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Posted by Susan-Han Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Netizens discuss whether or not 'core' fandoms are only voting for their favorites on Mnet's 'Queendom Puzzle'

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On the June 27 broadcast of Mnet's girl group competition program 'Queendom Puzzle', the contestants took on their first 'Remix' battle round after being "mixed up" into 6 teams. 

At the end of the broadcast, Mnet also revealed the current top 7 contestants with the highest votes: Woo!ah!'s Nana, Cherry Bullet's Bora, Cosmic Girls's Yeoreum, Yeeun, Cherry Bullet's Jiwon, Weeekly's Jihan, and Kei

After seeing the current top 7 rankings, some netizens brought up the issue of whether or not viewers in fact were casting their votes for the "best combination" of talents, as the program's main purpose suggests, or if some were simply voting for their "favorite idols" rather than objectively determining the best performers from each week. 

As one netizen pointed out, "After watching today's performances and then the current top 7 rankings.. you can really tell that some of them were voted in by their core fans. Look at H1-KEY's Hwiseo, she was chosen as an MVP but isn't in the top 7."

Others agreed and commented,

"Because it's still early, the core fans are dominating the votes. Hopefully there will be changes as the show goes on."
"It doesn't make sense to me that one of the H1-KEY members isn't in the top 7."
"This is different from 'Produce' because the core fans become too influential in the votes. It really puts the lesser-known artists at a disadvantage."
"There are so many fresh, new faces, but the top 7 is mostly just familiar faces."
"I'm voting for Miru, Hwiseo, and Wooyeon!"
"I feel like Hwiseo and Jiwoo were the most surprising discoveries so far. I've never heard of them before this show. As for the veterans, it's obvious that the have experience on stage but sometimes that can feel redundant unless there's something new. I feel like that's the reason Chanmi might not get as many votes as her hoobaes."
"This top 7 is totally just some of the most well-known contestants."
"I hope at least one member of Rocket Punch can make it."
"People should really vote for the idols who performed well that week instead of their favorites."

Meanwhile, Mnet's 'Queendom Puzzle' airs every Tuesday nights at 10 PM KST. 

  1. Cherry Bullet
  2. Yeeun
  3. Yeoreum
  4. H1-KEY
  5. Kei
  6. Weeekly
  7. Woo!ah!
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Squirreltoo (Banned)
Squirreltoo (Banned)9,064 pts Wednesday, June 28, 2023 8
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Of course they are, thats how fandoms work these days. The best wont win, only those that have the bigger fandom🙄

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seafiant
seafiant10,269 pts Wednesday, June 28, 2023 2
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

That quote from Fallout New Vegas seems to really apply here:

"The game was rigged from the start."

To put it another way, if it were members of male groups and a BTS member was performing, do you think their stans would vote against their fave if someone else did a better performance? Mnet knew what they were doing when they made this.

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