T-ara takes 1st place on comeback stage

Girl group T-ara [Core Contents Media]

Girl group T-ara won the top prize on this week’s Mnet music show “M! CountDown” on Thursday.

The girls, who made a comeback to the local music scene for the first time in almost a year, took first place with title track "YAYAYA" from their second mini-album titled "Vol.2 Temptastic" released December 1.

“We really didn’t expect to win on our comeback stage and we are grateful to our staff members and E-TRIBE for giving us the song,” their girls said after declared the winner.

E-TRIBE is a local producer duo whose previous works include Girls’ Generation’s “Gee” and Lee Hyo-ri’s “U-Go-Girl.”

The girls performed two songs for their comeback performance -- "YAYAYA" and “Why Are You Like That” from their digital single album which went on sale on November 23.

Other celebrities that showed up for this week’s "M! CountDown" were Seo In-young, Kara, Huh Gak, Untouchable, Cho Moon-geun, Lyn, MTiful Day, Younha, Tim, F. Cuz, Lisa & Brian, Yang Dong-keun, D. Heaven and Miho.

Composed of members Eunjung, Hyomin, Jiyeon, Boram, Soyeon, Qri and new member Hyo-young, T-ara made their debut in July 2009 with singles "Lie" and "Wanna Play."

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