Mnet’s new idol survival present “Queendom Puzzle” has formally begun!
A spin-off of the hit survival present “Queendom,” “Queendom Puzzle” options idols—together with members of at present lively lady teams—battling for spots in a brand new seven-member venture lady group. Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon, who beforehand hosted the second season of “Queendom,” serves because the present’s MC.
The contestant lineup contains CLC’s Yeeun; MOMOLAND’s JooE; Lovelyz’s Kei; WJSN’s Yeoreum; AOA’s Dohwa (Chanmi); Weeekly’s Jihan, Lee Soojin, Soeun, and Zoa; Cherry Bullet’s Jiwon, Bora, and Chaerin; tripleS’s Jiwoo and Yoon Seoyeon; PURPLE KISS’s Yuki; Weki Meki’s Elly; LIGHTSUM’s Sangah; woo!ah!’s Nana and Wooyeon; H1-KEY’s Riina and Hwiseo; Rocket Punch’s Suyun, Yeonhee, and Takahashi Juri; former BNK48 member Fye (Fyeqoodgurl); and former “Produce 48” contestant and NMB48 member Shiroma Miru. Former IZ*ONE member Lee Chae Yeon and LABOUM’s Haein additionally participated within the present’s first battle, however each idols dropped out of the present as a result of private causes final month.
On June 13, this system aired its highly-anticipated premiere, which started with the contestants arriving one after the other and being directed to their assigned seats.
Host Taeyeon then took the stage to introduce the primary spherical of competitors: the “Up-Down Battle.” Taeyeon defined that the contestants had been divided into 4 tiers primarily based on their reputation and success inside their teams—and that that they had been seated in accordance with these tiers. The tiers had been calculated primarily based 50 % on every contestant’s variety of music present wins and 50 % on their highest first-week album gross sales thus far (primarily based on Circle Chart information).
However, all was not misplaced for these within the lower-ranking tiers. Taeyeon went on to disclose that these preliminary tiers could be meaningless as soon as the competitors started—and that they’d be reorganized primarily based on the contestants’ particular person outcomes from the Up-Down Battle.
In the Up-Down Battle, every contestant took the stage to carry out by herself, and the opposite 27 contestants would vote both “Up” or “Down” whereas watching her efficiency. If they thought the performer was higher than them, they’d vote “Up,” and in the event that they thought the performer was worse than them, they’d vote “Down.”
Check out the entire performances from the primary episode—in addition to the contestants’ outcomes—beneath!
Spoilers
Dohwa (AOA’s Chanmi) – AOA’s “ELVIS,” “Bingle Bangle,” and “Come See Me”
Dohwa’s rating: 11 (up) – 16 (down)
Weeekly’s Zoa – “After School” and f(x)’s “Rum Pum Pum Pum”
Zoa’s rating: 16 (up) – 11 (down)
tripleS’s Jiwoo – “Rising”
Jiwoo’s rating: 7 (up) – 20 (down)
Cherry Bullet’s Jiwon – Chungha’s “Gotta Go”
Jiwon’s rating: 24 (up) – 3 (down)
Rocket Punch’s Suyun – SHINee’s Taemin’s “Advice”
Suyun’s rating: 12 (up) – 15 (down)
woo!ah!’s Nana – Taemin’s “Move”
Nana’s rating: 19 (up) – 8 (down)
Lee Chae Yeon – Lee Hyori’s “Toc Toc Toc”
Lee Chae Yeon’s rating: 20 (up) – 7 (down)
Fye (Fyegoodqurl) – NewJeans’ “Hype Boy” and “Gone Gurl”
Fye’s rating: 16 (up) – 11 (down)
H1-KEY’s Riina – “Rose Blossom” and TWICE’s Nayeon’s “POP!”
Riina’s rating: 8 (up) – 19 (down)
Weeekly’s Jihan – Nayeon’s “POP!”
Jihan’s rating: 17 (up) – 10 (down)
woo!ah!’s Wooyeon – Taeyeon’s “INVU”
Wooyeon’s rating: 4 (up) – 23 (down)
WJSN’s Yeoreum – “As You Wish” and EXO’s Kai’s “Mmmh”
Yeoreum’s rating: 24 (up) – 3 (down)
Cherry Bullet’s Bora – IU’s “My sea”
Bora’s rating: 25 (up) – 2 (down)
The remaining performances from the “Up-Down Battle” will air throughout subsequent week’s episode on June 20 at 10 p.m. KST.
What had been your favourite performances from the primary episode? Share your ideas with us within the feedback!
The full premiere of “Queendom Puzzle” will quickly be accessible with English subtitles on Viki beneath:
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