Superstar K4 (Korean: 슈퍼스타 K4) is the fourth season of the South Korean television talent show series Superstar K, which premiered on 17 August 2012 on Mnet and airs every Friday night at 11PM KST.
[3] This program ended on November 23, 2012 with the announcement of Roy Kim as the winner and DickPunks as the runner-up.
As with the previous seasons, applicants were able to apply via the internet, phone or in person.
[4] Preliminary Auditions for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Regionals were held in these cities: 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.