Boys Planet >>>> I-land

I'm confusing as to why BP999 is being compared to iland rather than GP999?

i like first 2 performances

glitch mode great acrobatics , but i dont like their face expressions . I always cringe when idols are doing too much.

Rest performances were mid or really bad

The 2nd video where the guy spoke English, is he from America?

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I'm confusing as to why BP999 is being compared to iland rather than GP999?

wait till someone comes around saying it was like Produce

you re right..enhypen flop hard...

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would love if someone will find that gold middle ground and do a big proper show with super talented 50-60 trainees without eliminating half of them after first song mission

Produce 101 Japan season 2 had 60 participants

buuuut first of all it was during covid and Japan forbite to have more participants

and second after the 101 participants got shown on Youtube the judges kicked 41 people off to be able to only work with 60 people from episode 1 on (and one of the dudes who was kicked out before episode 1 is now on Boys Planet)

I like the tension of I-LAND more, i want to feel like i'm about to die and have an anxiety attack every episode which I-LAND nailed lol

I have some contestants i like on BP but i'm not super invested. Not sure why, i felt the same about the produce series, i just find it hard to get truly invested in this franchise. Maybe because it feels so impersonal? Idk, it just feels very corporate? I know both shows are but I-LAND came across better for some reason. Maybe having less contestants make them more personable? Idk, but i connected almost immediately with I-LAND contestants and was intensely following the show.

I also disliked that BP clearly just picked a majority of songs that the dance teachers have worked on resulting in like 10 SM songs being performed (they work a lot with SM) in episode 1. It was boring tbh, i want better song choices but considering the spoilers for the first mission that's not happening. I-LAND had way better variety during the auditions tbh.

Talent wise i think both shows are kind of equal with BP maybe having more impressive vocals, but it's not super noticable to me tbh. BP have people like Hui who are far and above anyone on I-LAND, that's true. But i watched the full cam performance videos for BP and there are a lot of really poor vocals, in fact a majority from episode 1 had bad vocals. Maybe all the truly good ones are being saved for episode 2 idk. I'm also not that interested in vocals though, so maybe i just don't notice. I care way way more about dance where the shows are equal (though we have yet to see a Ni-ki, or maybe Yujin is comparable? But he's not as good while still being impressive). Not sure if BP will create a powerhouse dance/performance group like ENHYPEN are, but maybe!