KINGDOM: Cheating, voluntary or not?

While Mnet’s new boy group competition program “Kingdom: Legendary war” was embroiled in small and large issues leading to new controversies, even before its airing, the question of the fairness of the production costs of the film. all groups have appeared.

It was reported that the recording of the show was temporarily suspended during the first filming of “Kingdom: Legendary war” on March 29th.

As this was the first event, competition between the participating groups, six in number and their respective agencies, was fierce. A problem arose when some groups protested against the installation of expensive sets and props for the performances of other groups.

According to the show’s officials, all groups had to meet a maximum limit of 5 million won (About $ 4,000) for their stage production, but some of them protested, pointing out that several of them were over the limit. cost. Apparently this would have been due to communication errors.

In response, the makers of “Kingdom: Legendary war” apologized to the Xports News outlet that same day, “As this was the first recording, we set the production cost to coordinate the scenes for the six groups, but we’re sorry we couldn’t take all of the details into account.“

After the incident, the production team also said:

«We take the problem seriously»,

but added that it was concerned that she would not be able to provide detailed information on the setting up of the scene.

The problem is that the stage of the first performance has already been completed, and there is a difference in the quality of the performances of groups who have used expensive accessories and those who do not. Given that the six groups, which have a large number of global K-pop fans, are groups with great potential, we can expect the consequences (fan responses) to be strong after the first broadcast.

“Kingdom: Legendary war” has been at the center of big and small issues even before its release. U-Know Yunho of TVXQ, who was the MC, has expressed his intention not to participate voluntarily in the recording, following the controversy he is subject to having violated health rules against Covid19. In response, the MC system will be composed entirely of Changmin from TVXQ.

Just three days before the first broadcast, much attention is being paid to whether “Kingdom: Legendary war” will overcome controversy and provide high-quality scenes and confrontations for global K-pop fans and viewers.

Normally a total of six groups, BTOB, IKON, SF9, THE BOYZ, STRAY KIDS and ATEEZ, will participate in “KINGDOM: Legendary war“.

Journalist: Shawn
Translator: Shawn
Source: Mnet