Mix and Match Episode 5

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Mix and Match: Episode 5

Performances

Team Jinhwan - Treasure

Team Bobby - Let's Get It Started

Honestly the level of cute in Team Jinhwan did tickle my heart though Team Bobby were high energy. Bobby and Jinhwan making the mistake of taking over the performance (AGAIN Bobby?!). The fanmeeting in Beijing was today. The fans took it as a chance to celebrate Hanbin's birthday. I've seen lots of photos and videos so feel free to share in the comments. The airport was a mess though and poor Donghyuk was limping once they escaped.

Source: iKON Global 1 2 3 4 5

Comments

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

Bobby is so annoying. His face and smile are so precious and I just want to pinch his cheeks and then he takes off his shirt and i'm feeling different feelings lol

[sweetemerald513.livejournal.com]

Not The YG Overlord Queen Haru effortlessly slaying again. Didn't even appear for more than five minutes, barely spoke five words, but she's already snatching them wigs. Team B who? IKON who? Waiting for her debut alongside Lil Jordan.

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

She's SO CUTE omg, I watched the whole episode just for her and Soohyun and Hayi.

[sweetemerald513.livejournal.com]

No, but seriously, I thought both performances were good. Team Jinhwan's performance was mad cute, and aww at Soohyun and Jinhwan. I had never heard of Hana before, tbh, but I dig her voice. And I was surprised by Jinhyeong's voice, too. I think he improved quite a bit.

YG, hurry up and add Junhoe as a confirmed member.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Hanna came from KPopStar3 (I think it was 3)...she's going to be in Pink Punk

YG already called Junhoe and Jinhwan the main vocalists last episode so he seems to be making that point every episode

[bubblyshades.livejournal.com]

Wait, what happened at the airport? :(

I enjoyed both performances, and was impressed with Hanna's voice. I felt bad though for Jinhwan as his face fell when the scores for Team B were revealed one by one.

Oblig Soohyun is awesome comment.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

They got mobbed...badly. There is a meipai of Donghyuk limping to their vehicle http://www.meipai.com/media/151842309

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

Those performances were better than most debuted idol groups to be honest... co-ed groups are the best <3

A couple of things off topic

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

1) Chinese fans decided to celebrate Hanbin's birthday early with Happy BI Day





2) Why doesn't Hongseok recognize Donghyuk when Donghyuk won the 2012 JYP Audition that Hongseok was in?

Re: A couple of things off topic

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

They probably did recognize ea other but mnet chose not to show that.

[infede.livejournal.com]

i'm getting really annoyed at the lack of equal screen time and the shitty editing that keeps painting certain people in a bad light. they really should have kept the confirmed members to being mentors, rather than performing too (obv it's not completely their fault, but them overshadowing the trainees that are actually fighting to survive is getting ridiculous) i dont even care that bobby etc is amazing I KNOW THIS, at the very least i want the judges to comment more on the others so they know what else they need to work on or what's going good for them. m&m is so painfully obvious that it's just become a show to garner ratings and a fanbase but not actually to create the strongest team.

that being said, soohyun and hanna's voices are incredible. team jinhwan's performance was super cute, and team bobby's was super charismatic, i liked them both. also props to chanwoo for continuing to practice despite being sick but did he really need them to hold his hand repeatedly in trying to get his measly lines right? at the moment imo he's getting through riding on his teammates efforts.

let it go sounds like a total mess but im hoping with the way it's being edited, they'll be a ~plot twist~ next ep

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

CW is a sweet kid but MTE..

[infede.livejournal.com]

hongseok and bobby playing a game and hugging it out, this was awfully cute ;A;

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

Yess this! So cuteee.

[happydirections.livejournal.com]

bobby running around their new dorm yelling 'WOOOW' the whole time had me cracking up.
i know that bobby is amazing, but it just bothers me that every single time people feel the need to say that while give little to no feedback to the members that are still fighting for a spot on the team. how can they improve if they don't get the attention? i don't know, it just bothers me a bit.
with that being said; junhoe sounded amazing and both the performances were nice!

[pseudo-shigure.livejournal.com]

I SHIP HAYI AND HANBIN AND SOOHYUN AND JINHWAN JUST FROM THOSE LITTLE INTERACTIONS

[virgo288.livejournal.com]

Haru is so precious ; v ; I saw ppl crack shipping Hayi and Hanbin before and was like wtf have they ever interacted on camera but watching them work together now, I see it. They have the same perfectionist attitude toward the performance. I don't really follow Hayi outside of watching a couple of her performances so seeing her like this is really refreshing, she's relentless lol, "because I hate losing the most".

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

I never understood why people were shipping them even before yg family concert. just because they've the same age?
but now it makes a little sense. I don't have patience to them, but I understand.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Jinhwan's team was soooooooo cute at the performance. Soohyun must've been in heaven being all up close with Jinhwan oppa. LOL

I feel bad for Bobby and Jinhwan feeling bad when they started getting the compliments and their teammates weren't. :( I know they didn't mean but it really did come off as them overshadowing their teams a bit. I really have to credit Hanbin for letting his teammates shine the past two performances. He did well but he Junhwe, Chanwoo, and Donghyuk were praised more than he was.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

I felt bad for Jinhwan and Bobby...but then I didn't because they are the leaders and Bobby responded the EXACT same way last time and still made the same mistake.

Which is the point YG made about arranging the performances in the earlier episodes. It's easy to arrange a performance around yourself and carry it, if you have the skill, it's more difficult to arrange it to suit the other people around you and fit yourself in as necessary. Hanbin has been doing an admirable job of making the performances seem even and not drowning out his team mates...but we'll see if he slips next episode.

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

cancel this show and give me HARU TV.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

That's called Superman is Back

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

Jinhwan and his team did not lie, Soohyun is indeed a treasure. <3 I loved the performance.
Hanna looks like she'll be a good fit for new YGGG. Really enjoyed her parts of the song.
Bobby turning all the rapper judges into fanboys. xD
Junhwe finally getting praise from that bastard :')
Really curious how Let It Go will turn out... but I liked seeing Lady Lee Hi acting BOSS.

I saw fancams of the China fanmeeting, and I'm about to ship Bobby+Hongseok lol. Bobby is shippable with anyone tbh.

[parkjsun.livejournal.com]

Junhwe finally getting praise from that bastard :')

Highlight of the ep for me. He seems to always get shafted even though he's by far the best vocalist, has stage presence, can dance well and even showed that he has a good flow when he rap-sang this performance.

More Fanmeet stuff

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

JAB video: http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:b5defd1b895345ff713cae9d4e798fec

So they asked Donghyuk who most doted on him like a Mother the fans chanted Kim Hanbin (to which he was like, "What?") but Donghyuk chose Jinhwan



Later they asked who Donghyuk was closest too and Bobby started appealing to make him pick him and when he pointed at Bobby he immediately opened his arms and Donghyuk went to him...and this happened: http://www.meipai.com/media/152443178

[areebyee.livejournal.com]

Bobby's such a sweetheart. I was worried for him for a sec, the airport was a complete mess and he looked completely nhft.

[canxi.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I really liked the performances this week!

But, I do agree that Team Bobby's performance turned into the Bobby Show at times with but it was solid and everyone looked like they were having fun. Team Jinhwan was so cute! "Oppa, you're not a golden star." is gonna be a thing with me, now lol

[areebyee.livejournal.com]

That episode 6 teaser was tense, how many times have these boys cried within the past 2 years, I really feel for them.

Both teams slayed, I love how the rest were grooving in the background during a performance.

Junhwe helping Chanwoo was sweet.

Jinhwan and Bobby taking over the performance is just proof of why BI is their leader lol. I mean, I agree that it's their fault but at the same time it's not, since on one end they're being forced to take up that leadership position. They're both part of the original three and older than BI, if neither of them were chosen to be the team's leader then there's probably a good reason for it imo.

Plus all the judges are seasoned rappers, of course they're going to hone in on Bobby and most likely BI in the next ep I dunno what YG was thinking inviting a panel with almost no variety.

[lovelivelife1.livejournal.com]

Jinhwan's team did great once again, I really like Jinhyeong's voiced (&face), Team Bobby became Bobby's performance as usual /yawnnnn

nhf all this Chanwoo screentime...If its OT6+Chanwoo as the final lineup, I'm out

[pseudo-shigure.livejournal.com]

I really like Jinhyeong's voiced (&face)
me too. i like his face the most out of the new 3 kids

[overflowers.livejournal.com]

Queen Haru. I loved Hayi in this episode, gimme LEEHI TV/AKMU TV.
Aww, yay for Junhoe getting praised. I liked the performances (Jinhwan's team was extra cute), but I had the same complaints as San E. The focus is still resting on the confirmed members, and I'm annoyed they're not giving up the spotlight more to the other members who are still competing. B.I's team will probably be more balanced, but that song choice...

Ya know, they could've showed more footage instead of Wait For Me (which they've shown already) at the end. Or they could've shown Team B.I's performance (they would never though. This editing team's love for weak cliffhangers). Or more clips of the non-confirmed members. Or Gray's commentaries on the last performance (HDU YOU EDIT OUT MY BAE). Like, I don't need to see that twice.

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

Or Gray's commentaries on the last performance (HDU YOU EDIT OUT MY BAE).

YES.

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the performances.

I really enjoyed the Gray. ALL the Gray. Give me the Gray.

[mlmello.livejournal.com]

[jamieguo48.livejournal.com]

Hmm, so is it time for BI's downfall? YG seems to like doing stuff like that, when he was always talking Team A down. Now BI's team won like twice?

Of course BI didn't do himself any favors picking 'Let it Go.' I ran around singing it too, know most of the lyrics and all and it's a song that really only shines in its original context. All the clips they showed of it sounded from bad to horrible. Ugh. I just don't think it's a very good song in the first place.

Outside of that, with the judges being rappers mostly, of course they'd focus on Bobby more. But I think Junhoe did well, as he's nailed just about every performance so far. And I don't think it's Bobby's fault he stood out. He is more easy and free on the stage then the others and it shows he has more experience from his SMTM3. I don't think Chanwoo or Junhoe could have done any better. Chanwoo was already on his last leg. What more could Bobby and Junhoe do?

In regards to Chanwoo, I finally liked his performance, the others were mediocre at best. So I hope to see Bobby's group staying in first, Jinhwan in 2nd and BI third.

[cedric-mcfly.livejournal.com]

I wish they would edit the show so we could have at least all three performances in one epi, and results/dance in the next one?
I really liked both performances, but if i had to choose i think i'd go with team Jinhwan.
Granted, i'm biased as hell because both Soohyun and Yunhyeong are in that team but still!
It was cute as hell, and it felt idk more coherent that Bobby's team? Like a more tight performance, which probably stems from the fact that they said they wanted it to feel like a musical.
Also they worked the whole thing around Soohyun more than Bobby did with Hana, which i feel worked in their favour.

Bobby was eating up that stage and Hana's vocals were on point.
But i do agree that the whole distribution fell quite off.
Esp considering that Bobby is naturally dominating on stage, plus he's a confirmed member. (the same kinda happened with Jinhwan's team but i feel it didn't show as much due to the nature of their performance)

Random thing #1 Seeing Hana made me realise how much i'm craving for that gg. Like YG get on it.
Random thing #2 Even tho Jinhwan is the oldest, the way Hanbin interacts with him (plus him being pocket size) makes it look like he's the youngest and idk i find that so cute.

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

Also, I need to point out that whomever does the music for this show, LOVES One Direction. And even plays the bonus songs on an album you have to buy specifically from Target...lol.

Do NOT ask me how I know, let me keep my 345 lives separate.

[muramatsu-aoi.livejournal.com]

Bobby!!! He went and inserted a huge ass solo rap part for himself.. So frustrating! Esp since Junhoe was nailing /everything/

Since they have all these vocal lessons and everyrthing, doesn't the coach point out something obvious as that?

B I's team got zero screentime- unless their Let It Go is the huge reveal next ep..

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Uh why they are giving so much screen time for Chanwoo? I'll be so pissed of he ends up being chosen for final team as he basically contributes nothing for the team.