I-Land

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I-Land
I-LAND poster.jpeg
Official poster
GenreSurvival show
Directed byKim Shin-yeong, Jung Min-seok
Presented byNamkoong Min
Opening themeInto the I-LAND
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producerBang Si-hyuk
Production locationsPaju, Gyeonggi Province
Running time90 minutes
200 minutes (finale)
Production companies
DistributorCJ ENM
Budget~$23 million
Release
Original networkMnet
Original releaseJune 26 (2020-06-26) –
September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
External links
Website
I-Land
Hangul
Revised RomanizationAiraendeu
McCune–ReischauerAiraendŭ

I-Land (Korean: 아이랜드; RR: Airaendeu; stylised in all caps) is a South Korean boy group survival reality show organised by Belift Lab, which is a joint venture between the entertainment companies CJ E&M and Hybe Corporation.[1]

A total of 23 male trainees participated in the show. In the show's finale on September 18, 2020, the final 7 members debuted as Enhypen.

Winning contestants include Yang Jung-won, Lee Hee-seung, Ni-ki, Jake, Jay, Park Sung-hoon, and Kim Sun-oo. The first six members were decided by global ranking and the last member by the producer's choice.

A second season, I-Land 2, is expected to premiere in 2022 featuring female trainees.[2]

Promotion and broadcast[]

On May 14, 2020, Mnet released the first teaser video for the show and also introduced the producers and mentors of the show.[3]

On June 1, 2020, the first batch of contestants were revealed.[4]

On June 26, 2020, the show premiered on following cable channels: Mnet; tvN Korea; Mnet Japan; tvN Asia (Asia-Pacific); as well as online via Mnet Smart; AbemaTV (Japan); Joox (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand); on the Mnet K-POP & Hybe Labels YouTube channels and Rakuten Viki (worldwide except certain regions).

The first part of the show ended on July 31, 2020. The second part of the show started on August 14 until September 18, 2020.

A special episode titled, "I-LAND Special: The New Beginning" aired on August 7, 2020 featuring Hwang Kwang-hee, Apink's Kim Nam-joo, Momoland's JooE, vocal coach Kim Sung-eun and DOOBU as hosts. It is a summary episode of the 1st part of the show. The hosts spoiled details about the 2nd part of the show including increased participation of global viewers, more performances, and a special appearance of BTS.[5]

BTS and TXT appeared as guests on the last episode broadcast live with an earlier time slot, at 8:00 p.m. KST.[6]

Concept[]

22[b] participants are transported to a complex (called by the same name as the show title, the I-Land) located in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a luscious green forest, for a total of 113 days.[7] The participants will live in a 3-floor complex with modern living spaces, gym, dance studios, item room (for storage), and individual practice rooms; however, only 12 contestants can stay there. The remaining others will be on the "Ground", which is a simple building with a dance studio and dining area, and the trainees assigned to the Ground have to commute to and from the building every day at set times. The two sections are connected through a gate and a stage, where their skills will be tested. A key part of the concept is that, the participants' and producers' votes play a heavy role in the show, as they decide through voting who will stay in I-Land and who will go down to the Ground. A fixed number of 12 trainees will be in the I-Land, but they may be dropped and demoted to the Ground (and promptly be replaced by trainees from the Ground).

While the show primarily focuses on the trainees and producers votes,[8] the audience would be able to vote on who remains in the I-Land in the last part of part 1 of the show, and based on this, the show will eliminate all trainees in the Ground. From there, the I-Landers will compete among themselves in the second part of the series to determine who will debut in the final debut team of 7 members. The producers and audience are the only ones who can vote.[9] Thus, the show was originally supposed to focus on trainee and producer votes without much audience influence, but in part 2 of the show, the trainees did not vote at all, and global votes were introduced.

The I-LAND logo (retouched)

Namkoong Min serves as the official host, as well as the commentator/narrator of the program. The contestants are evaluated and judged by three producers: main producer Bang Si-hyuk, CEO of Big Hit Music, South Korean singer Rain and rapper Zico, who are prominent figures in K-pop and K-hip hop of the early 21st century respectively. Rain and Zico will also act as mentors and train the participants.

A first in Korean survival programs, a Big Brother-style live cams titled, I-LAND Cam, features 1-hour video on demand multi-camera footage inside the I-Land and Ground. New videos are released every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday on the Weverse app and on its website.[10] On the last week of I-LAND, I-LAND Cams are live streamed real-time every day for an hour starting at 6PM KST, while on the final day of I-LAND, same day as the final episode, I-LAND Cams are live streamed real-time at 5AM KST.

Cast[]

Storyteller: Namkoong Min

Producers:

Directors:

  • Pdogg
  • Son Sung-deuk
  • Wonderkid
  • DOOBU

Guests:

Contestants[]

Originally, there were a total of 23 contestants who participated in I-LAND, however as the show progressed, one contestant (Kim Yoon-won), amidst the fifth episode in part 1, had voluntarily dropped out, possibly due to health problems.

The ages of all contestants are presented in accordance with the international age system as of Episode 1 (June 26, 2020).

Stage name
(Birth name) 		Hangul Age Nationality Training period Prior I-LAND
K 케이 22 Japan 2 years & 8 months Former marathon athlete
Hanbin
(Ngô Ngọc Hưng) 		한빈 22 Vietnam 11 months Dance crew leader, founding member of C.A.C
Choi Se-on 최세온 20 South Korea 4 years & 10 months Former Yuehua Entertainment trainee.
Former Produce 101 Season 2 contestant under the name Choi Seung-hyuk
Lee Geon-u 이건우 19 South Korea 1 year & 4 months Former contestant on Dancing High
Choi Jae-ho 최재호 19 South Korea 1 year & 5 months Former n.CH Entertainment trainee & World Klass contestant
Jung Jae-beom / Jung Echan 정재범 19 South Korea 6 months Composed music
Chu Ji-min 추지민 18 South Korea 11 months
Lee Hee-seung 이희승 18 South Korea 3 years & 1 month Former Big Hit trainee since 2017
Lee Young-bin 이영빈 18 South Korea 4 months Basketball player for 7 years
Jay 제이 18 South Korea
United States 		2 years & 11 months Former Big Hit trainee since 2017
Nicholas (Wang Yixiang) 니콜라스 17 Taiwan 8 months B-boy[11] background.
EJ (Byun Eui-joo) 변의주 17 South Korean 1 year & 6 months Former Big Hit trainee.
Competitive fencer in middle school
Jake 제이크 17 South Korea
Australia 		9 months Picked from the Belift global auditions with the odds of 500:1.
Soccer Player
Park Sung-hoon 박성훈 17 South Korea 2 years & 1 month Former national youth figure skater, advanced novice gold medalist at the 2015–16 season of the Asian Trophy & the Lombardia Trophy.
Former Big Hit trainee since 2018.
Kim Sun-oo 김선우 17 South Korea 10 months Picked from Belift 2019 audition in Seoul.
Noh Sung-chul 노성철 16 South Korea 8 months Soccer player
Yang Jung-won 양정원 16 South Korea 1 year & 4 months Former Big Hit trainee.
Competitive Taekwondo player for 4 years
Kim Tae-yong 김태용 15 South Korea 1 year & 2 months Child actor for 8 years
Cho Kyung-min 조경민 15 South Korea 1 year & 11 months Contemporary dancer
Kim Yoon-won[c] 김윤원 15 South Korea 1 year & 1 month Member of K-Pop dance crew Matchpoint Crew, part of The J Production
Ta-ki 타키 15 Japan 10 months Picked from Belift global auditions in 2019.
Ni-ki (Nishimura Riki) 니키 14 Japan 8 months Picked from Belift global auditions 2019 in Japan.

Extensive dance background since childhood

Daniel 다니엘 14 South Korea
United States 		1 year Picked from Belift 2019 auditions.

Former YG Entertainment trainee under the name Kim Dong-kyu

System[]

Part 1[]

Introduced in Episode 2, there is a system in place based on a scoring system out of 100. Each of the I-Landers are evaluated individually and given a score from 0–100. These scores are then displayed anonymously so that any particular individual's score is unknown, and then averaged to get the team score. Based on the team score, a certain number of I-Landers will have to be moved to the Ground and be replaced.

In episode 3, a separate "teamwork" score was also given and factored into the overall average score.

Team score system
Average team score Number of I-Landers dropped
96-100 0
91-95 1
86-90 2
81-85 3
76-80 4
71-75 5
70 and below 6

Global Voting[]

A global voting system was held after Episode 5 on July 24, 2020 at 12:00 a.m. KST and ended on August 2, 2020 at 12:00 a.m. KST. Viewers can vote for 6 contestants out of the total 23 that they wish to see progress to the second part of I-Land. Viewers can vote once per day.

The second global vote started on August 1, 2020 at 12:00 a.m. KST after Episode 6 and ended on August 2, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. KST. Viewers can vote for 6 contestants out of the 16 Grounders excluding the top 6 I-Landers, that they wish to see progress to the 2nd part of I-Land. Every vote is equal to 3 votes.

Top 6 Voted in[d] Top 12 global votes[e]
Rank Contestant Votes Rank Contestant Votes
1 Kim Sun-oo 2,648,265 1 Kim Sun-oo 1,087,503
2 Daniel 2,532,915 2 Daniel 1,021,269
3 Ni-ki 2,090,201 3 Lee Hee-seung 1,006,965
4 Lee Geon-u 1,916,736 4 Park Sung-hoon 960,658
5 Ta-ki 1,703,579 5 K 845,204
6 Hanbin 1,094,601 6 Jay 841,599
7 Yang Jung-won 814,041
8 Jake 812,591
9 Ni-ki 778,757
10 Ta-ki 656,135
11 Lee Geon-u 644,331
12 Hanbin 376,509

Part 2[]

The system in part 2 was introduced in Episode 7. Each of the I-Landers are evaluated individually and given a rank from 1-12. The top 7 I-Landers will wear a badge that symbolises the debut group, which is containing of 7 participants, and this ranks can change after each test. Same as Part 1, there are 4 tests and on each test, and one or more contestants will be eliminated according to their ranks. In Test 1 and Test 3, eliminated contestants will be picked by producers only, while in Test 2 and Final Test, the global voting from viewers will be added to determine the eliminated contestants and the final debut lineup.

Global voting[]

A global voting system was held to select the final debut members. For the first part, each viewer can vote up to 2 contestants per day from August 15, 2020 12:00 a.m. (KST) until August 29, 2020 11:59 p.m. (KST). Votes of contestants who were eliminated during the voting period will be disregarded.

The second part of voting started on September 5, 2020 and ended before the last episode on September 18, 2020. Viewers can select only one contestant per day. Votes of contestants who were eliminated during the voting period will be disregarded.

Another voting period started during the live broadcast of the last episode. Viewers can select only one contestant and voting are only open for an hour.

Rank Top 11 partial results
(August 15–21, 2020) 		Top 11 final results
(August 15–29, 2020)[f] 		Top 9 final results
(September 4–18, 2020)[g]
Contestant Contestant Votes Contestant Votes
1 Kim Sun-oo Kim Sun-oo 1,705,287 Yang Jung-won 1,417,620
2 Lee Hee-seung Lee Hee-seung 1,592,834 Jay 1,192,889
3 Park Sung-hoon Jay 1,535,928 Jake 1,179,633
4 Ta-ki Han-bin 1,415,420 Ni-ki 1,140,728
5 Jake Park Sung-hoon 1,298,204 Lee Hee-seung 1,137,323
6 Yang Jung-won K 1,182,411 Park Sung-hoon 1,088,413
7 Daniel Jake[h] 1,151,132 K 946,046
8 Han-bin Yang Jung-won 1,083,305 Kim Sun-oo 935,771
9 K Ni-ki 892,664 Daniel 773,792
10 Ni-ki Daniel 828,473
11 Jay Ta-ki 762,679

I-Land score results[]

Color key

  •   Highest score that round
  •   Lowest score that round
Theme Song mission Team Work mission Representative Unit mission The Final 12 mission BTS Test Chemistry Test Concept Test Final Test
Contestant Individual Scores Average Score Contestant Individual Scores Teamwork Score Average Score Team Score Contestant Individual Scores Team Score Contestant Individual Scores Global Votes Contestant Individual Scores Global Votes + Producer's Pick
Youngbin 47 59 - 68 80 78 (Representatives: Heeseung & Geonu)

Vocal: 81

(Representatives: Jungwon, Sunghoon & K) Dance: 73

Total: 154

Youngbin 65 69 Sun-oo 77 Sun-oo 86
Daniel 70 - 69 Kyung-min 64 Daniel 64 Heeseung 83
Jake 40 Ta-ki 75 Jake 75 Heeseung 93 Jay 79
- 67 - 66 Seon 65 Sunghoon 79 Hanbin 72
- 66 Heeseung 83 Heeseung 70 K 78 Sunghoon 81
- 61 K 88 K 61 Jay 74 K 92
Nicholas 46 - 67 Jaebeom 63 Jungwon 81 Jake 78
Jungwon 75 - 65 Jungwon 83 Jake 70 Jungwon 76
- 59 EJ 70 Jay 76 Ni-ki 69 Ni-ki 87
- 58 - 62 Geonu 60 Ta-ki 57 Daniel 77
- 57 Sunghoon 80 Sunghoon 81 Geonu 60
Ni-ki 65 Sun-oo 71 EJ 66 Hanbin 66

Missions[]

Part 1[]

Entry test[]

Trainees that came together or alone must perform in this test. Every other contestant must raise their hands to judge whether they are worth to be on the I-LAND. If a trainee received 12 or more votes, they are allowed to be on the I-Land. If not, they will be on the Ground. There is no limit to the count, but if there are more than 12 contestants after the whole test, the remaining contestants must pick one or more contestants to be moved out to the Ground until there are 12 contestants remaining.

Color key

  •   I-Land
  •   Moved Out[i]
  •   Ground
Entry Test (Episode 1)
Order Song Original Artist Trainee Votes Results
1 Lullaby Got7 Choi Se-on 22/22 (100%) I-Land
2 The 7th Sense NCT U Park Sung-hoon 21/22 (95.5%) I-Land
Jay 19/22 (86.4%) I-Land
3 Jopping SuperM Nicholas 12/22 (54.5%) I-Land
Ni-ki 20/22 (90.9%) I-Land
Hanbin 7/22 (31.8%) Ground
4 Boss NCT U Lee Hee-seung 20/22 (90.9%) I-Land
5 Danger Taemin K 16/22 (72.7%) I-Land
6 Any Song Zico Daniel 17/22 (77.3%) I-Land
EJ 12/22 (54.5%) Moved Out
7 Shoot Out Monsta X Noh Sung-chul 17/22 (77.3%) Moved Out
Jung Jae-beom 8/22 (36.4%) Ground
Chu Ji-min 7/22 (31.8%) Ground
8 Chained Up VIXX Lee Geon-u 19/22 (86.4%) I-Land
Cho Kyung-min 11/22 (50.0%) Ground
Choi Jae-ho 6/22 (27.3%) Ground
9 Monster EXO Ta-ki[j] 22/22 (100%) Moved Out
10 All I Wanna Do (K) (Feat. Hoody & Loco) Jay Park Kim Yoon-won[k] 9/22 (40.9%) Ground
Kim Tae-yong 9/22 (40.9%) Ground
Yang Jung-won 21/22 (95.5%) I-Land
11 Crown TXT Kim Sun-oo 20/22 (90.9%) Moved Out
Lee Young-bin 13/22 (59.1%) I-Land
Jake 12/22 (54.5%) I-Land

Theme song[]

Trainees begin their first official mission with the theme "encounter"; the trainees are just getting to know each other. The contestants on the I-Land and the Ground must perform the show's theme song "Into The I-LAND" (original version by IU). There are 12 parts in this song and each trainee must pick which part they want to perform. The I-Land contestants will be evaluated individually by the producers and directors, and the average score of all of them will correspond to the number of contestants needed to move out from the I-Land.[l] The Ground contestants will each submit a performance video daily to be reviewed by the producers and directors to determine who will replace the eliminated contestants from the I-Land, but they will not have an actual performance on stage.

Lee Hee-seung was appointed the leader and the part 1 position by the contestants but later gave up both positions to Ni-ki. Rain evaluated their performance two days before their mission. The I-Landers received an average score of 59 (from contestants individual scores) and therefore have to choose 6 contestants to be moved out from the I-Land.

Color key

  •   Contestant from the I-Land later moved to the Ground
Theme Song (Episode 2 & 3)
Part Trainee
1 (Center) Ni-ki[m]
2 Lee Geon-u
3 Yang Jung-won
4 K
5 Choi Se-on
6 Daniel
7 Park Sung-hoon
8 Jay
9 Nicholas
10 Lee Hee-seung[n]
11 Jake[o]
12 Lee Young-bin

Teamwork[]

Their second mission is designed to test and develop their teamwork. Both the I-Landers and the Grounders will perform a remix of "Fire" by BTS. They are given 6 days to prepare. The same scoring system will be used; however, the highest individual scorer in I-Land will be given a dropout exemption card, which can be used on any of the I-Landers, including himself. If the card is used, the next dropout candidate will automatically be eliminated. If there are no dropouts from I-Land in this round, the Grounders will not be able to perform at all.

Jay and Ni-ki became the leaders of the Grounders, while Hee-seung is the leader for the I-Landers. 2 days before the test, Rain and DOOBU evaluated the Grounders while Zico, Pdogg and Son Sung-deuk evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check. The I-Landers received a teamwork score of 80 and had an average of 78 and therefore have to choose 4 contestants to be moved out from the I-Land.

K received the highest score and, thus, the dropout exemption card. He used it to save Yang Jung-won from being dropped out of I-Land. Yang Jung-won being saved makes the next contestant, Ta-ki to move out from I-Land. They both have 5 votes but Ta-ki has a higher individual score than Jung-won so he was originally saved from being dropped out.

  •   Contestant from I-Land that received the highest score thus received the dropout exemption card
  •   Contestant that eventually stays in I-Land
  •   Contestant that later moved from I-Land to Ground
  •   Contestant that later moved from Ground to I-Land
  •   Contestant that eventually stays in Ground
Teamwork (Episode 3 & 4)
Part I-LAND Ground
1 (Center) Lee Hee-seung Jay
2 K Ni-ki
3 Yang Jung-won[p] Daniel
4 Lee Geon-u Hanbin
5 Jung Jae-beom Jake
6 Kim Sun-oo Noh Sung-chul
7 Choi Se-on Choi Jae-ho
8 Kim Tae-yong Nicholas
9 Park Sung-hoon Jo Kyung-min
10 Kim Yoon-won Chu Ji-Min
11 EJ Lee Young-bin
12 Ta-ki[q]

Representative Unit[]

Their third mission is picking representatives for vocal and dance battle between I-Land and Ground to test their sacrifice and ability to directly compete. If Ground wins, 6 contestants will be dropped out from I-Land. If I-Land wins, no contestants will be dropped out. They are given 6 days to prepare. Rain and Son Sung-deuk evaluated the I-Landers while Zico, Pdogg, and DOOBU evaluated the Grounders as a midpoint check, 3 days before the test. I-Land won the battle; therefore no I-Landers will be dropped out.

  •   Win
  •   Lose
Representative Unit (Episode 4 & 5)
Vocal I-Land
(Song: Butterfly by BTS) 		Ground
(Song: Save Me by BTS)
Lee Geon-u Score: 81 Kim Sun-oo Score: 74
Lee Hee-seung Daniel[r]
Dance I-Land
(Songs: Rainism by Rain, 3 Dope Boyz by Dynamic Duo & One of a Kind by G-Dragon) 		Ground
(Songs: Warrior's Descendant by H.O.T., Reversal by X-Teen & One of a Kind by G-Dragon)
Park Sung-hoon[s] Score: 73 Ni-ki Score: 65
Yang Jung-won Nicholas
K Choi Jae-ho[t]
I-Land Total Score 154 Ground Total Score 139

The Final 12[]

The fourth and last mission of the first part of the show will decide the final 12 contestants. They will be performing a new original song titled, "I&credible" with the theme, "Awakening". Like the theme song, there are 12 parts in this song and each trainee must pick which part they want to perform. They are given 7 days to prepare. Rain and Son Sung-deuk evaluated the Grounders while Zico, Pdogg, and DOOBU evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check. Jay and Jake help the I-Landers with the details of the choreography, and Ni-ki helps the Grounders.

From the I-Land, 3 contestants will be voted out by the I-Landers themselves and another 3 from the producers. 6 members from the Ground (including the dropped out I-Landers) who will fill up the 6 spots in I-Land will be picked by the global fans through voting. The 6 remaining I-Landers will automatically continue to the second part of the show.

After the eliminated I-Landers arrive in the Ground, they must perform again with the Grounders, they are given 3 days to redistribute parts and to prepare.

K, Lee Hee-seung, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Jung-won, Jake, and Jay are saved from being dropped out, thus, they will continue on to the second part of I-Land.

  Contestants that later moved from I-Land to Ground

The Final 12 (Episode 5 & 6)
Part I-LAND Ground
1 (Center) K Lee Geon-u
2 Yang Jung-won[u] Choi Jae-ho
3 Park Sung-hoon Chu Ji-min
4 Lee Geon-u Noh Sung-chul
5 Lee Hee-seung[v] Ni-ki
6 Jay Hanbin
7 Choi Se-on Choi Se-on
8 Jake Jung Jae-beom
9 EJ Ta-ki
10 Jung Jae-beom Jo Kyung-min
11 Lee Young-bin Lee Young-bin
12 Jo Kyung-min Kim Tae-yong
13 Nicholas
14 EJ
15 Daniel
16 Kim Sun-oo
  • Kim Yoon-won has withdrawn from I-LAND due to unforeseen circumstances.

Part 2[]

BTS Test[]

The first test of the 2nd part of I-LAND and the final 12 contestants is performing songs of BTS. The 12 contestants are divided into 3 units with each one performing a song by BTS. The group gave the mission themselves, recorded in the living room of I-Land while the contestants watched from the lobby. The producers will pick the contestant who will be eliminated based on individual scoring. The unit with the highest score will be exempted from elimination, if the contestant with the lowest score is in the first rank unit, the next member with the lowest score will be eliminated from I-LAND. They are given 7 days to prepare. Son Sung-deuk and DOOBU evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check.

Choreographer Bae Yoon Jung and Son Sung-deuk appeared to give a mini-mission which is a freestyle dance battle, the ranks 1-3 will be the leader of the group and will choose if they want to pick their members in the unit or choose a song.

The Fake Love unit ranked first. Ta-ki, who's part of the unit, received the lowest individual score but was saved from being eliminated. Lee Geon-u, who placed 11th, was eliminated instead.[12] The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rank will be spending a day of freedom outside I-Land doing different activities.

BTS Test Mini-Mission: Freestyle Dance Battle
Rank Contestant
1 Ta-ki
2 K
3 Yang Jung-won
  •   Unit with the highest score and is exempted from elimination
  •   Unit with the lowest score
  •   Contestant that was eliminated
  •   Contestant that was originally eliminated but was saved by the winning unit's exemption card
BTS Test (Episode 7 & 8)
Song Contestants Individual Score Team Score Rank
"Fake Love" Ta-ki 57 306 1st
Park Sung-hoon 79
Lee Hee-seung 93
Kim Sun-oo 77
"DNA" K 78 287 2nd
Hanbin 66
Jay 74
Ni-ki 69
"I Need U" Yang Jung-won 81 275 3rd
Lee Geon-u 60
Jake 70
Daniel 64

Chemistry Test[]

The second test of the 2nd part of the show is about the chemistry between the contestants and the global fans. The contestants will be divided into two groups and will be performing new singles, "Flicker" and "Dive Into You". The eliminations for this round will be determined by the global votes. The contestant who places first, picked by the producers, will receive twice the number of votes for 24 hours before the global voting ends. Lee Hee-seung, the 1st rank contestant will pick his chosen song and members. They are given 6 days to prepare. Son Sung-deuk and DOOBU evaluated the performance while vocal coach Kim Sung-eun evaluated the vocals of the I-Landers as a midpoint check.

Jake, who was picked by the producers, ranked first, thus, the votes he will receive in the last 24 hours of voting is equal to two votes.

  •   First place contestant picked by the producers
  •   Contestant that was eliminated
Chemistry Test (Episode 9 & 10)
Part Flicker Dive Into You
1 Lee Hee-seung Jay
2 K Kim Sun-oo
3 Yang Jung-won Hanbin
4 Jake Ni-ki
5 Park Sung-hoon Ta-ki
6 Daniel

Concept Test[]

The third test of the 2nd part of the show is about concept performance, and will feature a mini-mission to form a team. They will be covering two songs of Seventeen which are Pretty U and HIT. They are given a day to practice. The8, Jun, Dino and Hoshi of Seventeen came to I-Land to administer the mini-mission themselves. Team "Pretty U" won the mini-mission. Kim Sun-oo won first place and will pick his chosen song and members.

The contestants then will be divided into two groups and will be performing new singles, "Chamber 5 (Dream of Dreams)" as a refreshing concept and "Flame On" as explosion concept. The producers will pick the contestant who will be eliminated based on individual scoring. The 11th place contestant will participate in the mini-mission and practice for the concept test but will not be performing it in front of the producers.

Park Sung-hoon and Kim Sun-oo were appointed leaders of the teams. Ta-ki placed 11th place in the global votes for the Chemistry Test, thus, he was eliminated. Kim Sun-oo replaced Ta-ki with Park Sung-hoon in his group. K replaced Park Sung-hoon as being the leader of "Flame On". They are given 5 days to practice. Son Sung-deuk evaluated both teams as a midpoint check.

  •   First place team (chosen by Seventeen)
  •   First place contestant
Seventeen Cover Song
Mini Mission
Pretty U HIT
Park Sung-hoon Jay
Kim Sun-oo K
Yang Jung-won Hanbin
Jake Ni-ki
Ta-ki[w] Lee Hee-seung
Daniel
  •   First place contestant
  •   Contestant that was eliminated
Concept Test (Episode 11)
Part Chamber 5
(Dream of Dreams) 		Flame On
1 Lee Hee-seung K
2 Kim Sun-oo Hanbin
3 Yang Jung-won Daniel
4 Jake Ni-ki
5 Park Sung-hoon Jay

Final Test[]

The last test of the show, which comes before debut, will determine the debut group which contains seven members. The top 6 trainees will be selected from global votes while one trainee will be chosen by the producers. They will be performing a new single titled, "Calling (Run Into You)" during the live broadcast. Son Sung-deuk and DOOBU evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check.

The I-Landers will also get to film their own PR video. The duration of their video will be based on their ranking. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rank will get 60, 50, and 40 seconds, respectively, while the rest will have 30 seconds.

The 13 eliminated trainees came to I-LAND and they reunited with the current contestants to practice their first song, "Into The I-LAND" together and perform it during the live broadcast for the first time.

The debut group name is "Enhypen", from the symbol Hyphen (-) it creates new meanings including Connection, Discovery, & Growth. The final line-up are Yang Jung-won, Jay, Jake, Niki, Lee Hee-seung, Park Sung-hoon, with Kim Sun-oo as the producer's pick.

  •   Debuting contestants
  •   Contestant that was picked by the producers to be in the debut lineup
  •   Contestants that was eliminated
Final Test (Episode 12)
Part Contestant
1 Lee Hee-seung
2 K
3 Yang Jung-won
4 Kim Sun-oo
5 Park Sung-hoon
6 Ni-ki
7 Jay
8 Jake
9 Daniel

Results[]

Color key:

       Contestants moved to "I-Land"
       Contestants moved to "Ground"
       Eliminated from the show
       Ranking for a temporary debut lineup

Part 1[]

Episode 1

(June 26, 2020)

Episode 2

(July 3, 2020)

Episode 3

(July 10, 2020)

Episode 4

(July 17, 2020)

Episode 5

(July 24, 2020)

Episode 6

(July 31, 2020)

Episode 7

(August 14, 2020)

I-Land Ground I-Land Ground I-Land Ground I-Land Ground I-Land Ground I-Land Ground Final 12 Eliminated
K Hanbin K Hanbin K Hanbin K Hanbin K Hanbin K Hanbin K Jo Kyung-min
Choi Se-on Jung Jae-beom Choi Se-on Jung Jae-beom Choi Se-on Chu Ji-min Choi Se-on Chu Ji-min Choi Se-on Chu Ji-min Lee Hee-seung Chu Ji-min Lee Hee-seung Jung Jae-beom
Lee Geon-u Chu Ji-min Lee Geon-u Chu Ji-min Lee Geon-u Jo Kyung-min Lee Geon-u Ni-ki Lee Geon-u Ni-ki Park Sung-hoon Ni-ki Park Sung-hoon Chu Ji-min
Lee Hee-seung Jo Kyung-min Lee Hee-seung Jo Kyung-min Lee Hee-seung Choi Jae-ho Lee Hee-seung Choi Jae-ho Lee Hee-seung Choi Jae-ho Yang Jung-won Choi Jae-ho Yang Jung-won Noh Sung-chul
Lee Young-bin Choi Jae-ho Lee Young-bin Choi Jae-ho Park Sung-hoon Noh Sung-chul Park Sung-hoon Noh Sung-chul Park Sung-hoon Noh Sung-chul Jake Noh Sung-chul Jake Choi Jae-ho
Jay Kim Yoon-won Jay Kim Yoon-won Yang Jung-won Lee Young-bin Jung Jae-beom Daniel Jung Jae-beom Daniel Jay Daniel Jay Kim Tae-yong
Nicholas Kim Tae-yong Nicholas Kim Tae-yong Kim Tae-yong Daniel EJ Nicholas EJ Nicholas Nicholas Kim Sun-oo[x] EJ
EJ Daniel Ta-ki Jung Jae-beom Jake Yang Jung-won Kim Yoon-won Yang Jung-Won Kim Yoon-won Kim Tae-yong Daniel[y] Nicholas
Jake Jake Kim Sun-oo EJ Jay Jo Kyung-min Kim Tae-yong Jo Kyung-min Kim Tae-yong Kim Sun-oo Ni-ki[z] Lee Young-bin
Park Sung-hoon Park Sung-hoon Noh Sung-chul Kim Yoon-won Nicholas Lee Young-bin Kim Sun-oo Lee Young-bin Kim Sun-oo Ta-ki Lee Geon-u[aa] Choi Se-on
Kim Sun-oo Yang Jung-won EJ Kim Sun-oo Ni-ki Jake Ta-ki Jake Ta-ki Lee Young-bin Ta-ki[ab]
Noh Sung-chul Ni-ki Ta-ki Jay Jay Jo Kyung-min Hanbin[ac]
Yang Jung-won Jung Jae-beom
Ta-ki EJ
Ni-ki Choi Se-on
Daniel Lee Geon-u

Part 2[]

Rank Episode 7

(August 14, 2020)

Episode 8

(August 21, 2020)

Episode 10

(September 4, 2020)

Episode 11

(September 11, 2020)

Episode 12

(September 18, 2020)

Final 12 Final 11 Final 10 Final 9 Enhypen
1 Kim Sun-oo Lee Hee-seung (↑2) Kim Sun-oo (↑4) K
(↑5) 		Yang Jung-won
(↑8)
2 Daniel Yang Jung-won (↑5) Lee Hee-seung
(↓1) 		Ni-ki
(↑7) 		Jay
(↑4)
3 Lee Hee-seung Park Sung-hoon (↑1) Jay
(↑3) 		Kim Sun-oo
(↓2) 		Jake
(↑4)
4 Park Sung-hoon K
(↑1) 		Hanbin
(↑5) 		Lee Hee-seung
(↓2) 		Ni-ki
(↓2)
5 K Kim Sun-oo (↓4) Park Sung-hoon
(↓2) 		Park Sung-hoon
(–) 		Lee Hee-seung
(↓1)
6 Jay Jay
(–) 		K
(↓2) 		Jay
(↓3) 		Park Sung-hoon
(↓1)
7 Yang Jung-won Jake (↑1) Jake
(–) 		Jake
(–) 		Kim Sun-oo[ad]
(↓4)
8 Jake Ni-ki
(↑1) 		Yang Jung-won
(↓6) 		Daniel
(↑2) 		K[ae]
(↓7)
9 Ni-ki Hanbin
(↑3) 		Ni-ki
(↓1) 		Yang Jung-won
(↓1) 		Daniel
(↓1)
10 Ta-ki Daniel
(↓8) 		Daniel
(–) 		Hanbin
(↓6)
11 Lee Geon-u Lee Geon-u[af]
(–) 		Ta-ki
(↑1)
12 Hanbin Ta-ki[ag]

(↓2)

Album[]

  • June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19) - Into the I-LAND 〈I-LAND Part 1 Signal Song〉 (IU)
  • June 26, 2020 (2020-06-26) - Into the I-LAND 〈I-LAND Part 1 Signal Song (applicants ver.)〉 (I-LAND)
  • August 1, 2020 (2020-08-01) - I&credible 〈I-LAND Part 1 Final Song〉 (I-LAND)
  • September 19, 2020 - Calling (Run To You) 〈I-LAND Part 2 Final Song〉 (I-LAND)

Rating[]

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue. Some of the ratings found have already been rounded off to 1 decimal place, as they are usually of lower rankings in terms of the day's ratings. Despite low domestic TV ratings, the international simulcast on online video platforms generates an accumulated 13.6 million views on each episode.[13]

Episode Air date Nielsen Korea Ratings
Mnet tvN Sum
1 June 26, 2020 0.4% 1.3% 1.7%
2 July 3, 2020 0.3% 0.6% 0.9%
3 July 10, 2020 0.3% 0.7% 1.0%
4 July 17, 2020 0.3% 0.4% 0.7%
5 July 24, 2020 0.4% 0.4% 0.8%
6 July 31, 2020 0.4% 0.3% 0.7%
Special[ah] August 7, 2020 NR N/A N/A
7 August 14, 2020 0.6% 0.4% 1.0%
8 August 21, 2020 0.4% 0.4% 0.8%
9 August 28, 2020 0.5% 0.3% 0.8%
10 September 4, 2020 0.5% 0.4% 0.9%
11 September 11, 2020 0.5% 0.3% 0.8%
12[ai] September 18, 2020 0.8% N/A N/A
  • This show airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters.
  • NR rating means "not reported".

Controversies[]

  • June 2020 : During the shooting, the staff fell on the stage and one of the performers had an arm fracture.[14]
  • On August 12, 2020, a staff of the cleaning service company of I-LAND contracted COVID-19. Mnet cancelled all productions and schedules of the show indefinitely while all contestants and staffs got tested for the virus.[15] Filming resumed on August 17, 2020 after the production set was disinfected over the weekend. Most of the staffs including the contestants tested negative for the virus while other staffs are still waiting for their results.[16]

Aftermath[]

  • Enhypen debuted on November 30, 2020 with the EP Border: Day One.[17]
  • Belift Lab created 2 spin-offs of the show called, "Summer Training Camp" and "TMI Q&A", featuring all 22 contestants of I-Land. The first spin-off premiered on September 25, 2020 on Hybe Labels' YouTube channel, while the second was uploaded on the same channel on September 28, 2020.
  • On September 26, 2021, Hybe Corporation and CJ ENM announced the second season to premiere as I-Land 2 and applications for the season were open immediately after the announcement. The second season is targeted at female trainees born in the 2000s and will form their first girl group. They will hold global auditions for the second season in South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, and the United States from October 24 to November 21, 2021. The second season is expected to premiere in 2022 on Mnet.
Other contestants
  • Following Hanbin’s return to Belift Lab, he received solo promotions. In October 2020, he held an online fan meeting called "!00%".[18] In December 2020, he opened his official Twitter account, and performed a pre-opening stage at Big Hit NYEL Concert with the song "I&Credible."[19] On May 2, 2021, it was announced that Hanbin had left Belift Lab and signed an exclusive contract with Yuehua Entertainment.[20]
  • K, EJ, Taki, and Nicholas joined Hybe Labels Japan and are set to debut in a Japan-based male group in 2021. Additional members will be chosen through global auditions.[21] On May 31, 2021, it was announced that Kyungmin has left Hybe Labels Japan, due to differences in the direction of the debut project.[22]
  • Some trainees opened social media accounts:
    • Choi Se-on opened a personal Instagram account.[23]
    • Lee Geon-u opened a personal Twitter account.[24]
    • Choi Jae-ho opened a personal Instagram account.[25]
    • Jeong Jae-beom changed his legal and stage name to Jeong Echan, and opened an Instagram account. Currently, he is part of a music producing team called 'Youth'.[26][27]
    • Kim Tae-yong opened a personal Instagram account.[28]
    • Lee Young-bin opened a personal Instagram account.[29]
  • Kim Yoon-won has returned to the K-pop dance crew Matchpoint Crew.[30]
  • Lee Geonu and Chu Jimin (JM) signed with Bluedot Entertainment and debuted as members of the boy group Just B on June 30, 2021.[31][32]
  • After his departure from Hybe Labels Japan, Kyungmin opened a personal Instagram account.[33]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2021 International Emmy Awards Best Non-scripted Entertainment Nominated [34]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b A subsidiary of CJ ENM
  2. ^ Formerly 23 until episode 6.
  3. ^ Yoonwon has withdrawn after part 1 of the show due to unforeseen circumstances.
  4. ^ The "Top 6 Voted in" are those voted in from 16 trainees in GROUND to continue with the top 6 trainees who were safe from Part 1.
  5. ^ The "Top 12 global votes" was explained as the results of the votes that were conducted for a week including all 23 trainees from Part 1.
  6. ^ Used for Chemistry Test eliminations
  7. ^ Used for Final Test eliminations
  8. ^ Jake received a first rank benefit which is doubling every vote he'll receive during the last 24 hours of voting.
  9. ^ Contestant that joined I-Land but were voted to be moved out into the Ground in later episodes.
  10. ^ Including an appeal performance of the "Rocking" dance with "Funkastic James" by Common Ground.
  11. ^ Including an appeal performance of him singing "Don't Know You" by Heize.
  12. ^ See System
  13. ^ Originally Lee Hee-seung has this part, but switched parts with Ni-ki.
  14. ^ Originally Ni-ki has this part, but switched parts with Lee Hee-seung.
  15. ^ A technical difficulty with the mic caused Jake's part to be silent.
  16. ^ Originally Yang Jung-won was eliminated, however K used his dropout exemption card to save him.
  17. ^ Originally Ta-ki remained in I-Land, however K used his dropout exemption card to save Yang Jung-won, thus he got eliminated.
  18. ^ Originally Noh Sung-chul has this part, but switched parts with Daniel.
  19. ^ Originally Jay has this part, but switched parts with Park Sung-hoon.
  20. ^ Hanbin got a chance to do this part but eventually Choi Jae-ho got the part
  21. ^ Originally Lee Hee-seung has this part, but switched parts with Yang Jung-won.
  22. ^ Originally Yang Jung-won has this part, but switched parts with Lee Hee-seung.
  23. ^ Taki was eliminated after the announcement of the global votes that took place after the mini mission.
  24. ^ 1st place with 2,648,265 votes
  25. ^ 2nd place with 2,532,915 votes
  26. ^ 3rd place with 2,090,201 votes
  27. ^ 4th place with 1,916,736 votes
  28. ^ 5th place with 1,703,579 votes
  29. ^ 6th place with 1,094,601 votes
  30. ^ Producers' Pick, 8th Place by Global Voting
  31. ^ 7th Place by Global Voting
  32. ^ 11th place Lee Geon-u was eliminated instead since 12th place Taki was in the winning group units, thus he is exempted
  33. ^ 12th place Taki was in the winning group units, thus he is exempted, while 11th place Lee Geon-u replacing him to be eliminated
  34. ^ Aired only on Mnet
  35. ^ Live only on Mnet

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