Episode 11 - Helter-Skelter ☆ Take a Nice Photo of Me!

"**Helter-Skelter ☆ Take a Nice Photo of Me!**" (우왕좌왕☆멋지게 찍어주세요!) is the eleventh episode of *Shining Star*. It first aired on January 8, 2017 on MBC, and was posted on the YouTube channel on March 7, 2019.

## Synopsis

*For their next mission, everyone must create a photo spread showing off their units appeal.*

## Summary

One late evening, Melody is still at school practicing as Jin and Hendel make conversation. After Hendel brings up how this is a precious memory, she suggests Jin get come pictures. He agrees and starts taking some of the girls, who initially don't mind until they finish, worn out and sweaty. They attempt to stop him after getting fed up.

The following day Jackie takes many pictures of Shirley -which results in the same occurrence as the night before- and they introduce the Mission to make a photo spread that fits their group. They go on to introduce a special guest who will act as judge, a well-known photographer who recently won an award for his skill, David Charles. He speaks to the students in thanks for being invited to the school, and he can't wait to go to work. Shirley and Jackie continue on to reveal that the winners will also receive a coordi from Sugar Blossom known as the "*Pink Satin*", as well as put on a special performance. While Dolls are convinced this will be easy, Melody is uncertain as they aren't very photogenic.

After the meeting, Calliope and Big Jay have tea while discussing this mission. They note students will have to capture their charm while coming up with appealing results that show this to everyone else.

Outside, Nara and Yena are still anxious while See-a explains the importance of capturing their appeal for the camera. As they don't exactly understand what appeal is, See-a quickly gives them a demonstration -one she refuses to do more than once- by acting bubbly, youthful, and cute; like a kitty or baby. After they struggle to come up with anything, Nara suggests they observe the other groups for inspiration.

Yena and See-a agree and they head inside to find Purple Queen overlooking their clothing options. They watch the trio take some pictures before changing into a few other coordi options -*Miss Rock* and *Wild Storm*- for more pictures, which causes Melody to feel insecure as they note how maturely they are handling this. Their confidence is radiant and they seem to be on a whole new level. Melody moves on to find several male students assisting the ultra-cute Macaron, who also take various coordi -*Sweety Summer* and *Cherry Blossom Fan Dance*- pictures with their kawaii appeal nobody can top. They observe a few more groups but by now the girls are feeling defeat, unable to find their own image as they head to one of the training rooms.

After being chewed out by Hendel, Jin steps in to try to help. He suggests looking at some performance videos for ideas they can use. The girls gather around him to look; being left awestruck by how amazingly cool they looked. Jin asks the girls what their group style is, but none of them come up with a concrete answer. He suggests they change wardrobe to give them some idea, but the girls look awkward in quick photo's he snaps of them. After he and Hendel share a laugh, the girls decide to try imitating the other groups- but when they aren't looking angry, their poses look goofy.

Meanwhile, Rose and Lily approach Hera to bring up other groups inspiration from her. Lily asks if she should put a stop to it but Hera points out that regardless of how one dresses up a pig, it's still a pig. It doesn't matter how they do their pictures because they won't possess what makes her special. She then goes on to laugh as she wonders if Melody was copying her as well.

Try as they might, the girls fail to properly imitate the other groups. By now Jin and Hendel are even starting to worry as the girls complain.

Later, they head out to the cafe to observe their work. They aren't happy with it at all and Hendel assures them that there is no way to improve the poor quality through compliments. Jin reminds the girls that they have to submit something because tomorrow is the deadline, but the girls sadly come to the conclusion that they are lacking their own personalities.

The following day, Jackie excitedly announces that they will be looking at everyone's work very soon, and only have until this afternoon to submit something. The girls head to the photography room to observe their poor work to try to settle on a picture, confidently blowing off Lily and Rose when they come by to harass them. Hera watches with annoyance as she wonders how the girls did seeing this, and Lily and Rose sneak into a room where Nara left her Magic Agent. They look through it to see what they produced. But after a few minutes they hear the girls -arguing about the flavor of milk they like- and hurry to set it down, accidentally erasing all of the pictures. They run away as the girls come inside to find they now have no photo's. They wonder what happened, with Hendel clueless as to what happened as they start having a meltdown; Yena crying because she made the suggestion they get drinks, while Nara blames herself because it was her Agent they took the pictures on.

When it comes time to announce the Mission's end, everyone is called back into the auditorium to show-off the submissions. They start with the charismatic Purple Queen, the adorable princesses of Macaron, the elegance of Dolls, and finally Melody. The girls are very confused because their photo's were deleted; only to find the pictures that Jin took a few days ago while they were practicing. Shirley calls Charles onto the stage to announce the winner, surprising everyone when it turns out to be Melody. He explains how everyone else did amazing, but the image of hard practice and the embodiment of youth was what he was looking for. Shirley calls the trio onto stage, so they change into a set of coordi and perform "Gee". Afterwards, Charles hands over the special limited edition Coordi he has made.

Following this, a special photo is taken of the girls and has been reproduced all over town; from billboards to magazines to posters. They head into a station to admire this and Jin explains that they couldn't just not submit anything as the girls ask where his inspiration came from. Thinking about how they tried copying the other groups makes them share a laugh as Jin observes them.

Meanwhile, Hera angrily sits alone in her bedroom while thinking about her loss. Just then she recalls Calliope giving her the Magic Agent she used in the past and she takes it out, deciding it could be worth trying. Hera opens it up and a small cat appears to greet her, deducing she must want its help now.

## Trivia

* In the station at the end of the episode, there is a "*Keep Calm and...*" sign.