Produce 101 (Chinese: 创造101; pinyin: Chuàngzào Yīlíngyī) is a Chinese reality show, which premiered on Tencent Video and based on the South Korean franchise show of the same name. It premiered on April 21, 2018 and aimed to form an eleven-member girl group.[1]

Produce 101 China
Promotional Poster
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese创造101
Traditional Chinese創造101
Hanyu PinyinChuàngzào Yīlíngyī
GenreReality, Survival Competition
Created byCJ E&M
Developed byTencent
Presented byHuang Zitao
Starring
Judges“Citizen Producers” (Viewers)
Announcer何雁南 (pinyin: Hé Yànnán)
Theme music composerTiger Hu, Nick Pyo
Ending theme《创造101》
Country of originChina
Original languagesChinese
Mandarin
No. of episodes10
Production
Production locationsHangzhou, Zhejiang
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time
  • 113–196 minutes
  • 252 minutes (finale)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkTencent Video
ReleaseApril 21 (2018-04-21) –
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)
Related

The series was jointly produced by 7-D Vision and Tencent Penguin Pictures, under license from Mnet's owner CJ E&M.[2] The show attracted more than 4.3 billion views on Tencent Video.[3]

Background

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Since the success of Super Girl in China, there had yet to have been a national show that had sparked as strong interest from audiences in the same manner. Subsequently, while the show launched the careers of many talented solo vocalists, there has been a lack of girl groups in the Chinese speaking world. The biggest girl group in the early 2000s was S.H.E and since then, there has arguably been a lack of well-known cohesive girl groups that have been as successful. The show aims to create a brand new "it" girl group that represents modern women and appeals to all genders for the new generation.[4]

Unlike the original Korean version, Produce 101 China has a number of different rules and challenges introduced beginning in episode 2. One such example is the inclusion of "knock-out" challengers who can take the place of a 101 member in the original "auditions" based on mentors discretion of the challengers' skills in comparison to the original trainees. In the first elimination, certain members who had highest votes could also choose to save a member who was up for elimination as a second chance "intern".

Mentors

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Name Age (then) Role Notes
Tao 25 Nation's Producer Former member of Exo
Tiger Hu 34 Songwriting/Composition instructor
Jason Zhang 35 Vocal instructor
Ella Chen 36 Member of S.H.E
Show Lo 38 Dance instructor
Wang Yibo 20 Member of UNIQ

Contestants

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Color key
  •   Left the show
  •   Eliminated in the 2nd episode
  •   Top 11 of the week
  •   Contestants saved from elimination
  •   Eliminated in 1st elimination
  •   Eliminated in 2nd elimination
  •   Eliminated in 3rd elimination
  •   Eliminated in 4th elimination
  •   Final debuting members
Company Name Age Grade Ranking
1 2 3 4 5 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 E07 E08 E09 E10
Banana Entertainment

(香蕉娱乐)

Qiang Dongyue[a][b][c]

(强东玥)

24 A → B B A A B 2 5 5 7 10 10 17 20 21
Fu Jing[c]

(傅菁)

23 B A A A B 8 8 10 9 9 9 12 12 10
Wang Yiran[c]

(王亦然)

B B Eliminated 81 83 83 Eliminated
Liu Niyi[c]

(刘尼夷)

C C Eliminated 77 85 88 Eliminated
Wang Manjun[c]

(王曼君)

C D Eliminated 96 96 96 Eliminated
Yuehua Entertainment

(乐华娱乐)

Meng Meiqi[d]

(孟美岐)

20 A A A A A 16 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wu Xuanyi[d]

(吴宣仪)

24 A → B A A A A 5 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2
Mena Shao XiMengNa

(邵西蒙娜)

B B C Eliminated 52 69 40 51 51 52 Eliminated
Jiang Jinger

(江璟儿)

C B D Eliminated 40 40 52 41 46 47 Eliminated
Zhang Xi

(张溪)

B B D Eliminated 42 43 42 48 50 51 Eliminated
Pan Junya

(潘珺雅)

C C Eliminated 63 72 76 Eliminated
Yang Ruihan

(杨蕊菡)

C B Eliminated 83 79 68 Eliminated
Mavericks Entertainment

(麦锐娱乐)

Zhang Zining[e]

(张紫宁)

22 A A B A A 47 23 18 5 5 7 10 8 7
Blair Wang Yue[e]

(王玥)

C D Eliminated 51 60 74 Eliminated
Zhang Ruimeng[e]

(张芮萌)

D F Eliminated 29 61 79 Eliminated
OACA

(觉醒东方)

Li Zixuan[f]

(李子璇)

B A A B B 12 10 9 10 13 13 23 17 12
Lin Junyi

(林君怡)

A B Eliminated 46 56 71 Eliminated
Ni Qiuyun

(倪秋云)

B C Eliminated 65 58 67 Eliminated
Super Jet Entertainment

(捷特联合)

Zhu Tiantian

(朱天天)

B F C Eliminated 90 88 35 45 40 38 Eliminated
Liu Dexi

(刘德熙)

B C D Eliminated 37 74 53 57 53 46 Eliminated
Emperor Entertainment Group

(英皇娱乐)

Angela Hui / Xu Jingyun

(许靖韵)

A C D C B 32 36 54 23 28 31 20 22 19
Huayi Brothers

(华谊兄弟)

Qi Yandi

(戚砚笛)

B C C B B 55 45 27 19 17 17 18 15 18
HIM International Music (Taiwan) Wu Yun-ting[g]

(吴昀廷)

D D Eliminated 94 95 95 Eliminated
Liu Yu-shan[g]

(刘宇珊)

F D Eliminated 84 86 85 Eliminated
C.Y Media Lin Chia-an

(林珈安)

C B Eliminated 62 62 72 Eliminated
Wenlan Culture

(闻澜文化)

Yang Chaoyue

(杨超越)

19 C F A A A 4 3 3 4 2 2 9 7 3
Yang Meiqi

(杨美琪)

F D Eliminated 54 55 69 Eliminated
Yang Meiling

(杨美玲)

D F Eliminated 75 84 87 Eliminated
Zhao Ling

(赵羚)

F Eliminated 98 Eliminated
T-Trainee Culture Wu Yingxiang

(吴映香)

A B B C B 14 16 17 29 25 26 26 19 22
MOMO Limited Zhang Xinlei[g]

(张鑫磊)

F F Eliminated 57 65 56 Eliminated
Huakai Banxia Culture Zhang Chuhan[h]

(张楚寒)

F C D Eliminated 31 57 48 52 56 55 Eliminated
Jiang Yanxi[f][h]

(姜彦汐)

D D Eliminated 80 87 58 Eliminated
Zhang Xinjie[h]

(张新洁)

D F Eliminated 79 82 65 Eliminated
Wu Xiaoxuan[h]

(吴小萱)

F D Eliminated 88 51 61 Eliminated
Universal Music Taiwan (Record label) Kimberley Chen Fang-yu[i]

(陈芳语)

A B A B Eliminated 7 13 8 17 21 19 24 26 Eliminated
Rhonin Studio Zhang Yuwen

(张瑜纹)

B D Eliminated 99 98 97 Eliminated
Liu Jiaying

(刘佳莹)

D C Eliminated 87 92 94 Eliminated
Mango Entertainment Lu Xiaoyu

(吕小雨)

A A B B B 35 20 19 20 22 20 16 18 20
Lajin Media Wang Juemeng

(王珏萌)

C D Eliminated 100 99 99 Eliminated
Zhang Xinyue

(张馨月)

B D Eliminated 36 47 64 Eliminated
Qigu Culture Lai Meiyun[j]

(赖美云)

B B B B A 18 17 16 12 14 14 7 9 6
Jiang Shen[j]

(蒋申)

C C Saved C Eliminated 56 46 59 38 26 25 22 23 Eliminated
Xu Shiyin[j]

(许诗茵)

D F Eliminated 72 76 75 Eliminated
K-L Entertainment Sunnee Yang Yunqing[k]

(杨芸晴) / (เกวลิน บุญศรัทธา)

21 A B A A A 6 7 7 8 7 8 11 11 8
Zhao Yaoke[l]

(赵尧珂)

F D B B Eliminated 17 12 12 18 18 18 19 24 Eliminated
Wang Qing

(王晴)

B C B Eliminated 9 9 13 27 33 39 Eliminated
Yu Meihong

(于美红)

C F C Eliminated 25 28 30 30 39 41 Eliminated
Lucia Chen Yingyan[k][l]

(陈盈燕)

C D Eliminated 34 44 57 Eliminated
Zheng Chengcheng[l]

(郑丞丞)

C F Left 93 Left the show
AKB48 CHINA Liu Nian

(刘念)

C F Saved Eliminated 61 48 63 47 41 42 Eliminated
Mao Weijia

(毛唯嘉)

D D Eliminated 64 59 70 Eliminated
YY Media Fan Wei

(范薇)

C C C C Eliminated 22 24 26 24 30 33 28 28 Eliminated
Liu Sixian

(刘思纤)

D D C Eliminated 76 41 34 50 52 54 Eliminated
Wu Qian

(吴茜)

D C D Eliminated 74 78 51 54 57 57 Eliminated
Xiang Yuxing

(向俞星)

C F D Eliminated 30 64 46 56 58 56 Eliminated
Chen Yifan

(陈怡凡)

D D Eliminated 66 70 81 Eliminated
Sanmei Entertainment Jiao Manting

(焦曼婷)

F D B B Eliminated 19 19 24 28 20 22 33 35 Eliminated
Zhiyi Media Ren Zhen[m]

(任真)

D D Eliminated 73 63 66 Eliminated
Hu Yue'er[n][m]

(胡悦儿)

D D Eliminated 67 68 78 Eliminated
Dream Entertainment Ju Lin

(菊麟)

D F D Eliminated 71 81 50 42 45 45 Eliminated
Shao Xia

(邵夏)

F C Eliminated 92 80 73 Eliminated
Checkmate Entertainment Yang Han

(杨晗)

C B Eliminated 89 93 93 Eliminated
Li Tianyun[o][p]

(李天韻)

D D Eliminated 43 67 80 Eliminated
Z-Cherry Culture Yang Bing

(杨冰)

D F D Eliminated 26 54 55 49 48 49 Eliminated
Chen Yuyan

(陈语嫣)

C B Eliminated 41 71 82 Eliminated
Xia Shijie

(夏诗洁)

F C Eliminated 48 75 84 Eliminated
Poodoo Entertainment Wang Ting[q]

(王婷)

F B D C Eliminated 50 52 45 31 43 34 32 31 Eliminated
Gou Xueying[f][q]

(勾雪莹)

D D D Eliminated 69 66 47 40 47 48 Eliminated
Long WuTian Culture Duan Aojuan

(段奥娟)

17 B C A A A 3 4 6 6 8 5 4 5 4
Zimei Tao Culture Gao Qiuzi[r]

(高秋梓)

D D B A A 21 18 20 13 11 11 8 10 16
Xu Mengjie[r]

(徐梦洁)

23 C C B B B 13 15 15 16 16 16 15 16 11
Han Dan[r]

(韩丹)

D D Eliminated 91 89 89 Eliminated
ETM Academy Liu Renyu[s]

(刘人语)

A A B B B 24 22 22 14 15 15 14 13 13
Luo Yijia[s]

(罗奕佳)

B B B C Eliminated 44 27 23 36 31 32 36 36 Eliminated
Su Ruiqi[s]

(苏芮琪)

C B C C Eliminated 78 29 28 39 29 29 21 25 Eliminated
Ma Xingyu[s]

(马兴钰)

D F B Eliminated 28 25 25 58 55 53 Eliminated
Zhang Jingxuan[s]

(张静萱)

D F Eliminated 95 53 62 Eliminated
Wang Yalin[s]

(王雅凛)

C D Eliminated 85 73 77 Eliminated
Yan Kexin[s]

(颜可欣)

C D Eliminated 97 97 98 Eliminated
Rongyi Culture Zhou Xue[t]

(周雪)

F C Eliminated 53 49 60 Eliminated
Ivy Culture Lu Xiaocao

(鹿小草)

D F C C Eliminated 27 32 36 21 23 28 30 32 Eliminated
JC Universe Entertainment Yamy Guo Ying[b]

(郭颖)

26 A A A A A 1 2 2 3 4 4 6 4 5
Wei Jin

(魏瑾)

A → B B C C Eliminated 39 30 32 32 32 27 31 30 Eliminated
Luo Yitian

(罗怡恬)

C C C C Eliminated 60 38 37 33 27 30 35 34 Eliminated
Du Jinyu

(杜金雨)

C C D Eliminated 59 37 44 46 38 37 Eliminated
Chou Chou

(丑丑)

A → B B D Eliminated 58 42 43 37 44 44 Eliminated
Luo Zhiyi

(罗智仪)

B B D Eliminated 70 39 41 44 49 50 Eliminated
Huanri Shiji Culture Qiu Luqing[n]

(邱路晴)

D F Eliminated 101 100 100 Eliminated
Yin Rouyi

(尹柔懿)

D F Eliminated 86 90 91 Eliminated
Zhu Jiaxi

(朱佳希) / (JC)

D D Eliminated 49 77 86 Eliminated
Huaying Yixing Li Ziting[u]

(李紫婷) / (พร้อมวิไล หลี่ศิริโรจน์)

18 A → B A A A A 11 11 11 11 6 6 5 6 9
DongLun Media Wang Mohan

(王莫涵)

D C D B Eliminated 33 35 49 25 19 21 29 29 Eliminated
JOY Entertainment Chen Yihan

(陈意涵)

C F C C B 20 26 31 35 37 35 25 21 14
JXJY Culture Yin Rui

(尹蕊)

F C C Eliminated 45 50 39 53 54 58 Eliminated
Individual Trainee Wang Ju[v]

(王菊)

C C Saved B A 94 90 55 36 23 2 2 15
Ge Jiahui[w]

(葛佳慧)

D C B Eliminated 10 14 14 34 42 43 Eliminated
Luo Tianshu

(罗天舒)

C C Eliminated 82 91 92 Eliminated
ReDu Music Liu Danmeng

(刘丹萌)

A → B B C C Eliminated 38 34 38 43 34 36 34 33 Eliminated
SDT Entertainment Gao Yingxi[v]

(高颖浠)

C A C B B 31 29 15 12 12 13 14 17
Wu Qianying[v]

(吴芊盈)

B A C C Eliminated 33 33 22 24 24 27 27 Eliminated
Esee Model Management Re Yina[v]

(热依娜)

A F B Eliminated 21 21 26 35 40 Eliminated
RealShow Entertainment Cindy Fan Lina[x]

(范麗娜)

F Eliminated 15 Eliminated
Dora Wang Xiaodie[x]

(王小蝶)

F Eliminated 68 Eliminated
Abby Ji Xinyue[x]

(吉星月)

F Left 23 Left the show
  1. ^ Former contestant on Super Girl 2016 (Chinese: 超级女声; pinyin: Chāojí Nǚshēng)[5][6][7]
  2. ^ a b Former contestant on The Rap of China (season 1) (Chinese: 中国有嘻哈; pinyin: Zhōngguó Yǒu Xīhā) (June–September 2017)
  3. ^ a b c d e Member of Chinese pre-debut girl group Trainee18
  4. ^ a b Member of Korean girl group WJSN/Cosmic Girls[8]
  5. ^ a b c Member of Chinese girl group Mera
  6. ^ a b c Former contestant on Girls Fighting (Chinese: 加油!美少女; pinyin: Jiāyóu! Měi Shàonǚ; lit. 'Come On! Beautiful Girl') (June–August 2016)
  7. ^ a b c Member of Taiwanese girl group Popu Lady
  8. ^ a b c d Member of Chinese girl group Hello Girls
  9. ^ The label that manages Kimberley Chen is Sharp Music, however she joined the show under her distribution label, which is Universal Music Taiwan.
  10. ^ a b c Member of Chinese girl group S.I.N.G. (Chinese: SING女团)
  11. ^ a b Member of Taiwanese girl group A'N'D
  12. ^ a b c Member of Chinese girl group KOGIRLS
  13. ^ a b Member of Chinese pre-debut project group YZ.Girls
  14. ^ a b Former member of Korean girl group O21 (2016–2017)
  15. ^ Member of Chinese girl group ACEMAX-RED
  16. ^ Former contestant on Korean idol survival show The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project (October 2017 – February 2018)
  17. ^ a b Member of Chinese pre-debut project group MOI
  18. ^ a b c Member of Chinese girl group Lady Bees (Chinese: 蜜蜂少女队; pinyin: Mìfēng Shàonǚ Duì)
  19. ^ a b c d e f g Member of Chinese pre-debut girl group Oxygen Girls (the group was later renamed, and debuted as Chic Chili [Chinese: 西可西丽; pinyin: Xīkě Xīlì])
  20. ^ Member of Chinese girl group Idol School (Chinese: 偶像学园; pinyin: Ǒuxiàng Xuéyuán; lit. 'Idol Academy') (not to be confused with the unrelated 2017 Korean girl group survival show Idol School)
  21. ^ Former contestant on The Voice Kids Thailand (2013)[9]
  22. ^ a b c d One of the "amateur" contestants, introduced in episode 2, who had never received any previous professional idol training.[10]
  23. ^ Member of SNH48 Team NII, but joined the show as an individual trainee
  24. ^ a b c Member of Chinese girl group 3unshine (Sunshine)


Evaluations

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Group Battle Performances (Episode 3)

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  •   Winning Team
  •   "Skilled" Centre
  •   "Diligent" Centre
# Team Original Artist(s) Song Team Name Contestants
1 斌斌的啦 (Ella and Hu Yanbin) S.H.E 中国话 (Chinese Language) 酱酱酱酱酱酱 (JiangJiangJiangJiangJiangJiang) Yamy
Wei Jin
Mena
Du Jinyu
Ni Quiyun
Wang Ju
志杰晋级 (Zhang Jie and Show Luo) Hua Chenyu 异类 (Aliens) 闭眼玩家 (Close-Eyed Player) Ju Lin
Li TianYyun
Blair
Gou Xueying
JC
Yin Rouyi
2 志杰晋级 (Zhang Jie and Show Luo) Mayday 我又初恋了 (Another First Love) 你的初恋 (Your First Love) Wu Xuanyi
Luo Yitian
Luo Zhiyi
Wu Qian
Wang Yiran
Yang Ruihan
斌斌的啦 (Ella and Hu Yanbin) Maroon 5 Sugar 怎么看怎么丑 (Ugly however you look) Sunnee
Li Zixuan
Xu Mengjie
Xu Jingyun
Liu Danmeng
Yin Rui
Re Yina
3 志杰晋级 (Zhang Jie and Show Luo) Mavis Fan 那种女孩 (That Kind of Girl) 要你管哦 (Not your business) Chen Fangyu
Chen Yuyan
Lin Jia'an
Liu Yushan
Wu Yunting
Qiu Luqing
斌斌的啦 (Ella and Hu Yanbin) Tanya Chua 红色高跟鞋 (Red High Heels) Hotty Li Ziting
Zhang Jingxuan
Wu Yingxiang
Liu Sixian
Zhang Yuwen
4 斌斌的啦 (Ella and Hu Yanbin) JJ Lin 不潮不用花钱 (High Fashion) Super Lady Fu Jing
Wang Mohan
Xia Shijie
Wang Ting
Qi Yandi
Shao Xia
志杰晋级 (Zhang Jie and Show Luo) Show Luo 撑腰 (Support) 罩腰镜 (Magic Mirror) Meng Meiqi
Zhang Xi
Jiang Jinger
Zhou Xue
Jiang Shen
Chen Yifan
5 斌斌的啦 (Ella and Hu Yanbin) Mavis Fan 你的甜蜜 (Your Sweetness) 螃蟹研究队 (Crab Investigation Team) Zhu Tiantian
Fan Wei
Liu Dexi
Lin Junyi
Ren Zhen
Liu Niyi
Gao Yingxi
志杰晋级 (Zhang Jie and Show Luo) TFBOYS 宠爱 (Tender Love) 让我宠你吧 (Let us give you tender love) Liu Renyu
Wang Qing
Zhao Yaoke
Chen Yingyan
Yang Han
Wang Juemeng
6 斌斌的啦 (Ella and Hu Yanbin) Jay Chou 爷爷泡的茶 (Grandfather's Tea) 状元功夫茶 (Champion Kung Fu Tea) Qiang DongYue
Chiao Manting
Lu Xiaoyu
Zhang Xinyue
Tan Churan (Chou Chou)
Luo Tianshu
Han Dan
志杰晋级 (Zhang Jie and Show Luo) BAAD 好想大声说爱你 (Want to loudly say I love you) 哆唻咪发嗦啦嘻哆 (Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do) Lu Xiaocao
Zhang Zining
Yang Meiling
Su Ruiqi
Lui Jiaying
Wang Manjun
Yan Kexin
7 志杰晋级 (Zhang Jie and Show Luo) Jacky Cheung 头发乱了 (Hair is Messy) 洗剪吹 (Wash Cut Dry) Zhang Xinjie
Zhang Xinlei
Ge JiaHui
Yang Bing
Mao Weijia
Hu Yue'er
斌斌的啦 (Ella and Hu Yanbin) Dragon Pig 全部都是你 (All About You) 一队 (Number One Team) Jiang Yanxi
Yang Chaoyue
Wu Xiaoxuan
Yang Meiqi
Pan Junya
Xu Shiyin
8 志杰晋级 (Zhang Jie and Show Luo) Cyndi Wang 爱你 (Love You) 中华田园动物园 (China's Countryside Zoo) Duan Aojuan
Lai Meiyun
Liu Nian
Wu Qianying
Zhang Chuhan
Xiang Yuxing
Chen Yihan
斌斌的啦 (Ella and Hu Yanbin) Make-Up 少女圣斗士 (Saint Seiya) 炎燚圣斗士 (Brightly Burning Warriors) Luo Yijia
Gao Quizi
Ma Xingyu
Rui Meng
Wang Yaling
Yu Meihong

Position Evaluation Performances (Episode 6)

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  Popularity Queen

  Pending Trainees

Bold denotes the person who picked the team members (highest ranking trainees from the previous round of eliminations)

# Position Original Artist(s) Song Team Name Contestants Votes
1 Dance Gong Linna 忐忑 (Uneasy) 美人鱼 (Mermaids) Meng Meiqi 562
Du Jinyu 123
Mena 208
Yang Bing 268
Jiang Shen 533
2 Composition - 木兰说 (Mulan Says) 走火入魔之太太你有事吗

(Madam, do you have a problem with getting obsessed?)

Yamy 348
Sunnee 346
Wei Jin 404
Ge Jiahui 104
Chiao Manting 304
Wang Ju 253
3 Composition - 麻烦少女 (Troublesome Girl) - Yang Chaoyue 252
Chen Yihan 417
Lu Xiaocao 232
Liu Renyu 526
Tan Churan (Chou Chou) 172
Xu Shiyin 219
4 Vocal Stefanie Sun 逆光 (Against the Light) 水晶晶 (The Crystals) Chen Fangyu 326
Li Ziting 569
Wu Yingxiang 430
Liu Dexi 309
Chen Yuyan 119
5 Dance Huang Zitao Promise 天天用实力说话 (Using our abilities to speak everyday) Wu Xuanyi 508
Jiang Jinger 254
Ju Lin 255
Zhang Chuhan 310
Wang Mohan 310
Zhu Tiantian 91
6 Dance Taylor Swift Look What You Made Me Do Surprise Xu Mengjie 491
Luo Yitian 321
Su Ruiqi 323
Wu Qian 224
Xiang Yuxing 361
7 Vocal ONE OK ROCK Liar 佛系少女 (Buddhist Girls) Fu Jing 397
Zhang Zining 465
Qi Yandi 206
Luo Yijia 99
8 Dance Xiao Quan 海草舞 (Seaweed Dance) 海草帮 (Seaweed Gang) Li Zixuan 423
Wu Qianying 442
Yu Meihong 326
Zhang Xi 239
Ma Xingyu 119
9 Vocal DJ Snake Let Me Love You 白雪女王和公主们 (Snow White Queens and Princesses) Duan Aojuan 420
Xu Jingyun 479
Lai Meiyun 458
Gao Qiuzi 352
Liu Nian 151
10 Dance Tiger Hu 覅忒好 (Can't Get Better Than This) 新郎团 (Bridegroom Team) Zhao Yaoke 295
Wang Ting 396
Liu Danmeng 271
Luo Zhiyi 232
Yang Han 254
11 Vocal Yoon Mi-rae Always 裙子特大号 爱你的心也特大号

(Supersized dresses and supersized hearts that love you)

Qiang Dongyue 284
Gou Xueying 256
Re Yina 279
Liu Sixian 321
Luo Tianshu 308
12 Dance Bruno Mars Marry You 你的丘比特 (Your Cupid) Wang Qing 286
Lu Xiaoyu 596
Gao Yingxi 334
Fan Wei 368
Yin Rui 247
Pending Trainee Votes
Name Votes
Jiang Shen 301
Wang Ju 90
Liu Nian 59
Yang Han 56
Luo Tianshu 49
Xu Shiyin 36
Chen Yuyan 36

Concept Evaluation Performances (Episode 8)

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Color key

  Popularity Queen

Bold denotes centres picked in the previous episode

# Producer Song Team Name Team Votes Guest Performer Contestants Votes
1 Jin Zhiwen 摩天輪的眼淚 (Ferris Wheel's Tears) 喜欢你 (We Like You) 123 Hu Yitian Zhang Zining 563
Sunnee 116
Qiang Dongyue 32
Wei Jin 21
Jiang Shen 32
Chen Yihan 30
2 Zheng Nan Shiny Shiny 萤火虫 (Shiny Fireflies) 156 Xiong Ziqi Wu Xuanyi 326
Fu Jing 153
Su Ruiqi 72
Luo Yijia 23
Fan Wei 63
Gao Yingxi 134
3 Tiger Hu 我就是這種女孩 (I'm That Kind of Girl) 你的女孩 (Your Girls) 286 Xiao Zhan Meng Meiqi 330
Xu Mengjie 92
Liu Renyu 143
Li Ziting 124
Wang Ting 19
Gao Qiuzi 55
4 Maria Stratton / K.Chozen / Renzo Bravo 不負青春 (Live Up to Our Youth) 青春无畏 (Fearless Youth) 41 Mao Buyi Yang Chaoyue 111
Lu Xiaoyu 115
Liu Danmeng 71
Qi Yandi 330
Chiao Manting 54
Wu Qianying 129
5 master key / ear attack 別人家的小孩 (Someone Else's Kid) 土小孩 (Old Fashioned Kids) 125 Wang Yibo Yamy 83
Li Zixuan 249
Chen Fangyu 69
Wu Yingxiang 59
Xu Jingyun 250
Lu Xiaocao 33
6 Alina Smith / Annalise Morelli / Ingemar Aberg 了不起 (Awesome) 一锅乱炖 (A Pot of Messy Stew) 85 Wei Daxun Lai Meiyun 361
Wang Ju 171
Duan Aojuan 90
Luo Yitian 44
Wang Mohan 102
Zhao Yaoke 40

Ranking

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Top 11

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E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 E07 E08 E09 E10
1 Yamy Wu Xuanyi Wu Xuanyi Meng Meiqi Meng Meiqi Meng Meiqi Meng Meiqi Meng Meiqi Meng Meiqi
2 Qiang Dongyue Yamy Yamy Wu Xuanyi Yang Chaoyue Yang Chaoyue Wang Ju Wang Ju Wu Xuanyi
3 Duan Aojuan Yang Chaoyue Yang Chaoyue Yamy Wu Xuanyi Wu Xuanyi Wu Xuanyi Wu Xuanyi Yang Chaoyue
4 Yang Chaoyue Duan Aojuan Meng Meiqi Yang Chaoyue Yamy Yamy Duan Aojuan Yamy Duan Aojuan
5 Wu Xuanyi Qiang Dongyue Qiang Dongyue Zhang Zining Zhang Zining Duan Aojuan Li Ziting Duan Aojuan Yamy
6 Sunnee Meng Meiqi Duan Aojuan Duan Aojuan Li Ziting Li Ziting Yamy Li Ziting Lai Meiyun
7 Chen Fangyu Sunnee Sunnee Qiang Dongyue Sunnee Zhang Zining Lai Meiyun Yang Chaoyue Zhang Zining
8 Fu Jing Fu Jing Chen Fangyu Sunnee Duan Aojuan Sunnee Gao Qiuzi Zhang Zining Sunnee
9 Wang Qing Wang Qing Li Zixuan Fu Jing Fu Jing Fu Jing Yang Chaoyue Lai Meiyun Li Ziting
10 Ge Jiahui Li Zixuan Fu Jing Li Zixuan Qiang Dongyue Qiang Dongyue Zhang Zining Gao Qiuzi Fu Jing
11 Li Ziting Li Ziting Li Ziting Li Ziting Gao Qiuzi Gao Qiuzi Sunnee Sunnee Xu Mengjie

Elimination chart

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Color key
       Final members of Rocket Girls 101
       Contestant eliminated in the final episode
       Contestant eliminated in the third elimination round
       Contestant eliminated in the second elimination round
       Contestant eliminated in the first elimination round
       Contestant eliminated in the second episode
       Contestant left the show
105 contestants
Meng Meiqi (孟美岐) Wu Xuanyi (吴宣仪) Yang Chaoyue (杨超越) Duan Aojuan (段奥娟) Yamy (郭颖)
Lai Meiyun (赖美云) Zhang Zining (张紫宁) Sunnee (杨芸晴) Li Ziting (李紫婷) Fu Jing (傅菁)
Xu Mengjie(徐梦洁) Li Zixuan (李子璇) Liu Renyu (刘人语) Chen Yihan (陈意涵) Wang Ju (王菊)
Gao Qiuzi (高秋梓) Gao Yingxi (高颖浠) Qi Yandi (戚砚笛) Angela Hui (许靖韵) Lu Xiaoyu (吕小雨)
Qiang Dongyue (强东玥) Wu Yingxiang (吴映香) Jiang Shen (蒋申) Zhao Yaoke (赵尧珂) Su Ruiqi (苏芮琪)
Kimberley (陈芳语) Wu Qianying (吴芊盈) Fan Wei (范薇) Wang Mohan (王莫涵) Wei Jin (魏瑾)
Wang Ting (王婷) Lu Xiaocao (鹿小草) Liu DanMeng (刘丹萌) Luo Yitian (罗怡恬) Jiao Manting (焦曼婷)
Luo Yijia (罗奕佳) Du Jinyu (杜金雨) Zhu Tiantian (朱天天) Wang Qing (王晴) Re Yina (热依娜)
Yu Meihong (于美红) Liu Nian (刘念) Ge Jiahui (葛佳慧) Chou Chou (丑丑) Ju Lin (菊麟)
Liu Dexi (刘德熙) Jiang Jinger (江璟儿) Gou Xueying (勾雪莹) Yang Bing (杨冰) Luo Zhiyi (罗智仪)
Zhang Xi (张溪) Mena (邵西蒙娜) Ma Xingyu (马兴钰) Liu Siqian (刘思纤) Zhang Chuhan (张楚寒)
Xiang Yuxing (向俞星) Wu Qian (吴茜) Yin Rui (尹蕊) Zhang Xinlei (张鑫磊) Lucia Chen (陈盈燕)
Jiang Yanxi (姜彦汐) Zhou Xue (周雪) Wu Xiaoxuan (吴小萱) Zhang Jingxuan (张静萱) Zhang Xinyue (张馨月)
Zhang Xinjie (张新洁) Ren Zhen (任真) Ni Qiuyun (倪秋云) Yang Ruihan (杨蕊涵) Yang Meiqi (杨美琪)
Mao Weijia (毛唯嘉) Lin Junyi (林君怡) Lin Jiaan (林珈安) Shao Xia (邵夏) Blair (王玥)
Xu Shiyin (许诗茵) Pan Junya (潘珺雅) Wang Yalin (王雅凛) Hu Yueer (胡悦儿) Zhang Ruimeng (张芮萌)
Li Tianyun (李天韻) Chen Yifan (陈怡凡) Chen Yuyan (陈语嫣) Wang Yiran (王亦然) Xia Shijie (夏诗洁)
Liu Yushan (刘宇珊) Zhu Jiaxi (朱佳希) Yang Meiling (杨美玲) Liu Niyi (刘尼夷) Han Dan (韩丹)
Yin Rouyi (尹柔懿) Luo Tianshu (罗天舒) Yang Han (杨晗) Liu Jiaying (刘佳莹) Wu Yunting (吴昀廷)
Wang Manjun (王曼君) Zhang Yuwen (张瑜纹) Yan Kexin (颜可欣) Wang Juemeng (王珏萌) Qiu Luqing (邱路晴)
Zheng Chengcheng (郑丞丞) Abby (吉星月) Cindy (范麗娜) Dora (王小蝶) Zhao Ling (赵羚)

Episodes

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Episode 1 (April 21, 2018)

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The audience is introduced to the Lady Bee trio who walks in to a dark studio wondering where to go. The lights suddenly turn on and 101 seats are shown. Similar to the Korean counterpart, contestants are introduced by label and choose where they want to sit from #1 to #101. Once every girl is seated, the studio darkens and Tao introduces the mentors with each of the mentors performing their own song. After the performances by the mentors have ended, contestants perform with their label mates or a pre-made group to be evaluated from grades A to F. During the episode, it is revealed that only 11 trainees are only to be sorted into the A group, once 11 girls are filled, another girl that has been given the A rank will have to take a girl's nominated seat, voluntarily if a girl in the top 11 chooses to downgrade to the B rank or through a battle. At the end of the episode, we see 11 spots filled yet Yamy is given an A rank. The mentors discuss heavily to choose whom to demote to B rank. They choose Qiang Dongyue and she agrees to a battle with Yamy. Yamy wins the battle and Qiang Dongyue is reluctantly demoted to the B rank.

Episode 2 (April 28, 2018)

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The evaluations go on where former SNH48 member Ge Jiahui performs with her group and trainees continually get evaluated to their respective ranks. There is a twist after all 101 girls are graded when the mentors announce that girls who are not from idol companies will also be competing for a spot in the top 101. If any of them get above an F grade, they may take the spot of another girl in F grade, eliminating her from the competition. Gao Yingxi, Wu Qianying and Re Yina take Cindy, Dora and Zhao Ling's place on the show. Re Yina also receives an A grade and battles Li Ziting for her spot in A class. Re Yina wins. Sunnee questions the mentors on this decision and Tao responds saying Re Yina's style is more unique and Li Ziting went off key during the vocal part of the battle while Ye Rina did not. Tao reassures the trainees that if they felt they were placed in an incorrect grade if they work hard it will be seen.

The girls arrive at their dorms and all the trainees envy A class' rooms being pink and bigger than all the others and having its own couch. Yina and Sunnee are placed in the same room which causes some tension between them.

During the first class, it is revealed that Abby left the competition overnight and one of the girls from the non-idol companies, Wang Ju, will be taking her place in C class. The F class girls walk into their small practice room and become emotional at seeing an easel with motivational writing on it in the middle of the room. All of them make a promise to move up. In A class, Re Yina has a hard time matching the tones of the vocal teacher and keeping up with the dance. Li Zixuan in B class gets called up to sing with Ella and begins to cry. Ella motivates her and gets her some sunglasses to cover her eyes to overcome her fear of singing in front of people.

For the first evaluation, it is revealed that the girls will come up five at a time and dance and sing the theme song in front of everyone. Yang Chaoyue performs poorly and cries afterwards due to embarrassment and stress. When Zhu Tiantian performs, she dances incorrectly and sings loudly and incorrectly, throwing off the other contestants dancing with her. This causes Gao Qiuzi to cry from the shock and stress. The other trainees accuse Zhu Tiantian of just wanting screen time and not caring if it affects other trainees in their individual interviews.

When it comes to F class's turn to be re-graded, Show Luo surprises them by saying only one trainee has remained in F class and the rest have moved up. A class has their re-gradings read out in front of everyone. The biggest change is Re Yina going from A class to F class.

Episode 3 (May 5, 2018)

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The next mission is revealed to be a battle mission like the other 101 series. However, this time the 16 leaders and centres are already chosen and split into two types of eight each. Eight "Skilled" centres and eight "Diligent" centres. The "Diligent" centres are chosen from the eight girls who spent the most time practising while the eight "Skilled" centres are chosen by the mentors and restricted to A and B class. The rest of the girls choose whose team they want to be in by standing behind them. The battles are also not two teams performing the same songs, instead, the centres of each team pick the song they want from a list of 16 songs given to them. On the night of the performances, the mentors form two teams representing eight groups each. The mentors play black and white match to decide who will announce their first group first.

At the end of all of the performances, both teams are left at four points each. As such, the result of the team battle is decided by who received the most votes out of everyone who performed. The person with the most votes was Meng Meiqi, meaning that Zhang Jie and Show Luo's team won the battle.

Episode 4 (May 13, 2018)

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The girls walk into the room and figure out that only the top 55 will remain in the competition. The rankings are announced and it is revealed that their rank will determine their grade from that point on with ranks 55-41 becoming D class, ranks 40-26 becoming C class, ranks 25-12 becoming B class and ranks 11-1 becoming A class. Wu Xuanyi comes 1st and Yang Bing comes 55th. It is then revealed that the eight girls from the winning teams who gained the most votes in the public performances can each pick one member from their teams from the previous round who is not in the top 55 to avoid elimination and join the top 55 as a pending trainee. Tao explains that the pending trainees will not be able to make any choices in the next mission and the 3 pending trainees who get the most votes will stay in the competition. Meng Meiqi saves Jiang Shen (rank 59), Qiang Dongyue saves Luo Tianshu (rank 92), Duan Aojuan saves Liu Nian (rank 63), Sunnee's whole team entered the top 55 without being saved so Sunnee cannot save anyone, Zhao Yaoke saves Yang Han (rank 93), Yamy saves Wang Ju (rank 90), Kimberley saves Chen Yuyan (rank 82) and Yang Chaoyue saves Xu Shiyin (rank 75).

Episode 5 (May 19, 2018)

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The episode starts with the girls calling their families before the first elimination. The procedure for the second mission is revealed. There are six mentors that will hold three different classes; vocal (Ella and Zhang Jie), dance (Show Luo and Wang Yibo) and composition (Hu Yanbin and Lin Yoga). The girls will write down which class they want from most to least (1 being top pick, 3 being bottom pick). The mentors then look through the lists and pick which girls they want. If there are too many top picks for their class, they must choose which girls not to pick and if they do not have enough top picks they must choose some girls who did not pick that class as their top pick. There are 10 spots in composition, 19 spots in vocal and 31 spots in dance. The classes are then split into 12 groups; 2 in composition, 4 in vocal and 6 in dance. The team leaders for all 12 teams are picked from the highest ranked girls within that class. The leaders pick which girls they want to fill their team. The girls race for the song they want by relay, the boards with the song names are on a wall and they have to try to take the board they want. During the race for the dance team's songs, one of the girls falls and all the other girls keep running. This makes Tao very angry and he scolds the girls for many things including their actions during the elimination, talking during filming, not listening and not caring when the girl fell over. The dance teams are made to run again. All the teams then practice for their performance.

Episode 6 (May 26, 2018)

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The teams perform their stages with Meng Meiqi's group going first as she received the most votes on the last stage. It is noticed that there is a chair on the left-hand side of the stage, the chair is revealed to be for the overall popularity queen during the position battle stages. Meng Meiqi is the first popularity queen as her team goes first and she received the most votes within her team. It is explained that if another team's popularity queen receives more votes than her, they can dethrone her. It is also explained that the popularity queens in each team will also get to choose which group to perform next regardless of dethroning the current overall popularity queen or not. The team chosen to perform next is always chosen by the previous team's popularity queen. Meng Meiqi is dethroned by Li Ziting, and Li Ziting is dethroned by Lu Xiaoyu on the last performance, who then becomes the overall popularity queen. The seven pending trainees gather on stage for a voting round to see who will stay and who will be eliminated officially. Jiang Shen, Wang Ju and Liu Nian become normal trainees again.

Episode 7 (June 2, 2018)

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The episode starts with the girls lounging around in their dorms. They get an irregular announcement from Tao where he expresses his sorrow that the next time they meet, some of the girls will be leaving. He also announces and the staff have organised an activity for the girls and each dorm is given a set amount of money. The girls may go out and spend the money on decorations for their dorm room. The dorms will be judged and the winning dorm will win a surprise. The popularity award prize is a voucher to go out and watch a movie, the prize for the best design is a cute dollhouse of the dorm. Meng Meiqi, Yamy, Qiang Dongyue and Sunnee's team wins the best design award and Wang Qing, Gao Quizi, Xu Mengjie and Ma Xingyu's dorm wins the popularity award. The ranks are announced company by company with JC Universe Entertainment being announced first as they are the only group with all of their members currently in the competition. After the rankings, the top 36 girls have a special segment called "Us, whom you did not know" where the girls get to show off skills previously unknown to the public. Then Tao reveals the next mission which, like the other seasons, is the album missions. There are six songs. The centres are chosen by the fans from the girls who received the most votes for each song. The centres are Meng Meiqi (I Am That Kind Of Girl), Wu Xuanyi (Shiny), Yamy (Someone Else's Kid), Yang Chaoyue (Living Up To Our Youth), Zhang Zining (Tears Of A Ferris Wheel) and Lai Meiyun (Awesome). Tao then announces that there will be six male idol seniors joining in the performances, one in each team. Each of them has left a secret message for the girls to try and guess who they are. The episode ends after the first secret message is played.

Episode 8 (June 9, 2018)

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The 36 girls are presented with 30 gifts on a table. Each of the 30 gifts somehow represents one of the six male idols that will join the teams. Everyone except the centres can pick a gift. The male idols are already assigned to a group so the gift the trainee picks determines which group they will join. Before the girls pick their gifts, the secret messages from each idol are played. The idols, which songs they picked and their gifts are revealed and the teams are formed. The group perform their songs and are then all invited back onstage so the fans can vote for their favourite team, the team that wins will receive a special coaching class from all of the mentors. I Am That Kind Of Girl wins the prize and Zining is crowned overall popularity queen.

Episode 9 (June 16, 2018)

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In this episode, the elimination instead, took place on a cruise unlike the past few rounds. From there, 14 of them were eliminated, leaving only 22 contestants who will be participating in the finals. The girls were then asked to choose between the songs "Bye Bye Baby" (Wang Ju, Wu Xuanyi, Yamy, Duan Aojuan, Lai Meiyun, Gao Qiuzi, Sunnee, Fu Jing, Liu Renyu, Li Zixuan, Angela Hui) and "Full Bloom" (Meng Meiqi, Li Ziting, Yang Chaoyue, Zi Ning, Gao Yingxi, Qi Yandi, Xu Mengjie, Lu Xiaoyu, Wu Yingxiang, Qiang Dongyue, Chen Yihan).

Episode 10 (June 23, 2018)

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This episode begins with all 101 contestants dancing to the theme song "Produce 101 Girls" (Pick Me). The girls then performed either a "dance" or "vocal" performance individually. The dance group performed Ariana Grande's Break Free, and the vocal group performed Penny Tai's 路. The episode thereafter cuts to the girls performing "Against Odds", followed by "Full Bloom" accordingly to their groups assigned in Episode 9. By the end of the episode, the rankings were announced and Meng Meiqi (with a vote count of 185,244,357), was crowned first place and center of the group, with Wu Xuanyi at second (with a vote count of 181,533,349). It was also revealed that the debuting group will be called "Rocket Girls 101". With that, the show ended with the newly formed group performing to their debut song "Rocket Girls".

Aftermath

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  • Rocket Girls 101 debuted on June 23, 2018 right after eleven members were announced.[11] They disbanded on June 23, 2020.
Other contestants
  • Su Ruiqi (25th), Liu Nian (42nd), Lin Junyi (77th), and Blair (80th) participated in Produce Camp 2020. Blair was eliminated in episode 9 after being ranked 17th. The rest were eliminated in the finale after Lin Junyi being ranked 10th, Su Ruiqi ranked 11th and Liu Nian ranked 12th.
  • Gou Xueying (48th) and Zhang Chuhan (55th) participated in Youth With You Season 2. Xueying was eliminated in Episode 16 after being ranked 48th and Chuhan was also eliminated in Episode 20 after being ranked 27th.
  • Mena (52nd) has moved to South Korea and is now in S2 Entertainment's first group, Hot Issue, under her stage name, Mayna.[12]
  • Su Ruiqi (25th) participated in Girls Planet 999 and was eliminated in the finale after ranking 13th.

Franchise

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References

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  1. ^ "Produce 101 China". Hallyu K Star (in Thai). Hallyu K Star. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Produce 101 China". Teenage. Archived from the original on April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Produce 101 Begins a Wave of Interest in Chinese Idol Groups". Pandaily. July 1, 2018. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  4. ^ 危机与转机并存,腾讯视频携《创造101》入场能否打通偶像产业链. xuehua.us (in Simplified Chinese). April 14, 2018. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  5. ^ Super Girl 2016: Top 300 Contestants Video Selection: 13:50 on YouTube (in Chinese)
  6. ^ Super Girl 2016: Vocal academy official student weekly exam second round: Qiang Dongyue's "Golden Armor" team won the championship on YouTube (in Chinese)
  7. ^ Qiang Dongyue: On-screen appearances before (mostly Super Girl 2016 and Trainee18) and during Produce 101 China playlist on YouTube (in Chinese)
  8. ^ "스타쉽엔터테인먼트". Archived from the original on April 30, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  9. ^ The Voice Kids Thailand: Blind Auditions: Mimi Promwilai: Want to Sing Out Loud (25 May 2013) on YouTube (in Thai)
  10. ^ "Produce 101 China: Episode 2: 49:18" (video). wetv.vip. Tencent Video.
  11. ^ "DramaPanda: Produce 101 China winners debut as Rocket Girls". Dramapanda. June 23, 2018. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  12. ^ "핫이슈 데뷔 프로모션 일정 공개…콘셉트 궁금증 ↑". 서울경제 (in Korean). April 8, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
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Preceded by
Chuang (franchise)
Produce 101 China
Succeeded by
Produce Camp 2019