Unlock The Door

**Unlock The Door** was a reality survival show that aired on Mnet and lasted for 10 episodes. It consisted of 50 individual trainees from South Korea and Japan. Its aim was to create an 8 member girl group through votes from the audience. The show began on March 20, 2023 and ended on May 22, 2023.

The 8 winners became the group, FunKie and consists of Chaerin, Rina, Sera, Jia, Minji, Kana, Ayane and Minsuh (final rank order 1-8). They are a permanent group since all trainees were individual trainees.

## Episodes

### Episode 1 - Intro and Auditions

The show starts off with a performance of the theme song, Unlock My Door by the 50 trainees. It then shows 25 trainee's solo auditions.

### Episode 2 - Auditions and First Round

The second episode shows the other 25 trainee's solo auditions. The first round is announced and is called Team Battle. The trainees must put themselves in groups of 5 and perform one of these songs, "Don't Touch Me" by REPHUND, "Nonstop" by OHXMY, "Uh Oh" by (G/I-DLE, "As If It's Your Last" by BLOCKPINK and "O' My!" by IZ#ONE. Two groups must perform the same song.

### Episode 3 - First Round Performances

The groups are formed and perform.

* **"Don't Touch Me" by REPHUND**
	+ Bling Bling (Kaneko Ayane, Park Suyeon, Kim Sojung, Kwon Dayeon, Okada Kaori)
	+ Credit Kard (Moriyama Kayo, Kim Chaeyeon, Moon Hyewon, Shimada Kyoko, Park Jiyoon)
* **"Nonstop" by OHXMY**
	+ Bubble Girls (Rina Young, Shiba Hiromi, Jang Haeyoon, Lee Soojin, Choi Eunseo)
	+ Smile (Akamine Natsumi, Lee Jimin, Shin Sooyoung, Matsuoka Yoshi, Lee Yuna)
* **"Uh Oh" by (G/I-DLE**
	+ SWAG (Hwang Sera, Son Minji, Omura Nori, Choi Mijoo, Son Hyejeong)
	+ CHIC (Kim Soeun, Kim Mirae, Lee Yujin, Furuya Haruki, Yamazaki Momo)
* **"As If It's Your Last" by BLOCKPINK**
	+ Freedom (Jeong Chaerin, Yoon Jia, Tamura Asami, Seto Ren, Park Naeun)
	+ Fun Girls (Choi Minsuh, Ahn Haesol, Im Chaeyoung, Matsumura Masami, Hagiwara Hana)
* **"O' My!" by IZ#ONE**
	+ Aegyo Girls (Yumeno Kana, Yoshioka Fuyumi, Park Yerin, Son Juhyeon, Tokunaga Kimiko)
	+ BABY (Fukumoto Akiko, Fujimori Asuka, Kim Siyeon, Ahn Chaewon, Kim Eunchae)

### Episode 4 - First Elimination

20 trainees are eliminated (see Contestants Table)

### Episode 5 - Second Round

The second round is announced and it is called Vocal and Dance Showcase. The 30 trainees are given the option to choose a vocal performance or a dance performance. For the vocal performance, trainees must choose out of these 3 songs, "Fine" by TAIYEON, "Where Are We Now" by MANAMOO and "Abandoned" by Black Eyed Girls and each song will have 3 members. For the dance performance, trainees must choose out of these 3 songs, "Butterfly" by Luna, "Scream" by Dreancatger and "More & More" by TWECE and each song will have 7 members.

#### Vocal

* **"Fine" by TAIYEON**
	+ White Flower (Yoon Jia, Park Jiyoon, Akamine Natsumi)
* **"Where Are We Now" by MANAMOO**
	+ Memory (Rina Young, Kim Mirae, Choi Eunseo)
* **"Abandoned" by Black Eyed Girls**
	+ Eclipse (Hwang Sera, Lee Jimin, Matsumura Masami)

#### Dance

* **"Butterfly" by Luna**
	+ Wings (Jeong Chaerin, Son Minji, Tamura Asami, Shin Sooyoung, Ahn Chaewon, Park Suyeon, Lee Yujin)
* **"Scream" by Dreancatger**
	+ Lucid Dream (Yumeno Kana, Choi Minsuh, Yoshioka Fuyumi, Kim Sojung, Lee Yuna, Lee Soojin, Omura Nori)
* **"More & More" by TWECE**
	+ Eve (Kaneko Ayane, Ahn Haesol, Tokunaga Kimiko, Son Hyejeong, Furuya Haruki, Hagiwara Hana, Matsuoka Yoshi)

### Episode 7 - Second Elimination

10 trainees are eliminated (see Contestants Table)

### Episode 8 - Third/Final Round

The third/final round is announced and it is called Original Song. The 20 trainees are given a choice of choosing one of the 3 original songs, "Moonlight", "Error" and "Serenity". The maximum amount of members of "Moonlight" and "Error" is 7 while "Serenity" is 6.

### Episode 9 - Third/Final Round Performances

The groups are formed and perform.

* **"Moonlight"** by Lunar (Yoon Jia, Hwang Sera, Kaneko Ayane, Lee Yujin, Omura Nori, Lee Jimin, Shin Sooyoung)
* **"Error"** by Glitch (Yumeno Kana, Son Minji, Park Suyeon, Tamura Asami, Akamine Natsumi, Ahn Haesol, Kim Sojung)
* **"Serenity"** by Peace (Jeong Chaerin, Rina Young, Kim Mirae, Choi Minsuh, Yoshioka Fuyumi, Tokunaga KImiko)

### Episode 10 - Finale and Group Formation

The final episode begins with activities for the 20 trainees e.g. theme park, party games etc. The group name is announced first which is FunKie then the 8 winners are announced which are Chaerin, Rina, Sera, Jia, Minji, Kana, Ayane and Minsuh (final rank order 1-8).

## Post Unlock The Door

* Moon Hyewon, Park Jiyoon, Lee Jimin, Kim Mirae, Ahn Haesol and Yoshioka Fuyumi (transferred from Blue Moon Entertainment) signed with Paragon Music and debuted as the 6 member girl group, Cherub.