Show Champion winners

Name: Show Champion
Genre: Music

“Born Dire” by Alpha Drive One won Show Champion on September 2, 2026. Every Show Champion #1 since 2014, updated after each Wednesday broadcast.

Updated Sep 6, 2026499 trophiesSource: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

CHAMP

Wednesday · 18:00 KST

MBC M · #1 since 2012

Recent winners

All of 2026

Sep 2CHAMP
“Born Dire”
Alpha Drive One · ep. 610
6,998pts
Aug 26CHAMP
“Bloody Paradise”
Enhypen · ep. 609
5,221pts
Aug 19CHAMP
“This & That”
Stray Kids · ep. 608
6,183pts
Aug 12CHAMP
“Surfin' Boy”
Red Velvet · ep. 607
5,645pts
Aug 5CHAMP
“.exe”
Nouera · ep. 606
6,138pts
Jul 29CHAMP
“Vitamin Me”
fromis_9 · ep. 605
7,939pts
Jul 22CHAMP
“Kids Return”
Idntt · ep. 604
6,750pts
Jul 15CHAMP
“Run to You”
AHOF · ep. 603
5,293pts

Records on Show Champion

Full board

Most wins

1
BTS
14 songs · 2015–2026
25
2
Seventeen
17 songs · 2016–2025
21
3
Twice
12 songs · 2016–2023
19
4
Stray Kids
10 songs · 2020–2026
16
5
Red Velvet
12 songs · 2015–2026
15

Most-decorated songs

1
Swim
BTS · 2026
3
2
Chk Chk Boom
Stray Kids · 2024
3
3
Flower
Jisoo · 2023
3
4
Shut Down
Blackpink · 2022
3
5
Butter
BTS · 2021
3

Highest scores

1
“Beatbox”
NCT Dream · June 8, 2022
9,810
2
“Freak Alarm”
Alpha Drive One · January 21, 2026
9,498
3
“Countdown”
TWS · April 30, 2025
9,394
4
“Love Me Like This”
Nmixx · March 29, 2023
9,176
5
“Nxde”
I-dle · October 26, 2022
8,771

15 songs won Show Champion three times or more (all triple crowns).

Scoring

What a Show Champion trophy measures, and how that has changed.

How Show Champion picks its #1Digital sales 35 % · Broadcast 20 % · Fan vote 20 % · … · since July 2021

Digital sales (Melon, Bugs, Genie, Flo)
35 %
Broadcast
20 %
Fan vote (Idol Champ)
20 %
Physical album (Hanteo)
15 %
Music video views (YouTube)
10 %

Changes

2020-02-12: digital and physical weights adjusted.
2021-07-14: current 35 / 20 / 20 / 15 / 10 formula; scores shown on air for the first time.

Formula since: July 2021
Perfect score: No fixed maximum
Voting: Idol Champ app, Friday to Monday; the chart tracks Monday to Sunday.
Win limit: Triple crown: a song leaves the chart after three wins, consecutive or not (since 2015).
Not confirmed: A stated maximum score (the components imply 10,000).

By year

Every year's full table: date, episode, song, artist, points.

Winners compiled from Wikipedia's per-year winner lists (CC BY-SA 4.0); points and episode numbers as published there, each row links to its source. Where a broadcast is listed without a winner, the source lists none.

Quick answers

Who won Show Champion most recently?: “Born Dire” by Alpha Drive One won Show Champion on September 2, 2026 with 6,998 points.
Who has the most Show Champion wins?: BTS with 25 Show Champion trophies, ahead of Seventeen (21) and Twice (19).
Which song has won Show Champion the most times?: “Swim” by BTS, 3 times. The highest score ever listed is 9,810 points for “Beatbox” by NCT Dream (June 8, 2022).
How is the Show Champion winner decided?: Digital sales (Melon, Bugs, Genie, Flo) 35 %, Broadcast 20 %, Fan vote (Idol Champ) 20 %, Physical album (Hanteo) 15 %, Music video views (YouTube) 10 %. Triple crown: a song leaves the chart after three wins, consecutive or not (since 2015).
When does Show Champion air?: Wednesdays at 18:00 KST on MBC M. Results are on this site within hours of the broadcast.
What is the longest Show Champion winning streak?: BTS: 3 weeks in a row (Mar 24–29 – Apr 7–12, 2026) with “Swim”.