Idol Producer Explained

Native Name:
Child:yes
T:偶像練習生
S:偶像练习生
P:Ǒuxiàng Liànxíshēng
L:Idol Trainee
Genre:Reality competition
Director:Chen Gang
Creative Director:Tang Yan
Presenter:Lay Zhang
Country:China
Language:Mandarin
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:12
List Episodes:List of Idol Producer episodes
Producer:Jiang Bin
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:94–208 minutes
Network:iQIYI
Related:More Than Forever
Opentheme:"Ei Ei" by Idol Producer

Idol Producer, is a 2018 Chinese reality boy group survival show, which premiered on January 19, 2018, on iQIYI. It is presented by Lay Zhang with Li Ronghao, Jackson Wang, MC Jin, Cheng Xiao and Zhou Jieqiong serving as mentors. On April 6, 2018, the nine highest ranked contestants debuted as Nine Percent.[1]

Concept

In 2017, Idol Producer took 100 out of 1908 trainees from 87 entertainment agencies all over Asia, which represented their companies and 8 of whom were independent trainees. The trainees were evaluated multiple times throughout the show by the audience's votes with trainees being eliminated. In the final episode, the nine most-voted-on trainees got to debut as a boy group and were set to promote for 18 months; The voting system is similar to those of South Korean reality television shows Produce 101 and Mix Nine.[2] [3]

Coaches

Episodes

Episode 1 (January 19)

Contestants choose stickers from A to F as a self-assessment to grade themselves. The contestants enter the studio, where 100 seats are arranged in a pyramid with a chair for the #1 trainee at the top. They are introduced by their label and choose seats from 1 to 100. The contestants then give performances for the judges, grouped by agency. The judges then reassign the trainees a grade based on their overall performance, with A being the highest and F the lowest.

E01
CompanyPerformanceOriginal SingerContestantGrade
Mavericks Entertainment"Popularity" (流行)Li YuchunLi Xikan (李希侃)D
Lü Chenyu (呂晨瑜)D
Yu Mingjun (余明君)D
Sun Fanjie (孙凡杰)F
Deng Langyi (邓烺怡)F
Luo Zheng (罗正)F
Ciwen Media"Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (情非得已)Harlem YuDong Yanlei (董岩磊)F
Wild Fire EntertainmentLocking DanceUptown Funk (Dance Performance)Mark Ronson ft. Bruno MarsXu Kaihao (许凯皓)B
NewStyle MediaSadnessM4MYu Bin (于斌)F
Hong Yi EntertainmentBoyfriendJustin BieberHe Dongdong (何东东)D
Li Changgeng (李长庚)D
Joy StarTurn UpNick ChouLiang Hui (梁辉)D
IndividualI wanna get love (Self composed)Cai XukunCai Xukun (蔡徐坤)A
A Legend Star Entertainment"Girl" (女孩)Rumors (Dance Performance)William WeiJake MillerChen Linong (陈立农)A

Episode 2 (January 26)

The rating for the first round is unveiled while the grading sessions for trainees continue. After receiving their initial grade, Zhang Yixing (Lay) announces that the trainees must together perform the show's titular single "Ei Ei" with only three days for preparation. Trainees will have a stand-alone performance that is filmed only once. The coaches give a re-evaluation prior to the filming of the performance to reassign the trainees to another A-F grade. The trainees are then rearranged according to their newly reassigned grade.

E02
CompanyPerformanceOriginal SingerContestantGrade
Yuehua EntertainmentEOEOUNIQZhu Zhengting (朱正廷)A
JustinA
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)F
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)A
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)D
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)D
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)F
Young CultureCity of Stars (First pure vocalist)Ryan Gosling & Emma StoneQian Zhenghao (钱正昊)B
OACA"Eating Fried Chicken in the square"(我在人民广场吃炸鸡)A SiQin Fen (秦奋)B
Han Mubo (韩沐伯)C
Jing Peiyao C
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)D
Zuo Ye (左叶)F
Gramarie Entertainment"Young and Dangerous" (Only Cantonese Performance)(乱世巨星)

Xiao Gui'sSolo Dance performance

Zhu Xingjie's solo Rap performance

Jordan ChanXiao Gui (小鬼)B
Zhang Yankai (张晏恺)C
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)B
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)B
Hua Ying Yi XingKon Jai Ngai (My Girl)
(CHN Ver., ENG Ver., JPN Ver., THA Ver.)
Saranyu WinaipanitHuang Shuhao (黄书豪)D
Banana Entertainment"Let the world be destroyed"(让世界毁灭)

Bei Honglin's Solo Rap Performance: "Lose Yourself"

Yoga LinEminemLin Chaoze (林超泽)A
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)C
Li Ruotian (李若天)C
Lu Dinghao (陸定昊)C
Jiang Jingzuo (姜京佐)C
Qiu Zhixie (邱治谐)C
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)B
Gao Maotong (高茂桐)C
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)C
Emperor Entertainment GroupCotton Candy(棉花糖)Top CombineMing Peng (明鵬)F
Dimensions MultimediaI Don't KnowChen Siqi (陈斯琪)D
Xu Heni (徐鶴尼)C
SSTAR"A Trainee's Confession"练习生告白Zhang Yuchen (张宇晨)F
Luo Jie (罗杰)D
Li Xinyan (李鑫岩)F
He Jiageng (何嘉庚)F
Qin's EntertainmentAntidote(解藥)Yue Yue (岳岳)C
Mu Ziyang (木子洋)C
Bu Fan (卜凡)C
Ling Chao (灵超)C
Culture Broadcasting龙拳(Long Quan)Jay ChouZhu Yiwen (朱一文)F
IndividualUptown Funk (Dance and singing version)Mark Ronson ft. Bruno MarsGan Jun (甘俊)B
Simply Joy MusicMr. LeeBBTSun Haoran (孙浩然)B
Lin Haokai (林浩楷)B
Wang Ziyi (王子异)A
Li Zhijie (李志杰)B
Jing Yihan (金逸涵)B
Huayi Brothers头发乱了(Honey CHN ver.)張學友 / Jacky Cheung(Park Jin Young)Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)B
Unaired Performances and Grades
MERCURY NATIONFlower Veil(花的嫁紗)Cyndi WangRapenC
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)C
GigelC
J-ONEC
Wang Youchen (王宥辰)C
GaryC

Episode 3 (February 2)

Training to perform the show's title song "Ei Ei" begins. After three days, the trainees are filmed performing the title song and are reevaluated by the judges. The B, C, D, and F grade trainees vote to select the center of the entire group, settling on individual trainee Cai Xukun, who narrowly defeats trainee Zhu Zhengting by two votes. Trainees with an F grade after the reevaluation are denied the right to perform and must watch the performance as spectators. However, before the performance begins, the judges decide to let some of the particularly hard-working F grade trainees perform.

After recording "Ei Ei", it is revealed that for the second challenge, the trainees will be put into 16 teams to perform 8 songs. Two teams will be performing and competing against each other for each of the 8 songs: Jay Chou's "半兽人 (The Orcs)", "PPAP", Jolin Tsai's "大艺术家 (The Great Artist)", "Dance to the Music", "代号魂斗罗", Zhang Yixing's "Shake", CNBLUE's "Can't Stop", and "Get Ugly". Cai Xukun, because he was the center for the title song "Ei Ei", is allowed to choose his team's members and song first. The members of the winning team for each song will automatically receive 10,000 votes. The judges also announce that half of the trainees will be eliminated from the show following the second challenge. The two "半兽人 (The Orcs)" teams' performance, with the B team beating the A team.

Color key

E03
Original singerPerformance songGroupGroup MemberNewest GradeResponsible partNumber of Personal VotesNumber of Group Votes
Jay ChouHalf-beast HumanGroup A进击的兽人Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)FVocal9169
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)BVocal19
Xiao Gui (小鬼)BVocal35
style=background:#FFFF2F;Li Junyi (李俊毅)AVocal11
Jin Yihan (金逸涵)FVocal19
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)BDance43
Bu Fan (卜凡)FRap33
Group BMonsterMing Peng (明鹏)DVocal23249
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)FVocal6
Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)DVocal42
style=background:#FFFF2F;Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)DVocal44
Li Xikan (李希侃)CVocal80
Zhou Tengyang (周腾阳)FDance12
Liang Hui (梁辉)FRap42

Episode 4 (February 9)

The remaining 14 teams' performances are shown. Footage of each team practicing was shown before their respective performances. After the performance of each pair of groups, the live audience is given the opportunity to vote for their favorite member out of both of the competing teams. Individual votes were added up for an overall team score, and 10,000 votes were given to each member of the winning team for each song. Taiwanese trainee Chen Linong of "The Great Artist" team A won the most votes overall, with 10,000 bonus votes added to his 210 live audience votes. Zhang Yixing announces that the 39 trainees with the fewest votes (ranking 61-96[4]) will be eliminated next week. The votes from this week's live performance will be added to the online votes to determine the top 60 trainees.

E04
Original singerPerformance songGroupGroup MemberNewest GradeResponsible partNumber of Personal VotesNumber of Group Votes
Li YuchunDance to the musicGroup A你复不复古,你不复古我复古Luo Jie (罗杰)CVocal21249
Yu Mingjun (余明君)DVocal39
Jiang Jingzuo (姜京佐)CVocal54
Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)DDance47
style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)BRap87
Zhang Yifan (张艺凡)ARap1
Group B螢火蟲戰隊Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)CVocal37154
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)DVocal32
Yu Hao (于浩)FVocal8
Zuo Ye (左叶)DDance19
style=background:#FFFF2F;Mu Ziyang (木子洋)FRap28
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)FRap30
Jolin TsaiThe Great ArtistGroup A维纳斯战队Hou Haoran (侯浩然)FVocal2288
Sun Haoran (孙浩然)FVocal17
Chen Linong (陈立农)CVocal210
style=background:#FFFF2F;Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)BVocal39
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)BDance16
J-ONEFRap4
Group B逆袭的向日葵GIGELDVocal10139
Zhao Yuche (赵俞澈)DVocal34
Zhao Lingfeng (赵凌峰)DVocal10
Huang Xinchun (黃新淳)FVocal60
style=background:#FFFF2F;RapenFDance10
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)FRap15
Hua ChenyuCodename ContraGroup A我想换Centerstyle=background:#FFFF2F;Li Changgeng (李长庚)DVocal13171
Yu Bin (于斌)DVocal13
Ye Hongxi (叶泓希)CVocal12
Qiu Zhixie (邱治谐)CVocal12
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)CDance14
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)DRap101
Yang Yi (杨羿)CRap6
Group B代號氣鼓鼓隊style=background:#FFFF2F;Yang Feitong (杨非同)DVocal124236
Zhu Yiwen (朱一文)FVocal10
Lin Haokai (林浩楷)FVocal12
He Jiageng (何嘉庚)DVocal17
Xu Heni (徐鹤尼)FVocal25
Zhang Yuchen (张宇晨)DRap25
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)DRap23
Lay ZhangShakeGroup A一起摇摆Gan Jun (甘俊)DVocal1587
style=background:#FFFF2F;Lou Zibo (娄滋博)CDance33
Yue Yue (岳岳)DRap15
Zhang Xin (张昕)CRap10
Ling Qi (凌崎)DRap14
Group Bfive fire fly wow visualLuo Zheng (罗正)FVocal103315
style=background:#FFFF2F;Min Zhexiang (闵喆祥)CDance54
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)FRap62
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)CRap49
He Dongdong (何东东)FRap47
PICO TaroPPAPGroup A你的苹果Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)AVocal131285
style=background:#FFFF2F;Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)AVocal85
Zhou Rui (周锐)BVocal7
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)BDance32
Wang Ziyi (王子异)BRap30
Group B扎手的菠萝Chen Minghao (陈名豪)FVocal37146
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)FVocal32
Li Ruotian (李若天)FVocal42
Wang Youchen (王宥辰)FDance13
Chen Yifu (陈义夫)FRap22
Jason DeruloGet UglyGroup A老寒腿组合Wan Yuxian (万宇贤)CVocal29242
Li Zhijie (李志杰)DVocal22
Gao Maotong (高茂桐)DVocal35
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)FVocal27
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)CDance32
Lu Dinghao (陸定昊)CRap85
Li Rang (李让)DRap12
Group B好难啊组合Ying Zhiyue (应智越)CVocal32144
Huang Ruohan (黃若涵)FVocal8
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)FVocal33
Li Xinyan (李鑫岩)FVocal14
Sun Fanjie (孙凡杰)DDance16
Zhang Yankai (张晏恺)FRap41
CNBLUECan't StopGroup ASnow Prince (雪花王子)Lü Chenyu (呂晨瑜)FVocal11258
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)AVocal21
Fan Chengcheng style=background:#FFFF2F;Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)DVocal99
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)AVocal14
Deng Langyi (邓烺怡)CDance8
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)ARap19
JustinBRap86
Group B七个隆咚呛Jia Li (伽里)DVocal11181
Han Mubo (韩沐伯)CVocal28
style=background:#FFFF2F;JeffreyDVocal30
Ling Chao (灵超)DVocal34
Wang Zihao (王梓豪)DDance26
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)DRap17
Qin Fen (秦奋)FRap35
Ranking of Combination confrontation evaluation
NameNumber of votes
1Chen Linong (陈立农)10210
2Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)10131
3Yang Feitong (杨非同)10124
4Luo Zheng (罗正)10103
5Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)10099
6Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)10087
7Justin10086
8Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)10085
9Lu Dinghao (陸定昊)10085
10Li Xikan (李希侃)10080
11Zhang Dayuan (张达源)10062
12Jiang Jingzuo (姜京佐)10054
13Min Zhexiang (闵喆祥)10054
14Wang Yilong (王艺龙)10049
15He Dongdong (何东东)10047
16Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)10047
17Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)10044
18Liang Hui (梁辉)10042
19Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)10042
20Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)10039
21Yu Mingjun (余明君)10039
22Gao Maotong (高茂桐)10035
23Wu Lianjie (武連杰)10032
24Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)10032
25Wang Ziyi (王子异)10030
26Wan Yuxian (万宇贤)10029
27Qin Zimo (秦子墨)10027
28Xu Heni (徐鶴尼)10025
29Zhang Yuchen (张宇晨)10025
30Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)10023
31Ming Peng (明鵬)10023
32Li Zhijie (李志杰)10022
33Luo Jie (罗杰)10021
34You Zhangjing (尤长靖)10021
35Lin Chaoze (林超泽)10019
36He Jiageng (何嘉庚)10017
37Sun Haoran (孙浩然)10017
38Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)10016
39Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)10014
40Li Rang (李让)10012
41Lin Haokai (林浩楷)10012
42Zhou Tengyang (周腾阳)10012
43Lü Chenyu (呂晨瑜)10011
44Zhu Yiwen (朱一文)10010
45Deng Langyi (邓烺怡)10008
46Zhou Rui (周锐)10007
47Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)10006
48J-ONE10004
49Hou Haoran (侯浩然)10002
50Zhang Yifan (张艺凡)10001
51Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)101
52Huang Xinchun (黃新淳)60
53Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)43
54Li Ruotian (李若天)42
55Zhang Yankai (张晏恺)41
56Chen Minghao (陈名豪)37
57Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)37
58Qin Fen (秦奋)35
59Xiao Gui (小鬼)35
60Ling Chao (灵超)34
61Zhao Yuche (赵俞澈)34
62Bu Fan (卜凡)33
63Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)33
64Lou Zibo (娄滋博)33
65Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)32
66Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)32
67Ying Zhiyue (应智越)32
68Jeffrey30
69Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)30
70Han Mubo (韩沐伯)28
71Mu Ziyang (木子洋)28
72Wang Zihao (王梓豪)26
73Chen Yifu (陈义夫)22
74Jin Yihan (金逸涵)19
75Li Quanzhe (李权哲)19
76Zuo Ye (左叶)19
77Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)17
78Sun Fanjie (孙凡杰)16
79Gan Jun (甘俊)15
80Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)15
81Yue Yue (岳岳)15
82Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)14
83Li Xinyan (李鑫岩)14
84Ling Qi (凌崎)14
85Li Changgeng (李长庚)13
86Wang Youchen (王宥辰)13
87Yu Bin (于斌)13
88Qiu Zhixie (邱治谐)12
89Ye Hongxi (叶泓希)12
90Jia Li (伽里)11
91Li Junyi (李俊毅)11
92GIGEL10
93Rapen10
94Zhang Xin (张昕)10
95Zhao Lingfeng (赵凌峰)10
96Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)9
97Huang Ruohan (黃若涵)8
98Yu Hao (于浩)8
99Yang Yi (杨羿)6

Episode 5 (February 16)

The top 60 trainees with the most votes are announced, starting from rank 59 and announced in groups of ten. After every group of ten, clips of the trainees participating in various activities are shown. Polls among the trainees for the "best visual" and "the person I would most want to introduce to my little sister" were conducted. Taiwanese trainee Lin Yanjun is voted as "best visual" by his fellow trainees. The trainees race against each other to claim presents for the Chinese New Year. The trainees also do a dance battle, dancing to "Ei Ei" at various speeds. Judges Cheng Xiao and Zhou Jieqiong select the winners of the dance battle, who ask that their reward be to let the entire group of trainees go eat Haidilao Hot Pot, a request which the director grants.

Out of the top 9 trainees from voting, ranks 1-7 remain in the same position as last week's episode. Cai Xukun remains as rank 1 with a landslide victory of around 4 million votes against Chen Linong. Liang Hui is revealed to be rank 60, saving himself from elimination by a few thousand votes, demonstrating the importance of the 10,000 bonus votes that were awarded to the winning teams in last week's episode. The eliminated trainees leave quietly after saying goodbye early the next morning.

E05
Rank Trainee
1 Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
2 Chen Linong (陈立农)
3 Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
4 Justin
5 Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
6 Xiao Gui (小鬼)
7 Bu Fan (卜凡)
8 Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
9 He Dongdong (何东东)
10 You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
11 Wang Ziyi (王子异)
12 Jeffrey
13 Qin Fen (秦奋)
14 Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
15 Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
16 Ling Chao (灵超)
17 Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
18 Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
19 Han Mubo (韩木伯)
20 Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
21 Yue Yue (岳岳)
22 Zuo Ye (左叶)
23 Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
24 Mu Ziyang (木子样)
25 Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
26 Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
27 Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
28 Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
29 Li Xikan (李希侃)
30 Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
31 Zhou Rui (周锐)
32 Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
33 Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
34 Luo Zheng (罗正)
35 Zhang Dayuan (张大源)
36 Li Rang (李让)
37 Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
38 Li Changgeng (李长庚)
39 Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
40 Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
41 Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
42 Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
43 Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
44 Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
45 Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
46 Yu Mingjun (余明君)
47 Chen Minghao (陈明豪)
48 Ming Peng (明鹏)
49 Yang Feitong (杨非同)
50 Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)
51 Jia Li (伽里)
52 Ling Qi (凌崎)
53 Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)
54 Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
55 Li Junyi (李俊毅)
56 Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
57 Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
58 Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)
59 Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
60 Liang Hui (梁辉)

Episode 6 (February 23)

The trainees begin their position evaluation group performances, with trainees selecting songs that can showcase their specialties in the vocal, dance, or rap categories. There are five songs for the vocal category: (Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", Stefanie Sun's《我怀念的》(What I Miss), Chen Li's 《小半》(Little Half), Kimberley Chen's 《爱你》 (Love You), and "Always Online" by JJ Lin); four songs for the dance category ("Me Too", "Sheep" by Zhang Yixing, "Flow" by Khalil Fong ft. Wang Leehom, and Jay Chou's《双节棍》(Nunchuks)); and four songs for the rap category ("Very Good", "Turn Down for What", "Artist" by Zico and Papillon by Jackson Wang). The trainees with higher rankings pick their songs first, and once the chosen song reaches its member limit, the later trainees can no longer pick that song. The trainees' accumulated votes are reset to zero for this third challenge. The most possible votes that a trainee could earn from this challenge is 150,000, with the winning members of each winning group gaining 50,000 votes, and an extra 100,000 votes to the winning trainee in each category. The trainees from rank 36-60 after the second round of online voting at the end of this challenge will be eliminated.

Judges Jackson Wang and MC Jin provide mentorship to the trainees in an informal Q&A session. The trainees pick their songs in order of rank. Grouped by songs, the trainees in each group choose a center and a leader. Judges Cheng Xiao and Zhou Jieqiong provide dance advice. Trainee and Leader of "Nunchucks" Zhou Yanchen, who has been practicing late into the night, collapses at the end of the dress rehearsal due to hypoglycemia. The "《双节棍》(Nunchucks)", "Artist", "《我怀念的》(What I Miss)", and "Turn Down for What" groups perform, and their rehearsal experiences are shown. The "Papillon" group prepares to perform.

Color key

E06
TypePerformance SongOriginal singerGroup NameNameRank within the groupNumber of Votes
DanceNunchucksJay ChouThe Shadows(769)style=background:#FFFF2F;Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)1339
style=background:#00CDFF;Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)2146
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)395
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)470
Yu Mingjun (余明君)559
Ling Qi (凌崎)634
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)726
RapArtistZICOAuto-tune(781)style=background:#FFFF2F;Xiao Gui (小鬼)1328
Yue Yue (岳岳)2174
style=background:#00CDFF;Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)3166
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)4113
Vocal我怀念的Stefanie Sun下雨天(886)style=background:#00FF55;You Zhangjing (尤长靖)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;300
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)2295
Han Mubo (韩木伯)3176
Chen Linong (陈立农)4115
RapTurn down for whatDJ Snake真不容易队(565)style=background:#00FF55;Qin Fen (秦奋)1248
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)395
Li Rang (李让)459
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)2163

Episode 7 (March 2)

The trainees continue the position evaluation group performances with "Sheep" (Dance, Lay), "Loving You" (Vocal, Kimberley Chen), "Very Good" (Rap), and "Flow" (Dance), in which Center Zhu Yunyi suffered an eye injury during dance rehearsal at midnight of the live performance when his belt hit his right contact lens and temporarily blinded him due to hyphema. He had to stay in the green room during the performance, while his twin brother Zhu Yuntian and his teammates performed without him. Zhu Yuntian ended up getting first. "Little Half/Xiao Ban" (Vocal, Chen Li) Team, "Me Too" (Dance, Meaghan Trainor, composed of lower-ranked vocalists) also performed. The winners of each performance and the winners of each category are revealed.

E07
TypePerformance SongOriginal singerGroup NameNameRank within groupNumber of Votes
DanceSheepLay Zhang小绵羊(739)style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;351
style=background:#00CDFF;Lin Chaoze (林超泽)3112
Li Xikan (李希侃)2136
Zuo Ye (左叶)453
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)549
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)638
Vocal爱你Kimberley Chen每天都是情人节(717)Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)1231
style=background:#00CDFF;Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)2219
style=background:#FFFF2F;Jeffrey3160
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)4107
RapVery goodBlock BVery good team(595)Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;368
style=background:#00CDFF;Li Junyi (李俊毅)298
style=background:#FFFF2F;Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)369
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)460
DanceFlowKhalil Fong ft. Wang Leehom红红火火(461)style=background:#00FF55;Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)1227
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)2128
Liang Hui (梁辉)3106
Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)Due to injury can not participate in performances
Vocal小半Chen Li冻坏你们(1020)style=background:#00FF55;Zhou Rui (周锐)1293
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)2250
Ling Chao (灵超)3248
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)4229
DanceMe tooMeghan Trainor如果我是你,我也想成为自己队(549)style=background:#FFFF2F;Lou Zibo (娄滋博)1197
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)2142
style=background:#00CDFF;Yang Feitong (杨非同)3110
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)454
Jia Li (伽里)546
VocalShape of youEd SheeranI want you(502)style=background:#FFFF2F;Chen Minghao (陈明豪)1127
Li Changgeng (李长庚)2119
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)394
Ming Peng (明鹏)486
style=background:#00CDFF;Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)576
VocalAlways OnlineJJ LinHigh fashion(767)style=background:#00CDFF;Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;300
style=background:#FFFF2F;Mu Ziyang2199
Luo Zheng (罗正)3124
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)497
He Dongdong (何东东)547
RapPapillonJackson Wang台下Baby龙 台上巴比龙(885)style=background:#FFFF2F;Justin1285
style=background:#00CDFF;Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)2271
Bu Fan (卜凡)3186
Wang Ziyi (王子异)4143

Color Key

Ranking of Position evaluation (Only Dance)
NameRankingNumber of Votes
style=background:#FFBC00;Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;150,351
style=background:#FFFF2F;Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)style=background:#FFFF2F;2style=background:#FFFF2F;50,339
style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhu Yuntian (朱勻天)style=background:#FFFF2F;3style=background:#FFFF2F;50,227
style=background:#FFFF2F;Lou Zibo (娄滋博)style=background:#FFFF2F;4style=background:#FFFF2F;50,191
Zhou Yanchen (周彥辰)5146
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)6142
Li Xikan (李希侃)7136
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)8128
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)9112
Yang Feitong (杨非同)10110
Liang Hui (梁辉)11106
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)1295
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)1370
Yu Mingjun (余明君)1459
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)1554
Zuo Ye (左叶)1653
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)1749
Jia Li (伽里)1846
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)1938
Ling Qi (凌崎)2034
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)2126
Zhu Yunyi (朱勻一)220
Ranking of Position evaluation (Only Vocal)
NameRankingNumber of Votes
style=background:#FFBC00;You Zhangjing (尤长靖)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;150,300
style=background:#FFBC00;Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;150,300
style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhou Rui (周锐)style=background:#FFFF2F;3style=background:#FFFF2F;50,293
style=background:#FFFF2F;Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)style=background:#FFFF2F;4style=background:#FFFF2F;50,231
style=background:#FFFF2F;Chen Minghao (陈名豪)style=background:#FFFF2F;5style=background:#FFFF2F;50,127
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)6295
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)7250
Ling Chao (灵超)8248
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)9229
Lin Yanjun (林彥俊)10219
Mu Ziyang (木子洋)11199
Han Mubo (韩沐伯)12176
Jeffrey13160
Luo Zheng (罗正)14124
Li Chenggeng (李长庚)15119
Chen Linong (陈立农)16115
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)17107
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)1897
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)1994
Ming Peng (明鹏)2086
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)2176
He Dongdong (何东东)2247
Ranking of Position evaluation(Only Rap)
NameRankingNumber of Votes
style=background:#FFBC00;Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;150,368
style=background:#FFFF2F;Xiao Gui (小鬼)style=background:#FFFF2F;2style=background:#FFFF2F;50,328
style=background:#FFFF2F;Justinstyle=background:#FFFF2F;3style=background:#FFFF2F;50,285
style=background:#FFFF2F;Qin Fen (秦奋)style=background:#FFFF2F;4style=background:#FFFF2F;50,248
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)5271
Bu Fan (卜凡)6186
Yue Yue (岳岳)7174
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)8166
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)9163
Wang Ziyi (王子异)10143
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)11113
Lu Junyi (李俊毅)1298
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)1395
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)1469
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)1560
Li Rang (李让)1659
Ranking of Position evaluation
NameRankingNumber of Votes
style=background:#FFBC00;Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)style=background:#FFBC00;1style=background:#FFBC00;150,368
style=background:#FFBC00;Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)style=background:#FFBC00;2style=background:#FFBC00;150,351
style=background:#FFBC00;You Zhangjing (尤长靖)style=background:#FFBC00;3style=background:#FFBC00;150,300
style=background:#FFBC00;Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)style=background:#FFBC00;3style=background:#FFBC00;150,300
style=background:#FFFF2F;Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)style=background:#FFFF2F;5style=background:#FFFF2F;50,339
style=background:#FFFF2F;Xiao Gui (小鬼)style=background:#FFFF2F;6style=background:#FFFF2F;50,328
style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhou Rui (周锐)style=background:#FFFF2F;7style=background:#FFFF2F;50,293
style=background:#FFFF2F;Justinstyle=background:#FFFF2F;8style=background:#FFFF2F;50,285
style=background:#FFFF2F;Qin Fen (秦奋)style=background:#FFFF2F;9style=background:#FFFF2F;50,248
style=background:#FFFF2F;Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)style=background:#FFFF2F;10style=background:#FFFF2F;50,231
style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhu Yuntian (朱勻天)style=background:#FFFF2F;11style=background:#FFFF2F;50,227
style=background:#FFFF2F;Lou Zibo (娄滋博)style=background:#FFFF2F;12style=background:#FFFF2F;50,191
style=background:#FFFF2F;Chen Minghao (陈名豪)style=background:#FFFF2F;13style=background:#FFFF2F;50,127
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)14295
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)15271
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)16250
Ling Chao (灵超)17248
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)18229
Lin Yanjun (林彥俊)19219
Mu Ziyang (木子洋)20199
Bu Fan (卜凡)21186
Han Mubo (韩沐伯)22176
Yue Yue (岳岳)23174
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)24166
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)25163
Jeffrey26160
Zhou Yanchen (周彥辰)27146
Wang Ziyi (王子异)28143
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)29142
Li Xikan (李希侃)30136
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)31128
Luo Zheng (罗正)32124
Li Changgeng (李长庚)33119
Chen Linong (陈立农)34115
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)35113
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)36112
Yang Feitong (杨非同)37110
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)38107
Liang Hui (梁辉)39106
Li Junyi (李俊毅)4098
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)4197
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)4295
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)4295
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)4494
Ming Peng (明鹏)4586
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)4676
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)4770
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)4869
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)4960
Li Rang (李让)5059
Yu Mingjun (余明君)5059
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)5254
Zuo Ye (左叶)5353
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)5449
He Dongdong (何东东)5547
Jia Li (伽里)5646
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)5738
Ling Qi (凌崎)5834
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)5926
Zhu Yunyi (朱勻一)600

Episode 8 (March 9)

The day after the Position Evaluations, Zhang Yixing provides his own Q&A session and shared his own experiences as a trainee, and how his agency's system differs from Idol Producer's system, like a 3-hour-only hire on practice rooms where you must sign for time slots, and the meals must be pre-ordered in the SM cafeteria. He also shared a change in mentality after debut. A day later, he revealed via video conference call that the next mission is the Concept Evaluation, where the trainees, as chosen by Idol Producers, will become the original singers to 5 original songs of different styles and concepts. However, the elimination to top 35 will occur midway through the preparation, meaning the final number of each group will be 5 groups of 7 (from 12). If a team is somehow wiped out after the midpoint cuts, the team will be rearranged in later episodes. The voting system also changes. First, the live audience pick the team that performs the best, then from that winning team, the trainee who performs the best will be picked. Each member of the winning team gains a pool of 500,000 votes, of which, the trainee that is the best of the best gets an extra 200000 votes, while the rest gain 50000 each. The five songs are "Firewalking" (Tropical House with chair dances), "Boom Boom Boom" (R&B), "Listen to What I Say (听听我说的吧)" (Hip hop), "I Will Always Remember (我永远记得)" (Pop ballad with soul), and Dream (Hip hop with dance points). In the initial stage, the group of 12 is split into 2 groups of 6, with 2 temporary centers and a temporary leader. Zhu Yunyi has recovered from hyphema, and Zhou Yanchen has recovered from fainting from hypoglycemia for the practices for the new missions. On the morning of the reveal of the top 35, they write their final diary entries, which also serve as letters of gratitude to the mentors. Due to the longer voting periods including bonus votes added, over 255 million votes were received. He Dongdong plummets from 9th to 33rd over the last 3 weeks of voting, but still gained over 1.7 million votes. Cai Xukun retained his no.1 spot, while Li Junyi unofficially released his self-written song "The Greatest Dream" before he was eliminated.

Color Key

E08
Lists of Concept Evaluation (before unadjusted)
RoomTypeSongGroupName
1R&B《Boom Boom Boom》1style=background:#FFFF2F;He Dongdong (何东东)
style=background:#00CDFF;Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
Luo Zheng (罗正)
2style=background:#FFFF2F;Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
Ling Qi (凌崎)
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
2Hip Hop《Dream》1style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
style=background:#00CDFF;Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
Justin
2style=background:#FFFF2F;Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
Li Rang (李让)
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
Chen Minghao (陈明豪)
3Tropical House《Firewalking》1style=background:#FFFF2F;Chen Linong (陈立农)
style=background:#00CDFF;Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
Zuo Ye (左叶)
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
Ling Chao (灵超)
2style=background:#FFFF2F;Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
Yue Yue (岳岳)
Qin Fen (秦奋)
Li Xikan (李希侃)
Mu Ziyang (木子样)
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
4Hip HopListen To What I Say 《听听我说的吧》1style=background:#FFFF2F;Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
style=background:#00CDFF;Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)
Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)
Ming Peng (明鹏)
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
2style=background:#FFFF2F;Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
Bu Fan (卜凡)
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
Jia Li (伽里)
5POPI Will Always Remember《我永远记得》1style=background:#FFFF2F;Jeffrey
style=background:#00CDFF;Han Mubo (韩木伯)
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
Li Changgeng (李长庚)
2style=background:#FFFF2F;Li Junyi (李俊毅)
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
Zhou Rui (周锐)
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)

Episode 9 (March 16)

After the top 35 were revealed, the teams within each song are readjusted. At the end of this evaluation, the top 20 trainees will enter the final evaluation to determine the Final 9 members that would debut. The team members for the Concept evaluations are being readjusted. Conversely, The "Firewalking" group had to drop 3 people (from 10 people remaining), the "Dream" team must drop 4 members (from 11), "Boom Boom Boom" group will add 2 people (from the 5 remaining). I Will Always Remember group has to add one person (from the 6 remaining members) from the pool of eliminated members from the 'excess' group. The group with excess members must conduct internal voting to determine the members that would be waived off. The members least suitable to perform the original song would be released, then would be picked as free agents from the team needing to add members. Since "Listen to What I Have to Say" Group was decimated by the latest round of eliminations, with only three of the original 12 members left in the group, it added extra burden and frustration on leader Bu Fan because the original members' choreography and singing parts also needed to change with the adjustments. In the Firewalking group, Yue Yue and Qin Fen, being the oldest members in the original group, have suffered lower back issues, and are at risk of being waived, which they did. The risk of being in free agency is the same as the group with few original members, they must completely relearn a different song from scratch with less time.

For the team that needs to gain free agents, the team member with the highest individual rankings get higher picks to pick all members from the pool, which would be Xiao Gui (6th as of week 7) picking 4 members, You Zhangjing (8th) would pick a member, with the rest moving to "Boom Boom Boom" group by default.

The live voting system: Each audience has two votes. After all of the songs are performed, One for the team that performs the best, the other is for the team member from that group that is 'best of the best'. with both votes must be towards the same team. The team members of the best team will add a pool of 500,000 votes, and the best member will get 200,000 of the 500,000 votes, with the rest get an equal share of 50,000 votes. After all of the performances were complete, the top two trainees from the top 2 group are left unrevealed, which were Justin vs. Cai Xukun again. Their result won't be revealed until the 3rd ranking announcement, which would also be the elimination to the Top 20.

Color Key

E09
Lists of Concept Evaluation (adjusted)
TypeSongGroup NameNameNumber of Personal VotesNumber of Group Votes
Tropical House《Firewalking》十二分之七style=background:#FFFF2F;Chen Linong (陈立农)54151
style=background:#00CDFF;Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)31
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)4
Ling Chao (灵超)22
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)9
Mu Ziyang (木子样)27
Yu Mingjun (余明君)4
Hip Hop《Dream》果然扭秧歌的乐华style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)19234
style=background:#00CDFF;Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)64
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)10
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)35
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)19
Justin79
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)8
POP《我永远记得》(I will always remember)Never Forgetstyle=background:#FFFF2F;Jeffrey14107
style=background:#00CDFF;Han Mubo (韩木伯)8
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)23
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)16
Yang Feitong (杨非同)7
Zhou Rui (周锐)12
style=background:#FF9797;Wang Ziyi (王子异)27
R&B《Boom Boom Boom》心跳猎手He Dongdong (何东东)147
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)7
Luo Zheng (罗正)6
style=background:#FFFF2F;Lou Zibo (娄滋博)6
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)5
Yue Yue (岳岳)14
style=background:#FF9797;Li Rang (李让)8
Hip Hop《听听我说的吧》(Listen to what I say)七龙珠Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)4
style=background:#00CDFF;Bu Fan (卜凡)19
Xiao Gui (小鬼)24
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)16
style=background:#FF9797;Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)157
style=background:#FF9797;Qin Fen (秦奋)13
style=background:#FF9797;Li Xikan (李希侃)23
Ranking of Concept Evaluation
NameNumber of Personal VotesNumber of Personal Votes(Final)
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)157200,157
Justin7979
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)6464
Chen Linong (陈立农)5454
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)3535
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)3131
Mu Ziyang (木子样)2727
Wang Ziyi (王子异)2727
Xiao Gui (小鬼)2450,024
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)2323
Li Xikan (李希侃)2350,023
Ling Chao (灵超)2222
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)1919
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)1919
Bu Fan (卜凡)1950,019
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)1616
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)1650,016
Yue Yue (岳岳)1414
Jeffrey1414
Qin Fen (秦奋)1350,013
Zhou Rui (周锐)1212
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)1010
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)99
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)88
Li Rang (李让)88
Han Mubo (韩木伯)88
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)77
Yang Feitong (杨非同)77
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)66
Luo Zheng (罗正)66
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)55
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)44
Yu Mingjun (余明君)44
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)450,004
He Dongdong (何东东)11

Episode 10 (March 23)

Before the Top 20 announcements, the mentors all wrote a letter to the trainees, expressing their thoughts. This is the third and final ranking announcement, with the top 5 spots remaining the same from the previous elimination round.

The Top 20 would have 18 days (on April 6, 2018) to prepare the live broadcast, which is the final episode to determine the 9 members of the new boy group. The voting will include internet votes before voting plus the live voting on the night of the live broadcast. There would be two songs: "It's OK" (Pop) and Mack Daddy (Hip Hop). Unlike other "drafts", the trainees with the lowest rankings get first pick to choose the song AND their preferred role, but the trainees in the higher ranks can knock the member occupying the preferred role off the spot, but can only be done once.

The third and final round of elimination occurs, with the trainees ranked 21-35 leaving the show, but only after the collaboration stages with the mentors, which is screened in episode 11. Cai Xukun retains his top position, with Zheng Ruibin being ranked as 20th. Zhou Yanchen, as 21st, is unfortunately eliminated.

Clips of trainees participating in various activities are also screened in this episode, such as playing musical chairs wearing inflatable suits. They also devise a ghost prank behind a two-way mirror, which frightens several trainees but fails at some. Another segment involves them being given the opportunity to 吐槽,or to expose other trainees in their daily life, such as Wang Ziyi's "Hey bro."

E10
Rank Trainee
1 Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
2 Chen Linong (陈立农)
3 Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
4 Justin
5 Wang Ziyi (王子异)
6 Xiao Gui (小鬼)
7 Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
8 You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
9 Bu Fan (卜凡)
10 Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
11 Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
12 Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
13 Ling Chao (灵超)
14 Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
15 Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
16 Jeffrey
17 Qin Fen (秦奋)
18 Li Xikan (李希侃)
19 Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
20 Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
21 Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
22 Mu Ziyang (木子样)
23 Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
24 Han Mubo (韩木伯)
25 Zhou Rui (周锐)
26 Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
27 Yue Yue (岳岳)
28 Yang Feitong (杨非同)
29 Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
30 Luo Zheng (罗正)
31 Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
32 Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
33 He Dongdong (何东东)
34 Li Rang (李让)
35 Yu Mingjun (余明君)

Episode 11 (March 30)

Before the new set of evaluation, special guest instructor Jolin Tsai gave the remaining contestants some advice on facing criticisms and comments, especially from social media (primarily Weibo), and self evaluation and reflection.

This episode showcases the collaboration stage of the trainees with the mentors. The top 9 of the previous eliminations get to pick the song of the choice in order, and the remaining trainees have to draw lots for their order to pick the songs of their choice. The mentors then play a prank on the trainees in which they go into classrooms meant for other mentors, and causes a lot of excitement and confusion amongst the trainees. Eventually they get started on practising the songs with the mentors, which culminates in a showcase.

Each group is shown with their self introduction, then their behind-the-scenes practices, followed by their actual on-stage performance.

E011
Song Mentor Trainees
Mask
Zhang Yixing
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
Han Mubo (韩木伯)
Quit Smoking
Li Ronghao
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
Chen Linong (陈立农)
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
Ling Chao (灵超)
Mu Ziyang (木子样)
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
Zero
MC Jin
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
Li Rang (李让)
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
Zhou Rui (周锐)
Bu Fan (卜凡)
Agent J
Zhou Jieqiong
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
Jeffrey
Li Xikan (李希侃)
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
Yue Yue (岳岳)
24K Magic Remix Havana
Cheng Xiao
Justin
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
Qin Fen (秦奋)
He Dongdong (何东东)
Luo Zheng (罗正)
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)

The 20 trainees are then given their last evaluation songs, "It's Ok" and "Mack Daddy", and they make their choices of song and position.

Episode 12 (April 6)

The final episode is also a live broadcast, in which clips of the trainees picking out their songs, center position, and practices are interspersed with the events happening at the live showcase. The episode starts with the trainees at individual interviews, which they're given the plastic chairs with the ranking labels they each chosen to sit on in the first episode, and it triggers nostalgic memories within the trainees. They're also asked about what if they don't manage to debut.

The live broadcast is now shown, with all 99 trainees returning to perform "Ei Ei" live. Individual trainee Zhou Rui, invited by Zhang Yixing, introduces each company and their representatives. The group name of the debuting group is announced to be "Nine Percent", which represents the top 9 out of 100 trainees carrying forward the dreams of all the trainees with 100% of their effort, hence the name 9%.

After the mentors' introductions, the broadcast cuts to the selection of "It's Ok"'s center position. The selection process is done by the group performing the chorus, with each trainee taking the role of center once, then a closed voting process within the members of that group. The top 2 choices for "It's Ok" were Lin Chaoze and Lin Yanjun. As the center is due to be announced, the video cuts back to the broadcast, where "It's Ok"'s performers appear onstage, and Lin Yanjun is revealed as the center of the song.

"Mack Daddy" goes through the same process, where the top 2 choices were Cai Xukun and Fan Chengcheng. Cai Xukun is revealed to be the center.

Color Key

E12
Song Position Trainee
It's Ok
Lead Vocal style=background:#FFFF2F;You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
Subvocal 1 Ling Chao (灵超)
Subvocal 2 Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
Subvocal 3 Li Xikan (李希侃)
Subvocal 4 Jeffrey
Subvocal 5 Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
Subvocal 6 style=background:#FFFF2F;Lin Yanjun (林彦俊) (center)
Subvocal 7 Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
Rap 1 style=background:#FFFF2F;Xiao Gui (小鬼)
Rap 2 style=background:#FFFF2F;Justin
Mack Daddy
Lead Vocal style=background:#FFFF2F;Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤) (center)
Subvocal 1 Qin Fen (秦奋)
Subvocal 2 Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
Subvocal 3 style=background:#FFFF2F;Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
Subvocal 4 Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
Subvocal 5 style=background:#FFFF2F;Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
Subvocal 6 Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
Rap 1 Bu Fan (卜凡)
Rap 2 style=background:#FFFF2F;Chen Linong (陈立农)
Rap 3 style=background:#FFFF2F;Wang Ziyi (王子异)

In another clip, the 20 trainees also dress in the clothes they've worn for their first self-introduction, and speak in reminiscence of what they've said during that introduction, and express their thoughts.

Following that in the live broadcast, is a performance of a special song, titled "Forever", depicting the wishes of the trainees to stay like they once were, and as a thank-you to the fans for their support.

The trainees are shown invited individually into a dark room standing in front of a mirror, where they're asked to talk to their reflections in the mirror about their feelings. The lights are then turned off, which throws the scene into a humorous one as the trainees get paranoid about the situation being another ghost prank, with varied amusing reactions. However, this time video messages are screened on the surface of the mirror from the trainees' families to them, which causes a few to break down in tears.

The announcement of the top 9 takes up about 1 hour and 15 mins of the 3-hour long broadcast. As usual, the rankings are announced from the top 8 to 1, and each trainee walks from one end of the long stage to the main stage to take their seat, and present a short speech of thanks. The top 4 positions remained unchanged from the previous week, with You Zhangjing coming in as 9th place, taking the last position of the debuting group, Nine Percent.

The trainees then visit places in their dorm they've been to for the last time, including the dorm rooms, laundry room, makeup room, and more hilariously, the toilets. They talk about the memories they've had in the past four months of training, and finally clap the slate a final time. Memories of the past 12 episodes are shown, and the episode returns to the broadcast, where Zhang Yixing thanks everyone and wraps up Idol Producer.

Rank Trainee
style=background:#FFFF2F;1 style=background:#FFFF2F;蔡徐坤 Cai Xukun
style=background:#FFFF2F;2 style=background:#FFFF2F;陈立农 Chen Linong
style=background:#FFFF2F;3 style=background:#FFFF2F;范丞丞 Fan Chengcheng
style=background:#FFFF2F;4 style=background:#FFFF2F;Justin
style=background:#FFFF2F;5 style=background:#FFFF2F;林彦俊 Lin Yanjun
style=background:#FFFF2F;6 style=background:#FFFF2F;朱正廷 Zhu Zhengting
style=background:#FFFF2F;7 style=background:#FFFF2F;王子异 Wang Ziyi
style=background:#FFFF2F;8 style=background:#FFFF2F;小鬼 Xiao Gui
style=background:#FFFF2F;9 style=background:#FFFF2F;尤长靖 You Zhangjing
10 毕雯珺 Bi Wenjun
11 钱正昊 Qian Zhenghao
12 卜凡 Bu Fan
13 李希侃 Li Xikan
14 朱星杰 Zhu Xingjie
15 灵超 Ling Chao
16 郑锐彬 Zheng Ruibin
17 Jeffrey
18 秦奋 Qin Fen
19 林超泽 Lin Chaoze
20 徐圣恩 Xu Shengen

Contestants

Color key

CompanyContestant
NameNationalityAgeGrade[5] Ranking
12E02E03E04 (Live Votes)E05E06E07 (Live votes)E08E09 (Live votes)E10E12
Banana Entertainment(香蕉娱乐)align=center style=background:#F9E7E7;Lin Yanjun
(林彦俊)
Republic of China (Taiwan)22CD31275128191922611style=background:#F9E7E75
align=center style=background:#F9E7E7;You Zhangjing
(尤长靖)
Malaysia23BA69133410103style=background:#99CCFF810style=background:#99CCFF8style=background:#F9E7E79
style=background:#FFCC99;Lin Chaoze
(林超泽)
China21AA32203514143616321519
style=background:#FFFF99;Lu Dinghao
(陸定昊)
China22CC393493036383127Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Bei Honglin
(贝汯璘)
Republic of China (Taiwan)21CB333720374549Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Jiang Jingzuo
(姜京佐)
China20CC596012Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Li Ruotian
(李若天)
China20CF556454Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Qiu Zhixie
(邱治谐)
Republic of China (Taiwan)24CC969589Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Gao Maotong
(高茂桐)
China17CD465322Eliminated
Yuehua Entertainment(乐华娱乐)align=center style=background:#F9E7E7;Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
China17DDstyle=background:#99CCFF3style=background:#99CCFF35style=background:#99CCFF3style=background:#99CCFF31style=background:#99CCFF35style=background:#99CCFF3style=background:#F9E7E73
align=center style=background:#F9E7E7;Justin
(黄明昊)[6]
China15ABstyle=background:#99CCFF4style=background:#99CCFF47style=background:#99CCFF4style=background:#99CCFF28style=background:#99CCFF22style=background:#99CCFF4style=background:#F9E7E74
align=center style=background:#F9E7E7;Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)[7]
China21AAstyle=background:#99CCFF5style=background:#99CCFF52style=background:#99CCFF5style=background:#99CCFF42style=background:#99CCFF43 style=background:#99CCFF7 style=background:#F9E7E76
style=background:#FFCC99;Bi Wenjun
(毕雯珺)
China20DD1525172627327161210
style=background:#FFFF99;Ding Zeren
(丁泽仁)
China18AB172153202151913Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Li Quanzhe
(李权哲)
China17FB243074style=background:#99CCFF8style=background:#99CCFF9141223Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Huang Xinchun
(黃新淳)
China19FF2229523325102931Eliminated
Mavericks Entertainment(麦锐娱乐)style=background:#FFCC99;Li Xikan
(李希侃)
China19DC20281029323017101813
style=background:#FFFF99;Luo Zheng
(罗正)
China22FF455043429322429Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Yu Mingjun
(余明君)
China19DD2132214640503432Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Lu Chenyu
(呂晨瑜)
China19DF667443Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Deng Langyi
(邓烺怡)
China22FC425445Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Sun Fanjie
(孙凡杰)
China20FD889478Eliminated
MERCURY NATION(辰星娱乐)style=background:#FFCC99;Xu Shengen
(徐圣恩)
China21CD67737754423528321920
style=background:#99FF99;Jia Li
(伽里)
China17CD816991515856Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;J-ONE
(姜祎)
China21CF859148Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Rapen
(罗仁麒)
China21CF647194Eliminated
Simply Joy Music(简单快乐音乐)align=center style=background:#F9E7E7;Wang Ziyi
(王子异)
China21AB14192511style=background:#99CCFF828style=background:#99CCFF78style=background:#99CCFF5style=background:#F9E7E77
style=background:#CCCCCC;Sun Haoran
(孙浩然)
China23BF655936Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Lin Haokai
(林浩楷)
China19BF576541Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Li Zhijie
(李志杰)
China23BD949632Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Jin Yihan
(金逸涵)
Portugal15BF546875Eliminated
Shiningstar(新锐杂志)style=background:#CCCCCC;Wan Yuxian
(万宇贤)
China22CC958726Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Ying Zhiyue
(应智越)
Hong Kong24CD879067Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Zhao Yuche
(赵俞澈)
China22DD937860Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Zhu Yuntian
(朱匀天)
China22DD634718535611Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Zhu Yunyi
(朱匀一)
China22DD614515505560Eliminated
Summer Star(盛夏星空)style=background:#99FF99;Chen Minghao
(陈名豪)
China23FF294256475713Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Zhang Dayuan
(张达源)
China21FF795711354852Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Wang Zihao
(王梓豪)
China21CD908872Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Wang Yilong
(王艺龙)
China24DC777614575931Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Yang Feitong
(杨非同)
China23DD868934933373027Eliminated
OACA(觉醒东方)style=background:#FFCC99;Qin Fen
(秦奋)[8]
China26BF1310591312911201718
style=background:#FFFF99;Han Mubo
(韩沐伯)
China26CC1211711924222124Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Jing Peiyao
(靖佩瑶)
China21CF434068454625Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Qin Zimo
(秦子墨)
China23DF283527414729Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Zuo Ye
(左叶)
China16FD181876224153Eliminated
Qin's Entertainment(坤音娱乐)style=background:#FFFF99;Yue Yue
(岳岳)
China25CD4022812117231818Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Mu Ziyang
(木子洋)
China23CF532370241620207Eliminated
style=background:#FFCC99;Bu Fan
(卜凡)
China21CFstyle=background:#99CCFF9style=background:#99CCFF862style=background:#99CCFF7style=background:#99CCFF7211013style=background:#99CCFF912
style=background:#FFCC99;Ling Chao
(灵超)
China17CD231761161117style=background:#99CCFF9121315
Boyi Culture(铂熠文化)style=background:#CCCCCC;Zhang Xin
(张昕)
ChinaUnknownFC919395Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Ye Hongxi
(叶泓希)
ChinaUnknownFC899288Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Zhang Yixuan
(张奕轩)
China19CB747738564347Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Ling Qi
(凌崎)
China15CD516283524458Eliminated
SSTAR(星焕文化)style=background:#CCCCCC;Zhang Yuchen
(张宇晨)
China17FD828529Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Luo Jie
(罗杰)
ChinaUnknownDC687533Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;He Jiageng
(何嘉庚)
China18FD526637Eliminated
CNC(超能唱片)style=background:#99FF99;Qin Junyi
(覃俊毅)
China20CF485179433448Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Wu Lianjie
(武連杰)
China21FC475224423557Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Lou Zibo
(娄滋博)
China17DC6058634430123229Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Li Rang
(李让)
China24CD2636423631503524Eliminated
Asian Idol Factory Entertainment(A.I.F娱乐/亚洲偶像工厂)style=background:#CCCCCC;Zhang Yifan
(张艺凡)
ChinaUnknownBA848450Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Traple
(赵凌峰)
China25CD979793Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Hook
(于浩)
China23CF808197Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Yang Yi
(杨羿)
China20BC838699Eliminated
Gramarie Entertainment(果然娱乐)align=center style=background:#F9E7E7;Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
China18BBstyle=background:#99CCFF7style=background:#99CCFF658style=background:#99CCFF6style=background:#99CCFF66style=background:#99CCFF69style=background:#99CCFF6style=background:#F9E7E78
style=background:#CCCCCC;Zhang Yankai
(张晏恺)
China16CF717255Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Zhou Yanchen
(周彦辰)
China21BB2731232718271421Eliminated
style=background:#FFCC99;Zhu Xingjie
(朱星杰)
China23BB1615615152413131414
Dimensions Multimedia(次元文化)style=background:#99FF99;Chen Siqi
(陈斯琪)
China22DC353857395146Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Xu Heni
(徐鶴尼)
China19CF766328Eliminated
Hong Yi Entertainment(红熠文化)style=background:#99FF99;Li Changgeng
(李长庚)
China21DD192686385033Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;He Dongdong
(何东东)
China21DFstyle=background:#99CCFF6style=background:#99CCFF716style=background:#99CCFF928553335Eliminated
Levent Entertainment(乐风艺社)style=background:#CCCCCC;Min Zhexiang
(闵喆祥)
China21CC999813Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Chen Yifu
(陈义夫)
China16BF374673Eliminated
Super Jet Entertainment(捷特联合)style=background:#99FF99;Han Yongjie
(韩雍杰)
China19FD344331405244Eliminated
Young Culture(亚歌文化)style=background:#FFCC99;Qian Zhenghao
(钱正昊)
China17BF70126517201826241011
Wild Fire Entertainment (野火娱乐)style=background:#99FF99;Jack Hsu Kaihao
(许凯皓)
Republic of China (Taiwan)25BC111482233954Eliminated
NewStyle Media(新湃传媒)style=background:#CCCCCC;Yu Bin
(于斌)[9]
China26FD504987Eliminated
Emperor Entertainment Group(英皇娱乐)style=background:#99FF99;Ming Peng
(明鵬)
China23FD384430485345Eliminated
Ciwen Media (慈文传媒)style=background:#99FF99;Dong Yanlei
(董岩磊)
China21FF101696182642Eliminated
A Legend Star Entertainment(传奇星娱乐)align=center style=background:#F9E7E7;Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Republic of China (Taiwan)17ACstyle=background:#99CCFF1style=background:#99CCFF21style=background:#99CCFF2style=background:#99CCFF534style=background:#99CCFF54style=background:#99CCFF2style=background:#F9E7E72
Huayi Brothers(华谊兄弟)style=background:#FFCC99;Zheng Ruibin
(郑锐彬)
China21BA41393925231625162016
style=background:#FFCC99;Jeffrey Tung
(董又霖)
Republic of China (Taiwan)22BDstyle=background:#99CCFF8style=background:#99CCFF96912132615181617
Hua Ying Yi Xing(华影艺星)style=background:#99FF99;Huang Shuhao
(黄书豪)
Thailand23DF5624 64323741Eliminated
Tianjin Broadcasting (天津中视)style=background:#CCCCCC;Zhu Yiwen
(朱一文)
China24BF736144Eliminated
Sparkling Culture(點星文化)style=background:#99FF99;Hu Zhibang
(胡致邦)
China20FD445666593842Eliminated
Individual Traineealign=center style=background:#F9E7E7;Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)[10]
China19AAstyle=background:#99CCFF2style=background:#99CCFF18style=background:#99CCFF1style=background:#99CCFF115style=background:#99CCFF11style=background:#99CCFF1style=background:#F9E7E71
style=background:#CCCCCC;Zhou Tengyang
(周腾阳)
China23CF928340Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Huang Ruohan
(黃若涵)
China19CF728298Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Gan Jun
(甘俊)
China23BD626780Eliminated
style=background:#CCCCCC;Hou Haoran
(侯浩然)
China22CF758049Eliminated
style=background:#99FF99;Li Junyi
(李俊毅)
China25BA787990554940Eliminated
style=background:#FFFF99;Zhou Rui
(周锐)
China25DB495546312272325Eliminated
Withdrawn Contestants
MLody Studio(MLody工作室)Jiang Dahe
(姜达赫)
China19DF304147586059Left the show, rumored to have left due to an injury[11]
Joy Star(臻星娱乐)Liang Hui
(梁輝)[12]
China22DF364819605439Left the show, rumored to have done fake votes
SSTAR(星焕文化)Li Xinyan
(李鑫岩)
China19FF587084Medical retirement, was diagnosed with myocarditis[13]
MERCURY NATION(辰星娱乐)Gigel
(张津铭)
China21CD253392Disciplinary expulsion, involved in violence with each other, thus breaking ground rules[14]
Wang Youchen
(王宥辰)
ChinaUnknownCF989985
Individual TraineeSong Shuijiao
(宋睡覺)
ChinaUnknownBFLeft the show, controversial video from the past surfaced[15]

Top 9

E02E03E04 (Live votes)E05E06E07 (Live votes)E08E09 (Live votes)E10E12
1Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
2Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Justin
(黄明昊)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Justin
(黄明昊)
Justin
(黄明昊)
Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Chen Linong
(陈立农)
3Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Yang Feitong
(杨非同)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Bi Wenjun & You Zhang Jin
(毕雯珺 & 尤长靖)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
4Justin
(黄明昊)
Justin
(黄明昊)
Luo Zheng
(罗正)
Justin
(黄明昊)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Justin
(黄明昊)
Justin
(黄明昊)
5Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Ding Zeren
(丁泽仁)
Chen Linong
(陈立农)
Fan Chengcheng
(范丞丞)
Wang Ziyi
(王子异)
Lin Yanjun
(林彦俊)
6He Dongdong
(何东东)
Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
Zhu Xingjie
(朱星杰)
Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
Lin Yanjun
(林彦俊)
Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
7Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
He Dongdong
(何东东)
Justin
(黄明昊)
Bu Fan
(卜凡)
Bu Fan
(卜凡)
Zhou Rui
(周锐)
Wang Ziyi
(王子异)
Mu Ziyang
(木子洋)
Zhu Zhengting
(朱正廷)
Wang Ziyi
(王子异)
8JeffreyBu Fan
(卜凡)
Cai Xukun
(蔡徐坤)
Li Quanzhe
(李权哲)
Wang Ziyi
(王子异)
Justin
(黄明昊)
You Zhangjing
(尤长靖)
Wang Ziyi
(王子异)
You Zhangjing
(尤长靖)
Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
9Bu Fan
(卜凡)
Jeffrey Lu Dinghao
(陸定昊)
He Dongdong
(何东东)
Li Quanzhe
(李权哲)
Qin Fen
(秦奋)
Ling Chao
(灵超)
Xiao Gui
(小鬼)
Bu Fan
(卜凡)
You Zhangjing
(尤长靖)

Elimination chart

Color key

      Debut member
      Contestant eliminated in the final episode
      Contestant eliminated in the third elimination round
      Contestant eliminated in the second elimination round
      Contestant eliminated in the first elimination round
      Contestant left the show
Idol Producer Contestants
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)Chen Linong (陈立农)Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)Justin Huang (黄明昊)Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)Wang Ziyi (王子异)Xiao Gui (小鬼)You Zhangjing (尤长靖)Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)Bu Fan (卜凡)Li Xikan (李希侃)Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)Ling Chao (灵超)
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)Jeffrey Tung (董又霖)Qin Fen (秦奋)Lin Chaoze (林超泽)Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)Mu Ziyang (木子洋)Li Quanzhe (李权哲)Han Mubo (韩沐伯)Zhou Rui (周锐)
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)Yue Yue (岳岳)Yang Feitong (杨非同)Lou Zibo (娄滋博)Luo Zheng (罗正)
Lu Dinghao (陸定昊)Huang Xinchun (黃新淳)He Dongdong (何东东)Li Rang (李让)Yu Mingjun (余明君)
Zuo Ye (左叶)Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)Wu Lianjie (武連杰)Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)Jack Hsu Kaihao (许凯皓) Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)Ling Qi (凌崎)Li Junyi (李俊毅)
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)Chen Minghao (陈名豪)Bei Honglin (貝汯璘)Li Changgeng (李长庚)Zhang Dayuan (张达源)
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)Ming Peng (明鵬)Jia Li (伽里)Liang Hui (梁輝)Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)
Jiang Jingzuo (姜京佐)Chen Yifu (陈义夫)Yu Bin (于斌)Gao Maotong (高茂桐)Deng Langyi (邓烺怡)
Sun Haoran (孙浩然)Zhu Yiwen (朱一文)Xu Heni (徐鶴尼)Li Ruotian (李若天)Lin Haokai (林浩楷)
He Jiageng (何嘉庚)Gan Jun (甘俊)Jin Yihan (金逸涵)Rapen (罗仁麒)Zhang Yankai (张晏恺)
Lu Chenyu (呂晨瑜)Luo Jie (罗杰)Zhao Yuche (赵俞澈)Hou Haoran (侯浩然)Yu Hao (于浩)
Huang Ruohan (黃若涵)Zhou Tengyang (周腾阳)Zhang Yifan (张艺凡)Zhang Yuchen (张宇晨)Yang Yi (杨羿)
Wan Yuxian (万宇贤)Wang Zihao (王梓豪)Ying Zhiyue (应智越)J-ONEYe Hongxi (叶泓希)
Zhang Xin (张昕)Sun Fanjie (孙凡杰)Qiu Zhixie (邱治谐)Li Zhijie (李志杰)Zhao Lingfeng (赵凌峰)
Min Zhexiang (闵喆祥)GigelLi Xinyan (李鑫岩)Wang Youchen (王宥辰)Song Shuijiao (宋睡覺)

Production

Idol Producer is jointly created and produced by iQIYI and Beijing Caviar Communications, a television production start-up founded and headed by ex-HBS employee-turned-executive Lei Ying.[16]

Chief producer Jiang Bin has previously produced many well known reality talent shows including S-style Show, I Supermodel and Road to the Runway. The show recruited Cheng Gang, the chief director of Super Boy and Tan Yan, the visual director of I Am a Singer.[17]

The coaches for the series were introduced through posters, which were uploaded online. On December 17, 2017, a press conference was held where coaches Lay Zhang, Jackson Wang, Cheng Xiao, Zhou Jieqiong and MC Jin attended.[18] On February 3, 2018, a total of 21 contestants were invited by Lay Zhang to guest star on Chinese variety show, Happy Camp.[19]

Reception

The first episode of the show garnered over 100 million viewers within the first hour of broadcast on iQiyi.[20] Lay Zhang was remarked for his scrutiny towards the contestants during their performances.[21]

Discography

Singles

Controversy

Copyright

The show has been accused of plagiarizing the format of South Korean talent show Produce 101. The head of formats and development at Mnet, Jin Woo Hwang claimed that “People in our company were shocked because it wasn’t just a similar show – it was almost a duplicate show.”[22]

The Format Recognition and Protection Association revealed results of its comparative analysis of “Idol Producer,” launched by China's iQiyi in January 2018 and South Korean company CJ E&M, the production company of “Produce 101”, which launched in 2016. The analysis concluded that the Chinese show scored 88% on FRAPA's scale of infringement when compared with the Korean show – it was the highest score ever recorded for an alleged infringement.[23]

Misconduct

Individual trainee Song Shuijiao was forced to leave Idol Producer due to verbal misconduct degrading women widespread over the internet.[24] The trainee participated in the filming of the first episode, but was subsequently edited out prior to the broadcast.

Young Culture's Qian Zhenghao was found to have violated dormitory regulations by eating hot pot in the dormitory late at night.[25] A handwritten letter of apology was posted on the official Idol Producer dormitory Sina Weibo account.[26]

Two of MERCURY NATION'S trainees, GIGEL and Wang Youchen, were removed from the show as disciplinary action for ground fighting in the dormitory.[27]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 偶练九人团出道!蔡徐坤范丞丞无悬念 林彦俊爆冷. 2018-04-06. Sina Corp. zh.
  2. News: EXO's Lay Takes on MC Role in Chinese Survival Program 'Idol Producer'. December 21, 2017. China Christian Daily. 2018-01-06. 2018-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106174224/http://chinachristiandaily.com/2017-12-21/culture/-exo-s-lay-takes-on-mc-role-in-chinese-survival-program--idol-producer-_6533.html. dead.
  3. News: 엑소 레이 "中 아이돌 서바이벌 프로듀서, 부담감은 없다". December 17, 2017. Naver. ko.
  4. 3 contestants left the show before episode 5, one of whom left for medical reasons. Two trainees from Mercury Nation were later revealed to be expelled due to a backstage brawl.
  5. News: 《偶像练习生》第二期练习生等级名单reaso(图文). 2018-01-28. Zhongshan Happy Radio. zh. 2018-01-30. 2018-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204203/http://www.yulefm.com/xzns/2018-01-28/157098.html. dead.
  6. Former Produce 101 Contestant.
  7. Former Produce 101 Contestant.
  8. Former The Legend member.
  9. Former M4M member.
  10. Former Swin member.
  11. News: 《偶像练习生》姜达赫梁辉真的退赛了?. 2018-03-06. Sina Corp. zh.
  12. Former 24K member.
  13. Web site: 偶像练习生真是话题王了?拍摄地地震?又有练习生因病主动退赛. 2018-02-13. Sina Corp. zh.
  14. News: 《偶像练习生》2名练习生后台打架被迫退赛,张艺兴心好累啊!. February 10, 2018. Sina Corp. zh.
  15. News: Weibo Official Announcement of Contestant Leaving Idol Producer. 2017-12-26. Sina Corp. zh.
  16. Web site: 【专访】鱼子酱文化CEO雷瑛:《青春有你》之后,我们想创造真正的China Style. [Interview] Lei Ying, CEO of Caviar Culture: After "Youth With You", we want to create a real China Style. April 4, 2019. jiemian.com. zh. August 9, 2021.
  17. News: 张艺兴加盟《偶像练习生》 力推中国制造的全民男团. 2017-12-01. Guangming Daily. zh. 2018-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180624063943/http://e.gmw.cn/2017-12/01/content_26970062.htm. 2018-06-24. dead.
  18. News: Who to expect on 'Idol Producer', China's unofficial Produce 101 clone. January 2, 2018. Yahoo News.
  19. News: 张艺兴携21名"偶像练习生"上快本齐跳《SHEEP》. February 3, 2018. NetEase.
  20. News: 真人秀《偶像练习生》今晚开播. 2018-01-19. Phoenix TV. zh.
  21. News: 张艺兴化身严厉制作人训哭练习生,网友却集体夸赞艺兴做的好. 2018-01-09. Sohu. zh.
  22. News: Mnet 측 "中'우상연습생', '프듀' 유사성에 깊은 유감" [공식입장 전문]]. Sports DongA.
  23. News: Format Protection Body Backs Allegation of Copyright Infringement Against China's iQIYI. Variety.
  24. Web site: 宋睡觉退出《偶像练习生》 曾满嘴脏话侮辱女性偶像练习生范冰冰写歌_新浪娱乐_新浪网. Sina Corp. 22 January 2018 . 2018-04-17.
  25. Web site: 【钱正昊】钱正昊之火锅情缘. 爱奇艺-iqiyi.com. iQiYi. zh-CN. 2018-04-17.
  26. News: 偶像练习生钱正昊偷吃火锅被抓. 2018-03-06. Sina Corp. zh-CN.
  27. News: 偶像练习生打架的两位练习生被曝光!没想到有出轨快手网红的他!. Phoenix TV. 2018-02-10. zh-tw.