Nightmare Idol Survival Program

written by 10226 Choi Seo Yeon





These days, K-pop is popular globally. 

There are various reasons why it’s trendy. K-pop songs have great rhythm and are catchy. 

In addition, K-pop performances are always performed on a huge scale and show excellent skill.

The idols often communicate with their fans through SNS. Its effect is that they can become friendly and have emotional empathy for each other. They even console some fans.

Nowadays, K-pop has become an important industry. Its influence in marketing is increasing.

Everyone thinks idols are cool, but it’s very difficult to become one. You need many abilities to succeed. 

There is a TV program that shows the process of becoming an idol. It is an idol survival program.

The program gathers trainees who compete in various missions. The trainees who join the survival program get ranked periodically, and all voting is done by the audience. 

High-ranking trainees can debut, and low-ranking ones are eliminated. This program is popular because the viewers can go through the process together and, thus, experience emotions such as happiness, sadness, etc.

In this kind of program, trust with the broadcasting company and audience is very important. And the debut is an invaluable dream for trainees, so we should never belittle their efforts.

The benefit for those who participate in the program is that they can get popular before their debut. Since the chance of a successful debut is so low, this popularity is extremely valuable. 

And if he/she can’t debut, they can get consoled by the audience.

That connection becomes motivation that they don’t give up their dreams in becoming an idol.

Mnet had a very popular idol survival TV show, Produce series. They connect with series 1, 2 and X.

However, all things cannot be good. In 2019, a controversy in Produce X 101 broke the trust in Mnet.

On the day of the finals, even though some trainees who didn’t make it to the debut ranking were able to debut. The audience had doubts deservedly.

Authorities found that the whole situation was set up. In short, including the result was planned out.

For this incident, Produce X 101’s director was arrested. This program’s debut idol group, X1, broke up. It was a big shock, and Mnet stopped the idol survival programs for a while.

It ignored trainees and the audience. Some trainees lost the chance to debut, and others debuted the wrong way involuntarily.

Many people were shocked and heartbroken. This incident was an opportunity to realize the importance of trust between broadcasting companies and the audience.

People want faith to become better. Hopefully, all broadcasting companies will be respectful and honest. So please know about idols and idol trainees’ difficulties and encourage them.

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