Jaein

I guess next episode is elimination and teams for the final song and then the last episode will probably be a livestream with the final songs, performances and debut announcement. I wonder if they'll even do joint stages with the mentors like previous seasons

Did he actually come out and confirm he was gay? I know there are photos with him and another boy kissing but since the other boy is also in influencer they can totally just brush it off as "it was just fanservice" or "it was a dare" etc if those actions come under scrutiny

Sorry to jump in, but in variety shows they are given a general guide/time line such as this, this and this needs to be discussed during the filming, etc. But they are not given a script to read out or anything, How one of the judges responds to a question or comment from a trainee is solely their own words. The producers cannot predict that type of questions the trainees will ask and tell them what to say, etc.

Yeah, seriously. I found that part quite discriminatory considering right now I can't even remember that Korean boy's name or face but I can still remember the Chinese boy due to visuals and the Japanese boy because of his passion

At certain angles, when he had his dark hair he really reminds me of Xiao Zhan

I'm super happy to see a lot of these trainees again but at the same time, it would suck a lot to be one of the new faces. They're literally competing with several others with already established fanbases. Oh well, I hope the final group is at least 11.

Filming in third quarter so.. now? And airing in maybe October if it's 4th quarter? I hope that's true, I'm surprised there's no mention yet of who the mentors or host would be as that's usually announced months in advance to keep people interested

Are these contestant list official or just added accidentally? So many are from previous season

Can someone link me to Suni and Sasha's solo performances that were supposed to be in ep 1? It's not in the episode and I don't see a short of it uploaded on their YT either. Were their performances cut out??

What novel is this adapted from?

Oooh, I didn't know that they were side seasons. Some places are listing this as season 13 so that confused me more

There's only 6 episodes this season? Is it because of the scandals or because quite a few of the regular members could only do a few episodes this season? I wouldn't mind if they added Meng Ziyi and Daxun as regulars for next season