Produce 101 Japan - Shinsekai (2026)

Heavily rigged show with characters with solid fanbases going

Although, we shouldn’t be surprised given that it’s a produce show, obviously it will be rigged to some extent. I honestly didn’t think they would do it so complacently. You have clear debut candidates like Midori, whose under the name K.Daiki, randomly dropped for 1st place to 10th place. You even have people like Jaeyong and Kotoro taken away during the elimination. Even though they are understandable, and you could use the excuse that people may have stopped voting them because of the number of votes available closing. You still can’t justify such a big gap.

Also, unfair benefits and them going to such large extents of 250,000 shared in one team. Shinhaeng jumping up in ranks (he deserves it but regardless still ridiculous), especially given some people whose names I still yet to recognise survived the eliminations.

I’ve never watched a rigged survival show since Fantasy Boys. Wheere you had benefits even on the final mission rigging the debut. Characters like Santa dropping significant to 29th?? And even most members have left.

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