While our coverage of the show just finished up recapping the penultimate episode, the finale of Queendom Puzzle has already aired and revealed the final seven members of the group …
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 9: The Semi-Finals and more eliminations get show back on track, but at what cost?
Episode 9 starts right where we left off, right after the eliminations of Episode 7. As the newly freed idols shuffle backstage, they receive flowers and letters from... themselves. MNet provides us with a heartfelt farewell to the five eliminated contestants, which was done right away and without wasting a week of time.
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 7: No surprises during 1st eliminations & new Top 7; Semi-Final teams and songs are decided
We are LIVE! And people are going to DIE be eliminated! But also, a live broadcasted episode means less content to cover, as we'll probably be spending 20% of the showtime waiting for Taeyeon to reveal the results only to cut to commercial break. I'm ok with this.
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 2: Contestants get sweaty as the (frontloaded) Up-Down Battle concludes and the 7-vs-7 Team Battle begins
Hello and welcome back to your weekly Queendom Puzzle coverage, and we’re halfway through the introductory Up-Down Battle from last episode, only pausing for a quick dinner break before going …
Read More »All 26 contestants of ‘Queendom Puzzle’ revealed through 4 group M! Countdown performances of 2 original songs
The countdown to Queendom Puzzle continues, as the complete lineup has now been revealed through four special performances on M! Countdown across two weeks. The 26 contestants are as follows …
Read More »Lee Chaeyeon (ex-IZ*ONE) & Shiroma Miru (ex-NMB48) to reportedly participate in ‘Queendom Puzzle’ + confirmed are Taeyeon as MC, H1-KEY members, and at least 6 others
After the initial onslaught of reports on participants for the upcoming Queendom Puzzle survival program, it’s now being reported that former NMB48 member Shiroma Miru and also former IZ*ONE member …
Read More »CLC’s Yeeun will reportedly be on ‘Queendom Puzzle’, lineup & broadcast reveal dates mentioned
The news about participants on the upcoming Queendom Puzzle show came fast and furious after former IZ*ONE members Yabuki Nako and Honda Hitomi were reported to be involved. In updates, …
Read More »Rundown: Lee Chae Yeon, DreamNote, Kep1er, KARD, X:IN, Park Jihoon, Yeeun
A somewhat slow week that included some clunkers, but also had some stuff that should definitely be able to hold the interest of some people. ====== Kep1er – “Giddy” It’s …
Read More »Rundown: Jimin, MAMAMOO+, BOBBY, Sunmi & BE’O, So!YoON!, Kim Jae Hwan, YEEUN, KINGDOM
Pretty rough couple of weeks in K-pop, but there were a couple of interesting releases where I could understand their appeal to others at least. ====== So!YoON! (SE SO NEON) …
Read More »The cast of Mnet’s ‘Good Girl’ has glorious mess potential, which makes me consider watching
With Unpretty Rapstar becoming uninteresting by season three, I swore to myself that I wouldn’t get involved with Mnet‘s new hip-hop show, Good Girl. However, now that the lineup has …
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