PRODUCE X 101 EP 8

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Episode 8

Lee Dong Wook announces the beginning of the next evaluation prior to the second round of eliminations, meaning that all 60 trainees that have survived so far will continue to practice for the performances, but not all of them may get to perform. The evaluation is revealed to be a concept evaluation where viewers chose groups formations from a poll online. Lee Dong Wook introduces the six songs: Funky Retro Dance 'Pretty Girl' (written by KZ, Nthonious and The Private), Future Funk 'Super Special Girl' (written by Kwon Deun Guk), Mainstream Pop 'MOVE' (written by Zico), R&B Dance House 'Monday to Sunday' (written by Primeboi) and Future EDM Dance 'U Got It' (written by Noehl and Kiggen). The second round of eliminations takes place during the main studio.

PRODUCE X 101 EP 6 and 7

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Episode 6

Lee Dong Wook meets with the trainees once again to announce the next challenge. the trainees are tasked to perform live in groups based on positions they want to debut in: vocal, dance, rap or 'X'. 'X' is a new position that requires trainees to perform two of the three aforementioned positions simultaneously. There are four songs for vocals: Paul Kim's 'Me After You', Hwasa of MAMAMOO's  'Twit', Bolbbalgan4's 'To My Youth', and Wanna One's 'Day By Day', two songs for rap: Zico's 'Tell Me Yes or No', and Haon, Vinxen's 'Barcode', three songs for dance: Imagine Dragons's 'Believer', Bruno Mars's 'Finesse', and Jason Derulo's 'Swalla' and the two songs for 'X' are Charile Puth's 'Attention', for vocal and dance and SMTM4's 'Turtle Ship' for rap and dance. Each song has a member limit and would be picked by each trainee based on their ranks: Kim Yo Han who ranked 1st from the first elimination round would have the privilege of choosing the song he wants to perform first. The winner from each performance in vocal, dance and rap positions will receive 100 times their votes while the winner among all songs of each category will receive 100,000 votes. For the 'X' position, the winner from each performance will receive 200 times their votes while the overall winner will receive 200,000 votes. After each performance, they are ranked in their groups first and then overall in the category. Lee Dong Woo also announces that only the top 30 trainees will remain in the next round.

LTA KPOP 2 EP 5: Top 25 MBC Dramas

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio network companies. Munhwa is Korean word for culture. Established on December 2, 1961, MBC is a Korean terrestrial broadcaster which has a nationwide network of 17 regional stations.

Like the last two LTA KPOP post where I tell you my favorite dramas release by the broadcasting stations this is another one. Let's get started.

LTA KPOP 2 EP 4: Top 25 KBS Dramas

KBS or Korean Broadcasting System is the national public broadcaster in South Korea. It was founded in 1927, and operates radio, television, and online services, being one of the biggest South Korea television networks. 

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This list would list my top KBS dramas. This list would most likely not included dramas that is airing or aired in 2019, because I wrote and created this list at the beginning of 2019. 

Let's go ahead and get started then this time, I'm starting at number 1 and not number 25, like I usually do. 

PRODUCE X 101 EP 5

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The first elimination round begins with the remaining 99 contestants entering the main studio by company. In between announcements of each trainee's ranking, events leading up the elimination are shown, such as their dorm life and a hidden camera prank. A poll for 'Top Visual' was also conducted in which Jellyfish Entertainment's Kim Min Gyu was ranked 1st. During the ceremony, trainees rank 1 to 60 will move on to the next round while trainees from 61 to 99 will be eliminated from the competition. OUI Entertainment's Kim Yo Han takes 1st place in the first elimination round and Around Us Entertainment's Jung Jae Hoon finishes 60th place, narrowly escaping elimination. The episodes ends with the contestants comforting the eliminated trainees. 

PRODUCE X 101 EP 3 and 4

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Episode 3

The trainees film themselves individually performing X1-MA as their fellow grade members watch. Each video is watched by the mentors, who then reevaluate the trainees. After the re-evaluation, they are given their new grade and asked to move to their new rooms corresponding to their rank. Following the reorganization, they are told that instead of voting for the center position amongst themselves, the national producers voted. DSP Media's Song Dong Pyo, Brand New Music's Kim Si Hoon and Top Media's Kim Woo Seok are shown to be the top 3, with Song Dong Pyo ultimately winning the coveted center position. Not long after, they film the music video.

The trainees  begin their second mission - Group X Battle. Unlike the previous season where trainees competed against each other with the same song, the songs they are competing with a group;s debut song versus a hit song. The teams are: EXO's 'Mama' v. 'Love Shot', BTS's 'No More Dream' v. 'Blood Sweat and Tears', MONSTA X's 'Trespass' v. 'Dramarama', Seventeen's 'Adore U' v. 'Clap', NU'EST W's 'Deja Vu' v. 'Where U At', Wanna One's 'Energetic' v. 'Light', NCT U's 'The 7th Sense' v. 'Boss', and GOT7's 'Girls Girls Girls' v. 'Lullably'. All songs are performed live and each member is voted on by the auidence individually. The group with the highest score among the two wins and gains a benedit of 3000 bonus votes for each of its members, with the highest ranked member will gain a benefit of having his score multiplied by 10 in addition of the 3000 bonus votes. The group with the highest votes will later perform on M!Countdown. Rehearsals and performances of 'MAMA', 'Love Shot' and 'No More Dream' are shown this week. The episode ends with the current ranking with OUI Entertainment's Kim Yo Han maintaining his 1st place position following by Jellyfish Entertainment's Kim Min Gyu and Brand New Music's Lee Eun Sang.

PRODUCE X 101 EP 1 and 2

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Episode 1

The trainees from each company enter the studio, where seats are arranged numbered from 1 to 101. Each contestant chooses his preferred seat before being informed about several changes that will be applied in this season. New to this series is the X rank, the lowest rank where they are at the most vulnerable to be eliminated. Furthermore, the 11th member of the final group will be decided by the total number of votes they have accumulated throughout the whole season, meaning that the trainee who places 11th in the finale does not necessarily become the 11th member of the final group. Contestants then perform in a group or individually according to their company for evaluation. Some participants are asked to showcase their skill sin individual evaluation. Each trainee is judged on his potential and judges grade and assigned them into temporary groups for training ranking: A, B, C, D, and X (with A being the highest and X the lowest). At the end of the episode, the popularity ranking is shown with Jellyfish Entertainment's Kim Min Gyu taking first place followed by Starship Entertainment's Koo Jung Mo and OUI Entertainment's Kim Yo Han.