Produce 48 Explained

Genre:Reality competition
Creator:Kim Young-bum
Director:Ahn Joonyoung
Presenter:Lee Seung-gi
Open Theme:"Nekkoya (Pick Me)" by all contestants
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Japanese
Num Episodes:12
Runtime:140โ€“160 minutes
240 minutes (Finale)
Channel:Mnet

Produce 48 is the third season of the South Korean reality competition series Produce 101. It was a large-scale project in which the public "produces" a girl group by voting for members out of a pool of 96 contestants from South Korea and Japan, as well as voting for the group's concept, name and debut single. The show was a collaboration between the Mnet series Produce 101 and the J-pop idol group AKB48. The winning 12 contestants, with no nationality caps, as voted only by Korean viewers, would promote as a group for two years and six months.[1] The show announced the final 12 members who made it into, as well as the official name of the group Iz*One during the finale on August 31, 2018.

Produced by AKATV (the company that also produced the second season of Produce 101) for Mnet, the show premiered on June 15, 2018, and concluded on August 31, 2018, with 12 episodes. It was directed and produced by Ahn Joon-young, who also directed the first two seasons of Produce 101.[2]

Following irregularities in the patterns of votes, an investigation into Mnet in 2019 found that Ahn and seven others had pre-determined the lineups of Produce 101 groups, and subsequently manipulated vote counts to favor certain contestants, in exchange for financial favors.[3] [4] Ahn and the show's executive producer, Kim Young-bum, were sentenced to prison in 2021 on charges of fraud and bribery.[5]

Concept and format

Produce 48 brought together 96 girls from idol groups and entertainment companies in Japan and South Korea to form a 12-person Korean-Japanese group that would promote for two and a half years.[6] Formed as a collaboration between Mnet and Yasushi Akimoto, the project planned to adopt the AKB48's concept of "idols you can meet and greet" and be able to perform in a designated theatre.[7] Members of the group are able to promote under their own agencies concurrently, as the show, and the groups' promotions thereafter, are recorded in batches.

The show started with 96 contestants, who were initially grouped into several classes. Episodic competitions were featured in which girls performed in teams on various songs, and were voted by the studio audience, with the winning teams receiving a number of bonus votes to apply to their overall vote count. The viewer-submitted votes were then applied and the girls were ranked, with certain episodes being elimination rounds to reduce the remaining number of contestants.

Of the 96 contestants, 57 of them were from South Korean idol groups and companies, and the other 39 were from Japanese idol groups, consisting of current members of AKB48 and their sister groups. The final 12 were selected regardless of nationality.[8]

Promotions and broadcast

The concept for Produce 48 was revealed at the 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Japan on November 29, 2017, following a joint performance by AKB48 and South Korean artists Weki Meki, Chungha, Pristin, Idol School and Fromis 9.[9] In February 2018, Mnet stated that it would not use the speculated format of having 48 girls from South Korea and 48 girls from Japan competing separately, or that six members of each country would be selected.[10]

The first teaser for the show was released on April 11, 2018.[11] On April 22, the series' theme song "Nekkoya (Pick Me)" (๋‚ด๊บผ์•ผ (Pick Me)) was recorded by the contestants of the show with HKT48's Sakura Miyawaki and Lee Ka-eun as center.[12] The winners of the previous series, I.O.I and Wanna One, made appearances at the recording.[13] Produce 48's contestants performed the theme song on Episode 570 of M Countdown in May 2018.[14] [15]

The show premiered on June 15, 2018, on Mnet in South Korea and Mnet Japan.[16] It is also being broadcast in Japan on BS Sky PerfecTV.[17] CJ E&M is also live streaming the series on their TVing Global service.[18] [19] The series was broadcast on tvN Asia in Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Cambodia and Myanmar where it premiered on June 21, 2018.[20]

Staff members

The series was presented by Lee Seung-gi.[21] Other artists featured as cast members:

One-day Dance Judge: Kahi (Episode 1-2)

One-day Healing Mentor: Bora (Episode 11)

Contestants

See main article: List of Produce 48 contestants.

Color key (In order of contestant's rank on the show)
      Final members of Iz*One
      Contestants eliminated in the finale
      Contestants eliminated in the third elimination round
      Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round
      Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round
      Contestants that left the show
96 contestants
Jang Won-young Sakura Miyawaki (ๅฎฎ่„‡ๅ’ฒ่‰ฏ)Jo Yu-ri Choi Ye-na An Yu-jin
Nako Yabuki (็Ÿขๅนๅฅˆๅญ)Kwon Eun-bi Kang Hye-won Hitomi Honda (ๆœฌ็”ฐไป็พŽ)Kim Chaewon
Kim Min-ju Lee Chae-yeon Han Cho-won Lee Ga-eun Miho Miyazaki (ๅฎฎๅดŽ็พŽ็ฉ‚)
Juri Takahashi (้ซ˜ๆฉ‹ๆœฑ้‡Œ)Miyu Takeuchi (็ซนๅ†…็พŽๅฎฅ)Miu Shitao (ไธ‹ๅฐพใฟใ†)Park Hae-yoon Miru Shiroma (็™ฝ้–“็พŽ็‘ )
Kim Na-young Sae Murase (ๆ‘็€ฌ็ด—่‹ฑ)Kim Do-ah Moe Goto (ๅพŒ่—ค่Œๅ’ฒ)Jang Gyu-ri
Huh Yunjin Kim Si-hyeon Wang Yiren Na Go-eun Lee Si-an
Go Yu-jin Son Eun-chae Erii Chiba (ๅƒ่‘‰ๆต้‡Œ)Mako Kojima (ๅฐๅถ‹็œŸๅญ)Yoon Hae-sol
Bae Eun-yeong Chiyori Nakanishi (ไธญ่ฅฟไปฃๆขจ)Tomu Muto (ๆญฆ่—คๅๅคข)Minami Sato (ไฝ่—ค็พŽๆณข)Saho Iwatate (ๅฒฉ็ซ‹ๆฒ™็ฉ‚)
Noe Yamada (ๅฑฑ็”ฐ้‡Ž็ตต)Nanami Asai (ๆต…ไบ•ไธƒๆตท)Kim So-hee Kim Min-seo Vivian Murakawa (ๆ‘ๅท็ท‹ๆ)
Kim Hyun-ah Kim Su-yun Lee Ha-eun Misaki Aramaki (่’ๅทป็พŽๅ’ฒ)Kim Cho-yeon
Lee Yu-jeong Aoi Motomura (ๆœฌๆ‘็ขงๅ”ฏ)Park Min-ji Yu Min-young Park Seo-young
Wang Ke Cho Ka-hyeon Jurina Matsui (ๆพไบ•็ ็†ๅฅˆ)Ikumi Nakano (ไธญ้‡Ž้ƒๆตท)Hwang So-yeon
Shin Su-hyun Kang Da-min Shinobu Mogi (่Œ‚ๆœจๅฟ)Erina Oda (ๅฐ็”ฐใˆใ‚Šใช)Yoon Eun-bin
Choi Yeon-soo Natsumi Matsuoka (ๆพๅฒก่œๆ‘˜)Park Chan-ju Park Jinny Kim Da-yeon
Rena Hasegawa (้•ท่ฐทๅท็Žฒๅฅˆ)Cho Ah-yeong Lee Seung-hyeon Yuuka Kato (ๅŠ ่—คๅค•ๅค)Kim Da-hye
Mina Imada (ไปŠ็”ฐ็พŽๅฅˆ)Serika Nagano (ๆฐธ้‡Ž่Šนไฝณ)Hong Ye-ji Lee Chae-jeong Park Ji-eun
Manami Ichikawa (ๅธ‚ๅทๆ„›็พŽ)Alex Christine Sae Kurihara (ๆ —ๅŽŸ็ด—่‹ฑ)Cho Yeong-in Yuka Asai (ๆต…ไบ•่ฃ•่ฏ)
Ahn Ye-won Kokoro Naiki (ๅ†…ๆœจๅฟ—)Kim Yu-bin Cho Sa-rang Choi So-eun
Ayana Shinozaki (็ฏ ๅดŽๅฝฉๅฅˆ)Won Seo-yeon Miku Tanaka (็”ฐไธญ็พŽไน…)Cocona Umeyama (ๆข…ๅฑฑๆ‹ๅ’Œ)Amane Tsukiashi (ๆœˆ่ถณๅคฉ้Ÿณ)
Azusa Uemura (ๆคๆ‘ๆข“)

Ranking

The top 12 contestants were chosen through popularity online voting (open internationally) at Produce 2020s homepage and audience's live voting. The results were shown at the end of each episode. This ranking determined the 12 trainees who would form the unit girl group.

Color key
Produce 48 Top 12!No.!Ep.1!Ep.2!Ep.3!Ep.5!Ep.8!Ep.9!Ep.11!Ep.12
1Sakura MiyawakiLee Ga-eun โ†‘4Lee Ga-eun =Lee Ga-eun =Jang Won-young โ†‘2Miho Miyazaki โ†‘24Sakura Miyawaki โ†‘1Jang Won-young โ†‘6
2Ahn Yu-jinAhn Yu-jin =Ahn Yu-jin =Ahn Yu-jin =Nako Yabuki โ†‘5Sakura Miyawaki โ†‘5Miho Miyazaki โ†“1Sakura Miyawaki โ†“1
3Jang Won-youngKwon Eun-bi โ†‘22Sakura Miyawaki โ†‘2 Jang Won-young โ†‘1Kang Hye-won โ†‘22Kang Hye-won =Lee Chae-yeon โ†‘9Jo Yu-ri โ†‘15
4Jurina MatsuiJang Won-young โ†“1Jang Won-young =Sakura Miyawaki โ†“1Ahn Yu-jin โ†“2Miyu Takeuchi โ†‘26Kang Hye-won โ†“1Choi Ye-na โ†‘12
5Lee Ga-eunSakura Miyawaki โ†“4Kwon Eun-bi โ†“2Kwon Eun-bi =Kwon Eun-bi =Lee Ga-eun โ†‘3Lee Ga-eun =Ahn Yu-jin โ†‘9
6Jang Gyu-riChoi Ye-na โ†‘1Moe Goto โ†‘2Moe Goto =Kim Min-ju โ†‘9Miu Shitao โ†‘16Miyu Takeuchi โ†“2Nako Yabuki โ†‘3
7Choi Ye-naWang Yi-ren โ†‘4Choi Ye-na โ†“1Nako Yabuki โ†‘9Sakura Miyawaki โ†“3Nako Yabuki โ†“5Jang Won-young โ†‘1Kwon Eun-bi โ†‘5
8Lee Si-anMoe Goto โ†‘8Miyu Takeuchi โ†‘3Wang Yi-ren โ†‘1Lee Ga-eun โ†“7Jang Won-young โ†“7Miru Shiroma โ†‘6Kang Hye-won โ†“4
9Miru ShiromaNoe Yamada โ†‘36Wang Yi-ren โ†“2Choi Ye-na โ†“2Han Cho-won โ†‘38Hitomi Honda โ†‘3Nako Yabuki โ†“2Hitomi Honda โ†‘2
10Jo Yu-riLee Chae-yeon โ†‘19Lee Chae-yeon =Lee Chae-yeon =Jo Yu-ri โ†‘9Ahn Yu-jin โ†“6Miu Shitao โ†“4Kim Chaewon โ†‘9
11Wang Yi-renMiyu Takeuchi โ†‘28Noe Yamada โ†“2Miyu Takeuchi โ†“3Huh Yunjin โ†‘11Kwon Eun-bi โ†“6Hitomi Honda โ†“2Kim Min-ju โ†‘4
12Mako KojimaJurina Matsui โ†“8Jurina Matsui =Hitomi Honda โ†‘10Hitomi Honda =Lee Chae-yeon โ†‘5Kwon Eun-bi โ†“1Lee Chae-yeon โ†“9

Result

See main article: Iz*One.

The finale was held on August 31, 2018, and was broadcast live. Lee Seung-gi announced the unit girl group name, IZ*ONE .

Episode 12 (Total votes)
Name Votes Company
1 338,366 Starship
2 316,105 HKT48
3 294,734 Stone Music
4 285,385 Yuehua
5 280,487 Starship
6 261,788 HKT48
7 250,212 Woollim
8 248,432 8D Creative
9 240,418 AKB48
10 238,192 Woollim
11 227,061 Urban Works
12 221,273 WM

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPN Hot
[22] 		JPN Dig
[23] 		US
World
[24]
30 Girls 6 Concepts
  • Released: August 18, 2018
  • Label: Stone Music Entertainment
  • Formats: Digital download
14 7 9
Produce 48 โ€“ Final
  • Released: September 1, 2018
  • Label: Stone Music Entertainment
  • Formats: Digital download
22 โ€” โ€”

Singles

TitleYearPeak positionsAlbum
KOR
[26] 		KOR
Hot 100
[27] 		JPN
Hot 100
"Pick Me" 2018โ€”โ€”โ€”
"Rollin' Rollin'"66 66 โ€”30 Girls 6 Concepts
"To Reach You" 57 61 โ€”
"Rumor"24 37 โ€”
"See You Again" 80 79 โ€”
"1000%"70 68 โ€”
"I Am"92 90 โ€”
"We Together" โ€” โ€” โ€”Produce 48 โ€“ Final
"Suki ni Nacchau Darล?" โ€” โ€” โ€”
"Yume wo Miteiru Aida" โ€” โ€” โ€”
"Yume wo Miteiru Aida" โ€” โ€” โ€”
"โ€”" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Ratings

In the table below,

the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Broadcast dateAverage audience share
AGB Nielsen
width=100 Nationwide[28] width=100 Seoul[29]
1June 15, 2018
2June 22, 20181.913%1.768%
3June 29, 20181.999%2.098%
4July 6, 20182.833%3.068%
5July 13, 20182.538%2.732%
6July 20, 20182.479%3.080%
7July 27, 20182.075%2.266%
8August 3, 20182.397%2.399%
9August 10, 20182.561%2.790%
10August 17, 20182.594%3.087%
11August 24, 20182.435%2.556%
12August 31, 2018
Average

Aftermath

Vote manipulation investigation

See main article: Mnet vote manipulation investigation.

Following allegations of electoral fraud on the final episode of Produce X 101, 272 viewers filed a lawsuit against Mnet.[75] [76] On August 20, 2019, a search warrant was issued on CJ E&M offices and a text voting company by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.[77] During their first search, the police uncovered voice recordings of the staff members discussing vote manipulation on the previous seasons of the show, resulting in them extending their investigation to all four seasons of the Produce 101 series[77] and Idol School.[78] On November 6, 2019, producers Ahn Joon-young and Kim Yong-bum were arrested.[79] During questioning, Ahn admitted to having manipulated the rankings for Produce 48 and Produce X 101.[80] Police also found that Ahn had been using services from adult entertainment establishments in Gangnam paid for by various talent agencies approximately 40 times beginning from the second half of 2018, estimating to .[80] On November 7, 2019, the police revealed that the final rankings of the top 20 trainees during Produce 48 and Produce X 101 had already been predetermined by the producers before the final performances were recorded and broadcast.[81] On November 18, 2020, the trial of appeals was held for the "Produce 101" series manipulation case. The court revealed that the fourth round of voting of the show was manipulated, with trainees Lee Gaeun (14th) and Han Chowon (13th) supposed to be in the 5th and 6th place, respectively.[82]

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