Here's why K-pop took over Twitter today: 'Produce X 101'
The season finale of South Korea’s popular cable show Produce X 101, with the premise that audience members vote and assemble a K-pop group, sent Twitter into overdrive Friday.
Fans, who have cast almost 15 million votes online and by phone since the season premiere in May, debating the results of the music competition show caused several terms to trend at once.
Here’s a closer look at a few:
#Produce_X_101
The show is the fourth installment of the Produce series, a reality competition show in which the fans play the role of music producer by assembling the next big group in K-pop. The show, which airs on Korean cable channel Mnet, has produced three of the most popular K-pop groups of recent years: Wanna One, IZ*ONE and I.O.I, Billboard reports. Much like in the case of The Voice or American Idol, some former competitors have gone on to success in the music industry, even if they didn’t win the show.
This season, 101 trainees — learning songs and dances — competed for 11 spots in a group called X1. They were given a five-year contract with the group.
#Yuvin
Contestant Song Yu Vin, 21, is no newbie to the entertainment industry. He’s released his own music (both solo and as part of the group Myteen) and acted, and he’s even appeared on reality shows before.
Yu Vin’s supporters and fans cheering on other contestants who lose out were understandably crushed that he didn’t make the final cut on the finale, and some speculated that the voting process was suspect.
YOHAN HUGGING YUVIN 😭 pic.twitter.com/zpjAbrLQRc
— 한’s •ㅅ•🦋 (@x1s_net) July 19, 2019
mnet did yuvin and jinhyuk so dirty #PRODUCE_X_101 pic.twitter.com/vs2I8v3iEf
— yorangdan (@dlwdis) July 19, 2019
Finding out that Jinhyuk and Yuvin aren't debuting break my heart into little pieces😩😩😩, I couldn't stop crying 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭and my heart hurts SOOOOO MUCH they deserved to Debut 😖😖🤧🤧
F***K Mnet they lost AMAZING, TALENTED, and BEAUTIFUL people ❤👑❤👑#PRODUCE_X_101 pic.twitter.com/XkdyiI4vbo— 🌸Flor_Eri12♡88🌸 (@FLopez1288) July 19, 2019
these two could've been X1' main vocalist and leader but mnet loves messing up with talented trainees.
LEE JINHYUK AND SONG YUVIN, pdx101 isn't the end but a new beginning for you guys ❤ i hope they will cb with their own groups and make it big someday 💙🙏#PRODUCE_X_101 pic.twitter.com/NTeE46XQfX— Dongpyo the nation's baby🐰💙 (@itzmanar22) July 19, 2019
I just realized that mnet really didn't debuted "the best of the best" this season.
• Yuvin = the best main vocal & most stable
• Yunseong = the best main dancer & choreographer
• Jinhyuk = the best main rapper & leader#PRODUCEX101 #PRODUCE_X_101FINAL #프로듀스X101 pic.twitter.com/qg9wQqDEPY— X1 차준호 (@woollimsmloona) July 19, 2019
me entering mnet to ask why didn't jinhyuk and yuvin didn't make it:pic.twitter.com/Dy2aWTFooV
— toni (@seungy0han) July 19, 2019
lots of knets are currently talking about how the difference between the number of votes of the trainees are the same for some, and most are similar to one another 🤔🤔🤔
Theres a difference of 29978 between many..#producex101 #produce_x_101 pic.twitter.com/ieTyP0Xokw— X1 UPDATES (@101_UPDATE) July 19, 2019
#Seungwoo
Han Seung Woo, 24, did make the cut for X1. He’s a music veteran, too, who’s part of the group VICTON.
#Minhee
Kang Min Hee, 18, received happy news, too. The teen will be dancing and singing up a storm alongside Seungwoo and eight more winners of this round of the show.
Obsessed yet? Produce X 101’s executive producer Kim Yong-bum revealed going into the season that the show is expanding to Japan, but said that there are no plans to allow international voting.
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