Wait — the Lee Seung-gi that lived in my head this whole time was literally just the impersonators lololol crying
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아니 진짜로 내가 생각했던 관념적 이승기는 다 모창자였음 ㅋㅋㅠㅠ
funnytheqoo
Hidden Singer · S1E17
Seven votes. Out of a hundred. That's how many audience members correctly identified Lee Seung-gi on his own show — a result so catastrophic it's already being called one of Hidden Singer's all-time worst recognition rates. The votes broke down like this: contestant #1 (the real Seung-gi) got 7, contestant #2 got 44, and contestant #3 swept 49. Fans watching live and at home were equally lost, with the KakaoTalk OnAir poll [Hidden Singer's real-time second-screen voting feature] also producing historically low accuracy. The cruelest irony: contestant #3 was nailing Lee Seung-gi's signature vocal scratch — that raspy, gritty catch he does at the top of high notes — so convincingly that viewers were actively eliminating the real Lee Seung-gi *because* he didn't sound scratchy enough. 히든싱어 [Hidden Singer] is a format where the original artist hides among four trained impersonators and a live audience of 100 tries to vote them out. The entire premise depends on the artist's voice being recognizable — which makes a 7/100 result not just a funny outcome but a genuine question about how much Lee Seung-gi's voice has evolved since his peak years. Korean fans noted that singers aging into their 30s and 40s tend to go one of two directions: vibrato gets heavier, or the voice thins out. Seung-gi, it seems, went the latter route. "I'm a Seung-gi fan and honestly, 'Doeollida' [his signature ballad] has never once sounded live the way it does on the recording — like, not even once lololol" — the top comment, delivered with the exhausted affection only a longtime stan can muster. What stings isn't the losing. It's that the impersonators had better access to the Lee Seung-gi fans remember.
6d ago
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Lee Seung-gi received only 7 out of 100 audience votes — one of the lowest correct identification rates in Hidden Singer history
Hidden Singer pits the original artist against four trained impersonators; a live audience of 100 votes to eliminate who they think is fake. Getting only 7 votes as the real artist is a near-unprecedented failure of recognition.
Contestant #3 mimicking Lee Seung-gi's signature vocal scratch so accurately that fans were eliminating the real Seung-gi for not sounding scratchy enough
The 'scratch' (긁는소리) refers to Lee Seung-gi's distinctive raspy catch on high notes — one of his most recognized vocal signatures from his early career
Fans comparing the live performance of 'Doeollida' to the studio recording and finding the original track clearly superior
'Doeollida' (되돌리다 / 'Turn Back') is one of Lee Seung-gi's most beloved ballads; fans note he has reportedly never performed it live in a way that matches the studio version
Fan analysis noting Lee Seung-gi's voice has thinned and his technique has shifted — making him sound like a different artist entirely to people who know his older work
Korean fans referenced a previous Hidden Singer episode (Jung In's episode) where vocal coaches explained that experienced singers develop a distinct 'spatial quality' to their sound — a detail fans are now applying to diagnose what's changed in Seung-gi's voice
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💬 Korean Fan Comments (14)
Seung-gi fans will tell you he has literally never once performed 'Doeollida' the way the studio recording sounds — not a single time in his entire career ㅋㅋㅋㅋ [fifty more ㅋ's of defeated laughter]
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@4 이승기 팬들이 되돌리다는 음원처럼 부른적이 한번도없댘ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
insightfultheqoo
Historic fail on the KakaoTalk live poll AND historic fail in the actual venue ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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케톡 온에어도 역대급으로 못 맞히고 현장에서도 역대급으로 못 맞힘ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
funnytheqoo
It's so obviously #1 though? Someone on the Jung In episode said professional singers have a distinct 'spatial quality' to their voice — and on top of that, when singers age they go one of two ways: the vibrato intensifies, or the voice thins out. He clearly went the thin route.
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너무 1번인데? 정인편에서 누가 가수들은 공간감이 달라진댔는데 그것도 그렇고 가수들 나이들면 비브라토 심해지거나 목소리 가늘어지거나 둘중에 하나더라고
insightfultheqoo
Contestant #3 is out here nailing even Seung-gi's little vocal scratch ㅋㅋ
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3번분이 이승기 긁는소리까지 잘따리하시는데ㅋㅋ
funnytheqoo
I was sitting there going 'Lee Seung-gi isn't even here' and then Lee Seung-gi walked out ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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이승기 없는데? 하고 보다보니 이승기가 나오네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
funnytheqoo
It's #1 — his voice has gotten thinner and his technique has really changed. If you're going off the songs you remember from back then, you'd never find him.
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1번이네 이승기가 목소리가 좀 얇아지고 창법이 바뀌었더라 옛날 들었던 노래 생각하면 못찾아
insightfultheqoo
None of them felt right but #2 seemed closest — which is wild. Didn't Seung-gi used to have more of a metallic edge to his voice? He sounded softer than expected. Almost like Yang Yoseop [BEAST/B2ST's main vocalist, known for his smooth, clear tone].
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다 아닌거 같고 걍 2번이 그나마 비슷하다고 생각했는데 신기하네... 이승기 원래 좀 쇳소리 나지않았나 생각보다 너무 미성이라 당황스럽네 뭔 양요섭같이 들림
insightfultheqoo
Seung-gi, why won't you just sing it like the recording… the studio version of 'Doeollida' is the real one, the definitive one.
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승기야 왜 음원처럼 안불러주는거니 되돌리다는 음원이 레알이야
emotionaltheqoo
This is genuinely hard — #1 doesn't even sound like the Lee Seung-gi I know ㅠㅋㅋ
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어렵다; 1번도 내가아는 이승기 목소리아님ㅠㅋㅋ
emotionaltheqoo
I was watching last night convinced it was #2. The actual vote breakdown: #1 (Lee Seung-gi) — 7 votes. #2 — 44 votes. #3 — 49 votes.
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난 어제 방송보면서 2번인줄알았어 실제투표결과 1번(이승기):7표 2번:44표 3번:49표 이랬어
insightfultheqoo
Wait I was SO sure it was #1 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ — though I'll admit #2 genuinely sounds like the studio version.
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뭐야 너무 1번이라 생각했는뎈ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 2번이 ㄹㅇ 음원같긴하다
insightfultheqoo
I was absolutely certain #1 was out. Was torn between #2 and #3 — then #3's ending phrase sounded SO much like Seung-gi I figured #3 must be the imitator, picked #2, and… it was #1.
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1번은 무조건 아니고 2번 3번인가 했는데 3번이 끝부분이 너무 이승기같아서 3번이 그 모창자구나!!! 해서 2번했는데 1번이었..
funnytheqoo
Even accounting for vocal changes over time — the studio audience sat through three rounds of hearing these voices. At a professional singer's level, the technique and fine details should still give them away eventually. Seven votes makes me genuinely curious what the atmosphere in that room was like.
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근데 아무리 원조가수가 옛날과 창법이 달라지거나 음원과 다르게 부른다고 해도 1-3라운드 동안 방청객들이 들으면서 학습된 목소리가 있고 기본적으로 프로 가수 레벨이면 아무리 절었다 해도 발성이나 디테일에서 티가 나기 마련인데 7표가 나왔다는게 현장에서 어땠을지 궁금함..
insightfultheqoo