The winner will receive 100 Million KRW as a prize, alongside their own studio, the chance to produce their own album as well as gigs, and tours at festivals in and out of South Korea. Korean bands have long been loved by fans all over the world, but their popularity has certainly not reached the scale of K-Pop, especially when it comes to the mainstream market. Mnet’s “Great Seoul Invasion” is an amazing attempt to shine the spotlight on the immense talent of K-Bands, just as they did with K-Dance (“Street Woman Fighter, “Be Mbitious”, “Street Man Fighter”, “Any Body Can Dance”). Hosted by actor Yoon Bak, who serves as the representative for an elusive Mr. G, the kingpin of the program, the competition will be held over a period of 120 days and will feature numerous twists and turns that won’t allow anyone to put down their guards or lose hope. Here’s everything you need to know about “Great Seoul Invasion”!
Team Leaders
SORAN’s Ko YoungBae & Kwon EunBi
The Midnight Romance’s MINUE & N.Flying (Lee SeungHyub & Kim JaeHyun)
Thornapple’s Yoon SungHyun & Kim JaeHwan
Peppertones & JukJae
Participants
48 bands participated in the preliminary round (Round 0), out of which, 18 qualifying bands were selected to move on to Round 1 - “Express Yourself”, based on the number of likes on their audition videos uploaded on YouTube. The 18 bands who competed in Round 1 have to evaluate other bands on a scale of 0-100. At the same time, the Team Leaders will be picking their teams based on this round.
Round 1
D82 LACUNA PATZ UNDER HILLS W24 SURL Walking After U Band Nah MACGUFFIN (MGFF) OWALLOIL South Club YUDABINBAND ONEWE CHA SE DAE Touched Hangronan Hey Men Hwanho In the middle of Round 1, when all the Team Leaders had picked 2 teams each, Yoon Bak introduced a new rule that mandated that only 8 teams out of 18 will make it into Round 2. As such, if the Leaders wanted to pick another team, they would have to use a Change Card to swap out one of their teams for another. Initially, Team Ko YoungBae & Kwon EunBi had picked W24 & YUDABINBAND, but they swapped W24 for Band Nah; Team MINUE & N.Flying had picked D82 & ONEWE, and they stuck to their choices; Team Yoon SungHyun & Kim JaeHwan picked Touched & CHA SE DAE but later swapped CHA SE DAE for LACUNA; Peppertones & JukJae picked PATZ & Hangronan first but finally chose Hey Men over PATZ. Following this, there was another rule change, which allowed Team Leaders to choose another additional band. Check out the final Team lineup after Round 1 below.
Team Ko YoungBae & Kwon EunBi
YUDABINBAND Band Nah OWALLOIL
Team MINUE & N.Flying (Lee SeungHyub & Kim JaeHyun)
D82 ONEWE SURL
Team Yoon SungHyun & Kim JaeHwan
Touched LACUNA CHA SE DAE **
Team Peppertones & JukJae
Hangronan Hey Men PATZ **CHA SE DAE withdrew their participation in the program of their own volition, leaving Team Yoon SungHyun & Kim JaeHwan with only 2 bands. Finally, there was yet another rule change, where all the Team Leaders could pick 4 bands to create a band pool. These bands will not belong to any Team as of now but they might come into play later on in the competition. W24, MACGUFFIN (MGFF), South Club, and Walking After U were picked for the band pool. Ultimately, UNDER HILLS and Hwanho were eliminated.
Round 2
In this round, we saw a one-on-one battle between the bands, where the winner would move on to the next round, and the loser would be eliminated. However, the band with the highest score among the losing bands will also progress to the next round. The score would be calculated by adding jury votes (accounting for 60% of the total) and audience votes (accounting for the remaining 40%). So far, OWALLOIL went up against Hangronan, Band Nah against PATZ, and ONEWE against Hey Men. Considering Mnet’s frequent rule changes, the results might not be as apparent as they seem, so buckle up, because it is going to be quite the ride! Are you watching “Great Seoul Invasion”? What do you think of the show? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section down below!
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