MBN's mega trot audition 'The Unknown Legend — the ranking war among trot men' (hereinafter 'The Unknown Legend') finally reveals the identities of 18 challengers who had been hidden beneath masks. A harsher rule set brings a 'famous selection' round, foreshadowing the birth of an unscripted twist-filled drama.
Episode 3 of 'The Unknown Legend,' airing at 9:40 p.m. on the 11th, will reveal the identities of the famous challengers who occupied the fourth and fifth floors following the stages of unknown challengers from floors 1 to 3 of the 'ranking tower' that were held in episodes 1 and 2. Stages reflecting recognition-appropriate skill will unfold, and once again the balance of the ranking competition is expected to be shaken.
Each time a participant's identity is revealed before the stage, the venue fills with surprise and sighs. As singers who rejected judging on other audition programs to appear as challengers, actors with tens of millions of views, karaoke kings, original fresh idols and other challengers already known by three-part names appeared one after another, unknown participants were stunned. Among the unknown challengers, sighs such as "I prayed they wouldn't come out…" spilled forth, and the studio was filled with tense nervousness, reportedly plunging into collective mental breakdown.
As the studio stirred at the mere arrival of such powerful famous challengers, a veteran singer in his 36th year since debut, for the first time since debut, threw down the gauntlet to audition programs, shaking the venue once more. A spectacle that even made the professional panel stand was held, and the famous challenger candidly confessed, "These days established singers have no place to stand." He then declared, "I challenged because I want to remain an eternal active performer," and the subsequent stage reportedly proved his deep skill and experience as not only the professional panel but even competitors reacted, "How can we sit and listen?"
Not only famous challengers who made a mark in trot but singers who have already reached the top in other genres also returned with as desperate a mindset as unknown challengers, drawing attention. Singers from various genres, from opera to rock to ballad, took on trot, and interest is focused on their reasons for trying to prove their names again. In particular, the professional panel was reportedly astonished by unexpectedly solid trot skills. Expectations are rising about whether a new trot stage breaking genre boundaries will be born. In addition, top pro IVY reportedly burst into tears when a colleague she worked with 20 years ago took the stage. Curiosity grows over who the challenger who made IVY cry was and what kind of stage was shown.
Also, a famous challenger who finished fifth in the final ranking on another audition program reportedly choked up, saying, "As someone who has received great love, when I realized that love was a bubble, I felt even more pitiful." He who asked himself "Am I deserving of being loved?" ultimately challenged 'The Unknown Legend' with 23 kg of weight loss and a burning determination.
A preview video released on the 10th partially revealed the stage of the competition program's 'No. 1 public relations ambassador,' and the desperate stages of audition-origin challengers who returned after burnout and hiatus will also follow. One challenger, who said they had appeared on auditions five times, confessed, "Each time I never even reached the doorstep of the finals and was eliminated," and added, "I even tried to give up on my dream of becoming a singer and attempt a new job," drawing sympathy from all. Everyone is anticipating what the stage prepared with renewed determination will look like.
From this 'famous selection' round, new rules will apply and the evaluation method will also change drastically. Unlike the 'unknown selection' that judged pass or fail by absolute evaluation, it will proceed as a relative evaluation, a so-called ranking match that sums the scores from the public professional panel, and fierce ranking competition is expected to unfold under a harsher evaluation method. With audience scores acting as a variable and unexpected upsets occurring one after another, attention is focused on which famous challengers will succeed in surviving.
'The Unknown Legend,' which earlier drew attention with the appearance of fresh new-face gems and the reappraisal stages of unknown singers in episodes 1 and 2, is receiving praise for opening a new path in the saturated trot market, recording a peak rating of 8.9% in episode 2 and continuing its upward trend by ranking No. 1 among Wednesday variety shows for two consecutive weeks.
With the appearance of the famous singers on floors 4 and 5 who were hidden behind masks set to once again shake up the ranking competition, episode 3 of 'The Unknown Legend' will be revealed through MBN at 9:40 p.m. on the 11th.<
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