Spinoff of 'Street Woman Fighter' will go younger

Logo of Mnet's popular dance audition program ″Street Woman Fighter″ [MNET]

Mnet will launch “Street Girls Fighter,” a spinoff of its dance audition show “Street Woman Fighter,” the cable channel said Thursday.

According to Mnet, “Street Girls Fighter" will air around the end of this year. The spinoff will try to find the best teenage girls' dance crews in Korea.

The spinoff was inspired by the fact that many young viewers of "Street Woman Fighter" are uploading cover videos of the choreography featured on the show.

“Street Woman Fighter” features eight all-female dance crews competing to win prize money of 50 million won ($42,300). The show is set to air its final episode on Oct. 26, and the leaders of the eight crews will come back to serve as judges on "Street Girls Fighter."

Mnet will recruit contestants for the new show this month.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]