JKT48Mission Preview Coverage

This the translated summary with few needed alteration of a few article that covers JKT48 Mission that will be premiered tomorrow Sunday

As we all know JKT48 will have a new reality show program called JKT48 Mission that will be aired every Sunday at Trans 7 from 10:45 to 11:30 AM starting June 23, 2013. Though these past few months their activities have been more focused on performance on stage, however this time, these dozens of young girls would not only greet her fans by performing songs, but by performing specific missions.

This program will reveal the daily activities of the members and as well as their other side, so that the audience can become closer to all members. Not only as a form of entertainment for JKT48 fans, this reality show program also has a mission to help others. Among a number of these social missions are: Entertaining nursing home residents and teaching in a kindergarten. These activities are expected to inspire the audiences, especially the youth.

“We’re usually just telling jokes on stage, but here (the program) we show another side of us, all member’s natures are fully explored,” said Kinal, Team J’s Captain and one of the member of JKT48, when we met in Jakarta some time ago.

“We explored the members skills, such as dancing and singing as well as socializing skills or testing their courage. Essentially exploring its members,” said Mardhatillah, Program Director of JKT48 Missions at the TransCorp Building, Mampang, South Jakarta.

“Not only to entertain, but in this reality show are expected to provide educational value, that will inspire young people. It shows the individual nature of each member, who is not only cheerful and talented on stage, but also highlights the social side of them,” said Andi Chairil, Program Director of Trans7.

“It’s a new thing for the lovers of reality shows, as we exhibit varied expressions in this program and you could see many personalities ranging from the calm one to the amusing one. Those who have not come to the theater yet, they could get to know us through this show. There are many new things here as well,” added Kinal.

In JKT48 Missions, each member are obliged to carry out a challenge. Those who do not dare or fail in this challenge would receive a punishment. One of the members, Nabilah, even had to beat her own fear when completing one of the challenges.

“I actually have never ridden a roller coaster before because of the minimum body-height requirement. When I was told to ride one, I was really scared at first, especially since this roller coaster in Japan is different. But eventually I could do it,” she said.

Even Nabilah teasing Kinal, who did not dare to accept the challenge to enter a haunted house.

“Yeah, Kinal didn’t dare [to enter] and choose to receive punishment, because they say it was the most spooky haunted house in Japan,” said Nabilah.

In another episode with the mission to raise funds for victims of natural disasters, JKT48 selected team should be able to form an unique approach that can be applied to raise funds, for example by holding a car wash to sell tickets or disguising themselves with pantomime make-up or doing street-singing to collect money in some place, for this purpose.

“This show will be exciting and merry for sure, imagine a bunch of JKT48 members who must finish their mission in a defined time,” said Andi.

Other information that I could gather are the opening song of this show would be “Mirai no Kajitsu” by JKT48 Trainee and one missions are already previewed in other Trans7 program, Makan Besar. Other leaked information are that there will be one episode where the girls perform “Sakura no Shiori” at Captain Kinal school graduation ceremony. And, from the comments from people who were lucky enough to be selected to participate in the early screening, the shows are good.

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