Produce Camp 2021
Produce Camp 2021, officially known as CHUANG 2021, is the fourth season of Produce 101 China, a Chinese idol survival show. The show brought 90 male trainees from different countries and agencies, to form an 11-member international boy group through global viewers' votes. The final 11 trainees debuted as INTO1.
It premiered on February 17, the show was broadcast on Tencent Video and WeTV every Wednesday and Saturday at 7pm CST, with subtitles available in several languages. The grand finale was streamed live on 24 April 2021 at Tencent Video and WeTV.
Background
Produce Camp 2021 held a global audition and had gathered 90 trainees who are accepting several challenges to fight for a spot in the newest boyband in mainland China. One of the trainees, Kazuma, left the show for personal reasons. To foster their skills and talents, the trainees underwent missions, training, and assessments with the guidance of the six mentors. The show was filmed in Hainan Island and the recording started in January 2021. The first week had a double stream of episodes on Wednesday and Saturday, resuming in its regular timeslot on the later episodes. In the end, 11 trainees will be chosen to form a group.Production style
In August 2020, Tencent Video released an annual press conference, announcing the launching of "Produce Camp 2021" recruiting trainees worldwide. It was first rumored that the fourth season will be a co-ed of male and female trainees, but the official Sina Weibo account rejected the rumor.Tencent Videos released a Produce Camp game pixel style logo on January 1, 2021, and later reveal the logo with its slogan "冒险岛的召唤" or "Call of Adventure Islands".
Mentors
Main mentors
In October 2020, Tencent Video announced that it would create its fourth season of its Produce China series, with Deng Chao as the nation's producer. In January 2021, Tencent Videos announced five new additional mentors: Zhou Shen, Amber Liu, Ning Jing, Zhou Zhennan of R1SE, and Nene/Zheng Naixin of BonBon Girls 303 as international assistant.| Name | Age | Role | Notes |
| Deng Chao | 42 | Nation's Producer | Chinese actor, comedian, director and singer. |
| Ning Jing | 48 | Audience Representative | Chinese actress and singer |
| Zhou Shen | 28 | Vocal Mentor | Chinese singer |
| Amber Liu | 28 | Rap and Dance Mentor | Member of f |
| Zhou Zhennan | 20 | Rap and Dance Mentor | Center and Leader of R1SE; winning member from Produce Camp 2019 |
| Nene / Zheng Naixin | 23 | International Assistant | Member of BonBon Girls 303; winning member from Produce Camp 2020 |
Guest mentors
Guest performers
Episodes
Episode 1.1 (February 17, 2021)
Ninety trainees from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and some parts across the globe, including Japan, the United States, Thailand, Russia, and Ukraine, are gathered to test their fate and talents be part of the newest boyband in Mainland China. Companies introduce trainees before the six mentors go inside the gathered hall. Unlike in the Korean counterpart, the trainees are seated according to their comfort without any rank numbers in their seat. The audition show started with the mentors' performance: Ning Jing performing 《Julia》, Amber Liu performing 《Shake That Brass》, Zhou Shen performing 《自己按门铃自己听》, Zhou Zhennan performing 《C》, and Deng Chao performing Produce Camp 2019's theme song 《喊出我的名字》. In addition, a new set of rules is imposed to the show; the mentors have no longer the power to decide the trainees' rankings. For the first time, in every seat of the trainees and the mentors, a voting device was installed on their seats and each ranking results are jointly decided by the trainees and the mentors. After the mentors' performances, contestants perform with their label mates or a pre-made group to be evaluated from grades A, B, C, and F. After the Jaywalk Newjoy's performance, it was later revealed that the debuting group will consist of 11 members. It was also revealed that the first Class A students were Zhou Keyu, Oscar, and Lin Mo. The episode was cut when Santa was fatigued after his individual performance while being treated by the medical experts on the show.Episode 1.2 (February 20, 2021)
The evaluations continued on the next day when Santa was fully-recovered. Everyone watched the taped performance of Santa and Rikumaru once more for everyone to evaluate the both of them. Santa received a perfect score from the joint votes of the mentors and trainees. Halfway through the show, another set of Class A students was revealed, and the current Class A students, Zhou Keyu, Oscar, and Lin Mo were demoted to Class B because they are outvoted from the recent trainees who performed. Seven were named as the new members of Class A, namely Yu Yang, Li Jiaxiang, Santa, Rikimaru, Hu Yetao, Bo Yuan, and Yu Gengyin. The episode ended with the intense special dance battle between Santa, Liu Yu, and Xue Bayi, with Liu Yu's rank being not revealed in the episode.Episode 2 (February 27, 2021)
Three more performances were evaluated before revealing who will be occupying the final 11 in Class A. None of the current Class A students were demoted while Liu Yu and Han Peiquan claimed the 8th and 9th spots on the Class A. The 10th and 11th spots were battled between Lin Mo, Hiroto, and Dai Shaodong. In the end, it was Dai Shaodong and Lin Mo who occupied the remaining Class A seats, while Hiroto retained as a Class B trainee. Deng Chao announced that there would be a battle between the recommended students of the five mentors versus the opponent from Class A which the recommended students chose. If the recommended students fail the challenge, they will be directly demoted to Class F, and if the recommended trainees succeeded, they will go into Class A, and the mentioned opponent will be demoted to Class B. After all trainees were evaluated, they moved to their dorms and chose the bedrooms according to their likings, yet it is a first-come, first-served basis. The episode ended as Zhou Zhennan introduced the 14 songs that are up for grabs for the upcoming 1st evaluations. The trainees can pick their desired song according to their rank, and each song has a certain limit of team members. The centers are not yet decided, but there are three guidelines on how to choose it: if there's only one Class A student in a group, that trainee will automatically be the center of that group; if there are more than one Class A trainees in one song, the selection of center will be decided by the members through voting; if there are no Class A trainees in a team, the center will be decided by all the team members through voting.| Mentor | Recommended Student | Result | Initial Class | Final Class | Class A Opponent | Result | Initial Class | Final Class |
| Zhou Zhennan | Oscar | Won | B | A | Dai Shaodong | A | B | |
| Amber Liu | Liu Zhang | B | F | Yu Yang | Won | A | A | |
| Zhou Shen | Zhou Keyu | B | F | Yu Gengyin | Won | A | A | |
| Deng Chao | Patrick / Yin Haoyu | B | F | Li Jiaxiang | Won | A | A | |
| Ning Jing | Mika | B | F | Bo Yuan | Won | A | A |
Below is the initial class of the 90 trainees:
| A | B | C | F |
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