Queendom (TV series)


Queendom is a South Korean reality competition series created by Mnet.
The first season aired from August 29 to October 31, 2019, every Thursday at 21:20. For the season, Mamamoo finished in first place.
The second season, dubbed as Queendom 2, aired March 31 to June 2, 2022, every Thursday at 21:20. For the season, WJSN finished in first place.

Overview

The program is a comeback battle between 6 trending girl group acts, in order to "determine the real number one" when all 6 release their singles at the same time. The winning act will have a comeback show only for them, showing the new song and their other hit songs, arranged however they want it. The comeback show is broadcast on Mnet and M2.
The first and second seasons lasted for 11 weeks, both featuring 3 preliminary performances and 1 live comeback stage from each act. The Comeback Singles, which are newly produced songs of the six acts, are released a few days prior to the final episode. The digital points accumulated for the Comeback Singles and live votes for the comeback stages on the final episode, together with the accumulated points from the 3 preliminary rounds, were combined to determine the final winner.
The first season's winner was Mamamoo; their comeback show happened on November 3, 2020 as the group made their comeback with their tenth mini album Travel. The comeback show for the second season's winner WJSN took place on July 5, 2022 with their first special single album Sequence.

Cast

Hosts
Contestants
Hosts
Contestants
For the first season, the overall rankings are calculated out of a maximum of 100,000 points for each act, and distributed based on:
  • 3 preliminary performances
  • * 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
  • * Calculated from the time of release till 23:59 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 in a row, they will be eliminated from the show. This is also named the "Dishonored Step Down".

1st Preliminary Performances – Representative Hit Song Battle (Episode 1–2)

In the first preliminary performances, the six teams each perform one of their hit songs that is rearranged and different from their usual stages of the song. Before the performance, the six teams have ten minutes to arrange their cue sheet, which they must complete 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 are calculated out of a maximum of 10,000 points for each contestant, and distributed based on:
  1. Self-Assessment – 1,000 points
  2. Special Judges – 2,000 points
  3. On-Site Audience – 7,000 points
For the Self-Assessment, each contestant has to vote for a team that they believe to have performed better than them and a team that they believe to have performed worse than them. If a team believes that none of the other contestants performed better than them, then they may choose not to give an Up vote.
The Audience Judge Squad and the Special Judge Squad are to vote for their top two teams after watching all six performances. The team that receives the most votes for the Special Judge Award will have all 2,000 points secured to themselves. Meanwhile, the team that receives the highest number of votes from the on-site audience will receive 7,000 points, and the remaining teams shall receive the number of points in proportion to their number of votes from the Top 1 team.

2nd Preliminary Round: Cover Song Battle (Episode 3–4)

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:
  • Watch other acts rehearsal for a day
  • Free Pass for Special Effects
  • Exchange Pass for one-time cue sheet position
  • Free Pass for 2nd Preliminary Performances song selection
  • Production Crew Chance
For the second preliminary round, the same points breakdown from the first round shall apply, wherein a maximum of 10,000 points can be earned, and the points are distributed based on:
  1. Self-Assessment – 1,000 points
  2. Special Judges – 2,000 points
  3. On-site Audience – 7,000 points
For the Self-Assessment, each contestant has to vote for a team that they believe to have performed better than them and a team that they believe to have performed worse than them. If a team believes that none of the other contestants performed better than them, then they may choose not to give an Up vote.
The Audience Judge Squad and the Special Judge Squad are to vote for their top two teams after watching all six performances. The team that receives the most votes for the Special Judge Award will have all 2,000 points secured to themselves. Meanwhile, the team that receives the highest number of votes from the on-site audience will receive 7,000 points, and the remaining teams shall receive the number of points in proportion to their number of votes from the Top 1 team.

3rd Preliminary Performances (Part 1) – Unit Round (Episode 7)

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:
  • Vocal Unit
  • * 1st place – 2,500 points given to the unit's members' respective groups
  • * 2nd place – 1,500 points given to the unit's members' respective groups
  • * 3rd place – 500 points given to the unit's members' respective groups
  • Performance Unit
  • * 1st place – 2,500 points given to her group
  • * Remaining members – Points calculated in proportion to the 1st place
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 Unit

Performance Unit

Unit Round Results

3rd Preliminary Performances (Part 2) – Fan-dora's Box (Episode 8–9)

In part two of the third preliminary performances, the six teams will each perform a song suggested by the audience. For the second part of the third preliminary round, the points are calculated out of a maximum of 10,000 points for each contestant, and distributed based on:
  1. Assessment from the other Queendom acts – 1,000 points
  2. Special Judge Squad – 2,000 points
  3. Audience Judge Squad – 7,000 points
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 for an act that is better than them.

Round 3 Results

Finale Live Comeback Stages (Episode 10)

In the finale live comeback stages, the six acts each perform a newly produced song live. Before the performance, the act that ranked first in the third preliminary round gets 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 distributed based on votes from the general public through text message, there are not any live audience voting. The team with the most votes gets 50,000 points, with the points for the remaining acts calculated in proportion of the number of votes received to the number of votes received by the 1st placed act.
#TeamSongDigital Ranking
1AOA"Sorry"4th
2Lovelyz"Moonlight"5th
3Park Bom"Wanna Go Back"
6th
4Oh My Girl"Guerilla"
2nd
5I-dle"Lion"3rd
6Mamamoo"Destiny"
1st