Gill (musician)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Gil.

Gil Seong-joon
Background information
Birth name	Gil Seong-joon
Born	(1977-12-24) December 24, 1977 Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	singer, comedian, music producer, Rapper
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Jungle Entertainment Leessang Company
Associated acts	Leessang, Honey Family

Korean name
Hangul	길성준
Hanja	吉成俊
Revised Romanization	Gil Seong-jun
McCune–Reischauer	Kil Sŏng-jun

Gil Seong-joon (Korean: 길성준, Hanja: 吉成俊; born December 24, 1977), better known by his stage name Gill (Korean: 길), is a South Korean singer and television personality. He is co-founder of Leessang. He has been a member of MBC's Infinite Challenge since April 2009.

In 2009, Gil joined Infinity Challenge as a guest and, later on, as a regular co-host. Gil also co-hosted Come To Play. In 2012, Gil joined Voice of Korea as one of the coaches. He is back for Season 2. On July 15, 2012, Gary and Gil were both featured on PSY's "Seventy Seven 101." Psy, Kim Jin Pyo, and Leessang all worked together on the song. The song and the album were "restricted" because of explicit lyrics in "Seventy Seven 101". Psy jokingly said it's all Gary's fault.

Background

In Infinity Challenge episode 253 Gil said that when he was 5 years old, his father fainted, causing him to be disabled. To cure him, they put their house on auction. Gil's father spent around 10 years laying down on bed, before he started to talk and walk again.

Nicknames in Infinite Challenge

Gil made his first appearance on an episode which featured Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na in April 2009, ostensibly substituting for Jeong Jun-ha, who had to leave the episode recording early. He remained a de facto member of Infinite Challenge until he became a full member later that year. During the Boxing episodes in January 2010, Gil showed off his 9-year-long training in the sport. Gil is often called the Unfunny Friend due to his inability to ad-lib as quickly as the other co-hosts.

• Baldy/Bbaak-Bbaak-ei (빡빡이)
• Come between-Gil(이간길)
• Honey pot(꿀단지)
• Fat-fat-fatso (뚱뚱뚱보)
• Ip-sae (입새)(as he only brushes his teeth once a day)
• Gilmeo (길메오)(as a 'cameo' proclaimed by Yoo Jae-suk)
• absurdity (무리수)The friend who viviparous is not fun
• (태생적으로 재미없는 친구)
• Icon of Betrayal (배신의 아이콘)

Variety shows

Year	Title	Role	Network
2008	Kko Kko Tour (Season 1)		KBS2
	Kko Kko Tour (Season 2)		KBS2
2009-2014	Infinite Challenge	Co-MC	MBC
2013	Running Man	Guest - ep: 177	SBS

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2009	Mnet 20's Choice	Hot Variety Star	Won
	MBC Entertainment Awards	Newcomer - Men's Division	Won
		Best Male Variety Daesang with Infinite Challenge member	Won
2010	10th MBC Entertainment Awards	Award For Best TV Programme of the Year (TEO PD with entire directing members of Infinite Challenge)	Won
	22nd Korean Producers Grandprix	Award For Best TV Entertainment Programme (Co winner, with entire directing members of Infinite Challenge)	Won
2013	13th MBC Entertainment Awards	Most Popular Program (with Infinite Challenge members)	Won

External links

• Official website
• (Korean) Gill on Twitter