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Re: E08

Looks like there will be a week delay to the final online voting period, since the episodes are delayed by a week.

If it'll be the same as with Universe Ticket, the final voting period will be 7 days only, closing during the live broadcast (E10).

Naah. South Korea hve been debuting 13 year olds since the year 2000. No one talked about it back then because we Asians don't care as long as they are protected from abuse and their grades don't go down.

🫰🏽 At least that was how they did it in Universe Ticket. 😁 E10 is definitely the live broadcast and tally of the final votes.

The real question is how they will reconcile their "the winning team will debut" with votes. If the Top 4 in votes fail to debut because they're not in the final winning team, well, that's going to be a PR nightmare. 🤣

If they go for the Top 7 in votes, they'll be called out because they said the final winning team are the ones who will debut.

That "final winning team" is a trap for them. Imagine debuting low performance and/or popularity members.

So, I'm sure they have a big rule that will upset everything, to ensure they'll debut with the right balance of top performers and top popularity.

Since Team Beat will get 2 trades by the end of E08, this is how I see things will play.

ASSUMING they will stick with the ridiculous "the final winning team will debut redardless of who the members are":

1. Team Beat will steal JL and Park Juwon or Park Han.

2. By doing that, they will definitely win in Round M during the live broadcast (E10). Thi combined on-site + online voting, Woongki and JL are Top 1 and 2 respectively. Woongki has a big gap with JL; while JL has a huge gap with the 3rd (at least as far as the first voting reveal is concerned).

It guarantees Team Beat a solid win as far as votes are concerned.

3. If Team Beat wins in Round M, then the first 7 will debut.

4. Or, if they'll give Team Beat 2 trade options again for winning, then they can save 2 other crowd favourites from Groove and Rhythm.

Unless the reveal another rule that can upset everything.

E09 is their preparation for Round M.

It will feature the final rules and how the winners will be determined. Their practice. New songs. And so on.

E10 is the live broadcast where the final 7 will be picked, and the final voting + on-site voting will be tallied.

OBVIOUSLY Team Beat will win in Round S when they revealed the individual votes will be counted twice for those who will perform for both team songs.

It's comedy. Lighthearted. It's about life, work, your choices, mistakes, and well, being a hopeless romantic. If it's your cup of tea, you'll enjoy it.

Another thing, for future Whenever friends, strategise. If the odds are obviously stacked against the players already, learn to say, "Stop". Yes, the prizes are only a bonus and you shouldn't focus on it, however, if you haven't achieved "peace" like the lovely restaurant couple in S02E10, you'll regret it later.

I especially love the restaurant couple. They understood the purpose of the show for them. "Seeing you already made us happy. We already have a stable life. So just 'Go'!"

I hope future Whenever friends will have the same view and attitude, that way the hosts and guests can relax and have fun too. It increases their success as well.

As I, and many others, have said since Season 01, it's having a casual interaction with big celebrities that makes it worthwhile, the prizes are only a bonus.

Wow! S02E10 was the best episode so far in the entire franchise!

Yey, another Kim Jieun episode!

Many of them are actually from trash accounts. People hiding behind accounts so they can trash shows freely.

Ahh! I didn't think the evaluator remembered him/her, so I assumed if it was her friend.

Lol. When Koreans all have the same hairstyle, I can't tell them apart. 😅😅😅

Watch it. It's also in Viu, if you have access to it, 38 episodes. Just finished it a few hours ago, started on December 26th.

Hmm… I guess so. They played safe with it, but it was definitely there.

Ahh! So it was an adaptation and explains why it makes more sense as a real parallel world/timeline than a game (there were many loopholes). I wish they just followed the original then in this case.

Why was it banned? It's a mainland production with anti-Capitalism propaganda. Did PRC not like the ending?

See my reply a few posts below. I'm only mobile (using MDL app) so I can't give you a direct link (the official MDL app lacks sharing and forum acceess).

Also, I have yet to see news from RM and SBS that she was upgraded. They simply toyed about the idea, sort of testing the waters. There is no official agreement between RM/SBS and her agency yet, afaik.