I was originally drawn to the show due to its being advertised as relating to K-Pop. After beginning watching it, I soon realized the only relation it has to K-Pop is the foundation of the show (albeit a very tiny foundation) and the source of around 3 posters in the three girls' bedroom. This I decided to accept with disappointment, and trudged on in giving the show a chance.I only managed to watch the first season, because I couldn't bear to continue the atrocity. To begin with, the main character, Sun Hi, is a rude, self-absorbed, absolutely unintelligent girl. I understand this is a tween show, but none of the tween shows I grew up with, such as Zoey 101, iCarly, and Victorious had such terrible role models as their main characters. Corki and Jodi are great, but Sun Hi's treatment of them is fueled by her constant need to shine and be the star of the show. This brings out Sun Hi as a terrible model of a friend. My own mother criticized my admiration of Carly from iCarly thinking she was obnoxious. Carly is an angel compared to Sun Hi's character.I gave the dialogue and acting some leeway considering it's a tween show following in the footsteps of iCarly and Victorious. I also understand that in one season, character development is not something to be hoping for, but to be fair, iCarly and Victorious were much less disastrous. I'm all for girl power, it's not a bad thing. But the estrogen and female hierarchy is overpowering in this show. Half of it is the three main girls competing with the senior cheer squad. There are two prominent male characters, but they're both so minor and operate as clowns for laughs. They don't have to be Asian (although that would certainly help the racism prominent in the US), but the male roles should, forgive me for a lack of better words, have a bigger role in the show. Lastly, I'll admit, the songs are catchy and pretty good. And the choreography is also reasonable and acceptable. This is why I gave the show 4 stars, and not 1 or 2.In conclusion, although the show has a select few positive attributes, it serves as a horrible model for teenagers, and has more than a few things to be fixed or at least alleviated.

50% of ALL K-pop artists are MALE. Why is it that there are no Asian males at all on this show? Let us stop the stereotyping of Asian culture right now. This is another typical Hollywood white-washing of Asian culture- Bad music- bad story- and White Males are the only available love interests for the Asian Females. This needs to stop now.Look at this http://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/2y6qk6/tv_producer_asian _guys_in_my_show_not_gonna_happen/The producer of this show said that there will never be a Korean male in this show about Korean music. Just imagine that for any other type of genre of music. This would be equivalent of making a show celebrating Cinco de mayo without any Hispanic actors, like a bollywood movie with no Indian actors, like a British TV series without any Brits. This is wrong and this type of racism needs to stop NOW.

A Kpop show without Korean/Asian males is like a Hip hop show without Black males.How ridiculous would it be if Nickelodeon created a Hip Hop show for kids, and there was 0 black males on it? I didn't even know how they get away with such a clean and obvious example of discrimination against Asian males. Nobody at any point in the top management decision processes was like "Hey, this is wrong. Why are we discriminating against Asian males so much? Can we really attribute the absolute invisibility of Asian males in media to lack of talent, or is it institutionalized discrimination?"or even if racism is intrinsically built into those guys,"Hey, Thomas, I know you are like 'I will never have an Asian guy on my show', and 'I know we want to perpetuate fetishism on Asian females, permanently typecast the whole race as feminine', but this is getting too obvious. People are going to say something. They are going to point this out."Hollywood, when can you stop being so bigoted so that we can move on into the 21st century?

Short answer: no. The K-pop culture differs immensely to what it is shown to be in the show. Why would Nickelodeon would make a show select people would want to watch? The thing is, this show wouldn't appeal to people who are already heavily into the K-pop culture but would rather introduce people to K-pop. But there is another ulterior motive, which is to satisfy the producer's idea of a WMAF dominated society. There was some news that flew by not long ago when a suggestion about Asian men in the show was laughed off by the racist producer, and he was mocked when it was suggested by the producer that even if there were Asian men, they were to be a joke character equivalent to Oppa Gangnam Style.Nowhere in ticklegear's review was it mentioned that white men in the show were the problem, but another review suggested otherwise. The ignorance of this user is beyond words and they pretend that issues that do not concern them do not exist. What ticklegear really meant to say was the show misrepresents the K-pop culture. The problem here is not that there is a white male in the show. The problem is that Asian males are again, not represented at all in a culture where 50% of the K-pop bands are male. Obviously when ticklegear said Asians, they did not mean the females. They are already represented in the show. Before commenting on another reviewer's review, it would be wise to do research. The producer is in fact, racist.Asian women are again, hypersexualised, and the show is there to satisfy the producers fantasy of a WMAF dominated society. As a last note, Leah, I suggest you do not downplay real issues people face.This show does not represent K-pop culture in any way, which is vastly different to what it is shown to be in.