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I-Land 2: N/a

I-Land2: N/a (Korean: 아이랜드 2; stylized in all caps) is a 2024 South Korean girl group survival reality competition series created by Mnet in collaboration with WakeOne and The Black Label.[2] It is a sequel to I-Land, which created Enhypen, following the process of creating a new girl group.[3] It premiered on Mnet on April 18, 2024, and was separated into two parts. The episodes of Part 1 aired every Thursday at 20:50 (KST)[4] and the episodes of Part 2 aired every Thursday at 21:30 (KST). The show ended with the formation of a seven-member girl group named Izna, which would be trained and managed under WakeOne and become their first non-temporary girl group with a standard contract.[5][6]

I-Land 2: N/a
Also known asI-Land 2
Hangul
아이랜드 2
Revised RomanizationAiraendeu 2
McCune–ReischauerAiraendŭ 2
GenreReality competition
Presented by
Opening theme"Final Love Song"
by Rosé
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producerTeddy Park
Running time90 minutes[1]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkMnet
ReleaseApril 18 (2024-04-18) –
July 4, 2024 (2024-07-04)
Related
I-Land

Concept

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In a setup similar to last season, the show is split into two Parts. In Part 1, twenty-four contestants are brought to a complex in the middle of a lush green forest. They will stay in either "I-Land" or "Ground". I-Land is a modern three-floor building with living spaces, a gym, dance studios, an item room for storage, a make-up room, and individual practice rooms. However, only 12 contestants can stay there. The remaining contestants will be sent to a simpler building called "Ground," which only has a dance studio, locker room, and dining area. They will have to commute to and from "I-Land" every day at fixed times. I-Land, and the stage where contestants' skills will be evaluated, known as the I-Stage, are connected by a gate, known as the Meta Ball. Ground is a short walk from those two connected buildings.

In Part 2, the remaining 12 contestants all get to stay in I-Land and the Ground building no longer gets used. The section of the building where I-Stage used to be became a pickup/drop-off spot for the contestants to get to and from their new performance stage, the CJ ENM Ilsan Studio.

Part 1's concept revolves around the contestants' and producers' votes and evaluation, which play a crucial role in deciding who stays in I-Land, who goes to the Ground, and who gets eliminated. In Part 2, the concept shifts to the I-Mates' and producers' votes and evaluation, which play a crucial role in deciding the contestants rankings, and again, who gets eliminated. Because I-Land can only accommodate 12 trainees, in Part 1, the contestants may be dropped and demoted to the Ground and promptly replaced by trainees from the Ground.

This season, a fox-like AI creature named NAsuri will accompany the trainees and serve as the show's mascot. For this season, the audience will be known as I-Mates. The title of this season's signal song is "Final Love Song", which is a rendition of "The Final Countdown" by Europe.

Background and promotion

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On July 9, 2023, Mnet officially confirmed they plan to air I-Land 2 in the first half of 2024. Additionally, they announced the opening of global auditions for girls born before January 1, 2011, and a global audition tour was held in 10 countries and 13 cities.[7][8]

A second season of I-Land was promoted since 2020 as a collaboration with Belift Lab and Hybe. This initial plan eventually fell through, and Belift Lab instead produced R U Next?.[9][10]

  • On September 18, 2020, during the finale of the first season of I-Land, at the very end during the credits, it was revealed that auditions would begin shortly in preparation for debuting a girl group.[11] An online audition called 'WWW Untact Audition' was held in December 2020.[12]
  • On September 27, 2021, Mnet, Belift Lab and HYBE revealed the first teaser video announcing a new season to be called 'I-Land 2' and a global online audition was to be held in seven locations: Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, and the United States.[13][14] The applicant submissions began on September 27 and ended on October 10. Any female born before December 31, 2009, regardless of nationality or place of residence, were eligible to apply and over 141,227 applications were received.[15] For those who passed the first round, a real-time video call audition was held from October 24 to November 21 and the final candidates were selected through another audition.[16]
  • On July 15, 2022, Mnet said that they had decided to temporarily postpone the airing of the show which was scheduled to air in 2022".[17][18]

On July 24, 2023, Mnet announced that they would collaborate with producer Teddy Park and his label; The Black Label. On November 28, on the first day of the 2023 MAMA Awards, Mnet revealed that I-LAND 2 will premiere in April 2024.[19] On February 5, 2024, it was revealed through the media that I-LAND 2 had attracted around 20,000 applicants from a global audition tour that ended in October 2023.[20] On March 11, it was announced that the show will premiere on April 18,[21] while the show's producers and performance directors were revealed to be BIGBANG's Taeyang, dancers Monika and Lee Jung, and producers 24 and VVN a week later.[22]

Cast

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Episodes

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  • Episode 1 (April 18, 2024)
  • Episode 2 (April 25, 2024)
  • Episode 3 (May 2, 2024)
  • Episode 4 (May 9, 2024)
  • Episode 5 (May 16, 2024)
  • Episode 6 (May 23, 2024)
  • Special (May 30, 2024)
  • Episode 7 (June 6, 2024)
  • Episode 8 (June 13, 2024)
  • Episode 9 (June 20, 2024)
  • Episode 10 (June 27, 2024)
  • Episode 11 (final; July 4, 2024)

Contestants

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Color key:

  Final members of Izna
  Eliminated in the final episode
  Eliminated in Part 2
  Eliminated in the final episode of Part 1
  Eliminated in Part 1
  I-Land (Part 1)
Top 6 (Part 2)
  Ground (Part 1)
Bottom 5 (Part 2)
  Moved out of I-Land to Ground (Part 1)
Unknowingly part of the debut lineup,
7th place (Part 2)
Name Ranking
Part 1 Part 2
Initial
Rank 		Entrance
Test 		Signal
Song Test 		Seesaw
Game 		Unit
Battle 		Producer
Rank #1 		1:1 Position
Battle 		1st Save
Vote 		Producer
Rank #2 		Black
Made Test 		Main
Position Test 		Self
Made Test 		2nd Save
Vote 		Final Save
Vote 		Final
Rank
Choi Jungeun (최정은)[b] 1 1 1 5 8 3 Part 2 4 8 10 2 1 1
Bang Jeemin (방지민)[c][d][e] 4 2 4 17 10 1 Moved Out 1 7 1 2 1 2 2
Yoon Jiyoon (윤지윤)[f] 11 10 13 21 1 11 Part 2 8 4 3 3 3 3
Koko (코코)[g][h] 5 8 6 3 6 7 Moved Out 2 6 2 1 5 4 4 4
Ryu Sarang (유사랑) 3 5 9 15 9 6 Part 2 2 7 6 7 7 5 5
Mai (마이)[i] 9 4 2 2 2 4 Part 2 5 11 9 9 8 7 6
Jeong Saebi (정세비) 8 6 5 1 5 5 Part 2 1 3 7 8 5 6 7
Fuko (후코)[j][k] 2 3 15 4 3 2 Part 2 3 5 4 4 6 8 8
Nam Yuju (남유주) [b][l][m][n] 14 Ground 10 18 12 8 Moved Out 3 10 10 8 10 9 9 9
Kim Gyuri (김규리)[o] 16 11 14 16 17 Ground Ground 6 12 6 5 6 10 10 10
Kim Sujung (김수정)[p] 13 9 3 14 11 9 Moved Out 4 9 9 12 11 11 Eliminated 11
Son Juwon (손주원) 6 12 8 6 18 Ground Ground 5 11 12 11 12 12 Eliminated 12
Yui (유이)[q][h] 10 7 7 13 4 10 Moved Out 7 Eliminated 13
Park Yeeun (박예은)[r] 19 Ground Ground 9 16 Ground Ground 8 Eliminated 14
Kim Minsol (김민솔)[s][t] 12 Moved Out 12 22 13 Ground Ground 9 Eliminated 15
Lingling (링링)[u][v] 15 Ground Ground 11 7 12 Moved Out 10 Eliminated 16
Um Jiwon (엄지원)[e] 7 Ground Ground 8 19 Ground Ground 11 Eliminated 17
Choi Soul (최소울) 20 Moved Out 11 7 15 Ground Ground 12 Eliminated 18
Kim Chaeeun (김채은)[w] 24 Ground Ground 20 20 Ground Ground 13 Eliminated 19
Oh Yuna (오유나)[x] 22 Ground Ground 19 14 Ground Ground 14 Eliminated 20
Nana (나나)[y][z] 18 Ground Ground 10 21 Eliminated 21
Kang Jiwon (강지원)[d][aa] 23 Ground Ground 12 22 Eliminated 22
Yuiko (유이코)[ab] 17 Moved Out Ground 23 Eliminated 23
Kim Eunchae (김은채) 21 Moved Out Ground 24 Eliminated 24

Missions

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Part 1

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Entrance Test

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The contestants are to perform a song in groups of three to five contestants. However, unlike the first season, the producers and directors will vote for those deemed worthy to go to I-Land instead of having the contestants who aren't performing participate in a vote for each performer. If a contestant receives three or more votes from the producers, they get the chance to go to I-Land; otherwise, they go to Ground. However, if more than 12 contestants received enough votes to get a chance to go to I-Land after the entrance test is complete, those who were voted to enter I-Land must choose a certain number, based on the number of producer and director votes received, of contestants among themselves to keep in I-Land. Those with the fewest votes would be moved to Ground until only 12 remain.

Color key

  •   I-Land
  •   Contestant moved to "I-Land" but was voted off and moved to "Ground"
  •   Ground
Entrance Test (Episode 1)
Order Song Original Artist Contestant Votes Results
1 "Unforgiven" Le Sserafim Kim Minsol 4/5 Moved Out
Ryu Sarang 5/5 I-Land
Um Jiwon 2/5 Ground
Son Juwon 4/5 I-Land
2 "After Like" Ive Kim Gyuri 5/5 I-Land
Fuko 5/5 I-Land
Park Yeeun 0/5 Ground
Kim Chaeeun 1/5 Ground
Kang Jiwon 1/5 Ground
3 "Sweet Venom" Enhypen Lingling 2/5 Ground
Jeong Saebi 4/5 I-Land
Oh Yuna 0/5 Ground
Kim Sujung 5/5 I-Land
4 "Cake" Itzy Yuiko 3/5 Moved Out
Kim Eunchae 3/5 Moved Out
Choi Soul 3/5 Moved Out
Nana 0/5 Ground
5 "Baggy Jeans" NCT U Yui 3/5 I-Land
Koko 3/5 I-Land
Nam Yuju 2/5 Ground
6 "Drama" Aespa Bang Jeemin 5/5 I-Land
Choi Jungeun 5/5 I-Land
Mai 4/5 I-Land
Yoon Jiyoon 4/5 I-Land
Key
 I  Producer vote: I
 ✘  Producer vote: Out
     Contestant who received an ALL I
     Contestant who received an ALL OUT
Results Board - Entrance Test (Episode 1)
Contestant Producers Directors
VVN 24 Taeyang Monika Lee Jung
Kim Minsol I I I ✘ I
Ryu Sarang I I I I I
Um Jiwon I I ✘ ✘ ✘
Son Juwon I I I I ✘
Kim Gyuri I I I I I
Fuko I I I I I
Park Yeeun ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Kim Chaeeun ✘ ✘ ✘ I ✘
Kang Jiwon I ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Lingling ✘ ✘ I ✘ I
Jeong Saebi I ✘ I I I
Oh Yuna ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Kim Sujung I I I I I
Yuiko ✘ ✘ I I I
Kim Eunchae I ✘ ✘ I I
Choi Soul ✘ ✘ I I I
Nana ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Yui I I ✘ I ✘
Koko I I I ✘ ✘
Nam Yuju I ✘ I ✘ ✘
Bang Jeemin I I I I I
Mai I ✘ I I I
Yoon Jiyoon I I I ✘ I
Choi Jungeun I I I I I

Signal Song Test

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For this mission, all of I-Land is one unit, and all of Ground is another unit. Both units have to perform the signal song of the show, Final Love Song. The parts for this mission is decided by the highest ranking contestant from the previous mission in I-Land, being Jungeun, and in Ground, all the contestants vote for a leader to make the part decisions. For the I-Land performance, each I-Lander gets assessed individually by the producers and the directors, based on how well they executed their parts in the performance of the Signal Song. The average score that the I-Landers receive as a team determines how many people will be demoted from I-Land; the lower the average score, the more demotion candidates there would be. The I-Landers received an average score of 84(.5), therefore three I-Landers would get moved out of I-Land by the I-Landers own votes. Each I-Lander would receive three votes to use to choose who to keep in I-Land and following the vote, the three I-Landers with the fewest votes would be demoted to Ground, which would open up three spots in I-Land for replacement contestants from Ground. The producers and directors would then watch the Grounders performance and choose three of them to replace the demoted I-Landers.

Color key

  •   Contestant got promoted to I-Land by producer and director choice
  •   Contestant got demoted to Ground by I-Lander vote
Signal Song Test (Episode 2)
Part I-Lander Grounder
Contestant Score Contestant Score
Center Son Juwon 92 Nam Yuju Undisclosed
Main Vocalist Choi Jungeun 96 Um Jiwon
Main Dancer Kim Sujung 80 Kim Minsol
Part 4 Fuko 75 Kim Eunchae
Part 5 Kim Gyuri 78 Choi Soul
Part 6 Yui 75 Yuiko
Part 7 Ryu Sarang 83 Kim Chaeeun
Part 8 Bang Jeemin 93 Park Yeeun
Part 9 Koko 86 Lingling
Part 10 Jeong Saebi 79 Oh Yuna
Part 11 Yoon Jiyoon 88 Kang Jiwon
Part 12 Mai 90 Nana

Seesaw Game

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For this mission, both the I-Landers and the Grounders will be divided into two units. The units will be decided based on whoever the I-Landers and Grounders partnered up with for team-building activities prior to the mission; in other words, partners cannot be in the same unit. Each partner duo have to decide between each other which unit to be in based on the song they'd have to perform. Both I-Land and Ground will each get two songs each, for a total of four songs overall. The I-Landers received Whistle by Blackpink and Panorama by Iz*One, while the Grounders received Bad Boy by Red Velvet and Like Ooh-Ahh by Twice. The parts for this mission are decided by the leader of each unit, which was decided through a vote. Each contestant is assessed individually and the combined score of all six members determines the unit score. In I-Land, if one unit defeats the other, by having a higher unit score, all the members of the defeated unit will all move down to Ground, while for Ground, the members of the winning unit will all go up to I-Land. After all the necessary contestants have been moved between I-Land to Ground, the first elimination of the show will take place where the two contestants with the lowest scores from either of the losing units would be eliminated from the show.

Color key

  •   Winning Team, I-Land
  •   Losing Team, Ground
  •   Eliminated from the show
Seesaw Game (Episode 3-4)
Section Part Contestant Song Original
Artist 		Score Part Contestant Song Original
Artist 		Score
Individual Unit Individual Unit
I-Lander Center Bang Jeemin "Whistle" Blackpink 82 490 Center Jeong Saebi "Panorama" Iz*One 93 518
Main Vocal Ryu Sarang 84 Main Vocal Choi Jungeun 83
Main Dance Kim Sujung 84 Main Dance Son Juwon 83
Part 4 Yui 91 Part 4 Choi Soul 83
Part 5 Kim Minsol 68 Part 5 Mai 88
Part 6 Nam Yuju 81 Part 6 Koko 88
Grounder Center Fuko "Bad Boy" Red Velvet 88 459 Center Kim Gyuri "Like Ooh-Ahh" Twice 84 435
Main Vocal Kang Jiwon 63 Main Vocal Yoon Jiyoon 71
Main Dance Um Jiwon 82 Main Dance Oh Yuna 76
Part 4 Nana 74 Part 4 Kim Chaeeun 72
Part 5 Park Yeeun 79 Part 5 Kim Eunchae 65
Part 6 Lingling 73 Part 6 Yuiko 67

Unit Battle

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For this mission, both the I-Landers and the Grounders will have to divide themselves up into three units, a vocal unit consisting of two people, a dance unit consisting of three people, and a creative unit consisting of the rest of I-Land or Ground. The I-Land unit of one category would go up against the respective matching unit from Ground. The vocal units receive one song each, the dance units; two each, and the creative units get the same song. The creative unit has the extra job of creating their own choreography from scratch for the song they receive. Each contestant is assessed individually and the average score of all of the contestants in the unit would determine the unit score, which was always rounded down to the whole number. For every I-Land unit that receives a lower unit score than the matching Ground unit, three members from I-Land would be demoted down to Ground following all of the performances. This would make for a maximum of nine contestants' demotions from I-Land. The amount of promotions from Ground would match the amount of demoted I-Landers. The demoted contestants would be decided by whichever contestants had the lowest scores from I-Land, and the promoted contestants would be decided by whichever contestants had the highest scores from Ground. After all the necessary contestants have been moved between I-Land to Ground, the second elimination of the show will take place where the two contestants from Ground with the lowest individual scores would be eliminated from the show.

Color key

  •   Winning Team
  •   Losing Team
  •   Contestant got demoted from I-Land to Ground
  •   Contestant got promoted from Ground to I-Land
  •   Eliminated from the show
Unit Battle (Episode 4-5)
Unit I-Lander Grounder
Contestant Song Original Artist Score Contestant Song Original Artist Score
Individual Unit Individual Unit
Vocal Fuko "Fine" Taeyeon 94 91 Yoon Jiyoon "Eyes, Nose, Lips" Taeyang 98 92
Choi Jungeun 89 Kim Minsol 86
Dance Koko "My Bag" +
"Eve, Psyche &
the Bluebeard's Wife" 		(G)I-dle +
Le Sserafim 		92 83 Yui "Mic Drop" +
"Sugarcoat" 		BTS + Natty
(Kiss of Life) 		93 89
Son Juwon 82 Ryu Sarang 89
Um Jiwon 76 Oh Yuna 86
Creative Mai "Rain on Me" Lady Gaga &
Ariana Grande 		95 84 Bang Jeemin "Rain on Me" Lady Gaga &
Ariana Grande 		88 83
Jeong Saebi 92 Kim Sujung 87
Lingling 92 Nam Yuju 87
Choi Soul 85 Kim Gyuri 83
Park Yeeun 83 Kim Chaeeun 74
Nana[ac] 72
Kang Jiwon[ac] 69

1:1 Position Battle

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Right after the relocation of contestants from the results of the Unit Battle, the producers introduce a lyric writing mini mission to the contestants for the original song, I Will Always Love You (IWALY). The winner of this mini mission gets their written lyrics featured in the song, their name featured as a co-lyricist of the song, and the benefit of choosing whatever part they want, regardless of what the other contestants chose for their desired part, when it came time to choose for this mission. Fuko is revealed as the winner of the mini mission, and the I-Landers proceed to choosing their desired team and parts, in the order of the producer-formulated ranking. After the other 11 contestants have chosen their desired parts, Fuko, as the winner of the mini mission, gets to choose whatever part she wants, whether it was occupied already or not. She chose Team A's center, therefore moving Jiyoon, who previously selected that part, to the final empty part of the mission, being Team B's Main Vocalist. The contestants who selected the same part on different teams, e.g. Team A's Center and Team B's Center, are compared by the producers following the performances and the winner of the matchup, or the person who performed the part better, automatically advances to Part 2 of the show. The loser of the matchup gets demoted to Ground and will have to wait for the results of the 1st Save Vote to be revealed, alongside the Grounders. For the Grounders, their performance was more of "a final performance to impress the audience to have them vote for you" instead of having some of them replace the demoted I-Landers. Their parts were decided by their leader, which was decided through a vote, and they were not assessed directly by the producers during and after their performance.

Color key

  •   Advanced to Part 2 (Producer's Pick)
  •   Demoted to Ground
  •   Grounder's Leader
1:1 Position Battle (Episode 6)
Part I-Lander Grounder Song Original Artist
Team A Team B
Center Fuko Yui Um Jiwon "IWALY" Original Song
Main Vocalist Kim Sujung Yoon Jiyoon Kim Gyuri
Main Dancer Jeong Saebi Koko Son Juwon
Part 4 Bang Jeemin Ryu Sarang Park Yeeun
Part 5 Choi Jungeun Lingling Oh Yuna
Part 6 Mai Nam Yuju Kim Chaeeun
Part 7 Kim Minsol
Part 8 Choi Soul

1st Save Vote

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The Grounders, after the final mission of Part 1, have been waiting to find out the results of the 1st Save Vote, where each I-Mate can vote for 6 contestants that they want to advance to Part 2 daily. A total of 50% of each contestant's points are based on Korean votes and the other 50% is based on international votes. The two vote counts would be added together and converted into a points total for each contestant. The contestants with the top 6 highest points totals would automatically advance to Part 2, while the rest of the contestants would be eliminated from the show.

Color key

  •   Advanced to Part 2 (I-Mate Votes)
  •   Eliminated from the show
1st Save Vote (Episode 7)
Rank Contestant Votes Total Points
50% Korea + 50% Global
Korea Global
1 Bang Jeemin 122,696 885,334 2,015,422
2 Koko 106,243 814,534 1,799,728
3 Nam Yuju 97,382 810,494 1,722,383
4 Kim Sujung 92,271 778,049 1,643,478
5 Son Juwon 59,927 514,243 1,077,549
6 Kim Gyuri 70,079 405,157 1,036,676
7 Yui 59,921 470,910 1,028,156
8 Park Yeeun 57,933 220,465 726,653
9 Kim Minsol 46,502 247,409 663,490
10 Lingling 17,210 266,378 444,613
11 Um Jiwon 20,229 142,973 328,876
12 Choi Soul 20,793 132,223 321,266
13 Kim Chaeeun 23,809 77,303 283,488
14 Oh Yuna 14,885 73,464 205,854

Part 2

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The second part of the show tells the I-Landers that there will initially be 6 members in the debut lineup. By the end of Part 2 though, there turns out to be 7 members in the debut lineup, but when Part 2 starts, the I-Landers are unaware of this fact. Within I-Land, the 12 contestants who advanced from the first part will all be assigned rooms based on their ranking; the higher the ranking, the better the amenities their room will contain. In addition, the producers can now watch the trainees prepare for each test in real time in a secret room within the I-Land building. Immediately after each test, the results of each contestant will be revealed. The top six trainees will all wear a badge that symbolizes that they would be part of the debut group if the show were to end there, but the ownership of the badges can change depending on the results of each mission, which determines who gets to be part of the top 6.

Black Made Test

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For this mission, the contestants were divided up by the producers into three groups of four, and each group was automatically given a song, without opinion from any of the contestants. Each unit's leader was automatically decided by the producers as well, while the contestants in each group decided the parts amongst themselves. Instead of performing on the I-Stage from Part 1, the place where the I-Stage used to be were three vans used to transport each unit to a new performance stage (CJ ENM Ilsan Studio). Each contestant was scored individually, 50% of their score came from the 233 I-Mates votes who attended the performance in real time, and the other 50% of their points came from the producer-given score. The I-Mate score is determined by how many votes each contestant gets, the contestant with the most votes, or first place, would get 100 points and each place downwards would get two points less, until twelfth place, getting 78 points. The producer-given score would then be added onto the I-Mate score and the sum would become their total score. The contestants are then ordered by their total score for their rankings, following the Black Made Test.

Black Made Test (Episode 8-9)
Team Original
Artist 		Position Contestant I-MATE Producer
Score 		Total
Score 		Rank
Votes Score
"La Vie en Rose" Iz*One Center/Leader Bang Jeemin 207 100 95 195 1
Main Vocalist Fuko 191 92 85 177 5
Main Dancer Ryu Sarang 174 88 81 169 7
Part 4 Kim Gyuri 173 86 86 172 6
"I Am the Best" 2NE1 Center/Leader Yoon Jiyoon 193 94 90 184 4
Main Vocalist Kim Sujung 153 82 82 164 9
Main Dancer Son Juwon 131 78 79 157 12
Part 4 Mai 158 84 75 159 11
"Lovesick Girls" Blackpink Center/Leader Jeong Saebi 197 98 90 188 3
Main Vocalist Choi Jungeun 145 80 85 165 8
Main Dancer Nam Yuju 176 90 73 163 10
Part 4 Koko 196 96 93 189 2

Main Position Test

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For this mission, the contestants were divided up by the producers into four groups of varying numbers of contestants, and each group was automatically given a song, again, also by the producers. Each unit's leader was the contestant with the highest ranking from the previous mission. The parts for this mission were chosen by the contestants in their ranking order from best to worst. Each contestant was scored individually, 50% of their score came from the 300 I-Mates votes who attended the performance in real time, and the other 50% of their points came from the producer-given score. The I-Mate score is determined by how many votes each contestant gets, the contestant with the most votes, or first place, would get 100 points and each place downwards would get two points less, until twelfth place, getting 78 points. The producer-given score would then be added onto the I-Mate score and the sum would become their total score. The contestants are then ordered by their total score for their rankings, following the Main Position Test.

Main Position Test (Episode 9)
Unit Song Original
Artist 		Position Contestant I-MATE Producer
Score 		Total
Score 		Rank
Votes Score
All-Rounder "4 Walls" f(x) Center/Leader Fuko 250 96 82 178 4
Part 2 Kim Gyuri 233 88 89 177 5
Part 3 Ryu Sarang 238 92 84 176 6
Rap Performance "Spicy" CL Part 1/Leader Koko 266 100 96 196 1
Part 2 Nam Yuju 200 84 80 164 8
Main Dance "Money" Lisa Center/Leader Bang Jeemin 252 98 97 195 2
Part 2 Jeong Saebi 243 94 81 175 7
Part 3 Kim Sujung 150 78 77 155 12
Part 4 Mai 204 86 77 163 9
Part 5 Son Juwon 195 82 77 159 11
Main Vocal "If I Were A Boy" Beyoncé Part 1/Leader Yoon Jiyoon 237 90 91 181 3
Part 2 Choi Jungeun 187 80 80 160 10

Self-Made Test

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For this semi-final mission, the whole concept of the mission was to have the contestants take care of creating everything that was to be part of their unit's final performance, from the costumes and makeup, to set design and even part distribution. The contestants started by having to divide themselves up into two units of six. Each unit's leader and center was the first and second ranking contestant from the previous mission, being Koko and Jeemin respectively. The rest of the contestants of each unit were chosen in alternate by the two leaders, starting with Koko due to her higher rank. After the units were fully formed, the units were to decide between 9 songs to perform, selecting one as their choice. They were able to choose between 'Into the New World', 'Bad Girl Good Girl', 'Happiness', 'Latata', 'Dalla Dalla', 'Black Mamba', 'Eleven', 'Fearless', and 'Attention'. Koko's unit had the privilege of getting priority when choosing their units song due to Koko's higher ranking, meaning if Jeemin's unit were to want the same song, they wouldn't be able to have it. The contestants were not assessed directly during and after their performances. Following the performances, the results of the 2nd Save Vote were shown, and three contestants were marked safe through the Save Vote. Directly after this reveal, the producers selected their seven picks out of the nine remaining contestants for a total of ten contestants who will be able to participate in the final episode test.

Color key

  •   Advanced to the final (I-Mate's Vote)
  •   Advanced to the final (Producer's Pick)
  •   Eliminated from the show
Self-Made Test (Episode 10)
Team Original Artist Contestant Rank
"Latata" (G)I-dle Koko 5
Choi Jungeun 2
Yoon Jiyoon 3
Nam Yuju 10
Kim Sujung Eliminated
Son Juwon Eliminated
"Into the New World" Girls' Generation Bang Jeemin 1
Fuko 4
Kim Gyuri 6
Ryu Sarang 7
Jeong Saebi 8
Mai 9

2nd Save Vote

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Each viewer can vote for 3 contestants that they want to advance to the final daily. A total of 50% of each contestant's points are based on Korean votes and the other 50% is based on international votes. The two vote counts would be added together and converted into a points total for each contestant. During the live airing of Episode 10, all votes done by the viewers were tripled in impact. The contestants with the top 3 highest points totals would automatically advance to the final, while the rest of the contestants would have to wait for the producer's contestant choices following the reveal of 2nd Save Vote results.

Color key

  •   Advanced to the final through 2nd Save Vote
2nd Save Vote (Episode 10)
Rank Contestant Total

50% Korea + 50% Global

1 Bang Jeemin 3,234,171
2 Choi Jungeun 2,647,246
3 Yoon Jiyoon 2,635,024
4 Koko 2,208,981
5 Jeong Saebi 2,195,959
6 Fuko 1,972,168
7 Ryu Sarang 1,662,417
8 Mai 1,563,314
9 Nam Yuju 1,090,764
10 Kim Gyuri 1,047,801
11 Kim Sujung 969,390
12 Son Juwon 739,420

Produced by Teddy Test

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For this final mission, the contestants were shown two original songs produced by Teddy to perform. The members of each unit and their parts were pre-decided by Teddy himself. Each unit's leader was decided through a vote by the group members. The contestants were not assessed directly during and after their performances. Following the performances, the results of the Final Save Vote were shown, and five contestants were marked safe through the Save Vote. Directly after this reveal, the producers selected their two more picks out of the five remaining contestants for a total of seven contestants who will be part of the final debut group: Izna.

The name Izna is derived from the words "whenever, wherever, whatever". It alludes to the fact that the group aims to be one with no limits to their confidence.

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  •   Debuting contestants (I-Mate's Vote)
  •   Debuting contestants (Producer's Pick)
  •   Eliminated from the show
Produced by Teddy Test (Episode 11)
Team Part Contestant Rank
"Fake It" Center Jeong Saebi 7
Main Vocalist Choi Jungeun 1
Main Rapper Ryu Sarang 5
Part 4 Fuko Eliminated
Part 5 Mai 6
"Drip" Center Bang Jeemin 2
Main Vocalist Yoon Jiyoon 3
Main Rapper Koko 4
Part 4 Nam Yuju Eliminated
Part 5 Kim Gyuri Eliminated

Final Save Vote

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Each viewer can vote for only one contestant daily. A total of 50% of each contestant's points are based on Korean votes and the other 50% is based on international votes. The two vote counts would be added together and converted into a points total for each contestant. During the live airing of Episode 11, all votes done by the viewers were tripled in impact. From six contestants who will debuting, 5 contestants will be selected from global votes, while one contestant will be chosen by the producers. After the six contestants were announced, it was revealed that the producers decided to pick one more contestant to join the final lineup.[25]

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  •   Debuting contestants (Final Save Vote)
  •   Debuting contestants (Producer's Pick)
  •   Eliminated from the show
Final Save Vote (Episode 11)
Rank Contestant Total

50% Korea + 50% Global

1 Choi Jungeun 823,393
2 Bang Jeemin 591,495
3 Yoon Jiyoon 471,699
4 Koko 320,124
5 Ryu Sarang 319,693
6 Jeong Saebi 294,721
7 Mai 289,062
8 Fuko 286,177
9 Nam Yuju 240,143
10 Kim Gyuri 172,862

Ratings

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Average TV viewership ratings (Nationwide)
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[26]
1 April 18, 2024 0.182% (228th)
2 April 25, 2024 N/A
3 May 2, 2024
4 May 9, 2024 0.163% (265th)
5 May 16, 2024 0.176% (242nd)
6 May 23, 2024 0.283% (121st)
7 June 6, 2024 N/A
8 June 13, 2024 0.208% (203rd)
9 June 20, 2024 0.224% (191st)
10 June 27, 2024 0.311% (110th)
11 July 4, 2024 N/A
Average —
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes ratings that were below the full rank, so they were not published.
  • This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Notes

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  1. ^ A subsidiary of CJ ENM
  2. ^ a b Choi Jungeun & Nam Yuju are former contestants on Cap-Teen.
  3. ^ Bang Jeemin is a former contestant on R U Next?.
  4. ^ a b Bang Jeemin & Kang Jiwon are former Belift Lab trainees.
  5. ^ a b Bang Jeemin & Um Jiwon are former Source Music trainees.
  6. ^ Yoon Jiyoon is a former The Black Label trainee.
  7. ^ Full Name: Koko Narai (奈良井胡々)
  8. ^ a b Koko & Yui are former Avex Entertainment trainees.
  9. ^ Full Name: Mai Tomioka (富岡茉衣)
  10. ^ Full Name: Fuko Hayashi (林楓子)
  11. ^ Fuko is a former contestant on Girls Planet 999.
  12. ^ Nam Yuju is a former contestant on Stars Awakening.
  13. ^ She is also a former member of predebut group Evermore Muse under Evermore Entertainment.
  14. ^ Full Name: Nam Yuju/Yumiko Tachikawa (남유주/達川由美子)
  15. ^ Kim Gyuri is a former child actress, appeared in many drama such as My Mister, Hotel del Luna, Pegasus Market & Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol.
  16. ^ Kim Sujung is a former contestant on Street Dance Girls Fighter 2.
  17. ^ Full Name: Yui Hamaue (浜上由衣)
  18. ^ Park Yeeun appeared on a Short / TikTok that garner 2 million views.
  19. ^ Kim Minsol is a former contestant on My Teenage Girl.
  20. ^ She is also a former Jellyfish Entertainment, PocketDol Studio & Interpark Music Plus trainee.
  21. ^ Lingling is a former YG Entertainment trainee.
  22. ^ Full Name: Alicia Wong Ling Ling (黄羚棱).[23][24]
  23. ^ Kim Chaeeun is a Professional Ballet Dancer, she trained at the Royal Ballet School.
  24. ^ Oh Yuna gone viral with dance cover on SNS.
  25. ^ Full Name: Nana Tabata (田端那菜)
  26. ^ Nana is a former contestant on Produce 101 Japan The Girls.
  27. ^ Kang Jiwon was a trainee under CJ Entertainment in 2021.
  28. ^ Full Name: Yuiko Hirata (平田結子)
  29. ^ a b Nana and Kang Jiwon were demoted from I-Land to Ground, then were eliminated from the show.

References

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