Groups Debut Dates document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. At least it was cool in the end. The prisoner/prison guard costuming worked well, even if it felt too predictable. By the end of the 6th video, BTOB was the only one who stuck around. 1st place: Stray Kids 690,971 votes Plus, the songs pretty good! Thanks a lot! But I really liked how they were so passionate, told a clear story, and sang live. I really loved iKONs performance. 2. I dont imagine were going to see much posturing for BTOB on the show. During the finale on June 3, 2021, Stray Kids won the program, finishing in 1st place. I feel like I havent really watched a lot of their live performances over the past few years. I hope theyll show more diverse stages than the RTK groups especially considering how good the cast is, stomp stomps and vigorous arm movements The Boyz love playing on the theme of Kingdom, and elements of this can grow a bit stale. 4. glare at the camera, (srsly what are all these choreographers angry about all the time). 4. Last years Road to Kingdom was a bumpy road for sure, with one particular pothole that still has me feeling PTSD. I guess it also hinges on which acts have fan bases that are dedicated to this kind of voting. 3rd place: BTOB 2,021.073 points (632.184 + 1,388.889) Congrats to Stray Kidz. The introduction performances will be streamed live through Mnet's YouTube channel on February 23, 2021. Theyve really been playing with color (or lack thereof) lately. The Boyz understand this stage setup well and know how to use their numbers so they definitely have the potential to be the group to beat again. Like yeah you are powerful and impactful, but in the same way of precious stages. Next (2nd) should have been be BTOB, you could feel the emotions from there performance and aura. Same! Can anyone help me out here? In an intense finale, the K-pop bands left to compete for the crown were: SF9, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, BTOB, and iKON. Last week, "Kingdom" revealed half of the results for the preliminary battle, and at the beginning of this week's episode, the show announced that the winner was Stray Kids. Im not sure the heavy remix was the best choice for this song, and I thought the whole bleeding effect was a little cheesy. Although the fan votes and video view counts for the roundwhich add up to a total of 50 percent of the contestants scoreshave not yet been tallied, the six competing groups cast their votes immediately after the performances, while the panel of 30 expert judges made their evaluations at the same time. BTOB Stray kids won this competition. (iKON) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8trk5WKgjoI), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1TJGwIMG4Y, [] + KINGDOM ver. Wave or Beautiful Pain for me, Miroh in at 3rd. ATEEZ consists of 8 members: Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, and Jongho. Main rapper Minhyuk filled the other vocalists part which is a big twist even though Melodys are already aware of his beautiful voice. 6th place: The Boyz 2,534.222, Voting details for the 2nd Round: I really hope for iKON to get the 1st place. Theyre going to be a hard group to beat. I always enjoyed they never lipsyncd his parts but rather Hongjoon interpreted those moments his own way. Each week, Ill be taking a listen to the newest kpop releases and giving my thoughts. As for Kingdom as a whole? all we need now is for the groups to have a comeback! They performed the song so well. Then again, I think its dangerous to have too much of the vote be determined by global fans, making the series nothing more than a popularity contest. In a fun behind-the-scenes clip, the groups listen to and evaluate each others finale songs. Its so cheesy, and I think the performance wouldve benefitted from embracing that cheese rather than attempting to be serious. But even with all the strained edginess, the staging for this was pretty fantastic. Every day is blursday. Results Part 1 (25% Judges vote + 25% Groups vote) Watch the full episode of Kingdom with English subtitles here. Everything bodes well for Ateez and their future. Ateez Members That Share The Same Birthday With Other Kpop idols. (Stray Kids) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybhfbm0gU8), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoFSamY3M8c, [] WOLFGANG (Stray Kids) #KINGDOM EP.10 | Mnet 210603 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoFSamY3M8c), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcA_p83ovAU, [] WAVE : Overture (ATEEZ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcA_p83ovAU), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uDitNeFO-I, [] Symphony No.9 From The Wonderland (ATEEZ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uDitNeFO-I), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4n06VT4H9w, [] (The Awakening of Summer) (ATEEZ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4n06VT4H9w), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsO6QO3VCVE, [] (The Real) (ATEEZ) #KINGDOM EP.10 | Mnet 210603 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsO6QO3VCVE). Thank you for this review! The Boyz Sunwoo picks up on the edgy schtick as well, pointing out some funny tropes in a very self-aware moment. I dont like the song, and the performance was just OK compared to other venues, but it was different. 4. They debuted on September 15th, 2015 under YG Entertainment. If I were voting, I dont even know who I would pick. The dancing was great (of course), the song was great, and the costume changes were great. Kingdom Legendary War 2021 Participants BtoB The Boyz. 3rd place: Ateez 6,101.043 points The guys head off for a drive, reminiscing about their favorite performances during the show. The boyz and skz gave me the same feeling. Until then, we are stuck with (what I believe to be are) mediocre, edm, rap, dance-heavy songs. You have to create a unique and special performance. All their title songs are amazing though its a shame that they got their first win just recently since 2016, but its a great news to all Fantasys. Kpop Who wore it better? To be fair, its not their fault. The Boyz debuted on December 6th, 2017, under Cre.Ker Entertainment. We need an editor. To relieve stress, fatigue and injury, the guys rent out Everland that amusement park you always see on Korean variety shows. 4 & 5) Still, kudos to all the groups, they all did GREAT!^^, For me I believe that IKON and BTOB showed something different whereas the other 4 performances were almost similar. Also, I dont get why boy groups these days thinks theatrical=halloween all the time. The teaming up rounds really brought people close together, which is what I was watching Kingdom for. Both just didnt show me anything new. 3rd place: BTOB 540,621 votes Why have Ateez sitting on foldable chairs while everyone else gets a couch? Not just in Kingdom btw. I think thats what makes stage more interesting to watch. The staging echoed the overblown drama of this track but knew when to pause and use empty space to its advantage. Looking at the others contorted faces because of the stunts was a little off putting to say the least. Okay okay. Keeping in mind that everyone is awfully exhausted and trying their very best for the show, the only thing we could do is to give support to every participating groups and hope that nothing worse will happen. Voting via the Whosfan app for the round started from April 29 at 22:00 (KST) and closes on May 2 at 23:59 (KST). Lets also root for all the groups to give fans their best performance! introduction stage, Round 1 (To The World) and Round 2 (Re-Born). The dance was good, but they really should have sang and rapped live. Im also watching the current season of Produce 101 Japan, so I guess Im a glutton for punishment! 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Like there wasnt even a single flaw in their performance, moreover they had the whole vibe and stage presence yet they got such low rank. The Boyz have been very up-and-down throughout Kingdom a completely different experience from their consistent dominance on Road to Kingdom. They got to try new things and cant rely too much on stunts. I am not a RTK/Kingdom watcher, so Im going to use these recaps to kindof see whats going on. And, Wave relies on his deep tone for much of its impact. *Collaboration stage: team Mayflay (Ateez, Stray Kids, BtoB) vs team Its One (iKon, The Boys, SF9), Rap Unit: I hope all the groups receive more success due to their appearance on the show. The ranking from the experts' votes was released first followed by the votes from the self-evaluation. SF9 had majestically performed to their song Now or Never rearranged into Jealous for the show. iKON also seem like an odd fit for this show, but they definitely have experience with survival series. I was wondering if they would edit Yunho completely out of this episode, and Im glad they didnt. Other Recaps: Episode Two // Episode Three. Kpop Quizzes I thought Hyunjin was on hiatus though? Three hours and ten minutes, to be exact. 7 & 8) Why film for 30+ consecutive hours?? The duo lays out the rules, including three rounds and a final. The initial ranking was announced on the basis of expert judges' evaluation and contestants' votes. thank you for the recaps and reviews, ive really appreciated it as i wouldnt have been interested in the show if it werent for your reviews (and btob and ikon). They are actually really really talented and have great songs only just to waste it on walking (Also they get barely any screen-time to begin with). The special judges include the. Who will be THE KING? Disbanded Kpop Girl Groups 4. I feel like SF9 wants to prove that they are more than visuals and then winds up walking for like 45 seconds. 1st place: Mayfly: Hongjoong (Ateez), Bang Chan, Changbin, Han (Stray Kids), Minhyuk (BtoB) On another note, I feel so bad for the seven members of the boyz who arent Juyeon, Sunwoo, Hyunjae, or Q as they were basically backup dancers for this stage. The stray kids x the boyz x ateez inter-group friendship was also very funny to watch, heres to more of such interactions in the future! Mnets Kingdom: Legendary War has wrapped up its first official round of competition! I hated how the voting was traded strictly between the groups for a few of the rounds last year. I was really looking forward to The Boyzs stage as their track was my favorite. 6th place: SF9 2,120.735 points, Note: Please dont copy-paste the content of this page to other sites/places on the web. Damn, I typed a lot. Also, is it me, or does this show seem low key disrespectful? Mnet's " Kingdom: Legendary War " has wrapped up its first official round of competition! End>Beginning All Rights Reserved. I would have loved to watch Sungjaes interactions with other groups. I genuinely believe that Pentagon would have had a much higher chance if their was a live audience and they didnt try so hard to be cool all the time and just had fun. The guys are always way too damn serious. The last three performances by SKZ, TBZ and iKon are my top 3 performances. For the second half . If I have to see a crown resting on a podium again, itll be too soon. 1- Stray Kids 2- ATEEZ 3- BTOB 4- iKON 5- THE BOYZ 6- SF9 Round 3 "No Limit" also started and the result of the first unit battle is out. IDRC if mindless knetz dont have the taste to like iKON, thats their loss not ours.. I dont particularly want to see another Kingdom ever again, but Im still glad we got one. I have no idea how Ikon ranked so low either because like you said, I thought they were very big globally. Poor Rowoon was sidelined with an injury, making this SF8. 1. I know I am. All groups had their ups and downs, and my rankings changed week to week. For self-evaluation, each boy group will hold 3 votes, and will vote for other boy groups other than their own group. The groups participating in Kingdom: Legendary War are BtoB, iKON, SF9, The Boyz, Stray Kids, and ATEEZ. 10% video score, Kingdom: Legendary War: All Group Profiles: Please do respect the time and effort the author put in compiling this profile. A lot, actually. Now overall it just seems like nowdays kpop groups doing performances with more money. But those looking for an upset should probably tune into a different show with a different voting system. The groups are each performing a song that won them first place in a music show, and these are some freaking epic songs. Theyre still basking in that glory as they meet for drinks in what looks like a large, fancy greenhouse. Ateez and BtoB had the best stages for me. It was a tie to their story on Kingdom and RTK, and deobis have been building theories since their first performance. Which of the groups participating inKingdom: Legendary Waris your favorite? Part 2 Fan voting on Whosfan app (40%) + Video views (10%), Voting details for the 1st Round: I still understand why people loved it. I dont know much about SF9, and I felt like all their performance really told me about them was that theyre tall and handsome (not a bad thing, but compared to the other stages it felt underwhelming). Hey, Im Audrey! After that brief flourish, the rest of the song felt a bit underwhelming. 3. 4th place: SF9 533,458 votes 5th place: iKon 3,379.641 If there was an audience, they could have hyped up the crowd and really did their things, but they chose to just dance which happens to be their weakest area. (iKON) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1TJGwIMG4Y), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyggo5-kHhc, [] INCEPTION (iKON ver.) The teasers for episode 2 seem as though the first performances will be cut from the same cloth of: angst, explosions, edge, so Im not hopeful about diversity in performances haha (ill be happy to be proven wrong though! TBZ comes next because their performance didnt disappoint as winners in RTK. BTOB and iKon are already LEGENDS and they dont need fancy performances to prove themselves as others would say that their performances were lacking lmao. Kingdom: Legendary War - Episode Nine Recap and Ranking Posted on May 28, 2021 by Nick 14 Comments Warning: This recap is not spoiler-free. (BTOB) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md4ghQRdLwk), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa7u3kWeq3s, [] (Theatre Ver.) Howeverdue to military services, only 4 members will be participating in Kingdom: Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub, and Peniel. The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion, you can read what I thought about them here, https://www.youtube.com/c/chanwoo-sari/featured, Song Review: J-Hope On The Street (with J. Cole), Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS Standing Still, The Top Three K-Pop Songs of February 2023, Song Review: J-Hope - On The Street (with J. Cole), The Bias List's Favorite Japanese Dramas of 2022, Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS - Standing Still, Follow The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion on WordPress.com. 1st place: Mayfly: Jongho (Ateez), Eunkwang (BtoB), Seungmin (Stray Kids) To express my gratitude to this program i quote Junhoe message to Kingdom ( who was for me absolute star in this last episode) Thank you brat. They literally introduce each act several times. Voting period was from February 23 to 27, and the results were announced during the first episode on April 1, 2021, for groups ranked 3 to 5. add a flip or aerial The winning boy group for this round will get 20,000 points. The performance stood out because of its focus on vocals, but the group is missing some of those key vocalists. I also like his black-painted nails. just wanna say thank u for your dedication, covering this show for 10 eps is not easy! Share your thoughts with us in the comments below! However, due to their young age, how many singers out there actually have enough life experiences to even sing explosively or expressively. (LogOut/ Just why??? 1st place: Stray Kids 4,679.776 Sadly, in the self-evaluation, we got 0 votes. Parts of Stray Kids performance I liked, but overall I thought it was kind of gimmicky. Im curious to what their next comeback is gonna be like and what life after Kingdom is going to be like. Other Recaps: Episode Two // Episode Three Well I'm back! Ateezs is the only one I see myself returning to just for fun (and Ive rewatched it several times already lol). The mysterious experts ranked the groups like this: 5. I love watching groups actually enjoy their stages. Whereas SF9 were like in between, they had a good balance of choreo and stage presence. I dont think live singing is by definition superior. !#KINGDOM EP.7", "Billboard K-pop 100 The week of June 12, 2021", "Single Top 40 slgerlista: 2021. The Korean notation tells that the pronounciation is /peu-nee-el/. The winner of the preliminary round gets an advantage of 1000 points. The six groups will compete against each other and release music on streaming sites simultaneously. Even if I dont love the song, they just know how to bring a performance to life. iKons performance is what I liked best because they showed their color as a group where they dont need to change their typical performance style to show something different especially that this is a group introduction stage. Stray Kids divide into three groups to go camping, make coffee and play games. ATEEZ The teams also ranked each other, but the show didn't linger on these scores. Change). Kpop Girl Group Profiles This segment ends where most Korean variety does: at the grill, stuffing mouths with meat. Disclaimer: Im watching the full show, and not just clips on YouTube. How is that even explainable? (iKON) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyggo5-kHhc), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbbXoXTJvc, [] (At ease) (iKON) #KINGDOM EP.10 | Mnet 210603 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbbXoXTJvc), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZIjLSZlUFs, [] Good Guy lThe Gloryl SF9 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZIjLSZlUFs), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYtfEfpf3ZY, [] Jealous() SF9() (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYtfEfpf3ZY), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T858iPjxvoU, [] The Stealer (The Scene) SF9() (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T858iPjxvoU), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas6KIKfJS4, [] |Believer| SF9() #KINGDOM EP.10 | Mnet 210603 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas6KIKfJS4), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rQjh07ccP4, [] The Stealer (Epic ver.) You should save yourself the headache next time and just watch an upload the next day! ICYMI, the dramatic remixes of their signature songs were the songs they performed in Episode 1! Kpop Polls The special judges include. Side note: You said Their (sf9) Kingdom run has been hit or miss, but generally on the strong side. but on almost all rounds but one, you put them practically last? 5. As for the song I remain nonplussed about it. The two results make 50% of the score for Round 1. How cool would their stint on Kingdom have been with all six remaining members? Change Consent | Kpopmap 2022. But the results of the self-evaluation vote had surprised members and the viewers. That continued here, with lighting playing a big role. Comebacks ", "Watch: "Kingdom" Reveals Initial Rankings For Round 1 + Wows With Fiery Performances", "[ENG] [/7] 3 {NO LIMIT} 1 ! Theyll all likely make comebacks within the next one to three months, and Im eager to see if they stick with their pre-Kingdom trajectory or try something new. Kingdom: Legendary War Profile: Sequel to Road To Kingdom Survival Show The Boyz That only means my keyboard began to resemble a pillow. As previously announced, the Kingdom contestants will be awarded points over the course of the competition based on the following criteria: votes by the six competing groups (25 percent), evaluations by a panel of 30 experts (25 percent), domestic and global fan votes (40 percent), and video view count (10 percent). For example, many groups explore the rock concept but no one can make the sounds that is characteristic to the genre. 6th place: SF9 2,042.471, *The scores for the 1st Round are determined: Part 1 Judges vote (25%) + Groups vote (25%) Proceed at your own risk! I also will try to help with as many profiles as I can that have been forgotten or havent been updated in a while! While eating, BTOB read fan letters from their enlisted members. Hes such a big part of the group. *The winner of this round will get 20000 points. Who is the idol that perfectly portrayed the villain Prince Uiseong in Under The Queens Umbrella? Theyre such an odd fit for the show, but Im curious to see how they will do against these younger, edgier groups. Dont be disrespectful. Disappointing. I know their music, of course, and like quite a lot of it. I loved the human sculpture that marked the mid-point of this performance, but other than that there wasnt a lot of imagery that stuck with me.