( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) wha- you want me to host?! i'm not good at hosting!

( ❝ STAFF ❞ ) iu-ssi has another schedule right now so, we need someone to replace just for this episode. she'll return next episode!

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) but why me~

( ❝ STAFF ❞ ) well, you'll find out why you later but for now, greet the princesses!

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) *sigh* fine..

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just as the princesses were about
to start practicing, they were all told
to gather in the throne room for a
surprise.. i wonder what it could be..

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) good morning princesses! i'm sure that you're surprised to see me standing here instead of iu-sunbaenim as much as i am haha

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) uhm, i'm actually not sure why i'm here? i don't-

( ❝ ??? / ??? ❞ ) YEO HWANWOONG!!!!!!

the girls looked around confused and
hwanwoong's face turned pale. surely
the staff didn't.. they wouldn't, right?

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) god, please don't tell me that's-

suddenly, out of nowhere,
someone tackled hwanwoong
and it was..

xion!

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) haha, gotchu!

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) why are you here?! oh god, if you're here- please don't tell me..

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) come on out hyungs!!

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) hyungs?! plural?!

ignoring hwanwoong's mortified face,
xion looks at the entrance and greets
his other hyungs walking in. it was
keonhee and seoho?!

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) oh god..

the girls stared at the four men
in amusement and slowly
fell for their visuals

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( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) am i dreaming?! is that really oneus?! oh gosh, MY BIAS IS RIGHT THERE!!!! XION OH MY GOD NSFUGRHSGIUEG

( ❝ ESPY / C ❞ ) WAS THAT SEOHO? I AM IN LOVEEEEE

( ❝ HAEUN / N ❞ ) I AM GOING TO SCREAMMMM KEONHEE IS HERE

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( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) hi princesses! uhm, you probably don't know us so, we will introduce ourselves! hello, i'm keonhee and oneus' main vocalist!

( ❝ SEOHO / GUEST ❞ ) heh, hi! i'm seoho, the other main vocalist of oneus!

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) i'm xion! i don't have a main position in oneus other than being the best and the prettiest. mwah!

the girls laughed and the ones
who knew of them were quietly
freaking out over them

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) i- why are you even here?! don't tell me ravn-hyung and leedo-hyung are here too..

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) nope! we're here because apparently, the ceo loves oneus! we're honored too!

( ❝ SEOHO / GUEST ❞ ) yeah and we came here to grace this place with our own experiences from produce 101.. hell..

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) and i'm the ceo's favorite member and here to cheer everyone else! and i get to live my dream as a princess for a day so this opportunity was too good to pass up!

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) gosh, i wonder why you're my bandmates.. princesses, i'll dismiss you now and won't take too much of your time. go practice!

with that, the princesses
leave one by one and left
hwanwoong to chase after
the three guests and scold
them for coming unannounced

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( ❝ MARI / A ❞ ) okay, how about we decide who our leader is first? raise your hand if you want to volunteer as leader

mari and ari raised
their hands

( ❝ MANWOL / C ❞ ) okay, put your heads down and the rest of us will vote

the two dragged their legs
up and lowered their heads
and hoped to be chosen

( ❝ MANWOL / C ❞ ) raise your hand if you want ari to be leader. okay.. now, raise your hand if you want mari to be leader

manwol mentally calculated
the votes and it was already
decided who their leader would be

( ❝ JIEUN / F ❞ ) you can look now!

mari and ari nervously waited
for manwol to announce the results
and in the end their leader is..

( ❝ MANWOL / C ❞ ) mari! congrats, you're our leader!

( ❝ MARI / A ❞ ) oh my gosh- thank you! i'll be a good leader, i promise!

the other girls congratulated
mari and started with their
discussions! goodluck to them!

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in another practice room,
we can find a group that
is already practicing their
choreo! talk about being fast!

( ❝ SOEUN / A ❞ ) okay, let's take a break for now. grab some water girls!

under the leadership of
soeun and of course with
the help of the other members
too, they were able to practice
half of their song in just 2 hours!

the girls gathered around in a
circle and talked about anything
and everything!

( ❝ HERA / C ❞ ) do you think our ceo will like our song choice?

( ❝ DAWON / B ❞ ) i sure hope so, love killa is such a bop

( ❝ SARANG / N ❞ ) true! do you think we should've stuck with a oneus song though..?

( ❝ GIGI / A ❞ ) hm, maybe but, it was kinda hard making up a line distribution for them..

( ❝ MINJU / B ❞ ) yeah.. do you think our ceo would give us suggestions for it though? i mean, she is the one who is in love with them

( ❝ SOEUN / A ❞ ) maybe she can do it but, it's a bit too late to change our song and we're already doing so well! all we can hope is she likes our song which is kind of hard to not like, who doesn't like love killa?!

( ❝ MINJU / B ❞ ) true that!!!

( ❝ SOEUN / A ❞ ) okay, we'll have a break again later, let's rehearse what we've already practiced and move forward once we get the hang of it

what a lovely group! this group
surely has chances of doing well!

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in the practice room across from
the love killa team, the members
are in a panic because.. someone
is missing? what?

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) how could we lose a grown woman?!

( ❝ FUJIKO / C ❞ ) qinyang-unnie, any luck?

( ❝ QINYANG / N ❞ ) *sigh* no, i called manwol, gigi, and juliette but they don't know where she is. gosh, where is that kid?

just as aera sighed and was
about to leave the practice
room to go find their missing
member in the crown castle,
the door opened and four
people walked in

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) hello ladies!

aera and yuki screamed
loudly and jumped up
and down in excitement

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) woah- okay, that was last on the list of reactions i was expecting

( ❝ AERA / N ❞ ) s-sorry! we're huge fans.. so is my sister!

( ❝ SEOHO / GUEST ❞ ) oh? who are your favorite members?

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) tsk, hyung, you know better than to ask those questions!

( ❝ SEOHO / GUEST ❞ ) what? i can't be curious? hmph

( ❝ AERA / N ❞ ) you're actually my favorite member, seoho-sunbaenim..! and my sister's favorite is you, keonhee-sunbaenim!

( ❝ SEOHO / GUEST ❞ ) o- wait, i didn't expect that! uh- heheh.. ^^"

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) point over to your sister later and i'll take a selfie with her! and, how about you, yuki-ssi?

( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) i love all of you guys though!

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) nope! you gotta choose one only!

( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) can i choose two? i really love xion-sunbae and hwanwoong-sunbae..

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) me?! really?!

( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) yes!

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) yah, you're not just saying my name because i'm here too, right?

( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) you both are really my top favorites! i have all of your photocards! uh- fujiko and jae-unnie can vouch for me!

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) she's not lying

( ❝ FUJIKO / C ❞ ) yeah! i've seen her photocard collection and she has two binders for you both! not one for each of you, two binders each

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) you're a super fan huh? okay, we're getting side-tracked, you need to practice! we only came here because we heard you're doing a oneus song!

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) yes! we chose a song from our ceo's favorite group and a song that would also fit us well!

( ❝ SEOHO / GUEST ❞ ) you're doing a oneus song but.. there's five of you here? is there another member?

right at that moment, the door
bursted open and came in a
very tired and worn out seoa

( ❝ SEOA / B ❞ ) hi! i'm so sorry, my alarm didn't go off and i got lost! i couldn't find any staff member to help me! i'm so sorry!

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) that's alright but please, be on time next time

( ❝ SEOA / B ❞ ) yes! i'm so sorry! it won't happen again!

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) okay, now that everyone is complete, show us what you got!

that team is surely in high spirits!
let's just hope seoa can wake up
much earlier next time!

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the next team is being lead
by avhyn and.. they have
a co-leader? huh, that's new!

( ❝ AVHYN / B ❞ ) hey guys, i think something's wrong.. can we do it again?

unfortunately, no one was
listening or couldn't hear
her well, other than erynn

( ❝ ERYNN / B ❞ ) hey guys! avhyn-unnie is saying something!

with that, everyone turned
and started to listen to avhyn,
making her a bit nervous

( ❝ AVHYN / B ❞ ) uh, i think we weren't really synchronized in the chorus and we should probably fix that..?

( ❝ YURI / A ❞ ) oh! then we should totally go over it again!

( ❝ SHIZUKA / D ❞ ) yeah! you're so attentive avhyn-ah! i personally would've been screwed if i failed to dance properly. you practically saved me!

( ❝ AVHYN / B ❞ ) haha, it's no worries. okay, let's go over it again

with some help with erynn to
find her voice as a leader,
avhyn leads the group with
more confidence! yay!

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i wonder what our last group
is up to but, they sure are loud!

( ❝ HAEUN / N ❞ ) ah, i'm jealous! my sister gets to see oneus!

( ❝ ESPY / C ❞ ) same here! i want to see keonhee-sunbaenim!

( ❝ HARUNA / F ❞ ) it's okay, you'll get to see them later!

( ❝ JULIETTE / A ❞ ) yeah! we should also start practicing. chayoung, you ready to go?

( ❝ CHAYOUNG / B ❞ ) but do we really have to?

( ❝ HARUNA / F ❞ ) chayoung-ah, we've been over this many times already, we have to practice if we want to win

chayoung stayed on the ground,
acting like a child and refusing
to stand up and practice

( ❝ ESPY / C ❞ ) if you get up right now, i'll treat everyone to ice cream later

( ❝ CHAYOUNG / B ❞ ) really?!

( ❝ ESPY / C ❞ ) yes, i was going to treat you all out anyway so, might as well use it to get you to practice oh and- if you don't practice, you're not getting any ice cream!

( ❝ CHAYOUNG / B ❞ ) hey what- okay, fine! i'll practice!

( ❝ ESPY / C ❞ ) good! now, stand and i'll show you the steps

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well, i'm looking forward to the
performances, are you? did
you also enjoy behind the scenes?
( i got carried away with one team
because of oneus HAHA )

now, shall we watch the
performances? i'm excited!

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) welcome back to crown! don't i look handsome today?

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) *in the distance* you look ugly!!

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) how offensive! anyways, the girls have been practicing diligently and are looking forward to show you what they have prepared. and of course, our lovely ceo is here!

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) okay, i've said too much. let's meet the first group!

( ❝ ELITE ❞ ) up to the top we will go! hello, we are elite!

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ELITE
leader : kang espy
song : win by ateez

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chayoung as hongjoong
juliette as jongho
espy as san + wooyoung
haeun as mingi
haruna as yunho
soohan as seonghwa + yeosang

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they're determined to win
that's for sure! wonderful
job! what do the mentors
and guests think about
this group?

( ❝ HONGJOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) i'm honored you chose to perform our song but, chayoung seems a bit lacking in her rap..

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) on the other hand, everyone did amazing, don't you think?

( ❝ WENDY / MENTOR ❞ ) i agree with keonhee, the vocals of the rest were amazing!

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) hm, a bit half-half. how about we take a look at the next group?

( ❝ JOYRIDE ❞ ) hi! we are joyride and we'll ride to the top!

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JOYRIDE
leader : avhyn jung
song : ridin' by nct

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avhyn as jeno
yuri as renjun
erynn as haechan
shizuka as jaemin
iza as chenle
julia as jisung

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wow! that was an amazing
group! everyone stood out
wonderfully!

( ❝ MINA / MENTOR ❞ ) although i think that this stage was wonderful, i did notice some small mistakes yuri and shizuka made

( ❝ SOYEON / MENTOR ❞ ) i noticed that shizuka lost her flow towards the end of her parts. i don't know what's up with that but, nothing a bit of practice can't fix

( ❝ SEOHO / GUEST ❞ ) i also noticed that yuri's voice cracked a bit during her part..

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) well, everyone makes mistakes and that's okay! onto the next group- oh! my personal favorite! nope- i'm totally not biased just because they chose our song haha- hey! cut the camera to the group already!-

( ❝ ANSWER ❞ ) can't make a choice? choose us instead! hello, we are answer!

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ANSWER
leader : wen qinyang
song : to be or not to be by oneus

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qinyang as ravn
aera as seoho
jae as leedo
seoa as keonhee
yuki as hwanwoong
fujiko as xion

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this stage is definitely one
for the history books! the
girls did a great job standing
out, especially aera, qinyang
jae, and yuki!

( ❝ JOSHUA / MENTOR ❞ ) amazing! i think the ceo would love them!

( ❝ HONGJOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) i doubt that.. i heard one of her favorite members is keonhee and seoa.. she didn't do well with his parts

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) i have to agree on that..

( ❝ XION / GUEST ❞ ) yeah.. JUSTICE FOR FUJIKO SHE NEEDS MORE LINES! SO DO I!

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) YEAH GIVE XION AND FUJIKO SOME LINES- wait, YOU WERE RECORDING? why didn't you tell me?! uhm, ehem, anyways! let's check out the next group!

( ❝ LOVE KILLS ❞ ) love may thrill, but we love a kill. hello, we are love kills!

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LOVE KILLS
leader : han soeun
song : love killa by monsta x

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soeun as kihyun
gigi as i.m
hera as shownu
sarang as hyungwon
minju as joohoney
dawon as minhyuk

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shot me dead and made
me fall for them! great
group! sarang, gigi,
and hera especially
stood out!

( ❝ JOSHUA / MENTOR ❞ ) i have to applaud this group! they did well!

( ❝ WENDY / MENTOR ❞ ) i agree! hard to beat this group!

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) aw man, the performances are ending?! no~ oh well, everything must come to an end. introducing, the final group! will they end this with a bang or a flop?!

( ❝ CHAINED HEARTS ❞ ) we came to chain your hearts and make them ours. we ain't playing no games, we are chained hearts!

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CHAINED HEARTS
leader : yoo mari
song : fever by enhypen

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ari as heeseung
woo as jay + sunoo
jieun as jake
manwol as sunghoon
shiori as jungwon
mari as ni-ki

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the girls did good! guess
who stood out? that's right!
it's ari, manwol, and jieun!

( ❝ SOYEON / MENTOR ❞ ) i'm having mixed feelings towards this group..

( ❝ KEONHEE / GUEST ❞ ) same here..

( ❝ MINA / MENTOR ❞ ) well, i'm glad that we're on the same page. half of the group did amazing and the other half didn't do that well

( ❝ SEOHO / GUEST ❞ ) i fear that they could get eliminated if they don't improve.. that's not a nice feeling..

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) well, that's it for today's performances! you know what's next right? voting! vote for the best of the best and goodluck!

( ❝ HWANWOONG ❞ ) now, am i still going to be the host next week, please no, i'd rather be a mentor-