Meanwhile, BoA took part as an MC replacing Jang Geun-suk. The show recruited several artists for the boys’ training such as singers Lee Seok-hoon and Shin Yoo-mi as vocal trainers, Kahi and Kwon Jae-seung as dance trainers, and rapper Cheetah along with Don Mills as rap trainers. Many already-debuted and well-known contestants joined the show like NU’EST members, JJCC, HOTSHOT, and Topp Dogg. There were 101 contestants from 56 entertainment companies that had joined the show. There were a total of 11 episodes including the final. The show aired from April 7th to June 16th, 2017. In this season, it’s the male version of the show. But on September 6th, they postponed the comeback to December 2019. Recently, on July 1st, 2019, Studio Blu confirmed that I.O.I would have a comeback in October with nine members, excluding Jeon So-mi and Yoo Yeon-jung. I.O.I officially debuted on May 4th, 2016, under YMC Entertainment and released their debut EP Chrysalis with the title track “Dream Girls.” They held their first and last concert on January 20-22, 2017, before officially disbanding on January 29th, 2017. In the final episode, the top 11 were chosen and they would make their debut in a group called I.O.I. The show recruited several artists such as actor-singer Jang Geun-suk as MC, Brown Eyed Girls’ vocalist JeA and Kim Sung-eun as vocal trainers, solo artist Kahi and choreographer Bae Yoon-jung as dance trainers, rapper Cheetah as rap trainer, and trainer Ray Yang as the girls’ fitness trainer. The contestants performed many songs from various artists like Wonder Girls, f(x), 2NE1, BIGBANG, EXO, iKON, Verbal Jint, Huh Gak, and more. There were 101 female contestants from 46 entertainment companies that had joined the show. It was originally created as a girl group survival show. The first show aired from January 22nd to April 1st, 2016. The show seems likely to have become an annual show that is being held every year. The number of contestants would be narrowed down to 11 and they would debut in a project group for a period of time. There were no panel judges, instead, there was a voting system made from the audience to keep the contestants from being eliminated. During the show, contestants would be trained as idols, taking lessons in dancing, singing, rapping, etc. It was originally named Produce 101 because of the large number of contestants, which reached 101. What are those? What kind of shows are they? Which idol survival show produced which idol group? Let’s find out below! Produce 101 Seriesįor starter, let’s check out the most popular and frequent idol survival show, the Produce Series from Mnet station! The show began in 2016 and was created by South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ E&M. However, there are actually many other idol survival shows which have also given birth to some popular groups like the one we already mentioned in the very first sentence. The project group at the end of the show also becomes the most anticipated thing to happen, for example, I.O.I or Wanna One. Not only because of the huge amount of contestants (up to 101), but the show even includes some already-debuted idols.
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Do you know that they all came from idol survival shows? For the last few years, the Mnet Produce Series has become the hottest topic of idol survival shows. Her charisma is worth | | | Idol Survival Shows: How Many Are There?ĭo you know the idol group TWICE? WINNER? or Momoland? They are considered as popular groups in South Korea for the time being. She’s had experience as a backup dancer of BoA and TVXQ.īae Yoon Jung (Leader of Yama & Hotchicks)Īnother dance trainer is Bae Yoon Jung who has choreographed for a lot of hit songs such as KARA, Girl’s Day, and T-ARA. Her dance career is 15 years! As a senior of girls group, Kahi trains them hard. She will give birth to future vocalist of the girls group.Ĭheetah, who won Korean music competition program ‘UNPRETTY RAP STAR’ acts as the rap trainer. As a talented vocalist of leading Korean girls group, she offers her know-how to 101 trainees.Īnother vocal trainer is Kim Sung Eun who has trained TWICE, BTS and so on. JeA, a member of Brown Eyed Girls, is one of vocal trainers. His precious advice must be more meaningful for trainees! ‘Asia Prince’ Jang Keun Suk acts as the representative of national producers! He’s been very active in various fields as actor, singer and so on. *MC and Representative of national producers Personaly I’ve been also interested in them, too ^^ Mnet official released their introduction video on YouTube channel, so we introduce them here again. We posted some info or photos before to introduce ‘Produce 101’ trainers.