There are people complaining about popular groups going on the show & how that “takes away from a smaller/mid tier GG going on”
Uhmmm…. Did we forget AOA, Mamamoo, & G-Idle went on those shows? Even Bom who while not that big as a soloist, was part of the 2nd biggest Korean GG of the 2nd gen. Even Oh My Girl & Lovelyz were pretty notable
This isn’t Road to Queendom, this is Queendom. It would make no sense to have low low tier groups. The whole point is the best of the best competing to see who’s truly the best
And newer groups going on isn’t a problem either, cuz again, best of the best. And if a rookie group showed they can be amongst that, than they deserved their spot
Kep1er is doing very well, so they earned their spot (even then, they’re a CJE&M related group, they were gonna be on anyway cuz why wouldn’t they lol)
As for Viviz, they’re just as much still Gfriend as Highlight were still Beast, so I see no problem with them either
Then again, the Kpop community loves to complain about EVERYTHING! Nothing satisfies y’all, just angry & miserable always lol, like just enjoy