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23 young male K-pop trainees, born between 1997 and 2006, attempt to become the hottest new thing in global pop music. The trainee group has been working toward its big moment for some 12 months, with contestants selected at a series of auditions held all around the world in 2019. The prize could not be more alluring: The new boy band's executive producer will be Bang Si Hyuk, the co-CEO of Big Hit Entertainment, and the mastermind songwriter and producer who helped assemble international chart-topping group BTS. Bang Si Hyuk is the general producer overseeing the action. And he is also joined by a number of superstar producers: K-pop A-listers Zico of Block B and solo star Rain. Together, the producers must help the trainees hone their skills as the field narrows down and the competition to see who will make the final cut intensifies. Stars will be born. Dreams will be made – and some will be shattered…Namgoong Min is the MC who will help put the trainees through their paces. (Source: Viki) Edit Translation

  • English
  • 한국어
  • 日本語
  • Русский
  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: TV Show
  • Episodes: 12
  • Aired: Jun 26, 2020 - Sep 18, 2020
  • Aired On: Friday
  • Original Network: Mnet tvN
  • Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.
  • Score: 8.5 (scored by 7,250 users)
  • Ranked: #476
  • Popularity: #1460
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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Reviews

Ongoing 10/12
Lupanda
41 people found this review helpful
Sep 5, 2020
10 of 12 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 8.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 8.5

Pro's and Con's (because many reviews take mostly one side)

The concept of I-Land can be understood without having seen all the episodes. In this review I would like to describe both 'good' and 'bad' aspects of the show, so that I don't tell anyone directly that they should or shouldn't watch the show. There are no major spoilers in this review, just small facts.

Pro's:
- their experience definitely helps the trainees of Bighit (the 23 participants)
- once a trainee has been selected to leave the show, he knows what his goal must be to have his debut later on
- they make close friends with different age groups (1998-2006)
- they improve their ability to work in a team
- they broaden their horizons with the help of their team members
- they learn that compatibility is very important ➡️ a dispute MUST be solved with talking to each other, you can't just hope that it will be over sometime without doing anything➡️ they get to know each other better, understand others more, become more selfless / cooperative / supportive to each other
- they learn how much responsibility a leader and the person with the most singing/dancing parts have ("the team is as strong as the weakest member")
- they learn that it can be either harder or easier to reach the goal as a team
- all participants are from different countries (South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Australia etc.)
- the songs are sooooo good!!
- the participants are absolutely good looking... Stunning! !! (just to mention that too)

Con's:
- the show did some of them dirty
- 'uninteresting' members are rarely or not at all shown, which can lead to them getting fewer votes in global voting
- the drama is always shown (there are mainly good moments to be seen, but of course in the middle of it scenes are shown where a participant behaves stupidly and then no good moment is shown by him ➡️ which can lead to less votes)
- it focuses mainly on dancing (they have to sing and rap well when performing, but it doesn't seem as important as dancing and facial expressions
- They have to choose each other out and into the team
- they have to distribute their parts in songs with each other ➡️ they went through all the parts of the song and one of them wanted every part (because he didn't get the last part) every time but never got the part (he probably got the feeling that he is not good enough)
- because of the scoring points (0-100) they get the feeling that they have never given a perfect performance
- they all make friends with each other, but they don't all make their debut together at the end (only 7/23)
- you automatically have a favourite, but you have to hope every episode that he gets further
- they have to solve tasks as a team, but are valued against each other in the evaluation

I think bighit should have done the kind of survival show that Straykids did (a fixed group being tested to see if they have the potential to make their debut). Still, the show contains many beautiful moments that make the audience love the participants.
I hope my review is helpful and my english isn't too bad :)

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Completed
MERO
9 people found this review helpful
Sep 23, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

The most stupid survival show

Well let me tell you i watched alot of survival shows ( all pd s1, s2, pdx, pd 48, mixnine, treasure maker, Niziu project and more..) but I-Land is the most stupid one lets tell why...

-Director in ep one tottaly show the wake point of the trainees and over all the producers didn't focus in showing how they are good in singing or rapping the show end and we can't see this a top vocal or this one is mean rap. They only focus on dance then don't debut the top dancer weird.

-stage director is so week that give that shining moments for a member.

-the voting system in part one make trainee out vote each other and that make some never go out of iland because they are friends.

- when trainees are talking it's some times so scripted that you can feel they are reading it.

-low key give a lot of trainee bad image for drama.

-All that buliding to show of BigHit money but we don't get to see a lot of it any way..

- the songs for stages wasn't really good like pd101 songs

I over all loved the boys and i love watching survival shows thats why i push myself to watch this but it's the most stupid show over all.

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  • TV Show: I-LAND
  • Country: South Korea
  • Episodes: 12
  • Aired: Jun 26, 2020 - Sep 18, 2020
  • Aired On: Friday
  • Original Network: Mnet, tvN
  • Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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  • Score: 8.5 (scored by 7,250 users)
  • Ranked: #476
  • Popularity: #1460
  • Watchers: 12,301

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