8 End Of The Year Collaboration Stages These Fans Want To See

What collaborations do you want to see?

The special stages held during end-of-the-year shows are one of the most iconic points of K-Pop!

N.Flying’s Jaehyun, NCT’s Jaehyun, THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae, and Golden Child’s Jae Hyun. 

Just to name a couple, there was the JaeHyuns unit at the 2016 KBS Song Festival and the 20-year-old idols unit at the 2016 KBS Song Festival.

GOT7’s Yugyeom and Bambam, BTS’s Jungkook, and SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu were part of the special stage of 20-year-old idols.

Here’s a list of some collaboration stages fans have said they want to see this year!

1. The Jisungs

Following the JaeHyuns stage, fans have said they want to see a collaboration between the Jisungs of K-Pop!

Left to right: Yoon Jisung, STRAY KIDS’ Han, and NCT’s Jisung.

This group could include NCT‘s Jisung, Girls’ Alert‘s Jisung, TRCNG‘s Jisung, and Yoon Jisung, as well as OnlyOneOf‘s LOVE, and STRAY KIDS‘s Han, whose birth names are Jisung!

2. The Chans

There’s also plenty of Chans in K-Pop who could create a killer collaboration stage!

Some idols with “chan” in their name are NCT’s Haechan, STRAY KIDS’ Bang ChanSEVENTEEN‘s DINO (birth name Lee Chan), and VICTON‘s Chan and Byungchan!

3. The Jisoos

Imagine the stage that would come out of a Jisoos collaboration!

Left to right: TWICE’s Jihyo, BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, and ITZY’s Lia.

It could include TWICE‘s Jihyo, whose birth name was Jisoo before she changed it, BLACKPINK‘s JisooLovelyz‘s Jisoo, and lastly ITZY‘s Lia, whose birth name is Jisu, and SEVENTEEN’s Joshua, whose Korean name is Jisoo.

4. 99-Line Special Stage

Fans have been begging for a 99-line special stage for years now! This generation of idols has some super iconic names.

There’s tons of idols to choose from, but to name just a small fraction, there’s NCT’s MarkATEEZ‘s Wooyoung, STRAY KIDS’ ChangbinTOMORROW X TOGETHER‘s Yeonjun, and AB6IX‘s Woojin!

Left to right: Red Velvet’s Yeri, (G)I-DLE’s Yuqi, Yena, and Hyewon are all 99 liners. | @leegaeun__/Twitter

Can’t forget the girl group 99 liners either, with idols like TWICE’s Chaeyoung and Tzuyu, LOONA‘s Chuu and Kim LipELRIS‘s Bella, and Red Velvet‘s Yeri!

5. Road to Kingdom Pairings

One of the highlights of the competition show Road to Kingdom was the challenge where groups teamed up to perform collaboration stages. Some fans have said they want to see more from these pairs!

Members of ONEUS and THE BOYZ teamed up to perform Sunmi’s “Heroine.”

One example is THE BOYZ and ONEUS‘s performance of Sunmi‘s “Heroine,” which featured the groups’ talents for the stage and for storytelling.

THE BOYZ’ Q and ONEUS’s Hwanwoong during the performance. 

6. 4th Gen Groups

Fans want to see any combination of 4th generation idols collaborating!

STRAY KIDS’ Han, ITZY’s Lia, and THE BOYZ’s Juyeon performed at the 2020 MBC Gayo Daejejeon.

Some popular lineups include STRAY KIDS, TXT, THE BOYZ, and ATEEZ, as well as ITZY, (G)I-DLE, and aespa!

ITZY’s Chaeryeong and (G)I-DLE’s Soojin performing in a collaboration stage. 

All of these groups are known for their impressive dance, vocal, and rap performances. It’d be one for the history books!

7. Main Dancers Stage

Fans would love to see a dance-focused stage consisting of some of the best dancers in the game right now!

Left to right: NCT’s Taeyong, BTS’s J-Hope, and SEVENTEEN’s Dino.

One fan’s lineup had SEVENTEEN’s Dino, BTS‘s J-Hope, TXT’s Yeonjun, NCT’s Taeyong, and STRAY KIDS’ Lee Know as their dream team!

8. NCT x SEVENTEEN x THE BOYZ

NCT (top), SEVENTEEN (middle), and THE BOYZ (bottom).

Just for a bit of chaos, some fans have said they want to see a collaboration between the groups NCT, SEVENTEEN, and THE BOYZ.

THE BOYZ performing “Giddy Up.” 

To spare you the math, that would be a whopping 47 idols on stage together!

NCT 2018 performing “Black on Black.”

It would have to be a ridiculously large stage to handle not only their sheer size but their stage presence!

SEVENTEEN performing “Getting Closer.” 

What special stage collaborations would you like to see this year?

Source: Reddit