[Update] Mnet’s “Produce48” Episode 12 – THE FINAL EPISODE – Who will make the top 12?

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[STREAMING LINKS] 180831 ‘PRODUCE 48‘ EP.12 (FINALE), tune in tonight @ 8PM KST! (NOTE: For USA – 4:00 a.m. PST).

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Mnet’s “Produce48” final episode 12 will be broadcasting tonight in South Korea.

The show originally began with 48 trainees from South Korea (from CNC Entertainment, YGKPLUS, Cube Entertainment, FNC Entertainment, MNH Entertainment, RBW Entertainment, Million Market, Banana Culture Entertainment, Well Made Yedang, HOW Entertainment, Urban Works, YueHwa Entertainment, A Team, MMO Entertainment, MND17, FENT, Woollim Entertainment, Music Works, 8D Creative, WM Entertainment, Block Berry Creative, STARSHIP, STONE Music, PLEDIS and ZB Label) and 48 trainees from Japan (AKB48G: AKB48, AKB48 Team 8, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48 and NGT48, including AKB48 Kenkyuusei [trainees]),

The trainees were then trimmed down to 57 and in episode 8, the trainees were trimmed down to 30 trainees and in last week’s episode 11, the roster was trimmed down to the Top 20.  And now, with the finale, only the Top 12 will get to become members of the newly formed pop group.

Here is a trailer for the final episode:

Are you ready for the finale of “Produce48”, we definitely are!

8:11 KST

The show begins with everyone showing up for the first time to the set and signing the wall and self introductions.  Hard to believe it’s been nearly four months!

We are now seeing child videos and photos of the trainees and their initial interviews.

Wow they gave a nod to the fan dances on social media! Nice!

We will update this blog and also on Twitter!

8:18 KST

Host Lee Seung-gi going through the ranking of each member from last week.

The trainees perform “Naekoya” (Nekkoya) in front of a live audience!

They are joined by the eliminated trainees, audiences ia going wild!

One last shot of the group after the performance and they snuck in Yamada Noe with her new short hairstyle.

8:24 KST

Host Lee Seung-gi encouraging people to vote.

8:30 KST

The name of the group shall be IZONE

IZ = 12

ONE = 12 members who become ONE

8:34 KST

Choosing the vocalists for “앞으로 잘부탁해” (Please, take care of me!) – Produced by Pledis Han Sung Soo

From vocalists to dancing, we’re seeing how the group are gelling.

8:40 KST

Lee Chaeyon and Nako going for the center position?

Each of these trainees no doubt have a way to attract people to the camera.

Oh crap! Lee Chae Yeon with the B-Boy move! NICE!

8:46 KST

The group showing off their dance moves, trainers like it!

The other group dancing “반해버리잖아?” (You’re in love, aren’t you?) – Produced by Akimoto Yasushi and wow, this group has energy!

8:49 KST

Trainers now being introduced.  Eliminated trainees sitting and cheering for the trainers!  Nakanishi Chiyori and Yamade Noe are having fun!

8:53 KST

“앞으로 잘부탁해” (Please, take care of me!) team is watching their practicing video and must decide on a center.

Wow! Lee Chae Yeon looks to be a great center for this group.  Everyone beings a different vibe to the group but personally from my view point, Lee Chae Yeon has done the best.

Meanwhile, on Showroom Live – Taniguchi is live streaming her reaction to the #PRODUCE48FINALE

9:01 KST

“앞으로 잘부탁해” (Please, take care of me!) team and the center is between Stone Music’s Jo Yuri vs. WM’s Lee Chae Yeon!

9:04 KST

And the center is revealed as WM’s Lee Chae Yeon for Team “Please, Take Car of Me!”. #PRODUCE48FINALE
The group is now performing live!

WOW! JUST WOW!!!  They did a magnificent job!

9:11 KST

Viewers are encouraged to vote!

The #11-14 positions are among these four.

Kim Chaewon, Takeuchi Miyu, Honda Hitomi, Han Cho Won….who will be #11-#12?  Unfortunately, two will be eliminated.

9:15 KST

Now the next team for “반해버리잖아?” (You’re in love, aren’t you?) team is watching their practicing video and must decide on a center.

Choi Yena and Miyawaki Sakura…who will be center?

“반해버리잖아?” (You’re in love, aren’t you?) team – Choi Yena is decided as the center!

Wonderful performance!

Awesome, they have Han Cho Won and Kwon Eunbi belting the high notes!

Great reactions from the audience!

9:34 KST

The trainees go to their final meeting with their trainers.

The trainees are saying their gratitude to the trainers and we see their reactions (live).

Everyone laughing to Shiroma Miru’s drawing of the trainers.

9:40 KST

More encouragement for live voting.

Ahh cool!!!  The footage of Korean trainees flying to Japan at the AKB48 handshake!

Wow! So, the Korean trainees did not know they were going to Japan!  They just were loaded to the bus and were headed to the airport.

They communicated to the Japanese trainees of how they’ll make their official debut.

The Korean and Japanese are reuniting.  SO COOL!

And showing Yamada Noe introducing the group! Choi Yena’s face on seeing a large audience!

Wow!!!  We see some of the AKB48 seniors like Kashiwagi Yuki there for support!

We see the footage of the eliminated Japanese trainees reuniting with the Korean trainees of the Top 12! HOW COOL!  The behind-the-scenes footage we weren’t aware of!

9:49 KST

The group meet with producers and are recording a final song!

9:52 KST

The group now performing a new song live!  WONDERFUL SONG!!!  We are enjoying every minute of this FINALE!!! FANTASTIC!

To see the Top 20 on stage for the final time!

9:57 KST

This is it…everyone is teary eyed because the TOP 12 will be selected.  8 will be eliminated!

10:00 KST

HERE WE GO!

Everyone watching everyone’s audition videos and having a laugh!

10:05 KST

Everyone is now reading the letters that they wrote of what they expected from themselves and everyone is seen in tears, including eliminated trainees.

10:11 KST

Live voting continues right to the end!

10:14 KST

Final moments from the dorm room.  Many shed a lot of tears, many worked hard to get where they are today!

10:18 KST

The top 20 are now on stage… Who will make it into the top 12?

10:20 KST

Everyone being announced before the eliminations… How nerve-racking.

10:27 KST

The announcements begin!

Who will be #1 and #2 between HKT48’s Miyawaki Sakura vs. Starship Entertainment’s Jang Wonyoung?

11:32 KST

#12 will be between Han Cho Won – Cube and Lee Chaeyon – WM, Miyazaki Miho was #15 and Lee Ga. Eun was #14.

And #12 goes to…

A fancam video showing how much Miyawaki Sakura was praying for Lee Chaeyon to get #12 and how hard she was crying.

IZONE will be:

12.  Lee Chaeyon – WM (221,273 votes)

11. Kim Minju – Urban Works (227,061 votes)

10. Kim Chaewon – Woolim (238,192 votes)

9.   Honda Hitomi – AKB48 (240,418 votes)

8.  Kang Hyewon – 8D Creative (248,4232 votes)

7. Kwon Eunbi – Woolim (250,212 votes)

6.  Yabuki Nako – HKT48 (261,788 votes)

5.  Ahn Yunjin – Starship Entertainment (280,487 votes)

4.  Choi Yena – Yuehua (285,385 votes)

3.  Jo Yuri – Stone Entertainment (294,734 votes)

2.  Miyawaki Sakura – HKT48 (316,605 votes)

1.  Jang Wonyoung – Starship Entertainment (338,366 votes)

Eliminated:

20.  Shiroma Miru

19.  Park Hae Yoon

18.  Shitao Miu

17.  Takeuchi miyu

16.  Takahashi Juri

15.  Miyazaki Miho

14.  Lee Gaeun

13.  Han Cho Won

The series ends with everyone coming to congratulate the top 12.

“PRODUCE48″ has ended and the final 12 members of IZONE (pronounced as Eyez One”) have been selected.

While not everyone may agree with the voters, we’ll support the group.

What is more surprising is to see Lee Gaeun dropped to #14.  Many felt she was set, having been in the top 6 it seems for weeks and being #1 for several weeks.

I wasn’t sure how the final votes would be, especially through live voting.  As most fan voters often put the AKB48G members high up on top, it all came down to the live votes and the Korean audience who had hours to watch and vote.

We have said previous weeks that Takahashi Juri, Shiroma Miru, Shitao Miu, Takeuchi Miyu and Miyazaki Miho were unknowns.  Takahashi Juri often hovered outside the top 12.  Shiroma was always at the edge.  Shitao was gaining popularity for the last three weeks but she also hovered outside the top 12.

Takeuchi Miyu, I personally think episode 11 was possibly the undoing episode.  She had every right to want to stay at the top vocalist position but I guess how it came through in the episode, it didn’t seem as good.  But I look at it as the passion of a vocalist and she knew that it was the risk she wanted to take.  But she should be proud how far she made and her talent and writing skills will go far into the future.

Miyazaki Miho, so close but she has to be proud.  She came a long way and her dream to debut didn’t happen, but at #15, I’m still proud of her.

Not sure if because she’s an AKB48 veteran and also Lee Gaeun’s previous debut with After School affected things but their drop outside of the top 12 was surprising.  Some may see this as a Pledis curse as top trainees for season 2 of “Produce 101” and now season 3 of “Produce48” dropped to #14.

But I feel that the flack heading as far back as episode 10 was when Lee Gaeun cut Lee Chaeyeon for “Team I Am”.  Not only did the team get last place, nearly all four members dropped in their ratings especially Choi Yena and Ahn Yunjin quite badly, while Gaeun’s Pledis partner, Heo Yunjin was eliminated.

The rumors started circulating on social media  about how Lee Gaeun’s choice of words and cutting Lee Chaeyeon out of the team sent Chaeyon down the emotional spiral.  And many blamed Lee Gaeun.

Granted, in a show of solidarity, when the two came back from Japan, Lee Gaeun and Lee Chaeyeon were seen close together in photos.  But I feel the damage was done and Korean voters who saw the episode would remember what transpired.

If anything, while it sent Lee Chaeyeon into a downward spiral, we saw what would become one of the most amazing transformations as Lee Chaeyeon became the leader of her team, show viewers her amazing dancing skills but also her vocals.  And while she was emotionally fragile, viewers were touched that threw darkness, she had proven herself.

I give Miyawaki Sakura some props.  While some expected for her to run to congratulate Lee Chaeyon, she actually went to Lee Gaeun first.  They were the original #1-#2 punch and I thought that was cool on Sakura’s part.

Kang Hyewon is a surprise to most people.  She has said she doesn’t have much skill (singing/acting) but viewers have taken to her positively.  May it be visually or her motherly kindness around Sato Minami, Korean audiences were smitten by her.  Every group has one member they want to see grow from experience and we hope Kang Hyewon does well.

As for Ahn Yujin, the stress has been on her for weeks.  Having been in the top 3 and then literally seeing her votes drop and then last week, dropping outside of the top 12 must have been nerve racking.  But she can sing and dance, and glad to see her make it back into the top 12.

As for the Japanese trainees, I did foresee HKT48’s Miyawaki Sakura and Yabuki Nako debuting.  But AKB48 Team 8’s Honda Hitomi has always stayed in the #12-#11 spot without budging, so her votes were consistent and her jump to #9 was surprising but that goes to show, she has increased her fans in Korea!

But overall, we look forward to IZONE!!!

 

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