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As we enter the subsequent spherical, Produce 48 alum star Jo Yuri arrives to go over the main points of the Class Change Place Battle. As normal throughout this level within the sequence, the fellows will give attention to both rap, dance or vocals and can create the assorted preparations/lyrics/choreo themselves. Thus begins the lengthy course of of selecting their place. After all, the higher-ranked guys have the sting right here. The songs chosen for this spherical are extra area of interest than I might have thought and likewise span generations. After all, the fellows are most excited every time a giant identify (Stray Children! Seventeen!) pops out. The best way these exhibits work, they’re most likely good to need songs by notable artists, however I feel selecting a extra underrated tune permits you to make it your individual.
Anyway, the fellows problem one another for the assorted components and between that and the mission announcement we’re already thirty minutes into this episode. Nothing can ever be fast on this present.
As normal, there’s A LOT of behind the scenes prep on this episode. Having watched another survival exhibits just lately, I’ve determined that one in every of MNET’s greatest points is that they don’t stability their behind the scenes materials with sufficient performances sprinkled between. They have an inclination to lump all this uninteresting footage into infinite packages quite than dole it out in smaller segments interspersed with phases. Completely different enhancing would make this sequence far more watchable and much much less repetitive.
Critically, we’re over ninety minutes into this episode earlier than the primary efficiency. That’s simply dangerous TV.
This looks like a considerably random tune to have in Boys II Planet, however Younger Posse should have some form of MNET connection as a result of they have been at MAMA final 12 months, too. This stage drew out the cuter elements of the observe and inside that framework I feel this quartet did a reasonably good job. That they had quite a lot of power and have been just about smiling your complete time. I like how the choreo had a lot interaction between the fellows, too. The tune is tremendous repetitive, however the staging made it really feel extra numerous and fascinating. Kudos to the members, who needed to create this routine themselves. One of many guys’ sneakers even fell off on the finish! Fortunately, he was carrying trendy socks.
In relation to factors, member Yun Web optimization (the one who misplaced his shoe) was picked as the favourite.
Now that is an oldie however a goodie. However what’s going to fashionable idol rappers do in the event that they’re not simply continuously rapping in triplets?
Simply kidding! (Type of)
This tune was launched earlier than most (all?) of the Boys II Planet guys have been even born, so it’s no shock that almost all of them didn’t even comprehend it. Nevertheless, it’s fairly an iconic Okay-pop touchstone. As a part of the rap phases, the boys should write their very own verses, which permits them to show extra persona. The sequence well subtitled these particular person verses and a few of them have been fairly enjoyable/humorous. I miss this sort of lighthearted rap in Okay-pop. This entire stage was very pleasant, really. It’s good to see the fellows simply having enjoyable with out worrying about intense choreography. Zi Hao’s freewheeling presence caught my consideration.
So far as voting goes, Lee Jeong pulled it out ultimately.
By the very nature of this tune and the members concerned, this was destined to be the episode’s most anticipated stage. I like after they get male idols to carry out songs initially completed by a feminine artist (and vice versa) as a result of it routinely provides one thing totally different to the stage. In true badass trend, this efficiency opened with a (bleeped) curse phrase. Soooo edgy, MNET! The choreo on this was tremendous tight, although the digicam work didn’t at all times seize it properly. I personally discovered the earlier two performances extra pleasant to look at as a viewer, however this one was positively catered extra towards fashionable traits. There have been some good solo moments that virtually beg to be looped as a meme on-line, so the fellows did their job after which some. They even labored the group a bit. Sang Received caught my eye essentially the most.
The voters agreed with me, as Sang Received acquired essentially the most votes.