On May 20, Mnet aired "Kingdom" Episode 8, presenting the last unit battle - vocal unit - where Stray Kids, BTOB, and ATEEZ (Mayfly) competed with iKON, The Boyz, and SF9 (It's One). The first two stages for the second part of Round 3 were also shown, featuring iKON and Stray Kids.
Round 3 of Mnet's "Kingdom" has two parts. In the first part, the six boy groups were divided into two teams (three groups each) and formed three units: vocal, dance, and rap. Each unit of every team will compete with each other.
The first team ("Mayfly") is made up of ATEEZ, Stray Kids, and BTOB, and the second one ("It's One") includes SF9, The Boyz, and iKON.
Mnet "Kingdom" Episode 8: Stray Kids, ATEEZ, and BTOB (Mayfly) Take No. 1 in Three Unit Battles
Last week, the two teams went up against each other for dance unit and rap unit battles.
In the dance unit battle, Mayfly covered EXO's "Wolf," featuring Stray Kids members Felix, I.N., and Lee Know; ATEEZ members Wooyoung, Yunho, San, Yeosang, and Seonghwa; and BTOB Peniel.
Meanwhile, It's One performed "King and Queen," featuring iKON Donghyuk, The Boyz Juyeon, and SF9 Taeyang.
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For the rap unit battle, Mayfly consisted of ATEEZ Hongjoong, BTOB Minhyuk, and Stray Kids members Bang Chan, Han, and Changbin. They performed "Mulgamnori,"
It's One - comprising iKON Bobby, The Boyz Sunwoo, and SF9 Hwiyoung - performed "Full DaSH."
And this week, the vocal unit battle was broadcasted. Mayfly - composing of Stray Kids Seungmin, BTOB Eunkwang, and ATEEZ Jongho - covered IU's "Love Poem."
It's One, on the other hand, performed their rendition of Girls' Generation Taeyeon's "Spark." This time, The Boyz members Sangyeon and New; SF9 members Inseong and Jaeyoon; and iKON members Jinhwan and Junheo participated.
For all three unit battles, it was announced that Mayfly (BTOB, ATEEZ, and Stray Kids) took first place, with It's One (iKON, SF9, and The Boyz) claiming the second spot. This means Mayfly received 5,000 points each in vocal, rap, and dance unit battles as rewards.
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Unlike the previous rounds of Mnet's "Kingdom," results for Round 3 didn't include self-evaluation points and experts' votes. Instead, a special audience of 33 evaluators was involved.
Among these evaluators are Super Junior members Shindong and Donghae, music critic Kim Young Dae, music producer Shinsadong Tiger, and rookie groups MIRAE, TRI.BE, Weeekly, and BDC.
Mnet "Kingdom" Episode 8: iKON and Stray Kids Cover BLACKPINK Songs for Round 3 Part 2
Meanwhile, the second half of Round 3 has begun. This part will be the normal battle wherein the six competing groups put up a performance. For this round, the theme is "No Limit," meaning the participants can perform any song they like and bring in any featuring artist.
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The first group to take the stage is iKON. They staged a reinterpretation of BLACKPINK's popular B-side song, "Pretty Savage," - and, to take the performance to the next level, their labelmate BLACKPINK Lisa joined them on stage.
Stray Kids, the second performer, had all participants surprised when they covered a BLACKPINK song, as well. The boy group staged a mashup of their own hit song "God's Menu" and BLACKPINK's "DDU-DU DDU-DU."
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