Weeekly Idol!

*Weeekly Idol* is a girl group survival audition show created by LR Entertainment. The show has 30 contestants competing for a spot in a new 6 member project girl group. The final 6 girls formed the girl group ASTERIA.

## Episodes

### Episode 1: Auditions

The girls form groups following their company, if they are individual they will perform solo on stage, the songs were selected by the mentors. The mentors give out rankings according to skill, those being A,B,C,D and F

#### List of Auditions

The auditions are below:

After the auditions, the mentors choose their ideal group if they were deciding. The contestants in this ideal group would be:

1. Jeong Naeun
2. Kim Minyeon
3. Liang Tian Xing
4. Park Jenny
5. Soomin Yoon

### Episode 2: Weeekly Cover!

The girls form teams of 5 and will cover six different songs. They form their groups by the judges picking names out of a hat, to increase the girl’s teamwork capabilities. The teams are below.

#### Black Mamba by aespa

* Shio Kim
* So Jiyoung
* Kim Minyeon
* Youngmi Seo
* Ikeda Emiko

#### ASAP by STAYC

* Nanami Yoon
* Yoonsuh Jeong
* Yuki Naro
* Son Yuju
* Ono Momoka

#### Psycho by Red Velvet

* Seo Minchae
* Kang Yena
* Balam Yazuki
* Im Chaekyung
* Lee Ahin

#### Boogie Up by WJSN

* Yuna Bak
* Shin Yena
* Jang Somin
* Shin Seoyeon
* Park Jenny

#### Playing With Fire by BLACKPINK

* Liang Tian Xing
* Soomin Yoon
* Eungyung Pak
* Sasaki Rina
* Bora

#### Secret Story Of The Swan by IZONE

* Choi Jaye
* Kim Hyebin
* Jeong Naeun
* Park Eunkyung
* Son Yuri

Afterwards, they all perform and the Secret Story Of The Swan team and the Playing With Fire team are crowned as the winners of the episode. Afterwards, the ranks are announced and 10 girls are eliminated.

#### 1st Rankings

The results of the eliminations are below:

 \* = Contestants who won got extra points added to their score

### Episode 3: Original Song Challenge

In this episode, the girls group into groups of 5 (one 6 member group) to perform four original songs made by the show. The songs are divided into concepts.

The teams are below:

#### Innocent Concept: Heart In Spring

1. Youngmi Seo
2. Ikeda Emiko
3. Jeong Naeun
4. Yuki Naro
5. Nanami Yoon
6. Ono Momoka

#### Girl Crush Concept: Leave Me

1. Liang Tian Xing
2. Seo Minchae
3. Yuna Bak
4. Park Jenny
5. Choi Jaye

#### Cute Concept: Heartbeat

1. Son Yuju
2. Shio Kim
3. Kim Minyeon
4. Sasaki Rina
5. Park Eunkyung

#### Dark Concept: Knife Play

1. Kim Hyebin
2. So Jiyoung
3. Yoonsuh Jeong
4. Shin Seoyeon
5. Song Yuri

Next, they perform the songs and Knife Play is the winner of the challenge, and the whole team gets 70,000 bonus votes, and the song will be featured on the debut album of the final group. Afterwards, they reveal the Top11 that will be saved and move on to the finale

### Episode 4: Finale Mission

In the finale episode, the girls divide into teams to perform the final 2 songs. The two songs are called "Shake Shake" and "We Follow". The MC announces that the center and 1st place member of the group would be receiving a solo song on the final group's song titled "Sunset Love". The Shake Shake team wins the performance and a 80,000 vote bonus, and then the ranking announcements happen.

## Aftermath

* The 6 members of ASTERIA (Tian Xing, Seoyeon, Naeun, Hyebin, Minyeong, Emiko) debuted on April 11, with the mini album *"Just Go On"*.
	+ Liang Tian Xing (1st) debuted in LR Entertainment’s first girl group “D!VINE”.
* Son Yuju (9th) debuted in the new girl group Locket under Line Entertainment in 2023.
* Seo Minchae (13th) and Bora (24th) will debut in the new girl group collaboration under LR Entertainment and Lemon Labels