Okay, so I sort of understand why people love the ‘Produce‘ series now, as ‘Produce 48‘ is getting more entertaining with Mnet‘s honestly comical editing. In episode three, they complete the re-evaluation judging, announce the grade changes, and start the group performances.
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While they showed the judges making comments on the re-evaluation videos last episode, they didn’t show the results, but we got them at the start of this at least.
Well, after they had a compilation of the contestants talking to family and crying to extract maximum investment from viewers.
Produce 48 Re-Evaluations – Moving Up
Goto Moe F>C
Kim Minju D>CSon Eunchae C>B
Bae Eunyoung C>B
Nakano Ikumi D>B
Kojima Mako C>BYabuki Nako F>A
Honda Hitomi C>A
Go Yujin C>A
Kim Nayoung C>A
Kang Damin B>A
Kim Sihyun B>A
Ahn Yujin B>A
Takahashi Juri B>A— mes #TeamPinky (@OH_mes) June 29, 2018
Produce 48 Re-Evaluations – Moving Down
Jo Yuri A>F
Jang Gyuri B>F
Jo Sarang B>F
Heo Yoonjin C>F
Park Jieun C>F
Jinny Park C>FShiroma Miru B>D
Park Seoyoung (Roya) C>D
Lee Sian C>DAlex Christine B>C
Kwon Eunbi A>C
Kim Dahye A>C
Kim Doa A>CTakeuchi Miyu A>B
Choi Yena A>B— mes #TeamPinky (@OH_mes) June 29, 2018
Maybe for their “talent” some of that is shocking, but if you look at the evaluation videos, I don’t think they were all that surprising.
They then choose the center, which was hilariously overdramatic, like Miyawaki Sakura and Kaeun were in a boxing mega-fight or some shit.
Next up was choosing their groups and the groups they face.
Lots of running and drama over the songs, not enough suplexing and cat fights.
Rather hilariously, nobody wanted GFriend‘s “Love Whisper“, and nobody who got stuck with it wanted Yuju‘s high note. They were basically the only two groups who had reluctant centers instead of people arguing for it. Understandable.
180629.프로듀스48(#PRODUCE48) 여자친구의 귀를기울이면.. 어려워서 다들 피하는거봨ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/GDQDuNT9Ue
— Shaytyen(샤이티엔)_4 (@Shaytyen_4) June 29, 2018
Anyway, they then moved on to the performances of “Love Whisper” themselves.
One thing that stood out was that AKS contestants were quite competent after having choreography drilled into their brains. I’m not that shocked, as not many in K-pop are naturally gifted dancers and it comes down to hard work, and I think most in AKS are used to that aspect.
Most importantly, was Yabuki Nako‘s star rising. She almost outscored the entire other group by herself.
Produce 48
GFRIEND – Love Whisper
Winning Members get 1000 votesTeam 1 – 334
52 Moto Tomu
22 Serika Nagano
38 Minami Sato
106 Yamade Noe
28 Wang Ke
88 Son EunchaeTeam 2 WIN – 488
30 Misaki Aramaki
32 Kim Nayoung
42 Yoon Eunbin
36 Kang Damin
18 Sae Kurihara
330 Nako Yabuki pic.twitter.com/MiLwKgLGlw— mes #TeamPinky (@OH_mes) June 29, 2018
She is surprisingly cute as well, so it’s basically a lock she’s making a huge jump.
she was so happy about moving to A class ?ㅠㅠ #矢吹奈子 #야부키나코 pic.twitter.com/7HJdkS4uV5
— nako yabuki pics (@nakoyabukipics) June 29, 2018
Anyway, when I watched the performances live I thought it was a fair result, and a rewatch did little to change my mind. They were just marginally better, but at every facet.
The show moved onto the “Peek-A-Boo” performances next, which is when Mnet’s magic truly shined.
180629.프로듀스48(#PRODUCE48) #장규리 #왕이런 #이가은 등 – 피카부(레드벨벳) pic.twitter.com/JgkvcmPcNk
— Shaytyen(샤이티엔)_4 (@Shaytyen_4) June 29, 2018
Fucking lol. They replayed Jang Gyuri‘s seemingly minor warble like five times with reaction shots from fellow contestants acting like she just stabbed a bitch in the neck on live television.
CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH IT 10 MORE TIMES NEXT WEEK
Speaking of the devil, the preview for episode four alludes to even better shit, with Soyu bitching out Sakura.
Most importantly, I learned Korea does have the memes about Bae Yoon Jung wanting to hit that.
At least it's a meme both internationally and in Korea. https://t.co/aC1IWfiUom
— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) June 29, 2018
Sometimes this website is good. pic.twitter.com/FaHh6xcW4Y
— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) June 29, 2018
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Look man, whatever happens, I feel like we can get a Nakanishi Chiyori variety show appearance out of this or something. She is glorious.
Chiba Erii is so terrible at the skills stuff but is so cute.
Must protecc.
I think Ahn Yujin is my favorite Korean contestant.
Takeuchi Miyu making the most out of her 10 seconds of screentime.
lol
a lucky fan got to take a picture with sakura ?? pic.twitter.com/SK2TRxD0uE
— chi (@ULTSAKURAS) June 30, 2018
lololol
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Rankings update!
[?] 'PRODUCE 48' Episode 3 Rankings (1)
1 Lee Kaeun
2 Ahn Yujin
3 Miyawaki Sakura
4 Jang Wonyoung
5 Kwon Eunbi
6 Goto Moe
7 Choi Yena
8 Takeuchi Miyu
9 Wang Yiren
10 Lee Chaeyon
11 Yamada Noe
12 Matsui Jurina#PRODUCE48 #프로듀스48 #プロデュース48 pic.twitter.com/tXV9CwmEQq— PRODUCE48 Update! (@PRODUCE48UPDATE) June 29, 2018
Kaeun continues to dominate, as Sakura moved up a bit to stabilize her ranking. Yamada Noe‘s popularity is understandable but still a bit surprising to me. Matsui Jurina is barely clinging on, which would seem worrying, but her fancam just went a bit viral so I expect her to do better soon.
Show boycott status.
[INFO] 'Produce 48' ratings from 1st – 3rd episode; The show also reached 2nd place as the most popular variety show in Japan.
Ep.1 – 1.1%
Ep.2 – 1.9%
Ep.3 – 2.0%#PRODUCE48 #프로듀스48 #プロデュース48 pic.twitter.com/8ALm2N4si0— PRODUCE48 Update! (@PRODUCE48UPDATE) June 30, 2018