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Street Woman Fighter 2 (Korean: 스트릿 우먼 파이터 2), often abbreviated as SWF2, is the third season of the South Korean dance competition franchise Street Woman Fighter. It aired on Mnet from August 22 to October 31, 2023, every Tuesday at 22:20 KST time slot for 10 episodes.[1]
It revolves around eight female dance crews fighting for the position of Korea 's best female dance crew to represent street dance in the country (loosely marketed under the term "K-dance").[2] The winning crew (Bebe) received ₩50 million, diamond rings from Amondz and the Street Woman Fighter 2 trophy.[3]
Limlala as Nilriria Kim (Lia Kim parody), Heo Min-jin as King Bada (Bada parody), Han Ji-won as Haribo (Harimu parody), Na Bo-ram as Gwein Gwein/Guilty Guilt (JJ parody), Yeon Ye-rim as Sadlic (Redlic parody), Kim Ri-an as Oh Deulodeuli/Quake (Audrey parody), Kim Ji-you as AllReddy Callreddy (Redy parody), Hyeji Daeji as Nom/The Guy (Nob parody) (Street Gag Fighter 2 comedians)
Former member of Belegacy and disbanded K-Pop group Sparkling. Former Cap-Teen contestant. Participated in Street Dance Girls Fighter as the leader and member of Amazon crew. Choreographer for Mamamoo. Back-up dancer for CL and Jeon Somi, Cast on Fly to the Dance with Henry Lau, YGX's Lee Jung, Hook's Aiki, Love Ran, and fellow members Lia Kim and Amy
Amy (에이미)
(1995-02-23) February 23, 1995 (age 29)
Choreographer for Twice's "Set Me Free" music video. Member of Color Dance Team, Cast on Fly to the Dance with Henry Lau, YGX's Lee Jung, Hook's Aiki, Love Ran, and fellow members Lia Kim and Harimu
Dohee (도희)
(1997-09-20) September 20, 1997 (age 27)
Dancer for DPR Live's "Hop In" music video. Member of The Bip's crew.
Debby (데비)
(1997-12-16) December 16, 1997 (age 26)
Taiwanese member. Originally set to debut as a member of the Taiwanese K-Pop group DAYDAY in 2017, but was cancelled. Back-up dancer for Kai.
SM Entertainment Performance Director. Choreographer for Super M, Kai, Aespa, NCT, The Boyz, Treasure, Verivery, and DKB. Dance instructor at OFD Studio. Former member of Cupcake's Crew. Joined Jam Republic's agency within the year.
Professional waacker. Participated on Street Man Fighter's "Muse of Street Man Fighter" mission with Eo-Ddae. Participated in the first season of Dancing 9 Former member of defunct group Funky Fire.
Redlic (레드릭)
(1995-03-12) March 12, 1995 (age 29)
Former member of Belegacy. Former choreographer and dancer for YGX and Just Jerk Dance Crew. Executive Dance Director and choreographer for Aespa. Also the choreographer for Viviz, Got the Beat, Seulgi, and many more.
Buckey (벅키)
(1985-10-29) October 29, 1985 (age 39)
Former krumper turned choreographer. Member of Nastyshot and Belegacy crews. Former and founding member of WooFam and Fluckeez. Choreographer and lead dancer for Crush's "Whatever You Do" and "Hug Me" and Dynamic Duo's "BAAAM" Music videos. Also a choreographer for CL, Jessi, Taemin, BtoB's Peniel, and many more.
Waackxxxy (왁씨)
(1993-04-13) April 13, 1993 (age 31)
Professional dance battler who have won multiple waacking and freestyle dance battles in South Korea and in other countries. Won at least 500 dance battles in her career. Participated on Street Man Fighter's "Muse of Street Man Fighter" mission with Eo-Ddae. Once served as back-up dancer for Taeyeon and Jung Dae-hyun
Yoonji (윤지)
(1996-12-13) December 13, 1996 (age 27)
Professional dance battler. Participated on Street Man Fighter's "Muse of Street Man Fighter" mission with Eo-Ddae. Also a member of Masterpiece and Korea Waackers crews. Participated in the second season of Dancing 9.
Cera (쎄라)
(1996-12-31) December 31, 1996 (age 27)
Professional dance battler. Gone viral for her dancing skills with 1.6 million viewers on Instagram. Also a member of SIGNATURE and CTRL crews.
Winner of the 2023 BODYROCK Junior Dance Competition as the team choreographer. Also a choreographer for Japanese artists Rikimaru Chikada and WARPs Up. Joined Jam Republic's agency.
Rena (레나)
(1999-09-19) September 19, 1999 (age 25)
Member of RIEHATA's Rht. dance crew and ROYAL BRATS. Choreographer for Class:y. Back-up dancer for CL and Zico
Wolf'Lo
Halo (할로)
(1988-11-05) November 5, 1988 (age 35)
Member of Navy Melting Slide (NMS) and 9ueenz crews, and project team TEAM MADBLACK. Previously participated in the first season of Street Woman Fighter, took part at HolyBang's mega crew mission.
Mini (미니)
(1989-09-01) September 1, 1989 (age 35)
Member of 9ueenz crew. Previously participated in the first season of Street Woman Fighter, took part at Want's mega crew mission.
Baby Sleek (베이비슬릭)
(1983-02-08) February 8, 1983 (age 41)
Member of Uptown Family and 9ueenz crew. Had won many dance competitions from 2001–onwards.
Chocol (초콜)
(1987-09-12) September 12, 1987 (age 37)
Member of Navy Melting Slide (NMS) crew, 9ueenz crew, and AMillionRockface (AMR) crew. Previously participated in the first season of Street Woman Fighter, took part at HolyBang's mega crew mission.
Yeni Cho (예니초)
(1992-03-21) March 21, 1992 (age 32)
Member of AMillionRockface (AMR) crew. Previously participated in the first season of Street Woman Fighter, took part at HolyBang's mega crew mission.
Haechi Wang (해치왱)
(1995-12-09) December 9, 1995 (age 28)
Member of AMillionRockface (AMR) crew. Previously participated in the first season of Street Woman Fighter, took part at HolyBang's mega crew mission.
Missions
Mission 1: "No Respect, Battle of the Weakest"
Each dancer beforehand pointed out a dancer from an opposing team that they can beat in a one-on-one dance battle. The chosen dancer is given a "No Respect" sticker for each time they are chosen.
Rules for the dance battles
The named dancer points out a dancer they consider to be the weakest, and engages in a one-on-one dance battle for 40 seconds each.
The named dancer goes first while the pointed out dancer goes second.
At the end of the battle, the Fight Judges will determine the winner.
Fight Judges can request a rematch when no winner can be decided. A rematch will take place if two or more judges cannot decide a winner or in the case of a 1:1 tie and the third judge cannot choose a winner. In the rematch, both dancers dance at the same time for 40 seconds.
The winning dancer gives a NO RESPECT sticker of their respective crew color to the losing team, which is stuck on their crew fist.
The team with the most losses are labeled as the NO RESPECT Crew.
Round two consists of two-on-two battles. Round three consists of five-on-five crew battles. A special round, "Ace Battle" was introduced. In Ace Battle, each team chooses one Ace member. A random Ace member will be chosen as an opponent and the other Ace members have 100 seconds to choose to battle them. If more than one Ace member challenges the chosen Ace member, one of them will be chosen at random. The rules are the same for all the rounds, but rematches consist of one-on-one battles and points for victories and defeats are doubled in Ace Battles.
"No Respect" stickers
Crew
Name
No. of stickers
Total
Bebe
Bada (바다)
2
2 stickers
1Million
Lia Kim (리아킴)
3
8 stickers
Amy (에이미)
1
Redy (레디)
1
Harimu (하리무)
1
Dohee (도희)
1
Debby (데비)
1
Deep N Dap
Mina Myoung (미나명)
2
5 stickers
Minny Park (미니팍)
2
Gooseul (구슬)
1
Jam Republic
Kirsten (거스틴)
2
10 stickers
Ling (링)
1
Emma (엠마)
1
Audrey (오드리)
6
Lady Bounce
Nob (놉)
3
5 stickers
Biggy (비기)
1
Capri (카프리)
1
Mannequeen
Funky Y (펑기와이)
2
5 stickers
Redlic (레드릭)
1
Buckey (벅키)
1
Cera (쎄라)
1
Waaackxxxy (왁씨)
1
Tsubakill
Akanen(아카넨)
2
4 stickers
Sayaka (사야카)
1
Momo (모모)
1
Wolf'Lo
Halo (할로)
1
6 stickers
Baby Sleek (베이비슬릭)
2
Yeni Cho (예니초)
2
Chocol (초콜)
1
Total
46 stickers
No Respect, Battle of the Weakest battles from ep. 1–2 & Special
Each crew leader chooses five members[h] including themselves to be split into four ranks. Each rank will work together to create a dance video. Each rank will only have one main dancer which will be chosen by the judges. The rest will be back-up dancers in the video. Each dancer in a rank will create a short choreography which will be voted on by the members of their rank. The chosen choreography will be the one used to determine the main dancer.
Main dancer's benefits
In charge of the center position, choreography, and directing the video for their rank.
Receive 100 points for their crew.
Will choose the "worst dancer" in their rank and they will battle it out to which of their teams will receive the "worst dancer" points.
Unlike previous seasons, individual scores were given out. The Fight Judges ranked the dancers of each class from 1st to 8th, the scores were based on the ranking the dancers received. They will also choose the winner of the worst dancer battles similar to the "no respect" battles.
Two crews compete using the same songs from the main four Korean entertainment companies, SM, JYP, YG, and HYBE. Each crew chooses which entertainment company they want to dance to and if three or more crews choose the same entertainment company, they will each choreograph a 30s section of the selected songs, which will be judged and voted on by the non-competing crews. The two crews with the fewest votes will compete against each other for this round while the losing crew will need to choose another available entertainment company, with the crew receiving the fewest votes getting to choose first. Each crew must also complete the Choreography Copy Challenge.
Choreography Copy Challenge
There are two copy challenge sections in each song
Of the two sections, each crew must take one section and create the choreography that the other team must "copy" and incorporate into their choreography
If both crews want the same sections, they must discuss it among themselves
As part of the scoring, crews will perform their choreography in front of an audience and the audience will vote for the better choreography between the two competing crews. The performance order will be determined by each entertainment company's performance director or artist representatives.
Color key:
Loser
Entertainment Company crew battle
Round
Team
Votes
HYBE
Jam Republic
4
Mannequeen
2
Deep N Dap
24
JYP
1Million
26
Tsubakill
0
Bebe
3
The crew with the higher score for each battle wins and avoid elimination while the losing crew is nominated for elimination. Final scores are calculated as the sum of the Fight Judges' Score + Audience Score + Global Popular Vote Score + Class Mission Score.
Scoring system
Fight Judges' score: Total of 150 points split between both crews.
Audience Score: 50 points to the crew with the most votes from the live audience.
Global Popular Vote score: Voting period from June 23 to 26, 2023, at 12:00 PM KST.[j] Score calculated as Views + Likes X 100 + Mnet Plus Votes X 100.
Class Mission score: 200 points for first place, then decreasing 100 points for each lower rank.
As the losing crews – Deep N Dap, Mannequeen, Wolf'Lo, and Tsubakill were chosen as candidates for elimination. Two crews that placed in 7th and 8th rank automatically placed in the elimination battle which were Wolf'Lo and Tsubakill.
Rules of the elimination battle
Best of 5:
Round 1 – Crew
Round 2 – Ace
Round 3 – Leader
Round 4 – Duet
Round 5 – Hidden
At the end of each round, the Fight Judges determine the winner.
The first crew to win three rounds is safe from elimination, while the losing crew is eliminated.
First elimination battle
Round
Contestant
Winning team
Wolf'Lo
Tsubakill
1
Crew
Crew
Tsubakill
2
Baby Sleek
Yumeri
Wolf'Lo
3
Halo
Akanen
Tsubakill
4
Baby Sleek and Mini
Akanen and Momo
Wolf'Lo
5
Crew
Crew
Wolf'Lo
Mission 4: "Mega Crew"
The remaining crews will compete in a Mega Crew mission where each crew will select a theme to create their own choreography and perform it with a minimum of 30 performers including themselves. The two crews that select the same theme will compete against each other with the winner receiving extra points. Crews must personally recruit their mega crew performers. Each crew will have 3 directors, in which one of the 3 will must be the crew's leader.[k]
Final scores are calculated as the sum of the Fight Judges' Score + Public Vote Score.
Scoring system
Fight Judges' Score: Each judge awards up to 400 points to each three directors of each crew totaling up to 1200 points.
Global Popular Vote Score: Voting period from September 12, 2023, at 12:30 AM KST to September 19, 2023, at 6:00 PM KST.[l] Score calculated as Views + Likes X 100. Crews are ranked from this score and awarded points starting at 500 points for the highest score.
The winning crew on each theme match-up will receive an extra 100 points.
If a crew does not meet the minimum number of crew members on their team (including the participants), the leader of the crew will get 100 points deduction from the Fight Judges' Score.
Each crew will create a new choreography for Hwasa's new single "Chili". Points distribution will be based on online voting (up to 400 points) + additional points for the crew with the most views. Additionally, The crew whose choreography is chosen by Hwasa will have the benefit to direct the music video and the crew whose choreography video receives the most likes will receive 100 extra points. 1Million's choreography was chosen and the crew directed the "Chili" music video.
Scoring system
Global Popular Vote Score: 250-400 points possible. The crew with the most views will receive a total of 400 points, while 2nd to 6th place crews will be deducted 30 points per rank. The voting period was from October 3 to October 10, 2023, at 12:00 AM KST. Voting will be based on the number of YouTube likes and 'Mnet Plus' voting. Views due to video campaign promotion and various abuse are not included in the count. Voting within the 'Mnet Plus' app can only be done once a day. Multiple voting is possible, but duplicate voting is not possible. (You can vote again at 12:00 AM KST)
Hwasa's pick: The crew which choreography was selected will receive an additional 100 points
Additional points for the Chili Challenge: The crew with the most of social media challenges will receive an additional 100 points.
Total possible points for this mission is 600 points.
"Hwasa Choreography Mission"
Crew
Main Dancer
Scores
Global Popular vote
Hwasa's chosen choreography
Extra points for Chili Challenge
Total Score
Bebe
Bada
370
–
100
470
1Million
Harimu
340
100
–
440
Jam Republic
Kirsten
400
–
–
400
Wolf'Lo
Mini
310
–
–
310
LadyBounce
Nob
280
–
–
280
Mannequeen
Redlic
250
–
–
250
Mission 6: "Battle Performance Mission"
The remaining 6 crews will be paired against each other to compete in this round. Each crew will prepare a dance performance where they will pick the first song while the second song will be from the opposing crew's performance preview song. The winning crew will receive additional points in this round.
Final scores are calculated as the sum of the Fight Judges' Score + Global Popular Vote Score + Audience Vote Score + Cumulative points from Hwasa's Choreography Mission.
Scoring system
Fight Judges' Score: Each judge will give 10 points to the crew they selected to win on each match-up (Up to 30 points possible).
Audience Votes: The crew with the higher vote count from the audience on each match-up will receive 70 points.
Global Popular Vote Score: Up to 500 points possible. 1st place will receive 500 points, while 2th to 6th place crews will be deducted 30 points per rank. The voting period is from October 10–13, 2023, at 12:00 AM KST. The global rating score is calculated as the sum of likes X 100 and views of the evaluation video posted on YouTube The CHOOM channel, and Mnet Plus vote X 100. Views due to video campaign promotion and various abuse are not included in the count. Voting within the 'Mnet Plus' app can only be done once a day. Multiple voting is possible, but duplicate voting is not possible. (You can vote again at 12:00 AM KST)
Total possible points for this mission will be 1200 points (cumulative scores for the Battle Performance + Hwasa Choreography Mission will be included).
As the lowest scoring crew, Wolf'Lo was automatically eliminated. In contrast, as the 5th place team, Mannequeen was automatically placed in the elimination battle. The crew that ranked 1st, Bebe, was given the power to choose Mannequeen's opponent out of the remaining 3 crews. LadyBounce was chosen as the second candidate for elimination.
Rules of the elimination battle
Best of 7:
Round 1 – Hidden
Round 2 – 1v1 (winner of last round will choose their representative first)
Round 3 – Secret Round (3v3 Relay Dance Battle; the crew will randomly select 3 members to compete depending on what music the DJ will play.)
Round 4 – 5v5
Round 5[am] – 1v1 (winner of last round will choose their representative first)
Round 6[an] – 2v2 (winner of last round will choose their representative first)
Each crew will create a choreography from the following artists: Rihanna, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Ariana Grande. Prior to the live episode, each team will select an artist song they would like to perform with. In the event that more than one team selects the same artist, all contestants will each vote for the team whose artist will best suit their performance. The remaining teams not chosen will make a 2nd artist selection for their performance.
Scoring system
Live Broadcast Vote Score (80%): The crew with the highest score will receive 800 points, then 2nd to 4th place crews will be deducted 30 points per rank. Voting will be done via SMS (limited within South Korea only). Voting for multiple crews is allowed. No duplicate voting for the same crew is allowed.
Crew Performance Vote (20%): The crew with the highest score will receive 200 points, then 2nd to 4th place crews will be deducted 10 points per rank.
The team with the most total cumulative score from both Ending Credit and Global Artist missions will be declare the show's winner.
Color key:
Team with the most votes gets to perform Beyonce's choreography
The finalists will each portray and showcase the best concept, color, identity, and characteristics of their team. This mission tries to prove each crew's uniqueness and world-class expertise as they put it all into this final performance.
Scoring system
Live Broadcast Vote Score (80%): The crew with the highest score will receive 800 points, then 2nd to 4th place crews will be deducted 50 points per rank. Voting will be done via SMS (limited within South Korea only). Voting for multiple crews is allowed. No duplicate voting for the same crew is allowed.
Crew Performance Vote (20%): The crew with the highest score will receive 200 points, then 2nd to 4th place crews will be deducted 10 points per rank.
The team with the most total cumulative score from both Ending Credit and Global Artist missions will be declare the show's winner.
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
This show aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
Following the conclusion of Street Woman Fighter 2 on October 31, Mnet has officially announced that Street Dance Girls Fighter would also return for its second season on November 21, at 10 pm KST.
Street Woman Fighter 2: World Wide Log
It is an observational reality show that delves into the global lifestyle of the crews that dominated the Korean dance scene and will show the members' hidden charms. It is often abbreviated as SWF2.
Notes
^Members: Bada, Lusher, Tatter, Kyma, Mina, Cheche, Sowoen
^Shownu did not judge the Battle Performance Mission due to his overseas schedule.
^Yell joined 1Million as one of their choreographers as of this year.
^5 is the max number of members that can be sent. As a result, 1Million's Dohee, Bebe's Minah and Sowoen, Deep N Dap's Soll and LockerZee, Mannequeen's Cera, Tsubakill's Miki, and Wolf'Lo's Baby Sleek did not participate in this round.
^Members of Royal Family dance crew were originally invited as crew members but were unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts from another dance competition occurring at that time.
^Originally received a score of 382 from the Fight Judges but was deducted 100 points after Jam Republic did not meet the minimum number of crew members for the Mega Crew mission
^Including Prowdmon's Lip J, Aespa's Winter, and Spella
^Including Sandara Park, YGX and now 1Million choreographer Yell, and Amazon (Saerim, Eunhye, Injeong, Hyeyeon, Noh Won)
^All four crews selected and performed Beyonce's song. As a result, the contestants will each make an individual vote to determine which team will do Beyonce's choreography.
^Meaning: Their determination to focus on the present and its true colors to overcome the prejudices
^Meaning: Only the prepared may escape from darkness. BEBE portrays its perseverance to keep on dancing.
^Meaning: The highlights of their identity as a diverse troupe unified to achieve success and show how will, toughness, and tenacity overcame adversity.
^Meaning: This was seen as a fresh start for the girls, as they left a message and directive full of self-empowerment and inner beauty.
^The second track, "Click Like", was pre-released on August 30, 2023.
References
^Lee Min-ji (June 5, 2023). '스우파2' 8월 22일 첫 방송 확정, 언니들의 춤 싸움 온다 [공식] ['SWF 2' first broadcast confirmed on August 22nd, unnie's dance fight is coming [Official]]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 23, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
^Ahn Tae-hyun (May 17, 2023). '스우파', 시즌2로 돌아온다...엠넷 "8월 방송 목표로 제작" ['SWF' returns with season 2... Mnet "Produced with the goal of broadcasting in August"]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 23, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
^Lim Chae-ryeong (November 1, 2023). '스우파2' 파이널 무대 생방송...최종 우승 크루는 바로 베베(종합) ['SWF2' Final Stage Live...The winning crew is Bebe (Overall)] (in Korean). The Herald Pop. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023 – via Naver.
^Yoon Seong-yeol (June 22, 2023). [단독]강다니엘 '스우파' 시즌2 MC 확정..3년 연속 발탁 [[Exclusive] Kang Daniel confirmed as 'SWF' Season 2 MC...Selected for 3 consecutive years]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 23, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
^Jung Hee-yeon (June 11, 2023). [단독] 몬스타엑스 셔누, '스우파2' 저지 합류 [[Exclusive] MONSTA X Shownu joins 'SWF 2' Judge]. Sports Dong-A (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 23, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
^"스트릿 우 파이터 2(SWF2) 크루곡" [Street Woman Fighter 2 (SWF2) Crew Songs]. Genie Music. Stone Music Entertainment. August 22, 2023. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023 – via Melon.
^"스트릿 우 파이터 2(SWF2) 계급미션 (부리더)" [Street Woman Fighter 2 (SWF2) Class Mission (Sub-Leader)]. Genie Music. Stone Music Entertainment. September 5, 2023. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 5, 2023 – via Melon.
^"스트릿 우먼 파이터2 (SWF2) OST" [Street Woman Fighter 2 (SWF2) OST]. Genie Music. Stone Music Entertainment. September 12, 2023. Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023 – via Melon.
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