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all-about-wannaone · 7 years ago

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Wanna One as Disney Movie Characters (Maknae Line)

(I could not find a better gif omg)

And I am back with the second part of this series! ^^ In all honesty, the “Maknae” line was actually easier to research for than the “Hyung” line! ^^;; Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun writing this because I too discovered my childhood a little bit more and learnt a little more about the characters that I could not possibly comprehend at the age of 8 or 9. Once again, thank you @curryriceu for the interesting ask and hopefully, you (and all the rest) will enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed researching and typing out my rationales! ^^ Wishing you all a happy reading experience and before I start to ramble unnecessarily, here we go~

Part 1: Hyung Line (Yoon Jisung, Ha Sungwoon, Hwang Minhyun, Ong Seongwoo, Kim Jaehwan, Kang Daniel)

Park Jihoon: Peter Pan (Peter Pan)

First thing’s first, the extent of the maknae line in terms of characters escalated quickly from mature, high, mighty and brave characters to those that are a little more on the youthful and boyish side. To start things off, we have Park Jihoon as Peter Pan and there are many reasons why I have decided to associate him with this youthful and extremely fun-loving character. Despite the awkwardness that Jihoon seemed to portray in the beginning of Produce 101 Season 2, he was eventually discovered to be someone who was considerably boyish, playful and fun. Despite the fact that I (or perhaps anyone) never knew Peter Pan’s true age, he was always portrayed to be a young soul who loved to have fun and goofed around rather than solving issues which bring worry, fear and negativity. Hence, because Jihoon is young (and is my age haha), these are the things that the young would probably prefer doing; live happily, worry later... or should I say “Hakuna Matata”? However, when the occasion presses for it, Peter Pan was willing to step up to the plate and save his companions from the wrath of Captain Hook, which highlighted the fact that despite his playfulness and youth, it showed that he was capable of empathy, care and basically, a holistic sense of true human emotion. This could be shown HERE where the other members of the adorable “Oh Little Girl” team pulled a prank for his birthday, with Gunhee and Minki (Ren) being the main characters and getting into a petty argument. Sure, Jihoon might have stormed out due to the tense and uncomfortable atmosphere, but when Sewoon spoke to him, it was obvious that Jihoon did care for his team and was genuinely worried about how the team would get over such an obstacle. In short, this short video clearly shows the similarities between Jihoon and Peter Pan; preferring to stay out of negative and uncomfortable atmospheres but still showing care for his companions as a whole in secret. Lastly, despite Peter Pan’s young age, he was still brave and battled with Captain Hook to save his friends, even when he was almost killed in the process. Like Jihoon, he was always one to get through his own personal obstacles and insecurities and proved to the public that he was worthy to be in Wanna One, thus claiming #2 eventually in the final 11.

Park Woojin: Baymax (Big Hero 6)

As you guys can probably tell, I’m actually quite a fan of Big Hero 6 and as I was doing this request, I could not help but associate Woojin with this white, huggable and cat-loving robot. In the movie as a robot, Baymax was extremely friendly and sociable, but his monotonous (but happy) voice made it seem like he was socially awkward with 99% friendliness and 1% awkwardness. Like Woojin, he was extremely uncomfortable with the A-graders when he first met them and preferred to stay quietly by the sidelines and honestly, we did not hear very much about him until the position evaluations when he joined the “Get Ugly” team and through the behind-the-scenes footage, we got a little more of an inkling to what he was really like and eventually, we got to know him as one who was extremely talkative when he was with people that he’s comfortable with, adorable with all his VJ-ing + extra footage and was definitely well loved by the older ones. Furthermore, Baymax was also extremely innocent, and that trait pretty much screamed “Park Woojin” to me and was never the type to hurt anyone, showcasing his gentle and caring side. Also, Baymax was also known to be extremely devoted to his cause of being a “personal healthcare companion”, both physically and emotionally, and was always there for the main character through thick and thin. Like Woojin, it was clear that he was very set on achieving his dream and did his best in everything, even when he was suffering from a serious case of shingles. He continued to perform “Never”, despite his condition and carried it out well together with the rest. After hospitalisation, he showed up again for the 3rd elimination to prove that he was determined and would not allow an illness to get him down. Even if I’m not sure whether he’s always there (lack of footage ahem mnet ahem) for the rest, it is clear that he is someone capable of deep conversation and would probably be a great listener. Sure, he might not talk very much but will definitely be a great source of comfort at any time and for anyone. It was also clear that he was well mannered and polite, just like Baymax. For the above traits, he was finally recognised to be someone worthy of Wanna One’s lineup, despite his quiet nature, and rose the ranks from #72 to clinching #6 at the very last episode.

Bae Jinyoung: EVE (WALL-E)

Once again, as I was doing my research on the movies under Disney, I found another movie that I actually liked (but forgot) and it was one that actually brought me to tears despite the lack of dialogue; that is none other than WALL-E. Hence, I have decided to associate Bae Jinyoung with EVE which was also known as Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator and often mistaken for Eva. In the beginning, EVE was definitely more refined and upon meeting WALL-E, she was actually hostile towards him and spared him no second thought. Similarly, in the beginning of Produce 101 Season 2, Jinyoung was known as the trainee who always looked as if he was deep in thought and often lacked the confidence in his abilities. Hence, with his seemingly stoic personality, awkward and intense aura, he then earned the name “Deep Dark” from the fans and viewers due to his lack of emotion and speech. Unfortunately, there were times when he had his moments of failure, especially when he dropped sharply from a C-grade to an F-grade due to his lack of confidence at the re-evaluations, but that did not stop him from continuing to work hard and work his way up the ranks. Soon after, he began to showcase his skills a little more through singing for his chosen song, “Spring Day”, and also showed more of his endearing and playful side (ahem winkdeep ahem). It was clear that he opened himself up significantly and definitely made some true friends throughout the course of Produce 101 such as Jihoon, Daehwi (my goodness have you guys seen it) and even Minhyun (who probably adopted him) and so much more. Similarly, for EVE, she became more friendly towards WALL-E after he had saved her from danger and they had officially introduced themselves to one another, which was her very first step to getting to know him better and vice versa. Indeed, Jinyoung came a long way from the beginning to the end and his constant hard work and dedication eventually granted him the 4th spot in the second last elimination and earned him the coveted “Centre” position for the iconic and eye-catching “Hands On Me” performance. He was no longer that unconfident, shy and awkward boy anymore; he became one who was extremely endearing, adorable and exceptionally confident, giving his all for his last performance. To some, getting into the top 11 was questionable for some but I must say that he actually did deserve the spot and is clearly capable of learning new things despite his young age. Lastly, despite this boy looking as if he’s too young to understand the bitterness of the world, it is clear that he is also caring towards his fellow mates, giving them long and sad hugs as well as words of encouragement when they either made it to the top 11 (i.e. Minhyun) or those who were eliminated.

Lee Daehwi: Joy (Inside Out)

I know I’m a little late to the party but up till now, I have never watched Inside Out. However, surprise surprise, because when I first got this request, Daehwi was the very first person that I thought of and it was none other than to be associated with this joyful and positive character. In the movie, Joy, as her name suggests, was always the optimistic one and provided hope in times of despair and doubt. Like her, Daehwi was definitely hopeful and was confident in his abilities, especially when he was deemed to be the “Next Somi” and was immediately sorted out into the A-grade together with the other Brand New Music trainees except Donghyun who went to the B-grade. Furthermore, he was also voted to be the “Centre” of “Pick Me season 2″ which earned him lots of screentime in my opinion. Unfortunately, it was definitely not met with good feedback from netizens (sIGHS) and it was only made worse when he had made a seemingly wise decision by choosing all the popular boys to be in his team for Boy In Luv. He was said to be too ambitious and greedy, but I could not deny that he had made a smart (but risky) decision to recruit all the popular ones which guaranteed his team victorious against Boy In Luv Team 2. Joy, in Inside Out, was also said to be extremely smart and always seemed to have everything under control, especially when she was the leader of Riley’s emotions. Despite all the hatred being thrown at him, he continued to work hard in order to showcase to the public a better version of himself and remained his happy-go-lucky self and still encouraged and cared for other trainees, even when he was going through these personal battles of his own. Personally, I came to realise that Daehwi was actually a literal smiley and talented angel, who always put others before himself and even risked his stand at some points (that infamous doubling incident) but it is clear that he too has matured throughout the show and I am glad National Producers came to realise this. Like Joy, she went through many ups and downs, but continued to remain caring towards the others and grew to become a better character towards the end, especially when it came to working with the other emotions and understanding them better. Despite all this, Daehwi emerged victorious anyway and he was able to come in 3rd in the final 11 lineup, like his rank in the very first episode. In short, Daehwi is pretty much the male version of Joy, not only in terms of their characters, but also in terms of their personal developments as well.

Lai Guanlin: Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid)

Surprisingly, Guanlin was the only one in the “Maknae Line” to get something a little more on the mature side because nothing seemed to have fit him better than Prince Eric of The Little Mermaid. Firstly, Prince Eric was known to be a little more on the stoic side, and always remained calm, whatever the situation. Honestly, when I read this, he immediately reminded me of Guanlin’s calmness throughout the entire show. Sure, he was definitely a sentimental boy, but he never showed any form of sadness, even when he faced a drastic drop from #2 to #20 in the second last elimination and being the trainee who barely survived the change in rules. Furthermore, being young, I feel like he would be the type to probably fall in love very easily and that was Prince Eric, who immediately fell in love with “the mysterious girl with the beautiful voice”. He was exceptionally determined to find her and was sure that he would marry her after she had saved him to show his deep gratitude towards her (which is obviously NOT something that anyone would do in real life). Furthermore, Prince Eric, despite being a prince, was said to be fun-loving and that was pretty much Guanlin who never failed to enjoy all the experiences given to him. It was not easy, especially when he came from Taiwan with very limited vocabulary, but it was clear that he made the most out of it and continued to aim high, even though the odds were stacked against him when he went from a D-grade to an F-grade. However, Prince Eric was also mature and that was definitely something that I had learnt about Guanlin. He was only 15/16 when he decided to come to Korea to achieve his dream, knowing that the journey was not going to be easy, but he pressed on and said so himself that he would not be willing to go back because becoming a Kpop star was what he came for, and there was no way that he was going back to his hometown without a fight. Through this, it also highlighted his determination and dedication for his dream, whereas for Prince Eric, it was to find the girl named Ariel, whom he would later discover. Sometimes, I do feel that Guanlin still has more to learn (because he has only been training for 6 months), but he still deserved 7th place anyway because he worked for it and fought bravely despite the sudden turn of the tables. Lastly, I must say... Doesn’t Prince Eric actually remind you of Guanlin physically? Maybe it’s just me, but the more I look at it, the more I feel it resembles Guanlin, and this was probably the most holistic rationale ever on why Guanlin became Prince Eric instead of a cute character this time around.

And once again folks, I am done with another requested series! ^^ Boy, it sure was tough getting to this point, especially all the research and thought that I had to put into it, however, it was still a pretty good experience to push myself out of the comfort zone to write something like this. Furthermore, isn’t it only right to actually work hard for all my readers, followers and noters? :) Now, I am close to reaching 200 followers and almost 700 likes and reblogs. ;; I don’t know what to say really, but thank you so much for all your support and love omg, ;_; I hope all of these have brought smiles (and laughter) to your days and I will, hopefully, continue to do so as a form of gratitude. :’)

With regards to request, I will be opening them up till Sunday, 9th July 2017, in light of the school holiday today so happy requesting for more and I hope to see you guys in my inbox and askbox! Goodbye for now and I will see you again in another exciting series coming up! :D

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p101recaps · 7 years ago

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Broduce 101: Episode 10 (Quick Livestream Recap)

This post contains spoilers.

We go straight up to the Regal Chair of Doom for the elimination opening.

There are a few hair changes! Minki is dark haired again, while Sanggyun had an ashy blond dye job and a trim.

They’re not sure what the cut off is because of the rumours and the doubt BoA’s script had provided last episode.

Hyunbin ambitiously wants to be first, and the trainees laugh their heads off at this proclamation.

Entrance pose time!

Pledis trainees come in by imitating Nu’est maknae Minki’s disjointed shoulder trick.

Little Lee Woojin does the thigh touching move from sexy concept song Open.

MMO trainees, Daniel and Jisung, dance to Sistar’s Touch My Body. It makes me feel low key bitter because my girls :(

RBW Lee Gunhee did some hip swinging.

Extra as hell, Fantagio Ong Sungwoo brought a bag with him to recreate his now iconic moment from the work out episode.

WH Creative Seo Sungyhuk did some of IKYK choreo. Cutie

YGK+ Kwon Hyunbin did the robot.

Popular WinkDeep boys Maroo Park Jihoon and C9 Bae Jinyoung did twin moves

Ardor and Able hilariously recreate a reference to Noh Taehyun’s viral stomach scratching picture.

Starship Jung Sewoon did the world’s tiniest Nayana gesture.

CUBE chicks do a Twice Knock Knock reference.

OUI Donghan did a weird dance move on the floor.

Only top 20 gets through. So this rumour was right. It’s like Mnet’s playing two lies one truth lol

BoA gets ajumeoni claps as she enters. That dress looks like something from Red Velvet’s closet though.

Fanservice to soothe the pain begins with cute dorm footage.

Snack time is abound in the dorms once again. One trainee carries what looks like a fuckin mountain of cup ramen across the room at some point.

They reveal a bit of first week footage with the HOTSHOT boys depositing their luggage in the waiting room. Sungwoon’s massive show insole falls out and he gets embarrassed, all ‘When did this come out??’

Sunghyuk has a bit where he comes into to visit his hyungs and gets scolded for his informality. He gets visibly scared by Jihoon’s sternness, leaving with his tail between his legs until Ong-ssi calls him back.

Ong-ssi: Why’d you come in here?

Sunghyuk (looking like he may cry): For...no reason.

All the hyungs: Oh, that’s good! :D I’m glad you came to see us!!! :))

Sunghyuk almost passes out in relief when he realises they were teasing him lol

There’s a cut of how the boys all pull out make up to touch up when production staff calls for a break, yanking out their compacts and pat-patting away at their faces.

Jisung eomma is the funniest of all of course, whipping out the compact with a flourish and patting his too red lips to blend them out.

Ong-ssi puts on a few dozen coats of tinted lip balm and gets ticked off by staff for the red lips visible across the hall

Jaehwan touches up Baekho’s nose for him

Another cut is product placement for face packs, its a sponsored bit (you can always tell when Samuel’s acting, bless him) but they play around well with the differently coloured mask creams.

Sungwoon gets 101 written on his face by his dongsaengs, Jihoon makes himself up like a panda while Baekho gets a beard. He’s very pleased with it. A universal cutie.

Deffo more natural PPL than the herbal supplement.

There’s a cut of early morning shower singing from vocal kids RIP FNC Yoo Hwiseung, getting screentime once he’s been kicked.

Sad practice shots with Jaehwan’s acoustic guitar backing and singing of Nayana. I ALREADY FEEL BAD FOR THEM FUK U MNET

Cut to more cheerful trainee time.

Noh Taehyun once again has to heatedly defend himself because of his stomach clip after already having to clarify he’s not a crybaby. He claims the clip was from after a rehearsal sesh, and he was hot and sweaty so, “I WAS FANNING MYSELF I WASN’T SCRATCHING MY TUMMY EVERYONE!!”

CUBE kids explain their initial awkwardness. Their company wanted them to be clear hyung-dongsaeng on the show, but they were friends while they were trainees earlier. This means Seonho can’t use banmal with him anymore and has to remember to call Guanlin hyung. It doesn’t affect Lai Guanlin, but Seonho is still adjusting lol

Minhyun likes sweet boy Seonho, but the younger kid keeps hugging him and is really fond of skinship.

Minhyun: It’s like he’s my girlfriend...he needs to dial it down a bit.

Seonho: It’s just because I love my hyung???!

Daehwi gets a stool to stand on for his individual bit, and is mildly indignant about it. He doesn’t think he’s that short and pulls out massive insoles from his shoes before also ratting out Sasuke Uchiha cosplayer Bae Jinyoung’s use of insoles.

His friend is not happy, and has to reveal his own massive foam shoe inserts.

Bae Jinyoung: They’re only 2cm!!

Staff: Only because you’re pressing down on them like that.

Auntie Jisung, true to form, mentions Daniel’s night talking.

“Mom, you’re embarrassing me!!” - Kang Daniel, probably.

Red lip tint fans Daniel and Sanggyun get called out for their always pink lips, and Daniel gets his own back by pointing out that Yoon Jisung also always wears tons of it.

Kang Daniel called my boy with his ludicrous pink lips an ajumma!!

Sewoon loves his awkward wink edited with post its on his face and the Jaehwan and Sewoon vocal ship continues to sail.

Hosts Auntie Jisung and Ong Sungwoo for basketball manga oppa times

Ong-ssi: Why are you here? Did you trainees only come to have fun here on the show?

Auntie Jisung: Yes. I did.

They chant ONGSUNG ONGSUNG ONGSUNG for themselves. New comedy MC duo, I loaf

Speed quiz is first up, with sexy waves from OngSung MCs.

Showtime team do okay, Samuel flips onto his back to act out samgyetang. I died. How do you even think of that.

IKYK: Moonbok hard carries. He’s so pretty but that hairstyle...a topknot and scarf wrapped around his head..I wear my own hair like that for house cleans. Taedong quivers for a bit when he gets his word, before dancing The Boys for SNSD.

Open: Daniel does a piss poor imitation of Baekho, who laughs like a baby the whole segment. Seonho gets Ahn Junyoung (the P101 main producer) and wavers for a bit before yelling, ”Ah! PASS!”

Oh Little Girl: Ayn Hyungseob has apple hair! He struggles to convey swag, imitating Baekho and Daniel to no avail. His team finally gets it only because Lee Euiwoong hears Noh Taheyun say, ‘Ah, Hyungseobie definitely has none of this at all!!’

Never: Lai Guanlin passes because he doesn’t know the word...twice; he can’t read Hangul well and the words are too difficult. One of them is an old fashioned Korean flute like?? It’s a hard word and how do you act it out? Poor kiddo

IKYK team wins this segment.

Next game is a game where duos come forth from each team; one trainee does an elephant nose spin, and then runs to apply lipstick on his waiting teammate.

My heart soars at Sanggyun and Jisung representing Showtime

Sewoon falls multiple times and when he gets to Euiwoong, he keeps shaking. Euiwoong gets more and more impatient and Sewoon finally gets shoved by an annoyed hamster.

Jisung veers off and falls like fifteen times before getting to Sanggyun. After, Sanggyun looks at himself and thinks it’s sort of sexy. “You look pretty!!” says excited Auntie Jisung, gleefully.

BNM Jonghyun has a scary determined look throughout.

Kim Yongguk can’t even spin straight, falling over every two spins like a new born puppy. He crawls to Kenta, who waits patiently to have his whole face attacked viciously with red lipstick

Kenta, when the trainees go into splits and Yongguk is still stabbing his cheeks with lipstick: WHY? WHY??

Lee Daehwi remains perfectly, characteristically competent, calmly dabbing on Wartortle GodJonghyun’s lips like a seasoned make up artist.

Yoo Seonho gets to draw again on a caring hyung picked by him, so he picks Daniel

Jaehwan picks Emperor Hwang for redoing the segment. Jaehwan runs lopsided and dementedly fast to draw on his hyung, frightening poor Gunhee on the sidelines.

Seonho applies eight hundred layers of red on Daniel’s mouth lol

The next game is team jump roping and posing for a photo

This was hilarious - you have to look them up, I died laughing at their faces mid air. These are the pictures I’m getting blown up and signed if I ever see them in person.

Open team wins overall, and receives the PPL face packs.

After this dose of healing (this is what Jonghyun calls the segment, with another of his ha ha HAs) cuteness, we go back to elims.

The rankings from last episode are finally revealed for the highest ranking from the live audience. To no one’s surprise, Daniel won the 220,000 benefit.

1 and 20 to be revealed last for the suspense

Jung Sewoon ranked 19.

Woodam and Donghan have a depressingly self aware discussion about how they know they’re lucky to have this far.

Joo Haknyeon is 18. The boys are all shocked but he’s had awful press lately. He’s losing grace swiftly, and this is his first time falling out of top 11.

BNM Im Youngmin has fortunately made it at 17, despite the (totally undeserved) hate he received. He even apologised, for some reason

CUBE Seonho was 16, he almost fell out his seat with shock as his name was called.

Ren, Hyungseob and Jaehwan all make it in succession.

Minhyun’s apparent ‘mistaken’ reveal of his rank was at 12 but it’s Pledis Kang Dongho at 12. The trainees all imitate Baekho’s Boy in Love head bob lol

Pledis Minhyun makes it at 11. He’s handsome on the big screen, and sings at BoA’s request. All the trainees have a shim koong.

Lee Daaehwi at 10. I’m grateful he stays top 11 though a cutie

MMO Yoon Jisung makes it at 9!! YES HE’S BACK IN TOP 11 I LOVE MY AUNTIE!!

So do the trainees, they’re all more excited than he is at his rank, there’s a veritable swarm as they congratulate their eomma.

Samuel’s having a breakdown from nerves.

Auntie Jisung’s ugly crying is slightly muted this time - his company must have scolded him. Daniel is super relieved his hyung’s back in top 11, and Jisung thanks people for supporting him and his dream.

Ong Sungwoo is safe at number 8. BoA asks him to do his Ong-slate bit, which of course, he does with every bit of over the top acting he can.

Nation’s leader Angel God Jonghyun dropped to 7, but at least Wartortle’s safe.

Good shot of the empty Nu’est seats as Jonghyun thanks the voters for supporting him and his fellow Pledis trainees.

Brand New Music Park Woojin makes it to 6! He still has an eye patch on, I hope he’s recovering well. BoA asks him to do his famous snaggle-toothed smile. A cutie.

Samuel’s proper freaking out but he makes it at 5. He thanks all his Showtime hyungs by name but forgets Jisung, adding him last when he realises. Jisung, my drama queen, pouts in mock offence

Goodness, you can really see the relief on Samuel’s face when he sinks into his chair, my poor kid.

BoA calls out Ha Sungwoon and Bae Jinyoung for the next two possible ranks

Ha Sungwoon can’t stop yelling in shock for being in the top 5, he just screams endlessly. When the camera points at him for the shot right before BoA announces his name, he thinks it’s someone else in his row because he really wasn’t expecting it.

ME NEITHER MATE THERE IS SOME FAIRNESS IN THE WORLD I LIVE FOR THIS RISE

Bae Jinyoung is 4. The two pick voting helped him climb back up, WinkDeep sails. In celebration, he does the aegyo bit from his intro.

Sungwoon makes it at number 3 (more slightly muted screaming)

I’m that tear waterfall pokemon gif, and so is he, sort of. This caught me off guard but I love being wrong about this sort of stuff.

Popular kids, teen pick Jihoon and noona pick Daniel for top two.

Daniel and Little Woojin exchange non-forced reassurance as they wait for his rank to be announced.

Sidenote while watching the livestream: That Cha Eunwoo kid is in a lot of ads for a rookie. He’s rather handsome.

MMO Kang Daniel ranks number 1. It’s his first time, he never thought he’ll be Jihoon’s rival, but he’s deeply grateful.

Which puts Park Jihoon at a safe 2. He thanks his fans for their continued support. His consistency has been incredible, he’s never left the top of the pyramid.

Last trainee for the cut off at 20. These shots of my eliminated talented boys makes me sad.

They draw out my pain by showing the ranks from 35 upwards, and having the trainees speak as they get booted.

Bye little maknae Lee Woojin, star vocal Park Woodam, RBW meme Lee Gunhee and musicial kid Kim Yehyun

All of I Know You Know got booted. My sweet boy WH Creative Seo Sunghyuk cries. The Vibe knight boy Taedong and blond pretty kid OUI Donghan are composed. They must have all expected this.

Oh, Donghyun. His BNM trainees look like they’re going to cry as he asks the voters to support them.

Sanggyun spits some sugar coated bitterness, Noh Taehyun and Takada Kenta are graceful.

Visual dark horse Moonbok, who got played by Mnet the most, leaves the show too. He really speaks very prettily. 3

BoA says this isn’t the end for their careers. I wish I can be that optimistic.

Yuehua Lee Euiwoong doesn’t make the cut. You can see Hyungseob’s face fall.

YGK+ Kwon Hyunbin is eliminated at 22. He says a nice ment too, but lasting this long considering his background and skillset is just miraculous.

It’s between Kim Yongguk and Lai Guanlin for rank 20.

Honestly, I’d never have guessed this in a million years. Kim Yongguk, maybe, because of his lack of clear broship, but Cube chicks must get a lot of their hype from teenagers.

Lai Guanlin makes it by the skin of his teeth.

We have to say goodbye to Arctic Fox Kim Yongguk. This feels so unfair, he had such a nice, melancholy tone.

Daniel leads the ending salutations to the national producers.

Last voting period opens, and it’s one pick. This season has been super makjang for real. Far out.

We cut to a new day, the top 20 trainees have gathered for final evaluation mission. BoA reminds them this is the final, debut mission for the live broadcast finale.

The trainees will be split into two teams to perform one of two songs, Super Hot or Hands on Me. I’m keen to hear these songs, the composers are really well known. The choreography has to be created by the trainees themselves.

Harvey Mason and his team created Hands On Me, the demo sounds like a laid back jazzy track that will probably go the IKYK way (hashtag bitter).

Ryan Jhun, who composed Nayana and EXO’s Love Me Right, my favourite EXO title song by far, wrote Super Hot, which is more funky, fast paced.

I take a minute to thank Mother Mary for the lack of EDM. Let’s hope it doesn’t jump out on me when I hear the full songs.

Positions depend on rank, with low ranking trainees picking first and the higher ones possessing the ability to replace them if they want the position.

Im Youngmin’s penalty for leaking spoilers is that he has to take what’s left over, so he picks first and can be replaced.

Seonho ambitiously displaces Haknyeon for sub-vocal 3 on Super Hot, pushing him down to 4.

Hyungseob pushes Joo Haknyeon further down to 5 lol

Then Daehwi pushes him to rapper 1

Jonghyun comes in to shove him to the other team, as vocal 6 for Hands on Me.

Dead. His fellow trainees seemingly have no faith in him at all.

Jaehwan takes his rightful place as main vocal for Hands on Me.

Sewoon had picked sub vocal 1 on the same song earlier, wanting to sing with Jaehwan.

Minhyun continues to be a Joseon level strategist by pushing Sewoon to a different team. Samuel moves him back but to a lower vocal position.

Daniel changes Sungwoon’s team from Hands on Me sub vocal 1 to Super Hot but promotes him to main vocal on there so it works out well.

Everyone on Super Hot understandably wants to be centre considering the timing of the mission and they all sing the main chorus line to compete.

Samuel has to create the choreo and formations as the strongest dance trainee. His teammates come up with a bunch of unhelpful suggestions and he’s stressing out again.

Ong-slate opens on Hands on Me discussions.

They’re discussing leader, Ong-ssi surprisingly nominates himself and receives the position.

Again, everyone wants to be centre and audition with the ‘killing part’ but they don’t show centre pick.

We see the eliminated trainees crying at the eliminations again before next week’s trailer and ranks.

Below is a comprehensive list of this week’s rankings. I’ll post the entire set this time, because we’re down to only 20 :(

Kang Daniel

Park Jihoon

Ha Sungwoon

Bae Jinyoung

Kim Samuel

Park Woojin

Kim Jonghyun