The third season of Show Me the Money (SMTM3), which aired in 2014, saw a huge change in production as prominent figures of the Korean hip-hop scene participated in the show. Over 3,000 people auditioned this season, 1.5 times the amount last season, including underground rappers, non-Koreans, students, and previous SMTM contestants. The winner receives one hundred million won prize money, a record deal, and an opportunity to hold a special performance.

Notable contestants that did not make it to the Top 16 include ODEE of Vismajor, Beall, Changmo, Sapo, New Champ, Kang Chun-hyok (a North Korean rapper and artist), Tymee (E.via), Jolly V., Kisum, ult from Kinetic Flow, Born Kim, Kim Hyo-eun and Tarae.

The show, however, had been criticized for its editing by its producers and contestants. Despite this, songs from the show have successfully dominated music charts more than once.

Producer Teams (Judges) Team Brand New Music ("Team Swings & San E"): Swings: Previous contestant of SMTM2 San E Team Illionaire ("Team Dok2 & The Quiett"): Dok2 The Quiett Team YDG: Yang Dong-geun Team YG ("Team Tablo & Masta Wu") Tablo Masta Wu

Teams (Top 16) Team YG Olltii B.I Yuk Ji-dam Snacky Chan Team YDG Iron Giriboy Han Sangyup Jung Sangsoo Team Illionaire Bobby Chamane Toy Pyungan Team Brand New Vasco (now known as BILL STAX) C Jamm Boo Hyunsuk Sung Janggun

Rounds

Round One - First Round Auditions Groups of one hundred contestants come up at a time, and one by one contestants must rap a cappella in front of a producer. In order to pass on to the next round, contestants must meet the producer's judging criteria and be given the SMTM necklace. In particular, YDG caused much commotion by using his ambiguous judging criteria to pass rappers that other judges would not have passed.

Round Two - Solo Judgement (Second Round Auditions) Contestants prepare a one-minute rap using a beat of their choice and perform alone in front of all the producer teams. In order to pass this round, contestants must receive at least one pass from one of the producer teams. If all four producer teams press the elimination button before the 60 seconds is up, the contestant fails. Again, YDG passed rappers that other producers did not deem appropriate, causing them to give him the nickname "hip-hop rescue team". 96 of the 3000 plus contestants from Round One made it to this round.

Round Three - 1:1 Battle (Third Round Auditions) Contestants pair up for a 1v1 rap battle. The host chooses a contestant at random, who is then able to pick their opponent. The two contestants will then select one of the 12 given beats to perform together within a time limit. The producers eliminate one of the two contestants based on the performance. In the event of a tie, the two contestants must rap freestyle to a beat. 46 of the 96 rappers from Round Two made it to this round. Match HighlightsSung Janggunvs.Nam YoungwookBobbyvs.Jamezz (Kim Sunghee)Jung Minjaevs.Jolly V.C Jammvs.GiriboyHyun Jaegwangvs.Jung SangsooB.Ivs.Jin JoonhyunSnacky Chanvs.Choi JaesungVascovs.Shim Hyunbo (Now known as Dbo) Kim Chulbeomvs.ChamaneJ.slowvs.IronTaraevs.Kim Hyoeun

Revival Round The producers picked four eliminated rappers. Picking either X or O out of a hat, the four were randomly assigned a battle. Revival Round Match-UpsB.Ivs.J.slowOwen Ovadozvs.Giriboy

Round Four - Team Selections (Top 16) A SMTM3 special concert was held in which the producer teams each gave a performance. Afterwards, contestants must select a producer team that they want to be in. If a producer team does not get at least four members, the producer team and the members that chose them will be eliminated. +SMTM3 special concert lineupProducer TeamArtist(s)SongTeam IllionaireDok2 & The Quiett"2 Chainz & Rollies""Connecting Link"Team Brand NewSwings"Bulldozer"Swings & San E"All Come In"Team YGTablo"Origin"Masta Wu"Come Here"Tablo & Masta Wu"Light It Up"Team YDGYDG"Shake""Raise the Dog"

One by one, contestants must choose their desired producer team by entering the respective room. After initially choosing a room, contestants were then given a chance to switch rooms, and this saved Team Illionaire—which only had three members at first—from elimination. 25 rappers made it to this round. 8 chose Team YG; 6 chose Team Brand New; 6 chose Team Illionaire; and 5 chose Team YDG. Out of all the rappers that chose them, producer teams must choose four to form their team. This Round formed SMTM3's Top 16 rappers.

Round Five - Individual Performances Prior to the performance, the producers decide, using their own method, on one person to eliminate. This formed the season's Top 12 rappers.

A rapper is chosen at random to perform, and the audience votes and decides the 1st to 12th place rappers. 195 people in total voted. A team score is generated based on adding up the members' scores and the teams are then ranked: Team Illionaire came in last; Team YDG third; Team YG second, despite two of their rappers forgetting their lyrics; and Team Brand New first. The top team gets the advantage of deciding the Round Six battles. +Performance HighlightsTeamRapperSongTeam Brand NewVasco"BooooM"Team YGYook Jidam"High Teen"Team Brand NewC Jamm"A Yo"Team YDGGiriboy"Rain Showers Remix"Team IllionaireBobby"I'm Ill"Team YGOlltii"No Dollmodel"Team YGB.I"Dumb head"Team YDGIron"Look Out for Detox" +Individual Performance ResultsTeamRapperRankVotesTeam Brand NewVasco179Team YDGIron315Team IllionaireBobby614Team YGB.I222Team YGOlltii315Team Brand NewC Jamm315Team YGYook Jidam97Team YDGHan Sangyup710Team IllionaireChamane97Team IllionaireToy121Team Brand NewBoo Hyunsuk88Team YDGGiriboy112

Round Six - First Round Performances Round Five's winning team decided the team battles, which were: Team Brand New vs. Team Illionaire, and Team YDG vs. Team YG. Members of each team were ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd from Round Five. The top rapper automatically gets to perform and go to the next Round, but the producers must choose one person out of 2nd and 3rd place rappers to perform, thereby eliminating the other. The 2nd and 3rd place are to prepare two versions of the same song, and on the day of the rehearsal the producers conducts the selection, based on the rappers' performance. This formed the Top 6 rappers. Vasco, IRON, Bobby, and B.I were first in their teams last Round and guaranteed a spot in the first round performances.

During their performance, each rapper gets performance money based on votes from the audience. Team members' performance money are then added up to get the team's overall performance money. The losing team of the team battles gets their lowest-earning performer eliminated. +Match-UpsRound 1Team YGvs.Team YDGOlltii - "OLL' Ready"Giriboy - "Truck 1991"Round 2Team Illionairevs.Team Brand NewChamane - "19"C Jamm - "Jungle" (Feat. Genius Nochang, Just Band)Round 3Team YGvs.Team YDGB.I - "Be I"Iron - "Blue Gangsta + I AM"Round 4Team Illionairevs.Team Brand NewBobby - "Go!"Vasco - "Fresh & Blood + Guerilla's Way" +ResultsTeamRapperIndividual MoneyTeam MoneyTeam Brand NewVasco3,375,0006,525,000C Jamm3,150,000Team YGOlltii2,800,0004,500,000B.I1,700,000Team IllionaireBobby1,525,0002,900,000Chamane1,375,000Team YDGIRON3,175,0004,825,000Giriboy1,650,000

Round Seven - First Round of Finals The theme is "Love". Rappers collaborate with a special guest rapper.

Again, each rapper gets performance money during their performance based on votes from the audience. Team members' performance money are then added up to get the team's overall performance money. The losing team of the team battles gets their lowest-earning performer eliminated. Team YG was eliminated. +Match-UpsRound 1Team Brand Newvs.Team YDGVasco - "187 + Grey" (Feat. 조현아)Iron - "Let's Do It Again" (Feat. Skull)Round 2Team YGvs.Team IllionaireOlltii - "That XX" (Feat. ZICO of Block B)Bobby - "L4L (Lookin' 4 Luv)" (Feat. Dok2 & The Quiett)Round 3Team Brand Newvs.Team YDGC Jamm - "More + Good Day" (Feat. Swings)Giriboy - "Beauty + My Body Is On Fire" (Feat. ???) +ResultsTeamRapperIndividual MoneyTeam MoneyTeam Brand NewVasco6,800,00014,500,000C Jamm7,700,000Team YDGIron3,100,0005,300,000Giriboy2,200,000Team YGOlltii3,650,000 -Team IllionaireBobby6,150,000 -

Round Eight - Semi-finals The match list for the semi-finals was decided by the top winner last round, C Jamm. The theme is "Money". Team Brand New remained undefeated until this round, but Bobby won Vasco by a difference of 10 votes. Team Brand New was eliminated. +Match-UpsRound 1Team Illionairevs.Team Brand NewBobby - "YGGR#Hip-hop"Vasco - "Ripple Effect + More" (Feat. 천재노창)Round 2Team Brand Newvs.Team YDGC Jamm - "Shit" (Feat. BewhY)Iron - "Malice" (Feat. 강허달림) +ResultsTeamRapperIndividual MoneyTeam IllionaireBobby5,250,000Team Brand NewVasco4,750,000Team Brand NewC Jamm2,200,000Team YDGIron7,750,000

Round Nine - Final Round Bobby won the first round of voting, as well as the final results. After losing continuously throughout the whole season, Team Illionaire won Show Me the Money 3. +Match-UpTeam Illionairevs.Team YDGBobby - "Raise the Guard and Bounce"Iron - "C Da Future" +ResultsTeamRapperFirst Round ResultsFinal resultsTeam IllionaireBobby3,010,0007,735,000Team YDGIron2,240,0004,235,000

Top Contestants Top 12: Team Brand New: C Jamm, Vasco, Boo Hyunsuk Team YDG: Iron, Giriboy, Han Sangyup Team YG: Olltii, B.I, Yook Jidam Team Illionaire: Bobby, Chamane, Toy Top 8: Team Brand New: C Jamm, Vasco Team YDG: Iron, Giriboy Team YG: Olltii, B.I Team Illionaire: Bobby, Chamane Top 6: Team Brand New: C Jamm, Vasco Team YDG: Iron, Giriboy Team YG: Olltii Team Illionaire: Bobby Semi-finalists (Top 4): Team Brand New: C Jamm, Vasco Team YDG: Iron Team Illionaire: Bobby Finalists: Team YDG: Iron Team Illionaire: Bobby Winner: Team Illionaire: Bobby

Discography

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