DREAM MAKER S2

## Dream Maker 2

### ***''Let's Take A MIracles Together, Such A Big Dream!''***

Dream Maker Season 2 (드림메이커 2) is a South Korean-Japanese survival reality show. The show premiered on November 3, 2023. the series featured 28 contestants (known as *Dream Chasers*) compete to be part of a Debut Band that will be trained and debut in South Korea & Japan as a global Korean-Japanese Idol group. The show employed a panel of mentors from both the South Korea and Global Countries who train and critique the contestants.

## Concept Format

The format is similar to the South Korean survival show franchise *Produce 101*, where hopefuls will undergo rigorous training to debut as professional talents and performers. 28 *Dream Chasers* will compete for the top 12 spots, who will be trained and debut in South Korea, and will be launched as a global Korean-Japanese group.

The show started with 28 contestants, who were initially grouped into several classes. Episodic competitions were featured in which girls performed in teams on various songs, and were voted by the studio audience, with the winning teams receiving a number of bonus votes to apply to their overall vote count. The viewer-submitted votes were then applied and the girls were ranked, with certain episodes being elimination rounds to reduce the remaining number of contestants.[*citation needed*]

Of the 26 contestants, 16 of them were from South Korean idol groups and companies, and the other 10 were from idol groups, consisting of current members of AKB48 and their sister groups.[*citation needed*] The final 12 were selected regardless of nationality.

## Episode 1

Episode Begins With A First Meeting Of 35 Trainees, Following The Withdrawal Of Futari Moka. Han Sungsoo and Yasushi Akimoto would be involved in producing the debut album of the final group, which would be composed of 12 members this year instead of 11. The contestants then performed in front of the mentors for evaluation. Each individual was given a letter grade from A to F based on their overall talents, organizing them into temporary classes for training. At the end, the popularity ranking was shown with Hani Taking 1st Place.

## Episode 2

After the contestants were grouped according to their grades, the mentors announced that they will be performing on M Countdown with *Produce 48*'s theme song "You're Mine (Pick Me)", which has a Korean and a Japanese version. Their line distribution and positioning on stage was determined by their grades, with A having the most singing lines while F were backup dancers. The trainees were given three days to memorize the choreography and the lyrics to both versions of the song, after which they underwent a re-evaluation and had their grades reassigned. The trainees filmed themselves performing the song individually - once in Korean and once in Japanese. Each video was then watched and evaluated by the mentors. The girls were then given their new grades and asked to move into their new practice rooms. The episode ended with an A class trainee being moved down to F, a first in the show's history.

## Episode 3

As the center, Miyazaka Ayuma was given the privilege of picking her team first, with the rest of the team founders chosen through a random draw. The team founders then competed for songs through a foot race. The 5 teams who managed to secure a song were able to choose their desired opponent from the losing teams The Given Songs Where - Nogizaka46's ''Seifuku No Mannequin'', SPEED's ''Body And Soul'', CLORIZ's - ''Fiesta'', Girls Generation's ''Into The New World'' And Perfume's ''Tokyo Girl''. The episode continued with the groups practicing and assigning positions such as leader, center, main vocal, etc. Each song was then performed live by the two groups, with each individual being voted on separately by the audience. The winning team was determined by combining the group's individual votes. Members from the winning group received a benefit of 1000 votes each, which would be added to their online votes for the first ranking announcement. Ranks 1-58 would advance to the next round, while 32 and below were eliminated from the competition.

## Episode 4

The rehearsals and performances of the remaining 5 teams were shown. After all of the performances, the contestants were shown their ranking based purely on their individual live votes without the benefit. Song Hyeongjun took first place, and was further revealed to have taken first place overall as his team won the group battle. The episode ends with a preview of the next evaluation, called the "Position Battle".

## Episode 5

International Assistant Nene/Zheng Naixin met with the girls to help give them fitness tips. The trainees were paired to perform live in groups based on positions they want to debut in: vocal/rap or dance.

## Dating Scandal Investigation

*Main Article : Dating Scandal Controversy*

The production committee for *Dream Maker (Franchise)* stated on their official website that they were not affiliated with the Chinese production team and have a separate voting system, with votes analyzed by a group of third-party lawyers, removing them from the scandal.