To the rallying call, “For one night only, ordinary university student girls take to the stage as pop idols,” the UNIDOL competitions began in 2012. These events, where university clubs compete in dance performances copied from the musical numbers of popular girl idols, have come to draw audiences of as many as 3,500 for the final competition alone. Two members of the Sophia University club, SPH mellmuse, who love idols and love to dance, describe how they joined the club, their enthusiasm for the competition, love of pop-singer idols, and what membership in the club has meant to them.
2018.04
