With international fans allowed to vote on "Girls Planet 999," they are now being accused of "rigging" the votes.
Keep on reading to know more.
Netizens Accuse International Fans of 'Rigging' Votes on Mnet's 'Girls Planet 999' with Multiple SIM Cards
With Mnet's "Girls Planet 999" finally started airing back in August, the show has been in the center of attention - both domestic and international - for the show's format of having a total of 99 contestants, with 33 South Korean, Japanese, and Chinese trainees each, in the hopes of making their debut in the girl group.
As "Girls Planet 999" is being broadcasted and produced by Mnet - who became the center of controversy for being found guilty of manipulating votes during the "Produce" series - the broadcasting station's credibility for survival shows that require voting have significantly dropped. Despite its past controversy, the show is still seeing success.
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However, a potential rigging of votes have become the center of discussion after international fans of a contestant on the show were found to be sharing photos of what appears to be SIM cards in large quantities, in which they are allegedly using to vote for their favorite "Girls Planet 999" contestant multiple times.
International fans accused of 'rigging' votes on Mnet's 'Girls Planet 999'.
A netizen on Pann Nate also shared a few tweets from an international fandom of Huening Bahiyyih, who are raising money in order to buy cheap SIM cards to vote for her.
According to the netizen who created the online community post, they explained that the rules of the show only allows one vote submitted per person. And since the voting began two weeks ago, it would mean one person is submitting 14,000 votes if they have 1,000 SIM cards.
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International fans accused of 'rigging' votes on Mnet's 'Girls Planet 999'.
Other netizens who saw the post were baffled at the situation, and left numerous comments saying that what they are doing is no different from the vote rigging that happened on "Produce 101," and that Mnet needs to start regulating the votes.
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International fans accused of 'rigging' votes on Mnet's 'Girls Planet 999'.
There are also comments asking whether or not the fans are actual fans of Huening Bahiyyih or just fans of TXT's Hueningkai who are doing it for his sister.
Meanwhile, "Girls Planet 999" recently aired its fifth episode on September 3.
What are your thoughts on the issue?
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Written by Robyn Joan
