by The MBC girl group audition program ended with a live broadcast on the 27th. was a large-scale project that started airing in November with the prequel program in September last year and has been going on for about six months. A total of 7 members were confirmed through the live broadcast of the finale, and they plan to start official activities under the name CLASSy in the future.
MBC, which had only produced a ruthless result at the level of ‘continuous loss’ in various audition entertainment shows, introduced the idol survival game again and challenged it, but favourable reviews have not been heard. Will Classy be able to survive in the world of K-pop idols, where fierce competition for survival is constantly raging?
Final competition with a new song… The surprise victory of the challenge group
The final day live broadcast of is the debut group (Kim Yoo-Yeon, Myeong Hyeong-SEO, Minami, Park Bo-eun, Yoon Chae-won, Choi Yun-Jeong, Hong Hye-Joo) vs. It was not much different from the other auditions in terms of content, except for the composition of the two teams’ confrontation with the challenge group (Kim Ri-won, Kim Seon-yu, Kim Yun-Seo, Kim Hyeon-hee, Won Ji-min, Lee Mi-hee, and Lee Young-chae). The stage was decorated with a new song prepared in advance. The final ranking, which was made by adding up pre-online voting and live broadcast text voting, entered the last contest with a sense of tension in announcing the passers-by in the debut group.
In the new song contest over two rounds, the seven members of the debut group showed off their skills with the song ‘Dreaming’ and the song ‘Sun’ in the challenge group. In praise, the preliminary online voting rankings were announced. The participant who took first place here was trainee Kim Seon-yu, who received 940,000 votes.
On the second new song stage, the debut group ‘Sonic Boom’ and the challenge group ‘Lions’ faced off against each other. It was judged as After all competitions, the final ranking was announced.
First, the first passer of the day, who was called from 6th place, was Park Bo-eun (debut group) in 6th place. Then, 5th place Kim Ri-won (challenge group), 4th place Hong Hye-Joo (debut group), and 3rd place Myeong Hyeong-SEO (debut group) were called in sequence, and Won Ji-min and Kim Seon-yu were selected as candidates for the 1st place. The final winner of “After School Thrills”, announced shortly after, was trainee Won Ji-min.
Won Ji-min takes 1st place… Kim Yoo-Yeon, the main character in controversy, dropped out of 8th place.
Won Ji-min, who opened the mouth, said, “I didn’t know I was going to win first place.” He said, “This situation is like a dream. I’m, really, very grateful.” Kim Yu-Yeon, Yoon Chae-won (above debut group), Lee Mi-hee, and Lee Young-Chae (above challenging group) were named 7th place member candidates, and the participant who finally enjoyed the joy of passing was Yoon Chae-won.
On the other hand, trainee Kim Yu-Yeon, who was ranked 5th in advance online voting and consistently ranked in the debut group, but followed by controversy over her skills, stayed in 8th place in the final ranking and failed to select an official member for. The narrative of ‘growth character’ did not resonate with viewers. The sound source correction of ‘Leon’ (original song by Park Myung-soo, IU), which was released last week on the semi-final stage, drew attention negatively. Eventually, the live broadcast text vote was inferior. The prevailing opinion is that it is connected.
Meanwhile, with all seven members decided on that day, the rookie group created by will begin full-fledged activities under the name of CLASSy. In addition, a formal meeting with fans through the April concert was also foretold. Classy, a rookie girl group with seven members, has to join the ranks of K-pop idols and enter the fierce competition again.
However, the prospect of their success is still uncertain. The program did not leave a strong impression on the small screen viewers as it did not break the 1% level. This was a predictable result to some extent considering the characteristics of an idol audition.
The expected slump in the box office. Will Glassy’s rosy future be guaranteed?
Compared to the programs produced by Mnet, an audition powerhouse left a question mark in terms of topicality and securing overseas fandom. In the past two years, Mnet has produced a boy group N Hyphen (‘I-Land’ season 1) and a girl group Kepler (‘Girls Planet 999’). succeeded in influencing the fans of
With the appropriate use of global fandom platforms such as Reverse and Universe and the brand power and enormous capital of each company, Nhyphen and Kepler have emerged as emerging K-pop prospects, recording decent albums sales. On the other hand, Classi makes their official debuts without leaving any imposing side. It is said that there was no lack of achievements in building an overseas fandom. Still, it is regrettable to see that they received a more precise impression compared to the audition group that appeared earlier.
Separately, several problems with the program were pointed out. The controversy over “Devil’s Editing”, which was raised from the beginning of the broadcast, overlaid the negative image of this entertaining show. Although it was changed at the end of the airing, there were also criticisms of the quota system allocation for each grade level. This acted as an obstacle to the re-selection of competent participants.
Compared to other audition entertainment programs, criticism that the proportion of young participants such as elementary school and middle school students is excessively high also appeared. The question was whether it was necessary to introduce even children in need of care into the world of brutal competition under the title of running a school year system. As a result, stayed in the category of ‘extra-large advertisements’ for new groups, just like aired by MBC last year. With this type of production, it will be more difficult for similar entertainment programs to gain popularity in the future.
