In the second episode of Mnet <Girls Planet 999: Girls' Daejeon> (hereinafter referred to as <Girls Planet>), which was aired on the 13th, 99 participants started with the time to select 'Planet Top 9' after receiving the evaluation of The Master judges with songs and dances prepared by each of them. The first episode was mainly set as a time to introduce and explore characters mainly in China (C group) and Japan (J group), while a large amount of money was devoted to Korean Idol Producer on this day.
Many of the Korean participants were interested in viewers because they were existing Girls group members or various auditioners. Even if the name and face are not widely introduced to the public, at least the fact that there are several people who are known to K-pop fans is a part of revealing the current address of the Idol world that is not so good.
Why did Choi Yu-jin have to go to these survival auditions? The reason was simple: because he faced a harsh reality that he could no longer do any more activities. "I told him that I couldn't do team work (no more) at the company..." Choi Yu-jin candidly told me what's going on in a pre-interview with the production team.
It was Idol, which seemed to be gorgeous, but in recent years, group activities have suffered from stagnation and confusion. While the younger competitors appeared in succession, their Blady was getting longer, and the core foreign members withdrew in conflict with the company and returned to their homeland. Now, after a wonderful digestion of her "bubble pop" by her senior star Hyun-ah, who left the same agency, she was named to the Top 9 candidate by the recommendation of all of The Master.
"It's a real last chance ... (because of Covid) everything is unsettling, so..." (Kim Do-ah)
" (The atmosphere of the team) was grim. I hear too many bad stories. 000 was dismantled..." (Nayeon, Panatics)
"You did debut, but why did you come out?" (Kim Bo-ra, Cherry Blett)
The audition was considered a forced option for those who were on the brink. It is a program that can be done by Earth 2 only if it is ranked one step ahead of someone, but current Idol participants were forced to shed tears whenever each other's stories were introduced. Even if they were competitors, were they due to the same sense of homogeneity and the sympathy of the mind? Their terrible contest was a sad part of the broadcast.
The behavior of relying on easy methods made me sigh, but it was the desire of the Idol Producer to offset it. Unlike past audition performances, it was difficult to find Korean participants who were neglected or underachieved.
There are group and boy groups that can not be counted every year, but only a few teams continue their activities for a long time. Especially in the Covid fan dynamic situation that has been going on since last year, the performance and the destruction of the stage threatens the Earth 2 of small agency and Idol. In the same time that the number of groups that announce the dissolution is increasing as Blady gets longer, Girls Planet is like a last chance. The sweat and tears of the participants who were together with the desperation filled much of the weakness of the poor contents.
On the other hand, the top 9 selected by The Master was J Group Kuwahara Ayana, 8th Group C Chai Bing, 7th Group Choi Yu-jin, 6th Group K Group Seo Young-eun, 5th Group K Group Suruichi, 4th Group C Group Suruichi, 3rd Group C Group Shen Xiaoting, 2nd Group Kang Ye Seo, He announced the prelude to fierce competition.