Han Chowan Calls Out Mnet for rigging her 6th place to 13th!!!!!!

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Minju was consistently popular i think.

I've read that it was Chaewon and Yuri.

Also in addition to the two Korean members that were rigged out, there were also three Japanese members that were also allegedly rigged out. Which means Izone couldve had 5 different members and six total Japanese members.

Honestly, though, i dont blame Msnake for the rigging. I mean, they have millions invested in this, what company would ever let a bunch of rando nobodies on the Internet determine the most important part of any production: the members. No credible investor would invest in this kind of project.

Could you imagine if a Hollywood studio let the general public pick who would play Iron Man, Hulk, Thor or Black Widow for their Avenger movies? There is ZERO CHANCE this would happen.

The Izone we got was the best Izone, they were a literally PERFECT Kpop group. Perfect performances, perfect chemistry, perfect friendships. Literally Izone couldve easily ended up my fave Kpop group ever if their music was better.

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Minju was bland for me overall although she had nice visuals. Chaewon was one of the most talented vocally, but yeah I agree with you, she could have been the one who was put in. I think they put Yuri in for the vocals.

The IZ*ONE we had was great, no complaints, but the girls' talents were rather same-same and there were no standouts apart from Chaeyeon and Eunbi for me. Also, I believe there would have been more Japanese members.

I feel bad for Kaeun and Chowon, especially Kaeun. She must have debuted. This one I blame Mnet. Also, I was sure the center was also rigged, they put a Korean on top.

I think their music was okay, Violeta was the only one I really not liked. Other than that, Panorama and Secret Story Of The Swan were good, La Vie En Rose was amazing, and Fiesta was one of the most polished songs.

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I have a theory that only one Japanese Girl was in the top 12 on Public Votes

MNet panicked because of how bad that looked in a competition of 48 Korean and 48 Japanese contestants so they manipulated the votes to get the next 2 highest vote getting Japanese contestants into the final lineup

It doesn't explain why Chowon and Kaeun specifically were booted to make way, but it would at-least make their actions somewhat understandable and dare I say even justifiable when you think about how bad the optics of a 11 Korean 1 Japanese group would look

My theory is different from you, for me, I think there must have been 5-6 Japanese girls, but they rigged out 3 to put 3 Koreans in (which in my guess Minju, Chaewon and Yuri). Maybe they found Kaeun and Chowon didn't fit the cute concept so they rigged them out, which I feel so bad for them.

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My theory is different from you, for me, I think there must have been 5-6 Japanese girls, but they rigged out 3 to put 3 Koreans in (which in my guess Minju, Chaewon and Yuri). Maybe they found Kaeun and Chowon didn't fit the cute concept so they rigged them out, which I feel so bad for them.

I guess my question is, why was this theoretical rigging out of Japanese Girls ignored during the Court hearings? we only know about Chowon and Kaeun because this went to Court

For what you say to be true, the Courts had this information that 5 Girls were rigged out but decided only to reveal names based on Nationality, when they all competed on a Korean Show and all received votes from Korean Citizens

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I guess my question is, why was this theoretical rigging out of Japanese Girls ignored during the Court hearings? we only know about Chowon and Kaeun because this went to Court

For what you say to be true, the Courts had this information that 5 Girls were rigged out but decided only to reveal names based on Nationality, when they all competed on a Korean Show and all received votes from Korean Citizens

It's just what i've read from multiple random comments. I cant remember if an "official" news source also mentioned this possibility.

Miu, Miyu, and Miho were the contestants that have been mentioned as being unfairly rigged out.