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In 2017, Idol Producer took 100 out of 1908 trainees from 87 entertainment agencies all over Asia, which represented their companies and 8 of whom were independent trainees. The trainees were evaluated multiple times throughout the show by the audience's votes with trainees being eliminated. In the final episode, the nine most-voted-on trainees got to debut as a boy group and were set to promote for 18 months; The voting system is similar to those of South Korean reality television shows Produce 101 and Mix Nine.[2][3]
Contestants choose stickers from A to F as a self-assessment to grade themselves. The contestants enter the studio, where 100 seats are arranged in a pyramid with a chair for the #1 trainee at the top. They are introduced by their label and choose seats from 1 to 100. The contestants then give performances for the judges, grouped by agency. The judges then reassign the trainees a grade based on their overall performance, with A being the highest and F the lowest. [citation needed]
The rating for the first round is unveiled while the grading sessions for trainees continue. After receiving their initial grade, Zhang Yixing (Lay) announces that the trainees must together perform the show's titular single "Ei Ei" with only three days for preparation. Trainees will have a stand-alone performance that is filmed only once. The coaches give a re-evaluation prior to the filming of the performance to reassign the trainees to another A-F grade. The trainees are then rearranged according to their newly reassigned grade.
Training to perform the show's title song "Ei Ei" begins. After three days, the trainees are filmed performing the title song and are reevaluated by the judges. The B, C, D, and F grade trainees vote to select the center of the entire group, settling on individual trainee Cai Xukun, who narrowly defeats trainee Zhu Zhengting by two votes. [citation needed] Trainees with an F grade after the reevaluation are denied the right to perform and must watch the performance as spectators. However, before the performance begins, the judges decide to let some of the particularly hard-working F grade trainees perform.
After recording "Ei Ei", it is revealed that for the second challenge, the trainees will be put into 16 teams to perform 8 songs. Two teams will be performing and competing against each other for each of the 8 songs: Jay Chou's "半兽人 (The Orcs)", "PPAP", Jolin Tsai's "大艺术家 (The Great Artist)", "Dance to the Music", "代号魂斗罗", Zhang Yixing's "Shake", CNBLUE's "Can't Stop", and "Get Ugly". Cai Xukun, because he was the center for the title song "Ei Ei", is allowed to choose his team's members and song first. The members of the winning team for each song will automatically receive 10,000 votes. The judges also announce that half of the trainees will be eliminated from the show following the second challenge. The two "半兽人 (The Orcs)" teams' performance, with the B team beating the A team.
Color key
Center
Winning Team
E03
Original singer
Performance song
Group
Group Member
Newest Grade
Responsible part
Number of Personal Votes
Number of Group Votes
Jay Chou
Half-beast Human
Group A
进击的兽人
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
F
Vocal
9
169
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
B
Vocal
19
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
B
Vocal
35
Li Junyi (李俊毅)
A
Vocal
11
Jin Yihan (金逸涵)
F
Vocal
19
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
B
Dance
43
Bu Fan (卜凡)
F
Rap
33
Group B
Monster
Ming Peng (明鹏)
D
Vocal
23
249
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)
F
Vocal
6
Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)
D
Vocal
42
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
D
Vocal
44
Li Xikan (李希侃)
C
Vocal
80
Zhou Tengyang (周腾阳)
F
Dance
12
Liang Hui (梁辉)
F
Rap
42
Episode 4 (February 9)
The remaining 14 teams' performances are shown. Footage of each team practicing was shown before their respective performances. After the performance of each pair of groups, the live audience is given the opportunity to vote for their favorite member out of both of the competing teams. Individual votes were added up for an overall team score, and 10,000 votes were given to each member of the winning team for each song. Taiwanese trainee Chen Linong of "The Great Artist" team A won the most votes overall, with 10,000 bonus votes added to his 210 live audience votes. Zhang Yixing announces that the 39 trainees with the fewest votes (ranking 61-96[4]) will be eliminated next week. The votes from this week's live performance will be added to the online votes to determine the top 60 trainees.
E04
Original singer
Performance song
Group
Group Member
Newest Grade
Responsible part
Number of Personal Votes
Number of Group Votes
Li Yuchun
Dance to the music
Group A
你复不复古，你不复古我复古
Luo Jie (罗杰)
C
Vocal
21
249
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
D
Vocal
39
Jiang Jingzuo (姜京佐)
C
Vocal
54
Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)
D
Dance
47
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
B
Rap
87
Zhang Yifan (张艺凡)
A
Rap
1
Group B
螢火蟲戰隊
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
C
Vocal
37
154
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
D
Vocal
32
Yu Hao (于浩)
F
Vocal
8
Zuo Ye (左叶)
D
Dance
19
Mu Ziyang (木子洋)
F
Rap
28
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
F
Rap
30
Jolin Tsai
The Great Artist
Group A
维纳斯战队
Hou Haoran (侯浩然)
F
Vocal
2
288
Sun Haoran (孙浩然)
F
Vocal
17
Chen Linong (陈立农)
C
Vocal
210
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
B
Vocal
39
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
B
Dance
16
J-ONE
F
Rap
4
Group B
逆袭的向日葵
GIGEL
D
Vocal
10
139
Zhao Yuche (赵俞澈)
D
Vocal
34
Zhao Lingfeng (赵凌峰)
D
Vocal
10
Huang Xinchun (黃新淳)
F
Vocal
60
Rapen
F
Dance
10
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
F
Rap
15
Hua Chenyu
Codename Contra
Group A
我想换Center
Li Changgeng (李长庚)
D
Vocal
13
171
Yu Bin (于斌)
D
Vocal
13
Ye Hongxi (叶泓希)
C
Vocal
12
Qiu Zhixie (邱治谐)
C
Vocal
12
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
C
Dance
14
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
D
Rap
101
Yang Yi (杨羿)
C
Rap
6
Group B
代號氣鼓鼓隊
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
D
Vocal
124
236
Zhu Yiwen (朱一文)
F
Vocal
10
Lin Haokai (林浩楷)
F
Vocal
12
He Jiageng (何嘉庚)
D
Vocal
17
Xu Heni (徐鹤尼)
F
Vocal
25
Zhang Yuchen (张宇晨)
D
Rap
25
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
D
Rap
23
Lay Zhang
Shake
Group A
一起摇摆
Gan Jun (甘俊)
D
Vocal
15
87
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
C
Dance
33
Yue Yue (岳岳)
D
Rap
15
Zhang Xin (张昕)
C
Rap
10
Ling Qi (凌崎)
D
Rap
14
Group B
five fire fly wow visual
Luo Zheng (罗正)
F
Vocal
103
315
Min Zhexiang (闵喆祥)
C
Dance
54
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)
F
Rap
62
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
C
Rap
49
He Dongdong (何东东)
F
Rap
47
PICO Taro
PPAP
Group A
你的苹果
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
A
Vocal
131
285
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
A
Vocal
85
Zhou Rui (周锐)
B
Vocal
7
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
B
Dance
32
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
B
Rap
30
Group B
扎手的菠萝
Chen Minghao (陈名豪)
F
Vocal
37
146
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
F
Vocal
32
Li Ruotian (李若天)
F
Vocal
42
Wang Youchen (王宥辰)
F
Dance
13
Chen Yifu (陈义夫)
F
Rap
22
Jason Derulo
Get Ugly
Group A
老寒腿组合
Wan Yuxian (万宇贤)
C
Vocal
29
242
Li Zhijie (李志杰)
D
Vocal
22
Gao Maotong (高茂桐)
D
Vocal
35
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
F
Vocal
27
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
C
Dance
32
Lu Dinghao (陸定昊)
C
Rap
85
Li Rang (李让)
D
Rap
12
Group B
好难啊组合
Ying Zhiyue (应智越)
C
Vocal
32
144
Huang Ruohan (黃若涵)
F
Vocal
8
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
F
Vocal
33
Li Xinyan (李鑫岩)
F
Vocal
14
Sun Fanjie (孙凡杰)
D
Dance
16
Zhang Yankai (张晏恺)
F
Rap
41
CNBLUE
Can't Stop
Group A
Snow Prince (雪花王子)
Lü Chenyu (呂晨瑜)
F
Vocal
11
258
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
A
Vocal
21
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
D
Vocal
99
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
A
Vocal
14
Deng Langyi (邓烺怡)
C
Dance
8
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
A
Rap
19
Justin
B
Rap
86
Group B
七个隆咚呛
Jia Li (伽里)
D
Vocal
11
181
Han Mubo (韩沐伯)
C
Vocal
28
Jeffrey
D
Vocal
30
Ling Chao (灵超)
D
Vocal
34
Wang Zihao (王梓豪)
D
Dance
26
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
D
Rap
17
Qin Fen (秦奋)
F
Rap
35
Ranking of Combination confrontation evaluation
Name
Number of votes
1
Chen Linong (陈立农)
10210
2
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
10131
3
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
10124
4
Luo Zheng (罗正)
10103
5
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
10099
6
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
10087
7
Justin
10086
8
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
10085
9
Lu Dinghao (陸定昊)
10085
10
Li Xikan (李希侃)
10080
11
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)
10062
12
Jiang Jingzuo (姜京佐)
10054
13
Min Zhexiang (闵喆祥)
10054
14
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
10049
15
He Dongdong (何东东)
10047
16
Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)
10047
17
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
10044
18
Liang Hui (梁辉)
10042
19
Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)
10042
20
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
10039
21
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
10039
22
Gao Maotong (高茂桐)
10035
23
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
10032
24
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
10032
25
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
10030
26
Wan Yuxian (万宇贤)
10029
27
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
10027
28
Xu Heni (徐鶴尼)
10025
29
Zhang Yuchen (张宇晨)
10025
30
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
10023
31
Ming Peng (明鵬)
10023
32
Li Zhijie (李志杰)
10022
33
Luo Jie (罗杰)
10021
34
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
10021
35
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
10019
36
He Jiageng (何嘉庚)
10017
37
Sun Haoran (孙浩然)
10017
38
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
10016
39
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
10014
40
Li Rang (李让)
10012
41
Lin Haokai (林浩楷)
10012
42
Zhou Tengyang (周腾阳)
10012
43
Lü Chenyu (呂晨瑜)
10011
44
Zhu Yiwen (朱一文)
10010
45
Deng Langyi (邓烺怡)
10008
46
Zhou Rui (周锐)
10007
47
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)
10006
48
J-ONE
10004
49
Hou Haoran (侯浩然)
10002
50
Zhang Yifan (张艺凡)
10001
51
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
101
52
Huang Xinchun (黃新淳)
60
53
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
43
54
Li Ruotian (李若天)
42
55
Zhang Yankai (张晏恺)
41
56
Chen Minghao (陈名豪)
37
57
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
37
58
Qin Fen (秦奋)
35
59
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
35
60
Ling Chao (灵超)
34
61
Zhao Yuche (赵俞澈)
34
62
Bu Fan (卜凡)
33
63
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
33
64
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
33
65
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
32
66
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
32
67
Ying Zhiyue (应智越)
32
68
Jeffrey
30
69
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
30
70
Han Mubo (韩沐伯)
28
71
Mu Ziyang (木子洋)
28
72
Wang Zihao (王梓豪)
26
73
Chen Yifu (陈义夫)
22
74
Jin Yihan (金逸涵)
19
75
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
19
76
Zuo Ye (左叶)
19
77
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
17
78
Sun Fanjie (孙凡杰)
16
79
Gan Jun (甘俊)
15
80
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
15
81
Yue Yue (岳岳)
15
82
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
14
83
Li Xinyan (李鑫岩)
14
84
Ling Qi (凌崎)
14
85
Li Changgeng (李长庚)
13
86
Wang Youchen (王宥辰)
13
87
Yu Bin (于斌)
13
88
Qiu Zhixie (邱治谐)
12
89
Ye Hongxi (叶泓希)
12
90
Jia Li (伽里)
11
91
Li Junyi (李俊毅)
11
92
GIGEL
10
93
Rapen
10
94
Zhang Xin (张昕)
10
95
Zhao Lingfeng (赵凌峰)
10
96
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
9
97
Huang Ruohan (黃若涵)
8
98
Yu Hao (于浩)
8
99
Yang Yi (杨羿)
6
Episode 5 (February 16)
The top 60 trainees with the most votes are announced, starting from rank 59 and announced in groups of ten. After every group of ten, clips of the trainees participating in various activities are shown. Polls among the trainees for the "best visual" and "the person I would most want to introduce to my little sister" were conducted. Taiwanese trainee Lin Yanjun is voted as "best visual" by his fellow trainees.[5] The trainees race against each other to claim presents for the Chinese New Year. The trainees also do a dance battle, dancing to "Ei Ei" at various speeds. Judges Cheng Xiao and Zhou Jieqiong select the winners of the dance battle, who ask that their reward be to let the entire group of trainees go eat Haidilao Hot Pot, a request which the director grants.
Out of the top 9 trainees from voting, ranks 1-7 remain in the same position as last week's episode. Cai Xukun remains as rank 1 with a landslide victory of around 4 million votes against Chen Linong. Liang Hui is revealed to be rank 60, saving himself from elimination by a few thousand votes, demonstrating the importance of the 10,000 bonus votes that were awarded to the winning teams in last week's episode. The eliminated trainees leave quietly after saying goodbye early the next morning.
E05
Rank
Trainee
1
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
2
Chen Linong (陈立农)
3
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
4
Justin
5
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
6
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
7
Bu Fan (卜凡)
8
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
9
He Dongdong (何东东)
10
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
11
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
12
Jeffrey
13
Qin Fen (秦奋)
14
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
15
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
16
Ling Chao (灵超)
17
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
18
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
19
Han Mubo (韩木伯)
20
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
21
Yue Yue (岳岳)
22
Zuo Ye (左叶)
23
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
24
Mu Ziyang (木子样)
25
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
26
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
27
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
28
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
29
Li Xikan (李希侃)
30
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
31
Zhou Rui (周锐)
32
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
33
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
34
Luo Zheng (罗正)
35
Zhang Dayuan (张大源)
36
Li Rang (李让)
37
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
38
Li Changgeng (李长庚)
39
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
40
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
41
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
42
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
43
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
44
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
45
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
46
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
47
Chen Minghao (陈明豪)
48
Ming Peng (明鹏)
49
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
50
Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)
51
Jia Li (伽里)
52
Ling Qi (凌崎)
53
Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)
54
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
55
Li Junyi (李俊毅)
56
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
57
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
58
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)
59
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
60
Liang Hui (梁辉)
Episode 6 (February 23)
The trainees begin their position evaluation group performances, with trainees selecting songs that can showcase their specialties in the vocal, dance, or rap categories. There are five songs for the vocal category: (Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", Stefanie Sun's《我怀念的》(What I Miss), Chen Li's 《小半》(Little Half), Kimberley Chen's 《爱你》 (Love You), and "Always Online" by JJ Lin); four songs for the dance category ("Me Too", "Sheep" by Zhang Yixing, "Flow" by Khalil Fong ft. Wang Leehom, and Jay Chou's《双节棍》(Nunchuks)); and four songs for the rap category ("Very Good", "Turn Down for What", "Artist" by Zico and Papillon by Jackson Wang). The trainees with higher rankings pick their songs first, and once the chosen song reaches its member limit, the later trainees can no longer pick that song. The trainees' accumulated votes are reset to zero for this third challenge. The most possible votes that a trainee could earn from this challenge is 150,000, with the winning members of each winning group gaining 50,000 votes, and an extra 100,000 votes to the winning trainee in each category. The trainees from rank 36-60 after the second round of online voting at the end of this challenge will be eliminated.
Judges Jackson Wang and MC Jin provide mentorship to the trainees in an informal Q&A session. The trainees pick their songs in order of rank. Grouped by songs, the trainees in each group choose a center and a leader. Judges Cheng Xiao and Zhou Jieqiong provide dance advice. Trainee and Leader of "Nunchucks" Zhou Yanchen, who has been practicing late into the night, collapses at the end of the dress rehearsal due to hypoglycemia.[6] The "《双节棍》(Nunchucks)", "Artist", "《我怀念的》(What I Miss)", and "Turn Down for What" groups perform, and their rehearsal experiences are shown. The "Papillon" group prepares to perform.
Color key
Center
Leader
Leader and Center
Top of the Category
E06
Type
Performance Song
Original singer
Group Name
Name
Rank within the group
Number of Votes
Dance
Nunchucks
Jay Chou
The Shadows
(769)
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
1
339
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
2
146
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
3
95
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
4
70
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
5
59
Ling Qi (凌崎)
6
34
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)
7
26
Rap
Artist
ZICO
Auto-tune
(781)
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
1
328
Yue Yue (岳岳)
2
174
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
3
166
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
4
113
Vocal
我怀念的
Stefanie Sun
下雨天
(886)
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
1
300
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
2
295
Han Mubo (韩木伯)
3
176
Chen Linong (陈立农)
4
115
Rap
Turn down for what
DJ Snake
真不容易队
(565)
Qin Fen (秦奋)
1
248
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
3
95
Li Rang (李让)
4
59
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
2
163
Episode 7 (March 2)
The trainees continue the position evaluation group performances with "Sheep" (Dance, Lay), "Loving You" (Vocal, Kimberley Chen), "Very Good" (Rap), and "Flow" (Dance), in which Center Zhu Yunyi suffered an eye injury during dance rehearsal at midnight of the live performance when his belt hit his right contact lens and temporarily blinded him due to hyphema. He had to stay in the green room during the performance, while his twin brother Zhu Yuntian and his teammates performed without him. Zhu Yuntian ended up getting first. "Little Half/Xiao Ban" (Vocal, Chen Li) Team, "Me Too" (Dance, Meaghan Trainor, composed of lower-ranked vocalists) also performed. The winners of each performance and the winners of each category are revealed.
E07
Type
Performance Song
Original singer
Group Name
Name
Rank within group
Number of Votes
Dance
Sheep
Lay Zhang
小绵羊
(739)
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
1
351
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
3
112
Li Xikan (李希侃)
2
136
Zuo Ye (左叶)
4
53
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
5
49
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
6
38
Vocal
爱你
Kimberley Chen
每天都是情人节
(717)
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
1
231
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
2
219
Jeffrey
3
160
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
4
107
Rap
Very good
Block B
Very good team
(595)
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
1
368
Li Junyi (李俊毅)
2
98
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
3
69
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
4
60
Dance
Flow
Khalil Fong ft. Wang Leehom
红红火火
(461)
Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)
1
227
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
2
128
Liang Hui (梁辉)
3
106
Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)
Due to injury can not participate in performances
Vocal
小半
Chen Li
冻坏你们
(1020)
Zhou Rui (周锐)
1
293
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
2
250
Ling Chao (灵超)
3
248
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
4
229
Dance
Me too
Meghan Trainor
如果我是你，我也想成为自己队
(549)
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
1
197
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
2
142
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
3
110
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)
4
54
Jia Li (伽里)
5
46
Vocal
Shape of you
Ed Sheeran
I want you
(502)
Chen Minghao (陈明豪)
1
127
Li Changgeng (李长庚)
2
119
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
3
94
Ming Peng (明鹏)
4
86
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
5
76
Vocal
Always Online
JJ Lin
High fashion
(767)
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
1
300
Mu Ziyang
2
199
Luo Zheng (罗正)
3
124
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
4
97
He Dongdong (何东东)
5
47
Rap
Papillon
Jackson Wang
台下Baby龙 台上巴比龙
(885)
Justin
1
285
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
2
271
Bu Fan (卜凡)
3
186
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
4
143
Color Key
Top of Each Category
Top of Each Group
Ranking of Position evaluation (Only Dance)
Name
Ranking
Number of Votes
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
1
150,351
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
2
50,339
Zhu Yuntian (朱勻天)
3
50,227
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
4
50,191
Zhou Yanchen (周彥辰)
5
146
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
6
142
Li Xikan (李希侃)
7
136
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
8
128
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
9
112
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
10
110
Liang Hui (梁辉)
11
106
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
12
95
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
13
70
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
14
59
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)
15
54
Zuo Ye (左叶)
16
53
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
17
49
Jia Li (伽里)
18
46
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
19
38
Ling Qi (凌崎)
20
34
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)
21
26
Zhu Yunyi (朱勻一)
22
0
Ranking of Position evaluation (Only Vocal)
Name
Ranking
Number of Votes
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
1
150,300
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
1
150,300
Zhou Rui (周锐)
3
50,293
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
4
50,231
Chen Minghao (陈名豪)
5
50,127
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
6
295
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
7
250
Ling Chao (灵超)
8
248
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
9
229
Lin Yanjun (林彥俊)
10
219
Mu Ziyang (木子洋)
11
199
Han Mubo (韩沐伯)
12
176
Jeffrey
13
160
Luo Zheng (罗正)
14
124
Li Chenggeng (李长庚)
15
119
Chen Linong (陈立农)
16
115
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
17
107
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
18
97
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
19
94
Ming Peng (明鹏)
20
86
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
21
76
He Dongdong (何东东)
22
47
Ranking of Position evaluation(Only Rap)
Name
Ranking
Number of Votes
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
1
150,368
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
2
50,328
Justin
3
50,285
Qin Fen (秦奋)
4
50,248
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
5
271
Bu Fan (卜凡)
6
186
Yue Yue (岳岳)
7
174
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
8
166
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
9
163
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
10
143
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
11
113
Lu Junyi (李俊毅)
12
98
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
13
95
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
14
69
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
15
60
Li Rang (李让)
16
59
Ranking of Position evaluation
Name
Ranking
Number of Votes
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
1
150,368
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
2
150,351
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
3
150,300
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
3
150,300
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
5
50,339
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
6
50,328
Zhou Rui (周锐)
7
50,293
Justin
8
50,285
Qin Fen (秦奋)
9
50,248
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
10
50,231
Zhu Yuntian (朱勻天)
11
50,227
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
12
50,191
Chen Minghao (陈名豪)
13
50,127
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
14
295
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
15
271
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
16
250
Ling Chao (灵超)
17
248
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
18
229
Lin Yanjun (林彥俊)
19
219
Mu Ziyang (木子洋)
20
199
Bu Fan (卜凡)
21
186
Han Mubo (韩沐伯)
22
176
Yue Yue (岳岳)
23
174
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
24
166
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
25
163
Jeffrey
26
160
Zhou Yanchen (周彥辰)
27
146
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
28
143
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
29
142
Li Xikan (李希侃)
30
136
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
31
128
Luo Zheng (罗正)
32
124
Li Changgeng (李长庚)
33
119
Chen Linong (陈立农)
34
115
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
35
113
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
36
112
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
37
110
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
38
107
Liang Hui (梁辉)
39
106
Li Junyi (李俊毅)
40
98
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
41
97
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
42
95
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
42
95
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
44
94
Ming Peng (明鹏)
45
86
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
46
76
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
47
70
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
48
69
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
49
60
Li Rang (李让)
50
59
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
50
59
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)
52
54
Zuo Ye (左叶)
53
53
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
54
49
He Dongdong (何东东)
55
47
Jia Li (伽里)
56
46
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
57
38
Ling Qi (凌崎)
58
34
Jiang Dahe (姜达赫)
59
26
Zhu Yunyi (朱勻一)
60
0
Episode 8 (March 9)
The day after the Position Evaluations, Zhang Yixing provides his own Q&A session and shared his own experiences as a trainee, and how his agency's system differs from Idol Producer's system, like a 3-hour-only hire on practice rooms where you must sign for time slots, and the meals must be pre-ordered in the SM cafeteria. He also shared a change in mentality after debut. A day later, he revealed via video conference call that the next mission is the Concept Evaluation, where the trainees, as chosen by Idol Producers, will become the original singers to 5 original songs of different styles and concepts. However, the elimination to top 35 will occur midway through the preparation, meaning the final number of each group will be 5 groups of 7 (from 12). If a team is somehow wiped out after the midpoint cuts, the team will be rearranged in later episodes. The voting system also changes. First, the live audience pick the team that performs the best, then from that winning team, the trainee who performs the best will be picked. Each member of the winning team gains a pool of 500,000 votes, of which, the trainee that is the best of the best gets an extra 200000 votes, while the rest gain 50000 each. The five songs are "Firewalking" (Tropical House with chair dances), "Boom Boom Boom" (R&B), "Listen to What I Say (听听我说的吧)" (Hip hop), "I Will Always Remember (我永远记得)" (Pop ballad with soul), and Dream (Hip hop with dance points). In the initial stage, the group of 12 is split into 2 groups of 6, with 2 temporary centers and a temporary leader. Zhu Yunyi has recovered from hyphema, and Zhou Yanchen has recovered from fainting from hypoglycemia for the practices for the new missions. On the morning of the reveal of the top 35, they write their final diary entries, which also serve as letters of gratitude to the mentors. Due to the longer voting periods including bonus votes added, over 255 million votes were received. He Dongdong plummets from 9th to 33rd over the last 3 weeks of voting, but still gained over 1.7 million votes. Cai Xukun retained his no.1 spot, while Li Junyi unofficially released his self-written song "The Greatest Dream" before he was eliminated.
Color Key
Center
Leader
Leader and Center
E08
Lists of Concept Evaluation (before unadjusted)
Room
Type
Song
Group
Name
1
R&B
《Boom Boom Boom》
1
He Dongdong (何东东)
Chen Siqi (陈斯琪)
Zhang Yixuan (张奕轩)
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
Wang Yilong (王艺龙)
Luo Zheng (罗正)
2
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
Ling Qi (凌崎)
Qin Junyi (覃俊毅)
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
Huang Shuhao (黄书豪)
Dong Yanlei (董岩磊)
2
Hip Hop
《Dream》
1
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
Justin
2
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
Li Rang (李让)
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
Chen Minghao (陈明豪)
3
Tropical House
《Firewalking》
1
Chen Linong (陈立农)
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
Zuo Ye (左叶)
Xu Kaihao (许凯皓)
Ling Chao (灵超)
2
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
Yue Yue (岳岳)
Qin Fen (秦奋)
Li Xikan (李希侃)
Mu Ziyang (木子样)
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
4
Hip Hop
Listen To What I Say 《听听我说的吧》
1
Bei Honglin (贝汯璘)
Zhu Yunyi (朱匀一)
Zhu Yuntian (朱匀天)
Ming Peng (明鹏)
Wu Lianjie (武連杰)
2
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
Bu Fan (卜凡)
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
Qin Zimo (秦子墨)
Jia Li (伽里)
5
POP
I Will Always Remember《我永远记得》
1
Jeffrey
Han Mubo (韩木伯)
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
Jing Peiyao (靖佩瑶)
Han Yongjie (韩雍杰)
Li Changgeng (李长庚)
2
Li Junyi (李俊毅)
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
Zhou Rui (周锐)
Hu Zhibang (胡致邦)
Zhang Dayuan (张达源)
Episode 9 (March 16)
After the top 35 were revealed, the teams within each song are readjusted. At the end of this evaluation, the top 20 trainees will enter the final evaluation to determine the Final 9 members that would debut. The team members for the Concept evaluations are being readjusted. Conversely, The "Firewalking" group had to drop 3 people (from 10 people remaining), the "Dream" team must drop 4 members (from 11), "Boom Boom Boom" group will add 2 people (from the 5 remaining). I Will Always Remember group has to add one person (from the 6 remaining members) from the pool of eliminated members from the 'excess' group. The group with excess members must conduct internal voting to determine the members that would be waived off. The members least suitable to perform the original song would be released, then would be picked as free agents from the team needing to add members. Since "Listen to What I Have to Say" Group was decimated by the latest round of eliminations, with only three of the original 12 members left in the group, it added extra burden and frustration on leader Bu Fan because the original members' choreography and singing parts also needed to change with the adjustments. In the Firewalking group, Yue Yue and Qin Fen, being the oldest members in the original group, have suffered lower back issues, and are at risk of being waived, which they did. The risk of being in free agency is the same as the group with few original members, they must completely relearn a different song from scratch with less time.
For the team that needs to gain free agents, the team member with the highest individual rankings get higher picks to pick all members from the pool, which would be Xiao Gui (6th as of week 7) picking 4 members, You Zhangjing (8th) would pick a member, with the rest moving to "Boom Boom Boom" group by default.
The live voting system: Each audience has two votes. After all of the songs are performed, One for the team that performs the best, the other is for the team member from that group that is 'best of the best'. with both votes must be towards the same team. The team members of the best team will add a pool of 500,000 votes, and the best member will get 200,000 of the 500,000 votes, with the rest get an equal share of 50,000 votes. After all of the performances were complete, the top two trainees from the top 2 group are left unrevealed, which were Justin vs. Cai Xukun again. Their result won't be revealed until the 3rd ranking announcement, which would also be the elimination to the Top 20.
Color Key
Center
Leader
Leader and Center
Moved Into the Group
E09
Lists of Concept Evaluation (adjusted)
Type
Song
Group Name
Name
Number of Personal Votes
Number of Group Votes
Tropical House
《Firewalking》
十二分之七
Chen Linong (陈立农)
54
151
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
31
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
4
Ling Chao (灵超)
22
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
9
Mu Ziyang (木子样)
27
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
4
Hip Hop
《Dream》
果然扭秧歌的乐华
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
19
234
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
64
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
10
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
35
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
19
Justin
79
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
8
POP
《我永远记得》(I will always remember)
Never Forget
Jeffrey
14
107
Han Mubo (韩木伯)
8
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
23
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
16
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
7
Zhou Rui (周锐)
12
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
27
R&B
《Boom Boom Boom》
心跳猎手
He Dongdong (何东东)
1
47
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
7
Luo Zheng (罗正)
6
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
6
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
5
Yue Yue (岳岳)
14
Li Rang (李让)
8
Hip Hop
《听听我说的吧》(Listen to what I say)
七龙珠
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
4
256
Bu Fan (卜凡)
19
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
24
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
16
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
157
Qin Fen (秦奋)
13
Li Xikan (李希侃)
23
Ranking of Concept Evaluation
Name
Number of Personal Votes
Number of Personal Votes(Final)
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
157
200,157
Justin
79
79
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
64
64
Chen Linong (陈立农)
54
54
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
35
35
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
31
31
Mu Ziyang (木子样)
27
27
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
27
27
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
24
50,024
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
23
23
Li Xikan (李希侃)
23
50,023
Ling Chao (灵超)
22
22
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
19
19
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
19
19
Bu Fan (卜凡)
19
50,019
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
16
16
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
16
50,016
Yue Yue (岳岳)
14
14
Jeffrey
14
14
Qin Fen (秦奋)
13
50,013
Zhou Rui (周锐)
12
12
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
10
10
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
9
9
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
8
8
Li Rang (李让)
8
8
Han Mubo (韩木伯)
8
8
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
7
7
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
7
7
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
6
6
Luo Zheng (罗正)
6
6
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
5
5
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
4
4
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
4
4
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
4
50,004
He Dongdong (何东东)
1
1
Episode 10 (March 23)
Before the Top 20 announcements, the mentors all wrote a letter to the trainees, expressing their thoughts. This is the third and final ranking announcement, with the top 5 spots remaining the same from the previous elimination round.
The Top 20 would have 18 days (on April 6, 2018) to prepare the live broadcast, which is the final episode to determine the 9 members of the new boy group. The voting will include internet votes before voting plus the live voting on the night of the live broadcast. There would be two songs: "It's OK" (Pop) and Mack Daddy (Hip Hop). Unlike other "drafts", the trainees with the lowest rankings get first pick to choose the song AND their preferred role, but the trainees in the higher ranks can knock the member occupying the preferred role off the spot, but can only be done once.
The third and final round of elimination occurs, with the trainees ranked 21-35 leaving the show, but only after the collaboration stages with the mentors, which is screened in episode 11. Cai Xukun retains his top position, with Zheng Ruibin being ranked as 20th. Zhou Yanchen, as 21st, is unfortunately eliminated.
Clips of trainees participating in various activities are also screened in this episode, such as playing musical chairs wearing inflatable suits.
They also devise a ghost prank behind a two-way mirror, which frightens several trainees but fails at some. Another segment involves them being given the opportunity to 吐槽，or to expose other trainees in their daily life, such as Wang Ziyi's "Hey bro."
E10
Rank
Trainee
1
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
2
Chen Linong (陈立农)
3
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
4
Justin
5
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
6
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
7
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
8
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
9
Bu Fan (卜凡)
10
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
11
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
12
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
13
Ling Chao (灵超)
14
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
15
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
16
Jeffrey
17
Qin Fen (秦奋)
18
Li Xikan (李希侃)
19
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
20
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
21
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
22
Mu Ziyang (木子样)
23
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
24
Han Mubo (韩木伯)
25
Zhou Rui (周锐)
26
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
27
Yue Yue (岳岳)
28
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
29
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
30
Luo Zheng (罗正)
31
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
32
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
33
He Dongdong (何东东)
34
Li Rang (李让)
35
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
Episode 11 (March 30)
Before the new set of evaluation, special guest instructor Jolin Tsai gave the remaining contestants some advice on facing criticisms and comments, especially from social media (primarily Weibo), and self evaluation and reflection.
This episode showcases the collaboration stage of the trainees with the mentors. The top 9 of the previous eliminations get to pick the song of the choice in order, and the remaining trainees have to draw lots for their order to pick the songs of their choice. The mentors then play a prank on the trainees in which they go into classrooms meant for other mentors, and causes a lot of excitement and confusion amongst the trainees.
Eventually they get started on practising the songs with the mentors, which culminates in a showcase.
Each group is shown with their self introduction, then their behind-the-scenes practices, followed by their actual on-stage performance.
E011
Song
Mentor
Trainees
Mask
Zhang Yixing
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
Lou Zibo (娄滋博)
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
Li Quanzhe (李权哲)
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
Han Mubo (韩木伯)
Quit Smoking
Li Ronghao
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
Chen Linong (陈立农)
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
Ling Chao (灵超)
Mu Ziyang (木子样)
Yang Feitong (杨非同)
Lu Dinghao (陆定昊)
Zero
MC Jin
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊)
Li Rang (李让)
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
Huang Xinchun (黄新淳)
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
Zhou Rui (周锐)
Bu Fan (卜凡)
Agent J
Zhou Jieqiong
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
Yu Mingjun (余明君)
Jeffrey
Li Xikan (李希侃)
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
Yue Yue (岳岳)
24K Magic Remix Havana
Cheng Xiao
Justin
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
Qin Fen (秦奋)
He Dongdong (何东东)
Luo Zheng (罗正)
Zhou Yanchen (周彦辰)
Ding Zeren (丁泽仁)
The 20 trainees are then given their last evaluation songs, "It's Ok" and "Mack Daddy", and they make their choices of song and position.
Episode 12 (April 6)
The final episode is also a live broadcast, in which clips of the trainees picking out their songs, center position, and practices are interspersed with the events happening at the live showcase.
The episode starts with the trainees at individual interviews, which they're given the plastic chairs with the ranking labels they each chosen to sit on in the first episode, and it triggers nostalgic memories within the trainees. They're also asked about what if they don't manage to debut.
The live broadcast is now shown, with all 99 trainees returning to perform "Ei Ei" live. Individual trainee Zhou Rui, invited by Zhang Yixing, introduces each company and their representatives.
The group name of the debuting group is announced to be "Nine Percent", which represents the top 9 out of 100 trainees carrying forward the dreams of all the trainees with 100% of their effort, hence the name 9%.
After the mentors' introductions, the broadcast cuts to the selection of "It's Ok"'s center position. The selection process is done by the group performing the chorus, with each trainee taking the role of center once, then a closed voting process within the members of that group.
The top 2 choices for "It's Ok" were Lin Chaoze and Lin Yanjun. As the center is due to be announced, the video cuts back to the broadcast, where "It's Ok"'s performers appear onstage, and Lin Yanjun is revealed as the center of the song.
"Mack Daddy" goes through the same process, where the top 2 choices were Cai Xukun and Fan Chengcheng. Cai Xukun is revealed to be the center.
Color Key
Final Members of 9 Percent
E12
Song
Position
Trainee
It's Ok
Lead Vocal
You Zhangjing (尤长靖)
Subvocal 1
Ling Chao (灵超)
Subvocal 2
Bi Wenjun (毕雯珺)
Subvocal 3
Li Xikan (李希侃)
Subvocal 4
Jeffrey
Subvocal 5
Lin Chaoze (林超泽)
Subvocal 6
Lin Yanjun (林彦俊) (center)
Subvocal 7
Zheng Ruibin (郑锐彬)
Rap 1
Xiao Gui (小鬼)
Rap 2
Justin
Mack Daddy
Lead Vocal
Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤) (center)
Subvocal 1
Qin Fen (秦奋)
Subvocal 2
Xu Shengen (徐圣恩)
Subvocal 3
Fan Chengcheng (范丞丞)
Subvocal 4
Qian Zhenghao (钱正昊)
Subvocal 5
Zhu Zhengting (朱正廷)
Subvocal 6
Zhu Xingjie (朱星杰)
Rap 1
Bu Fan (卜凡)
Rap 2
Chen Linong (陈立农)
Rap 3
Wang Ziyi (王子异)
In another clip, the 20 trainees also dress in the clothes they've worn for their first self-introduction, and speak in reminiscence of what they've said during that introduction, and express their thoughts.
Following that in the live broadcast, is a performance of a special song, titled "Forever", depicting the wishes of the trainees to stay like they once were, and as a thank-you to the fans for their support.
The trainees are shown invited individually into a dark room standing in front of a mirror, where they're asked to talk to their reflections in the mirror about their feelings. The lights are then turned off, which throws the scene into a humorous one as the trainees get paranoid about the situation being another ghost prank, with varied amusing reactions. However, this time video messages are screened on the surface of the mirror from the trainees' families to them, which causes a few to break down in tears.
The announcement of the top 9 takes up about 1 hour and 15 mins of the 3-hour long broadcast.
As usual, the rankings are announced from the top 8 to 1, and each trainee walks from one end of the long stage to the main stage to take their seat, and present a short speech of thanks. The top 4 positions remained unchanged from the previous week, with You Zhangjing coming in as 9th place, taking the last position of the debuting group, Nine Percent.
The trainees then visit places in their dorm they've been to for the last time, including the dorm rooms, laundry room, makeup room, and more hilariously, the toilets. They talk about the memories they've had in the past four months of training, and finally clap the slate a final time. Memories of the past 12 episodes are shown, and the episode returns to the broadcast, where Zhang Yixing thanks everyone and wraps up Idol Producer.
Idol Producer is jointly created and produced by iQIYI and Beijing Caviar Communications, a television production start-up founded and headed by ex-HBS employee-turned-executive Lei Ying.[12]
Chief producer Jiang Bin has previously produced many well known realitytalent shows including S-style Show, I Supermodel and Road to the Runway. The show recruited Cheng Gang, the chief director of Super Boy and Tan Yan, the visual director of I Am a Singer.[13]
The coaches for the series were introduced through posters, which were uploaded online. On December 17, 2017, a press conference was held where coaches Lay Zhang, Jackson Wang, Cheng Xiao, Zhou Jieqiong and MC Jin attended.[14] On February 3, 2018, a total of 21 contestants[a] were invited by Lay Zhang to guest star on Chinese variety show, Happy Camp.[15]
Reception
The first episode of the show garnered over 100 million viewers within the first hour of broadcast on iQiyi.[16]Lay Zhang was remarked for his scrutiny towards the contestants during their performances.[17]
The show has been accused of plagiarizing the format of South Korean talent show Produce 101. The head of formats and development at Mnet, Jin Woo Hwang claimed that “People in our company were shocked because it wasn’t just a similar show – it was almost a duplicate show.”[19]
The Format Recognition and Protection Association revealed results of its comparative analysis of “Idol Producer,” launched by China's iQiyi in January 2018 and South Korean company CJ E&M, the production company of “Produce 101”, which launched in 2016. The analysis concluded that the Chinese show scored 88% on FRAPA's scale of infringement when compared with the Korean show – it was the highest score ever recorded for an alleged infringement.[20]
Misconduct
Individual trainee Song Shuijiao was forced to leave Idol Producer due to verbal misconduct degrading women widespread over the internet.[21] The trainee participated in the filming of the first episode, but was subsequently edited out prior to the broadcast.
Young Culture's Qian Zhenghao was found to have violated dormitory regulations by eating hot pot in the dormitory late at night.[22] A handwritten letter of apology was posted on the official Idol Producer dormitory Sina Weibo account.[23]
Two of MERCURY NATION'S trainees, GIGEL and Wang Youchen, were removed from the show as disciplinary action for ground fighting in the dormitory.[24]
^Bei Honglin, Cai Xukun, Chen Linong, Ding Zeren, Fan Chengcheng, Li Quanzhe, Lu Dinghao, Luo Zheng, Wang Ziyi, Xiao Gui, Yang Feitong, Zhang Yifan, Zheng Ruibin, Zhang Yixuan, You Zhangqing, Zhu Zhengting, Zhu Xingjie
^3 contestants left the show before episode 5, one of whom left for medical reasons. Two trainees from Mercury Nation were later revealed to be expelled due to a backstage brawl.
^"【专访】鱼子酱文化CEO雷瑛：《青春有你》之后，我们想创造真正的China Style" [[Interview] Lei Ying, CEO of Caviar Culture: After "Youth With You", we want to create a real China Style]. jiemian.com (in Chinese). April 4, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
