'Our Ballad 2' Syndrome Continues… Breaks Own Record, Ranked No. 1 for 4 Consecutive Weeks

SBS's "Our Ballad 2" delivered thrilling competition and deep emotion through its second-round 1-on-1 death match, breaking its own highest viewership ratings.

Episode 4 of the SBS audition project "Our Ballad 2," which aired on Monday, October 26, recorded a peak viewership rating per minute of 6.7% and a household rating of 6.2% in the Seoul metropolitan area (based on Nielsen Korea's Part 2). In particular, it broke its own record with a 2049 viewership rating of 2.0%, ranking first in its time slot for viewers aged 20 to 49 and first among Monday entertainment programs for four consecutive weeks, proving its unstoppable box office momentum.

On this day's broadcast, the second-round 1-on-1 death match unfolded in a format where contestants directly chose their opponents and selected ballad songs fitting a common theme to perform on stage. Among them, the 1-on-1 death match between Lim Ba-da and Heo Chae-min from the "death group," who both earned 147 points in the first round, captured viewers' attention.

Lim Ba-da reinterpreted Lee Moon-se's "Forever with You" with a sweet voice, drawing rave reviews from BIBI, who joined the Top-100 Listener Evaluation Committee on this day, saying, "I hope it gets designated as an intangible cultural heritage." Heo Chae-min, a 15-year-old who sang Lee So-ra's "I'm Happy," also delivered an overwhelming resonance, but Lim Ba-da secured the ticket to the third round by earning 80 votes, just a 10-vote difference.

In the subsequent match of "hidden masterpieces by monster rookies," Kim Soo-ah presented Yoon Sang's "What Is Love" and advanced to the next round by receiving 86 votes with a stage delivering comfort to those enduring difficult times, defeating Danish girl Yu Hye-ri. In addition, in the "Jung Seung-hwan match" between two contestants resembling Jung Seung-hwan, Lee Min-woo, who digested Jeong In's "Love" with deep soul, defeated Kim Sun-eum and went straight to the third round.

"Our Ballad 2," which has previewed 1-on-1 matches between formidable skilled contestants such as Park Ye-seung, who achieved a perfect score of 150 in the first round, and Park Jin-seo, who received 148 votes, will air at 10:00 PM on Monday, November 2.

Reporter Kang Sun-ae

(SBS Entertainment News, Reporter Kang Sun-ae)
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