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Queendom Puzzle was a 2023 reality television program on Mnet, hosted by Taeyeon.
It premiered on June 13, 2023 and is airing for 10 episodes, ending on August 15, 2023.
It featured 28 already-debuted idols competing against each other in order to earn a spot in the 7-membered project group, EL7Z UP.
About the Show[]
On January 26, 2023, it was announced that the Queendom series would have a third season, but would be different from the previous two seasons.
The show will focus on forming a powerful global project girl group by taking members from currently promoting girl groups as well as solo female artists and putting them together like a puzzle. It will take on a completely new format from the pre-existing "Queendom" series, with individual competitions taking place rather than team ones.
Out of the initial 28 contestants, they will compete with performances to finally become a supergroup of seven members of a project girl group.
Contestants[]
Contestant (Group Associated) | Rounds | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Semi Finals |
Finals | ||
Before | After | ||||||
Yuki (Purple Kiss) | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Lost | 2nd | Won | Won | EL7Z UP Members |
Yeoreum (WJSN) | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Lost | 3rd | Won | Won | |
Yeeun | Tier 2 | Tier 1 | Lost | 3rd | Won | Won | |
Hwiseo (H1-KEY) | Tier 4 | Tier 1 | Won | 6th | Lost | Won | |
Kei | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Won | 4th | Won | Lost | |
Nana (woo!ah!) | Tier 4 | Tier 1 | Won | 1st | Won | Lost | |
Yeonhee (Rocket Punch) | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Lost | 5th | Lost | Lost | |
Dohwa | Tier 1 | Tier 3 | Won | 1st | Lost | Won | Failed |
Elly (Weki Meki) | Tier 4 | Tier 4 | Won | 2nd | Lost | Won | |
Suyun (Rocket Punch) | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Lost | 1st | Won | Lost | |
Wooyeon (woo!ah!) | Tier 4 | Tier 4 | Won | 3rd | Won | Lost | |
Jihan (Weeekly) | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Won | 1st | Won | Lost | |
Juri (Rocket Punch) | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Won | 2nd | Lost | Lost | |
Jiwoo (tripleS) | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Won | 2nd | Lost | Lost | |
Fye | Tier 4 | Tier 2 | Won | 6th | Lost | Won | Eliminated |
Zoa (Weeekly) | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Lost | 3rd | Won | Lost | |
Jiwon (Cherry Bullet) | Tier 3 | Tier 1 | Won | 5th | Won | Lost | |
Bora (Cherry Bullet) | Tier 3 | Tier 1 | Lost | 5th | Won | Lost | |
Riina (H1-KEY) | Tier 4 | Tier 3 | Lost | 6th | Won | Lost | |
Soojin (Weeekly) | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Lost | 2nd | Lost | Lost | |
Miru | Tier 4 | Tier 4 | Won | 3rd | Lost | Lost | |
Sangah (LIGHTSUM) | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Lost | 6th | Won | Eliminated | |
JooE | Tier 1 | Tier 4 | Lost | 2nd | Lost | ||
Soeun (Weeekly) | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Won | 4th | Lost | ||
Chaerin (Cherry Bullet) | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Lost | 5th | Lost | ||
Seoyeon (tripleS) | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Lost | 5th | Lost | ||
Lee Chaeyeon | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Left the show | ||||
Haein (LABOUM) | Tier 2 | Tier 4 |
Contestant | Episodes | ||||
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Ep.3 | Ep.7 | Ep.8 | Ep.9 | Finale | |
Hwiseo (H1-KEY) | No | 3rd | TOP 7 | 1st | 1st |
Nana (woo!ah!) | TOP 7 | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |
Yuki (Purple Kiss) | No | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | |
Kei | TOP 7 | 4th | 6th | 4th | |
Yeoreum (WJSN) | 2nd | 4th | 5th | ||
Yeonhee (Rocket Punch) | No | 11th | 7th | 6th | |
Yeeun | TOP 7 | 5th | 5th | 7th | |
Suyun (Rocket Punch) | No | 12th | Final Candidate | 12th | 8th |
Wooyeon (woo!ah!) | 13th | 13th | 9th | ||
Jihan (Weeekly) | TOP 7 | 6th | 11th | 10th | |
Elly (Weki Meki) | No | 19th | 8th | 11th | |
Juri (Rocket Punch) | 10th | 9th | 12th | ||
Jiwoo (tripleS) | 16th | 14th | 13th | ||
Dohwa | 17th | 10th | 14th | ||
Jiwon (Cherry Bullet) | TOP 7 | 9th | Eliminated Candidate | 15th | Eliminated |
Fye | No | 20th | 16th | ||
Miru | 18th | 17th | |||
Riina (H1-KEY) | 15th | 18th | |||
Zoa (Weeekly) | 14th | 19th | |||
Bora (Cherry Bullet) | TOP 7 | 8th | 20th | ||
Soojin (Weeekly) | No | 21st | 21st | ||
Sangah (LIGHTSUM) | 22nd | Eliminated | |||
Soeun (Weeekly) | 23rd | ||||
Seoyeon (tripleS) | 24th | ||||
JooE | 25th | ||||
Chaerin (Cherry Bullet) | 26th | ||||
Haein (LABOUM) | Left the show | ||||
Lee Chaeyeon |
Rank | First Voting | Second Voting | Final Voting | ||
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June 27, 2023[1] (as of 11 AM KST) |
July 25, 2023 | July 31, 2023[1] (as of 11:59:59 PM KST) |
August 8, 2023 | August 15, 2023 | |
1 | Bora | Nana | Hwiseo | Hwiseo (↑2) | Hwiseo (=) |
2 | Jihan | Yeoreum | Kei | Nana (↓1) | Nana (=) |
3 | Jiwon | Hwiseo (new) | Nana | Yuki (↑4) | Yuki (=) |
4 | Kei | Kei | Yeeun | Yeoreum (↓2) | Kei (↑2) |
5 | Nana | Yeeun | Yeonhee (new) | Yeeun (=) | Yeoreum (↓1) |
6 | Yeeun | Jihan | Yeoreum | Kei (↓2) | Yeonhee (↑1) |
7 | Yeoreum | Yuki (new) | Yuki | Yeonhee (↑4) | Yeeun (↓2) |
Rounds[]
The final group will be decided based on votes through the Mnet Plus application, where each voter choose 7 of the 26 contestants to vote as an ideal final group.
First Voting Period
- The voting period for every week began from the start of the episode, to 2 hours before the airing of the following episode. The entire voting period started from June 13, 2023, during the broadcast of Episode 1, and had concluded on July 25, 2023, 23:00 (KST).
- One new vote would be provided at the start of each episode, for 7 weeks. Hence, each voter would have a maximum of 7 votes throughout the show.
- All votes cast to each contestant would be accumulated throughout the voting period and will be reflected in the final results. The final voting results would be based on 50% for Korea and 50% for all other global regions.
Second Voting Period
- The votes in the first voting period would not be carried over to the second voting period.
- The voting period would begin from after Episode 7, to during the broadcast of the Episode 9.
- Voters can vote once every day. However, on August 8, which is the live broadcast for episode 9, voters can vote twice on this day: once before 20:00 (KST), and once during the broadcast of the episode.
- All votes cast to each contestant would be accumulated throughout the voting period and will be reflected in the final results. The final voting results would be based on 50% for Korea and 50% for all other global regions.
Final Voting Period
- The votes in the second voting period would not be carried over to the final voting period.
- The voting period would begin from after Episode 9, to during the broadcast of the Episode 10.
- Voters can vote once every day. However, on August 15, which is the live broadcast for Episode 10, voters can vote twice on this day: once before 20:00 (KST), and once during the broadcast of the episode.
- All votes cast to each contestant would be accumulated throughout the voting period and will be reflected in the eventual ranking after this voting period. The voting results would be based on 50% for Korea and 50% for all other global regions.
1st Round: "Up Down Battle"[]
Each contestant will be placed into 1 of 4 tiers, with Tier 1 being the highest and Tier 4 being the lowest, based on the following (data taken as of April 24, 2023):
Each contestant would then have a solo performance, and the remaining 27 contestants would each vote for the contestant. "Up" would be pressed if the voters each think that the performing contestant has performed better than the voter, and if otherwise "Down" would be pressed. After the performances, the contestants would be rearranged into their new tiers based on the results of the performances. |
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier | Order | Members | Song (Original Artist) |
Votes | Notes | |
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Up | Down | |||||
1 | 1 | Dohwa | "Elvis" + "Bingle Bangle" + "Come See Me" (AOA) |
11 | 16 | Go Down to Tier 3 |
28 | Kei | "Destiny" (Lovelyz) |
18 | 9 | Go Down to Tier 2 | |
12 | Yeoreum | "As You Wish" + "Mmmh" (WJSN + Kai) |
24 | 3 | Stay in Tier 1 | |
26 | JooE | "24 Hours" (Sunmi) |
6 | 21 | Go Down to Tier 4 | |
7 | Lee Chaeyeon | "Toc Toc Toc" (Lee Hyori) |
20 | 7 | Stay in Tier 1 | |
2 | 23 | Haein | "Journey To Atlantis" + "Between Us" (LABOUM) |
5 | 22 | Go Down to Tier 4 |
22 | Yeeun | "Cherry Coke" | 19 | 8 | Go Up to Tier 1 | |
17 | Soojin | "Flower" (Jisoo) |
13 | 14 | Stay in Tier 2 | |
16 | Soeun | "28 Reasons" (Seulgi) |
13 | 14 | Stay in Tier 2 | |
10 | Jihan | "POP!" (Nayeon) |
17 | 10 | Stay in Tier 2 | |
2 | Zoa | "After School" + "Rum Pum Pum Pum" (Weeekly + f(x)) |
16 | 11 | Stay in Tier 2 | |
20 | Yuki | "WH0 CARES? (Queen's Prelude)" | 13 | 14 | Stay in Tier 2 | |
3 | 13 | Bora | "My Sea" (IU) |
25 | 2 | Go Up to Tier 1 |
4 | Jiwon | "Gotta Go" (Chungha) |
24 | 3 | Go Up to Tier 1 | |
25 | Chaerin | "Bicycle" (Chungha) |
4 | 23 | Go Down to Tier 4 | |
14 | Juri | "Heart Burn" (Sunmi) |
7 | 20 | Stay in Tier 3 | |
15 | Yeonhee | "DUMB DUMB" (Jeon Somi) |
12 | 15 | Stay in Tier 3 | |
5 | Suyun | "Advice" (Taemin) |
12 | 15 | Stay in Tier 3 | |
3 | Jiwoo | "Rising" (tripleS) |
7 | 20 | Stay in Tier 3 | |
18 | Seoyeon | "Cherry Talk" (tripleS) |
2 | 25 | Go Down to Tier 4 | |
4 | 19 | Miru | "Shine Bright" | 5 | 22 | Stay in Tier 4 |
24 | Elly | "Sonata of Temptation" (Ivy) |
4 | 23 | Stay in Tier 4 | |
8 | Fye | "Hype Boy" + "Gone Gurl" (NewJeans + Fye) |
16 | 11 | Go Up to Tier 2 | |
6 | Nana | "MOVE" (Taemin) |
19 | 8 | Go Up to Tier 1 | |
11 | Wooyeon | "INVU" (Taeyeon) |
4 | 23 | Stay in Tier 4 | |
21 | Sangah | "BLACK DRESS" + "TOMBOY" (CLC + (G)I-DLE) |
11 | 16 | Go Up to Tier 3 | |
9 | Riina | "Rose Blossom" + "POP!" (H1-KEY + Nayeon) |
8 | 19 | Go Up to Tier 3 | |
27 | Hwiseo | "Rose Blossom" + "TOMBOY" (H1-KEY + (G)I-DLE) |
23 | 4 | Go Up to Tier 1 |
2nd Round: "7 vs 7 Team Battle"[]
For this round, each contestant would choose one of the 2 signal songs, "Charismatic" and "Snap", in order of the number of Ups received from the Up-Down Battle, and there would be 14 contestants per song. In the event when there are already 14 contestants in one of the songs, the remaining contestants that have not chosen would be automatically allocated to the other song. After choosing, in the Puzzle Room, contestant Jiwon would form the 2 teams for "Charismatic", while contestant Bora would form the 2 teams for "Snap". Each song would consist of 2 teams: "Pick" and "Drop". The formed teams would practice and then record performance videos for the songs.
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Order | Team | Members | Song | Choreographer | No. of Votes | Result | |
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Artists | Judges | ||||||
1 | PICK on the top | Jiwon, Nana, Wooyeon, Soeun, Jihan, Jiwoo | "Charismatic" | LA-CHICA (Gabee, Rian, Simeez) |
21 | Won | |
2 | DROP The Beat | JooE, Yeonhee, Suyun, Soojin, Zoa, Seoyeon | 6 | Lost | |||
3 | Athena | Dohwa, Kei, Miru, Fye, Elly, Juri, Hwiseo | "SNAP" | 1MILLION (Choi Youngjun) |
N/A | 13 | Won |
4 | PICK-CAT | Yeeun, Yeoreum, Bora, Chaerin, Yuki, Sangah, Riina | 0 | Lost |
3rd Round: "Re-mix Battle"[]
The contestants would form new teams and recreate top K-pop songs by various K-pop acts.
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Order | Team | Members | Song (Original Artist) |
Performance Director | Score | Rank |
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1 | Shh! Yes I'm a queen | Dohwa, Suyun, Nana, Jihan | "Nxde" ((G)I-DLE) |
LA-CHICA (Gabee, Rian, Simeez) |
221 | 1st |
2 | Biceps | JooE, Elly, Juri, Soojin, Yuki, Jiwoo | "Fighting" (BSS feat. Lee Young-ji) |
1MILLION (Choi Youngjun) |
209 | 2nd |
3 | RED QUEEN | Fye, Sangah, Riina, Hwiseo | "Shut Down" (BLACKPINK) |
Ryu.D (Ryu Jaejun) | 152 | 6th |
4 | Soulmate | Kei, Soeun | "Only One" (BoA) |
1MILLION (Choi Youngjun) |
184 | 4th |
5 | Beauty Fox | Miru, Yeeun, Yeoreum, Wooyeon, Zoa | "Don't Call Me" (SHINee) |
Ryu.D (Ryu Jaejun) | 201 | 3rd |
6 | Under the C | Bora, Jiwon, Chaerin, Yeonhee, Seoyeon | "Dance The Night Away" (TWICE) |
LA-CHICA (Gabee, Rian, Simeez) |
166 | 5th |
4th Round: "All-Rounder Battle"[]
The contestants would be split into Team Queendom and Team Puzzle immediately after the Remix Battle performances, starting from contestant Yeonhee being picked into Team Queendom and contestant Kei being picked into Team Puzzle, with the rest of the contestants choosing Team Queendom or Team Puzzle afterwards. As part of winning the Remix Battle, contestants Jihan, Dohwa, Nana and Suyun can bring contestant(s) from one team to another. Lastly, if one team does not have 13 contestants, through voting among the team with more than 13 contestants, contestant(s) would move to the team without 13 contestants.
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Vocal-Rap Round[]
Team | Order | Members | Song (Original Artist) |
Result | Points |
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Puzzle Team | 1 | Yeeun, Yeoreum, Suyun, Nana, Zoa, Yuki | "Rush Hour" (Crush feat. j-hope) |
Won | 253 |
3 | Kei, Bora | "If We Ever Meet Again" (Lim Young Woong) |
208 | ||
5 | Jiwon, Wooyeon, Jihan, Sangah, Riina | "WANNABE" (ITZY) |
217 | ||
Queendom Team | 2 | JooE, Yeonhee, Soojin, Seoyeon | "Weekend" (Taeyeon) |
Lost | 133 |
4 | Dohwa, Fye, Juri, Jiwoo | "Hopeless Romantic" (Big Naughty feat. Lee Su Hyun) |
178 | ||
6 | Miru, Elly, Chaerin, Soeun, Hwiseo | "Time of Our Life" (DAY6) |
169 |
Dance Round[]
Team | Order | Members | Song | Choreographer | Result | Points |
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Puzzle Team | 1 | Kei, Yeeun, Nana, Suyun, Sangah, Wooyeon | "BAD BLOOD" | LA-CHICA (Gabee, Rian, Simeez) |
Won | 245 |
3 | Yeoreum, Bora, Jiwon, Yuki, Jihan, Zoa | "WEB" | 1MILLION (Choi Youngjun) |
223 | ||
Queendom Team | 2 | Dohwa, Fye, Miru, Soojin, Seoyeon, Jiwoo | "Overwater" | Ryu.D (Ryu Jaejun) | Lost | 155 |
4 | Juri, Elly, JooE, Yeonhee, Chaerin, Hwiseo, Soeun | "Glow-up" | 177 |
1st Elimination
Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point |
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1st | Nana | 480,960 | 8th | Yeonhee | 275,565 | 15th | Jiwoo | 197,166 | 22nd | Sangah | 103,258 |
2nd | Yeoreum | 382,964 | 9th | Bora | 272,657 | 16th | Riina | 191,859 | 23rd | Soeun | 96,186 |
3rd | Hwiseo | 381,051 | 10th | Juri | 267,258 | 17th | Miru | 184,176 | 24th | Seoyeon | 88,862 |
4th | Kei | 345,529 | 11th | Jiwon | 255,263 | 18th | Elly | 171,822 | 25th | JooE | 70,439 |
5th | Yeeun | 344,959 | 12th | Suyun | 215,973 | 19th | Dohwa | 166,012 | 26th | Chaerin | 49,336 |
6th | Jihan | 298,611 | 13th | Zoa | 212,717 | 20th | Fye | 144,391 | |||
7th | Yuki | 286,283 | 14th | Wooyeon | 208,692 | 21st | Soojin | 124,269 |
Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point |
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1st | Nana | 530,960 | 8th | Bora | 292,657 | 15th | Riina | 211,859 | 22nd | Sangah | 123,258 |
2nd | Yeoreum | 402,964 | 9th | Jiwon | 285,263 | 16th | Jiwoo | 207,166 | 23rd | Soeun | 106,186 |
3rd | Hwiseo | 391,051 | 10th | Juri | 277,258 | 17th | Dohwa | 196,012 | 24th | Seoyeon | 88,862 |
4th | Kei | 375,529 | 11th | Yeonhee | 275,565 | 18th | Miru | 194,176 | 25th | JooE | 70,439 |
5th | Yeeun | 364,959 | 12th | Suyun | 255,973 | 19th | Elly | 181,822 | 26th | Chaerin | 49,336 |
6th | Jihan | 348,611 | 13th | Wooyeon | 238,692 | 20th | Fye | 154,391 | |||
7th | Yuki | 306,283 | 14th | Zoa | 232,717 | 21st | Soojin | 124,269 |
Semifinal Round[]
The Semi-Final voting assembly-choice voting began from July 4 to 7, 23:59 (KST), via the Mnet Plus application, where voters listen to snippets of three newly produced songs and for each song, they pick 7 contestants they want to put in. The three teams would then be formed based on the votes. The teams would then subsequently record parts for the songs. Subsequently, elimination of 5 contestants would be conducted on Episode 7 (special live broadcast), such that each song would only have 7 contestants. The eventual performances of the three songs would be held in the Semi-Final, which is Episode 9 (live broadcast). |
Order | Members | Song | Choreographer | Score | Result |
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1 | Miru, Kei, Jiwon, Suyun, Wooyeon, Soojin, Riina | "PUZZLIN'" | Ryu.D (Ryu Jaejun) | 35.3% | Lost |
2 | Dohwa, Yeeun, Yeoreum, Elly, Fye, Yuki, Hwiseo | "i DGA (i DONT GIVE A)" | 1MILLION (Choi Youngjun) |
36.3% | Won |
3 | Bora, Juri, Yeonhee, Nana, Jihan, Zoa, Jiwoo | "I Do" | LA-CHICA (Gabee, Rian, Simeez) |
28.4% | Lost |
2nd Elimination
Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point |
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1st | Hwiseo | 564,400 | 8th | Juri | 376,298 | 15th | Jiwon | 296,033 |
2nd | Nana | 537,782 | 9th | Elly | 347,416 | 16th | Miru | 285,533 |
3rd | Yuki | 492,245 | 10th | Jihan | 339,485 | 17th | Riina | 275,835 |
4th | Kei | 485,485 | 11th | Dohwa | 313,755 | 18th | Zoa | 273,641 |
5th | Yeoreum | 475,236 | 12th | Suyun | 312,667 | 19th | Fye | 260,370 |
6th | Yeeun | 464,677 | 13th | Wooyeon | 307,745 | 20th | Bora | 249,489 |
7th | Yeonhee | 461,327 | 14th | Jiwoo | 306,475 | 21st | Soojin | 229,811 |
Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point |
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1st | Hwiseo | 594,400 | 8th | Elly | 377,416 | 15th | Jiwon | 296,033 |
2nd | Nana | 537,782 | 9th | Juri | 376,298 | 16th | Fye | 290,370 |
3rd | Yuki | 522,245 | 10th | Dohwa | 343,755 | 17th | Miru | 285,533 |
4th | Yeoreum | 505,236 | 11th | Jihan | 339,485 | 18th | Riina | 275,835 |
5th | Yeeun | 494,677 | 12th | Suyun | 312,667 | 19th | Zoa | 273,641 |
6th | Kei | 485,485 | 13th | Wooyeon | 307,745 | 20th | Bora | 249,489 |
7th | Yeonhee | 461,327 | 14th | Jiwoo | 306,475 | 21st | Soojin | 229,811 |
Final Round[]
The remaining 14 contestants will be split into 2 teams of 7, and each team will perform a newly produced song. |
Order | Members | Song | Choreographer |
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1 | Kei, Yeonhee, Suyun, Nana, Wooyeon, Jihan, Yuki | "Billionaire" | LA-CHICA (Gabee, Rian, Simeez) |
2 | Dohwa, Yeeun, Yeoreum, Elly, Juri, Hwiseo, Jiwoo | "Last Piece" | 1MILLION (Choi Youngjun) |
Final Elimination
Rank | Contestant | Total Point | Rank | Contestant | Total Point |
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1st | Hwiseo | 444,495 | 8th | Suyun | 302,579 |
2nd | Nana | 430,450 | 9th | Wooyeon | 300,106 |
3rd | Yuki | 394,649 | 10th | Jihan | 293,904 |
4th | Kei | 376,553 | 11th | Elly | 292,486 |
5th | Yeoreum | 371,096 | 12th | Juri | 282,362 |
6th | Yeonhee | 358,059 | 13th | Jiwoo | 274,403 |
7th | Yeeun | 350,517 | 14th | Dohwa | 229,076 |
Gallery[]
To view the 'Queendom Puzzle' gallery, click here. |
Videos[]
To view the 'Queendom Puzzle' video gallery, click here. |