Dude said “healthy pornography” 😭 so it was never about talent just putting pretty faces on screen….got it

I remember seeing a variety show where they had contestants from both Produce 48 and Produce 101 on it who said they could tell as soon as they got there that the show was rigged.
   "Certain trainees didn't get filmed at all, and other trainees got followed around by cameras the second they arrived. It was pretty easy to tell which ones were going to get picked."

94 dollars per EPISODE? and less than <1k per song?! what in the fuck. I know a lot of idols live in basically indentured servitude to their agencies with the predatory debt practices, but god damn. they really rake in that profit off of them.

I'm still amazed that they didn't tell the Japanese contestants that they would be part of a survival show for Produce 48.  I remember a couple years ago watching a popular compilation video of the Japanese contestants reactions while being on the show and the comment section was just a battle zone between K-pop and J-pop fans going at it.  Of course, it's hard to prepare for things when you're told at the last minute.

THIIIIIISSSS @15:12 it always made me SO mad that Produce had the audacity to make "fun" of the japanese members yet used the "48" trademark for their series. Bc let's be honest, the reason why pd48 was so succesful was bc of the akb48 girls, without them it would've been just another (boring) season

Han Dong Chul's reason about why he created this series is more than enough for me to never support the produce series ever again. Disgusting 🤢

Honestly you should’ve also discuss GP999 since it’s just Produce under a different robe nothing else.

The amount of effort MNET makes into evil editing non Koreans and giving so much bias into Korean trainees is just another way of MNET to rig the show.

I will never forgive them for how they treated and used Baekho (Kang Dongho). As if evil editing him while he was going through anxiety (up to the point where he had to be taken to a hospital) was not enough they rig him out, then invite him to produce a song for PD48 and then let trainees in 4th season perform his own produced songs. The audacity of mnet

honestly south korean government needs to be very strict with labour and minor protection laws. I despise seeing young teenagers debuting in a group and then sing very suggestive songs with sexual moves. The culture of everything being available asap right here, right now isn't good. Because that also results in 20 hour workdays. That whole industry is like a factory and magic of art is slowly disappearing.

The Takeuchi Miyu main vocal part was heavily edited to make her look greedy for the position despite not having the capacity to do so. Hence why they never showed her hitting the note on the live finale. The same episode, Eunbi was also struggling with the high note but they made it look like a fun bit how Chowon is just singing "Madewa" over and over while Eunbi is failing to hit the notes.

When they make these types of edit, they usually would do a follow-up resolution next episode what happened when a trainee is struggling, (i.e. Eunbi, same episode, they resolved it with Chowon sharing the note with her) but in Miyu's case it was left hanging.

That should be okay but the timing was very bad for her because despite ranking 4th on the last elimination, it gave an impression that she's was selfish and lacks the talent to sing. This is in spite of the fact that this was the first time on the show she attempted to aggressively fight for main vocal position. Only because she wanted to pay homage to a grandparent that died in Japan while she's filming in Korea.

PS. It's also a running gag online how little screentime she got during the show's airing. "Finding Miyu" became a thing online that's why she climbed ranks. The evil editing was their only chance to rig her out so they did it, because giving her less screentime did not work the way they wanted. They even edited out her passing out during one elimination episode because they don't want her to gain sympathy from viewers.
PPS. MNET also did not show that she gave her lines to Jo Yuri and Haeyoon during the finale!

I swear, Produce 48 had  a lot of secrets lurking out there especially with their Japanese participants.

ahh i wish you could've mentioned what happened with ju haknyeon!! his case of evil editing was genuinely horrifying.. the way antis went as far as to attack his mother and family members :( the company had to step in and dispell rumors, even his sister spoke up. he was only 17-18 and far from home i can't imagine what it must've been like

Healthy pornography and the lyrics of "Pick Me" in S1 is so disgusting. Not to mention they're styled in school uniforms singing "Can you feel me" "Can you hug me tightly"??????

Add the fact that some were minors... Ew. Just so gross. I can't actually listen to that song anymore, or any of the "Pick Me" variations. It's disturbing. Young boys and girls begging people to pick them? Genuinely wtf.

22:58 kaeun and chowon were rigged out of izone 100%, released by police. the question is we dont know the actual line up

To add something to 9:27, this was the reason why jurina dropped out, there was a sousyenko at the time and jurina fainted and never really came back to the industry

i'm surprised you didn't talk about the discrimination samuel faced, but it was a great video!

6:10 somi was not a center, she was in class b so she couldn’t be one. Choi yoojung was the center for “pick me”

I know so many trainees just want to debut at any cost and I know these shows can be great exposure / act as a foot in the door to the music industry. I couldn’t imagine, however, going through the stress of being on the show, and working SO hard every day to maybe debut in a temporary group. I assume they go into it hoping to just start their career and see what happens later. But imagine giving your all to a  group sacrificing your freedom, time with family, etc. for a group that might last a year? I guess there is hope that you might end up as a Wonyoung, Chungha, Somi, Chaeyon, Sakura, etc. who make careers in other groups or as a solo; but this is so difficult. I give a lot of credit to these girls who work so hard for their dreams I definitely don’t think I would be strong enough. 💜💜💜

24:01 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮HOW IS HE NOT IN JAIL?!?!!!

Man really said he wanted to make "healthy p0rn" with full confidence while knowing how hard the whole process was for the people involved. That is actually incredibly disgusting holy shi--