The most infulential person in the world – Rain???
Time Magazine asked online participants to vote for who they thought was the most influential person in the WORLD. The hands down winner was South Korea’s RAIN!!! WTF? He beat out people like Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, and even Oprah!
Who?
Rain, who drew far more votes than the runner-up (Stephen Colbert), is a 24-year-old South Korean singer whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon. He is phenomenally popular in Asia, where he made his film debut last year in a Korean movie with the English title “I’m a Cyborg, but That’s O.K.”
Time editors said that the poll was an international one and that people were allowed to vote as many times as they liked. The results, they said, could have been influenced by the poll having been publicized on blogs and fan sites, making it possible that Rain’s devotees stuffed the virtual ballot box.
Nah… do ya think???
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Ha!
I will admit, I’ve had a little crush on Rain, ever since I watched “Full House.”
Interesting. I wondered how the poll had been run, when I saw this. he koreans do love the internet so much.
Now Stephen has done that parody they are up in arms about him taking the p*** out of their icon!
If they hadn’t voted rain to the top of the pole, no one would have heard of him.
According to Korean sites, Rain said he thought the parody was funny.