These 4 were like the ultimate foreign line everyone expected would be locked in. Like Ruiqi was always in the top 9 too, but thanks to Ifans cuz her K-votes were real low. Tho crazy enough, she’s the highest ranked foreigner amongst them all now
Now that the top 9 is K-nationalist friendly, it does make me wonder if the’ll get in or not
While Kfans are voting hard for their K-favorites, even they don’t want an all Korean group (tho there is a pathetic vocal minority who want one for malicious reasonings)
Xiaoting trended in Korea because of her rank. So I could see her & at least 2/3 of the J-trainees that aren’t Shana making it (tho maybe even Shana could, but her Ifan votes aren’t high enough for 1 pick)
I really hope so, the lineup isn’t interesting without them
On a side note, I want Ruiqi or Yaning in too. Especially Yaning cuz she’s become my ultimate GP999 bias now
But overall, panic voting usually works a lot. I remember Kyulkyung & Mina were in the bottom ranks during the 3rd elim rank, and then shot up high. And Im Nayoung was #20 on the live voting, then shot to #10 for the final