Queendom (TV series)
Queendom is a television program that aired on Mnet. It aired every Thursday at 21:20, starting from August 29, 2019 and ended on October 31, 2019.
A press conference for the program was held on August 26, 2019.
In the last episode of the program, Mamamoo eventually finished in first place, while Oh My Girl finished in second place.
Overview
The program is a comeback battle between 6 trending girl group acts, in order to "determine the real number one" when all 6 release their singles at the same time.The program would last for 10 weeks, from August 29, 2019 to October 31, 2019. The program features 3 preliminary performances and 1 live comeback stage from each act. The Comeback Singles, which are newly produced songs, of the 6 acts were released on October 25, 2019 at 12:00. The digital points accumulated for the Comeback Singles and live votes for the comeback stages on the final episode, together with the accumulated points from the 3 preliminary performances, are the keys to determine the final winner.
Rules
- The overall final ranking of the show is based on the following criteria:
- # 3 preliminary performances
- # Digital points of the Comeback Singles calculated from the time of release till October 28, 2019 23:59
- # Finale live comeback stages text message votes
- The winning act will have a comeback show only for them, showing the new song and their other hit songs, arranged however they want it. The comeback show will be on broadcast on Mnet and M2.
- For the preliminary performances, if one act gets 6th places twice, they would have to step down from the show. This is also named the "Dishonored Step Down".
1st Preliminary Performances - Representative Hit Song
Before Performance
- All 6 acts have 10 minutes to arrange the cue sheet for this round.
- The acts can forcefully rearrange the orders.
- If 1 act doesn't put themselves in to the cue sheet by the end of the 10 minutes, a 1,000 points penalty will be ruled to that act.
- For this round, each act can get a maximum of 10,000 points, and in the following distribution:
- #Audience Judge Squad: 7,000 points
- #Special Judge Squad : 2,000 points
- #Self-assessment from the other Queendom acts: 1,000 points
- The audience and the special judges will watch all 6 performances, and after that each of them can only vote for 2 acts.
- The act that receives the most votes from the Special Judge Squad will have all 2,000 points secured to themselves.
- For the self-assessment from the other Queendom acts, every act has to vote for an act that they believed to have performed better than them and an act they believed to have performed worse than them. A hidden rule is that an act also can choose not to vote for an act that is better than them.
2nd Preliminary Performances - Cover Song
Before Performance
- The 1st placed act from the 1st preliminary performances will get the priority to choose an act of their choice and cover one of their songs in this round. The chosen act will also cover one of the songs from the chooser act. This process goes on for the 2nd placed act, and the remaining 2 acts not chosen will automatically become a pair to cover each other's songs.
- The 1st placed act from the 1st preliminary performances will also get to arrange the cue sheet for this round.
- Each act has to perform a Queendom Quest, which is to be picked by random. When an act successfully completed the Queendom Quest, they can get only 1 of the following benefits picked by random:
- *Rehearsal Watching 1 Day Free Pass
- *Special Effects Free Pass
- *One-time Cue Sheet Position Exchange Pass
- *2nd Preliminary Performances Song Selection Free Pass
- *Production Crew Chance
- For this round, each act can get a maximum of 10,000 points, and in the following distribution:
- #Audience Judge Squad: 7,000 points
- #Special Judge Squad : 2,000 points
- #Self-assessment from the other Queendom acts: 1,000 points
- The audience and the special judges will watch all 6 performances, and after that each of them can only vote for 2 acts.
- The act that receives the most votes from the Special Judge Squad will have all 2,000 points secured to themselves.
- For the self-assessment from the other Queendom acts, every act has to vote for an act that they believed to have performed better than them and an act they believed to have performed worse than them. A hidden rule is that an act also can choose not to vote for an act that is better than them.
3rd Preliminary Performances - Unit Performances
Part 2: Fan-dora's Box — The 6 acts will each perform a song suggested by the audience.
Before Performance
- For this round, besides each act sending a main vocal and a main dancer to the Queendom Workshop to practise for the unit performances, the rest of the contestants would join the Workshop as supporters.
- Special appearances by Don Spike and as vocal mentor and dance mentor respectively.
- During the Queendom Workshop, each of the vocal units would undergo intermediate check. All the contestants will then each vote a vocal unit they think would be number one in the real performances after all the units have performed their small snippets.
- During the Queendom Workshop, a Queendom Quest between the 6 acts will be played. The winning act of the Queendom Quest will get to choose the Special Judge Squad for Fan-dora's Box.
- The 1st placed act from the 2nd preliminary performances gets to arrange the cue sheet for Fan-dora's Box.
Part 1: Unit Round
- Members of the audience will each vote for their favourite vocal unit and a favourite member of the performance unit.
- For this part, each act can get a maximum of 5,000 points, combined together through the following distribution:
- *Vocal units points allocated in the following distribution:
- #1st place vocal unit: 2,500 points each for the unit's members' respective groups
- #2nd place vocal unit: 1,500 points each for the unit's members' respective groups
- #3rd place vocal unit: 500 points each for the unit's members' respective groups
- *For the performance unit points, the member with the most votes gets the full 2,500 points for her group, and the points of the remaining members would be calculated in proportion to the 1st placed member.
- For this part, each act can get a maximum of 10,000 points, and in the following distribution:
- #Audience Judge Squad: 7,000 points
- #Special Judge Squad : 2,000 points
- #Self-assessment from the other Queendom acts: 1,000 points
- The audience and the special judges will watch all 6 performances, and after that each of them can only vote for 2 acts.
- The act that receives the most votes from the Special Judge Squad will have all 2,000 points secured to themselves.
- For the self-assessment from the other Queendom acts, every act has to vote for an act that they believed to have performed better than them and an act they believed to have performed worse than them. A hidden rule is that an act also can choose not to vote for an act that is better than them.
Finale Live Comeback Stages
- The 1st placed act from the 3rd preliminary performances gets to arrange the cue sheet for the final stages.
- For this round, each act can get a maximum of 50,000 points, all the points based on the text message votes from the general public, and there will not be any live audience voting.
- *The act with the most votes gets 50,000 points, and the points of the remaining acts would be calculated in proportion of the number of votes received to the number of votes received by the 1st placed act.
Cast
Hosts
- Lee Da-hee - "Queen" MC
- Jang Sung-kyu - "Dom" MC
Contestants
- Park Bom
- AOA
- Mamamoo
- Lovelyz
- Oh My Girl
- I-DLE
Episodes
Points Summary
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Discography
Cover Song Performances Part 1
Cover Song Performances Part 2
Fan-dora's Box Part 1
Fan-dora's Box Part 2
Finale Comeback Singles
Chart performance
Ratings
In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in and the lowest rating for the show will be in. Some of the ratings found have already been rounded off to 1 decimal place, as they are usually of lower rankings in terms of the day's ratings.Ep. # | Original Airdate | AGB Nielsen Ratings Nationwide |
1 | August 29, 2019 | |
2 | September 5, 2019 | |
3 | September 12, 2019 | |
4 | September 19, 2019 | 0.832% |
5 | September 26, 2019 | 0.962% |
6 | October 3, 2019 | 0.789% |
7 | October 10, 2019 | 0.856% |
8 | October 17, 2019 | 0.667% |
9 | October 24, 2019 | 0.6% |
10 | October 31, 2019 | 0.992% |
Sequel
It is reported on February 13, 2020 that Mnet is considering about producing Season 2 of the show, and whether it will be focused on female idols or male idols is still unknown.On March 5, Mnet confirmed that the male version of the show, Road to Kingdom will begin filming in the middle of March, with the lineup to be confirmed. It is confirmed to be aired beginning at the end of April, with the show being hosted again by Lee Da-hee and Jang Sung-kyu. On March 20, Mnet confirmed the show's lineup would consist of Pentagon, ONF, Golden Child, The Boyz, Verivery, Oneus and TOO. The show began airing from April 30.