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Solji, left, sings in "Duet Singing Contest" on MBC. / Courtesy of MBC
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Singer Solji from K-pop girl band EXID has won plenty of admirers on TV variety shows celebrating the Lunar New Year holiday season (Feb. 6-10), shedding her "used singer" tag, based on long years largely out of the public eye.
Taking advantage of the holiday to appear on five shows, Solji, 27, showed she is a multi-faceted entertainer with the power to attract TV viewers.
Along with a male amateur singer, she won a
duet singing competition show
on MBC. On MBC's
"Idol Star Athletics Championships,"
she outshone fellow K-pop artists in Korean traditional wrestling "ssireum," archery and sprinting.
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Soljia from "Idol Star Athletics Championships" on MBC
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She was also cool enough to give up looking sexy, eating a load of jokbal ― braised pig trotter ― on a food variety show and looking dorky as she went through comical self-evaluation tests on a comedy show.
The praise for Solji partly derives from recognition of her past. Since her debut with duo girl band 2NB in 2006 until EXID released the single "Up & Down" in 2014, she has remained below the public radar.
She was referred to as a "used singer" as were other artists having little luck despite their years as K-pop stars.
10年次 '中古歌手' 솔지의 설날特需 大勢 굳히기
10日 放送된 MBC 藝能프로그램 “2016 설特輯 아이돌스타 陸上, 씨름, 풋살, 洋弓 選手權大會”의 女子 씨름 團體戰 決勝 競技에서는 EXID와 트와이스가 出戰했다.
서로 한 게임씩 勝負를 챙겨간 EXID와 트와이스는 마지막 選手로 EXID의 솔지와 트와이스의 정연을 출전시켰다.
솔지는 優勝 候補로 손꼽혔던 만큼 井然에게 勝利, EXID에게 勝利를 안겨줬다.
한便 이番 설特輯 2016 '아육대'에서는 陸上과 풋살 等 旣存 種目 外에도 男子 아이돌들의 眞正한 힘을 볼 수 있는 男子 씨름과 混成 洋弓 競技 等이 새롭게 追加됐다.