omonatheydid | Produce 48 Eye Contact Challenge: The Best & The Worst

If you want to make your eyes feel sore, watch 16-year-old Hong Yeji of CNC stare unblinking for 5 miutes 22 seconds, narrowly beating Kwon Hyunbin's record. This time the contestants have to promote themselves while staring.

Returning Produce 101 contestant Park Minji of MND17 keeps going for 3 minutes 42 seconds, and also loses a contact like those who have gone before her. She deserves major respect for managing to be enthusiastic and energetic the entire time.

Matsui Jurina of SKE48, the only Japanese contestant in the top five, manages to stay cool, speak a mix of Japanese, Korean and English, and sing in her impressive 2 minute 26 second (quite intimidating) stare.

Stone Music's Lee Sian is only narrowly beaten out by Matsui Jurina, lasting 2 minutes 24 seconds. She's a lot less cool about it but she does her very very best!

18-year-old Hwang Soyeon of Wellmade Yedang doesn't quite reach the ridiculous times of the top 4, but 1 minute 16 seconds is very respectable, and more than anyone else could manage.

Million Market's Son Eunchae has one of the shortest training periods of the contestants, which matches her terrible staring skills, which last for all of 3 seconds. She's sweet, very good humoured about it.

After School/Pledis' Lee Kaeun can poledance, tapdance, speak Japanese, play the flute, and makes a great center, but she can't keep her eyes open for more than 2 seconds.

15-year-old Minami Sato of AKB48 is adorable, and clearly not meant for this. She gets through 'annyeonghaseyo' before failing, just under 2 seconds.

Miyawaki Sakura of HKT48 made a wonderful center (is there something about being a center that makes you terrible at this?), but she doesn't even get to speak before she blinks, barely lasting 1 second. All she can say is, in English, 'my bad'.

Park Seoyoung, a former YG trainee now competing independently, blinks on her first syllable, and ties for Sakura for worst place with 1 second.

You can watch all the unsubbed videos at Mnet Official (playlist) and subbed videos at Yubseyo's youtube channel (playlist).

sources: Yubseyo (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)