INFINITE wins #1 + performances from June 7th’s ‘M! Countdown’!

Mnet’s ‘M! Countdown‘ is back with another spectacular episode chock-full of exciting performances!

Aside from the usual stages on tonight’s episode, U-KISS made their return with a track off their special album titled “Believe“.

Girl group Dal Shabet also held their comeback stage with their catchy tune titled “Mr. Bang Bang“.

Lastly, rookie singer Juniel made an outstanding debut with her title track “Illa Illa“.

Competing for the #1 spot, it was a hot battle between Baek Ji Young and INFINITE, but in the end, it was INFINITE who clinched the win tonight with “The Chaser“!

Congratulations to INFINITE on their ‘M! Countdown’ trophy!

Defconn and Jung Hyung Don greet INFINITE with 90 degree bows?!?!

The popular MCs from ‘Weekly Idol‘ Jung Hyung Don and Defconn, who have recently formed a duo, will be making their first music program appearance on ‘M! Countdown‘ after topping charts and receiving much attention with their new album. With the broadcast coming up soon, the duo, ‘Hyung Don and Dae Joon‘, went backstage with the Mnet crew to help showcase the examples of good and bad rookie group manners.

One sunbae group they met backstage while preparing for the show was INFINITE. Defconn tweeted, “One shot with INFINITE sunbae, whom we’ve met after a long while!! It turns out they’ve already listened to our songs! They said they really enjoyed them and encouraged us to work hard,” while sharing the picture above.

Although Jung Hyung Don and Defconn, who is a senior as a solo artist, are much older than the members of INFINITE, they are seen greeting with a deep bow as they’re a new team to the scene.

‘M! Countdown’ later explained that ‘Hyung Don and Dae Joon’ were demonstrating both good and bad examples of rookie group manners. The photo posted is definitely an example of good manners from a rookie group.

Although staged, the pictures still brought laughter to fans as they commented, “Hyung Don-nim seems to be laughing there,” “Hahaha, INFINITE seems to be caught in a bit of an awkward situation there. Hyung Don and Dae Joon fighting! INFINITE fighting,” and “Perfect rookie group manners!”

INFINITE’s L and ZE:A’s Kwanghee confirmed for ‘To the Beautiful You’

INFINITE‘s L and ZE:A‘s Kwanghee have been confirmed for the upcoming SBS drama, ‘To the Beautiful You‘, which is SM Entertainment‘s Korean adaptation drama of the popular Japanese comic, ‘Hana Kimi‘.

According to a source within the program, L and Kwanghee were recently confirmed for the cast and are working out the details.

‘To the Beautiful You’, which will air its first episode on August 9, will feature the story of a gold medalist athlete who falls into a slump after suffering an injury. In order to get back into the game, she disguises herself as a boy and transfers into a male only athletic school. L and Kwanghee will play the roles of two students attending the school and show off their acting skills as well as their athletic sides and dancing abilities.

With the previous confirmation of SHINee‘s Minho and f(x)‘s Sulli as leads for the drama, anticipation for the drama is running high.

Cross Gene’s Shin Won Ho resembles INFINITE’s L?

Rookie actor and idol Shin Won Ho has been grabbing the attention of fans for his striking resemblance to INFINITE‘s L.

Currently starring in the SBS drama ‘Big‘, Shin Won Ho is no stranger to headlines thanks to his numerous CF deals with ‘Skin Food‘ and ‘Bean Pole’. He’s back in the headlines again this time, but for being the softer version of INFINITE’s L, which fans agreeing that L has a sharper look overall.

Interestingly enough, it’s actually the other way around, as although L is an industry senior to Shin Won Ho, he’s a year younger than the actor, who was born in 1991.

Netizens commented, “Shin Won Ho really looks like L”, “Since Shin Won Ho is the hyung, then L is the one resembling Shin Won Ho”, and “I’d believe it if they were brothers!”

Shin Won Ho is currently preparing for his debut under the Korean-Chinese-Japanese idol group Cross Gene on June 7th.

Do you see the resemblance?

INFINITE members transform into ‘Running Man’ style ‘Chasers’ for ‘Ranking King’

Idol group INFINITE who recently made their return with “The Chaser” drew more attention after transforming into actual ‘Running Man‘ styled ‘Chasers’.

INFINITE member Hoya wrote on his Twitter page on June 6th, “INFINITE’s transformation into ‘Chasers’, it was a shoot full of thrills,” sharing a few photos from the set.

The photo was of the INFINITE members who were filming for Mnet Wide Entertainment News‘ ‘INFINITE Ranking King‘. Dressed in uniform and playing an intensely competitive survival game, the boys properly displayed their charisma and each of their individual charms.

Check it out below!

INFINITE celebrates their ‘Show Champion’ win!!!

After having swept major music programs last week, achieving their first music-program all kill with “The Chaser“, INFINITE has added one more trophy to their collection with this week’s ‘Show Champion‘.

Member Sungyeol delivered the news of their win as well as thanking Inspirits for their support by tweeting a picture of the boys proudly holding up their fourth trophy.

He tweeted, “We got first place on ‘Show Champion’~~ ♥♥ We’re sorry that we were unable to attend [to receive the trophy]  ^^ Thank you so much for the big award~ Inspirits, I love you ♥”.

Congratulations on another win, INFINITE!

Check out their ‘Show Champion’ performance for this week  and behind-the-scenes footage below!

INFINITE’s Sunggyu reveals his hip injury was due to lying down too much???

On the June 5th episode of SBS‘ ‘Strong Heart‘, INFINITE‘s Sunggyu revealed that he’s had a lot of free time because of his recent hip injury.

Sunggyu shared, “To be honest, when my fellow members had very hectic schedules, I had a lot of free time. I went to the hospital to check out why my hips were hurting, and the doctors told me that it was because I was lying down too much.”

“When members Woohyun and Sungjong appeared on ‘Strong Heart’, I was at home watching the program. I was lying down improperly then too,” causing laughter on set with his confession.

Sunggyu also comforted SECRET‘s Sunhwa, who is concerned about her individual activities, by saying, “When there is a member who is getting the spotlight, there is also a member who is lying down at home,” giving his two cents on the topic.

Sunggyu also discussed the truth behind his “old man” image on TV progams.