

So MBC needed something to catch the public's attention in the first episode. "Viewers usually start watching audition programs from the beginning, rather than join in the middle. "It was probably a strategic decision because MBC needs to get people talking about this show," he continued. The clip of "Nonstop" is currently the most-watched YouTube video from the first episode. “They also knew what would happen but they put the girls on stage anyway for views." "Whatever the production staff intended, it worked in terms of becoming the talk of the town," said Lee Gyu-tag, a professor of pop music and media studies at George Mason University Korea. “Those contestants weren’t prepared, and the production staff had every opportunity to screen them before the first episode," reads one of the top comments under the clip with over 3,000 likes. I wish the evaluation group had voted more responsibly.” The clip of the performance instantly went viral on YouTube, and netizens say the production staff is at fault. “There were so many talented contestants that we couldn’t even meet because the walls didn’t open. “This was so bad that I’m not even angry,” said Soyeon of girl group (G)I-DLE, one of the judges, after the performance. Thanks to some comic value, they were able to surpass the 75 percent approval rate and meet the judges, who ended up eliminating them after expressing their frustration.
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The two girls were not professional trainees, which resulted in them struggling to get the pitch or rhythm right throughout the performance. Perhaps the greatest controversy sparked by the first episode was a performance of girl group Oh My Girl’s “Nonstop” (2020) by a team of two contestants, born in 20. The clip of two contestants performing girl group Oh My Girl's "Nonstop" (2020), which received harsh reviews from judges, is currently the most-watched YouTube video from the first episode. But in reality, it turns out it’s not too different." Oh in the prequel to suggest that ‘My Teenage Girl’ would be something different since the public has grown rather tired of idol audition programs. “I think the producers honestly thought that emphasizing the contestants’ families would make the show feel more wholesome,” said pop culture critic Jeong Deok-hyun. “My Teenage Girl” put emphasis on the fact that the parents of the contestants were invited to watch their daughters be eliminated. The wholesome qualities shown on “Hesitation before Going to School” were nowhere to be found, and the overall format was just as sensational as any other idol audition show of the past.


But viewers were left disappointed, if not shocked, after the first episode of “My Teenage Girl” aired. If less than 75 percent of the evaluation group voted in favor of the contestants, the walls remained closed and the hopefuls were eliminated without even being able to see the judges. Highlighting professional mental health help was a first in the history of audition programs and garnered generally positive reviews as a refreshing concept.ĭuring the first episode, contestants had to perform in front of an on-site evaluation group but were separated from the judges by a wall. The prequel featured renowned psychiatrist Oh Eun-young serving as a mental health counselor for the show’s young hopefuls and presented itself as a wholesome program, different from conventional idol audition shows. 23 and raised expectations that “My Teenage Girl” might be different from the countless K-pop idol audition programs that have come before it. Despite high expectations set by its prequel “Hesitation Before Going to School,” the first episode is receiving largely negative reviews, with viewers saying that many of the show’s elements are “cruel.” “Hesitation Before Going to School” aired on MBC from Oct.

MBC’s girl group audition program “My Teenage Girl” aired its first episode on Sunday. Soyeon of girl group (G)I-DLE, one of the judges on MBC's new girl group audition show "My Teenage Girl," voices her frustration during Sunday's first episode.
