4 & 5) Why film for 30+ consecutive hours?? Idk the props and fur costumes also looked kind ofcheap? Some performances were fantastic and transcending (Its Raining and a few others) in a way that was very authentic to them, but I feel too bored at the end because of all the other performances. Take the craft seriously, and please please take the songs seriously, but not everything has to have fifteen layers of meaning and be performed like a battle cry. They come across as very authentic and comfortable in their own skin. Kpop Facts You can have good song, best vocal but if the performance not interesting, it doesnt leave impression to audiences. SF9 US the week of June 12, 2021", "[] " 500"'' ", "[]" "'' , ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingdom:_Legendary_War&oldid=1138199723, 2021 South Korean television series debuts, 2021 South Korean television series endings, Reality music competition television series, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from April 2021, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. solo comeback, it is bittersweet to see iKon kinda strike out on Kingdom. 2. I hope theyre able to live up to their 2019 MAMA performance during the show. BTOB (iKON) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyggo5-kHhc), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbbXoXTJvc, [] (At ease) (iKON) #KINGDOM EP.10 | Mnet 210603 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbbXoXTJvc), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZIjLSZlUFs, [] Good Guy lThe Gloryl SF9 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZIjLSZlUFs), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYtfEfpf3ZY, [] Jealous() SF9() (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYtfEfpf3ZY), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T858iPjxvoU, [] The Stealer (The Scene) SF9() (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T858iPjxvoU), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas6KIKfJS4, [] |Believer| SF9() #KINGDOM EP.10 | Mnet 210603 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas6KIKfJS4), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rQjh07ccP4, [] The Stealer (Epic ver.) Who is Who: Kpop Girl Groups In 2020, a preliminary show titled Road to Kingdom was aired. I am baffled that so many people dont consider the top performance belonging to Stray Kids. 3rd place: THE BOYZ 1,833.333 points (1,000 + 833.333) Thanks for keeping up and covering the whole show. Really, if you didnt know the groups and the songs, how could you tell them apart? 3. I really loved iKONs performance. This is NOT to condescend these genres, simply to state that clearly as everyone agrees in the comment section, there is room for improvement. Although the fan votes and video view counts for the roundwhich add up to a total of 50 percent of the contestants scoreshave not yet been tallied, the six competing groups cast their votes immediately after the performances, while the panel of 30 expert judges made their evaluations at the same time. The initial ranking was announced on the basis of expert judges' evaluation and contestants' votes. Through a combination of voting and streaming, the final round will be decided completely by fans. The way they entered is by their seating arrangement in alternate order. Thank you for this review! Unlike RTK, I hope they just air all the performances for the round in one episode but considering they didnt reveal all the ranks this week I doubt that will be the case. Funny, in the next episode youll see your fav group doing stunts and using props. Sometimes a great pop song is enough , The way Im reminded of Its Raining ONF. Theyve really been playing with color (or lack thereof) lately. 1st place: Stray Kids 4,679.776 In a nutshell, I wish people didnt take themselves so seriously and sang live more. I hope all the groups gained new fans, This is so different from mine lol. They known as a performance group and I believe they can actually showcase their cool choreographies for their next stages and also hoping for Rowoons complete recovery. Comparing this episode to the debut of Road to Kingdom a year ago, I cant help but feel a little underwhelmed. 2nd place: Ateez 4,418.537 The winning boy group for this round will get 1,000 points, plus the benefit of arranging the cue sheet for the next round of performances. They debuted on March 25th, 2018, under JYP Entertainment. I hope all the groups receive more success due to their appearance on the show. They literally introduce each act several times. Music Chart Ranking I want to say Stray Kids will be first and The Boyz second, but I find it hard to believe that iKON would come last. SF9 comes next. All their title songs are amazing though its a shame that they got their first win just recently since 2016, but its a great news to all Fantasys. Like many of the Kingdom groups, iKON opt for a food-themed behind-the-scenes video. 1) omg they do a lot of jumping tricks, they need variety sometimes 6. 5th place: iKON 888.889 points (333.333 + 555.556) But, alongside the rest of the acts, BTOB stands out in all the right ways. Kingdom: Legendary Waris the sequel/spin-off to the reality survival show Road To Kingdom, which was sequel to Queendom. thank you for the recaps and reviews, ive really appreciated it as i wouldnt have been interested in the show if it werent for your reviews (and btob and ikon). I would have loved to watch Sungjaes interactions with other groups. Voting for this round includes live text votes for voters living in South Korea, and through Whosfan app for overseas fans. But, Ill be embedding the full YouTube performances in these posts. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. 4th place: Stray Kids 3,386.248 The six groups will compete against each other and release music on streaming sites simultaneously. Howeverdue to military services, only 4 members will be participating in Kingdom: Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub, and Peniel. Learn more about iKON, Introduction Stage: Rhythm Ta (Kingdom Version), 1st Round: Love Scenario & Killing Me (Kingdom version), 2nd Round: Inception (iKon Ver.) Its unknown if Mingi will join the rest of the group in Kingdom due to him being on a temporary hiatus. Interestingly, I think the ATEEZ remix was great but I have the advantage of not knowing the original song. 2nd place: The Boyz 573,026 votes If youre curious, you can read what I thought about them here. ), shout outs BTOB. Keeping in mind that everyone is awfully exhausted and trying their very best for the show, the only thing we could do is to give support to every participating groups and hope that nothing worse will happen. Its all about playing with momentum and energy in performances like this. Who is the idol that perfectly portrayed the villain Prince Uiseong in Under The Queens Umbrella? I had a lot of fun reading it. all we need now is for the groups to have a comeback! The Boyz Proceed at your own risk! Results Part 1 (25% Judges vote + 25% Groups vote) Kpop Discographies Anyways, hopefully theyll both be able to flip things around with the next round of performances, although quite honestly, no one deserves to be last. From the dark skies behind them, it looks like this was done in the middle of the night. Like there wasnt even a single flaw in their performance, moreover they had the whole vibe and stage presence yet they got such low rank. BtoB I know the voting wouldnt work the same, but these live finales just DRAG. First Half Of The Results Of "KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR" Round 1 Simply Explained, and self-evaluation votes (second column) were previously released, Results Of "KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR" 100 Sec. One roadblock out of the way for Queendom Season 2, god bless! I really hope for iKON to get the 1st place. It couldve been so much grander, especially since this is supposed to be a legendary war. Learn more about ATEEZ, 1st Round: Symphony No.9 From The Wonderland, 2nd Round: Rhythm Ta (The Awakening of Summer) (by iKon ), Rankings / Results I always enjoyed they never lipsyncd his parts but rather Hongjoon interpreted those moments his own way. For self-evaluation, each boy group will hold 3 votes, and will vote for other boy groups other than their own group. The show served as the male version of Queendom. Just dont be surprised if a sentence stops mid-way through, replaced by a series of random characters. Proceed at your own risk! Also as much as I love ATEEZ and specifically WAVE, I dont think that their version of WAVE was executed well, they changed the whole vibe of wave in a weird way. They made use of their numbers and experience well for their stage but seriousness was all over them and I hope they will enjoy more their next performances for Kingdom as the group is an all-rounder in terms of vocal, rap and performance. Im also watching the current season of Produce 101 Japan, so I guess Im a glutton for punishment! We only got to see numbers 5, 4 and 3. Who do you think will take the rest of the slots? They worked really hard and gave some killer performances. I feel like after seeing their RTK performances, my standards are just really high for them. 1- Stray Kids 2- ATEEZ 3- BTOB 4- iKON 5- THE BOYZ 6- SF9 Round 3 "No Limit" also started and the result of the first unit battle is out. Its so overused and its so far away from November. The damn stage is so dark, the songs all start with loud foghorn noises, then more noise, some kind of intense fire motif appears on the floor video screen, and stomp stomp stomp pose glare anger anger anger, the haircuts are the same, the clothes are all variations on black biker school boy with slashes and random chains, and hold for the end poses. Imitation and Kingdom definitely have to help their domestic popularity and the prospect of Mingi returning will be epic hahaha. Viewers will vote for their top 3 performances. i have my feelings about this, but mostly im just happy because i enjoyed the interactions and seungmins shine time throughout kingdoms run (plus skz won and theyre one of my favourite groups ever so) but like you said i really am excited to see where theyll go from here (and on a different note, i cant wait for hyunjin to return because as much as I enjoyed the amount of center time felix and minho finally got in his absence, he is a very significant part of this group so one can only hope that they keep up giving all the members of their dance line shine time as well as their vocalists), Also when they talked about changmins marriage??!!! That ranking is revealed here, at a strategic point that will certainly not impact the live fan vote right? The unit performances were evaluated by a total of 33 special judges who voted on-site to decide which unit won each round (rap, dance and vocal). Please do respect the time and effort the author put in compiling this profile. ATEEZ iKON got to go last because they were the group that most other groups thought would be the winners. This performance had a surprising amount of leapfrogging! . TBZ was good and are good contenders to the crown, but I for future episodes, I dont want to hear the Stealer or Reveal. On the Mnet "Kingdom" Episode 3, it was revealed that ATEEZ has the most points for "Round 1: To the World," thus claiming the top spot of the initial rankings. Watch episode 7 of 'Kingdom: Legendary War' to know the current rankings of Stray Kids, ATEEZ, BTOB, iKON, SF9 and THE BOYZ. However, Im still eager to learn more about these guys, and I hope theyre able to push themselves and explore new sides to their music. And from the sound of it, theyve been able to make a few friends with members from other groups. 4 K-Pop Idols Who Share The Name SunWoo/Sunoo. *fingers crossed*. Fans have been going wild for. During Mamamoos performance, they were just ooozing with stage presence and really knew how to work with an audience. I dont think live singing is by definition superior. Disappointing. Either way, Im going to try to stay as neutral as I can during these recaps and rankings. They debuted on September 15th, 2015 under YG Entertainment. BTOB I did not expect edgy Wave to sound so good. It felt like a knockoff and less impactful version of the Mayfly Wolf stage. BTOB. 2nd place: Stray Kids 2,444.444 points (1,333.333 + 1,111.111) In a row. Both just didnt show me anything new. My ranking is always so different from yours and I think thats why I always come back to this blog. While eating, BTOB read fan letters from their enlisted members. Does it mean something? Im very thankful that iKON was part of this show, mostly thanks to their atittude which help lossen up the atmosphere ( and a bit of exposure they gained). Thats just a loud version of boring.. What do you want to do? I think thats what makes stage more interesting to watch. The mysterious experts ranked the groups like this: 5. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Main rapper Minhyuk filled the other vocalists part which is a big twist even though Melodys are already aware of his beautiful voice. And now because their is no audience, we rely on stuns, horrible lip-syncing, and visuals to get through it. A lot, actually. Its gonna be a popularity contest. And it was so cool to see all the boys shouting the groups name after the performance was over. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Its great that they went first. Mediopia Technology Corp. GM Agency Co. Ltd. CJ Music Inc. Mnet Media Corp. , This page was last edited on 8 February 2023, at 14:38. Share your thoughts with us in the comments below! Stray Kids was great. That said, the remixes all sucked compared to the original songs. Thankfully, after receiving some throat spray, Inseong is now able to laugh about his Spark bum note during the unit performance round. Stray Kids 1. I feel like the majority of the purpose of the show is just lost on boy groups. Everything bodes well for Ateez and their future. Heres what the fans (and previous rankings) decided: 6. Check back frequently for new reviews and commentary on everything K-Pop! 1. In the press conference PD Lee Young Joo announced that unlike during Road To Kingdom, this time thered be no eliminations. Its suddenly all over idol variety. So maybe not relieving the fatigue?? After a moody intro video, SF9s stage opens in black and white. iKons greatest strength is their stage presence with live singing and rapping, but they didnt utilize that here. However, I wish this performance leaned more heavily into its choir-like introduction. The winner of Road To Kingdom, The Boyz, is joining the rest of the groups in Kingdom. The song sounded better alongside a performance, but coming after last weeks triumphant Move, the finished product felt a little underwhelming. The ranking from the experts' votes was released first followed by the votes from the self-evaluation. Explosively. Last week, "Kingdom" revealed half of the results for the preliminary battle, and at the beginning of this week's episode, the show announced that the winner was Stray Kids. BTOB on top for me, if only because they did something different. For the second half . The choreography was on point as usual, even if the mix didnt really do the song any favors. This obviously has the potential to shake up the ranking, but all votes from previous rounds will be added as well. Im rooting for several groups, but I feel bad for btob cause they are only doing vocals, but their vocals are kinda average for a boy group maybe a little above but I feel they need more, 6. I think its better if you do that instead of re-capping the entire thing in the blog. Kingdom Come (TBZ): Having half of it be VCR and an unmemorable choreography made them last for me. It might become my favorite performance from them. I feel like I havent really watched a lot of their live performances over the past few years. Melodys, iKonics, Fantasys, Deobis, Stays and Atinys fighting!! The last performances for Round 1 of KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR were released on April 15 along with the first half of the results. 2nd place: The Boyz 14,905.941 points Next weeks stages look like theyll be cool which is fun. Not just in Kingdom btw. Every day is blursday. Im not sure the heavy remix was the best choice for this song, and I thought the whole bleeding effect was a little cheesy. The Korean notation tells that the pronounciation is /peu-nee-el/. Rock is an entire genre itself but they simply skimp over this, and rather just rap and dance over a basic, generic guitar riff. Overall, even if the performances were not as strong overall compared to road to kingdom- Im glad I saw some more friendships budding. Buuuut still wasnt my favorite stage of theirs. I feel like they have more global popularity than that. To relieve stress, fatigue and injury, the guys rent out Everland that amusement park you always see on Korean variety shows. Unlike RTK, Kingdom will not have eliminations! How is that even explainable? Kpop industry is largely about visuals, personalities and performances. Its super awkward, with the camera weaving around as the guys stare intensely into space. I think its the cultural differences and perhaps if Lion King didnt exist, I wouldnt cringe as much. They are actually really really talented and have great songs only just to waste it on walking (Also they get barely any screen-time to begin with). Mnets Kingdom: Legendary War has wrapped up its first official round of competition! (The bottom half are all pretty close to me.) *The scores for the 2nd Round are determined: Part 1 Judges vote (25%) + Groups vote (25%) Compared to many of the other groups, their use of the stage felt more constrained. It was well-staged, with fun use of props that gave a lighter-than-expected vibe to a stage I assumed would be nothing more than puffed-up chests and general badassery. But, its very early and so much can change as the other rounds unfold. 2nd place: Its One: Sangyeon, New (The Boyz), Inseong, Jaeyoon (SF9), Ju-ne, Jay (IKon), Finale Live Stages Who Is The King Results: Especially the first part of The Stealer remix was very disappointing. The dancing was great (of course), the song was great, and the costume changes were great. Still, the guys looked like they were having fun, which was a rarity tonight! 3. 1st Round: To The World Final Results (Ep. In last week's episode, the first half of the Round 1 results were released: 25% from the expert votes + 25% from self-evaluation. I feel like they are the real winners of Kingdom this yearkinda like OhMyGirl and Queendom. All Rights Reserved. SF9 Poor (or lucky?) Especially in Road to Kingdom, their performances just didnt feel special and became so predictable. PS. Although somehow I still dont know how to pronounce Peniel correctly. *The scores for the preliminary round were determined based solely on fan votes. I agree with the rest of the comments the other groups being the same old, same old. You know how MNET works so it isnt new nor surprising for them to treat all the groups equally. And though Kingdom Come is one of my favorite songs of this round, I think it deserved a more inventive concept. Just not my favorite stages from either of them. Its been complained about at length, but I found the competition-focus in the previous season really draining, (and the show was oddly patronising towards the groups), so im glad that Btob and Ikon were there to bring much needed chill! To relieve stress, fatigue and injury, the guys rent out Everland that amusement park you always see on Korean variety shows. Its still super awkward knowing that he wont be a part of the show going forward. However, two things to note about skz. The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion, you can read what I thought about them here, https://www.youtube.com/c/chanwoo-sari/featured, Song Review: J-Hope On The Street (with J. Cole), Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS Standing Still, The Top Three K-Pop Songs of February 2023, Song Review: J-Hope - On The Street (with J. Cole), The Bias List's Favorite Japanese Dramas of 2022, Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS - Standing Still, Follow The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion on WordPress.com. 1st place: ATEEZ 2,155.172 points (1,321.839 + 833.333) Im quite impressed by Minhyuk for pulling off those new parts and I just love their energy off-stage. They are all amazing performers in their own right and I wish they go with their strengths and have fun instead of trying hard to be something they are not. I also give a good point to ATEEZ for singing live (even though I also need to immediately cancel my decision : why would you say Hakuna Matata so seriously ?). Here is the current overall ranking of the team with the combination of the points from the 100 sec. "" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. Again, they would have done a lot better with a live audience. BTOB was nice since theirs was different and they actually seemed to sing live (thank god). I like their theme of delinquents, even if its not very original. Theyve also developed a bit of an obsession with going up a notch during each rounds ranking, and theyve generally been successful in that aim. 2. To be fair, its not their fault. They debuted on October 5, 2016, under FNC Entertainment. Other Recaps: Episode One // Episode Two // Episode Three // Episode Four // Episode Five // Episode Six // Episode Seven // Episode Eight // Episode Nine. If you need/want to use info from our profile, please kindly put a link to this post. 4. The order these days is visuals > dance > vocals , and that is unfortunate. Kingdom: Legendary War Episode One Recap andRanking, The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hJMSFIH7Cs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5iFHJECQWU, Song Review: J-Hope On The Street (with J.Cole), Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS StandingStill, The Top Three K-Pop Songs of February2023, Song Review: J-Hope - On The Street (with J. Cole), The Top Three K-Pop Songs of February 2023, The Bias List's Favorite Japanese Dramas of 2022, Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS - Standing Still, Follow The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion on WordPress.com. Kind of remarkable how much worse this was compared to Road to Kingdom. As with all the groups, I think their Kingdom run has been hit or miss, but generally on the strong side. Believer (SF9): I personally felt like there were so many beautiful, memorable moments. Experts' votes come from 30 professional judges, and each judge will have 3 votes to cast. (iKON) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1TJGwIMG4Y), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyggo5-kHhc, [] INCEPTION (iKON ver.) The prisoner/prison guard costuming worked well, even if it felt too predictable. The show began airing on April 1st, 2021, on Mnet. I have no idea how Ikon ranked so low either because like you said, I thought they were very big globally. The event also includes those sentimental video messages that tend to pop up during the last episodes of survival series. Sometimes, things are just meant to be enjoyed rather than be used as work-time. They are good at making powerful moments. IDRC if mindless knetz dont have the taste to like iKON, thats their loss not ours.. just wanna say thank u for your dedication, covering this show for 10 eps is not easy! 5th place: Stray Kids 1,072.797 points (517.241 + 555.556) Am I the only one that just really really really misses Queendom? The first line-up to be. Hey, Im Audrey! Specifically Felix and changbins part before the shouting part of the chorus. But, Im actually enjoying this one because Im breaking it up in chunks and taking my time watching it without the pressure of staying totally up to date. I always wonder how many treasures idols, agencies and producers have lying around. iKons performance is what I liked best because they showed their color as a group where they dont need to change their typical performance style to show something different especially that this is a group introduction stage. BTOB was good, but I also wanted them to lean into the choir arrangement more. I genuinely believe that Pentagon would have had a much higher chance if their was a live audience and they didnt try so hard to be cool all the time and just had fun. Kingdom Legendary War is a TV program that was aired on 1st April 2021 and its final was on 3rd June 2021. Results Part 1 (25% Judges vote + 25% Groups vote) Finally, TVXQ enter as hosts. 3. Proceed at your own risk! I think one huge thing that sets RTK/Kingdom is the lack of a live audience. Finally, ateez and BTOB came out on top this round to me. I also forgot to add that I think The Boyzs performance was more for their fans directly. Three hours and ten minutes, to be exact. Same! I try to stan and support a lot! as a big fan of the B.I. For years now, there has been a lack of diversity in genres/styles in male groups that need to be addressed. (On a related note, my dorky friends from RTK ended up having the last laugh, so that PTSD pales in comparison to my pride as a fan.). One of the rap parts in Miroh ended up being slightly off-tempo. Kingdom: Legendary War - Episode One Recap and Ranking Posted on April 2, 2021 by Nick 40 Comments Warning: This recap is not spoiler-free. I feel like SF9 wants to prove that they are more than visuals and then winds up walking for like 45 seconds. Most of the RTK/Kingdom performances feel like I could be watching any mediocre year end awards ceremony, but there was something more special and charming about Queendom. Thank you so much, for recapping every episode. 4th place: BtoB 5,394.684 points There were some real striking shots, using a variety of camera angles. Also, I dont get why boy groups these days thinks theatrical=halloween all the time. Thats sadly true but I believe in international iKONics giving their full support to the boys. The duo lays out the rules, including three rounds and a final. It aired from April 1, 2021 to June 3, 2021. The performance just dont seem to come alive and they dont feel authentic to who the performers are. 1. If I had made a ranking based on the song only it would have looked a lot different: Song ranking: As for Kingdom as a whole? Im celebrating on behalf of the warring groups, while also fuming at MNET for not making this decision last year. Stray Kids are next, and all I can think about is that cruel debut show they suffered through with JYP. 1st place: Mayfly: Jongho (Ateez), Eunkwang (BtoB), Seungmin (Stray Kids) Kpop Albums Info I loved the human sculpture that marked the mid-point of this performance, but other than that there wasnt a lot of imagery that stuck with me. Let me feast on your scraps, Sweetune! Damn, I typed a lot. Disbanded Kpop Girl Groups Maybe this was filmed earlier but I hope he continues to appear! I just didnt really connect with wolfgang. But the results of the self-evaluation vote had surprised members and the viewers. But, they havent really blown me away throughout Kingdom. The staging echoed the overblown drama of this track but knew when to pause and use empty space to its advantage. Learn how your comment data is processed. Keep up the good work, boys. I thought Hyunjin was on hiatus though? The stray kids x the boyz x ateez inter-group friendship was also very funny to watch, heres to more of such interactions in the future!