New Duet !!! And some old duets.

Oh, my goodness. Saturday October 11th was something different. Dong Ha and Ali went to sing together on Immortal Songs 2.
It's a singing competition, where young contemporary singers  interpret old classic songs (therefore "immortal songs", or sometimes the name of the show is translated as "enduring classics"). The idea is to bridge the distance between the old and new generation of singers, so that they can appreciate each other more. The show has been on  Korean TV weekly, for at least couple of years now.
The formula is very different than American Idol. There is usually about 6-8 contestants per each show. They perform in front of a live audience of about 1000 people, and the audience votes immediately, kind of like during our American Funniest Home Videos. The camera goes to backstage, to see the reaction of  other singers to what is going onstage. There are also brief conversations with the performers, where they comment on their choice of song, and why they interpret it the way they do, or what difficulties they had preparing their song. In addition to the audience there is sometimes a guest, older generation singer, who did the song first, some 10-20 years earlier. They also share their comments. At the end of the show, the winner is announced.
The show is immensely popular on the Eastern Hemisphere. I read somewhere that it is broadcast into 78 countries, including all Asian countries, Middle East and Turkey.

I'm not sure this lengthy  explanation was necessary, but I wrote it in case SOMEONE, somehow happens to read here, and is not from any of the countries that receive the broadcast, and had not heard about "Immortal Song".
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So, back to Dong Ha and Ali. Oh, my goodness! They sang a duet, recently, on Immortal Song!
And they didn't win!??  The first time I watched the video and listened to them sing, I had goosebumps. Uncontrollable emotions swelled in my heart, and I was teary eyed. That's the power of great singing.
DONG HA and ALI beautiful duet
Someone else won that round of Immortal Song show, dedicated to duets .  It boggles my mind that the audience chose two other contestants. Was it because both Dong Ha and Ali had won so many times in the past? The winners, two young men were not bad, but they were just too mellow and gentle. I'm trying to put myself in the minds of collective Korean audience there, to understand how they have decided that Ali and Dong Ha were not the best that evening?

Here is what I think, and that is only my speculation. At the very end of the song, when their performance is most intense, and the two of them exchange "I love yous" back and forth,  Dong Ha in his fervor makes a little too aggressive move towards Ali. It's an almost predatory jump, looks very uncontrollable. Perhaps the people didn't like that? But maybe Dong Ha simply tried quickly to get closer to Ali, in order to be able to hold her hand, which was supposed to happen at the end? I have to say, I expected Dong Ha to kiss Ali's hand that moment, but perhaps it's not the Korean way. :)

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Jung Dong Ha and Ali did a duet  of similar style on Immortal Song named Gwanghwamun  Love Sonata, about 2 years ago, and I believe they won, judging from this picture, where Dong Ha is holding a trophy, and Ali has her hair dyed blond!

 

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And now to something completely different! A duet from back in July 2014, and still one of my favorites, WHALE HUNT! Dong Ha singing together with a lead young singer of the band Dickpunks. It's a fairly old song, but as my son Miki said, it can't be VERY old, since it talks about catching a train, and going to the east coast. I love the energy of this song, and how they pretend they have already finished, and come back with louder, and more speedy singing!

Whale Hunt 고래사냥

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Here is another duet, official music video, of the song  LARVAE  , from 2009.  Beautiful melody, beautiful images. Very young Dong Ha, too, still with the band Boohwal.    

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Another duet that I wanted to include in this collection comes from a live recording in a radio studio,from June 2013. Dongha was working in the musical  "Jack the Ripper" as Daniel, and he and his partner on theater scene were invited to to perform their duet in front of microphones. It's pretty common that such visits in radio stations  are sometimes videotaped and posted online. I just love how easily Dongha adapts to different performing situations. Ha, ha! He should, I guess it's his job.  ^_^

 

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There are many more examples of Dong Ha  singing duets , with various other artists - females and males, young and old.  I posted just a few of my favorites.  ♥