The Idol Who Returned from Hell Chapter 68

If there’s an absolutely essential viewing point for the 〈Winning Shot〉 stage, it would definitely be the movement formations.

While each choreography move was extremely difficult, what greatly enhanced the overall completion of the performance was the role of formation changes.

The homma who watched it directly at the venue, right in front of the stage, hoped that these aspects would be properly revealed in the main broadcast as well.

She waited with slight worry, but for some reason KNet seemed to properly understand what the national managers wanted.

All music broadcast programs including the three major terrestrial channels always had lots of debate over ‘camera movement.’

Most cases involved not properly capturing beautiful formations and matching awkward ratios instead.

Or using fade-outs when they should catch the overall outline, but instead doing random individual member close-ups at that timing, pulling at fans’ necks.

However, among all those numerous music programs, the one evaluated as having decent camera work was KNet.

Just from the 1st and 2nd round fancams alone, you could feel that the camera director had really gritted their teeth.

That good energy was faithfully transmitted to the 3rd round as well.

—Wow shit what was that movement just now, I got goosebumps watching them follow each and every one of the kids moving in an X formation

—Right, this is it! When such a legendary stage comes out, it needs to be accompanied by divine camera work that matches it!!

—I’ll make one honest statement: if this had been SBM, they definitely would have done a close-up on Seong-hwi at the back during the timing they should have captured the full formation

└Totally agree lol. Don’t even need to watch, it’s obvious

└I was a fan who was there in person, and the camera director’s footwork was seriously no joke lol. Thought he was doing tap dance

First, thanks to the stable camera movement that gave primary comfort, the national managers could shake off their anxiety and immerse themselves in the song and dance.

In such an atmosphere, the perfectly timed individual member close-up shots created waves of emotion.

—What the hell was that Hwi close-up just now, don’t hit me in the head like that seriously T_T T_T

—I’m 30 years old and realizing again that that kind of smoky makeup was the best in the old days. Damn, he’s so sexy

└As a fellow grandma, I agree lol. That level is perfect. If you draw any more it becomes shit

—I thought Ha-woon was just a mischievous youngest, but this rough side of him…… Maybe that’s even better? Poodle, show off more

—Setting everything else aside, who had the idea to put Chae Ha-ru at center? It’s truly glorious to be able to see such a face

└Hwi recommended Ha-ru himself

└Oh really?? Seong-hwi has grown up too

It wasn’t just simple close-ups, but really capturing the timing when each person shined brightest in their main position was truly delicious.

—Si-hwan, I don’t know if what’s fluttering is your jacket or my hair……

└If your hair is that thick, there’s a problem

└Ah, I’m immersed right now so leave me alone ㅡㅡ

└LOL

—It’s confirmed today. Seong-hwi is definitely an all-around type idol

└Even during the early days when he got hate, his skills were always acknowledged

└Dancing, singing, charm – nothing’s missing from our Hwi. Absolutely debut

—Why doesn’t anyone mention our Seon-woo T_T. There’s no kid who suits silver hair like that

└Personally expecting Kang Seon-woo with pink hair

└? What is this, an anti-fan pretending to be a fan?

└What anti-fan, I’ve been hoping for pink hair since I saw him acting cute in that Seon-woo PR video

└Seon-woo fans, we need to watch our words. With his personality, if he sees this comment and thinks ‘that sounds fun!’ he’ll actually do it

It was natural for trainees with solid individual fandoms like Ryu Si-hwan, Seong-hwi, and Kang Seon-woo to receive attention.

But in the 〈Winning Shot〉 stage alone, Ma Si-hyeok overturned the entire game with just one cut.

—Hey, did I see that right?? Si-hyeok’s shirt button came undone, right??

—Shit…… Lord, I’m sleeping here today

—Crazy, insane, out of the world, what’s with that collarbone line, seriously, ah I’m going insane, what kind of lightning bolt is this in the middle of the night

—Camera director, if you thought we’d be happy seeing stuff like this, you’re absolutely right! Please show us more, please show us more!!

—Isn’t there a skilled fan who made that scene into a gif? I really trust that there are many golden hands hiding here. I know this, so while I’m asking nicely, hurry up and come out to turn that glorious figure into a gif, quickly

└Take your breath and talk slowly lol

└You think there’s time to breathe right now???

└Someone just posted a Si-hyeok gif on the gif board, go save it

└Thank you thank you, ma’am, your three generations will be blessed

‘This was seriously insane.’

The homma who was watching episode 10 with the intensity of being sucked into the TV screen had to internally admit it.

Ma Si-hyeok’s individual fans had been sad about their favorite not properly utilizing that outstanding physique.

In today’s idol scene where slender body types are trendy, a style like Ma Si-hyeok’s is extremely rare.

Old fans who had fangirled over the so-called ‘beast idols’ who were explosively popular during school days were secretly hoping Ma Si-hyeok would quench this thirst.

In such a situation, a scene that seemed unintentionally appealing to his physique suddenly popped out.

It was understandable that people couldn’t come to their senses.

Following the accompaniment of 〈Winning Shot〉 racing toward its climax, the trainees succeeded in perfect live performance until the end.

Their appearance of singing passionately while sweating visibly created the effect of perfectly concluding the narrative of effort and desperation that had been given before.

—The workout amount is insane…… It seems impossible to do live performance with that choreography

└But our favorite does that difficult thing!

—I cried seeing Si-hwan straining his voice and hitting high notes until the very end T_T My baby works so hard, we’ll cheer hard every day too. Let’s definitely debut

└Setting everything else aside, you have to acknowledge Ryu Si-hwan’s vocal power and stamina. Even in that situation, his pitch didn’t waver at all

└He’s a total cheat character… If he’s going to be like that, he should at least be ugly, but damn, he’s driving people completely crazy

└Do you believe that was an ordinary Korean citizen?

└This is why they call him King Commoner lol

└Anyway, criticizing Ryu Si-hwan’s skills any further is going too far lol

└There was hardly any skill controversy from the beginning. Only haters did that

└Those haters should shut up now too haha

The stage was completed magnificently, even excellently handling the ending fairy, to the point where it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it drew a line in the 〈Idol Stove League〉 series.

Stage composition, concept, song genre, choreography.

Everything harmonized perfectly and the gears flowed smoothly, which was important.

But above all, the 〈Winning Shot〉 team was receiving even higher praise for breaking the common law of survival auditions.

—Has there ever been a team that people called Avengers that succeeded like this? I don’t think there’s ever been one

└Yeah, honestly last season too, it was 1st place in the 3rd competition thanks to the composer’s influence, but their team chemistry wasn’t great

└In the 3rd round too, and in the 1st round too, there was a team with all high initial rankings, but they were confident they’d definitely get 1st place and ended up in 2nd lol

└To avoid the Avengers curse so boldly like this…… Is this GOAT?

—Definitely it varies a lot depending on who the team members are. Think about that combination – if Ryu Si-hwan wasn’t in the leader position, we wouldn’t have gotten this picture, right??

└Right right. To be honest, the last team that appeared last week was similar to Si-hwan’s team in terms of rankings only. But they didn’t perform this well

└I’d be happy if the Winning Shot members debuted just as they are

└Totally agree. Just looking at the kids together, you can see their chemistry completely skyrocketing lol

The scene of them going down to the waiting room after the stage also continuously received screen time.

The trainees who had steadfastly maintained their smiles until they left the fans’ sight all collapsed as soon as they came down the stairs.

Eventually some even started dry heaving, making fans’ hearts ache.

—Oh my T_T How hard was it that they’re even dry heaving, Ha-woon T_T

—They poured everything out on stage, so it’s admirable really

—This is what true survival idol looks like lol. I wish those guys who don’t seem desperate at all wouldn’t even appear. For example, a certain asshole

└For real, if you decided to appear on the program, you should at least show a sincere attitude. What’s with always looking like you don’t want to do it and thinking you’ll become an idol lol

└Thinking about him quietly appearing later when people kind of forget and debuting with another group already makes me want to vomit

Still, it was a very pleasant night for the homma and Ryu Si-hwan’s individual fans.

Contrary to concerns, nearly 30 minutes of screen time went to the 〈Winning Shot〉 team, showing that the production team’s push wasn’t over yet.

They fully utilized the desperate image that’s like a golden apple to trainees, planting good impressions not only on hardcore fans but also on muggles.

When the homma checked her social media, most accounts were expressing satisfaction.

—I can stretch my legs and sleep well now

—Everyone worked hard, don’t forget to give Si-hwan one vote and then sleep

—Ah, somehow this lingering feeling won’t go away…… Personal fancams will be uploaded right after the broadcast ends, right?

└Waiting for personal fancams like a dog!

└I hope this time he breaks his personal career high, Si-hwan. Would 1 million on personal fancam be too much to ask?

└Personal fancam 1 million is really too much, but the Winning Shot stage video itself could definitely hit 1 million?

The 10th episode seemed to be ending in such a peaceful atmosphere.

[The 3rd round benefit is divided into two types. And the identity of the group benefit among them is!]

[Survival confirmation rights.]

The word ‘survival confirmation rights’ that dropped like a bomb in the preview caused great confusion.

—???? Wait, what’s this nonsense??

—This is ridiculous. What’s with giving survival confirmation rights not in the 1st or 2nd but in the 3rd round? It means automatic advancement to finals just by winning team battle

└But no matter how you look at it, won’t the group voting be concentrated on Winning Shot? Then it might not matter much since they’re almost all confirmed to survive anyway

└People who went to the live recording say something feels uneasy… They always said individual voting gets stronger benefits so they pushed individual voting and did group voting carelessly

└???? I keep typing question marks. Then who did they pick besides them?

└The on-site atmosphere was apparently like ‘Winning Shot will all survive anyway~’ so there’s a prediction that some votes might have gone to Get High who had the ending turn

└This is even more ridiculous….

However, Ryu Si-hwan’s fans weren’t angry about the benefit called ‘survival confirmation rights’ itself.

The public opinion was clear that ‘whether he gets that or not, Ryu Si-hwan’s advancement to finals is already a done deal.’

That meant even if they didn’t get that group benefit, it wouldn’t matter much.

But after the broadcast completely finished and they slowly reviewed the preview content, someone noticed something strange.

[But isn’t the benefit intensity too weak compared to Season 1?]

I definitely remember that in the 3rd round victory, they gave voting benefits and survival rights plus Music K Showdown appearance rights. But there’s no mention of anything like that in the preview.

Survival rights and vote counts are all good, but appearing on a high-profile broadcast like K-Show has tremendous promotional effects just by itself. Most of the kids who made it into the debut line in Season 1 were all kids who won 3rd round and even handled K-Show special stages.

Just looking at the Winning Shot song, it’s good enough to use as a current idol title track, and as we saw today, the kids sang it really excellently. It’s strange that they won’t show us something like this again, so I wrote this.

And starting from this post, a different wind began blowing on the 〈Idol Stove League Season 2〉 homepage.