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On Monday, August 5, the annual K-pop sports event, Idol Star Athletes Championship 2024, was conducted. It gathered various K-pop groups, such as ZEROBASEONE, NMIXX, TWS, BOYNEXTDOOR, THE BOYZ, and more. While fans cheered for their favorite K-pop idols during the athletic contests, they also talked about the other events that happened at ISAC 2024.
In addition to the K-pop idols revealing their athleticism, hilarious and unhinged moments occurred between the musical talents. Since ISAC brings together K-pop idols from various groups, this mixture creates several instances of chaos, playfulness and comedic moments. The following article will unravel some of the highlights.
5 moments from ISAC 2024, Idol Star Athletes Championship, that fans talked about
1) BOYNEXTDOOR arriving 5 hours late at the venue, unbothered
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The six-piece K-pop boy group, BOYNEXTDOOR arrived at the venue almost six hours after the event started. While ISAC 2024 was ongoing, the members updated their fans through Weverse.
They stated that they were still getting ready. When the members finally reached the venue, the group's leader, Myung Jae-hyun, casually stepped out from his car and posed for fans' pictures. Several other hilarious events landed on the internet surrounding BOYNEXTDOOR during their time at ISAC.
2) K-pop idols' reaction to ZEROBASEONE Zhang Hao's disqualification
After the first 60-meter men's relay race, it was announced that ZEROBASEONE's Zhang Hao was disqualified from the event after an In-Course Run, which refers to when the runners step on the dividing lines. When this announcement was made, he was seated around his idol friends, and each of their reactions was priceless.
3) TWS celebrating their Gold Medals by tossing Kyungmin in the air
TWS, the rookie K-pop boy group from Pledis Entertainment, housed under HYBE Labels, won four gold medals at the K-pop sports event. To celebrate, they casually tossed their fellow group member, Kyungmin, in the air.
4) Xdinary Hereos entertaining themselves with water bottle activities
Xdinary Hereos, a K-rock band from JYP Entertainment, found a unique way to entertain themselves during the ISAC event. They kept within their group circle and used several empty water bottles to play games like bowling, tower, domino, etc.
5) ZEROBASEONE's Gunwook live tweeting through a whiteboard
The last unhinged moment on the list is ZEROBASEONE's Gunwook. The idol, throughout the event, expressed his thoughts to the audience by live-tweeting through a whiteboard.
He not only made a hilarious reference to Jumong, an archer from the Guryeon Kingdom, when his member, Jiwoong, hit the bullseye in archery but also commented, "Is this place Paris?" to allude to the ongoing 2024 Olympics. Fans found this incident quite hilarious.
With the final broadcast scheduled through MBC in mid-September during Chuseok, fans hope to see more unhinged moments surface on the internet from ISAC 2024.
