Yep, Boys Be Loud. I think it actually starts today. Next weeks stages look like theyll be cool which is fun. Feel free to comment below if you have any information to add. The episode opens with all groups marching out one by one, flanked by dramatic remixes of their signature songs. (by ATEEZ), SF9 Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. For years now, there has been a lack of diversity in genres/styles in male groups that need to be addressed. The prisoner/prison guard costuming worked well, even if it felt too predictable. Learn more about The Boyz, Introduction Stage: The Stealer (Epic Version), 1st Round: No Air (A Song of Ice and Fire), 2nd Round: O Sole Mio (The Red Wedding) (by SF9), Stray Kids iKON took the top spot for me. introduction stage, Round 1 (To The World) and Round 2 (Re-Born). I also give a good point to ATEEZ for singing live (even though I also need to immediately cancel my decision : why would you say Hakuna Matata so seriously ?). The Boyz have already proven themselves masters of these Kingdom stages, so they arguably have more to live up to that anybody else. The boyz and skz gave me the same feeling. Please do respect the time and effort the author put in compiling this profile. Just dont be surprised if a sentence stops mid-way through, replaced by a series of random characters. That might not be to their benefit in the context of a legendary war, but its a nice contrast to some of the younger groups who are still finding their way. Kind of remarkable how much worse this was compared to Road to Kingdom. I died when the wolf hand puppet shoved itself into the screen (1:39 on this video). "Kingdom" Reveals Fan Voting Results From Round 2 + Groups - Soompi Imagine being blinded by so called hate for YG that they dont even consider the artists hardwork and amazing performance. Kpop Discographies The show served as the male version of Queendom. They performed the song so well. Ive gotta say, Im a little surprised The Boyz managed to take the top spot. After twenty minutes, nothing has happened. Learn more about Stray Kids, 1st Round: (Gods Menu + Side Effect), 2nd Round: Pray (Ill Be Your Man) (by BTOB), ATEEZ Watch: "Kingdom" Reveals Initial Rankings For Round 1 - Soompi Stray Kids Hyunjin and ITZYs Yeji Similarities, Produce Camp 2021 (Chuang 2021) Contestants Profile and Facts. I was really looking forward to The Boyzs stage as their track was my favorite. Other Recaps: Episode One // Episode Two // Episode Three // Episode Four // Episode Five // Episode Six // Episode Seven // Episode Eight // Episode Nine. Its super awkward, with the camera weaving around as the guys stare intensely into space. 1st place: Stray Kids 4,679.776 They debuted on March 21, 2012, under CUBE Entertainment, making them the most senior group competing on Kingdom. Compared to many of the other groups, their use of the stage felt more constrained. But I like how they did it all with so much passion/energy. Its like a less-successful version of music theyve already released. iKONs Bobby probably summed it up best with this nonchalant quote: I am curious to see Nicks reaction if MNET reveals a new survival show. Too grudgy/overwhelming personally. Am I the only one that just really really really misses Queendom? I dont have many posts but I will hopefully have more in the future! 2nd place: SF9 2,136.015 points (747.126 + 1,388.889) ATEEZ , BTOB , iKON , SF9 , Stray Kids, and THE BOYZ are currently appearing on the show. I also like his black-painted nails. In terms of performance ATEEZ and Stray Kids impressed me the most. Personally, I feel like girl groups wind up being a bit more pigeonholed to their sounds and concept, so Queendom was a fantastic way of seeing them tackle something new, adapt another song to their own style, or showing off the talents of individual members that rarely get that opportunity in their own comebacks. Some members are better at maintaining this act than others, and of course Im instantly drawn to the ones who look most uncomfortable. Stray Kids. For example, many groups explore the rock concept but no one can make the sounds that is characteristic to the genre. MNET was the network partner of the show. Apart from Seungmin, they havent shown the kind of range Id hoped for. 3. I also forgot to add that I think The Boyzs performance was more for their fans directly. Some people were like oh, their vocals were off, but I like to hear them struggle tbh. ICYMI, the dramatic remixes of their signature songs were the songs they performed in Episode 1! Han takes his break alone, learning how to make coffee. ATEEZ enters, dressed in black. For self-evaluation, each boy group will hold 3 votes, and will vote for other boy groups other than their own group. (The bottom half are all pretty close to me.) The song built to a rousing, shout-along finale. Kingdom: Legendary War Episode One Recap andRanking, The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hJMSFIH7Cs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5iFHJECQWU, Song Review: J-Hope On The Street (with J.Cole), Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS StandingStill, The Top Three K-Pop Songs of February2023, Song Review: J-Hope - On The Street (with J. Cole), The Top Three K-Pop Songs of February 2023, The Bias List's Favorite Japanese Dramas of 2022, Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS - Standing Still, Follow The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion on WordPress.com. The two results make 50% of the score for Round 1. Im eager to see how they do. Anyways, hopefully theyll both be able to flip things around with the next round of performances, although quite honestly, no one deserves to be last. Sadly iKON came last, just because of some knetz and their hate for YGE for no apparant reason. The event also includes those sentimental video messages that tend to pop up during the last episodes of survival series. Let me feast on your scraps, Sweetune! In 2020, a preliminary show titled Road to Kingdom was aired. I think the producers missed an opportunity to switch up the staging. Last years Road to Kingdom was a bumpy road for sure, with one particular pothole that still has me feeling PTSD. Theyre still basking in that glory as they meet for drinks in what looks like a large, fancy greenhouse. I said I was going to try to remain neutral, but I cant pretend that Miroh wasnt my favorite song performed on this episode. Warning: This recap is not spoiler-free. But, the nice thing about being a seasoned group is that you know your strengths. From the beginning with Hwiyoung-Taeyang dance to the human tree to the Youngbin-Chani dance to Taeyangs spins. 1) omg they do a lot of jumping tricks, they need variety sometimes SF9 You need to sign in so you can join the quiz. i thought that i was gaslighting myself because no one was discussing Changbins rap, thank you for confirming! 1st place: ATEEZ 2,944.444 points (1,555.556 + 1,388.889) But they were both playing to some of their strengths so I understand their directions. I feel like the point of the show is to try new stages/styles. Its dejavu all over again. Stray Kids was great. Im not sure many of the performances tonight will have the same longevity. 6. Other Recaps: Episode Two // Episode Three. Learn more about SF9, Introduction Stage: Good Guy (The Glory I), 2nd Round: The Stealer (The Scene) (by The Boyz), The Boyz 1st place: Stray Kids 17,807.787 points My guess is Peh-nee-ell. Same! BTOB was masterclass. The Boyz used VCR probably to incorporate two members who couldnt dance and one member that was put on quarantine for two weeks. This show is organized in South Korea. BTOB 3. Show me a boy group that hasnt done an Im so edgy, smoldering, and serious concept at some point in their careers. Kingdom Legendary War 2021 Participants BtoB Proceed at your own risk! To relieve stress, fatigue and injury, the guys rent out Everland that amusement park you always see on Korean variety shows. This show was presented by TVXQ. Who is Who: Kpop Boy Groups ATEEZ Who is the idol that perfectly portrayed the villain Prince Uiseong in Under The Queens Umbrella? It couldve been so much grander, especially since this is supposed to be a legendary war. I know their music, of course, and like quite a lot of it. Kpop Boy Group Profiles Just not my favorite stages from either of them. Plus, the songs pretty good! 4. Change Consent | Kpopmap 2022. 5. Finally, TVXQ enter as hosts. During Mamamoos performance, they were just ooozing with stage presence and really knew how to work with an audience. 1. iKON. Idk the props and fur costumes also looked kind ofcheap? I feel bad that half of the votes will be controlled by fans. At least it was cool in the end. Thats just a loud version of boring.. Otherwise, it was primarily a dance showcase, much like last weeks Monster. They explore jazz but cant scat and likewise label it is as a concept. Why couldnt they have performed Take Me Home instead?!? 3rd place: BTOB 2,021.073 points (632.184 + 1,388.889) ATEEZ consists of 8 members: Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, and Jongho. It is entirely possible to remix a song without making it sound like slow, homogenous noise. Change Consent | Kpopmap 2022. Kingdom: Legendary War | Kpop Wiki | Fandom thank you for the recaps and reviews, ive really appreciated it as i wouldnt have been interested in the show if it werent for your reviews (and btob and ikon). It aired from April 1, 2021 to June 3, 2021. SF9 (zero votes from the competing teams, poor things!) Last week, "Kingdom" revealed half of the results for the preliminary battle, and at the beginning of this week's episode, the show announced that the winner was Stray Kids. There were 10 episodes. BTOB Theyve also developed a bit of an obsession with going up a notch during each rounds ranking, and theyve generally been successful in that aim. By the end of the 6th video, BTOB was the only one who stuck around. Learn more about ATEEZ, 1st Round: Symphony No.9 From The Wonderland, 2nd Round: Rhythm Ta (The Awakening of Summer) (by iKon ), Rankings / Results Okay okay. 2) They did have some badass moments in their performance which did elevate the song. Fans have been going wild for. Buuuut still wasnt my favorite stage of theirs. The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion, you can read what I thought about them here, https://www.youtube.com/c/chanwoo-sari/featured, Song Review: J-Hope On The Street (with J. Cole), Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS Standing Still, The Top Three K-Pop Songs of February 2023, Song Review: J-Hope - On The Street (with J. Cole), The Bias List's Favorite Japanese Dramas of 2022, Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS - Standing Still, Follow The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion on WordPress.com. I am baffled that so many people dont consider the top performance belonging to Stray Kids. 5. iKON 4th place: BtoB 5,394.684 points 5th place: iKON 888.889 points (333.333 + 555.556) Viewers will vote for their top 3 performances. Kingdom: Legendary War - Wikipedia Except for the final performing boy group, which is decided by prior voting by the groups themselves of who they expect will win first place in this introductory stage. I hope we see him in the next comeback (Im someone whos much more interested in restorative justice than terminable punishment. iKons greatest strength is their stage presence with live singing and rapping, but they didnt utilize that here. Kpop Quizzes Everything bodes well for Ateez and their future. Stray Kids consists of 8 members: BangChan, Lee Know,Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix,Seungmin, and I.N. But, alongside the rest of the acts, BTOB stands out in all the right ways. If you need/want to use info from our profile, please kindly put a link to this post. I was wondering if they would edit Yunho completely out of this episode, and Im glad they didnt. Darling daughter handed in her final essay for one class at 11:15pm, and the deadline was midnight. The industry needs better singers, musicians and composers not just dancers. According to current combined rankings for Round 1 and Round 2 . Everyone is performing while exhausted. Youd think these guys would be the underdogs of the show, based on the fact that they qualified for Road to Kingdom, but in the time between the two series, their sales have skyrocketed. (On a related note, my dorky friends from RTK ended up having the last laugh, so that PTSD pales in comparison to my pride as a fan.). BTOB was good, but I also wanted them to lean into the choir arrangement more. Not only does BTOB have the best song in the finale, theyve got the best performance as well. Mnet KINGDOM LEGENDARY WAR Episode 3 Ranking, Results, + Recap Its so overused and its so far away from November. Suggestions, Introduction Stage: 100 second performance of a song that won a Music Show, skzdhyn, sarayamelie, Kpop1098, Boakye Manu, SF9 Fighting, Hannah, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md4ghQRdLwk, [] (Choir Ver.) Anyway, part of this final rounds score (20,000 points) is dependent on how well these songs ranked on digital platforms. iKON got to go last because they were the group that most other groups thought would be the winners. Its like what Nick said about the latest Produce 101 season same thing, all over again. I loved the human sculpture that marked the mid-point of this performance, but other than that there wasnt a lot of imagery that stuck with me. I have my ranking. But, Ill brave all the rankings and re-rankings for you, because thats what I do. 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). Im celebrating on behalf of the warring groups, while also fuming at MNET for not making this decision last year. Keeping in mind that everyone is awfully exhausted and trying their very best for the show, the only thing we could do is to give support to every participating groups and hope that nothing worse will happen. Poor Rowoon was sidelined with an injury, making this SF8. Learn more about iKON, Introduction Stage: Rhythm Ta (Kingdom Version), 1st Round: Love Scenario & Killing Me (Kingdom version), 2nd Round: Inception (iKon Ver.) SF9 6th place: The Boyz 2,534.222, Voting details for the 2nd Round: And from the sound of it, theyve been able to make a few friends with members from other groups. And now because their is no audience, we rely on stuns, horrible lip-syncing, and visuals to get through it. Take Me Home wouldnt count as an original song for this round since its already been released. SF9 are probably the group I know the least about as personalities. Check back frequently for new reviews and commentary on everything K-Pop! Introduction Stage: 100 second performance of a song that won a Music Show (Ep. Im curious to what their next comeback is gonna be like and what life after Kingdom is going to be like. "" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. I really want mnet to at least have a limited audience outdoor or something follow COVID restrictions. i have my feelings about this, but mostly im just happy because i enjoyed the interactions and seungmins shine time throughout kingdoms run (plus skz won and theyre one of my favourite groups ever so) but like you said i really am excited to see where theyll go from here (and on a different note, i cant wait for hyunjin to return because as much as I enjoyed the amount of center time felix and minho finally got in his absence, he is a very significant part of this group so one can only hope that they keep up giving all the members of their dance line shine time as well as their vocalists), Also when they talked about changmins marriage??!!! Unlike RTK, I hope they just air all the performances for the round in one episode but considering they didnt reveal all the ranks this week I doubt that will be the case. How cool would their stint on Kingdom have been with all six remaining members? 5th place: iKon 3,669.811 points One roadblock out of the way for Queendom Season 2, god bless! I listened to it a few days ago and it sounded fine, but a lot like all the others. Kprofiles.com, (Special thanks to: skzdhyn, sarayamelie, Kpop1098, Boakye Manu, SF9 Fighting, Hannah). Have a great day! Kpop Facts showmanship and swag goes to iKon! (iKON) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1TJGwIMG4Y), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyggo5-kHhc, [] INCEPTION (iKON ver.) After that brief flourish, the rest of the song felt a bit underwhelming. The reaction to the results of the members and the speech of InSeong made viewers hearts ache.Inseong shared: Really, when I see the rankings, I feel very sad. as a big fan of the B.I. Funny, in the next episode youll see your fav group doing stunts and using props. 4th place: BTOB 2,969.431 They literally introduce each act several times. This segment ends where most Korean variety does: at the grill, stuffing mouths with meat. The performance just dont seem to come alive and they dont feel authentic to who the performers are. 4 K-Pop Idols Who Share The Name SunWoo/Sunoo. For too long, it just felt like they were jumping around without any real storytelling. Kingdom Legendary War is a TV program that was aired on 1st April 2021 and its final was on 3rd June 2021. I personally liked iKONs and BTOBs performance the best!!! Im excited for live vocals, and even more excited for their harmonies. Learn how your comment data is processed. Only then, we can have a plethora of songs with large vocal ranges. It was essentially a scaled-down version of a Eurovision performance. My humble opinion, it should be the exact opposite. 3rd place: THE BOYZ 1,833.333 points (1,000 + 833.333) The introduction performances will be streamed live through Mnet's YouTube channel on February 23, 2021. I swear, this mooyaho! disease is taking over. Oddly, their video starts with fashion, as the guys show us some of their favorite looks. The remix isnt bad, but I didnt like the blood part (cuz ew wtf) and the Hakuna Matata part. Finale (BTOB): (Almost a tie for first personally) Amazing, touching, just good song, good vibes. Side note: You said Their (sf9) Kingdom run has been hit or miss, but generally on the strong side. but on almost all rounds but one, you put them practically last? Stray kids won this competition. Kingdom Legendary War Winner 2021: Ranking & Results Reveals I really loved iKONs performance. The sequel to "Queendom," "Kingdom" is MNET's new survival show. I love watching groups actually enjoy their stages. At some points falling backwards isnt that interesting anymore and neither is this Im so cool grrr *stomp* *stomp*. Heres what the fans (and previous rankings) decided: 6. I am not a RTK/Kingdom watcher, so Im going to use these recaps to kindof see whats going on. BTOB Results Part 1 (25% Judges vote + 25% Groups vote) Isnt it a bit impressive or do they really think were not good enough?. The Kings Voice song, if Im not mistaken is actually a song for Kingdom (not a cover). And it was so cool to see all the boys shouting the groups name after the performance was over. Anyway, this is the master plan of the injured Younghoon, who couldnt participate in the last two Kingdom rounds. Viewers will vote for their top 3 performances. The ranking from the experts votes was released first followed by the votes from the self-evaluation. 10% video score, Kingdom: Legendary War: All Group Profiles: Judging from this first episode, I think Stray Kids and The Boyz are the most competitive groups. I just cant get into this song. I do think its impressive! ugh I sound like such a fanboy but while I am happy for Stray Kidz, there were so many moments I felt as if this would be so much cooler with Hyunjin. ATEEZ came in first place in both categories, while Stray Kids claimed second place alone in the expert judges evaluations and tied for second place with BTOB in the contestants votes. Just personal preference at that point. All their title songs are amazing though its a shame that they got their first win just recently since 2016, but its a great news to all Fantasys. 6. The process goes on until the final boy group and all performances have been completed. But, this time will surely be less dramatic. solo comeback, it is bittersweet to see iKon kinda strike out on Kingdom. Thats not to take away from Stray Kids, who are immensely talented and delivered some great performances as part of this series. I think it would be good to change things up for at least one episode. I liked their very first stage the most and then the Deadpool stage comes second for me. You made ranking based on the song not the whole performance. Would love your thoughts, please comment. ? How is that even explainable? I try to stan and support a lot! 1. Incorporating hip hop gentlemen was also dope which reminded fans that YGe swag aint dead yet. 3. Watch: "Kingdom" Reveals Initial Rankings For Round 3 - Soompi Stray Kids 40% domestic and global fan votes (on Whosfan app for Android for iOS) 1st place: Mayfly: Hongjoong (Ateez), Bang Chan, Changbin, Han (Stray Kids), Minhyuk (BtoB) Im with Nick, this week has been a bruiser, both kids had all their final school work due this week, plus my own work work. Second Half Of The Results Of "KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR" Round 1 But, I feel like Ive seen this stage before, and its just not what I tend to enjoy when it comes to K-pop. SF9 Then again, I think its dangerous to have too much of the vote be determined by global fans, making the series nothing more than a popularity contest. 4. Where did this exclamation originate? 6th place: The Boyz 919.540 points (919.540 + 0). (LogOut/ I did not expect edgy Wave to sound so good. 3rd place: BTOB 540,621 votes The show pits six K-pop boy groups against one another for the opportunity to be crowned K-pop's King. Kingdom Come (TBZ): Having half of it be VCR and an unmemorable choreography made them last for me. I know I am. Watch: "Kingdom" Reveals Full Results Of Introduction Battle - Soompi The last three performances by SKZ, TBZ and iKon are my top 3 performances. add a flip or aerial Its still super awkward knowing that he wont be a part of the show going forward. Last year's Road to Kingdom was a bumpy road for sure, with one particular pothole that still has me feeling PTSD.