I-Land 2: N/a

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I-Land 2: N/a
Also known asI-Land 2
Hangul
아이랜드 2
Revised RomanizationAiraendeu 2
McCune–ReischauerAiraendŭ 2
GenreReality competition
Presented bySong Kang
Opening theme"Final Love Song"
by Rosé
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes4 (as of May 9, 2024 (2024-05-09))
Production
Executive producerTeddy Park
Running time90 minutes[1]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkMnet
ReleaseApril 18, 2024 (2024-04-18) –
present
Related
I-Land

I-Land2: N/a (Korean: 아이랜드 2; stylized in all caps) is an ongoing South Korean girl group survival reality competition series created by Mnet in collaboration with WakeOne and The Black Label.[2] It is a sequel to I-Land, which created Enhypen. It premiered on Mnet on April 18, 2024, and airs every Thursday at 20:50 (KST)[3] and will follow the process of creating a new girl group.[4] The resulting girl group will be trained and managed under WakeOne and become their first non-temporary girl group with a standard contract.[5]

Concept[edit]

In a setup similar to last season, twenty-four trainees are brought to a complex in the middle of a lush green forest. They will stay in either "I-Land" or the "Ground". I-Land is a modern three-floor building with living spaces, a gym, dance studios, an item room for storage, a make-up room, and individual practice rooms. However, only 12 contestants can stay in I-Land. The remaining trainees will be sent to a simpler building called the "Ground," which only has a dance studio, locker room, and dining area. They will have to commute to and from "I-Land" every day at fixed times.

I-Land and the stage where contestants' skills will be evaluated, known as the I-Stage, are connected by a gate, known as the Meta Ball. The Ground is a short walk from the other two connected buildings. The show's concept revolves around the participants' and producers' votes, which play a crucial role in deciding who stays in I-Land and who goes to the Ground. Because I-Land can only accommodate 12 trainees, the trainees may be dropped and demoted to the Ground and promptly replaced by trainees from the Ground.

This season, a fox-like AI creature named NAsuri will accompany the trainees and serve as the show's mascot.

For this season, the audience will be known as I-Mates.

Background and promotion[edit]

On July 9, 2023, Mnet officially confirmed they plan to air I-Land 2 in the first half of 2024. Additionally, they announced the opening of global auditions for girls born before January 1, 2011 and a global audition tour was held in 10 countries and 13 cities.[6][7]

A second season of I-Land was promoted since 2020 as a collaboration with Belift Lab and Hybe. This initial plan eventually fell through, and Belift Lab instead produced R U Next?.[8][9]

  • On September 18, 2020, during the finale of the first season of I-Land, at the very end during the credits, it was revealed that auditions would begin shortly in preparation for debuting a girl group.[10] An online audition called 'WWW Untact Audition' was held in December 2020.[11]
  • On September 27, 2021, Mnet, Belift Lab and HYBE revealed the first teaser video announcing a new season to be called 'I-Land 2' and a global online audition was to be held in seven locations: Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, and the United States.[12][13] The applicant submissions began on September 27 and ended on October 10. Any female born before December 31, 2009, regardless of nationality or place of residence, were eligible to apply and over 141,227 applications were received.[14] For those who passed the first round, a real-time video call audition was held from October 24 to November 21 and the final candidates were selected through another audition.[15]
  • On July 15, 2022, Mnet said that they had decided to temporarily postpone the airing of the show which was scheduled to air in 2022".[16][17]

On July 24 2023, Mnet announced that they would collaborate with producer Teddy Park and his label The Black Label. On November 28, on the first day of the 2023 MAMA Awards, Mnet revealed that I-LAND 2 will premiere in April 2024.[18] On February 5, 2024, it was revealed through the media that I-LAND 2 had attracted around 20,000 applicants from a global audition tour that ended in October 2023.[19] On March 11, it was announced that the show will premiere on April 18,[20] while the show's producers and performance directors were revealed to be BIGBANG's Taeyang, dancers Monica and Lee Jung, and producers 24 and VVN a week later.[21]

Cast[edit]

Contestants[edit]

Information about the applicants was provided in the first episode of the series.[22]

Name [23] Hangul Age Nationality
Bang Jeemin 방지민 18 Korean South Korea
Choi Jungeun 최정은 16
Choi Soul 최소울 15
Fuko 후코 19 Japanese Japan
Jeong Saebi 정새비 16 Korean South Korea
Kang Jiwon 강지원 18
Kim Chaeeun 김채은 17
Kim Eunchae 김은채 16
Kim Gyuri 김규리 15
Kim Minsol 김민솔 16
Kim Sujung 김수정 17
Koko 코코 17 Japanese Japan
Lingling 링링 18 Malaysian Malaysia
Mai 마이 19 Japanese Japan
Nam Yuju 남유주 16 Korean Japanese South Korea Japan
Nana 나나 18 Japanese Japan
Oh Yuna 오유나 15 Korean South Korea
Park Yeeun 박예은 17
Ryu Sarang 유사랑 17
Son Juwon 손주원 17
Um Jiwon 엄지원 14
Yoon Jiyoon 윤지윤 18
Yui 유이 16 Japanese Japan
Yuiko 유이코 15 Japanese Japan

Missions[edit]

Part 1[edit]

Entrance Test[edit]

The contestants are to perform a song in groups. However, unlike the first season, the producers and directors will vote for those deemed worthy to go to I-Land. If a contestant receives three or more votes, they get the chance to go to I-Land; otherwise, they go to the Ground. However, if more than 12 contestants received enough votes to get a chance to go to I-Land after the entrance test is complete, those who were voted to enter I-Land must choose a certain number, based on the amount of producer and director votes received, of contestants among themselves to keep in I-Land. Those with the least votes would be moved to the Ground until only 12 remain.

Color key

  •   I-Land
  •   Contestant moved to "I-Land" but was voted off and moved to "Ground"
  •   Ground
Entrance Test (Episode 1)
Order Song Original Artist Trainee Votes Results
1 "Unforgiven" Le Sserafim Kim Minsol 4/5 Moved Out
Ryu Sarang 5/5 I-Land
Um Jiwon 2/5 Ground
Son Juwon 4/5 I-Land
2 "After Like" Ive Kim Gyuri 5/5 I-Land
Fuko 5/5 I-Land
Park Yeeun 0/5 Ground
Kim Chaeeun 1/5 Ground
Kang Jiwon 1/5 Ground
3 "Sweet Venom" Enhypen Lingling 2/5 Ground
Jeong Saebi 4/5 I-Land
Oh Yuna 0/5 Ground
Kim Sujung 5/5 I-Land
4 "Cake" Itzy Yuiko 3/5 Moved Out
Kim Eunchae 3/5 Moved Out
Choi Soul 3/5 Moved Out
Nana 0/5 Ground
5 "Baggy Jeans" NCT U Yui 3/5 I-Land
Koko 3/5 I-Land
Nam Yuju 2/5 Ground
6 "Drama" Aespa Bang Jeemin 5/5 I-Land
Choi Jungeun 5/5 I-Land
Mai 4/5 I-Land
Yoon Jiyoon 4/5 I-Land
Key
 I  Producer vote: I
 ✘  Producer vote: Out
     Contestant who received an ALL I
     Contestant who received an ALL OUT
Results Board
Contestant Producers Directors
VVN 24 Taeyang Monika Lee Jung
Kim Minsol I I I ✘ I
Ryu Sarang I I I I I
Um Jiwon I I ✘ ✘ ✘
Son Juwon I I I I ✘
Kim Gyuri I I I I I
Fuko I I I I I
Park Yeeun ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Kim Chaeeun ✘ ✘ ✘ I ✘
Kang Jiwon I ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Lingling ✘ ✘ I ✘ I
Jeong Saebi I ✘ I I I
Oh Yuna ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Kim Sujung I I I I I
Yuiko ✘ ✘ I I I
Kim Eunchae I ✘ ✘ I I
Choi Soul ✘ ✘ I I I
Nana ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Yui I I ✘ I ✘
Koko I I I ✘ ✘
Nam Yuju I ✘ I ✘ ✘
Bang Jeemin I I I I I
Mai I ✘ I I I
Yoon Jiyoon I I I ✘ I
Choi Jungeun I I I I I

Signal Song Test[edit]

Each I-Lander gets graded individually by the producers and the directors, based on how well they executed their part(s) in the Signal Song (Final Love Song). The average score that I-Landers receive as a team determines how many elimination candidates there can be; the lower the average score, the more elimination candidates there would be. The I-Landers received an average score of 84(.5), therefore three I-Landers would get moved out of I-Land by the I-Landers votes. Each I-Lander would receive three votes to use to choose who to keep in I-Land. The three I-Landers with the least votes would be demoted to Ground which would open up three I-Land spots. The producers and directors would then watch the Grounders performance and choose three of them to replace the demoted I-Landers.

Color key

  •   Contestant got promoted to I-Land by producer and director choice
  •   Contestant got demoted to Ground by I-Lander vote
Signal Song Test (Episode 2)
Part Trainee
I-Lander Grounder
Center Son Juwon Nam Yuju
Main Vocalist Choi Jungeun Um Jiwon
Main Dancer Kim Sujung Kim Minsol
4 Fuko Kim Eunchae
5 Kim Gyuri Choi Soul
6 Yui Yuiko
7 Ryu Sarang Kim Chaeeun
8 Bang Jeemin Park Yeeun
9 Koko Lingling
10 Jeong Saebi Oh Yuna
11 Yoon Jiyoon Kang Jiwon
12 Mai Nana

Seesaw Game[edit]

For this mission, both the I-Landers and the Grounders will be divided into two units. The units will be decided based on whoever the I-Landers and Grounders pair up with; in other words, partners cannot be in the same group. Both I-Land and Ground will each get two songs, for a total of four songs. The I-Landers received Whistle by Blackpink and Panorama by Iz*One, while the Grounders received Like Ooh-Ahh by Twice and Red Velvet's Bad Boy. In the I-Land, if one unit defeats the other, the defeated unit will all go to the Ground, while for the Ground, whoever wins will all go up to I-Land. At the same time, the first elimination of the show will take place; two members on the losing unit from the Ground will be eliminated from the show.

Color key

  •   Winning Team, I-Land
  •   Losing Team, Ground
  •   Eliminated from the show
Seesaw Game (Episode 3-4)
Section Part Trainee Song Original Artist Result Trainee Song Original Artist Result
Score Total Score Total
I-Lander Center Bang Jeemin Whistle Blackpink 82 490 Jeong Saebi Panorama Iz*One 93 518
Main Vocalist Ryu Sarang 84 Choi Jungeun 83
Main Dancer Kim Sujung 84 Son Juwon 83
4 Yui 91 Choi Soul 83
5 Kim Minsol 68 Mai 88
6 Nam Yuju 81 Koko 88
Grounder Center Fuko Bad Boy Red Velvet 88 467 Kim Gyuri Like Ooh-Ahh Twice 84 435
Main Vocalist Kang Jiwon 63 Yoon Jiyoon 71
Main Dancer Um Jiwon 82 Oh Yuna 76
4 Nana 74 Kim Chaeeun 72
5 Park Yeeun 79 Kim Eunchae 65
6 Lingling 73 Yuiko 67

Unit Battle[edit]

Color key

  •   Promoted to I-Land
  •   Demoted to Ground
  •   Eliminated from the show
Unit Battle (Episode 4-5)
Unit I-Lander Grounder
Trainee Song Original Artist Result Trainee Song Original Artist Result
Vocal Choi Jungeun Fine Taeyeon 91 Kim Minsol Eyes, Nose, Lips Taeyang 92
Fuko Yoon Jiyoon
Dance Koko My Bag +
Eve, Psyche & the
Bluebeard's Wife 		(G)I-DLE +
Le Sserafim 		Yui Mic Drop +
Sugarcoat 		BTS + Natty
Son Juwon Ryu Sarang
Um Jiwon Oh Yuna
Creative Jeong Saebi Rain on Me Lady Gaga Kim Sujung Rain on Me Lady Gaga
Mai Bang Jeemin
Choi Soul Nam Yuju
Lingling Kim Gyuri
Nana Kim Chaeeun
Park Yeeun
Kang Jiwon

Results[edit]

Color key:

  Final members of girl group
  Eliminated in the final episode
  Eliminated in Part 2 of I-Land 2
  Eliminated in Part 1 of I-Land 2
  Left the show
  Moved to I-Land
  Moved to I-Land but was then voted off and moved to Ground
  Moved to Ground
Name Ranking
Part 1
Initial
Rank 		Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 4
Jeong Saebi (정세비) 8 6 5 1
Mai (마이) 9 4 2 2
Koko (코코) 5 8 6 3
Choi Jungeun (최정은) 1 1 1 4
Son Juwon (손주원) 6 12 8 5
Choi Soul (최소울) 20 Moved Out 11 6
Fuko (후코) 2 3 Moved Out 7
Um Jiwon (엄지원) 7 Ground Ground 8
Park Yeeun (박예은) 19 Ground Ground 9
Nana (나나) 18 Ground Ground 10
Lingling (링링) 15 Ground Ground 11
Kang Jiwon (강지원) 23 Ground Ground 12
Kim Sujung (김수정) 13 9 3 Moved Out
Bang Jeemin (방지민) 4 2 4 Moved Out
Yui (유이) 10 7 7 Moved Out
Ryu Sarang (유사랑) 3 5 9 Moved Out
Nam Yuju (남유주) 14 Ground 10 Moved Out
Kim Minsol (김민솔) 12 Moved Out 12 Moved Out
Yoon Jiyoon (윤지윤) 11 10 Moved Out Ground
Kim Gyuri (김규리) 16 11 Moved Out Ground
Kim Chaeeun (김채은) 24 Ground Ground Ground
Oh Yuna (오유나) 22 Ground Ground Ground
Yuiko (유이코) 17 Moved Out Ground Eliminated
Kim Eunchae (김은채) 21 Moved Out Ground Eliminated

Ratings[edit]

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea
(Nationwide)[24]
1 April 18, 2024 0.182%
2 April 25, 2024 N/A
3 May 2, 2024 N/A
4 May 9, 2024 0.163%
5 May 16, 2024
6 May 23, 2024
7 May 30, 2024
8 June 6, 2024
9 June 13, 2024
10 June 20, 2024
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ A subsidiary of CJ ENM

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