Each group comes out to greet the substantial and frothing masses gathered in the studio. For some reason, Mnet chooses to use the first bars of BLACKPINK's "How You Like That" as walk-up music.
Read More »Mnet have investigated themselves and found no manipulation of ‘Queendom 2’ results
When you think about it, what would an Mnet survival show be without a manipulation controversy? It’s practically what they’re known best for, so it’s only appropriate that one arose …
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 9: Brave Girls sad, Hyolyn mad, LOONA bad, FANtastic Round concludes + final song reviews
Episode 9 closes out the third round with the last half of the FANtastic Queendom performances. The show gets to it right away, calling LOONA to the stage for their update of fan favorite, "Butterfly".
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 8: Queens celebrate “end” of COVID, fans, reunions, and various sponsored products as FANtastic Queendom Round begins
Episode 8 basically revels in Korea's pandemic "victory", in quotes only because they're still at around 25k new cases a day, though I'm all ears for discussions on the balance between safety and allowing people to live their lives.
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 7: Good stages, great faces as the Dance Units perform and Position Unit Battle comes to a close
In this episode, we finish the first half of the third round, with some surprising results. After some light reminiscing about how great Meat Party was and how wonderful it …
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 6: Never fear (ratings), Street Woman Fighter is here, also Position Unit Battle starts with vocal stages
The Street Woman Fighter crews show up to teach some choreography and save the ratings of Queendom 2, also some ballads are sung
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 5: Queendom gives the Queens a break with a remote villa filled with meat; also Street Woman Fighter
For the most part, Queendom Season 2 has been keeping pace with Season 1, which means we're in for a couple episodes of filler before the next round of competition. Which is totally fine, since seeing the groups interact has been where the majority of the fun has laid this season.
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 4: Hyolyn laps the competition as Cover Battle round comes to a close, let the placing arguments begin
I don't think it's really that much of a spoiler to reveal that God Emperor Hyolyn has, yet again, taken the top slot in this round's rankings. In Episode 4, she continues the trend of making her doubters look foolish, easily out-concepting and out-performing her hoobae cast-mates.
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 3: A triumph, a let down, and a ?!?!?! during the first 3 cover battle stages
Whether it's AOA's last stand with "Egotistic", Oh My Girl's format-defining rendition of "Destiny" or even the controversial "Sixth Sense" cover by Lovelyz, the Cover Battle round typically produces a healthy portion of each season's most memorable moments. Will Queendom 2 succeed in the same way?
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 2: God forgives, SinB doesn’t; signature song match ends with a dash of drama
The second episode begins with a montage of each team reflecting on their reasons for being on Queendom 2, fitting snugly with the narratives I described in my review of the first episode. All of which could be fixed by a big dose of viral popularity, which Queendom 2 offers in spades.
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