I Am a Singer
I Am a Singer (Korean: 나는 가수다; RR: Naneun Gasuda) is a popular South Korean singing competition program; a part of MBC's Sunday Night lineup. Seven talented, veteran Korean singers perform for a selected audience, which votes to eliminate one singer after each week's performance. The following week, another singer joins the competition, and the lineup of artists varies throughout the course of the show. The program ended its first season on February 19, 2012. Its second season ended in May 2012. Its third season ended on April 24, 2015.
| I Am a Singer | |
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I Am a Singer's logo (Korean) | |
| Also known as | Korean: 나는 가수다; RR: Naneun Gasuda |
| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | Kim Yong Hee MBC |
| Presented by | Yoon Jong-shin |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 3 (Regular Series) 4 (Specials) |
| No. of episodes | Season 1: 48 Season 2: 35 Season 3: 13 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Shin Jung-su Kim Yu-gon Lee Beong-huk Jun Sung-ho Kim Ming-jong |
| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC |
| Release | March 6, 2011 – present |
| Related | |
| Sunday Night | |
I Am a Singer differs from other televised music competitions in that the participants are all veteran musicians who have established music careers varying from mega stardom to relative obscurity. Due to this fact, and because none of the accomplished singers desire to be voted last amongst their peers and eliminated, the level of performance is usually high and acclaimed by critics and viewers alike.