“Venue101” Summer Festival Special Sparks Buzz With Its Close-Up Camera Coverage of Juice=Juice

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The story

NHK General TV’s music program “Venue101” will air a special on September 5 at 11:00 PM featuring behind-the-scenes cameras at summer music festivals. The preview highlights footage of Juice=Juice at LuckyFes, including a quiz segment revealing their tricks for keeping their look flawless even after wrapping a live stage performance. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, posters expressed surprise that “it’s rare for NHK to get this much access,” while others brought up the long-running fan theory that landing a Venue101 feature is a sign of an upcoming appearance on NHK’s Kohaku Uta Gassen (the year-end Red and White Song Battle). Meanwhile, fans of other groups who performed at the same festival voiced disappointment that their favorites didn’t get the same close-up treatment.

The “Venue101” cameras infiltrate summer festivals across the country! The next episode of “Venue101” is a Summer Festival Special

“Venue101” Episode #119 airs September 5 at 11:00 PM on NHK General TV.

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Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

What people said

2AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:21
Man, they're really being followed around nonstop
3AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:21
LuckyFes, of course it is
4AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:21
Please give ANGERME the close-up treatment too
5AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:22
NHK, at it again
6AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:24
Is the performance live?
7AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:25
Guess if it's festival close-up footage there's no studio talk segment then
8AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:27
They're even getting LuckyFes close-up coverage
That's some serious star treatment
9AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:28
Um, excuse me, Tsubaki Factory was there too though
10AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:31
So they'd already locked in the "Okawari" appearance before LuckyFes
They're really taking off
11AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:32
Was ANGERME even there?
12AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:33
That's some overwhelming mainstream-star energy
13AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:33
NHK's basically obsessed with Juice=Juice at this point
14AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:34
Normally they'd just hand them a camera and say "film yourselves however"
15AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:35
NHK's genuinely hooked too
16AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:43
Good news: getting a Venue101 feature means a 95% chance of Kohaku — this is for real
55AnonymousSep 3, 2026 20:07
Re: #16
I thought the same thing, is that actually true?
17AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:43
Yokaze: "What's with that camera?"
Ebata: "Apparently it's NHK doing close-up coverage."
Yokaze: "Huh…"
18AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:44
This is seriously Kohaku incoming, congrats you guys lol
19AnonymousSep 3, 2026 19:45
Still don't know that for sure
Don't go fooling us Hello! Project otaku like that
53AnonymousSep 3, 2026 20:04
Saturday 11:00 PM: "Venue101 (NHK General)" live broadcast! Message from Juice=Juice! We asked them to sum up their enthusiasm for the appearance in "one kanji character"!
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1788433368/
54AnonymousSep 3, 2026 20:04
NHK actually went out of their way to bring cameras in, huh
57AnonymousSep 3, 2026 20:10
Even though other groups were there too
61AnonymousSep 3, 2026 20:23
NHK had cameras at the venue next door, so ANGERME and Tsubaki Factory just got skipped over?
62AnonymousSep 3, 2026 20:23
This basically confirms "that" (fan shorthand for a Kohaku selection, said indirectly to avoid jinxing it)
63AnonymousSep 3, 2026 20:27
NHK following Juice=Juice around at LuckyFes
Wild
64AnonymousSep 3, 2026 20:29
Watching Juice=Juice get the NHK close-up treatment
might've broken a few fans' brains a little

Background and Key Points of This Discussion

“Venue101” is an NHK General TV music program airing late night on Saturdays, known for combining behind-the-scenes artist coverage with live performances. Because artists previously featured on the show have gone on to appear on NHK’s Kohaku Uta Gassen (the Red and White Song Battle) that same year, Hello! Project fans have long treated a Venue101 feature as an informal sign of a coming Kohaku selection. That said, this is purely fan folklore — NHK has never stated it as an official selection criterion. Other Hello! Project groups also performed at LuckyFes, but this round of NHK’s close-up coverage appears to have centered on Juice=Juice, and reactions in the thread ranged from excitement to a bit of envy over how the subjects of the coverage were chosen.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Venue101’s cameras infiltrate summer festivals! Juice=Juice’s secret for keeping their look flawless through their LuckyFes stage becomes a quiz.”

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