Road to Kingdom
Road to Kingdom is a television program that aired every Thursday at 20:00 on Mnet from April 30 to June 18, 2020. It is known as the sequel and the first part of the male counterpart of Queendom.
A press conference for the program was held on April 21.
The Boyz became the winner of the competition, hence securing a spot in the upcoming program Kingdom.
Overview
The program is a battle for a spot in Kingdom between 7 boy groups with potential, but are mostly unknown to many. Similar to Queendom, there will be Comeback Singles released, on June 12, 2020.Special interview clips with Queendom contestants Park Bom, AOA, Mamamoo, Lovelyz, Oh My Girl and I-DLE were shown in episode 1, as they share their first thoughts about Road to Kingdom.
The number hints, which were given 1 week before the first recording of the show, are shown as follow:
- 1 boy group will advance to Kingdom, as part of winning the show; the number "1" also means the evaluation standards to be used
- 2 boy groups eliminated throughout the show
- 4 performances
- 7 boy groups
- 90 Seconds Performances
Rules
- There will be 2 boy groups to be eliminated throughout the show:
- * 1 boy group will be eliminated when they obtain the lowest cumulative points of the 1st and 2nd performances
- * 1 boy group will be eliminated when they obtain the lowest cumulative points after the 3rd performances
- The overall final ranking of the show is based on the following criteria:
- # 3 preliminary performances
- # Video views points
- # Digital points of the Comeback Singles calculated from the time of release till June 16, 2020, at 23:59
- # Finale live comeback stages text message votes
- The overall 1st placed boy group will be able to take part in Kingdom.
- The boy group which does not rank 1st overall, but ranking 1st in only the Final Live Performances, can also advance to take part in Kingdom.
- In the event of 1 boy group having both 1st overall and 1st in only the Final Live Performances, the said boy group will be the only boy group to take part in Kingdom.
Preliminary Performances - 90 Seconds Performances
There is no order decided before the performances - the order is decided on the spot. The first performing boy group is decided by the boy group that volunteers themselves first. After the first boy group has performed, they will decide on the second performing boy group, and the second boy group that has performed will then decide on the third performing boy group. The process goes on until all performances have been completed.
The round's points are entirely decided through a self-evaluation where each boy group will rank the other boy groups' performances from 1st to 6th.
- 1st place: 100 points
- 2nd place: 80 points
- 3rd place: 60 points
- 4th place: 40 points
- 5th place: 20 points
- 6th place: 5 points
1st Performances - Song of King
The 7 boy groups each perform one song from their boy group seniors, and is rearranged into a different style.Rules
- The 1st placed boy group for the 90 Seconds Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances.
- The round's points are entirely decided through a self-evaluation, where each boy group's members will rank the other boy groups' performances from 1st to 6th.
- * 1st place: 100 points
- * 2nd place: 80 points
- * 3rd place: 60 points
- * 4th place: 40 points
- * 5th place: 20 points
- * 6th place: 5 points
- As ONF and Oneus each have only 6 members, the remaining 5 boy groups will each send 6 of their members to vote for this round.
- Each boy group would receive self-evaluation points from the other 6 boy groups' 36 members, and they will be added up to become the round's total points obtained for the boy group.
- The 1st placed boy group gets the full 10,000 points, and the remaining boy groups will each get points based on the proportion of their self-evaluation points to the self-evaluation points of the 1st placed boy group.
2nd Performances - My Song
Rules
- The 1st placed boy group for the 1st Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances. However, the other boy groups do not find out their own spots, nor the ones of the others, in the cue sheet until the day of the performances.
- The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
- * Self-evaluation that was used for the 1st Performances voting, where each boy group would receive points from the other 6 boy groups' 36 members.
- * Online audience votes from 140 individuals. Each boy group will gather 20 individuals, and each individual only gets to vote for the top 3 performances in this round.
- The 1st placed boy group gets the full 10,000 points, and the remaining boy groups will each get points based on the proportion of their total points obtained to the total points obtained for the 1st placed boy group.
3rd Performances - Part 1 (Collaboration) + Part 2 (Your Song)
Rules
- The 3 pairs of boy groups were matched by random picking of one boy group, followed by random picking of the next boy group to be paired with the boy group picked earlier on. The process goes on to form the remaining 2 pairs.
- There are no restrictions in the number of members each boy group would involve and their song choices.
- The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
- * Self-evaluation, where each boy group will send 6 members and rank the 3 collaboration performances.
- * Online audience votes from 120 individuals. Each boy group will gather 20 individuals, and each individual ranks the 3 performances in this round.
- * 1st place - 10 points, 2nd place - 5 points, 3rd place - 1 point
- The 1st placed collaboration performance gets the full 5,000 points each for the boy groups involved, 3,000 each for the boy groups involved in the 2nd placed collaboration performance, and 1,000 each for the boy groups involved in the 3rd placed collaboration performance.
- The 6 remaining boy groups each pick a song, with no restriction, for this round.
- The songs chosen will each then be allocated to another boy group, but only within the pairings that were formed for the Collaboration round.
- The 1st placed boy group for the 2nd Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances. However, the other boy groups do not find out their own spots, nor the ones of the others, in the cue sheet until the day of the performances.
- The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
- * Self-evaluation, where each boy group will send 6 members.
- * Online audience votes from 120 individuals. Each boy group will gather 20 individuals, and each individual would only vote for the top 3 performances in this round.
- The 1st placed boy group gets the full 10,000 points, and the remaining boy groups will each get points based on the proportion of their total points obtained to the total points obtained for the 1st placed boy group.
Final Live Comeback Stages
- For this round, live votes will be allocated in the following distribution:
- * Domestic fans' text message votes
- * International fans' voting through the Whosfan application
- In addition, the following categories are also considered to decide the final winner:
- * Total points accumulated in the Performances prior to the finale
- * View counts of the performance videos on YouTube and Naver TV
- * Digital points of the Comeback Singles calculated
Cast
Hosts
- Lee Da-hee
- Jang Sung-kyu
Contestants
- Pentagon
- ONF
- Golden Child
- The Boyz
- Verivery
- Oneus
- TOO
Episodes
Eliminated from the show
Elimination Table
Color key:Discography
Song of King Part 1
Song of King Part 2
My Song Part 1
My Song Part 2
Your Song Part 1
Your Song Part 2
Road to Kingdom FINAL
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 | April 30, 2020 | 0.5% |
2 | May 7, 2020 | 0.4% |
3 | May 14, 2020 | 0.4% |
4 | May 21, 2020 | 0.5% |
5 | May 28, 2020 | |
6 | June 4, 2020 | |
7 | June 11, 2020 | |
8 | June 18, 2020 | 0.4% |