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| Genre: | Reality competition | ||||||
| Presenter: | Rain | ||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 3 | ||||||
| Network: | Mnet |
Be Mbitious is a 2022 South Korean dance reality competition program created by Mnet. It aired from May 24 to 31, 2022. It is the first part of the male counterpart of Street Woman Fighter, and prequel to Street Man Fighter. The purpose of the show is to create a dance crew with male solo dancers to compete on Street Man Fighter. The new crew will be named Mbitious.[1]
The program is presented by Rain.[2] The dance judges are:
A total of 458 participants applied to the program. Only 40 were selected by special evaluators to compete in the program. Notable applicants who did not make the cut are Kim Samuel, B.A.P's Jong-up and Zelo, DKB's Hee-chan, and WetBoy.
| List of Be Mbitious contestants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Age | Main Dance Genre | Secondary Dance Genre | Notes | |
| Kim Jung-woo (Korean: 김정우) | 19 | Choreography, Hip Hop | Krumping | ||
| Kim Pyoung-ya (Korean: 김병야) | Hip Hop | Krumping, Popping, Locking, Choreography, House, Breakdancing | Former member of Woo Fam. | ||
| Roh Tae-hyun (Korean: 노태현) | 28 | Krumping, Choreography | All genres except Breakdancing | Former Produce 101 Season 2 contestant. Former JBJ & Hotshot member | |
| DAN (Korean: 단) | Choreography | Breakdancing, Contemporary | |||
| Logan (Korean: 로건) | Choreography | House, Afro, Dancehall, Hip Hop | |||
| LIL'C (Korean: 릴씨) | Popping | Hip Hop, House, Locking | Member of FUNKINTHEHEART and Freaky Nerds. | ||
| Midnightblue (Korean: 미드나잇블루) | Breakdancing | Hip Hop, Broadcast Choreography | |||
| Bae Seung-yoon (Korean: 배승윤) | 19 | Girl's Hip Hop | Hip Hop, Waacking | Honey J's student. Also known as "Holy Bae". | |
| Baek Jin (Korean: 백진) | 26 | Breakdancing, Choreography | Freestyle | Former Produce X 101 contestant. Former JxR member. Former member of Expression Crew. | |
| Byun Yong-seok (Korean: 변용석) | Choreography | House, Hip Hop | |||
| BROTHER BIN (Korean: 브라더빈) | 23 | Locking | House, Hip Hop, Waacking, Breakdancing | ||
| Biggle (Korean: 비글) | Hip Hop Choreography | Locking, Popping | |||
| BM (Korean: 비엠) | 29 | Relaxed Swag | Krumping, Hip Hop, House | Kard member | |
| Ciz (Korean: 씨즈) | Choreography | Hip Hop, Popping | |||
| XHIN (Korean: 씬) | Waacking | Jazz, Choreography | |||
| Ain (Korean: 아인) | 19 | Hip Hop, Choreography | Popping, Girl's Hip Hop | ||
| Yamakasi (Korean: 야마카시) | Hip Hop | New School Hip Hop, Breakdancing, Choreography, Popping, Urban, Locking, Electro | Dancer from Mongolia | ||
| OHBODY (Korean: 오바디) | 44 | Hip Hop | House | First generation hip hop dancer. Dance teacher of Hyojin Choi, Lee Ho-won, Wootae, and Trandee Rock. | |
| Austin (Korean: 오스틴) | Former choreographer at 1MILLION Dance Studio | ||||
| 5000 (Korean: 오천) | Hip Hop | Popping | Member of Bitgoeul dancers and is known as one of the top street dancers of South Korea. Former member of XEBEC. | ||
| Wootae (Korean: 우태) | Choreography | Breakdancing, Hip Hop, House, Krumping | Dance professor at Kookmin University. | ||
| U (Korean: 유) | 24 | Hip Hop | House, Urban | ONF member. Former Mix Nine contestant. | |
| UKUN (Korean: 유쿤) | Hip Hop | Choreography, Locking, Popping, Soul, House, Breakdancing | Choreographer at 1MILLION Dance Studio. | ||
| Lee Ho-won (Korean: 이호원) | 31 | Hip Hop | Choreography | Former Infinite member. | |
| Jung Koo-sung (Korean: 정구성) | Choreography | Hip Hop | Former choreographer at 1MILLION Dance Studio. | ||
| Juki (Korean: 주키) | Afro | Hip Hop, Locking, House | |||
| JIN (Korean: 진) | Popping | Locking, House, Hip Hop, Jookin | |||
| Jinwoo (Korean: 진우) | Former choreographer at 1Million Dance Academy. | ||||
| Cha Hyun-seung (Korean: 차현승) | None | All genres | Backup dancer for Sunmi Contestant on Single's Inferno. | ||
| Kasper (Korean: 캐스퍼) | Choreography | Breakdancing, Krumping | Choreographer for SM Entertainment | ||
| Kuro (Korean: 쿠로) | 22 | Choreography | Hip Hop | Member of L.A.M.F | |
| Kuma Shin (Korean: 쿠마신) | Choreography | Hip Hop, Popping | |||
| Crazy Kyo (Korean: 크레이지쿄) | 41 | choreography | popping | Known as one of the top popping dancers of South Korea. | |
| Clown Maker (Korean: 클라운메이커) | Breakdancing, Choreography | Locking, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Waacking + more | Performed with YGX in Men of Woman Mission. | ||
| Kino (Korean: 키노) | 24 | Choreography | Hip Hop, Popping, Locking, House | Pentagon member. | |
| Tarzan (Korean: 타잔) | Hip Hop, Breakdancing | Choreography | Choreographer at 1MILLION Dance Studio. | ||
| Tutat (Korean: 투탓) | Tutting, Popping | None | World-renowned for his tutting skills. | ||
| Trandee Rock (Korean: 트렌디락) | Former member of Novelty Wildy Motion. Former student of OHBODY. | ||||
| Trexman (Korean: 티렉스맨) | Popping | None | |||
| Harry June (Korean: 해리준) | 19 | Hip Hop Choreography | Hip Hop Tutting | DKB member. | |
Contestants must learn and memorize two choreographies of "Hey Mama" by David Guetta created by Street Woman Fighter crews HolyBang and LACHICA. Contestants will then dance these choreographies back to back starting with HolyBang's choreography in groups of three to be evaluated by HolyBang and LACHICA. Each crew will then give each contestant either a "Respect" ranking or "Retry" ranking. A contestant must receive a "Respect" ranking from both crews to be able to pass the mission and be labeled a "RESPECT" dancer. "RESPECT" dancers may choose any non-"RESPECT" dancer as their opponent for the next round and label them as "NO RESPECT" dancers. If a contestant receives at least one "Retry" ranking, they must go back to the main area and try again. Contestants can only attempt to be evaluated twice. If a contestant receives a "Retry" Ranking on their second attempt, they are automatically labelled a "NO RESPECT" dancer. If a contestant goes to be evaluated and they have been chosen as a "NO RESPECT" dancer, they cannot be evaluated and must leave the evaluation room. This mission ends when 20 contestants pass as "RESPECT" dancers or when the time limit of 3 hours is over.
| Final RESPECT/NO RESPECT List | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESPECT | |||||
| Trandee Rock | Wootae | BROTHER BIN | Clown Maker | Bae Seung-yoon | |
| Kasper | Cha Hyun-seung | Jinwoo | Kino | JIN | |
| LIL'C | Tarzan | Jung Koo-sung | UKUN | Yamakasi | |
| Lee Ho-won | Harry June | Tutat | U | Ciz | |
| NO RESPECT | |||||
| OHBODY | Kuro | Kim Jung-woo | XHIN | Ain | |
| BM | Midnightblue | Byun Yong-seok | DAN | Roh Tae-hyun | |
| Logan | Trexman | Austin | Kuma Shin | Crazy Kyo | |
| Juki | Baek Jin | Biggle | Kim Pyoung-ya | 5000 | |
Each "RESPECT" dancer calls out their chosen "NO RESPECT" dancer. They will compete in a one on one battle with the winner advancing to the next round. The one on one battle consists of two parts, a choreography section and a freestyle section. For the choreography section, the "RESPECT" dancer will create a choreography to "SMF" by Changmo (Prod. Czaer) and then teach their opposing "NO RESPECT" dancer. Both dancers will then compete after some time of practice and will be evaluated by the dance judges. The dance judges will vote on who will advance to the next round, with the advancing contestants receiving an "IN". Each round will either have one or both contestants receiving an "OUT". A total of 20 contestants will be eliminated.
Color key:
| 1 on 1 Battle Evaluations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| RESPECT | vs. | NO RESPECT | |
| Clown Maker | vs. | XHIN | |
| U | vs. | Kim Pyoung-ya | |
| Cha Hyun-seung | vs. | Midnightblue | |
| Wootae | vs. | Kuro | |
| BROTHER BIN | vs. | Kim Jung-woo | |
| Kino | vs. | DAN | |
| Jinwoo | vs. | Byun Yong-seok | |
| Bae Seung-yoon | vs. | Ain | |
| Tarzan | vs. | Trexman | |
| Trandee Rock | vs. | OHBODY | |
| UKUN | vs. | Kuma Shin | |
| Harry June | vs. | Baek Jin | |
| Lee Ho-won | vs. | Juki | |
| Yamakasi | vs. | Crazy Kyo | |
| Ciz | vs. | 5000 | |
| LIL'C | vs. | Logan | |
| Tutat | vs. | Biggle | |
| JIN | vs. | Roh Tae-hyun | |
| Jung Koo-sung | vs. | Austin | |
| Kasper | vs. | BM | |
The final crew, Mbitious, will consist of 8 members. The members will be chosen through evaluation by a crew selection committee combined with an online popular vote.[3]
Final scores are calculated as the sum of the Crew Selection Committee's Score + Global Popular Vote Score
The final results were announced on the one-episode television special Be the SMF, presented by Kang Daniel.
| Final rankings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Public Score | Committee Score | Total | Ranking | ||
| Roh Tae-hyun (노태현) | 400 | 482.7 | 882.7 | 1 | PASS | |
| 5000 (오천) | 201.6 | 578 | 779.6 | 2 | PASS | |
| Wootae (우태) | 164.9 | 596.3 | 761.2 | 3 | PASS | |
| Tarzan (타잔) | 136.2 | 599.9 | 736.1 | 4 | PASS | |
| Lee Ho-won (이호원) | 243.2 | 492 | 735.2 | 5 | PASS | |
| Kim Pyoung-ya (김병야) | 152.7 | 574.4 | 727.1 | 6 | PASS | |
| Kim Jung-woo (김정우) | 214.6 | 494.9 | 709.5 | 7 | PASS | |
| Jinwoo (진우) | 89.2 | 587.2 | 676.4 | 8 | PASS | |
| Trandee Rock (트렌디락) | 140.4 | 530.6 | 671 | 9 | ||
| Kino (키노) | 145.7 | 524.5 | 670.2 | 10 | ||
| BROTHER BIN (브라더빈) | 103.7 | 553.6 | 657.3 | 11 | ||
| DAN (단) | 96.5 | 524.3 | 620.8 | 12 | ||
| Bae Seung-yoon (배승윤) | 171.4 | 442.6 | 614 | 13 | ||
| XHIN (씬) | 118.7 | 491.1 | 609.8 | 14 | ||
| Biggle (비글) | 88.1 | 501.3 | 589.4 | 15 | ||
| Yamakasi (야마카시) | 95.6 | 491.9 | 587.5 | 16 | ||
| LIL'C (릴씨) | 30.7 | 511.8 | 542.5 | 17 | ||
| Harry June (해리준) | 43.1 | 498 | 541.1 | 18 | ||
| OHBODY (오바디) | 61.1 | 466.3 | 527.4 | 19 | ||
| UKUN (유쿤) | 40.3 | 457.1 | 497.4 | 20 | ||
| Cha Hyun-seung (차현승) | 70.7 | 419.5 | 490.2 | 21 | ||
Numbers in bold for each score category denotes the top 8 highest scores.
| + Average TV viewership ratings | ||||||
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen (Nationwide)[4] | ||||||
| 1 | May 24, 2022 | 0.481% | ||||
| 2 | May 25, 2022 | |||||
| 3 | May 31, 2022 | |||||
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