Where to watch 2025 MBC Gayo Daejejeon live online? Full lineup, collaboration stages, hosts, & all you need to know

On Wednesday, December 31, the annual year-end South Korean music festival, 2025 MBC Gayo Daejejeon, is expected to be held at the Ilsan MBC Dream Center. The live broadcast of the event will begin at 8:50 PM KST or 5:20 PM IST, and multiple streaming services are provided for the same. The official live streaming option is MUNIVERSE, the Global K-pop Universe, which will exclusively broadcast the event.

This is a paid service, and a portion of the ticket purchases is expected to be donated to the Red Tree Project for children in Nepal. Additionally, a free platform to stream the service is through MBC's official YouTube channel, MBCkpop. This year's event will be collectively hosted by Hwang Minhyun, ALLDAY PROJECT's Annie, and SHINee's Minho. The following article will unveil more things that can be expected at the 2025 MBC Gayo Daejejeon.

All you need to know about the annual year-end music festival, 2025 MBC Gayo Daejejeon

The MBC Gayo Daejejeon is an annual year-end music festival conducted by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. The event has stood as a long-running tradition since 1966, initially starting as a singing competition with awards presented at the end. However, around 2005, the concept was altered, and it was maintained as a music festival, rolling out performances and special stages.

For this year's event, a diverse group of artists was assembled for the performance lineup. From rookie K-pop groups such as Hearts2Hearts, CORTIS, izna, IDID, and more, to veteran artists such as Stray Kids, TXT, ATEEZ, etc., will be expected to roll out performances this year. Additionally, a few soloists like HANRORO and YB will also be presenting on the stages at the upcoming annual music festival.

Here's the complete performance lineup at the upcoming music festival, 2025 MBC Gayo Daejejeon:

• NCT DREAM
• NCT WISH
• aespa
• RIIZE
• ATEEZ
• Stray Kids
• THE BOYZ
• TREASURE
• ZEROBASEONE
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER
• IVE
• ITZY
• TXT’s Yeonjun
• Hearts2Hearts
• ILLIT
• LE SSERAFIM
• NMIXX
• MEOVV
• TWS
• CORTIS
• ALLDAY PROJECT
• BOYNEXTDOOR
• izna
• IDID
• LUCY
• SHINee’s Minho
• HANRORO
• NEXZ
• KiiiKiii
• KickFlip
• PLAVE
• YB
• BEATPELLA HOUSE

In addition to the regular set of performances, the 2025 MBC Gayo Daejejeon will also showcase a few collaboration stages between the attending K-pop artists. Here's a list of all the special stages scheduled for the music festival:

• Come of Age (2007-born K-pop idols who are turning 10 in 2026): Han Yu -jin (ZEROBASEONE), Kyung-min (TWS), Ryo and Sakuya (NCT WISH), Hyui and Yuki (NEXZ), Narin (MEOVV), Ryu Sa-rang (izna), Choi Jung-eun (izna), Dong-hyeon (KickFlip), Yuha and Stella (Hearts2Hearts), and Park Seong-hyeon (IDID).
• Vocal Collaboration: HANRORO and TXT’s Taehyun
• Special Stage for MBC's Gayo Daejejeon's 20th anniversary: RIIZE
• Special Stage with Surprise Guest: ILLIT
• Special Medley Stage (Y2K-themed/2005 Medley): Hearts2Hearts, ALLDAY PROJECT, KickFlip, KiiiKiii, CORTIS, and IDID
• Rock-vocal Collaboration: YB and Stray Kids’ Seungmin
• Special Stage: TWS
• Special Collaboration Stage: Ian (Hearts2Hearts), Bang Jee-min (izna), and Wonhee (ILLIT)
• Special Solo Stage: IVE's Liz

For the 2005 Medley, a spoiler of the same recently landed on the internet, speculating the following cover choices by the rookie groups:

• Hearts2Hearts' Jiwoo, Jueun, and Ana – Lee Hyori's Anymotion
• ALLDAY PROJECT's Annie and Woochan – Jinusean's Phone Number
• KICKFLIP – Kim Jong-kook's Loveable
• KiiiKiii's Y - Freestyle's Please tell me why
• CORTIS – Epik High's Fly
• IDID – TVXQ's Rising Sun

Therefore, fans and netizens have been eagerly looking forward to the upcoming performance and special stages at the 2025 MBC Gayo Daejejeon.

Edited by Aishwarya Sai