Choo Sung Hoon, In Kyo Jin, Ji Seung Hyun, and Kim Jun Ho have become the main characters of the 3rd round T4 after many twists and turns.

On the 6th episode of tvN STORY ‘Handsome Trot’ that aired on the 28th, the 3rd round ‘Duet Ranking Match’ with duet partners continued. Ahead of the final stage, a fierce battle to become T4 was held along with legendary stages one after another.

Choo Sung Hoon and Ayumi selected Bang Mi‘s ‘Come See Me’ and showed off their unrivaled chemistry from their costumes to their performance. In particular, Choo Sung Hoon, who challenged his first dance in his life, captivated everyone by releasing his hidden dance DNA. Choo Sung Hoon’s unprecedented transformation into ‘Cutie Yama’, who is both charismatic and cute, received a standing ovation at the scene. Inchi Wan praised Choo Sung Hoon, saying, “I think you could switch to being a singer.”

Next, the “Trot Master” team consisting of Jang Hyuk and Choi Dae Chul came up on stage. Choi Dae Chul said, “I really like the emotions and sentiments that hyung Jang Hyuk has” when asked about the reason he cast Jang Hyuk, who was eliminated in the second round, as his duet partner. In particular, the bromance between the two, who met as the lead and supporting actors in a past production and have maintained a close relationship, added to the warmth.

Jang Hyuk and Choi Dae Chul chose “You Know My Name,” which is well known as Jang Min Ho‘s master’s song. Although it was a difficult song to sing as a duet, they moved everyone with the emotional delivery that only the actors can provide. Jang Hyuk added to the lingering emotions by saying, “My mother-in-law liked this song the most, and she passed away last year, so I sang it thinking of my wife,” and Jang Min-ho said, “As the original singer, I want to express my gratitude.”

Next, the stage of the ‘Tae-ri‘s Emotions’ team was unveiled. Lee Tae-ri showed his special admiration for Jung Seo-joo, the youngest winner of ‘Miss Trot 3’, and explained why he chose her as his duet partner. Lee Tae-ri and Jung Seo-joo thought hard about the song together and ended up singing Na Hoon-a’s ‘Like Adam and Eve’ on stage, and the combination of the two‘s fairytale-like vocals garnered praise. Ji Seung-hyun said, “It’s a similar concept to ours, but they‘re 100 times ahead in terms of freshness.”


The final stage was decorated by the ‘Daebak Siblings’ team of Kim Dong-ho and Jo Hyun-ah. Kim Dong-ho confessed that he was deeply impressed by Choo Sung-hoon’s ‘Come Back to Busan Port (original song by Cho Yong-pil)’ stage that had garnered much attention, and expressed his aspiration, saying, “In my heart, Choo Sung-hoon hyung is number one, so I will catch him and rise to number one.” The main character that Kim Dong-ho cast as a surefire card to turn the mood around was Jo Hyun-ah. The two selected ‘My One Person Is Gone (original song by Im Hee-sook)’, which is famous for being a difficult song, and showed off their fantastic chemistry. Jang Hyuk, who was completely captivated by Jo Hyun-ah‘s signature devilish vocals, applauded, saying, “I think the color of her voice conveys emotions more deeply.”

With everything revealed up to the last stage, the final results of the duet ranking battle were also revealed. The combined scores of the T4 benefit scores (50 points) and the trot performers’ scores (300 points) were revealed. In particular, MCs Jang Min-ho and Lee Chan-won created even more tension by randomly revealing the rankings. Amidst the huge changes in rankings, the final winner was the ‘Golden Prince’ team of Kim Jun-ho and Son Tae-jin. Son Tae-jin once again showed off his dignity as a trophy collector.

The second place winner, who surprised everyone, was the Achu team of Choo Sung-hoon and Ayumi. The Achu team came in second place with the T4 benefit and high scores from the trot performers, and Choo Sung-hoon had the honor of being the first to be on T4 for three consecutive times. Choo Sung-hoon humbly said, “I think I was lucky.” 3rd place went to the ‘Introt’ team, father and son In Kyo-jin and In Chi-wan, who presented a touching stage, while the ‘NotToBeGone’ team, consisting of Ji Seung-hyun and Yang Ji-eun, came in 4th place. In Kyo-jin and Ji Seung-hyun added more meaning by taking the first T4 spot.

Meanwhile, ‘Handsome Trot’ has the long-awaited final stage left. With the final battle between Choo Sung-hoon, Choi Dae-chul, In Kyo-jin, Ji Seung-hyun, Hyun Woo, Kim Dong-ho, Lee Tae-ri, and Kim Jun-ho, anticipation is rising as to who will be the final T4 to get the chance to release a trot song.

Reporter Hong Se-young, projecthong@donga.com

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