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The fourth season of the South Korean reality television competition show ''K-pop Star'' premiered on SBS on November 23, 2014, airing Sunday evenings at 4:50 pm KST as part of the ''Good Sunday'' lineup. Yang Hyun-suk, Park Jin-young, and You Hee-yeol returned as judges. The contest began receiving applications in June, with preliminary auditions taking place in Seoul and throughout South Korea, as well as the United States, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong until September 2014. The season ended on April 12, 2015, with Katie Kim crowned as winner and choosing to sign with YG Entertainment. A special episode containing behind the scenes footage and interviews aired the following week. The show decided to change its rule and give the two runners-up, Jung Seung-hwan and Lee Jin-ah, the chance to choose the company they want to join as well. Both contestants chose Antenna Music and were accepted. On May 14th, Lily M revealed that she has signed an exclusive contract with JYP Entertainment. == Process == *Audition applications + Preliminary auditions (June - September 2014) * *Preliminary auditions were held from around the world in United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and other countries. *Round 1: Talent Audition (Airdate: November 23 - December 7, 2014) * *Contestants who passed the preliminary auditions appear in front of the three judges for the first time. Contestants can pass with at least two "passes" from the judges, or the judge can offer to use the ''Wild Card''. *Round 2: Ranking Audition (Airdate: December 7 - December 28, 2014) * *Contestants who pass the first round are put into groups with others that are most similar to their age or singing style. The whole group can pass, fail, or a selected few can pass. Each contestant gets to have one-on-one training with Park Jin-young, Yang Hyun-suk, or You Hee-yeol. *Round 3: Team Mission (Airdate: January 4 - January 18, 2015) * *Contestants form teams to compete head to head. The winning team moves on to the next round. A member of the losing team must be eliminated. *Round 4: Casting Audition (Airdate: January 18 - February 1, 2015) * *Contestants perform solo or in teams assigned by the judges. Each judge has six casting cards. Each spot can be occupied by a contestant or a team of contestants. Contestants not selected in the casting round are eliminated. *Round 5: Battle Audition (Airdate: February 8 - February 22, 2015) * *Contestants represent the company they were casted to in a 1 to 1 to 1 battle. First place automatically gets to be in the Top 10, while 3rd place is eliminated. 2nd place takes another round by themselves. Anyone who does not get in the Top 10 teams/contestants is eliminated. *Round 6: Stage Audition (Airdate: March 1 - April 12, 2015) * * For the ''Top 8 Finals'', the Top 10 competed in two groups on stage with the results determined by the judges. The top three contestants from each group were chosen to proceed to the next round. * * The Top 8, who proceeded to the live stage, were determined by the three judges as well as a 100-member Audience Judging Panel. The last two contestants from each group became ''Elimination Candidates'', with the Audience Judging Panel voting for their preferred act. The two acts with the most votes from the four ''Elimination Candidates'' proceeded to the Top 8, with the other two contestants eliminated. * *For the ''Top 6'', ''Top 4'', ''Top 3 Finals'', ''Semifinals'' and ''Finals'', the judges and viewers' scores were weighted 60:40, and were combined to eliminate the contestant with the lowest score. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「K-pop Star 4」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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