I-LAND 2 (FAKE)

# ***I-LAND 2***

***I-Land*** **2** (Korean: 아이랜드 2; RR: *Airaendeu 2*; stylised in all caps) is a South Korean boy group survival reality show organised by HYBE Corporation, in partnership with CJ E&M.

A total of male trainees participated in the show. In the show's finale on September 18, 2020, the final 7 members debuted as Enhypen.

Winning contestants include. The first six members were decided by global ranking and the last member by the producer's choice.

A third season, *I-Land 3*, is expected to premiere in late 2022 featuring female trainees.

## Promotion and Broadcast

On the final episode of I-LAND, Mnet released the first teaser video for the show and also introduced the producers and mentors of the show.

On April 3, 2021, the first batch of contestants were revealed.

On April 20, 2021 the show premiered on following cable channels: Mnet; tvN Korea; Mnet Japan; tvN Asia (Asia-Pacific); as well as online via Mnet Smart; AbemaTV (Japan); Joox (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand); on the *Mnet K-POP* & *Hybe Labels* YouTube channels and Rakuten Viki (worldwide except certain regions).

HYBE artsts like BTS, TXT, Seventeen, Le Sserafim, and Season 1 group, Enhypen appeared as guests and performers on the last episode broadcast live with an earlier time slot, at 8:00 p.m. KST.

## Concept

The participants are transported to a complex (called by the same name as the show title, the I-Land) located in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a luscious green forest, for a total of 113 days. The participants will live in a 3-floor complex with modern living spaces, gym, dance studios, item room (for storage), and individual practice rooms; however, only 12 contestants can stay there. The remaining others will be on the "Ground", which is a simple building with a dance studio and dining area, and the trainees assigned to the Ground have to commute to and from the building every day at set times. The two sections are connected through a gate and a stage, where their skills will be tested. A key part of the concept is that, the participants' and producers' votes play a heavy role in the show, as they decide through voting who will stay in I-Land and who will go down to the Ground. A fixed number of 12 trainees will be in the I-Land, but they may be dropped and demoted to the Ground (and promptly be replaced by trainees from the Ground).

While the show primarily focuses on the trainees and producers votes, the audience would be able to vote on who remains in the I-Land in the last part of part 1 of the show, and based on this, the show will eliminate all trainees in the Ground. From there, the I-Landers will compete among themselves in the second part of the series to determine who will debut in the final debut team of 7 members. The producers and audience are the only ones who can vote. Thus, the show was originally supposed to focus on trainee and producer votes without much audience influence, but in part 2 of the show, the trainees did not vote at all, and global votes were introduced.

Park Seo-joon serves as the official host, as well as the commentator/narrator of the program. The contestants are evaluated and judged by three producers: main producer Bang Si-hyuk, Chairman of Big Hit Music, South Korean singer Rain and global group BTS, who are prominent figures in K-pop and K-hip hop of the early 21st century respectively. Rain and BTS will also act as mentors and train the participants.

A first in Korean survival programs, a Big Brother-style live cams titled, *I-LAND Cam,* features 1-hour video on demand multi-camera footage inside the I-Land and Ground. New videos are released every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday on the Weverse app and on its website. On the last week of I-LAND, *I-LAND Cams* are live streamed real-time every day for an hour starting at 6PM KST, while on the final day of I-LAND, same day as the final episode, *I-LAND Cams* are live streamed real-time at 5AM KST.

## Cast

**Storyteller:** Park Seo-joon

**Producers:**

* Bang Si-hyuk
* Rain
* BTS

**Directors:**

* Pdogg
* Son Sung-deuk
* Adora

**Guests:**

* Roh Jeong-eui (special host, episode 11, 14)
* Bae Yoon-jung (episode 7)
* Seventeen's Hoshi, Joshua, Mingyu, The8 (episode 12)
* Enhypen's Jungwon and Heeseung (episode 13)
* Tomorrow X Together (episode 14)
* Seventeen (episode 14)
* Le Sserafim (episode 14)
* Enhypen (episode 14)
* 13 eliminated contestants (episode 14)

## System

### Part 1

Introduced in Episode 2, there is a system in place based on a scoring system out of 100. Each of the I-Landers are evaluated individually and given a score from 0–100. These scores are then displayed anonymously so that any particular individual's score is unknown, and then averaged to get the **team score**. Based on the team score, a certain number of I-Landers will have to be moved to the Ground and be replaced.

In episode 3, a separate "teamwork" score was also given and factored into the overall average score.

 91-95
 86-90
 81-85
 76-80
 71-75
 70 and below

Global Voting

A global voting system was held after Episode 5 at 12:00 a.m. KST and ended 9 days after on at 12:00 a.m. KST. Viewers can vote for 10 contestants out of the total 30 that they wish to see progress to the second part of I-Land. Viewers can vote once per day.

The second global vote started on August 1, 2020 at 12:00 a.m. KST after Episode 6 and ended on August 2, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. KST. Viewers can vote for 6 contestants out of the 24 Grounders excluding the top I-Landers, that they wish to see progress to the 2nd part of I-Land. Every vote is equal to 3 votes.

## Elimination Table

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## Missions

### Part 1

#### Entry test

Trainees that came together or alone must perform in this test. Every other contestant must raise their hands to judge whether they are worth to be on the I-LAND. If a trainee received 16 or more votes, they are allowed to be on the I-Land. If not, they will be on the Ground. There is no limit to the count, but if there are more than 16 contestants after the whole test, the remaining contestants must pick one or more contestants to be moved out to the Ground until there are 16 contestants remaining.

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#### Theme song

Trainees begin their first official mission with the theme "**encounter**"; the trainees are just getting to know each other. The contestants on the I-Land and the Ground must perform the show's theme song "Into The I-LAND" (original version by IU). There are 16 parts in this song and each trainee must pick which part they want to perform. The I-Land contestants will be evaluated individually by the producers and directors, and the average score of all of them will correspond to the number of contestants needed to move out from the I-Land. The Ground contestants will each submit a performance video daily to be reviewed by the producers and directors to determine who will replace the eliminated contestants from the I-Land, but they will not have an actual performance on stage.

Kim Jaehyun was appointed the leader and the part 1 position was given to Theo Gray. BTS evaluated their performance two days before their mission. The I-Landers received an average score of 89 (from contestants individual scores) and therefore have to choose 2 contestants to be moved out from the I-Land.

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#### Teamwork

Their second mission is designed to test and develop their **teamwork**. Both the I-Landers and the Grounders will perform a remix of "Fake Love" by BTS. They are given 6 days to prepare. The same scoring system will be used; however, the highest individual scorer in I-Land will be given a dropout exemption card, which can be used on any of the I-Landers, including himself. If the card is used, the next dropout candidate will automatically be eliminated. If there are no dropouts from I-Land in this round, the Grounders will not be able to perform at all.

Park Sungchan and Lee Jaewon became the leaders of the Grounders, while Theo Gray is the leader for the I-Landers. 2 days before the test, Rain and Pdogg evaluated the Grounders while BTS, Adora, and Son Sung-deuk evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check. The I-Landers received a teamwork score of 88 and had an average of 85 and therefore have to choose 3 contestants to be moved out from the I-Land.

Theo received the highest score and, thus, the dropout exemption card. He used it to save Kang Beom-jun from being dropped out of I-Land. Kang Beom-jun being saved makes the next contestant, Hong Yoojin to move out from I-Land. They both have 5 votes but Yoo-jin has a higher individual score than Beom-jun so he was originally saved from being dropped out.

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#### Representative Unit

Their third mission is picking representatives for **vocal and dance battle** between I-Land and Ground to test their sacrifice and ability to directly compete. If Ground wins, 6 contestants will be dropped out from I-Land. If I-Land wins, no contestants will be dropped out. They are given 6 days to prepare. BTS and Adora evaluated the I-Landers while Rain, Pdogg, and Son Seung-duk evaluated the Grounders as a midpoint check, 3 days before the test. I-Land won the battle; therefore no I-Landers will be dropped out.

**(Song: Spring Day by BTS)**
 Dylan Hong
 **Dance** | **I-Land**
**(Songs: Rainism by Rain, 3 Dope Boyz by Dynamic Duo & One of a Kind by G-Dragon)**
 Kang Beomjun
 Choi Sangwon

#### The Final 12

The fourth and last mission of the first part of the show will decide the **final 12 contestants**. They will be performing a new original song titled, *"I&credible"* with the theme, **"Awakening"**. Like the theme song, there are 16 parts in this song and each trainee must pick which part they want to perform. They are given 7 days to prepare. Rain and Son Sung-deuk evaluated the Grounders while BTS, Pdogg, and Adora evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check. Beomjun and Sangwon help the I-Landers with the details of the choreography, and Naoki helps the Grounders.

From the I-Land, 3 contestants will be voted out by the I-Landers themselves and another 3 from the producers. 6 members from the Ground (including the dropped out I-Landers) who will fill up the 6 spots in I-Land will be picked by the global fans through voting. The 6 remaining I-Landers will automatically continue to the second part of the show.

After the eliminated I-Landers arrive in the Ground, they must perform again with the Grounders, they are given 3 days to redistribute parts and to prepare.

K, Lee Hee-seung, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Jung-won, Jake, and Jay are saved from being dropped out, thus, they will continue on to the second part of I-Land.
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### Part 2

#### BTS Test

The first test of the 2nd part of I-LAND and the final 12 contestants is **performing songs of BTS**. The 12 contestants are divided into 5 units with each one performing a song by BTS. The group gave the mission themselves, recorded in the living room of I-Land while the contestants watched from the lobby. The producers will pick the contestant who will be eliminated based on individual scoring. The unit with the highest score will be exempted from elimination, if the contestant with the lowest score is in the first rank unit, the next member with the lowest score will be eliminated from I-LAND. They are given 7 days to prepare. Son Sung-deuk and DOOBU evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check.

Choreographer Bae Yoon Jung and Son Sung-deuk appeared to give a mini-mission which is a freestyle dance battle, the ranks 1-3 will be the leader of the group and will choose if they want to pick their members in the unit or choose a song.

The Fake Love unit ranked first. Lee Geon-u, who placed 11th, was eliminated. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rank will be spending a day of freedom outside I-Land doing different activities.

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#### Chemistry Test

The second test of the 2nd part of the show is about **the chemistry between the contestants and the global fans**. The contestants will be divided into two groups and will be performing new singles, "Flicker" and "Dive Into You". The eliminations for this round will be determined by the global votes. The contestant who places first, picked by the producers, will receive twice the number of votes for 24 hours before the global voting ends. Park Chan, the 1st rank contestant will pick his chosen song and members. They are given 6 days to prepare. Son Sung-deuk and Adora evaluated the performance while vocal coach Kim Sung-eun evaluated the vocals of the I-Landers as a midpoint check.

Kim Jaehyun, who was picked by the producers, ranked first, thus, the votes he will receive in the last 24 hours of voting is equal to two votes.

#### Concept Test

The third test of the 2nd part of the show is about **concept performance**

The contestants then will be divided into two groups and will be performing new singles, "Chamber 5 (Dream of Dreams)" as a **refreshing concept** and "Flame On" as **explosion concept**. The producers will pick the contestant who will be eliminated based on individual scoring. The 11th place contestant will participate in the mini-mission and practice for the concept test but will not be performing it in front of the producers.

Bae Seongmin and Masahiko Fukuzawa were appointed leaders of the teams. placed 16th, 17th, and18th place respectively in the global votes for the Chemistry Test, thus, they were eliminated. They are given 5 days to practice. Son Sung-deuk evaluated both teams as a midpoint check.