While doing performances overseas, completing schedules in Korea, and practicing all at the same time, Hyoyeon only gets three to four hours of sleep. Even though she has a tight schedule, Hyoyeon said, “I’m happiest right now.”
“As soon as I started this program, I began to enjoy doing dance sports. Even though I have lots of schedules, I’ll go to the practice room whenever I have time, even late at night or at dawn. Even though my partner (Kim Hyungsuk) gets tired (laugh), if we don’t practice, we feel a lot of anxiety.”
This week, the contestants in the competition will show a mixture of the jive and the quickstep. Hyoyeon said, “I was boasting that I have confidence in the quickstep, which has lots of running movements, but it wasn’t easy matching my foot movements with my partner.” She added, “There’s nothing else to do but practice.”
“When it’s nine people, if you make a small mistake but have a good facial expression, even fans won’t notice it. However, when making a mistake in dance sports with two people on stage, you can instantly notice it. Last week, I was shocked at making a mistake I didn’t ever expect would happen (editor’s note: Hyoyeon is referring to when she fell during her performance). It was fascinating that my next motion was unaffected by it.”
At the beginning, Hyoyeon wasn’t skilled at dance sports. She had the basic skills of dance for group activities, but while doing dances for a man and a woman for dance sports, there were many awkward points. At some point, the skinship is unavoidable, and in the first episode, Hyoyeon was shy with Kim Hyungsuk and asked him, “Where are you touching?”
“Even though I’m still shy, when I’m awkward, Hyungsuk also becomes awkward. I’m a person who acts like I’m not awkward. Different couples next to us sticking together when they dance made some of my shyness go away. I’ve gotten used to making eye contact. Right now, if I just look at his eyes, we understand each other to the point where I know which move I should do.”
As the program goes on, Hyoyeon has begun to wear lots of daring clothes, such as what appeared to be a tank top with shiny decorations on it. The majority of the outfits were chosen by Hyoyeon herself.
“At first, I wondered if it was okay to be dressed like this. I searched up a lot of dance sport photos, and there were barely any dancers who covered themselves up. Because I was exposed, it was awkward at first, but after being on stage continuously, the fancyness of the outfits looked pretty. My greed to wear more fancy clothes is coming out a bit.”
When asked about personal thoughts that she particularly remembered, Hyoyeon answered that when she’s on stage, she thought a lot about what her members would think. Hyoyeon revealed that when she thinks that her group mates are watching, she tries even harder. “When I do well, I want to show my members first. When I stand on stage, I think to myself, ‘The members are probably watching.’ When I got first place, the members sent a message saying, ‘Congratulations. Looking forward to next week,’ and I wanted to do even better because I wanted to satisfy their expectations.”
While it seemed like only praises were given, sharp advice was also exchanged. Hyoyeon said, “I was anxious about dealing with Tiffany’s eyes. She would point out that it would be better if I pointed my toes. Maknae Seohyun, like a mother, would say, ‘Make sure you eat well’ and would encourage me.”
The host, Lee Dukhwa, would always praise Hyoyeon at the end of her performances, saying, “Wow I liked it,” and, “It was really good.” However, Hyoyeon said, “In the beginning, I was shy to the point that I would shrivel up, but now if he doesn’t praise me, it’s to the point where I’m hurt.” She added that one of the most memorable things that one of the judges, Song Seunghwan, said was: “You’re like a sleeping princess in a forest.”
When asked who her strongest rival was, Hyoyeon chose Choi Yeojin. Hyoyeon said that because of ballet, Choi Yeojin’s specialty, her basic skills are firm and form the basis of dance sports. In addition, because Choi Yeojin is tall, her movements are pretty. Hyoyeon also said she was jealous of “practice bug” Choi Yeojin’s energy.
Every week, one-by-one someone gets eliminated in “Dancing with the Stars II”, with the team in first place for the week exempted from elimination. This brought up the topic of winning. When Hyoyeon was asked, “What is the likelihood that you’ll get first place?”, she laughed and answered, “It’s really nervewracking, but it should be around 60%.”
Source: Sports Khan, Sports Seoul
Translated by: jyhwang@soshified
Edited by: bhost909@soshified
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Good luck Hyoyeon! Even if you don’t win, SONEs will still be proud of you for achieving a lot in this competition. Being in a competition is a very good learning experience and I’m happy to know that you enjoyed it. Hyoyeon fighting! SNSD fighting!
im so glad to be reading this about hyoyeon, even in IY2 she’s showing her dorkyness more, rather than how she used to be years ago, its cool to see her shine more each time, she’s always cracks me up! her popping and all that free style dance have always amazed me, now to see her in fancy dresses and fancy dancing is just, well. im in awe! funny how she mentioned tiffany watching her, manager hwang ! so awesome she made it to final 3, really hoping she ends up winning first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hyoyeon jjang!!
I like reading Hyo’s honest feelings about her experiences. She was very shy but is starting to come into her own. I think she needed this to give her a chance to hone her skills and I’m looking forward to the finals!
I wonder if she wants her fans to ship her and her partner? From her words, they sound as if they were a couple!! lol!!!
I really hope that she wins, that would be amazing!! ^_^
fighting unnie~~! HYOYEON saranghae ♥
can’t wait to see her next performance!! :DDD
Hyoyeon unnie I’m so happy that you’re enjoying it…And I’m so happy that your 8 sisters are taking care of you and proud of you…
Hyoyeon unie HWAITING! ♥♥♥
Hyo is getting better with her answers during interviews, there’s a lot more here than normal<3
Goodjob!
And i like that she have the gut to say that she might win but humble enough to not say its 100% positive.
Love you Hyo<3
Keep going<3
What does he mean by the metaphor ‘sleeping princess in the forest’?
I think she’s doing a great job so far, and I hope she wins this thing! :D
Hyoyeon fighting!
keep fighting dancing queen !!
more and more people will aknowledge you.
can’t wait to see hyoyeon going to the top.
Though she is doing her individual performances, she still remembers the other members. Everyone is busy with her own schedules, I love the way the keep supporting each others.
I am so proud of Hyoyeon and so happy for her. Hyoyeon, you look so stunning! and thank you for giving us a such breathtaking performances every week. I also thank K-sone for their texting vote supports. Nothing can stop Soshi + Sone!!
we know ahjumma hyo always do her best for dancing stage. Everybody know her, she’s the best dancing queen ever. nobody can beat her. Goodluck strong woman Kim Hyoyeon, SONE will always support you. Just do it and do it, dance and make you happy unni :)
hyoyeon is one incredibly beautiful woman.
please hyoyeon, continue to pick your own
outfits. you look absolutely amazing in them!
but your outer beauty is not what floors me.
when you slipped, you said you were stunned
that you got back into the dance so quickly…
why? none of us were. you have been under
appreciated your entire career. you have had
to struggle with feelings the other girls could
never handle. but you still came out stronger
than ever. now you are getting your chance
to shine and you are most certainly making the
most of it. you are making all of us proud, giving
hope to all of us who may doubt ourselves because
we feel people aren’t noticing our hard work.
you are our voice. you are amazing!
SOSHI BOND is a very beautiful tight family/friends bond. I absolutely love these 9 angels bond and don’t have an ounce of jealousy for them. Hyobaby is gorgeous and so freaking honest and that’s another thing I love about her and the rest of the girls. I really hope the fans continue to watch and support her and hope she and her dance partner takes home the trophy ball this season. Go Hyo!!!
i’m happy she enjoys this and is happy :3
good luck hyoyeon!!
I’m really glad that Hyoeyeon enjoys what she is doing :D
so now she is the busiest in the group? :D
I am so touched when she mentioned about the other SNSD members. She really wants to give a huge contribution to Soshi. I couldn’t stop thinking that she could have gotten hurt emotionally last week when she fell down while dancing last week. She maybe was thinking about Soshi members first before her physical pain.
I am so proud of Hyo yeon! No matter what you do, I will always be a Hyohunnie! :\
It is awesome how much confidence she has gotten from the show. I am very glad that she said yes to the show. She really deserves to be in the spotlight more and to understand her own amazing skill. It’s also funny to think that she has picked out these open and fancy outfits! Hyo fashionista!
Well Done, Hyoyeon ! This is one SONE who will support you all the way !
Hyoyeon Jjang ! Hyoyeon Hwaiting !
hyoyeon unni….fighting!!!!!!!
Finally, a solo interview :) Dont worry Hyoyeon, you have many HyoHunnies & Sones to support you and they’ll make sure you win this competition. I’m happy you’re doing something you enjoy!
i am waiting the news for hyoyeon..and it’s here today…she always give the girls some kind of spirit and really love her members well…well the soshi bond here is really intriguing and i am falling to fav her more!
i almost cry when she talk ab other soshi i know that she kind and always tried her best for the group and to make as Sone proud but what she did is much more than i wanted. i like her even more now. Unnie, you’re always the best and pretty in and out, you are the dancing queen.
yaaaaaaaaaaaayy!!! i’m happy that she’s happy and striving towards the best in what she does very well!! hyo hyo hwaiting!!!! i hope she wins :D
Hyo ahh………………..