In the spirit of a new season of Queendom 2, I would like to review the last seasons of Queendom and Kingdom before the new season air at the end of March.
This episode would be dedicate to Kingdom: Legendary War. I would go over the different rules and point systems along with ranking for each round.
If you haven't seen the show, please go and watch it, if not, don't be sad that I am spoiling it here because it been over two years.
Overview:
The program is a battle behind six trending KPOP boy groups: BTOB, iKON, SF9, Ateez, The Boyz, and Stray Kids. The program features four rounds of performances with the final round being broadcast live.
The winner of the show will get a reality show specially for the winning boy group, plus a 'Kingdom Week' special shows.
It is known as the male counterpart of Queendom and the sequel to Road to Kingdom. The winner of Road to Kingdom will participate on this show against the other groups.
Host:
TVXQ
Contestants:
BTOB
iKON
SF9
The Boyz
Stray Kids
ATEEZ
Rules:
The overall final ranking of the show is based on the following criteria:
- Self-evaluation points (25%)
- Experts' voting (25%)
- Global voting (40%)
- Performance video view count (10%)
Introduction Stage - 100 Seconds Performances
The six boy groups will each perform one of their hit songs (that have won 1st place in a music show) for a 100 seconds performance that will best express themselves.
- Except for the final performing boy group, which is decided by prior voting by the groups themselves of who they expect will win first place in this introductory stage. The first performing boy group is decided by the latter boy group who will themselves be performing last. After the first boy group has performed, they will decide on the second performing boy group and the second boy group that has performed will then decide on the third performing boy group. The process goes on until the final boy group and all performances have been completed.
- The introduction performances will be streamed live through Mnet's YouTube channel on February 23, 2021. Voting via the Whosfan app for the round started after the live stream and closed on February 27, 2021. Viewers will vote for their top three performances.
- The winning boy group for this round will get 1,000 points plus the benefit of arranging the cue sheet for the next round of performances.
Round 1 - To The World
The six boy groups each perform one (or two) of their representative hit songs, which are rearranged and different from their usual stages of the song.
- Voting via the Whosfan app for the round started from April 15 and closed on April 18, 2021. Viewers will vote for their top three performances.
- Experts' votes come from 30 professional judges and each judge will have three votes to cast.
- For self-evaluation, each boy group will hold three votes and will vote for other boy groups other than their own group.
- The winning boy group for this round will get 20,000 points.
Round 2 - Re-born
The six boy groups will exchanges songs, perform and rearrange them into a different style.
- Voting via the Whosfan app for the round started from April 29 and closed on May 2, 2021. Viewers will vote for their top three performances.
- Views will only be counted for the first three days after the full versions of the performances are released on Mnet's official YouTube channel.
Round 3 - No Limit
The premise of 'No Limit' is that there are no restrictions for the performances in this round. A total of 40,000 points will be awarded in this round. This round will be divided into two parts.
The first parts involves the six individual groups being sorted into two larger teams (selected by the highest scoring team in the previous round in terms of the total points in experts' votes plus self-evaluation). Each large team then divides its members into three smaller units - a dance unit, a vocal unit and a rap unit, based on each individual idol's specialty. The corresponding units in each group will go against each other over three rounds - dance, vocal and rap.
The winning group in each of the three rounds will earn 5,000 points which will be evenly distributed.
- For this round, 33 special judges are invited to judge the performances and each will have one vite.
- The special judges include Super Junior members Shindong and Donghae, producer and CEO of Brand New Music Rhymer, idol hitmaker Shinsadong Tiger, music critic Kim Young Dae, song production team MonoTree, choreographer Lia Kim and idol group members of BDC, Weeekly, Tri.be and Mirae.
The awarding of the points is solely based on which group won each round. A total of 15,000 points are up for grabs.
The second part will be back in individual groups, with a total of 25,000 points to be distributed in the same way as the other rounds. However, for the idol group's self-evaluations, each group can only vote for two teams, instead of three in previous rounds.
Final Round - Who Is The King
The six boy groups will each perform a newly produced song live on the final episode. The new songs will be released digitally on May 28, 2021.
- Voting for this round includes live text votes for voters living in South Korea and through Whosfan app for overseas fans.
- Digitals rankings will be determined via Gaon Music Chart for South Korea and via Apple Music for overseas from the time of released to June 1, 2021.
Review: The is hands down one of my favorite season of the show. Love all the performances and I was really happy about the lineup too. Honestly, I didn't watch the show while it was airing or as it was airing because I was working nonstop. It wasn't until right before the last episode came out when I decided to watch all the episode I miss and it was so good.
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