Kingdom: Legendary War

Kingdom: Legendary War (Korean킹덤: 레전더리 워) is a television program that aired on Mnet beginning on April 1, 2021, and ending on June 3, 2021. It is known as the male counterpart of Queendom, and the sequel of Road to Kingdom. During the finale on June 3, 2021, Stray Kids won the program, finishing in 1st place.[1]

Kingdom: Legendary War
Promotional poster
Hangul
킹덤: 레전더리 워
Revised RomanizationKingdeom: Rejeondeori Weo
GenreReality competition
Directed byLee Young-joo
Presented byTVXQ
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time
  • 90–120 minutes
  • 195 minutes (ep. 10)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkMnet
ReleaseApril 1 (2021-04-01) –
June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)
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Overview

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The program is a battle behind six trending K-pop boy groups: BtoB, iKON, SF9, Ateez, The Boyz, Stray Kids.The program features 4 rounds of performances, with the final round being broadcast live.

The winner of the show will get a reality show specially for the winning boy group, plus a "Kingdom Week" special shows.

Promotion and broadcast

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A preliminary competition, titled Road to Kingdom, aired from April 30 to June 18, 2020. The Boyz won the competition, securing a spot in Kingdom.[2] On December 6, through the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards, the first lineup for Kingdom was announced, and it consisted of Road to Kingdom's winner The Boyz, alongside Stray Kids and Ateez.[3][4]

On January 22, 2021, Mnet confirmed that the hosts of the show would be TVXQ.[5][6] Six days after, the network confirmed that iKON, SF9, and BtoB would join the lineup.[7]

On February 17, 2021, Mnet released the first trailer and announced a global live broadcast of the 100-second group introduction performances which is to be aired on February 23, 2021, via Mnet's YouTube channel.[8]

On March 16, 2021, Mnet released performance posters and announced a special stage featuring members from each group that was shown during the March 18 episode of M Countdown.[9]

The show was aired simulcast on Mnet Japan, AbemaTV in Japan and tvN Asia a day after the domestic broadcast.[10]

The final episode aired live and was live streamed on Mnet's YouTube channel.

Cast

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Hosts

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Contestants

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Rules

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The overall final ranking of the show is based on the following criteria:[12][13]

  1. Self-evaluation points (25%)
  2. Experts' voting (25%)
  3. Global voting (40%)
  4. Performance video view count (10%)

Introduction Stage - 100 Second Performances

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The six boy groups will each perform one of their hit songs (that have won 1st place in a music show) for a 100-second performance that will best express themselves.

  • Except for the final performing boy group, which is decided by prior voting by the groups themselves of who they expect will win first place in this introductory stage. The first performing boy group is decided by the latter boy group who will themselves be performing last. After the first boy group has performed, they will decide on the second performing boy group, and the second boy group that has performed will then decide on the third performing boy group. The process goes on until the final boy group and all performances have been completed.
  • The introduction performances will be streamed live through Mnet's YouTube channel on February 23, 2021.[14] Voting via the Whosfan app for the round started after the live stream (from 20:15 (KST)) and closed on February 27, 2021, at 23:59 (KST). Viewers will vote for their top 3 performances.
  • The winning boy group for this round will get 1,000 points, plus the benefit of arranging the cue sheet for the next round of performances.

Round 1 - To The World

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The six boy groups each perform one (or two) of their representative hit songs, which are rearranged and different from their usual stages of the song.

  • Voting via the Whosfan app for the round started from April 15 at 22:00 (KST) and closed on April 18 at 23:59 (KST). Viewers will vote for their top 3 performances.
  • Experts' votes come from 30 professional judges, and each judge will have 3 votes to cast.
  • For self-evaluation, each boy group will hold 3 votes, and will vote for other boy groups other than their own group.
  • The winning boy group for this round will get 20,000 points.

Round 2 - Re-born

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The six boy groups will exchange songs, perform and rearrange them into different styles.

  • 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). Viewers will vote for their top 3 performances.
  • Views will only be counted for the first three days after the full versions of performances are released on Mnet's official YouTube channel.

Round 3 - No Limit

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The premise of "No Limit" is that there are no restrictions for the performances in this round. A total of 40,000 points will be awarded in this round.

This round will be divided into two parts. The first parts involves the six individual groups being sorted into two larger teams (selected by Ateez, the highest scoring team in the previous round in terms of the total points in experts' votes plus self-evaluation). Each large team then divides its members into three smaller units - a dance unit, a vocal unit, and a rap unit, based on each individual idol's specialty. The corresponding units in each group will go against each other over three rounds - dance, vocal, and rap. The winning group in each of the three rounds will earn 5,000 points, which will be evenly distributed. The awarding of points is solely based on which group won each round. A total of 15,000 points are up for grabs.

The second part will be back in individual groups, with a total of 25,000 points to be distributed, in the same way as the other rounds. However, for the idol group's self-evaluations, each group can only vote for two teams, instead of three in previous rounds.

Final Round - Who Is The King

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The six boy groups will each perform a newly produced song live on the final episode. The new songs will be released digitally on May 28, 2021, at 12:00 (KST).

  • Voting for this round includes live text votes for voters living in South Korea, and through Whosfan app for overseas fans.
  • Digitals rankings will be determined via Gaon Music Chart for South Korea, and via Apple Music for overseas, from the time of release to June 1, 2021.

Rounds

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Introduction Stage - 100 Seconds Performance (Episode 1)
Order Artist Performance name Global Votes Ranking Points Note(s)
1 Ateez Wave: Overture[g] 504,215 5th 0.000 The performances were aired via live stream on February 23, 2021, through Mnet's YouTube channel. 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. The groups ranked 1, 2, and 6 were revealed during the second episode on April 8, 2021.
2 BtoB Beautiful Pain (Choir ver.) 540,621 3rd 0.000
3 SF9 Good Guy (The Glory)[h] [i] 533,458 4th 0.000
4 Stray Kids Miroh 690,971 1st 1,000.000
5 The Boyz The Stealer (Epic ver.)[j] 573,026 2nd 0.000
6 iKON Rhythm Ta (Kingdom ver.)[k] 489,971 6th 0.000
Round 1 - To The World (Episode 2 & 3)
Order Artist Performance name Experts' vote Self-evaluation YouTube views Global voting Total points[15]
1 The Boyz No Air (A Song of Ice and Fire)[l] 3 1,000.000 4 833.333 5 Not Announced 6 Not Announced 3rd 3,142.066
2 iKON Love Scenario & Killing Me (Kingdom ver.) 5 333.333 5 555.556 2 Not Announced 3 Not Announced 5th 2,747.719
3 BtoB Missing You (Theatre ver.) 5 333.333 2 1,111.111 4 Not Announced 4 Not Announced 4th 2,969.431
4 Stray Kids Jasin (Self's 'Character', Ghost 'God')[m] 2 1,333.333 2 1,111.111 1 Not Announced 1 Not Announced 1st 4,679.776
5 Ateez Symphony No.9 (From the Wonderland)[n] 1 1,555.556 1 1,388.889 3 Not Announced 5 Not Announced 2nd 4,418.537
6 SF9 Jealous[o] 4 444.444 6 0.000 6 Not Announced 2 Not Announced 6th 2,042.471
Round 2 - RE-BORN (Episodes 4 & 5)
Order Artist Performance name Original Artist Experts' vote Self-evaluation YouTube views Global voting Total points
1 SF9 The Stealer (The Scene) The Boyz 4 747.126 2 1,388.889 6 144.425 5 1,213.682 1st 3494.122
2 The Boyz O Sole Mio (The Red Wedding)[p] SF9 2 919.540 6 0.000 4 291.483 2 1,323.199 6th 2,534.222
3 iKON Inception (iKON ver.)[q] Ateez 3 862.069 4 833.333 2 403.639 4 1,280.600 4th 3379.641
4 Ateez Rhythm Ta (The Awakening of Summer)[r] iKON 1 1,321.839 1 833.333 3 305.001 6 1,146.890 3rd 3607.063
5 BtoB Back Door Stray Kids 5 632.184 3 1,388.889 5 284.497 3 1,293.133 2nd 3598.704
6 Stray Kids Pray (I'll Be Your Man) (Stray Kids ver.) BtoB 6 517.241 5 555.556 1 570.954 1 1,742.497 5th 3386.248
Round 3 "No Limit" (Part 1) - Unit Round (Episodes 7 & 8)
Order Unit Artist Performance name Special Judges' votes Total points Ranking Note(s)
Rap Units The unit performances were evaluated by a total of 33 special judges who voted on-site to decide which unit won each round (rap, dance and vocal). The special judges include the Super Junior members Shindong & Donghae, producer and CEO of BNM Rhymer, idol hitmaker Shinsadong Tiger, music critic Kim Youngdae, production team MonoTree, choreographer Lia Kim and idol group members of BDC, Weeekly, Tri.be and Mirae.[16]
1 It's One Bobby (iKON)
Sunwoo (The Boyz)
Hwiyoung (SF9)
Full DaSH 10 0.000 2nd
2 Mayfly Hongjoong (Ateez)
Bang Chan, Changbin, Han (Stray Kids)
Minhyuk (BtoB)
Colours[s] 23 5,000.000 1st
Dance Units
3 It's One Donghyuk (iKON)
Juyeon (The Boyz)
Taeyang (SF9)
King and Queen[t] 11 0.000 2nd
4 Mayfly Lee Know, Felix, I.N (Stray Kids)
Wooyoung, San, Yunho, Yeosang, Seonghwa (Ateez)
Peniel (BtoB)
Wolf[u] 22 5,000.000 1st
Vocal Units
5 It's One Sangyeon, New (The Boyz)
Inseong, Jaeyoon (SF9)
Ju-ne, Jinhwan (iKON)
Spark[v] 0 0.000 2nd
6 Mayfly Jongho (Ateez)
Eunkwang (BtoB)
Seungmin (Stray Kids)
Love Poem[w] 33 5,000.000 1st
Round 3 "No Limit" (Part 2) (Episodes 8 & 9)
Order Artist Song Experts' vote Self-evaluation YouTube views (Est.) Global voting (Est.) Total points Note(s)
1 iKON "Classy Savage"[x] 5 462.963 5 1504.630 2 946.292 2 1,627.792 3rd 4,078.717 Featuring Lisa of Blackpink
2 Stray Kids "God's Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"[y] 1 2083.333 2 3125.000 1 1,020.614 1 2,853.615 1st 6,999.229
3 BtoB "Blue Moon (Cinema Ver)"[z] 4 578.704 3 2141.204 5 115.286 6 1,057.817 5th 3,314.303 Special Guest: Miyeon of (G)I-DLE
4 Ateez "Answer: Ode To Joy"[aa] 5 462.963 6 462.963 3 187.738 4 1,520.762 6th 2,171.463 Featuring La Poem
5 SF9 "Move"[ab] 2 1851.852 1 3414.352 6 84.995 3 1,555.675 2nd 5,055.020
6 The Boyz "Monster (Stormborn)"[ac][ad] 3 810.185 4 1851.852 4 145.075 5 1,384.333 4th 3,381.268
Finale Live Comeback Stages "Who Is The King" (Episode 10)
Order Artist Song Digitals (40%) Live Voting (60%) Total Points
1 Ateez "The Real" () 4 2,029.845 3 4,071.198 3rd 6,101.043
2 Stray Kids "Wolfgang" 2 4,509.424 1 13,298.363 1st 17,807.787
3 The Boyz "Kingdom Come"[ae] 1 8,345.829 2 6,560.112 2nd 14,905.941
4 BtoB "Finale (Show and Prove)" (피날레 (Show And Prove)) 3 2,724.731 4 2,669.953 4th 5,394.683
5 iKON "At Ease" (열중쉬어) 5 1,716.103 5 1,953.708 5th 3,669.811
6 SF9 "Believer" () 6 674.068 6 1,446.667 6th 2,120.735
Special Performance
King's Voice[af] "A Boy's Diary" (소년의 일기)
Points Summary
Rank Artist Introduction Stage (1,000 points) Round 1 (20,000 points) Round 2 (20,000 points) Round 3 (40,000 points) Final Round (50,000 points) Overall Points
Part 1 (15,000) Part 2 (25,000)
1st Stray Kids 1 1,000.000 1 4,679.776 4 3,386.248 1 5,000.000 1 6,999.229 1 17,807.787 38,873.040
2nd The Boyz 2 0.000 3 3,142.066 6 2,534.222 4 0.000 4 3,381.268 2 14,905.941 23,963.497
3rd Ateez 5 0.000 2 4,418.537 1 3,607.063 1 5,000.000 6 2,171.463 3 6,101.043 21,298.106
4th BtoB 3 0.000 4 2,969.431 2 3,598.704 1 5,000.000 5 3,314.303 4 5,394.683 20,277.121
5th iKON 6 0.000 5 2,747.719 5 3,379.641 4 0.000 3 4,078.717 5 3,669.811 13,875.888
6th SF9 4 0.000 6 2,042.471 3 3,494.122 4 0.000 2 5,055.020 6 2,120.735 12,712.348
Point Accumulation
Rank Artist After Introduction Stage After Round 1 After Round 2 After Round 3 After Final Round (Total)
Part 1 Part 2
1st Stray Kids 1 1,000.000 1 5,679.776 1 9066.024 1 14066.024 1 21065.253 1 38,873.040
2nd The Boyz 2 0.000 3 3,142.066 5 5676.288 5 5576.288 6 9057.556 2 23,963.497
3rd Ateez 5 0.000 2 4,418.537 2 8025.600 2 13025.600 2 15197.063 3 21,298.106
4th BtoB 3 0.000 4 2,969.431 3 6568.135 3 11568.135 3 14882.438 4 20,277.121
5th iKON 6 0.000 5 2,747.719 4 6127.360 4 6127.360 5 10206.077 5 13,875.888
6th SF9 4 0.000 6 2,042.471 6 5536.593 6 6127.360 4 10591.613 6 12,712.348

Discography

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Kingdom <Re-Born> Part 1

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Released on April 23, 2021 (2021-04-23)[17]
No.TitleLyricsMusicPerformerLength
1."The Stealer (The Scene)"
  • Coach & Sendo
  • Theo Lawrence
  • Yuki
[ag]
SF94:27
2."O Sole Mio (The Red Wedding)" (오솔레미오 (The Red Wedding))
  • CR Kim
  • Young Bae
  • CR Kim
  • Young Bae
[ah]
The Boyz3:31
Total length:7:58

Kingdom <No Limit>

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Released on May 28, 2021 (2021-05-28)[18]
No.TitleLyricsMusicPerformerLength
1."Move"Seo Ji-eum
  • Curtis Richardson
  • Adien Lewis
  • Angélique Cinélu
[ag]
SF94:37
Total length:4:37

Kingdom <Finale: Who Is the King?>

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Released on May 28, 2021 (2021-05-28)[19]
No.TitleLyricsMusicPerformerLength
1."Finale (Show and Prove)" (피날레 (Show And Prove))
  • Minhyuk (Huta)
  • Aftrshok[ai]
  • Joseph K[ai]
  • The Muze
BtoB4:00
2."At Ease" (열중쉬어)
  • Mino
  • Future Bounce[ai]
iKON3:30
3."Believer" ([aj])
  • Han Sung-ho
  • Youngbin
  • Zuho
  • Hwiyoung
  • Chani
  • Daniel Kim
  • Willie Weeks[ai]
SF93:32
4."Kingdom Come"
  • Jo Yoon-kyung
  • Albi Albertsson
  • Yuka Otsuki
  • Fabian Strandberg
  • Hautboi Rich
The Boyz3:46
5."Wolfgang"
  • Bang Chan (3Racha)
  • Changbin (3Racha)
  • Han (3Racha)
  • Bang Chan (3Racha)[ai]
  • Changbin (3Racha)
  • Han (3Racha)
  • Versachoi[ai]
Stray Kids3:11
6."The Real" ()
  • Eden
  • Ollounder
  • Leez
  • Peperoni
  • Oliv
  • Hongjoong
  • Mingi
Ateez3:11
Total length:21:08

Chart performance

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Title Year Peak chart positions Remarks
KOR
[20]
KOR
Hot

[21]
HUN
[22]
MYS
[23]
US
World

[24]
WW
Excl.
US

[25]
"Move" 2021 [ak] Kingdom: No Limit
"Finale (Show and Prove)" 134 94 Kingdom <Finale: Who Is the King?>
"At Ease" [al]
"Believer" [am] 59
"Kingdom Come" 37 7
"Wolfgang" 138 53 6 4 109
"The Real" [an] 40 6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Ratings

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In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue.

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea
(Nationwide)[27]
1 April 1, 2021 0.284% (171st)
2 April 8, 2021 0.458% (68th)
3 April 15, 2021 0.239% (211th)
4 April 22, 2021 0.485% (71st)
5 April 29, 2021 0.463% (75th)
6 May 6, 2021 0.369% (120th)
7 May 13, 2021 0.286% (176th)
8 May 20, 2021 0.455% (88th)
9 May 27, 2021 0.422% (93rd)
10 June 3, 2021 0.507% (65th)

Controversy

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On March 29, 2021, controversy arose following the reports from industry representatives of an issue in the midst of recording performances during round one. Each group were notified the maximum budget for stage decoration would be 5 million won (approximately $4,416) per team. However, during the recording, agencies from groups who comparatively did not have an extravagant set and props that appeared to be far over the budget reportedly confronted the production team on the matter and questioned if it was due to CJ ENM investing in the other group's agency. According to the report, the production team countered by stating it was because the group's props were from their concert, but as the other groups have also had concerts with props that could've been used, their agencies continued to speak out.[28]

In response, during the press conference held on April 1, CP Park Chan-wook stated: "I apologize that an issue was raised ahead of the show's premiere. But we did not have to halt the recording due to someone's complaint. There was also no favoritism towards a certain team. I hope that the six teams and their agencies were not harmed by this issue. For round two, we had discussions with each agency about the parts that were lacking in round one. We have all negotiated and agreed on a way to bring out each team's creatives well. Starting round three, with the conditions that all six teams have agreed on, we will make sure that there are no more issues like these."[29]

Song Credits

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Names of performing members that have also contributed to the songwriting will be highlighted in bold. The information below is detailed according to the songwriting credits available on the respective full performance videos uploaded on Mnet's official YouTube channel.

Name of performance, featured performers, lyricist, composer, arranger, relevant notes as credited on Mnet's YouTube uploads
Round Performance Original Song(s) Artist(s) Lyrics Composition Arrangement Notes
Introduction Stage "WAVE : Overture" Wave (2019) Ateez EDEN
LEEZ
BUDDY
Hongjoong (Ateez)
Mingi (Ateez)
EDEN
LEEZ
BUDDY
EDEN
LEEZ
"Beautiful Pain (Choir Ver.)" Beautiful Pain (2018) BtoB Hyunsik (BtoB)
and 4 others
Hyunsik (BtoB)
and 1 other
MosPick
"Good Guy (The Glory)" Good Guy (2020) SF9 Han Seong-ho
Youngbin (SF9)
Hwiyoung (SF9)
Daniel Kim
Takey
Al Swettenham
SlyBerry
DJ Kayvon
"Miroh" Miroh (2019) Stray Kids Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Brian Atwood
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Brian Atwood
VERSACHOI
"The Stealer (Epic Ver.)" The Stealer (2020) The Boyz KENZIE
Sunwoo (The Boyz)
Coach & Sendo
Theo Lawrence
Yuki
Tak & 1Take
"Rhythm Ta (Kingdom Ver.)" Rhythm Ta (2015) iKON B.I
BOBBY (iKON)
YG Family
P.K (FUTURE BOUNCE)
B.I
Ju-ne (iKON)
TEDDY
FUTURE BOUNCE
Round 1: To The World "No Air (A Song of Ice and Fire)" No Air (2018) The Boyz Ryodo
Sunwoo (The Boyz)
Nmore (PRISMFILTER) Wonderkid
Ryodo
"Love Scenario & Killing Me (KINGDOM Ver.)" Love Scenario (2018)
Killing Me (2018)
iKON B.I
BOBBY (iKON)
Mot Mal
B.I
MILLENNIUM
Seung
Joe Rhee
R.Tee
FUTURE BOUNCE
"Missing You (Theatre Ver.)" Missing You (2017) BtoB Hyunsik (BtoB)
EDEN
Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
Ilhoon
Peniel (BtoB)
Hyunsik (BtoB)
EDEN
MosPick
" 自神 (스스로 '자', 귀신 '신') " Side Effects (2019)
God's Menu (2020)
Stray Kids Bang Chan (3RACHA)
and 4 others
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
and 1 other
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
and 3 others
"Symphony No.9 (From the Wonderland)" Wonderland (2019) Ateez EDEN
and 6 others
EDEN
and 3 others
EDEN
and 5 others
Arrangement includes samples of “Symphony No.9 From the New World” by Dvořák.
"Jealous" Now or Never (2018) SF9 Han Seong-ho
Park Ji-yeon
Koo Ji-eun
Alex
Daniel Kim
Al Swettenham
Park Soo Seok
Seo Ji-eun
Round 2: RE-BORN "The Stealer (The Scene)" The Stealer (2019) by The Boyz SF9 Kenzie
Sunwoo (The Boyz)
Coach & Sendo
Theo Lawrence
Yuki
Park Soo Seok
Seo Ji-eun
"O Sole Mio (The Red Wedding)" O Sole Mio (2017) by SF9 The Boyz CR KIM
Young Bae
CR KIM
Young Bae
Nmore (PRISMFILTER)
Ohway! (PRISMFILTER)
Glenn (PRISMFILTER)
Arrangement includes samples of “El Tango de Roxanne” (‘Moulin Rouge’ Soundtrack), “Erlkönig” by Schubert.
"INCEPTION (iKON Ver.)" Inception (2020) by Ateez iKON EDEN
LEEZ
Ollounder
BUDDY
Hongjoong (Ateez)
Mingi (Ateez)
BOBBY (iKON)
EDEN
LEEZ
Ollounder
BUDDY
FUTURE BOUNCE
MINO
"Rhythm Ta (The Awakening of Summer)" Rhythm Ta (2015) by iKON Ateez B.I

BOBBY (iKON)
Hongjoong (Ateez)

P.K

B.I

Ju-ne (iKON)

EDEN
LEEZ
Ollounder
BUDDY
Peperoni
Oliy
Arrangement includes samples of “Vivaldi : Four Seasons – Summer (L’Estate). 3."
"Back Door" Back Door (2020) by Stray Kids BtoB Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
Peniel Shin (BtoB)
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
HotSauce
Seo Jae Woo
Siixk Jun
"Pray (I'll Be Your Man) (Stray Kids Ver.)" Pray (I'll Be Your Man) (2016) by BtoB Stray Kids Hyunsik (BtoB)
Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
Peniel Shin (BtoB)
Ilhoon (BtoB)
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Felix (Stray Kids)
Hyunsik (BtoB)
EDEN
NATHAN
VERSACHOI
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Round 3: Part 1 "Full DaSH" (NEW) IT'S ONE Rap Unit BOBBY (iKON)
Sunwoo (The Boyz)
Hwiyoung (SF9)
BOBBY (iKON)
MILLENIUM
NATHAN
MILLENIUM
NATHAN
"Paint (물감놀이)" (NEW) MAYFLY Rap Unit Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
Hongjoong (Ateez)
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
Hongjoong (Ateez)
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
VERSACHOI
Hongjoong (Ateez)
Round 3: Part 2 "Blue Moon (Cinema Ver.)" Blue Moon (2018) BtoB Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
Peniel Shin (BtoB)
Ilhoon
Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
AFTRSHOK
Joseph K
AFTRSHOK
GEIST WAY
Final Round: Who Is The King "The Real (멋)" (NEW) Ateez EDEN
Ollounder
LEEZ
Peperoni
Oliv
Hongjoong (Ateez)
Mingi (Ateez)
EDEN
Ollounder
LEEZ
Peperoni
Oliv
EDEN
Ollounder
LEEZ
Peperoni
Oliv
"Wolfgang" (NEW) Stray Kids Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Changbin (3RACHA)
Han (3RACHA)
Versachoi
Bang Chan (3RACHA)
Versachoi
Intro: W.A.Mozart - Symphony No.40
"Kingdom Come" (NEW) The Boyz Jo Yoon-kyung Albi Albertsson
Yuka Otsuki
Fabian Strandberg
Hautboi Rich
TBA
"Finale (Show and Prove) (피날레 (Show And Prove))" (NEW) BtoB Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
Peniel (BtoB)
Minhyuk/HUTA (BtoB)
AFTRSHOK
Joseph K
The muze
AFTRSHOK
Joseph K
"At Ease (열중쉬어)" (NEW) iKON BOBBY (iKON)
MINO
MINO
Future Bounce
Future Bounce
"Believer (숨)" (NEW) SF9 Han Sung-ho, Youngbin (SF9), Zuho (SF9), Hwiyoung (SF9), Chani (SF9) Daniel Kim
Willie Weeks
Willie Weeks

Notes

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  1. ^ Only the members that have promoted as BtoB 4U would participate due to the remaining members still undergoing military service.
  2. ^ Member Changsub was absent for the second round as he was feeling unwell.
  3. ^ Member Rowoon didn't participate in the 100-second performances, and was absent for the first and third rounds due to his waist injury.
  4. ^ Member Younghoon didn't participate in the third round due to his surgery.
  5. ^ Member Hyunjin was absent after the 100-second performances round due to his controversy that led to his hiatus.[11]
  6. ^ Member Mingi was absent for the entire show due to his mental health hiatus that began back in November 2020, but he participated in the recording for the group's finale song "The Real".
  7. ^ Based on their song "Wave".
  8. ^ Based on their song "Good Guy".
  9. ^ Member Rowoon was seated as an audience member.
  10. ^ Based on "Game of Thrones".
  11. ^ Including sample of "Hip Hop Gentlemen" by YG Family (1TYM, Jinusean, Masta Wu & G-Dragon.)
  12. ^ Member Kevin participated in the performance, but could not perform the choreography due to an injury.
  13. ^ 自神 (스스로 '자', 귀신 '신') in Korean and based on their songs "God's Menu" and "Side Effects".
  14. ^ Based on "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)," and their song "Wonderland".
  15. ^ Based on their song "Now or Never".
  16. ^ Member Jacob participated in the performance, but could not perform the choreography due to an injury.
  17. ^ Based on the movie entitled by the same name.
  18. ^ Based on a Spanish drama series Money Heist.
  19. ^ 물감놀이) (Mulgamnori) in Korean.
  20. ^ 王과 妃(왕과 비) in Korean.
  21. ^ Originally by EXO
  22. ^ Originally by Taeyeon (Girls Generation)
  23. ^ Originally by IU
  24. ^ Remake of Blackpink's "Pretty Savage".
  25. ^ 신뚜두뚜두 in Korean, based on their song "God's Menu" and Blackpink's "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"; inspired by the movie Deadpool and contains also a reference to Ant-Man (film).
  26. ^ inspired by the movie La La Land & Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
  27. ^ Included sample of Ode an die Freude by Ludwig van Beethoven, sung by La Poem.
  28. ^ Originally by Taemin (SHINee)
  29. ^ Originally by EXO
  30. ^ Member Younghoon was seated backstage as an audience member.
  31. ^ Members Younghoon and Ju Hak-nyeon were present for the performance, but did not perform the choreography due to their respective health issues.
  32. ^ Consists of Eunkwang (BtoB), Donghyuk (iKON), Inseong (SF9), Hyunjae (The Boyz), Seungmin (Stray Kids) and Jongho (Ateez)
  33. ^ a b Arranged by Park Soo-seok and Seo Ji-eun
  34. ^ Arranged by Nmore (Prismfilter), Ohway! (Prismfilter) and Glenn (Prismfilter)
  35. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Also signifies an arranger
  36. ^ Stylized as "숨 |Believer|"
  37. ^ "Move" did not enter Gaon Digital Chart, but debuted and peaked at number 145 on Gaon Download Chart.[26]
  38. ^ "At Ease" did not enter Gaon Digital Chart, but debuted and peaked at number 14 on Gaon Download Chart.[26]
  39. ^ "Believer" did not enter Gaon Digital Chart, but debuted and peaked at number 37 on Gaon Download Chart.[26]
  40. ^ "The Real" did not enter Gaon Digital Chart, but debuted and peaked at number 17 on Gaon Download Chart.[26]

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