Have you had a chance to check out DooPiano’s covers for the concept songs? Here’s one for Open Up https://youtu.be/LCatDr9LLqI

I completely agree with everything you said about Showtime. It was a song for a younger group I think. Woojin did great, Samuel was reliable as the centre, and Woodam and Sungwoon came through with the vocals. I felt bad for Sangkyun because he was stuck with another cutesy song like SHINee’s Noona. Taehyun didn’t really get a lot of screen time this time around and Jisung brought the funny. There was too much fancy camera work during the dance break to fully appreciate the dance.

I was disappointed with the IKYK performance even though it was such a fun and cute performance. They all looked like they were having the time of their lives on stage. Sunghyuk did a great job as the main vocal. He reminds me of BTOB’s Changsub with the slight lisp and vocal tone. Yehyun looked great, but he was out of breath quite a bit and didn’t give a very stable performance. Donghyun did a good job with vocals. Donghan and Taedong didn’t have the same stage presence as they did with their Shape of You performance, which was a little disappointing. Moonbok looked so pretty, although Hyunbin did a better job rapping. He definitely had a lot more confidence for this round of performances.

The producers for Open Up have been behind Vixx’s latest releases, Fantasy, Closer and Shangri-La. I don’t know if it’s because I really liked those songs that I was expecting a bop with Open Up, but I really liked the song. I’m surprised Open Up won over Never, especially because they performed so early compared to Never. Kang Daniel and Takada Kenta switched their positions for this performance it seemed, with Daniel singing and Kenta rapping, but they both did a good job and showed how versatile they are (although I do wish it were the other way around because Daniel sounded a bit strained). Yongguk didn’t get enough screen time for a centre, but he looked great. I hope the recent ‘controversies’ of allegedly having a girlfriend and his brother saying which concept song he wanted to be matched to won’t affect Youngmin’s ranking, because he’s definitely talented. Seonho wasn’t too memorable in this performance, and the camera followed Haknyeon quite a bit. Dongho’s high note was piercing, something I didn’t think was possible after his surgery. He did a great job leading the other trainees, even if he wasn’t the official leader. (bonus was the peek of the tattoo on his chest). Open Up was definitely the sexy concept.

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Oh Little Girl was another song which was more suitable for the younger trainees. Minki did great as the centre (that ending pose with the strong backlighting, the blond hair and the blue eyes really made Minki look like he just popped out of a manhwa). Sewon is not as strong as Jaehwan, but i felt he was a pretty good fit with this song. He’ll do great as an idol singer. Also, what was that in Euiwoong’s hair? Gunhee and Hyeongsub fit really well with the concept as well. Although Jinyoung’s voice was a little jarring in how different it was from the rest of the sweeter vocals, I still really like his vocal colour. Jihoon didn’t have too many memorable moments in the performance, other than the Ronald McDonald outfit, but then again, his position is dancer.

Never was the song I liked the most in the medley. Minhyun as usual brought his game as the centre. I loved Seungwoo’s ‘Every time, Everywhere’ (also, did you notice his suspenders snapped off?) Daehwi and Guanlin were pretty good. Guanlin continually surprises me with his rapping (I believe Daehwi and Guanlin are the same age, which is very interesting to me). and Jonghyun’s typical rap voice 🙂 . Woojin was a trooper and gave a great performance. I initially though Jaehwan had too much of a an indie/folk voice to be a pop singer, but this performance proved me wrong. That o-o-o-ooh 3/4s of the way through the performance when everyone else is on their knees was the highlight of all the performances for me. I had thought that Never would win out, not only because it was a great song with a great performance, but also because they went last, and most of the audience would’ve had that performance in mind went they voted.

I’m glad that the ‘tension’ in the Oh Little Girl group was just a birthday prank, and poor Sewon who didn’t even initially realize he also had a birthday to be celebrated.

I saw some photos of that on IG I didnt know it was to “test popularity”! 😳 …well, i thought it was an event or something promotional, like they’d form a crowd, bring them together after and dance together since they were wearing the same thing. (Isnt PD101 already a popularity contest in itself?)

Is Mnet going to play sad, depressing music when someone does not recognize the kid?

Point.

Can this show function a week without any trainee getting into a scandal, an evil edit or the hospital?

I suppose B.O.I. won’t be too bad a name. Can’t think of anything more catchy. -_-*

for final 11? uhm.. I don’t know. i didn’t really think of making a list because i really like the kids. uhm…. wait….

hmmm…. this is hard. i’ll just stop at #OngNiel & JR for now.

Watch out for anything claiming to be “smart.” There’s always something more to it ;).

haha totally. but i totally like stories like this… like “equilibrium” or “3%”