SBS PopAsia
| SBS PopAsia | |
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Non-stop Asian Pop
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| Genre | Music |
| Presented by | Andy Trieu |
| Country of origin |
Australia South Korea Japan Republic of China Vietnam Indonesia Mongolia Burma |
| Original language(s) | English Chinese Korean Japanese Vietnamese Bahasa Indonesia Burmese Thai |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Sydney, Australia |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Special Broadcasting Services (SBS) |
| Release | |
| Original network | SBS Viceland |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 2011 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
SBS PopAsia is an Australian music show that broadcasts 24/7 Asian pop hits on digital radio, online and on mobile devices. It debuted on Australian TV in late 2011 presenting back-to-back Asian Pop music videos hosted by Jamaica dela Cruz. Due to Jamaica dela Cruz's departure in 2016, the show is now hosted by Andy Trieu on SBS Viceland from 9am-10am on Sunday mornings. SBS PopAsia broadcasts music from across East and South East Asia (South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia) however there is heavy emphasis on music from South Korea as it is the most requested genre, which has been SBS's excuse since day one. PopAsia fans are called PopAsians.
SBS PopAsia began as a weekly two-hour segment on the SBS youth radio programme, Alchemy, as the Asian Pop Show. Due to growing popularity and increasing online fan engagement SBS PopAsia was launched as a 24-hour digital radio show in 2010. In late 2011, it debuted on free-to-air Australian TV in a two-hour timeslot on Sunday mornings from 9am. In 2013, the program was extended to three-and-a-half hours of prime-time broadcast across Saturday and Sunday evenings on SBS Viceland (formerly SBS2). In 2014, it reverted to its original 2 hour timeslot at 9am on Sundays. From March 13, 2016, it changed to a one-hour show on Sundays 10am-11am on the SBS Viceland channel.
SBS PopAsia is also a 24-hour digital radio station, which began in 2010. It is available on DAB digital radio across Australia, 24/7 streaming live online and via iPhone and Android mobile applications. During its weekday show, Hashtag Hits, SBS PopAsia regularly interviews Asian pop artists, reports on the latest Asian pop news and counts down the biggest hits as voted by Australia.
SBS PopAsia hosts a variety of segments and shows on digital radio:
Between 2011-2014, fans could tune into the digital radio show between 5-7pm where co-hosts Jamaica dela Cruz and MegaMatt would count down the biggest Asian Pop hits in Australia as voted on Twitter and Facebook. The show was replaced by Hashtag Hits in 2014 which introduced a system of live voting through hashtags on Twitter.
The Hashtag Hits show commenced in 2014. Every weekday, regular votes through Twitter and Facebook finalise the top 8 songs and a challenger. Live voting opens at 4.30pm (AEST) where listeners tweet or post on the Facebook wall the #Hashtag of their favourite song from the top 9. The concept of Titanium Status was introduced in June 2014 where when a song has reached number one for eight consecutive days, it becomes titanium. Despite anticipation that EXO's Overdose would be the first song to reach Titanium Status, in fact label mate Super Junior M succeeded with their song Swing. The other Titanium songs thus far are GOT7's A, Beast's Good Luck (three times), Infinite's Last Romeo, Super Junior's Mamacita (two times) and Infinite's Back. Interestingly, all of the songs that have reached Titanium status are from Korean male groups rather than female groups.
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