( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) ah, welcome back. i'm sure you're wondering what the princesses have been up to for the past week. well, i won't take up much of your time anymore. directors, roll the clips!

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the camera cuts over to the
nervous group two. the queen
of crown being there in the group,
soohan was especially nervous
to be in the group due to her
low ranking compared to
the others. how are they doing?

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) okay so uh, we've received our emojis does anyone have an idea on what they are?

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the group scanned the emojis
and soohan immediately had
an idea on what they could be

( ❝ SOOHAN / F ❞ ) maybe the first one could be blackpink's whistle? oh wait no, it can't be..

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) yeah, i don't think it would be whistle either. if it would, it would have like the kissing or pouting emoji. i dunno, emojis are confusing..

( ❝ SOOHAN / F ❞ ) oh!! the second one could be wind flower by mamamoo!! and and! the first one could be hush by miss a!!

( ❝ ESPY / A ❞ ) i agree! wah, you're a smart one aren't you?

( ❝ SOOHAN / F ❞ ) heh..

( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) okay but what about the last one? i can't figure out what it is..

( ❝ ESPY / A ❞ ) maybe we should ask for a hint?

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) i agree so.. who do we ask..?

( ❝ STAFF ❞ ) do aegyo for us first

( ❝ ALL ❞ ) aegyo?!

( ❝ STAFF ❞ ) yes

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) wah..

( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) who has the highest aegyo stat? maybe we could ask them to do it?

( ❝ STAFF ❞ ) espy has a seven and that's your highest aegyo stat in the group

( ❝ ESPY / A ❞ ) what?! me?!

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( ❝ ESPY / A ❞ ) i regret giving myself a high grade..

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( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) come on unnie~ do it for the group! for the hint~!

espy hesitated for a bit
and looked over at the
other members of the
group and realized that
she had to step up

( ❝ ESPY / A ❞ ) okay okay, i'll do it!

( ❝ SOOHAN / F ❞ ) let's go!!!

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) okay, 3..2..1..!

the girls and staff
cooed at her aegyo.
espy was certainly
one of the cutest
princesses ever!

( ❝ STAFF ❞ ) okay, here is your hint 그려본 네 기억은 blue

( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) that's kind of familiar..wait..

there was complete silence
when yuki suddenly gasped
and stood up in excitement

( ❝ YUKI / A ❞ ) don't know what to do! oh my god that's my favorite blackpink song!!!!!

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) you're right!!

( ❝ SOOHAN / F ❞ ) our song choices are so good!

( ❝ ESPY / A ❞ ) how do we choose from three iconic songs?! oh my gosh..

( ❝ JAE / N ❞ ) okay, let's gather around the ipad and listen to the songs and see which one fits the best for our group, okay?

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well, they're certainly determined
to win this round! let's check up
on the sixth group. this group has
the largest amount of members and
has majority of the younger princesses!
let's see what they are up to

( ❝ BORA / N ❞ ) okay, what do we think our songs are?

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avhyn, erynn, and shizuka
took one look at the list of
emojis and already had an
answer. woah! smarties!

( ❝ AVHYN / A ❞ ) way too easy! second one is definitely dance the night away by twice

( ❝ ERYNN / B ❞ ) i agree. the third one is obviously what is love

( ❝ SHIZUKA / D ❞ ) and the first one is up by kep1er!

( ❝ HAEUN / C ❞ ) whew, you guys are so fast! those were my guesses too!

( ❝ MINJU / F ❞ ) oof, not good. half of us have low aegyo stats! these songs are just full of aegyo!!

( ❝ JANGMI / C ❞ ) don't worry! i'm sure we can handle it!

( ❝ FUJIKO / A ❞ ) what are we going to do though? most of us are rappers and these songs barely have much rap!

haeun silently scanned the
room before grabbing the
ipad that was in the middle
of their circle on the floor

( ❝ HAEUN / C ❞ ) give me a moment, i need to check on something real quick

( ❝ JIEUN / A ❞ ) o..kay?

the other girls played around,
bora checking on haeun from
time to time as the youngest
of the group listened to their
song choices through the
earphones the staff gave her

after a while, haeun took
off the plugs and asked bora
to gather the rest so she could
share her own thoughts

( ❝ HAEUN / C ❞ ) okay, based on the songs, up is our best choice. the other two songs only have two rappers which is a huge disadvantage to us and it's also full of aegyo. for up, it's kind of singing but also kind of rapping like a mixture of rap and vocal!

( ❝ ERYNN / B ❞ ) i agree with that! up is also like a mixture of aegyo and charisma which goes well for us!

( ❝ BORA / N ❞ ) well then, everyone okay with up?

( ❝ ALL ❞ ) yeah!

( ❝ MINJU / F ❞ ) what about line distributions though?

( ❝ HAEUN / C ❞ ) oh, i already have that thought out. okay so here..

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well, they certainly have a good
leader! but wait, isn't bora their
leader? oh well, let's check out
another group! how about we
take a look at the third group?

( ❝ HARUNA / N ❞ ) oh! here are our emojis! thanks staff!

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( ❝ JULIETTE / A ❞ ) i think that the last one is bad boy by red velvet and the third one is crazy by 4minute.. hm.. the first one.. oh! not shy by itzy!

( ❝ HARUNA / N ❞ ) woah, how did you get them so quickly?!

( ❝ JULIETTE / A ❞ ) haha, i like playing these types of games when i'm bored

( ❝ GIGI / C ❞ ) may i suggest that we don't choose bad boy? it's a great song and all but, i think not shy or crazy would best suit our group

( ❝ ARI / A ❞ ) i think not shy is our best choice to be honest!

( ❝ GIGI / C ❞ ) yeah, not shy has the most balanced positions!

( ❝ HARUNA / N ❞ ) oohh~ yeah, let's go for not shy!

( ❝ JULIETTE / A ❞ ) i agree! all songs are lovely but like what gigi said, not shy fits us well and has even positions!

( ❝ ARI / A ❞ ) ...?

( ❝ GIGI / C ❞ ) uh..

( ❝ JULIETTE / A ❞ ) ????

( ❝ HARUNA / N ❞ ) hey scarlett, how about you?

( ❝ SCARLETT / C ❞ ) oh uh, yeah, i totally agree with..yeah!

the group was confused but
brushed it off quickly

( ❝ HARUNA / N ❞ ) okay then, let's try figuring out our parts..

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well, that was certainly..something!
onto the next group! group one!

( ❝ SARANG / N ❞ ) looking at our emojis.. i think that the first one is black mamba and the second one is starry night

( ❝ SHIORI / D ❞ ) yeah. i think that the last one whistle by blackpink

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( ❝ YURI / B ❞ ) i think our guesses make sense

( ❝ MARI / F ❞ ) same here!

( ❝ SARANG / N ❞ ) okay, we should pick our center now. raise your hands if you want to be center

sarang confidently raised her
hand and mari's face fell when
she saw sarang raise her hand

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( ❝ MARI / F ❞ ) i knew i stood no chance of becoming center when sarang-unnie raised her hand.. haha..

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yuri noticed that mari was
hesitant on raising her hand
so she tried to convince her to
at least try out for center

( ❝ YURI / B ❞ ) come on mari-yah, you never know unless you try?

mari stayed silent for a while
before she smiled and raised
her hand up confidently

( ❝ MARI / F ❞ ) okay, i'll at least try out. if i don't get chosen, it's alright, at least i tried

( ❝ SHIORI / D ❞ ) that's the spirit! now, you both try out to dance to the chorus then yuri and i will vote afterwards, okay?

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who becomes their center?
who knows! we'll find out later
on in this episode! now, we
have another group to check
out. director, show us group four!

( ❝ IZA / N ❞ ) so, does anyone have any ideas on what our songs could be?

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( ❝ SOEUN / B ❞ ) i think that the first one is lion and the second one is love dive

( ❝ WOO / D ❞ ) yeah and the third one would be fearless

( ❝ IZA / N ❞ ) great! now that that's out of the way, we should choose a song! does anyone have a suggestion on what we should go for?

( ❝ WOO / D ❞ ) i was thinking lion could be good for us but also love dive could be good

( ❝ HAZEL / D ❞ ) i love that! i want love dive!

( ❝ KIYOKO / A ❞ ) same here!

( ❝ SOEUN / B ❞ ) i second.. or third that idea!

( ❝ IZA / N ❞ ) excellent! now that we have chosen a song, let's get onto our parts!

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love dive? hmm.. interesting..
well, to the last group we go!
we can't forget about the
group of the famous wen
qinyang, group five!!

( ❝ QINYANG / N ❞ ) oh, our emojis are easy!

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( ❝ SEOA / A ❞ ) really? lemme see!

( ❝ MANWOL / C ❞ ) yeah, they look easy to guess but i can't put my finger on what they are..

( ❝ AERA / B ❞ ) ponzoña by purple kiss, helicopter by clc, and hands up by cherry bullet

( ❝ CHAYOUNG / D ❞ ) woah, how'd you get that so fast?

( ❝ AERA / B ❞ ) i'm smart and i'm confident in that category

( ❝ JULIA / B ❞ ) confident queen! we love that!!

( ❝ HERA / B ❞ ) slay!!!

( ❝ SEOA / A ❞ ) so, what song are we going for, unnie?

everyone turned their heads
towards qinyang who was
slightly shocked at the sudden
attention towards her

( ❝ QINYANG / N ❞ ) m-me..?

( ❝ MANWOL / C ❞ ) yeah! you're our leader!

( ❝ QINYANG / N ❞ ) oh, right.. uh..

aera immediately noticed that
qinyang was a bit uncomfortable
so she silently went closer to
her and tried to give her comfort

qinyang looked like she relaxed
just a bit after aera sat next to her

( ❝ AERA / B ❞ ) let's not make qinyang-unnie do all the work, yeah?

( ❝ ALL ❞ ) okay!

aera then turned to qinyang
who was smiling a bit at her
and she whispered into her ear

( ❝ AERA / B ❞ ) i got you

( ❝ QINYANG / N ❞ ) thanks, i owe you one

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they certainly have each other's
backs! let's go back to our host!

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) ah, you're back! how was it? did you miss seeing my face? ah, i'm sure you did. unfortunately, today's episode isn't about me but it's about our princesses who have worked hard to create performances just for you!

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) before we head straight to our performances, i would love to formally welcome our ceo who is the reason behind this show. please welcome moon mira!

the camera cuts over to
a woman who was sitting
just above the mentors

( ❝ MIRA / CEO ❞ ) hello everyone. pleasure to be with you all

the camera cuts back to
iu who was smiling up
at the ceo

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) we are very happy to have you here. in fact, we have a new announcement! our ceo will be joining as for every performance and will be there to take a look at the trainees personally!

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) did i mention that a lot of you chose our ceo's favorite songs? well, let's hope you did them some justice!

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) now that that's out of the way, let's welcome the first group!

( ❝ EVOLUTION ❞ ) monochrome to colors, this is evolution!

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EVOLUTION
leader : oh sarang
center : oh sarang
song : black mamba by aespa

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mari as karina
shiori as giselle
yuri as winter
sarang as ninging

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an amazing group! and now,
we found out who their final
center was! oh sarang! surely
the mentors loved it a lot!

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( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) excellent song choice! ah, i wanted to go up there so badly! such a pity i couldn't..

( ❝ WENDY / MENTOR ❞ ) interesting how sarang is their leader and their center. well, she did well in both roles i must say!

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) looks like we've found a favorite? alright, next group!!

( ❝ ALTITUDE ❞ ) watch us go up, up, up and touch the rainbows and clouds! hello, we are altitude!

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ALTITUDE
leader : kim boram
center : yamamoto shizuka
song : up! by kep1er

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jieun as yujin
fujiko as mashiro
haeun as xiaoting
erynn as chaehyun
bora as dayeon
avhyn as hikaru
minju as huening bahiyyih
jangmi as youngeun
shizuka as yeseo

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this was one of the ceo's favorite
songs! let's see what she has to
say. oh, the mentors too of course!

( ❝ MIRA / CEO ❞ ) i must say, they did very well performing one of my favorite songs. but.. i thought bora-ssi was the leader? why did it feel like everyone else in the group but bora-ssi was a leader? hmm..

( ❝ HONGJOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) good performance although some others were definitely lacking..

( ❝ MINA / MENTOR ❞ ) i noticed that in their participation and skill grades, their leader ranked everyone a 10. i really think only four of them deserved that 10/10 score. ah, what a way to keep someone's hopes up..

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) well, that doesn't look good.. can the next group make the mentors smile?

( ❝ BEST CHOICE ❞ ) don't know what to do? don't worry, the best choice is right in front of you! hello, we are best choice!

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BEST CHOICE
leader : kim jaeyeon
center : jeon soohan
song : don't know what to do by blackpink

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yuki as jisoo
espy as jennie
soohan as rosé
jae as lisa

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another favorite song of our
ceo! this group did really well!
what do our mentors have to say?

( ❝ JOSHUA / MENTOR ❞ ) why was soohan in class f? she was great today!

( ❝ SOYEON / MENTOR ❞ ) i question that too. i'm slightly disappointed that espy and jae made a few mistakes here and there but overall, they all still did well and everyone makes mistakes..

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) well, i guess that counts as a smile, right? is the next group ready?

( ❝ CHARM ❞ ) knock knock! may we come in to rule your heart with our charms? yes or yes? yes! hello, we are charm!

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CHARM
leader : suzuki haruna
center : bae gayoung
song : not shy by itzy

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juliette as lia
scarlett as yeji
gigi as ryujin
ari as chaeryoung
haruna as yuna

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excellent group! although i think
someone messed up a bit..? oh,
who knows? what do the mentors
have to say about this?

( ❝ SOYEON / MENTOR ❞ ) hm, what is up with scarlett these days..

( ❝ WENDY / MENTOR ❞ ) she's been messing up more lately. ah, what a shame, she's very talented but always messes up in important parts of the song..

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) only a few more groups left! next group please!

( ❝ PURPLE ❞ ) purple on the top! hello, we are purple!

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leader : wen qinyang
center : moon aera
song : ponzoña by purple kiss

[There should be a GIF or video here. Update the app now to see it.]

julia as jieun
aera as goeun
manwol as dosie
chayoung as ireh
qinyang as yuki
seoa as chaein
hera as swan

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this was our ceo's most favorite song
among the song choices plus they
are a huge fan of purple kiss. i wonder
if these girls did them any justice..

( ❝ MIRA / CEO ❞ ) this is quite a pity.. half of the girls weren't even doing well and one was doing decent. only two of them truly stood out. props to qinyang and aera for giving this song justice. i should speak to the directors to reconsider on giving out purple kiss songs as song choices really..

( ❝ JOSHUA / MENTOR ❞ ) well, qinyang and aera are definitely my favorites for this group

( ❝ MINA / MENTOR ❞ ) other than those two, manwol seems to be improving just a tiny bit. i think all she needs is a push in the right direction. seoa and chayoung have also improved, props to them really

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) ah, i'm sad that today's performances are about to come to an end. let's see if the last group can end today's episode with a bang!

( ❝ CUPID ❞ ) shoot! we'll make you fall in love! hello, we are cupid!

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CUPID
leader : izabella yang
center : izabella yang
song : love dive by ive

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iza as yujin
hazel as gaeul
kiyoko as rei
soeun as wonyoung
woo as liz
dawon as leeseo

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wonderful performance! once again,
a favorite song of our ceo has been
chosen. what does she have to say
for this performance? the mentors too!

( ❝ MIRA / CEO ❞ ) the trainees did okay, some more than the other members at least. though, i'm wondering why they gave one of their rappers rei's lines.. she has a vocal stat of one, i just don't get it. they could've chosen lion by (g)i-dle so the rappers could've shined more. ah, what a pity. they did well but most likely could've done better if they just want with lion, especially the rappers. i get that lion has only one rap part but definitely better than no rap parts at all, yeah?

( ❝ HWANWOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) i have to say that i agree with our ceo. don't get me wrong, the rappers did lovely but they don't have that impact, you get me?

( ❝ HONGJOONG / MENTOR ❞ ) i understand you. this group had a lot of potential if they chose the right song that fit their skills. ah, what a pity. i really did want to see hazel or kiyoko rap.. they have lots of potential in them as rappers despite being dancer..

( ❝ IU / HOST ❞ ) our performances have finally ended! today was..eventful to say. i'm sure you know what's next. it's time for our second coronation! will our current queen, kim jaeyeon, be replaced or will she be undefeated? well, that's for the princesses, the mentors, and our ceo to vote for!

VOTING WILL BE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER