Week 5: THE BIG BIG COMEBACK!

Guess who's back? We're all aware that it's been almost a year since our last panel, and we're really really sorry for the prolonged delay, but it's been impossible to get us all together, no matter how much we wanted to. With Nikki going off to college and starting her new job with Soompi (and now doing single reviews!), Mel REALLY busy with work (and Halloween!), and McRoth taking the throne as allkpop's resident (and only!) reviewer, things just weren't pointing to another panel. BUT ALAS, we're finally able to clear out our schedules for a MASSIVE kpop panel comeback. And believe us when we say MASSIVE.

We're not just talking about a gazillion songs thrown into one post, although our comeback does have that. Yes, our comeback is a riot. :D Of course we have our staples, Nikki, Mel and McRoth, but we've also brought back past guests rcLoy and Elvin. Poster Girl is MIA at the moment, but we'll have her back someday! (hopefully) And Jio and Paul are busy with life in general, but we'll have them back too! AAAAAAND, the last panelist is a very, VERY special guest, because without him this panel would never have existed in the first place. The idea for the kpop panel came from Mike of Pop Trash Addicts and his LEGENDARY Pop Panel, which Nikki guested on one week. And this week, Mike joins us! FINALLY!

This week's panel features permanent panelists:
Nikki @ Pop Reviews Now
Mel @ Melismatic
McRoth @ McRoth's Residence

  Past guest panelists:
rcLoy @ unrcloyable
Elvin Mensah @ J. Mensah's Billboard Files

And the father of all pop panels:
Mike @ Pop Trash Addicts

Week 3: The Comeback

Well, we hope you've all rested up. True, our hiatus was a bit longer than any of us expected, but we're back now, and rip-roaring and ready to go. We suppose that if we were a KPop group ourselves, we would label this as our grand 'comeback', right? You've been waiting and waiting, and knew we couldn't just come back with the same ol' she-bang for Week 3. So instead, we've got a double dose of crazy (and then some) with eleven (yes, count 'em) songs to talk about. From industry veterans (JYJ, Youhna) to fresh blood (Miss A, Co-Ed School), from the sophomore idols ready for seconds or thirds (Beast, U-Kiss, SHINee, 2PM, 2NE1) to those getting ready to strike out on their own for the first time (Ga-In of Brown Eyed Girls). We even got a whole bunch of idols singing all together-like (Group of 20). Basically, we pulled out all the stops. So make sure you're currently at some place comfortable. This is a long post. Who wins? And who gets your vote? Let us know with the poll on your left, then scroll down (and down and down) to see what we thought (with considerable snark inbetween, but that goes without saying).

This week's panel features permanent panelists:
Nikki @ Pop Reviews Now
Mel @ Melismatic
McRoth @ McRoth's Residence


And special guests:
Jio @ The Reflective Inklings
rcLoy @ unrcloyable

As always, thanks to our buddies for helping out and making this super special and always fun! Now, read on, comrades!