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Queendom was a 2019 reality television program on Mnet, hosted by Lee Da-hee and Jang Sung-kyu.
It premiered on August 29, 2019 and aired for 10 episodes, ending on October 31, 2019.
It featured established girl groups (and one soloist) competing against each other in order to "determine the real number one". Park Bom (formerly of 2NE1), AOA, Mamamoo, Lovelyz, Oh My Girl, and (G)I-DLE all took part in the competition.
Mamamoo was announced as the winner of Queendom on the tenth episode.
About the Show[]
Korea’s hottest K-pop idol singers face each other in the fiercest comeback battle! Without considering who has more experience or made their debut earlier, the groups will go against each other with their fascinating talents and performance ideas. Any group that ranks in the lowest position consecutively will face elimination. Who will make the greatest comeback? Don’t miss out on the greatest comeback battle, “Queendom”!
Contestants[]
| Group | Debut Date | Agency | Rounds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3A | 3B | Finale | |||
| Mamamoo | June 19, 2014 | RBW | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | Winner |
| Oh My Girl | April 20, 2015 | WM Entertainment | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd Place |
| (G)I-DLE | May 2, 2018 | Cube Entertainment | 1st | 6th | 4th | 4th | 3rd Place |
| AOA | August 9, 2012 | FNC Entertainment | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 4th Place |
| Lovelyz | November 17, 2014 | Woollim Entertainment | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th Place |
| Park Bom[Notes 1] | September 29, 2009 | D-Nation Entertainment | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th Place |
Rounds[]
The overall ranking are calculated out of maximum of 100,000 points for each act, and distributed based on:
- 3 preliminary performances (35,000 points)
- 1st preliminary performance – 10,000 points
- 2nd preliminary performance – 10,000 points
- 3rd preliminary performance – 15,000 points
- Digital points of the Comeback Singles performance (15,000 points)
- Calculated from the time of release till 23:59 (KST) on October 28, 2019.
- Text message votes of the Finale Live Comeback Stages – 50,000 points
- For the preliminary performances, if one act gets a 6th place twice, they will be eliminated from the show. This is also named the "Dishonored Step Down" (불명예 하차).
1st Round: "Representative Hit Song"[]
| In the first preliminary performances, the six acts each performs one of their hit songs, that is rearranged and different from their usual stages of the song. Before the performance, the six acts have ten minutes to arrange their cue sheet, which they must completed within the timing otherwise they will be deducted 1,000 points. They are also allowed to forcefully rearrange the orders.
For the first preliminary performances, the points breakdown are calculated out of maximum of 10,000 points for each act, and distributed based on:
with the Audience Judge Squad and the Special Judge Squad allowed to vote for two acts. The act that receives the most votes for the Special Judge Award will have all 2,000 points secured to themselves. For the assessment from the other Queendom acts, every act has to vote for an act that they believed to have performed better than them and also to have performed worse than them. A hidden rule is that an act also can choose not to vote (usually) for an act that is better than them. |
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| Order | Group | Song | Score | Total Score |
Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audience Score |
Special Score |
Self- Assessment | |||||
| 1 | Mamamoo | "Décalcomanie" | 6,468 | 0 | 715 | 7,183 | 2nd |
| 2 | Park Bom | "You and I" | 3,808 | 0 | 429 | 4,237 | 5th |
| 3 | Oh My Girl | "Secret Garden" | 6,100 | 0 | 286 | 6,386 | 3rd |
| 4 | (G)I-DLE | "LATATA" | 7,000 | 2,000 | 858 | 9,858 | 1st |
| 5 | Lovelyz | "Ah-Choo" | 3,071 | 0 | 572 | 3,643 | 6th |
| 6 | AOA | "Miniskirt" | 3,726 | 0 | 1,000 | 4,726 | 4th |
2nd Round: "Cover Song"[]
In the second preliminary performances, the six acts each performs a song from a fellow Queendom act, that is rearranged into a different style. Before the performance, the act that ranked first in the first preliminary performances get the priority to choose an act of their choice and cover of one of their songs in this round, the chosen act will also cover one of the songs from the chooser act. The same process is applied to the acts ranked second to sixth in the first preliminary performances, with the remaining two acts regardless of ranking that are not chosen becoming a pair to cover each other's songs. The act that ranked first in the first preliminary performances also get to arrange their cue sheet for this round. Each act must also perform a Queendom Quest, which are picked randomly, act that successfully completed the Queendom Quest, get one of the following benefits that are picked randomly:
For the second preliminary performances, the points breakdown are calculated out of maximum of 10,000 points for each act, and distributed based on:
with the Audience Judge Squad and the Special Judge Squad allowed to vote for two acts. The act that receives the most votes for the Special Judge Award will have all 2,000 points secured to themselves. For the assessment from the other Queendom acts, every act has to vote for an act that they believed to have performed better than them and also to have performed worse than them. A hidden rule is that an act also can choose not to vote (usually) for an act that is better than them. |
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| Order | Group | Song | Original Artist |
Score | Total Score |
Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audience Score |
Special Score |
Self- Assessment | ||||||
| 1 | Mamamoo | "Good Luck" | AOA | 7,000 | 0 | 667 | 7,667 | 2nd |
| 2 | AOA | "Egotistic" | Mamamoo | 6,368 | 0 | 556 | 6,924 | 3rd |
| 3 | Park Bom[Notes 2] | "HANN (Alone)" | (G)I-DLE | 4,381 | 0 | 556 | 4,937 | 5th |
| 4 | Oh My Girl | "Destiny" | Lovelyz | 6,955 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 9,955 | 1st |
| 5 | (G)I-DLE | "Fire" | 2NE1 | 4,246 | 0 | 223 | 4,469 | 6th |
| 6 | Lovelyz | "Sixth Sense"[Notes 3] | Brown Eyed Girls | 4,652 | 0 | 334 | 4,986 | 4th |
3rd Round[]
Part 1: "Unit Rounds"[]
| In part one of the third preliminary performances, the six acts each send a main vocalist and main dancer, to form a Vocal Unit and a Performance Unit. The vocal units will compete to gain points as a unit, while the performance unit will perform together but will compete for their respective groups' points. Before the performance, besides each act sending a main vocalist and a main dancer to the Queendom Workshop to practise for this round, the rest of the contestants would join the Queendom Workshop as supporters. During the Queendom Workshop, each of the Vocal Units would undergo intermediate check, there after all of the contestants will each vote a Vocal Unit they think would be ranked first in the actual performance. In addition, during the Queendom Workshop, a Queendom Quest between the six acts will be played, with the winning act of the Queendom Quest getting to choose the Special Judge Squad for part two of the third preliminary performances.
For part one of the third preliminary performances, the points breakdown are calculated out of maximum of 5,000 points for each act, and distributed based on:
The votes breakdown are calculated by the Audience Judge Squad who will each vote for their favorite Vocal Unit and favorite member of the Performance Unit. |
Vocal Units[]
| Order | Unit | Members | Song | Original Artist |
No. of Votes |
Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bom & Jjung | Park Bom | "Scarecrow" | Lee Hi | 124 | 1,500 | 2nd |
| Hyojung (Oh My Girl) | |||||||
| 2 | Ah Ah | Hyejeong (AOA) | "instagram" | DEAN | 104 | 500 | 3rd |
| Minnie ((G)I-DLE) | |||||||
| 3 | 95 | Hwasa (Mamamoo) | "wish you were gay"[Notes 4] | Billie Eilish | 260 | 2,500 | 1st |
| Kei (Lovelyz) |
Performance Unit[]
| Order | Unit | Members | Song | No. of Votes |
Points | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6puzzle | Yein (Lovelyz) | Lady Vengeance OST | "Power" (by Little Mix) | 101 | 2,296 | 4th |
| Soojin ((G)I-DLE) | "Señorita" (by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello) | 104 | 2,364 | 3rd | |||
| Chanmi (AOA) | "Strip" (by Little Mix | 47 | 1,068 | 5th | |||
| YooA (Oh My Girl) | "Smooth Criminal" (by Michael Jackson | 110 | 2,500 | 1st | |||
| Moonbyul (Mamamoo) | "Mirror" | 108 | 2,455 | 2nd | |||
| Eunji of Brave Girls[Notes 5] (Park Bom) | — | 19 | 432 | 6th | |||
Result of Unit Round[]
| Group | Points | Total Points | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vocal Unit | Performance Unit | |||
| Park Bom | 1,500 | 432 | 1,932 | 5th |
| AOA | 500 | 1,068 | 1,568 | 6th |
| Mamamoo | 2,500 | 2,455 | 4,955 | 1st |
| Lovelyz | 2,500 | 2,296 | 4,796 | 2nd |
| Oh My Girl | 1,500 | 2,500 | 4,000 | 3rd |
| (G)I-DLE | 500 | 2,364 | 2,864 | 4th |
Part 2: "Fan-dora's Box"[]
In part two of the third preliminary performances, the six acts will each perform a song suggested by the audience. For part two of the third preliminary performances, the points breakdown are calculated out of maximum of 10,000 points for each act, and distributed based on:
with the Audience Judge Squad and the Special Judge Squad allowed to vote for two acts. The act that receives the most votes for the Special Judge Award will have all 2,000 points secured to themselves. For the assessment from the other Queendom acts, every act has to vote for an act that they believed to have performed better than them and also to have performed worse than them. A hidden rule is that an act also can choose not to vote (usually) for an act that is better than them. |
| Order | Group | Song (Original Artist) |
Score | Total Score |
Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audience Score |
Special Score |
Self- Assessment | |||||
| 1 | (G)I-DLE | "Put It Straight" | 4,562 | 0 | 858 | 5,420 | 4th |
| 2 | Mamamoo | "I Miss You" | 4,657 | 0 | 1,000 | 5,657 | 3rd |
| 3 | AOA[Notes 6] | "I'm Jelly BABY" (AOA Cream) |
3,580 | 0 | 429 | 4,009 | 6th |
| "T4SA + Puss"[Notes 7] (Jimin) | |||||||
| 4 | Oh My Girl | "Twilight" | 7,000 | 0 | 572 | 7,572 | 1st |
| 5 | Lovelyz | "Cameo" | 3,136 | 2,000 | 572 | 5,708 | 2nd |
| 6 | Park Bom[Notes 8] | "EYES, NOSE, LIPS" (Taeyang) |
4,308 | 0 | 858 | 5,166 | 5th |
Result of 3rd Round[]
| Group | Points | Total Points | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Part 2 | |||
| Park Bom | 1,932 | 5,166 | 7,098 | 5th |
| AOA | 1,568 | 4,009 | 5,577 | 6th |
| Mamamoo | 4,955 | 5,657 | 10,612 | 2nd |
| Lovelyz | 4,796 | 5,708 | 10,504 | 3rd |
| Oh My Girl | 4,000 | 7,572 | 11,572 | 1st |
| (G)I-DLE | 2,864 | 5,420 | 8,284 | 4th |
Final Round: "Live Comeback Stages"[]
| In the finale live comeback stages, the six acts will each perform a newly produced song live. Before the performance, the act that ranked first in the third preliminary performances (Oh My Girl) get to arrange their cue sheet for the finale.
For the finale performances, the points are calculated out of a maximum of 50,000 points for each act, and is distributed based on votes from the general public through text message (live audience voting will not be conducted). The act with the most votes get 50,000 points, with the points for the remaining acts calculated in proportion to the number of votes received by the act who placed 1st. |
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| Order | Group | Song | Ranking (Digital) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AOA | "Sorry" | 4th |
| 2 | Lovelyz | "Moonlight" | 5th |
| 3 | Park Bom | "Wanna go back" | 6th |
| 4 | Oh My Girl | "Guerilla" | 2nd |
| 5 | (G)I-DLE | "LION" | 3rd |
| 6 | Mamamoo | "Destiny" | 1st |
Gallery[]
 To view the 'Queendom' gallery, click here.
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Videos[]
| To view the 'Queendom' video gallery, click here.
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Notes[]
- ↑ Although Park Bom had her solo debut on September 29, 2009, she had a prior debut as a member of the YG Entertainment girl group 2NE1 on May 6, 2009.
- ↑ Cheetah joined as a guest performer.
- ↑ Through Queendom Quest, Lovelyz picked the benefit "2nd Preliminary Performances Song Selection Free Pass" and therefore selected a song that is not by Oh My Girl.
- ↑ In order to cause confusion to the other vocal units, 95 performed Señorita (by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello) in the interim check.
- ↑ Through Queendom Quest, Park Bom picked the benefit "Staff Chance" and therefore chose Eunji as her representative.
- ↑ Member Seolhyun did not perform with the group due to scheduling conflicts.
- ↑ Lee Seung-hyub of N.Flying joined as a guest performer.
- ↑ Han Sun-chun joined as a guest performer.
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| Queendom | Gallery | Videos | ||
| Contestants | ||
| Mamamoo • Oh My Girl • (G)I-DLE • AOA • Lovelyz • Park Bom | ||
| Units | ||
| Bom & Jjung • Ah Ah • 95 • 6puzzle | ||
| Stages | ||
| Representative Hit Song | "Décalcomanie" • "You and I" • "Secret Garden" • "LATATA" • "Ah-Choo" • "Miniskirt" | |
| Cover Song | "Good Luck" • "Egotistic" • "HANN (Alone)" • "Destiny" • "Fire" • "Sixth Sense" | |
| Unit Rounds | Vocal | "Scarecrow" • "instagram" • "wish you were gay" |
| Performance | by 6puzzle | |
| Fan-dora's Box | "Put It Straight" • "I Miss You" • "I'm Jelly BABY + T4SA + Puss" • "Twilight" • "Cameo" • "EYES, NOSE, LIPS" | |
| Live Comeback | "Sorry" • "Moonlight" • "Wanna go back" • "Guerilla" • "LION" • "Destiny" | |