Superstar K 4

Superstar K 4
Season 4
Promotional poster

Hosted by	Kim Sung-Joo
Judges	Lee Seung-Chul Yoon Mi-Rae PSY Yoon Gun
Winner	Roy Kim
Runner-up	DickPunks
Finals venue	Jamsil Indoor Stadium

Release
Original network	Mnet KM
Original release	August 17 (2012-08-17) – November 23, 2012 (2012-11-23)
Season chronology
← Previous Superstar K 3 Next → Superstar K 5

As with the previous seasons, applicants were able to apply via the internet, phone or in person. However, with this season, the options of applying via KakaoTalk and karaoke also became available.^[4]

Auditions

Preliminary Auditions for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Regionals were held in these cities:

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Episode air dates	Audition city	Date	Venue	Tickets to SuperWeek
August 17 – September 7, 2012	Seoul	July 7/8, 2012	Seoul World Cup Stadium	31
August 17 – September 7, 2012	Incheon	June 2, 2012	Incheon Samsan World Gymnasium	15
August 24–31, 2012	Busan	May 5, 2012	Busan Exhibition and Convention Center	19
August 31 – September 7, 2012	Gwangju	May 12, 2012	Gwangju Yeomju Gymnasium	19
August 17, 2012	Wonju	May 19, 2012	Wonju Tattoo Plaza	18
— ^a	Daegu	May 28, 2012	EXCO Daegu Exhibition & Convention Center (ko)	4
— ^a	Daejeon	June 17, 2012	Daejeon Convention Center	0
— ^a	Jeju	April 29, 2012	Jeju City Civic Center	2
September 7, 2012^b	Los Angeles	June 9, 2012	Hollywood Musicians Institute Concert Hall	0
September 7, 2012	New York City	June 10, 2012	Best Buy Theater	7
— ^c	Sydney	September 22, 2011	SMC Conference & Function Centre	0
Total number of tickets to SuperWeek	115

^Note a The Daegu, Daejeon and Jeju audition episodes were not aired due to scheduling changes.
^Note b The 3rd Regional auditions for the Los Angeles and New York were held together.
^Note c Participants of the Sydney audition who made it to the 3rd Regional's were judged at Seoul instead.

SuperWeek

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Name/Group Name	Age	Place of Audition	Final Standing
Kye Bum-joo (계범주)	22	Seoul	Top 12
Eddy Kim (에디킴)	24	Wonju	Top 6
DickPunks (딕펑스)	26	Wonju	Runner-up
Roy Kim (로이킴)	20	Seoul	Winner
Volume (볼륨)	27	Seoul	Top 12
An Ye-seul (안예슬)	18	Wonju	Top 9
Yeon Gyu-sung (연규성)	34	Incheon	Top 9
Yoo Seung-woo (유승우)	16	Seoul	Top 6
Lee Ji-hye (이지혜)	18	Seoul	Top 12
Jung Joon-young (정준영)	23	Seoul	Top 3
Honey G (허니지)	29 / 18	Incheon (Honey Brown) / US (Park Ji Young)	Top 7
Hong Dae-kwang (홍대광)	28	Seoul	Top 4

Due to the adoption of 12 finalists in Superstar K4 compared to 10 and 11 finalists in the previous seasons, the format was changed by which three finalists are eliminated in the first week, and two in the following three weeks till the Top 5 is reached (exceptions including the judges decision to save DickPunks in the Top 7 week). Judge PSY was replaced from the Top 9 week by singer Yoon Gun, due to his decision to commit to promoting his song 'Gangnam Style (강남스타일)' overseas.^[5] The elimination of a contestant will be determinant upon who has the lowest number of points: with 60 percent of the points from a live text poll, 30 percent from the judges' decision and 10 percent from a pre-broadcast online poll.^[6]