BIGBANG’s big day: 8th Anniversary + Victory on Fandom Match on Billboard
[스포츠조선 = 이정혁 기자] BIGBANG seized the final victory on “FAN ARMY FACE-OFF” held by America’s Billboard.
On August 18 (local date), Billboard announced BIGBANG as the final champion: “With 91% percent of the vote in the final face-off, BIGBANG’s VIPs beat Thirty Seconds to Mars’ Echelon to be declared the winner of Billboard’s Fan Army Face-Off. Over 20 million votes were cast since the contest began.”
Fan Army Face-Off was a tournament to select the most powerful fan club after 5 rounds of voting. The voting began on August 7, with 32 well-known fandoms to choose from.
On their road to the championship, BIGBANG’s fan club VIPs beat Rihanna’s Rihanna Navy in the first round, Selena Gomez’s Selenators in the 2nd, Girls’ Generation’s Sones in the 3rd, and Skillet’s Panheads in the 4th. The final round was against Thirty Seconds to Mars’ The Echelon.
The championship is more meaningful because it is a great gift for BIGBANG’s 8th anniversary on August 19. Since their debut on August 19, 2006, the group has been deeply loved by the fans for the last 8 years. And now they are officially a group with world’s largest fandom.
The members expressed their gratitude to the fans for supporting them for 8 years when they performed as one group at the YG Family Concert in Jamsil’s Sports Complex.
Meanwhile, they are scheduled to kick off their Japan Tour from November, which is a first for a foreign artist to hold Japan’s 5 Largest Dome Tour 2 years in a row.
2014. 8. 19.
