Produce 101 Season 2

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***Produce 101 Season 2*** was a 2017 South Korean reality boy group survival show on Mnet. It was created by CJ E&M. The show was a large-scale project in which the public "produces" a unit boy group by voting for their favorite members from a poll of an initial 101 trainees from 54 different entertainment companies.

## Concept

Produce 101 Season 2 brings together 101 trainees from different entertainment companies in South Korea, and 11 trainees are selected through audience voting to form a boy band. The group Wanna One will perform under YMC Entertainment (also the label of I.O.I from *Produce 101 Season 1*) and do promotions until December 2018 (1.5 years). The top 35 also performed with the winning team at a finale concert.

The winning group will disband after their contracts end, allowing the members of the final lineup to return to their agencies. Unlike the previous season, they were not allowed to join other groups that their agencies were planning while doing their promotions as Wanna One.

## Trainers

### Vocals

* Lee Seokhoon
* Shin Yoomi

### Rap

* Cheetah
* Don Mills

### Dance

* Kahi
* Kwon Jaesung

### Special MCs/Guests

* Choi Yoojung (Episode 5)
* Kim Sohee (Episode 5)
* Kim Sohye (Episode 5)
* Kim Doyeon (Episode 5)
* Leeteuk (Episode 6)

## Contestants

Main article: List of Produce 101 Season 2 contestants

## Episodes

### Episode 1

**(April 7, 2017)**

The trainees from each company entered the studio, where seats are arranged in a pyramid with chairs numbered from 1 to 101. Each contestant chose his preferred seat in the pyramid. Any trainee that wanted the #1 seat was allowed to challenge whoever was currently occupying the chair. The contestants then performed in a group or individually according to their company for evaluation. Each trainee was judged on their talents and were graded and assigned into temporary groups for training: A, B, C, D and F with A being the highest and F the lowest. At the end of the episode, the popularity vote was shown with Maroo Entertainment's Park Ji Hoon at 1st place.

### Episode 2

**(April 14, 2017)**

After being grouped and arranged in dorms according to the grade given to the trainees, BoA announced that they would be performing on *M! Countdown* with their title single "It's Me (Pick Me)"; the lyrics and choreography were introduced, which they had to learn in the following days. Their line distribution and overall participation in the performance was decided by their group ranking; A would have the most number of lines while F would be backup dancers. The trainees would be given a final re-evaluation prior to the filming of the performance to give them a chance to reassign to another grade. The trainees filmed themselves individually performing the song. Each video was then watched and evaluated by the mentors. After the re-evaluation, they were given their new grades and are asked to move to their new rooms by rank.

### Episode 3

**(April 21, 2017)**

After the announcement of the new batch of A ranked trainees, A class individually appealed to the other trainees to be selected as center for "It's Me (Pick Me)". The trainees had to vote for their center pick. They then started rehearsing for the stage. Brand New Music's Lee Dae Hwi of group A was voted to be the center. After their live performance, BoA announced the departure of 3 trainees from the show and that the 37 contestants who would receive the lowest ranks would be eliminated in the first elimination.

The trainees started their second mission: group performances in front of a live audience. 16 teams were formed to compete for 8 songs given: Super Junior's "Sorry, Sorry", Shinee's "Replay", 2PM's "10 Out of 10", Highlight's "Shock ", INFINITE's "Be Mine", EXO's "Call Me Baby", BTS's "Boy in Luv", and Seventeen's "Mansae". Being the center, Lee Daehwi was allowed to choose his team first. Following the finalized picks for his team, by random draw, Lee Dae Hwi picked Hwang Minhyun to choose his team next. The remaining 14 team founders were also chosen by random draw. Each group consisted of 5-7 members. The team founders then competed for songs individually through a race: only 8 could secure their desired songs and choose their opponent from the remaining 8 teams who lost in the race. The episode later showed the groups rehearsing and assigning roles of the 'leader', 'center', 'main vocalist', 'sub vocalists', and 'rappers'. Each song was then performed live by the two groups and each member was voted on separately by the live audience. The winning team among the two was determined by combining the individual scores. Members of the winning group would gain an extra 3000 points each, to be included into the ranking announcement of the week after. The group with the highest overall points would later perform their song again on M! Countdown. Only four teams covering "10 Out of 10" and "Call Me Baby" were covered this week.

### Episode 4

**(April 28, 2017)**
The remaining 12 teams performed their respective songs and rehearsals for the groups are shown. After the last performance, the contestants were shown their rankings based purely on individual live votes and the additional 3000 points for the contestants of the winning teams: Park Woo Dam took 1st place. His "Mansae" group, also scored the highest, and were able to perform a special stage on *M! Countdown*.

### Episode 5

**(May 5, 2017)**
For this episode, contestants from *Produce 101 Season 1*, Kim So Hye, Choi Yoo Jung and Kim So Hee appeared as special panelists. The episode opened with the remaining 98 contestants from each company entering the main studio by company. In between announcements of each trainee's ranking, events leading up to the elimination were shown, such as their dorm life, exercise and a hidden camera prank. I.O.I's Kim Do Yeon and Choi Yoo Jung met with the trainees and hosted a dance battle among the trainees, in which Hong Eunki was crowned "Dancing King". A poll for 'Top Visual' was also conducted, in which Park Ji Hoon was ranked 1st. He also retained his first place in the rankings announcement. Lee Dae Hwi was ranked 7th, the shocking fall in his rank surprised everyone. After announcing the top 59 trainees, BoA announced that the last trainee to be saved from elimination was Kim Sang Bin, ranking 60th. At the end of the episode, BoA announced that the team formation for the 3rd mission, which was the concept evaluation, would be decided by online voting. This was a major difference to that of Season 1, where trainees got to choose the song they want.

### Episode 6

**(May 12, 2017)**
BoA once again met with the trainees to announce the next challenge. The trainees were tasked to perform live in groups based on positions they wanted to debut in: vocal, dance or rap. There were five songs for vocals (I.O.I's "Downpour", BTS's "Spring Day", BoA's "Amazing Kiss", BLACKPINK's "Playing with Fire", and Jung Seunghwan's "If It Is You") four songs for performance (Jason Derulo's "Get Ugly", NSYNC's "Pop", Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", and Flo Rida's "Right Round") and four songs for rap (Mino ft. Taeyang's "Fear", iKON's "Rhythm Ta", Zico's "Boys and Girls", and Simon Dominic, G2, BewhY, and One's "Who You"). Each song had a member limit and would be picked by each trainee based on their ranks: Park Jihoon who ranked 1st from the first elimination round would have the privilege of choosing the song he wanted to perform first. BoA also announced that only 35 trainees would remain in the next round and that the winner from each position category would receive 100,000 votes while the winner from each group would receive 10,000 votes. After each performance, they were ranked by their groups first and then overall in the category. On the day of the stage performances, Super Junior's Leeteuk substituted BoA to host the show due to the latter's prior commitment. Only six groups were covered this week, with "Shape of You" group receiving the show's first-ever encore call.

### Episode 7

**(May 19, 2017)**

The remaining seven teams performed their respective stages and rehearsals for the groups were shown. After the last performance, the contestants were shown their overall ranking based on their positions. The additional 10,000 points were given to 12 contestants for receiving the highest points on their respective group and the extra 100,000 points to Lee Gunhee, Noh Taehyun and Kim Jonghyun for receiving the highest points in vocal, dance, and rap position respectively.

### Episode 8

**(May 26, 2017)**

The episode opened with BoA treating the contestants to pizza before she temporarily went overseas during the Position Evaluation filming. Sometime after the performances and before the ranking announcement on May 12, BoA gathered the boys informing them about the coming elimination round (where contestants ranking 36 onwards would get eliminated). She then introduced the next challenge: Concept Evaluation. She introduced the five songs: Hyuk Shin's "I Know You Know", Veethoven, Oh Sunghwan, Kiggen and ASSBRASS's "Oh Little Girl", ASHTRAY & KINGMAKER's "Show Time", Devine-Channel's "Open Up", and Triple H's "Never". Group formations were based on the viewers' poll which was first introduced at the end of Episode 5. The top 12 trainees voted for each song were assigned to the songs first. Due to voting manipulation controversies, however, Kang Daniel, Lee Ki Won and Kim Dong Bin were banned from their alleged preferred songs. After they were given their designated songs, the formed groups started to rehearse.

The second elimination round took place during the second half of the episode with the remaining 58 contestants from each company were seen entering the main studio by company. Names of the top 35 trainees were called by BoA one by one starting from rank 34. In between the second elimination round, a mini contest of who punches the strongest was conducted. Kang Dong Ho was given the title "Punching King". Kim Jong Hyun receives the 1st place in the ranking announcement while Kim Dong Han ranks 35th, just escaping elimination.

### Episode 9

**(June 2, 2017)**
BoA announced that since there was an uneven distribution of members after the last elimination, groups with more than 7 people needed to vote on who stayed. The remaining groups, which had less than 7 people after the elimination, picked from the members who were voted out. All the composers for the concept evaluation songs visited the trainees and they performed in front of the composers. This episode showed the live performances for all five concept evaluations. "Open Up" group received an encore call and afterwards was also declared the winner of the concept evaluation, resulting in at least 20,000 benefit votes for each member, with the person from that group with the most votes, winning 100,000 benefit votes, to be revealed in the next elimination (Kang Dong Ho and Kang Daniel were the two candidates for 1st place). In addition, the group would also perform on *M Countdown*.

### Episode 10

**(June 9, 2017)**

The episode opened with the remaining 35 contestants from each company entering the main studio. Amidst the eliminations, the trainees participated in a question relay and a team game event where "Open Up" group emerged as the winner. They were also asked to vote for the top 6 pick for the debut team in the trainees among them, with MMO Entertainment's Yoon Ji Sung taking 1st place and Kang Daniel, Jung Se Woon, Park Ji Hoon, Ong Seong Wu and Park Woo Jin taking 2nd to 6th place respectively. At the elimination, BoA revealed that only 20 trainees would advance to the final stage. Kang Daniel was announced as the overall winner of the concept evaluation, winning 100,000 benefit votes. With ranks 19 to 3 revealed, Kang Daniel and Park Ji Hoon were called up as the contenders for 1st place, with the former revealed to be 1st in the overall rank as well. The contenders for 20th place were then called up, Choon Entertainment's Kim Yong Guk and Cube Entertainment's Lai Kuan Lin, with the latter, whose massive rank drop surprised everyone, survived the elimination.

With the top 20 confirmed, BoA announced the next and final mission – the debut song evaluation. She introduced "Hands on Me" (produced by The Underdogs and Deez) and "Super Hot" (produced by Ryan Jhun) as the final line-up's debut songs. She explained that they will be split into two teams of 10, each team composed of one main vocal, six to seven sub vocals, and two to three rappers. The trainees chose their positions beginning with rank 20 up to 1, with the higher ranked trainees being given the advantage of replacing the lower ranked trainees and bumping them into another position. Due to voting manipulation controversies, 17th place Lim Youngmin had to choose his position first as a penalty. After positions were confirmed, the trainees begun practicing the choreography and memorizing the lyrics in preparation for the final stage.

### Episode 11

**(June 16, 2017)**
The episode began showing the boy's audition tapes, as well as their final confessional interviews. An announcement was then made that viewers would now be able to send SMS votes for one trainee only, which would be added to the online votes in order to determine the final line-up. The debut evaluation started off with the eliminated trainees joining the top 20 trainees for a performance of "It's Me (Pick Me)". BoA then revealed that the debut group would be named Wanna One.

The episode cut to the boys performing in two groups. "Super Hot" group performed first with Ha Sungwoon as the center of the group, followed by "Hands On Me" group with Bae Jinyoung as the center of the group. After the performances, a segment was shown during which trainees watch videos left by their families, some of which surprised the trainees by visiting them in person. The top 20 trainees also performed together a special song titled "Always" as a commemoration of their time throughout the competition.

Voting came to a close, and ranking announcements began. Bae Jin Young, Hwang Min Hyun, Yoon Ji Sung, Lai Kuan Lin, Park Woo Jin, Ong Seong Wu, Kim Jae Hwan and Lee Dae Hwi were announced as 10th to 3rd place, respectively, confirming them for debut. The top 2 trainees were revealed to be Kang Daniel and Park Ji Hoon. Kang Daniel once again received the most votes, confirming his position as the center for Wanna One, with Park Ji Hoon in 2nd place. Finally, 11th place Ha Sung Woon was announced as the final member.

## Results

The name of the group was revealed in Episode 11 to be Wanna One.

## Aftermath

* Jin Long Guo (21st) debuted in the duo Longguo & Shihyun on July 31, 2017.
* The final eleven officially debuted in the group called Wanna One on August 7, 2017.
	+ They were also formed by fans request.
* Kang Dong Ho (Baekho) (13th), Kim Jong Hyun (JR) (14th) and Choi Min Ki (Ren) (20th) debuted in NU'EST W on July 26, 2017.
	+ The sub-unit was created in order NU'EST could continue their activities without Hwang Min Hyun (9th), who was promoting in Wanna One.
* Arredondo Samuel (18th) debuted as a soloist and August 2, 2017.
* Yoo Hoe Seung (39th) debuted in the band N.Flying on August 2, 2017.
* Jeong Se Woon (12th) debuted as a soloist on August 31, 2017.
* Kim Yong Jin (56th) debuted as a soloist on September 5, 2017.
* Lim Young Min (15th) and Kim Dong Hyun (28th) debuted as a duo called MXM on September 6, 2017.
* Kim Do Hyun (92nd), Park Hee Seok (86th), and Wang Min Hyeok (89th) debuted in the boy group BAIKAL on September 9, 2017.
* Jin Long Guo (21st), Kwon Hyun Bin (22nd), Takada Kenta (24th), Roh Tae Hyun (25th), Kim Sang Gyun (26th) and Kim Dong Han (29th) debuted in the project group JBJ on October 18, 2017.
	+ The group consisted of 6 contestants who didn't made the top 11, formed by fans request.
* Ju Hak Nyeon (19th) debuted in THE BOYZ on December 6, 2017.
* Jeong Se Woon (12th), Lim Young Min (15th), Kim Dong Hyun (28th) and Lee Kwang Hyun (44th) debuted in the project group YDPP on April 5, 2018.
* Kim Yeon Kuk (76th), Ryu Ho Yeon (87th) and Nam Yu Sung (Left the show) debuted in NOIR on April 9, 2018.
* Yo Seon Ho (17th) debuted as a soloist on April 11, 2018.
* Kim Jae Han (81st) debuted in SPECTRUM on May 10, 2018.
* Jin Long Guo (21st) debuted as a soloist on June 13, 2018.
* Kim Dong Han (29th) debuted as a soloist on June 19, 2018.
* Choi Jae Woo (97th) debuted in the sub-unit Newkidd02 on July 25, 2018. Later, on April 25, 2019, he debuted in the main group, Newkidd.
* Seo Sung Hyuk (31st), Hon Eun Ki (38th), Byun Hyun Min (45th), Kim Seong Ri (47th), Lee Ki Won (53rd), Ju Won Tak (62nd) and Jang Dae Hyeon (83rd) debuted in the project group RAINZ on October 12, 2018.
* Han Jong Yeon (Left the show) debuted in LUCENTE on September 18, 2018.
* Ahn Hyeong Seop (16th) and Lee Eui Woong debuted as a duo called HyeongseopXEuiwoong on November 2, 2017.
* Justin Huang (43rd) and Zhu Zheng Ting (51st) debuted in the project group Nine Percent on November 20, 2018.
	+ The group was created by the finalists of the Chinese survival show, *Idol Producer*.
* Ju Won Tak (62nd) debuted as a soloist on November 26, 2018.
* Roh Tae Hyun (25th) debuted as a soloist on January 24, 2019.
* Wanna One officially disbanded on January 27, 2019, following their last concert *Therefore*.
	+ Sungwoon and Minhyun returned to their groups.
* Yeo Hwan Woong (42nd), Lee Gun Min (94th) and Lee Keon Hee (33rd) debuted in the group ONEUS on January 9, 2019.
* Kim Yong Jin (56th) debuted in AWEEK on January 31, 2019.
* Yoon Ji Sung (8th) debuted as a soloist on February 20, 2019.
* Ha Sung Woon (11th) debuted as a soloist on February 28, 2019.
* Lai Kuan Lin (7th) debuted in the duo Wooseok X Kuanlin on March 11, 2019.
* Son Dong Myeong (68th) debuted in the band ONEWE on May 13, 2019.
* Kim Jae Hwan (4th) debuted as a soloist on May 20, 2019.
* Park Ji Hoon (2nd) debuted as a soloist on March 26, 2019.
* Bae Jin Young (10th) debuted as a soloist on April 26, 2019.
* Lee Dae Hwi (3rd), Park Woo Jin (6th), Lim Young Min (15th) and Kim Dong Hyun (28th) debuted in AB6IX on May 22, 2019.
* Jang Moon Bok (27th), Yoon Hee Seok (46th) and Seong Hyun Woo (61st) debuted in LIMITLESS on July 9, 2019.
* Hon Eun Ki (38th) debuted as a soloist on July 19, 2019.
* Bae Jin Young (10th) debuted in CIX on July 23, 2019.
* Choi Tae Woong (71st) debuted in Bz Boys on June 17, 2019.
* Kang Daniel (1st) debuted as a soloist on July 25, 2019.
* Park Woo Dam (35th), Woo Jin Young (40th) and Jo Yong Geun (93rd) debuted in D1CE on August 1, 2019.
* Kwon Hyun Bin (22nd) debuted as a soloist on August 19, 2019, under the stage name VIINI.
* Byun Hyun Min (45th) debuted in the co-ed group K-TIGERS ZERO on September 19, 2019.
* Wang Min Hyeok (89th) debuted as a soloist on October 1, 2019.
* Jung Won Cheol (95th) debuted in the group MY.st on March 26, 2020.
* Choi Seung Hyeok (79th) later joined *I-LAND* in June 2020.
* Yoon Jae Chan (55th) debuted in the duo XRO on July 16, 2020.
* Kim Dong Han (29th) and Jang Dae Hyeon (83rd) debuted in the group WEi on October 5, 2020.