I-Land2: N/a (; stylized in all caps) is a 2024 South Korean survival reality competition series created by Mnet in collaboration with WakeOne and The Black Label. It is a sequel to I-Land, which created Enhypen, following the process of creating a new girl group. It premiered on Mnet on April 18, 2024, and was separated into two parts. The episodes of Part 1 aired every Thursday at 20:50 (KST) and the episodes of Part 2 aired every Thursday at 21:30 (KST). The show ended with the formation of a seven-member girl group named Izna, which would be trained and managed under WakeOne and become their first non-temporary girl group with a standard contract.
Concept In a setup similar to last season, the show is split into two Parts. In Part 1, twenty-four contestants are brought to a complex in the middle of a lush green forest. They will stay in either "I-Land" or "Ground". I-Land is a modern three-floor building with living spaces, a gym, dance studios, an item room for storage, a make-up room, and individual practice rooms. However, only 12 contestants can stay there. The remaining contestants will be sent to a simpler building called "Ground," which only has a dance studio, locker room, and dining area. They will have to commute to and from "I-Land" every day at fixed times. I-Land, and the stage where contestants' skills will be evaluated, known as the I-Stage, are connected by a gate, known as the Meta Ball. Ground is a short walk from those two connected buildings.
In Part 2, the remaining 12 contestants all get to stay in I-Land and the Ground building no longer gets used. The section of the building where I-Stage used to be became a pickup/drop-off spot for the contestants to get to and from their new performance stage, the CJ ENM Ilsan Studio.
Part 1's concept revolves around the contestants' and producers' votes and evaluation, which play a crucial role in deciding who stays in I-Land, who goes to the Ground, and who gets eliminated. In Part 2, the concept shifts to the I-Mates' and producers' votes and evaluation, which play a crucial role in deciding the contestants rankings, and again, who gets eliminated. Because I-Land can only accommodate 12 trainees, in Part 1, the contestants may be dropped and demoted to the Ground and promptly replaced by trainees from the Ground.
This season, a fox-like AI creature named NAsuri will accompany the trainees and serve as the show's mascot. For this season, the audience will be known as I-Mates. The title of this season's signal song is "Final Love Song", which is a rendition of "The Final Countdown" by Europe.
Background and promotion On July 9, 2023, Mnet officially confirmed they plan to air I-Land 2 in the first half of 2024. Additionally, they announced the opening of global auditions for girls born before January 1, 2011, and a global audition tour was held in 10 countries and 13 cities.
A second season of I-Land was promoted since 2020 as a collaboration with Belift Lab and Hybe. This initial plan eventually fell through, and Belift Lab instead produced R U Next?.
On September 18, 2020, during the finale of the first season of I-Land, at the very end during the credits, it was revealed that auditions would begin shortly in preparation for debuting a girl group. An online audition called 'WWW Untact Audition' was held in December 2020. On September 27, 2021, Mnet, Belift Lab and HYBE revealed the first teaser video announcing a new season to be called 'I-Land 2' and a global online audition was to be held in seven locations: Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, and the United States. The applicant submissions began on September 27 and ended on October 10. Any female born before December 31, 2009, regardless of nationality or place of residence, were eligible to apply and over 141,227 applications were received. For those who passed the first round, a real-time video call audition was held from October 24 to November 21 and the final candidates were selected through another audition. On July 15, 2022, Mnet said that they had decided to temporarily postpone the airing of the show which was scheduled to air in 2022.
On July 24, 2023, Mnet announced that they would collaborate with producer Teddy Park and his label, The Black Label. On November 28, on the first day of the 2023 MAMA Awards, Mnet revealed that I-LAND 2 will premiere in April 2024. On February 5, 2024, it was revealed through the media that I-LAND 2 had attracted around 20,000 applicants from a global audition tour that ended in October 2023. On March 11, it was announced that the show will premiere on April 18, while the show's producers and performance directors were revealed to be BIGBANG's Taeyang, dancers Monika and Lee Jung, and producers 24 and VVN a week later.
Cast
Episodes
Contestants Color key: Final members of Izna Eliminated in the final episode Eliminated in Part 2Eliminated in the final episode of Part 1 Eliminated in Part 1 I-Land (Part 1) Top 6 (Part 2) Ground (Part 1) Bottom 5 (Part 2) Moved out of I-Land to Ground (Part 1) Unknowingly part of the debut lineup, 7th place (Part 2) Name Ranking Part 1 Part 2 InitialRank EntranceTest SignalSong Test SeesawGame UnitBattle ProducerRank #1 1:1 PositionBattle 1st SaveVote ProducerRank #2 BlackMade Test MainPosition Test SelfMade Test 2nd SaveVote Final SaveVote FinalRank Choi Jungeun () 1 1 1 5 8 3 Part 2 4 8 10 2 1 1 Bang Jeemin () 4 2 4 17 10 1 Moved Out 1 7 1 2 1 2 2 Yoon Jiyoon () 11 10 13 21 1 11 Part 2 8 4 3 3 3 3 Koko () 5 8 6 3 6 7 Moved Out 2 6 2 1 5 4 4 4 Ryu Sarang () 3 5 9 15 9 6 Part 2 2 7 6 7 7 5 5 Mai () 9 4 2 2 2 4 Part 2 5 11 9 9 8 7 6 Jeong Saebi () 8 6 5 1 5 5 Part 2 1 3 7 8 5 6 7 Fuko () 2 3 15 4 3 2 Part 2 3 5 4 4 6 8 8 Nam Yuju () 14 Ground 10 18 12 8 Moved Out 3 10 10 8 10 9 9 9 Kim Gyuri () 16 11 14 16 17 Ground Ground 6 12 6 5 6 10 10 10 Kim Sujung () 13 9 3 14 11 9 Moved Out 4 9 9 12 11 11 Eliminated 11 Son Juwon () 6 12 8 6 18 Ground Ground 5 11 12 11 12 12 Eliminated 12 Yui () 10 7 7 13 4 10 Moved Out 7 Eliminated13 Park Yeeun () 19 Ground Ground 9 16 Ground Ground 8 Eliminated14 Kim Minsol () 12 Moved Out 12 22 13 Ground Ground 9 Eliminated15 Lingling () 15 Ground Ground 11 7 12 Moved Out 10 Eliminated16 Um Jiwon () 7 Ground Ground 8 19 Ground Ground 11 Eliminated17 Choi Soul () 20 Moved Out 11 7 15 Ground Ground 12 Eliminated18 Kim Chaeeun () 24 Ground Ground 20 20 Ground Ground 13 Eliminated19 Oh Yuna () 22 Ground Ground 19 14 Ground Ground 14 Eliminated20 Nana () 18 Ground Ground 10 21 Eliminated21 Kang Jiwon () 23 Ground Ground 12 22 Eliminated22 Yuiko () 17 Moved Out Ground 23 Eliminated23 Kim Eunchae () 21 Moved Out Ground 24 Eliminated24
Missions Part 1 Entrance Test The contestants are to perform a song in groups of three to five contestants. However, unlike the first season, the producers and directors will vote for those deemed worthy to go to I-Land instead of having the contestants who aren't performing participate in a vote for each performer. If a contestant receives three or more votes from the producers, they get the chance to go to I-Land; otherwise, they go to Ground. However, if more than 12 contestants received enough votes to get a chance to go to I-Land after the entrance test is complete, those who were voted to enter I-Land must choose a certain number, based on the number of producer and director votes received, of contestants among themselves to keep in I-Land. Those with the fewest votes would be moved to Ground until only 12 remain.
Color key I-Land Contestant moved to "I-Land" but was voted off and moved to "Ground" Ground
Entrance Test (Episode 1) Order Song Original Artist Contestant Votes Results 1 "Unforgiven" Le Sserafim Kim Minsol 4/5 Moved Out Ryu Sarang 5/5 I-Land Um Jiwon 2/5 Ground Son Juwon 4/5 I-Land 2 "After Like" Ive Kim Gyuri 5/5 I-Land Fuko 5/5 I-Land Park Yeeun 0/5 Ground Kim Chaeeun 1/5 Ground Kang Jiwon 1/5 Ground 3 "Sweet Venom" Enhypen Lingling 2/5 Ground Jeong Saebi 4/5 I-Land Oh Yuna 0/5 Ground Kim Sujung 5/5 I-Land 4 "Cake" Itzy Yuiko 3/5 Moved Out Kim Eunchae 3/5 Moved Out Choi Soul 3/5 Moved Out Nana 0/5 Ground 5 "Baggy Jeans" NCT U Yui 3/5 I-Land Koko 3/5 I-Land Nam Yuju 2/5 Ground 6 "Drama" Aespa Bang Jeemin 5/5 I-Land Choi Jungeun 5/5 I-Land Mai 4/5 I-Land Yoon Jiyoon 4/5 I-Land
Key Producer vote: I Producer vote: Out Contestant who received an ALL I Contestant who received an ALL OUT Results Board - Entrance Test (Episode 1) Contestant Producers Directors VVN 24 Taeyang Monika Lee Jung Kim Minsol ✘ Ryu Sarang Um Jiwon ✘ ✘ ✘ Son Juwon ✘ Kim Gyuri Fuko Park Yeeun ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ Kim Chaeeun ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ Kang Jiwon ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ Lingling ✘ ✘ ✘ Jeong Saebi ✘ Oh Yuna ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ Kim Sujung Yuiko ✘ ✘ Kim Eunchae ✘ ✘ Choi Soul ✘ ✘ Nana ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ Yui ✘ ✘ Koko ✘ ✘ Nam Yuju ✘ ✘ ✘ Bang Jeemin Mai ✘ Yoon Jiyoon ✘ Choi Jungeun
Signal Song Test For this mission, all of I-Land is one unit, and all of Ground is another unit. Both units have to perform the signal song of the show, Final Love Song. The parts for this mission is decided by the highest ranking contestant from the previous mission in I-Land, being Jungeun, and in Ground, all the contestants vote for a leader to make the part decisions. For the I-Land performance, each I-Lander gets assessed individually by the producers and the directors, based on how well they executed their parts in the performance of the Signal Song. The average score that the I-Landers receive as a team determines how many people will be demoted from I-Land; the lower the average score, the more demotion candidates there would be. The I-Landers received an average score of 84(.5), therefore three I-Landers would get moved out of I-Land by the I-Landers own votes. Each I-Lander would receive three votes to use to choose who to keep in I-Land and following the vote, the three I-Landers with the fewest votes would be demoted to Ground, which would open up three spots in I-Land for replacement contestants from Ground. The producers and directors would then watch the Grounders performance and choose three of them to replace the demoted I-Landers.
Color key Contestant got promoted to I-Land by producer and director choice Contestant got demoted to Ground by I-Lander vote
Signal Song Test (Episode 2) Part I-Lander Grounder Contestant Score Contestant Score Center Son Juwon92 Nam YujuUndisclosed Main Vocalist Choi Jungeun96 Um Jiwon Main Dancer Kim Sujung80 Kim Minsol Part 4 Fuko75 Kim Eunchae Part 5 Kim Gyuri78 Choi Soul Part 6 Yui75 Yuiko Part 7 Ryu Sarang83 Kim Chaeeun Part 8 Bang Jeemin93 Park Yeeun Part 9 Koko86 Lingling Part 10 Jeong Saebi79 Oh Yuna Part 11 Yoon Jiyoon88 Kang Jiwon Part 12 Mai90 Nana
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