HyoYeon who was originally on the list.
So how many exposures for SNSD are we looking at now?
Total?
ELEVEN
Pre-ordained? Probably... SM must have been pretty desperate to push his nine plastics to Thai fans' faces. After all, if the rest of the world don't want his girls, he'll stuff them to the only place they will most likely feel welcomed.
Too bad he did an overkill... so much so that his desperation is clearly showing.
How desperate? When SNSD gets to perform more songs than (if not same number as) one of the biggest act in the concert... say DBSK?
For those in the know, not including the SMTown songs, DBSK performed 8-9 songs (two of which were duets) and 2 participated in the Dance Battle:
1. Hug
2. One Love - Eunhyuk + Junsu
3. O
4. Mirotic
5. Purple Line
6. Love in the Ice
7. Scars Deeper than Love - Jaejoong duet
8. Rising Sun
9. Sky (?)
10. Dance Battle - Yunho and Junsu
I did not include the Suju+DBSK special showdowns. For reasons pretty clear...
This must be why LSM decided to totally cut off CSJH in the concert...
To give more exposure to SNSD.
And if the Sunny collaboration is warmly met, who knows what else he will have up his sleeve?
I just hope Thailand fans know what they got themselves into.
We will keep you guys updated on more pictures and videos later on.
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Much thanks to crystallizedreverie and fishyiluffyou for the updates
chocohippo, pinkrebel18 and fishyiluffyou for the pictures
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