2. Just personal preference at that point. Check Out The Current Overall Ranking Of "KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR" I wish they hadnt kept apologizing afterwards, though. 4th place: SF9 533,458 votes 6. BTOB on top for me, if only because they did something different. Disclaimer: Im watching the full show, and not just clips on YouTube. Main rapper Minhyuk filled the other vocalists part which is a big twist even though Melodys are already aware of his beautiful voice. (Stray Kids) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybhfbm0gU8), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoFSamY3M8c, [] WOLFGANG (Stray Kids) #KINGDOM EP.10 | Mnet 210603 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoFSamY3M8c), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcA_p83ovAU, [] WAVE : Overture (ATEEZ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcA_p83ovAU), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uDitNeFO-I, [] Symphony No.9 From The Wonderland (ATEEZ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uDitNeFO-I), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4n06VT4H9w, [] (The Awakening of Summer) (ATEEZ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4n06VT4H9w), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsO6QO3VCVE, [] (The Real) (ATEEZ) #KINGDOM EP.10 | Mnet 210603 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsO6QO3VCVE). Sometimes a great pop song is enough , The way Im reminded of Its Raining ONF. I just think their team used up their best ideas during Road to Kingdom. Ateez and BtoB had the best stages for me. You made ranking based on the song not the whole performance. I hope all the groups receive more success due to their appearance on the show. The boyz and skz gave me the same feeling. Kingdom: Legendary War - Finale Recap and Ranking However, I wish this performance leaned more heavily into its choir-like introduction. Second Half Of The Results Of "KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR" Round 1 I did not expect edgy Wave to sound so good. Kpop Boy Group Profiles End>Beginning Kingdom will feature famous male K-Pop groups. Kingdom Legendary War 2021 Participants BtoB BTOB The song built to a rousing, shout-along finale. iKONs Bobby probably summed it up best with this nonchalant quote: I am curious to see Nicks reaction if MNET reveals a new survival show. 2 & 3) as a big fan of the B.I. I was bored after watching just a few performances. We need an editor. Warning: This recap is not spoiler-free. 3. You need to sign in so you can join the quiz. After THE BOYZ, iKON, and BTOB kicked off the competition in last weeks episode, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, and SF9 took the stage for their own electrifying performances this week. And, the concept of the performance was pretty much what I would have expected from this heavy sound. Of course, circumstances are different, and the strengths of the groups are different, but some of those introductory Road to Kingdom stages still stick in my mind. Personally, when I first saw the performance it was a bit underwhelming but after watching it more, Ive come to love it, and the dance break with Q in the front was just amazing. But, I feel like Ive seen this stage before, and its just not what I tend to enjoy when it comes to K-pop. Despite their relative youth, I think theyre clear contenders for the crown. 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The performance just dont seem to come alive and they dont feel authentic to who the performers are. All groups had their ups and downs, and my rankings changed week to week. All of the groups were amazing that I excitedly watched their performances all throughout. And though Kingdom Come is one of my favorite songs of this round, I think it deserved a more inventive concept. SF9 took a commanding lead last week, revealing a stage and concept that felt new for them. Compared to many of the other groups, their use of the stage felt more constrained. Proceed at your own risk! 5. Still, kudos to all the groups, they all did GREAT!^^, For me I believe that IKON and BTOB showed something different whereas the other 4 performances were almost similar. feels like the new groups these day are into halloween/theatrical concepts. solo comeback, it is bittersweet to see iKon kinda strike out on Kingdom. PS. They are all amazing performers in their own right and I wish they go with their strengths and have fun instead of trying hard to be something they are not. Judging from this first episode, I think Stray Kids and The Boyz are the most competitive groups. SF9 comes next. I feel bad that half of the votes will be controlled by fans. 1. Thats not to take away from Stray Kids, who are immensely talented and delivered some great performances as part of this series. After that brief flourish, the rest of the song felt a bit underwhelming. 3. Both just didnt show me anything new. For the full explanation of the vote and rankings, check our previous article here. Im celebrating on behalf of the warring groups, while also fuming at MNET for not making this decision last year. Watch: "Kingdom" Reveals Initial Rankings For Round 3 - Soompi Who competed on Kingdom: Legendary War 2021? Learn more about ATEEZ, 1st Round: Symphony No.9 From The Wonderland, 2nd Round: Rhythm Ta (The Awakening of Summer) (by iKon ), Rankings / Results Kpop Who wore it better? Im disappointed that we didnt get to hear much of the song here, and the editing did the group no favors. iKons performance is what I liked best because they showed their color as a group where they dont need to change their typical performance style to show something different especially that this is a group introduction stage. Its great that they went first. iKON took the top spot for me. Theyre going to be a hard group to beat. They debuted on March 21, 2012, under CUBE Entertainment, making them the most senior group competing on Kingdom. Anyway, this is the master plan of the injured Younghoon, who couldnt participate in the last two Kingdom rounds. Although the fan votes and video view counts for the roundwhich add up to a total of 50 percent of the contestants scoreshave not yet been tallied, the six competing groups cast their votes immediately after the performances, while the panel of 30 expert judges made their evaluations at the same time. Darkness, trying to out edgy everyone elses edge. This was simple, but never boring. It is entirely possible to remix a song without making it sound like slow, homogenous noise. They got to try new things and cant rely too much on stunts. They debuted on March 25th, 2018, under JYP Entertainment. Congrats to Stray Kidz. Personally, they werent underwhelming (because some of the others were too OVERwelming) Im a Music Bank guy, so I never really get to watch YG groups week to week. The two results make 50% of the score for Round 1. 4. For Part 1 of this round, 33 special judges are invited to judge the performances and each will have 1 vote. Perhaps I am biased, but I must say BTOBs performance really stands out from the rest. The two results make 50% of the score for Round 1. Mnet's "Kingdom: Legendary War" is gearing up for its final battle! If I understood Hongjoong correctly, The Real is actually an old song they dug out from the vault. Kingdom: Legendary War ( Korean : : ; RR : Kingdeom: Rejeondeori Wo) is a television program that aired on Mnet beginning on April 1, 2021, and ending on June 3, 2021. The stray kids x the boyz x ateez inter-group friendship was also very funny to watch, heres to more of such interactions in the future! Ateez was amazing, but I think they were way too serious. The guys say they havent been on a competition show before, but Id argue that that series was as cutthroat as it gets, even though it was probably fixed from the beginning. However, this is not their fault. Kpop Quizzes 5th place: iKon 3,669.811 points The sequel to "Queendom," "Kingdom" is MNET's new survival show. 4th place: BtoB 5,394.684 points 6th place: iKon 489,971 votes. Watch the full episode of Kingdom with English subtitles here. I really loved iKONs performance. The Boyz 2. There were 10 episodes. Its so cheesy, and I think the performance wouldve benefitted from embracing that cheese rather than attempting to be serious. But even with all the strained edginess, the staging for this was pretty fantastic. I love watching groups actually enjoy their stages. same here! Parts of Stray Kids performance I liked, but overall I thought it was kind of gimmicky. They certainly dont have a rookie air to them anymore. Theyre such an odd fit for the show, but Im curious to see how they will do against these younger, edgier groups. BTOB and iKON tied for fifth place in the expert judges evaluations, but BTOB came in fourth place overall due to their high ranking in the contestants votes, while iKON took fifth place in the contestants votes. Kingdom Come (TBZ): Having half of it be VCR and an unmemorable choreography made them last for me. (You can check out THE BOYZ, iKON, and BTOBs performances from Round 1 here.). Each week, Ill be taking a listen to the newest kpop releases and giving my thoughts. 4 & 5) Stomps, stomps, deep gazes and dramatic facial expressions. The Kings Voice song, if Im not mistaken is actually a song for Kingdom (not a cover). Would love your thoughts, please comment. For the second half . Kingdom: Legendary War Profile (Survival Show) (Updated!) 1st place: Mayfly: Donghyuk (iKon), Juyeon (The Boyz), Taeyang (SF9) Just not my favorite stages from either of them. Part of me wonders how much time is left for the groupI really enjoyed the Why Why Why come back so I would be disappointed if Kingdom was one of their last big activities. Because the backing track with the right tempo could still be heard it ended up sounding messy but maybe Im being picky. Whereas SF9 were like in between, they had a good balance of choreo and stage presence. Can anyone help me out here? I loved the ballet section during the climax. I loved the human sculpture that marked the mid-point of this performance, but other than that there wasnt a lot of imagery that stuck with me. (by ATEEZ), SF9 why some people seems to hate props, stunts, theatrical performance? BTOB is ranked 4 personally because BTOB songs are really full of emotions especially ballad ones but I think they can do better and I believe so. I want to say Stray Kids will be first and The Boyz second, but I find it hard to believe that iKON would come last. I just cant get into this song. 1st Round: To The World Final Results (Ep. Other Recaps: Episode One // Episode Two // Episode Three // Episode Four // Episode Five // Episode Six // Episode Seven // Episode Eight 'NO LIMIT' ROUND To calm things even more, I dont feel like I have a horse in this race. I feel like I havent really watched a lot of their live performances over the past few years. Which of the groups participating inKingdom: Legendary Waris your favorite? glare at the camera, (srsly what are all these choreographers angry about all the time). Same! I feel like they have more global popularity than that. Kingdom: The legendary war - ROUND 1: SF9 was shocked by - KBIZoom I dont know what you mean? ATEEZ SF9 (he says in a dramatic, echoed voice). You have to create a unique and special performance. just wanna say thank u for your dedication, covering this show for 10 eps is not easy! They should have gotten him to join in on the performance, too! And like almost every other group, theyre mooyaho-ing all the way. The choreography was on point as usual, even if the mix didnt really do the song any favors. Kpop Facts ATEEZ took the #1 spot in the initial rankings. They are actually really really talented and have great songs only just to waste it on walking (Also they get barely any screen-time to begin with). Stray Kids consists of 8 members: BangChan, Lee Know,Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix,Seungmin, and I.N. That might not be to their benefit in the context of a legendary war, but its a nice contrast to some of the younger groups who are still finding their way. MNET was the network partner of the show. The winner of Road To Kingdom, The Boyz, is joining the rest of the groups in Kingdom. I also will try to help with as many profiles as I can that have been forgotten or havent been updated in a while! BTOBconsists of 6 members: Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub,Hyunsik, Penieland Sungjae. I know their music, of course, and like quite a lot of it. Who is Who: Kpop Girl Groups The hosts are the K-Pop male duo, TVXQ. Kingdom: Legendary War was a 2021 South Korean reality television program on Mnet, hosted by TVXQ. If you need/want to use info from our profile, please kindly put a link to this post. Mnet's " Kingdom: Legendary War " has unveiled the full results from Round 2! The Boyz have been very up-and-down throughout Kingdom a completely different experience from their consistent dominance on Road to Kingdom. ATEEZ , BTOB , iKON , SF9 , Stray Kids, and THE BOYZ are currently appearing on the show. Isnt it a bit impressive or do they really think were not good enough?. i was so giddy over that i love seeing idols happy and in love. On a different note, Produce 101 Japan S2 has released their theme song Let Me Fly.. Are you going to review it? My humble opinion, it should be the exact opposite. Views will only be counted for the first three days after the full versions of performances are released on Mnet's official YouTube channel. Im more interested in seeing where these groups go next. It was well-staged, with fun use of props that gave a lighter-than-expected vibe to a stage I assumed would be nothing more than puffed-up chests and general badassery. All their title songs are amazing though its a shame that they got their first win just recently since 2016, but its a great news to all Fantasys. We only got to see numbers 5, 4 and 3. Who do you think will take the rest of the slots? It might become my favorite performance from them. All Rights Reserved. They play the game to their strengths. How cool would their stint on Kingdom have been with all six remaining members? The first performing boy group is decided by the latter boy group who will themselves be performing last. Hes funny even when hes not on screen, as evidenced by his letter. I said I was going to try to remain neutral, but I cant pretend that Miroh wasnt my favorite song performed on this episode. It seems like the groups dynamic is going to be a lot more friendly compared to Road to Kingdom (that is, that btob will gleefully ignore whatever machinations the producers throws at them), so Im excited for other episodes. Poor Rowoon was sidelined with an injury, making this SF8. To relieve stress, fatigue and injury, the guys rent out Everland that amusement park you always see on Korean variety shows. I dont know much about SF9, and I felt like all their performance really told me about them was that theyre tall and handsome (not a bad thing, but compared to the other stages it felt underwhelming). So, the editing of each performances may inadvertently factor into my rankings. Thanks a lot! The final episode of Kingdom is over three hours long. SF9 are probably the group I know the least about as personalities. They could use a boost after a tumultuous few years. 4. Everyone else felt so clunky and awkward with all those forced stunts and felt a little try hard.. In the end, this was always going to be a popularity contest to some extent. I think its the cultural differences and perhaps if Lion King didnt exist, I wouldnt cringe as much. My ranking is always so different from yours and I think thats why I always come back to this blog. I feel like the point of the show is to try new stages/styles. But, this time will surely be less dramatic. Thanks for keeping up and covering the whole show. Its a much-needed break, though anything thats filmed for Kingdom cant really be considered a break. Still, the guys seem to have fun especially the arcade team. The winning boy group for this round will get 20,000 points. Im eager to see how they do. 6th place: The Boyz 2,534.222, Voting details for the 2nd Round: 1. I dont particularly want to see another Kingdom ever again, but Im still glad we got one. Are we sure this is actually season two, and not season one? They explore jazz but cant scat and likewise label it is as a concept. After a moody intro video, SF9s stage opens in black and white. But those looking for an upset should probably tune into a different show with a different voting system. Kingdom: Legendary War | Kpop Wiki | Fandom Kpop Discographies ATEEZ Check back frequently for new reviews and commentary on everything K-Pop! But they were both playing to some of their strengths so I understand their directions. So maybe not relieving the fatigue?? Learn more about Stray Kids, 1st Round: (Gods Menu + Side Effect), 2nd Round: Pray (Ill Be Your Man) (by BTOB), ATEEZ The teasers for episode 2 seem as though the first performances will be cut from the same cloth of: angst, explosions, edge, so Im not hopeful about diversity in performances haha (ill be happy to be proven wrong though! Looking at the other groups results, I feel embarrassed. Sf9 and Ikon were okay. The show began airing on April 1st, 2021, on Mnet. Its all about playing with momentum and energy in performances like this. introduction stage, Round 1 (To The World) and Round 2 (Re-Born). Kprofiles.com, (Special thanks to: skzdhyn, sarayamelie, Kpop1098, Boakye Manu, SF9 Fighting, Hannah). I died when the wolf hand puppet shoved itself into the screen (1:39 on this video). Voting via the Whosfan app for the round started from April 15 at 22:00 (KST) and closed on April 18 at 23:59 (KST). One roadblock out of the way for Queendom Season 2, god bless! 5. Like in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hJMSFIH7Cs (Decalmonie by Mamamoo) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5iFHJECQWU (Good Luck by AOA covered by Mamamoo). The damn stage is so dark, the songs all start with loud foghorn noises, then more noise, some kind of intense fire motif appears on the floor video screen, and stomp stomp stomp pose glare anger anger anger, the haircuts are the same, the clothes are all variations on black biker school boy with slashes and random chains, and hold for the end poses. The Boyz were the winners of Road To Kingdom. I am not a RTK/Kingdom watcher, so Im going to use these recaps to kindof see whats going on. The remix, energy, and props were great. 6th place: SF9 2,042.471, *The scores for the 1st Round are determined: Part 1 Judges vote (25%) + Groups vote (25%) Through a combination of voting and streaming, the final round will be decided completely by fans. For example, many groups explore the rock concept but no one can make the sounds that is characteristic to the genre. Thankfully, after receiving some throat spray, Inseong is now able to laugh about his Spark bum note during the unit performance round. They made use of their numbers and experience well for their stage but seriousness was all over them and I hope they will enjoy more their next performances for Kingdom as the group is an all-rounder in terms of vocal, rap and performance. SF9 claimed fourth place in the expert judges evaluations, but placed sixth in the overall initial rankings after not receiving any votes from the other contestants. Kingdom: Legendary War - Wikipedia The groups participating in Kingdom: Legendary War are BtoB, iKON, SF9, The Boyz, Stray Kids, and ATEEZ. Stray kids get extra points just for that. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. . Some performances were fantastic and transcending (Its Raining and a few others) in a way that was very authentic to them, but I feel too bored at the end because of all the other performances.