The Origin – A, B, Or What?

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The Origin – A, B, Or What?
Created by
Presented byPark Seon-young
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time
  • 60 minutes
  • 90 minutes (finale)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseMarch 19 (2022-03-19) –
May 7, 2022 (2022-05-07)

The Origin – A, B, Or What? (Korean: 디 오리진) is a 2022 survival program created by IST Entertainment in association with its parent company, Kakao Entertainment, and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It aired on MBN, Kakao TV and 1theK YouTube channel on March 19, 2022, every Saturday at 18:00 (KST) timeslot for eight episodes.[1] In the finale on May 7, 2022, the show announced the final 7 members who would debut as ATBO.

Background and concept[edit]

On February 6, it was reported that IST Entertainment, home to male idol groups Victon and The Boyz as well as female idol group Apink and Weeekly, is making their first boy group under the new company name in the first half of the year.[1]

On February 10, It was announced that IST will be forming their boy group under a survival program titled, The Origin – A, B, Or What?. It will be jointly produced with Kakao Entertainment and Sony Music Solutions. The show will consist of 13 contestants.[2]

On February 22, IST announced that the premiere date was postponed from February 26 to March 19 due to some trainees who tested positive for COVID-19.[2]

Cast[edit]

The show is presented by Park Seon-young.[3] Meanwhile, the judges, dubbed as "balancers", are:

Guests

Contestants[edit]

Color key:

  Final members of ATBØ
  Eliminated in the final episode
  Eliminated in Survival Balance
  Eliminated in PR Balance
13 contestants
Jeong Seunghwan (정승환) Oh Junseok (오준석) Seok Rakwon (석락원) Ryu Junmin (류준민)
Bae Hyunjun (배현준) Yang Donghwa (양동화) Kim Yeonkyu (김연규) Choi Jinwook (최진욱)
Jeong Junho (정준호) Kim Minseo (김민서) Park Jaehoon (박재훈) Won Bin (원빈)
Kang Daehyun (강대현)

Profile[edit]

The ages of all contestants are presented in accordance with the international age system as of Episode 1 (March 19, 2022).

Name[4] Hangul Birth date Training period[a] Notes
Jeong Jun-ho 정준호 July 11, 2002 (age 19) 2 years 2 months A former SM Entertainment trainee.
Kim Min-seo 김민서 January 11, 2003 (age 19) 2 years 8 months Lived in China for ten years.
Oh Jun-seok 오준석 March 3, 2003 (age 19) 3 years
Ryu Jun-min 류준민 April 5, 2003 (age 18) 2 years A former SM Entertainment trainee.
Choi Jin-wook 최진욱 May 20, 2003 (age 18) 2 years 8 months
Bae Hyun-jun 배현준 June 6, 2003 (age 18) 2 years
Kang Dae-hyun 강대현 July 15, 2003 (age 18) 2 years 4 months
Yang Dong-hwa 양동화 August 19, 2003 (age 18) 2 years 9 months
Seok Rak-won 석락원 November 14, 2003 (age 18) 2 years 10 months A former SM Entertainment trainee.
Former child model.
Jeong Seung-hwan 정승환 January 24, 2004 (age 18) A year 9 months He was born in Busan.
Kim Yeon-kyu 김연규 May 3, 2004 (age 17) 11 months[b] A former YG Entertainment trainee.
A former contestant on YG Treasure Box.[5]
Won Bin 원빈 July 1, 2004 (age 17) 2 years 5 months Lived in the Philippines for over ten years.
Park Jae-hoon 박재훈 July 20, 2005 (age 16) 5 months The youngest of the trainees.

Missions[edit]

PR Balance[edit]

Teams were formed prior Episode 1. There are two rounds to this mission.

The Death participant from the losing team will be eliminated. Both teams' Aces received the benefit to lead and form the teams for the next mission.

Color key

  Winning team

  Leader

  Ace

  Death

  Leader & Ace

PR Balance (episode 1–2)
Round 1 Round 2 Team Votes[c] Contestants
Performance Performance
Order Original artist(s) Song Order Original artist(s) Song
1 BTS "Mic Drop" 2 BM "13IVI" Team A[d] 118 (52.68%) Choi Jinwook
Park Jaehoon
Ryu Junmin
Seok Rakwon
Won Bin
Yang Donghwa
2 Ateez "Hala-Hala" 1 GD & TOP "Zutter" Team B 106 (47.32%) Bae Hyunjun
Jeong Junho
Jeong Seunghwan
Kang Daehyun
Kim Minseo
Kim Yeonkyu
Oh Junseok

Concept Balance[edit]

Teams were formed in Episode 2.

The losing team, with the exception of the Ace, and the Death participant of the winning team will be eliminated.

Like the previous round, the selected Aces also automatically led and formed the new teams for the next round.

Color key

  Winning team

  Leader

  Ace

  Death

Concept Balance (episode 3–4)
Performance Team Votes[e] Contestants
Original artist(s) Song
The Boyz "The Stealer" Team A 63 (55.26%) Choi Jinwook
Jeong Junho
Kim Yeonkyu
Oh Junseok
Won Bin
Seok Rakwon
"Thrill Ride" Team B 51 (44.74%) Bae Hyunjun
Jeong Seunghwan
Kim Minseo
Park Jaehoon
Ryu Junmin
Yang Donghwa

The ace card of the losing team exchange fates with the death card of the winning team making Ryu Junmin part of the saved members and Won Bin on the run for elimination.

Survival Balance[edit]

This mission was given to eliminated contestants in order to reverse their elimination. The participants were given 30 minutes by the Balancers to prepare a performance.

The chosen two Death contestants by the Balancers will be fully removed from the show.

Color key

  Death

Survival Balance (episode 4–5)
Contestants
Kim Minseo[f]
Bae Hyunjun[g]
Won Bin[h]
Park Jaehoon[i]
Yang Donghwa[j]
Jeong Seunghwan[k]

Final Balance[edit]

Battle Round[edit]

Teams were formed in Episode 5. Performances were shown on Episode 5. Results were revealed on Episode 7.

The winning team will receive 100 points for five members. Each Ace will receive a bonus of 100 points, giving the victorious team's Ace total of 200 points. The winning team's Death trainee will earn no points, while the losing team's Death trainee will incur a 100-point deduction, putting them at a disadvantage.

Color key

  Winning team

  Leader

  Ace

  Death

Battle Round (Episode 6)
Performance Team Votes[l] Contestants
Original artist(s) Song
Got7 "Hard Carry" Team A 71 (34.8%) Choi Jinwook
Jeong Junho
Kim Minseo
Oh Junseok
Ryu Junmin
Infinite "BTD (Before the Dawn)" Team B 133 (65.2%) Bae Hyunjun
Jeong Seunghwan
Kim Yeonkyu
Seo Rakwon
Yang Donghwa

Origin Round[edit]

In this round, the live audiences voted for each trainee individually. They can vote for multiple trainees, but they cannot vote for the same trainee multiple times. Each Balancer selects which trainees receive the Ace card, which is worth 50 points, and the Death card, which deducts 50 points.

Origin Round (Episode 8)
Performance Points[m] Contestants
Votes Ace cards
"Run" 1170 0 Bae Hyunjun
— — Choi Jinwook
Jeong Junho
1590 3 Jeong Seunghwan
— — Kim Minseo
Kim Yeonkyu
1410 4 Oh Junseok
1380 0 Ryu Junmin
1320 2 Seo Rakwon
— — Yang Donghwa
  • points were not shown for the eliminated and final two members (Yang Donghwa and Kim Yeonkyu).

Episodes[edit]

Episode 1 (March 19, 2022)[edit]

The show opened up with a performance of "Run", which is the signal song by all 13 contestants.[6] The judges, known as balancers, were then introduced.[6] The concept of the show was then explained by the MC Park Seon-young. It was also revealed that one member of the losing team will be eliminated.[6]

For the first round, called the PR balance round, Team A performed "Mic Drop" by BTS while Team B performed "Hala Hala" by Ateez. Following each team's performance, the balancers voted for the best (Ace) and worst contestant (Death) of each team.[6] The on-site audience then also voted for the best team performance with Team B winning the on-site voting. However, the final result will be decided through a combined points system.[6]

Episode 2 (March 26, 2022)[edit]

Episode 3 (April 2, 2022)[edit]

Episode 4 (April 10, 2022)[edit]

Episode 5 (April 16, 2022)[edit]

Episode 6 (April 23, 2022)[edit]

Episode 7 (April 30, 2022)[edit]

Team B wins the first round of the final balance game and the members receive 100 points, except Jeong Seung-hwan, who gets the Death card and receives no points, and Yang Dong-hwa, who is chosen as the Ace and thus receives 200 points. In Team A, Oh Jun-seok receives 100 points as the Ace of his group, while Jun-ho receives minus 100 points as the Balancers deems him the most unconvincing. Then, the trainees are given a day off and are taken to a vacation house in the mountains, where they play games and enjoy a barbecue party. In the evening, they are joined by Jay Park, who gives them words of advice over dinner; the trainees conclude the night watching video messages they have previously recorded for each other.

Episode 8 (May 7, 2022)[edit]

Ranking[edit]

The first five members were chosen from the final stage points, Ace and Death card points, and Balancers' assessment. The last two members were chosen by the Balancers.

Episode 8
# Name Points
1
Jeong Seung-hwan
1,740
2
Oh Jun-seok
1,710
3
Seok Rak-won
1,520
4
Ryu Jun-min
1,380
5
Bae Hyun-jun
1,270
6
Yang Dong-hwa
points were not shown
7
Kim Yeon-kyu
points were not shown

Discography[edit]

Singles[edit]

Title Year Album
"Run" 2022 Non-album single

Ratings[edit]

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea
(Nationwide)[7]
1 March 19, 2022 0.293% (63rd)
2 March 26, 2022 0.249% (68th)
3 April 2, 2022 0.211% (71st)
4 April 9, 2022 0.396% (55th)
5 April 16, 2022 0.396% (58th)
6 April 23, 2022 0.191% (77th)
7 April 30, 2022 0.095% (84th)
8 May 7, 2022 0.145% (68th)

Aftermath[edit]

  • On June 13 2022, IST Entertainment announced that Yang Donghwa would not be debuting as a member of ATBO after his past misconduct, when he was a student surfaced online.[8][9]
  • On June 17, 2022, IST Entertainment announced that Won Bin who is originally eliminated in ep 5, would be debuting with ATBO in replacement of Donghwa.[10][11]
  • ATBO debut on July 27.
Other contestants
  • Some trainees joined new agencies:
  • Some trainees opened social media accounts:
    • Choi Jin-wook opened a personal Instagram account & Tiktok.
    • Kang Dae-hyun opened a personal Instagram account.
  • Some trainees participated in other survival shows:
  • Some trainees will debut or debuted in new boy groups or released music as solo artists:
    • Kang Dae-hyun will debut in RBW's new boy group in October 2023.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Based on Episode 1.
  2. ^ At the current company.
  3. ^ Out of 224; Votes from Round 1 and Round 2 combined
  4. ^ Death participant was not revealed.
  5. ^ Out of 114
  6. ^ Kim Minseo performed "No Sense" by Sam Kim.
  7. ^ Bae Hyunjun Performed "Chewing Gum" by NCT Dream.
  8. ^ Won Bin performed "Hot Sauce" by NCT Dream.
  9. ^ Park Jaehoon performed a self-written song titled "개 (Me)".
  10. ^ Yang Donghwa performed "Make Up" by Sam Kim.
  11. ^ Jeong Seunghwan performed "Fate" by Lee Sun-hee.
  12. ^ Out of 204
  13. ^ Only the top five trainees' points were revealed.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Cheon, Yun-hye (February 11, 2022). "MBN, 보이그룹 프로젝트 '디 오리진' 론칭..아이돌 데뷔 건 극강의 밸런스 게임[공식]" [MBN, boy group project 'The Origin' launched..Idol debut is the ultimate balance game [Official]]. Herald Pop (in Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kim, Ye-eun (February 11, 2022). "IST엔터 새 보이그룹 탄생한다…MBN '디 오리진' 론칭" [IST Entertainment's new boy group is born... MBN 'The Origin' launched]. X Sports News (in Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Origin – A, B, Or What? Cast". Daum. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "더보이즈 후배 누가 될까…'디 오리진' 13명 연습생 공개". News Culture (in Korean). February 11, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Park, Su-in (November 7, 2018). "'YG 보석함' 최연소 연습생 7인 공개 '치열 경쟁 예고'". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e YouTube: (THE ORIGIN) EP.01｜밸런스 서바이벌 오디션 THE ORIGIN - A, B, Or What?｜2022.03.19
  7. ^ "더 오리진 시청률" [The Origin ratings] (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Daum.
  8. ^ @THEORIGIN_AorB on Twitter (June 13, 2022)
  9. ^ Soompi: IST Entertainment Announces Yang Donghwa Will No Longer Debut With ATBO
  10. ^ THE ORIGIN - A, B, Or What? on Twitter: [NOTICE] 안녕하세요. IST엔터테인먼트입니다. (June 17, 2022)
  11. ^ Soompi: IST Entertainment Announces ATBO Will Debut As A 7-Member Group This Summer With Won Bin
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