In between announcements of each trainee's ranking, events leading up to the elimination were shown, such as their dorm life, exercise and a hidden camera prank.
The episode opened with the remaining 98 contestants from each company entering the main studio by company. His "Mansae" group, also scored the highest, and were able to perform a special stage on M! Countdown.įor this episode, contestants from Produce 101 Season 1 Kim Sohye, Choi Yoojung and Kim Sohee appeared as special panelists. After the last performance, the contestants were shown their rankings based purely on individual live votes and the additional 3000 points for the contestants of the winning teams: Park Woodam took 1st place. The remaining 12 teams performed their respective songs and rehearsals for the groups are shown. Only four teams covering "10 Out of 10" and "Call Me Baby" were covered this week. The group with the highest overall points would later perform their song again on M! Countdown. Members of the winning group would gain an extra 3000 points each, to be included into the ranking announcement of the week after. The winning team among the two was determined by combining the individual scores. Each song was then performed live by the two groups and each member was voted on separately by the live audience. The episode later showed the groups rehearsing and assigning roles of the 'leader', 'center', 'main vocalist', 'sub vocalists', and 'rappers'. The team founders then competed for songs individually through a race: only 8 could secure their desired songs and choose their opponent from the remaining 8 teams who lost in the race. The remaining 14 team founders were also chosen by random draw. Following the finalized picks for his team, by random draw, Lee Daehwi picked Hwang Minhyun to choose his team next. Being the center, Lee Dae-hwi was allowed to choose his team first. 16 teams were formed to compete for 8 songs given: Super Junior's "Sorry, Sorry", Shinee's "Replay", 2PM's "10 Out of 10", Highlight's "Shock ", Infinite's "Be Mine", EXO's "Call Me Baby", BTS's "Boy in Luv", and Seventeen's "Mansae". The trainees started their second mission: group performances in front of a live audience. After their live performance, BoA announced the departure of 3 trainees from the show and that the 37 contestants who would receive the lowest ranks would be eliminated in the first elimination. Brand New Music's Lee Daehwi of group A was voted to be the center. They then started rehearsing for the stage. The trainees had to vote for their center pick. After the re-evaluation, they were given their new grades and are asked to move to their new rooms by rank.Īfter the announcement of the new batch of A ranked trainees, A class individually appealed to the other trainees to be selected as center for "It's Me (Pick Me)". Each video was then watched and evaluated by the mentors. The trainees filmed themselves individually performing the song. The trainees would be given a final re-evaluation prior to the filming of the performance to give them a chance to reassign to another grade. Their line distribution and overall participation in the performance was decided by their group ranking A would have the most number of lines while F would be backup dancers. At the end of the episode, the popularity vote was shown with Maroo Entertainment's Park Jihoon at 1st place.Īfter being grouped and arranged in dorms according to the grade given to the trainees, BoA announced that they wold be performing on M! Countdown with their title single " It's Me (Pick Me)" the lyrics and choreography were introduced, which they had to learn in the following days. Each trainee was judged on their talents and were graded and assigned into temporary groups for training: A, B, C, D, and F with A being the highest and F the lowest. The contestants then performed in a group or individually according to their company for evaluation.
Any trainee that wanted the #1 seat was allowed to challenge whoever was currently occupying the chair. Each contestant chose his preferred seat in the pyramid.
The trainees from each company entered the studio, where seats are arranged in a pyramid with chairs numbered from 1 to 101. See: Season 2 Contestants Episodes Episode 1 Unlike the previous season, they were not allowed to join other groups that their agencies were planning while doing their promotions as Wanna One. The winning group will disband after their contracts end, allowing the members of the final lineup to return to their agencies. The top 35 also performed with the winning team at a finale concert. The group Wanna One will perform for two years together under YMC Entertainment (also the label of I.O.I from Produce 101 Season 1). Produce 101 Season 2 brings together 101 trainees from different entertainment companies in South Korea, and 11 trainees are selected through audience voting to form a boy band.