Idol Producer () is a 2018 Chinese reality boy group survival show, which premiered on January 19, 2018, on iQIYI. It is presented by Lay Zhang with Li Ronghao, Jackson Wang, MC Jin, Cheng Xiao and Zhou Jieqiong serving as mentors. On April 6, 2018, the nine highest ranked contestants debuted as Nine Percent.
Concept In 2017, Idol Producer took 100 out of 1908 trainees from 87 entertainment agencies all over Asia, which represented their companies and 8 of whom were independent trainees. The trainees were evaluated multiple times throughout the show by the audience's votes with trainees being eliminated. In the final episode, the nine most-voted-on trainees got to debut as a boy group and were set to promote for 18 months; The voting system is similar to those of South Korean reality television shows Produce 101 and Mix Nine.
Coaches
Lay Zhang — Production director/mentor Li Ronghao — Vocal mentor Jackson Wang — Rap mentor MC Jin — Rap mentor Cheng Xiao — Dance mentor Zhou Jieqiong — Dance mentor
Episodes Series OverviewSeasonEpisodesOriginally airedPremiereFinaleSeason 112January 19, 2018April 6, 2018
Episode 1 (January 19) Contestants choose stickers from A to F as a self-assessment to grade themselves. The contestants enter the studio, where 100 seats are arranged in a pyramid with a chair for the #1 trainee at the top. They are introduced by their label and choose seats from 1 to 100. The contestants then give performances for the judges, grouped by agency. The judges then reassign the trainees a grade based on their overall performance, with A being the highest and F the lowest.
E01CompanyPerformanceOriginal SingerContestantGradeMavericks Entertainment"Popularity" (流行)Li YuchunLi Xikan (李希侃)DLü Chenyu (呂晨瑜)DYu Mingjun (余明君)DSun Fanjie (孙凡杰)FDeng Langyi (邓烺怡)FLuo Zheng (罗正)FCiwen Media"Can't Help Falling in Love with You" (情非得已)Harlem YuDong Yanlei (董岩磊)FWild Fire EntertainmentUptown Funk (Dance Performance)Mark Ronson ft. Bruno MarsXu Kaihao (许凯皓)BNewStyle MediaSadnessM4MYu Bin (于斌)FHong Yi EntertainmentBoyfriendJustin BieberHe Dongdong (何东东)DLi Changgeng (李长庚)DJoy StarTurn UpNick ChouLiang Hui (梁辉)DIndividualI wanna get love (Self composed)Cai XukunCai Xukun (蔡徐坤)AA Legend Star Entertainment"Girl" (女孩) Rumors (Dance Performance)William Wei Jake MillerChen Linong (陈立农)A
Episode 2 (January 26) The rating for the first round is unveiled while the grading sessions for trainees continue. After receiving their initial grade, Zhang Yixing (Lay) announces that the trainees must together perform the show's titular single "Ei Ei" with only three days for preparation. Trainees will have a stand-alone performance that is filmed only once. The coaches give a re-evaluation prior to the filming of the performance to reassign the trainees to another A-F grade. The trainees are then rearranged according to their newly reassigned grade. E02CompanyPerformanceOriginal SingerContestantGradeYuehua EntertainmentEOEOUNIQZhu Zhengting (朱正廷)AJustinALi Quanzhe (李权哲)FDing Zeren (丁泽仁)AFan Chengcheng (范丞丞)DBi Wenjun (毕雯珺)DHuang Xinchun (黄新淳)FYoung CultureCity of Stars (First pure vocalist)Ryan Gosling & Emma StoneQian Zhenghao (钱正昊)BOACA"Eating Fried Chicken in the square" (我在人民广场吃炸鸡)A SiQin Fen (秦奋)BHan Mubo (韩沐伯)CJing Peiyao ()CQin Zimo (秦子墨)DZuo Ye (左叶)FGramarie Entertainment"Young and Dangerous" (Only Cantonese Performance) (乱世巨星)
Xiao Gui'sSolo Dance performance
Zhu Xingjie's solo Rap performanceJordan ChanXiao Gui (小鬼)BZhang Yankai (张晏恺)CZhou Yanchen (周彦辰)BZhu Xingjie (朱星杰)BHua Ying Yi XingKon Jai Ngai (My Girl) (CHN Ver., ENG Ver., JPN Ver., THA Ver.)Saranyu WinaipanitHuang Shuhao (黄书豪)DBanana Entertainment"Let the world be destroyed" (让世界毁灭)
Bei Honglin's Solo Rap Performance: "Lose Yourself"Yoga Lin EminemLin Chaoze (林超泽)ALin Yanjun (林彦俊)CLi Ruotian (李若天)CLu Dinghao (陸定昊)CJiang Jingzuo (姜京佐)CQiu Zhixie (邱治谐)CYou Zhangjing (尤长靖)BGao Maotong (高茂桐)CBei Honglin (贝汯璘)CEmperor Entertainment GroupCotton Candy (棉花糖)Top CombineMing Peng (明鵬)FDimensions MultimediaI Don't KnowChen Siqi (陈斯琪)DXu Heni (徐鶴尼)CSSTAR"A Trainee's Confession" 练习生告白Zhang Yuchen (张宇晨)FLuo Jie (罗杰)DLi Xinyan (李鑫岩)FHe Jiageng (何嘉庚)FQin's EntertainmentAntidote (解藥)Yue Yue (岳岳)CMu Ziyang (木子洋)CBu Fan (卜凡)CLing Chao (灵超)CCulture Broadcasting龙拳 (Long Quan)Jay ChouZhu Yiwen (朱一文)FIndividualUptown Funk (Dance and singing version)Mark Ronson ft. Bruno MarsGan Jun (甘俊)BSimply Joy MusicMr. LeeBBTSun Haoran (孙浩然)BLin Haokai (林浩楷)BWang Ziyi (王子异)ALi Zhijie (李志杰)BJing Yihan (金逸涵)BHuayi Brothers头发乱了 (Honey CHN ver.)張學友 / Jacky Cheung (Park Jin Young)Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)BUnaired Performances and Grades MERCURY NATIONFlower Veil (花的嫁紗)Cyndi WangRapenCXu Shengen (徐圣恩)CGigelCJ-ONECWang Youchen (王宥辰)CGaryC
Episode 3 (February 2) Training to perform the show's title song "Ei Ei" begins. After three days, the trainees are filmed performing the title song and are reevaluated by the judges. The B, C, D, and F grade trainees vote to select the center of the entire group, settling on individual trainee Cai Xukun, who narrowly defeats trainee Zhu Zhengting by two votes. Trainees with an F grade after the reevaluation are denied the right to perform and must watch the performance as spectators. However, before the performance begins, the judges decide to let some of the particularly hard-working F grade trainees perform.
After recording "Ei Ei", it is revealed that for the second challenge, the trainees will be put into 16 teams to perform 8 songs. Two teams will be performing and competing against each other for each of the 8 songs: Jay Chou's "半兽人 (The Orcs)", "PPAP", Jolin Tsai's "大艺术家 (The Great Artist)", "Dance to the Music", "代号魂斗罗", Zhang Yixing's "Shake", CNBLUE's "Can't Stop", and "Get Ugly". Cai Xukun, because he was the center for the title song "Ei Ei", is allowed to choose his team's members and song first. The members of the winning team for each song will automatically receive 10,000 votes. The judges also announce that half of the trainees will be eliminated from the show following the second challenge. The two "半兽人 (The Orcs)" teams' performance, with the B team beating the A team.
Color key Center Winning Team
E03Original singerPerformance songGroupGroup MemberNewest GradeResponsible partNumber of Personal VotesNumber of Group VotesJay ChouHalf-beast HumanGroup A 进击的兽人Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)FVocal9169Li Quanzhe (李权哲)BVocal19Xiao Gui (小鬼)BVocal35Li Junyi (李俊毅)AVocal11Jin Yihan (金逸涵)FVocal19Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)BDance43Bu Fan (卜凡)FRap33Group B MonsterMing Peng (明鹏)DVocal23249Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)FVocal6Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)DVocal42Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)DVocal44Li Xikan (李希侃)CVocal80Zhou Tengyang (周腾阳)FDance12Liang Hui (梁辉)FRap42
Episode 4 (February 9) The remaining 14 teams' performances are shown. Footage of each team practicing was shown before their respective performances. After the performance of each pair of groups, the live audience is given the opportunity to vote for their favorite member out of both of the competing teams. Individual votes were added up for an overall team score, and 10,000 votes were given to each member of the winning team for each song. Taiwanese trainee Chen Linong of "The Great Artist" team A won the most votes overall, with 10,000 bonus votes added to his 210 live audience votes. Zhang Yixing announces that the 39 trainees with the fewest votes (ranking 61-963 contestants left the show before episode 5, one of whom left for medical reasons. Two trainees from Mercury Nation were later revealed to be expelled due to a backstage brawl.) will be eliminated next week. The votes from this week's live performance will be added to the online votes to determine the top 60 trainees.
E04Original singerPerformance songGroupGroup MemberNewest GradeResponsible partNumber of Personal VotesNumber of Group VotesLi YuchunDance to the musicGroup A 你复不复古，你不复古我复古Luo Jie (罗杰)CVocal21249Yu Mingjun (余明君)DVocal39Jiang Jingzuo (姜京佐)CVocal54Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)DDance47Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)BRap87Zhang Yifan (张艺凡)ARap1Group B 螢火蟲戰隊Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)CVocal37154Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)DVocal32Yu Hao (于浩)FVocal8Zuo Ye (左叶)DDance19Mu Ziyang (木子洋)FRap28Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)FRap30Jolin TsaiThe Great ArtistGroup A 维纳斯战队Hou Haoran (侯浩然)FVocal2288Sun Haoran (孙浩然)FVocal17Chen Linong (陈立农)CVocal210Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)BVocal39Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)BDance16J-ONEFRap4Group B 逆袭的向日葵GIGELDVocal10139Zhao Yuche (赵俞澈)DVocal34Zhao Lingfeng (赵凌峰)DVocal10Huang Xinchun (黃新淳)FVocal60RapenFDance10Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)FRap15Hua ChenyuCodename ContraGroup A 我想换CenterLi Changgeng (李长庚)DVocal13171Yu Bin (于斌)DVocal13Ye Hongxi (叶泓希)CVocal12Qiu Zhixie (邱治谐)CVocal12Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)CDance14Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)DRap101Yang Yi (杨羿)CRap6Group B 代號氣鼓鼓隊Yang Feitong (杨非同)DVocal124236Zhu Yiwen (朱一文)FVocal10Lin Haokai (林浩楷)FVocal12He Jiageng (何嘉庚)DVocal17Xu Heni (徐鹤尼)FVocal25Zhang Yuchen (张宇晨)DRap25Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)DRap23Lay ZhangShakeGroup A 一起摇摆Gan Jun (甘俊)DVocal1587Lou Zibo (娄滋博)CDance33Yue Yue (岳岳)DRap15Zhang Xin (张昕)CRap10Ling Qi (凌崎)DRap14Group B five fire fly wow visualLuo Zheng (罗正)FVocal103315Min Zhexiang (闵喆祥)CDance54Zhang Dayuan (张达源)FRap62Wang Yilong (王艺龙)CRap49He Dongdong (何东东)FRap47PICO TaroPPAPGroup A 你的苹果Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)AVocal131285Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)AVocal85Zhou Rui (周锐)BVocal7Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)BDance32Wang Ziyi (王子异)BRap30Group B 扎手的菠萝Chen Minghao (陈名豪)FVocal37146Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)FVocal32Li Ruotian (李若天)FVocal42Wang Youchen (王宥辰)FDance13Chen Yifu (陈义夫)FRap22Jason DeruloGet UglyGroup A 老寒腿组合Wan Yuxian (万宇贤)CVocal29242Li Zhijie (李志杰)DVocal22Gao Maotong (高茂桐)DVocal35Qin Zimo (秦子墨)FVocal27Wu Lianjie (武連杰)CDance32Lu Dinghao (陸定昊)CRap85Li Rang (李让)DRap12Group B 好难啊组合Ying Zhiyue (应智越)CVocal32144Huang Ruohan (黃若涵)FVocal8Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)FVocal33Li Xinyan (李鑫岩)FVocal14Sun Fanjie (孙凡杰)DDance16Zhang Yankai (张晏恺)FRap41CNBLUECan't StopGroup A Snow Prince (雪花王子)Lü Chenyu (呂晨瑜)FVocal11258You Zhangjing (尤长靖)AVocal21Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)DVocal99Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)AVocal14Deng Langyi (邓烺怡)CDance8Lin Chaoze (林超泽)ARap19JustinBRap86Group B 七个隆咚呛Jia Li (伽里)DVocal11181Han Mubo (韩沐伯)CVocal28JeffreyDVocal30Ling Chao (灵超)DVocal34Wang Zihao (王梓豪)DDance26Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)DRap17Qin Fen (秦奋)FRap35