'The Ballad of Us 2' Premieres Monday, October 5 at 10 PM... All 8 Top 100 Representatives Assemble

SBS massive audition project <The Ballad of Us 2>

Season 2 is on Monday! The first broadcast is confirmed for Monday, October 5 at 10 PM!

This autumn, the ballad craze for you and me will be reignited by a group with an average age of 17.9!

The representative Top 100 members, who will deliver empathetic and warm reviews, will all assemble! The poster has been released!

Expectations are high for the activities of Next Entertainment World Top 100 representatives Moon Geun-young, Joo Woo-jae, and Roy Kim.

- SBS <The Ballad of Us 2> will feature a large number of Legend ballad stages that were never introduced in the previous season!

From songs released in 1985 to songs released last year in 2025, the range of song selection spans a whopping 40 years?! A sense of generational integration is expected!

- SBS <The Ballad of Us 2> features participants who grew up abroad but have Korean roots! The fresh interpretations and shock from overseas-raised participants!

The SBS massive audition project 'The Ballad of Us 2' has confirmed its first broadcast for Monday, October 5.

Returning with a new season, the SBS massive audition project 'The Ballad of Us 2' (Planned by Jung Ik-seung, Directed by Ahn Jung-hyun, Written by Mo Eun-seol)—which swept the Best Work award (Entertainment/Variety TV category) at the '39th Korea Broadcasting Awards,' ranked number one in the 2049 viewership rating for all episodes, and surpassed 100 million cumulative online views—has confirmed its first broadcast for Monday, October 5 at 10 PM.

Moving to a Monday night time slot, 'The Ballad of Us 2' is drawing attention by releasing a poster featuring 8 Top 100 representatives gathered to discover raw talents with an even younger average age of 17.9.

The released poster features Top 100 representatives Jun Hyun-moo, Jung Jae-hyung, Cha Tae-hyun, Park Kyung Lim, Moon Geun-young, Joo Woo-jae, Roy Kim, and Jung Seung-hwan, raising expectations for their roles in leading 'The Ballad of Us 2' by providing warm, affectionate advice to participants and reviews that stimulate viewers' empathy.

Among them, Moon Geun-young, Joo Woo-jae, and Roy Kim, who are joining newly this season, catch the eye. Moon Geun-young, the first actress to serve as a Top 100 representative and appearing as a fixed cast member in an entertainment program for the first time in 7 years, is a mania who has watched every survival audition program broadcast in Korea. It is curious to see what stories he will tell as he moves from a room-corner viewer to a Top 100 representative sitting at the audition site.

Model and entertainer Joo Woo-jae, having expressed deep knowledge and sincerity regarding music, will reveal a different side by fully expressing this in 'The Ballad of Us 2.' Following him, Roy Kim, who debuted after winning a music audition at the age of twenty, will display original wit, alternating between a serious side like a senior in music and a mischievous side.

Meanwhile, 'The Ballad of Us 2' is experiencing intense popularity, with the number of applicants surging approximately three times compared to Season 1. The stages containing the individuality and sensibility of talented participants with an even younger average age of 17.9 than the previous season are expected to move viewers. In particular, the stages containing new interpretations from overseas-raised participants, who grew up abroad but have Korean roots, will provide freshness and shock.

Furthermore, during the broadcast of Season 1, they announced the 'TOP 100 Ballads Loved by Koreans' and introduced masterpiece songs that everyone remembers every episode. In this season, it is said that many songs by Legend singers, which viewers expressed regret over not being introduced in Season 1, will appear in large numbers, bringing joy.

Accordingly, through a diverse selection of songs boasting a range of 40 years from those released in 1985 to 2025, 'The Ballad of Us 2' awaits its first broadcast, which will re-examine gem-like masterpiece songs hidden in 40 years of popular music history and once again show the power of music that encompasses all generations.

The SBS massive audition project 'The Ballad of Us 2,' which will explode the sensibility of viewers with stages that transcend age and generation, will have its first broadcast on Monday, October 5 at 10 PM.

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◆ At a Glance

· Publishing Institution: SBS

· Category: The Ballad of Us

· Distribution: September 7, 15:18

Source: SBS Press Release

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