Nizi Project Season 2: Part 2

Not surprised by the end result & satisfied! Impressed by growth spurt & evolution of some trainees

After a month break in terms of release schedule with Part 1, the second Part of the Nizi Project Season 2 was published on YouTube. We find back our 12 candidates selected during Japan audition process through various challenges but this time they are sent to Seoul for the 2nd part of the show aiming finalizing the building of the new JYP Boy Group.

I enjoyed even better this Part 2 than Part 1. Now that we know the contestants and that there is only 12 of them left, you feel very attached to them...There is clearly some time that went through between the filming of the two parts and some participants have clearly had a growth spurt and a glow up. I love how as a viewer we see them grow. They have also clearly received more training and practiced a lot before entering this last round of the program. Their progress in skills is really a testimony of their will to succeed and debut together. The bounds between them are stronger as they become closer through the show.

There was a bit more variety from the songs choices vs. the audition: you still got a lot of JYP staples but there were some others artists featured as well as a couple of original songs which were overall nice and at least offering something new to the table. The challenges and structure of the program was a bit repetitive but that is bound to happen in survival shows.

There were no overdramatic storylines and it was full of good vibes. No fight, no rivalry...Which can feel a bit flat and leading to a very expected result...But I appreciate the fact that there was no artificial moments of tension. The relationships felt true and not manufactured which is a good sign for the newly debuting group. They faced challenges together and were truly a unified bunch sharing a common mindset. The end result did not surprised me at all : my pick one as well as other favorites all made it through and I felt pretty confident that it will be the case. Even if it is a bit of a loss in terms of angst and thrills on the program, it is better for the members. I will take good vibes over suspense in this case, for the long term pf the group.

I will recommend this to people that have seen Part 1 of course. It is better than Part 1 on many aspects as you focus on a smaller set of individuals and get to know them better. Their growth in terms of skills is truly impressive, there are very likeable. The angst is overall low, with no evil editing. It can feel a bit repetitive at time in the way they build stories around the challenges...I still found it entertaining and I will be for sure following the group that came out from the show as I found their dynamic refreshing and want to keep following their evolution.

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Prejudice Is A Definite

JYP had his favorites and ones that he didn't care for (especially Sodai) that made this survival show inane and senseless. The explanations he gave to ones that he was trying to get rid of were far fetched and unreasonable. When Tomoya's team lost to Ken's team, Tomoya still placed 2nd (deserving) but his 2 teammates placed last and second to last. Sodai was on Ken's team and placed 7th or 8th along with the other teammate. The 3 youngest teamed up and lost to Yuki's team and placed higher than Tomoya's 2 teammates. Believe me when I say the miniscule mistake that Tomoya's teammates made couldn't even be detected played back slowly. I watched it 3 times and only could be detected if played frame by frame but the two ended that part in sync. No one could see it with the naked eyes. Tomoya's team was way better in singing and dancing than all 3 of the youngest boys. JYP might as well just pick and let loose of the boys he doesn't want instead of destroying their psyche during the process. I'm not a fan of Sodai, but he was actually a better singer and dancer before JYP got a hold of him. You can see it for yourself and watch this confident boy being destroyed each episode. It makes me sick!

I am enjoying MOST of this survival show, but JYP needs to be mentally destroyed for what he does to these boys and to the girls in his other shows he does this to. He is an egomaniac and all his words of wisdom lack validity. The boys fix what he asks them too, but he has new problems that he comes up with that are really non-existent. He is RIDICULOUS!

The 3rd mission had the 3 boys JYP didn't care for on the same team. Yep you guessed it, all 3 were eliminated. I had watched this survival show before but obviously didn't watch it with full attention or would have caught the drama unfold the first time. I love watching survival shows, but this has no voting or input from fans. Since JYP is the only judge til the last mission and it's his company, why go through this? Have a real survival show where there is more than one judge and no destroying of a young man's psyche should be allowed. My blood pressure is soaring right now so this is my last word on the NIZI Project. If trainees and parents were smart, they would never step in or allow their precious children to go to JYPE for any reason.

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