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| Genre: | Reality competition | ||||
| Director: | Lee Young-joo | ||||
| Presenter: | TVXQ | ||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||
| Num Episodes: | 10 | ||||
| Network: | Mnet |
Kingdom: Legendary War is a television program that aired on Mnet beginning on April 1, 2021, and ending on June 3, 2021. It is known as the male counterpart of Queendom, and the sequel of Road to Kingdom. During the finale on June 3, 2021, Stray Kids won the program, finishing in 1st place.[1]
The program is a battle behind six trending K-pop boy groups: BtoB, iKON, SF9, Ateez, The Boyz, Stray Kids.The program features 4 rounds of performances, with the final round being broadcast live.
The winner of the show will get a reality show specially for the winning boy group, plus a "Kingdom Week" special shows.
A preliminary competition, titled Road to Kingdom, aired from April 30 to June 18, 2020. The Boyz won the competition, securing a spot in Kingdom.[2] On December 6, through the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards, the first lineup for Kingdom was announced, and it consisted of Road to Kingdoms winner The Boyz, alongside Stray Kids and Ateez.[3] [4]
On January 22, 2021, Mnet confirmed that the hosts of the show would be TVXQ.[5] [6] Six days after, the network confirmed that iKON, SF9, and BtoB would join the lineup.[7]
On February 17, 2021, Mnet released the first trailer and announced a global live broadcast of the 100-second group introduction performances which is to be aired on February 23, 2021, via Mnet's YouTube channel.[8]
On March 16, 2021, Mnet released performance posters and announced a special stage featuring members from each group that was shown during the March 18 episode of M Countdown.[9]
The show was aired simulcast on Mnet Japan, AbemaTV in Japan and tvN Asia a day after the domestic broadcast.[10]
The final episode aired live and was live streamed on Mnet's YouTube channel.
The overall final ranking of the show is based on the following criteria:[11] [12]
The six boy groups will each perform one of their hit songs (that have won 1st place in a music show) for a 100-second performance that will best express themselves.
The six boy groups each perform one (or two) of their representative hit songs, which are rearranged and different from their usual stages of the song.
The six boy groups will exchange songs, perform and rearrange them into different styles.
The premise of "No Limit" is that there are no restrictions for the performances in this round. A total of 40,000 points will be awarded in this round.
This round will be divided into two parts. The first parts involves the six individual groups being sorted into two larger teams (selected by Ateez, the highest scoring team in the previous round in terms of the total points in experts' votes plus self-evaluation). Each large team then divides its members into three smaller units - a dance unit, a vocal unit, and a rap unit, based on each individual idol's specialty. The corresponding units in each group will go against each other over three rounds - dance, vocal, and rap. The winning group in each of the three rounds will earn 5,000 points, which will be evenly distributed. The awarding of points is solely based on which group won each round. A total of 15,000 points are up for grabs.
The second part will be back in individual groups, with a total of 25,000 points to be distributed, in the same way as the other rounds. However, for the idol group's self-evaluations, each group can only vote for two teams, instead of three in previous rounds.
The six boy groups will each perform a newly produced song live on the final episode. The new songs will be released digitally on May 28, 2021, at 12:00 (KST).
| Introduction Stage - 100 Seconds Performance (Episode 1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Artist | Performance name | Global Votes | Ranking | Points | Note(s) |
| 1 | Ateez | Wave Overture | 504,215 | 5th | 0.000 | The performances were aired via live stream on February 23, 2021, through Mnet's YouTube channel. Voting period was from February 23 to 27, and the results were announced during the first episode on April 1, 2021, for groups ranked 3 to 5. The groups ranked 1, 2, and 6 were revealed during the second episode on April 8, 2021. |
| 2 | BtoB | Beautiful Pain (Choir ver.) | 540,621 | 3rd | 0.000 | |
| 3 | SF9 | Good Guy (The Glory) | 533,458 | 4th | 0.000 | |
| 4 | Stray Kids | Miroh | 690,971 | 1st | 1,000.000 | |
| 5 | The Boyz | The Stealer (Epic ver.) | 573,026 | 2nd | 0.000 | |
| 6 | iKON | Rhythm Ta (Kingdom ver.) | 489,971 | 6th | 0.000 | |
| Round 1 - To The World (Episode 2 & 3) | |||||||||||||
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| Order | Artist | Performance name | Experts' vote | Self-evaluation | YouTube views | Global voting | Total points[14] | ||||||
| 1 | The Boyz | No Air (A Song of Ice and Fire) | 3 | 1,000.000 | 4 | 833.333 | 5 | Not Announced | 6 | Not Announced | 3rd | 3,142.066 | |
| 2 | iKON | Love Scenario & Killing Me (Kingdom ver.) | 5 | 333.333 | 5 | 555.556 | 2 | Not Announced | 3 | Not Announced | 5th | 2,747.719 | |
| 3 | BtoB | Missing You (Theatre ver.) | 5 | 333.333 | 2 | 1,111.111 | 4 | Not Announced | 4 | Not Announced | 4th | 2,969.431 | |
| 4 | Stray Kids | Jasin (Self's 'Character', Ghost 'God') | 2 | 1,333.333 | 2 | 1,111.111 | 1 | Not Announced | 1 | Not Announced | 1st | 4,679.776 | |
| 5 | Ateez | Symphony No.9 (From the Wonderland) | 1 | 1,555.556 | 1 | 1,388.889 | 3 | Not Announced | 5 | Not Announced | 2nd | 4,418.537 | |
| 6 | SF9 | Jealous | 4 | 444.444 | 6 | 0.000 | 6 | Not Announced | 2 | Not Announced | 6th | 2,042.471 | |
| Round 2 - RE-BORN (Episodes 4 & 5) | |||||||||||||
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| Order | Artist | Performance name | Original Artist | Experts' vote | Self-evaluation | YouTube views | Global voting | Total points | |||||
| 1 | SF9 | The Stealer (The Scene) | The Boyz | 4 | 747.126 | 2 | 1,388.889 | 6 | 144.425 | 5 | 1,213.682 | 1st | 3494.122 |
| 2 | The Boyz | O Sole Mio (The Red Wedding) | SF9 | 2 | 919.540 | 6 | 0.000 | 4 | 291.483 | 2 | 1,323.199 | 6th | 2,534.222 |
| 3 | iKON | Inception (iKON ver.) | Ateez | 3 | 862.069 | 4 | 833.333 | 2 | 403.639 | 4 | 1,280.600 | 4th | 3379.641 |
| 4 | Ateez | Rhythm Ta (The Awakening of Summer) | iKON | 1 | 1,321.839 | 1 | 833.333 | 3 | 305.001 | 6 | 1,146.890 | 3rd | 3607.063 |
| 5 | BtoB | Back Door | Stray Kids | 5 | 632.184 | 3 | 1,388.889 | 5 | 284.497 | 3 | 1,293.133 | 2nd | 3598.704 |
| 6 | Stray Kids | Pray (I'll Be Your Man) (Stray Kids ver.) | BtoB | 6 | 517.241 | 5 | 555.556 | 1 | 570.954 | 1 | 1,742.497 | 5th | 3386.248 |
| Round 3 "No Limit" (Part 1) - Unit Round (Episodes 7 & 8) | |||||||
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| Order | Unit | Artist | Performance name | Special Judges' votes | Total points | Ranking | Note(s) |
| Rap Units | 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). The special judges include the Super Junior members Shindong & Donghae, producer and CEO of BNM Rhymer, idol hitmaker Shinsadong Tiger, music critic Kim Youngdae, production team MonoTree, choreographer Lia Kim and idol group members of BDC, Weeekly, Tri.be and Mirae.[15] | ||||||
| 1 | It's One | Bobby (iKON) Sunwoo (The Boyz) Hwiyoung (SF9) | Full DaSH | 10 | 0.000 | 2nd | |
| 2 | Mayfly | Hongjoong (Ateez) Bang Chan, Changbin, Han (Stray Kids) Minhyuk (BtoB) | Colours | 23 | 5,000.000 | 1st | |
| Dance Units | |||||||
| 3 | It's One | Donghyuk (iKON) Juyeon (The Boyz) Taeyang (SF9) | King and Queen | 11 | 0.000 | 2nd | |
| 4 | Mayfly | Lee Know, Felix, I.N (Stray Kids) Wooyoung, San, Yunho, Yeosang, Seonghwa (Ateez) Peniel (BtoB) | Wolf | 22 | 5,000.000 | 1st | |
| Vocal Units | |||||||
| 5 | It's One | Sangyeon, New (The Boyz) Inseong, Jaeyoon (SF9) Ju-ne, Jinhwan (iKON) | Spark | 0 | 0.000 | 2nd | |
| 6 | Mayfly | Jongho (Ateez) Eunkwang (BtoB) Seungmin (Stray Kids) | Love Poem | 33 | 5,000.000 | 1st | |
| Round 3 "No Limit" (Part 2) (Episodes 8 & 9) | |||||||||||||
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| Order | Artist | Song | Experts' vote | Self-evaluation | YouTube views (Est.) | Global voting (Est.) | Total points | Note(s) | |||||
| 1 | iKON | "Classy Savage" | 5 | 462.963 | 5 | 1504.630 | 2 | 946.292 | 2 | 1,627.792 | 3rd | 4,078.717 | Featuring Lisa of Blackpink |
| 2 | Stray Kids | "God's Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" | 1 | 2083.333 | 2 | 3125.000 | 1 | 1,020.614 | 1 | 2,853.615 | 1st | 6,999.229 | — |
| 3 | BtoB | "Blue Moon (Cinema Ver)" | 4 | 578.704 | 3 | 2141.204 | 5 | 115.286 | 6 | 1,057.817 | 5th | 3,314.303 | Special Guest: Miyeon of (G)I-DLE |
| 4 | Ateez | "Answer: Ode To Joy" | 5 | 462.963 | 6 | 462.963 | 3 | 187.738 | 4 | 1,520.762 | 6th | 2,171.463 | Featuring La Poem |
| 5 | SF9 | "Move" | 2 | 1851.852 | 1 | 3414.352 | 6 | 84.995 | 3 | 1,555.675 | 2nd | 5,055.020 | — |
| 6 | The Boyz | "Monster (Stormborn)" | 3 | 810.185 | 4 | 1851.852 | 4 | 145.075 | 5 | 1,384.333 | 4th | 3,381.268 | — |
| Finale Live Comeback Stages "Who Is The King" (Episode 10) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Artist | Song | Digitals (40%) | Live Voting (60%) | Total Points | |||
| 1 | Ateez | "The Real" | 4 | 2,029.845 | 3 | 4,071.198 | 3rd | 6,101.043 |
| 2 | Stray Kids | "Wolfgang" | 2 | 4,509.424 | 1 | 13,298.363 | 1st | 17,807.787 |
| 3 | The Boyz | "Kingdom Come" | 1 | 8,345.829 | 2 | 6,560.112 | 2nd | 14,905.941 |
| 4 | BtoB | "Finale (Show and Prove)" | 3 | 2,724.731 | 4 | 2,669.953 | 4th | 5,394.683 |
| 5 | iKON | "At Ease" | 5 | 1,716.103 | 5 | 1,953.708 | 5th | 3,669.811 |
| 6 | SF9 | "Believer" | 6 | 674.068 | 6 | 1,446.667 | 6th | 2,120.735 |
| Special Performance | ||||||||
| King's Voice | "A Boy's Diary" | |||||||
| Points Summary | |||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Artist | Introduction Stage (1,000 points) | Round 1 (20,000 points) | Round 2 (20,000 points) | Round 3 (40,000 points) | Final Round (50,000 points) | Overall Points | ||||||||
| Part 1 (15,000) | Part 2 (25,000) | ||||||||||||||
| 1st | Stray Kids | 1 | 1,000.000 | 1 | 4,679.776 | 4 | 3,386.248 | 1 | 5,000.000 | 1 | 6,999.229 | 1 | 17,807.787 | 38,873.040 | |
| 2nd | The Boyz | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | 3,142.066 | 6 | 2,534.222 | 4 | 0.000 | 4 | 3,381.268 | 2 | 14,905.941 | 23,963.497 | |
| 3rd | Ateez | 5 | 0.000 | 2 | 4,418.537 | 1 | 3,607.063 | 1 | 5,000.000 | 6 | 2,171.463 | 3 | 6,101.043 | 21,298.106 | |
| 4th | BtoB | 3 | 0.000 | 4 | 2,969.431 | 2 | 3,598.704 | 1 | 5,000.000 | 5 | 3,314.303 | 4 | 5,394.683 | 20,277.121 | |
| 5th | iKON | 6 | 0.000 | 5 | 2,747.719 | 5 | 3,379.641 | 4 | 0.000 | 3 | 4,078.717 | 5 | 3,669.811 | 13,875.888 | |
| 6th | SF9 | 4 | 0.000 | 6 | 2,042.471 | 3 | 3,494.122 | 4 | 0.000 | 2 | 5,055.020 | 6 | 2,120.735 | 12,712.348 | |
| Point Accumulation | ||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Artist | After Introduction Stage | After Round 1 | After Round 2 | After Round 3 | After Final Round (Total) | ||||||||
| Part 1 | Part 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1st | Stray Kids | 1 | 1,000.000 | 1 | 5,679.776 | 1 | 9066.024 | 1 | 14066.024 | 1 | 21065.253 | 1 | 38,873.040 | |
| 2nd | The Boyz | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | 3,142.066 | 5 | 5676.288 | 5 | 5576.288 | 6 | 9057.556 | 2 | 23,963.497 | |
| 3rd | Ateez | 5 | 0.000 | 2 | 4,418.537 | 2 | 8025.600 | 2 | 13025.600 | 2 | 15197.063 | 3 | 21,298.106 | |
| 4th | BtoB | 3 | 0.000 | 4 | 2,969.431 | 3 | 6568.135 | 3 | 11568.135 | 3 | 14882.438 | 4 | 20,277.121 | |
| 5th | iKON | 6 | 0.000 | 5 | 2,747.719 | 4 | 6127.360 | 4 | 6127.360 | 5 | 10206.077 | 5 | 13,875.888 | |
| 6th | SF9 | 4 | 0.000 | 6 | 2,042.471 | 6 | 5536.593 | 6 | 6127.360 | 4 | 10591.613 | 6 | 12,712.348 | |