Mnet’s idol audition program Boys Planet became the 5th week of March’s most buzzworthy non-drama TV show.
The South Korean TV show, which started airing on Feb 2, welcomed 98 contestants who were selected out of the thousands of aspiring individuals. It serves as the sequel to Girls Planet 999, which debuted the 9-member girl group, Kep1er.
Two months after it started, Boys Planet conquered GDC’s buzzworthy list.
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Boys Planet Secures No. 1 on Most Buzzworthy Non-Drama TV Shows List
The Good Data Corporation released its list of non-drama TV shows that generated the most buzz in the fifth week of March. The company creates the list and ranks the show using the data it collects from videos, social media posts, online communities, news articles, and blog posts.
For this week, Boys Planet reclaimed its position and ranked first.
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Following the show on the list are Peak Time, Fantasy Boys, Jinny’s Kitchen, You Quiz on the Block, I Am Solo, Home Alone (I Live Alone), How Do You Play?, True Story Expedition, and Beat Coin.
Meanwhile, Jeon Do Yeon’s appearance on You Quiz on the Block made her the top 10 non-drama TV appearances. BTS Jimin on Beat Coin, VANNER/Team 11:00 on Peak Time, JUJU SECRET on How Do You Play?, Yoo Jae Suk on You Quiz on the Block and How Do you Play?, Baek Jong Won on Business Genius, Lee Ji Young on Radio Star, and Lee Chan Won on Fun-staurant follow the list.
Boys Planet Finale To Welcome Hwang Minhyun as Star Master
In the latest update on Boys Planet, the show revealed that Hwang Minhyun would host the finale after becoming the first Star Master.
Previously, Sunmi, Yeo Jin Goo, BTOB’s Minhyuk, SHINee’s Key, Jo Kwon, and Jeon So Mi appeared on the show. Boys Planet live finale will be held at Jamsil Arena in Seoul on April 20 at 8:50 p.m.
Ahead of its final episode, the show was accused of manipulating view counts for the Here I Am fancam video. The video, which features Seok Matthew’s fancam, was ranked No. 35 toward the end of the evaluation period, but the contestant immediately reached the no. 9 spot.
In response to the rumor, Mnet dismissed the claims and said that his rank was based on YouTube channel views and likes based on the previously announced evaluation method.
The statement continued:
“At the time, G-Group’s Krystian and Wang Zi Hao could not participate [in the evaluation] due to health reasons at the time of filming the signal song fancam, thus they were excluded from the evaluation. We notified about this in advance. Aggregation of all the ‘Boys Planet’ data, including the [relevant] data, is being verified through the external organization Samil PwC.
‘Shining Boys’ are the result of a poll in which the contestants voted themselves. They were selected through a poll which was conducted among all contestants excluding those who couldn’t participate due to health or other reasons.”
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