KPOP Lover: LTA KPOP EP 119: Produce 101 Season 2 (Ep 1 to 2)

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Starting from episode 1 and 2, I'll tell you some of my top favorite trainees and some of my favorites performances.

Episode 1

The trainees from each company enter the studio where 101 seats are arranged in a pyramid with chairs numbered from 1 to 101. Chair numbered 12 to 101 are plastic and chairs from 1 to 11 where soft comfy sofa chairs. The contestants were introduced by their label coming in and each contestant chooses his preferred seat in the pyramid. After the arrival of the trainees, enter BoA, the nations representatives introducing the training team: two from the first season: After School former leader and soloist Kahi and rapper Cheetah. The new trainers were dance trainer Kwon Jae Seung, SG Wannabe vocalist Lee Seok Hoon, and vocal trainer Shin Yoo Mi along with rapper Don Mills. The contestants then perform in a group or individually for their evaluation. Each trainee is judged on his talents and then are graded in level from A to F. A being the highest, and F the lowest. Members from each grade will then be placed in temporary groups for training. The first episode ends with half of the contestants performances and at the end of the broadcast, the popularity ranking is shown with Maroo Entertainment's Park Ji Hoon at first place. Park Ji Hoon was known as the 'wink' boy through the 'Pick Me' performance.

Here are some of the performances from episode 1.

Yuehua → Just Right (by GOT7) | Maroo → My Childhood Dream (by Trubo)

MMO → Hard Carry (by GOT7) | Brave → With You

Pledis → Because of You (by After School) | Fantagio → That's What I Like (Bruno Mars)

Individual Trainees Kim Jae Hwan → Skyfall (Adele) | Individual Trainees → Hey Mama (EXO-CBX)

Here is my top 11 trainees and then the bottom would be the official ranking.

My Top 11 Trainees:

1. Pledis Kim Jong Hyun | 2. Pledis Hwang Min Hyun | 3. Pledis Kang Dong Ho

4. Fantagio Ong Seung Woo | 5. Maroo Park Ji Hoon | 6. Brave Kim Samuel

7. Ardor and Able Noh Tae Hyun | 8. Ardor and Able Ha Seung Woon | 9. Pledis Choi Min Ki

10. Hunus Kim Sung Kyun | 11. MMO Kang Daniel

Official Top 11 Rank Trainees:

1. Maroo Park Ji Hoon | 2. ONO Jang Moon Bok | 3. Brand New Music Lee Dae Hwi

4. Cre.Ker Joo Hak Nyeon | 5. C9 Bae Jin Young | 6. Brave Kim Samuel | 7. Yuehua Ahn Hyun Seop

8. Fantagio Ong Seung Woo | 9. Yuehua Lee Eui Woong | 10. CUBE Lai Kuan Lin

11. Pledis Hwang Min Hyun

Episode 2

Continued on with the entertainment performances. During the show, it shows the trainees writing on a board about their goals etc. After being grouped and arranged in dorms according to the grade level given to the trainees, BoA announced that they will be performing on M!Countdown with their sing;e 'Me, It's Me (Pick Me)'. The lyrics and choreography are introduced in which they must learn in the following days. Their line distribution and overall participation in the performance would be decided by their group ranking; A would have the most number of lines while F would be backup dancers. The trainees would be given a final re-evaluation prior to the filming of the performance to reassign to another grade. The trainees filmed themselves performing the song which are then watched and evaluated by the mentors. After the re-evaluation, they are given their new grades and are asked to move to their given room. Three F ranked trainees moved up from their grade: Jellyfish's Yun Hee Seok and HF Music Company's Jeong Won Cheol move to B rank while The Vibe Label's Kim Tae Dong moves to the A rank.

Here are some performances from episode 2.

Media Line → Baby (by Justin Bebier) | Ardor and Able → Very Good (by Block B)