![]() ![]() Was she a poor leader for deciding to change the center two days before the showcase, when other groups faced with the same criticism chose to work on helping the center improve instead, or it wasn't a big deal? Mnet's editing seems to want to push the former narrative. Her defeated attitude towards being grouped in the final team and immediately crying when assigned "Boombayah" didn't help things either. Erii Chiba has drawn some controversy due to surviving the first cut even though some of the contestants that were eliminated were better singers and dancers than her.Natsumi Matsuoka wanting to be the center of the first group battle but refusing to make an effort to try out for it is either unprofessional and rude, or not a big deal.Mnet's editing didn't help either, since they focused on Chaejong's team laughing while making the decision and Chowon's team bursting out in tears. Moreover, Han Chowon's team mostly consisted of girls from the F class, many of them young tweens who knew they would have trouble with the difficulty and charisma that "Boombayah" required. They purposely chose the team knowing that they were the weakest, as they were the ones who were forced to be in a group after everyone else had already been picked. Lee Chaejong's team's decision to go against Han Chowon's team is either a tactical choice or unsympathetic.Is this blatant favoritism by Mnet for agencies under CJ&M umbrella, which also include Mnet, or do netizens simply not like those trainees and are trying to blame this on favoritism? When the criticism reached Mnet, they simply used the anti-Yuesple posts to promote their next episode. Wusple/Wisple/Yuesple girls note a portmanteau of Yuehua, Starship, Stone Music and Pledis getting more screen time than any other girls.Mnet made this decision because AKB48 already had a strong, established fan base in Japan (as it is considered Japan's national Idol Singer Girl Group, and they have a system where fans would vote for who gets to be in the next single) and this was to avoid unfair voting. Only Koreans can vote in the competition, a move many people consider to be biased, especially when almost half of the participants are Japanese.Many criticised Japanese idols for being unable to sing or dance compared to their Korean counterparts who tended to complete outclass them. The entire concept of having Japanese idols in the Korean idol system generated this as the two countries have very different expectations of what an idol should be like. ![]()
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