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[in Korean] This building was almost like my home,

and for the BTS members too.

We always ate at this restaurant.

The basement here was actually our training room.

[chatter in Korean]

How have you been?

All good thanks to you.

[all laugh]

It's been so long.

[all laughing]

Seeing the mementos that ARMY (BTS fans) put here...

The memories are flooding back.

["Run BTS" by BTS playing]

[Son] Our only goal was to train very hard so that we could debut.

My dream was to create the greatest artist imaginable.

[audience cheering]

["Run BTS" continues]

[Son] Now it feels like I'm starting all over again.

If the Dream Academy goes well,

I believe a new type of artist will emerge in the global and the US market.

One that can understand the culture and the generation.

We're working hard to make these girls beloved like BTS.

[in English] I didn't love the idea of a survival show,

but you're in it now, you're not gonna quit.

I'll do anything to win at this point.

[song ends]

♪ La, la-la, la ♪

♪ Love me once It's time to roll the dice ♪

[indistinct chattering]

[man] All right, everyone, I need a photo right now.

-[Mei] Wow! -[girl 1] I'm hype.

[girl 2] I love that.

[man] What's a fun bus-ride song?

♪ The wheels on the bus Go round and round... ♪

-What? -Ey!

♪ All through the town... ♪

[Lara] Damn! Where are my sopranos?

♪ All through the town ♪

[Iliya] When I was in high school, I was just watching K-dramas.

I was listening to K-pop.

I was so into their fashion, their style, the way they do things.

I was like, "Oh my God, I'm learning Korean."

"I wanna go to Korea someday."

But I was really poor, so I was like, "Maybe someday." [laughs]

[indistinct chattering]

Being here right now feels unreal. Like, literally unreal.

I'm just so excited to see, like, the culture, the country.

Just to, like, be able to see it in real life,

just seeing all the people.

[Daniela] I'm very excited for Korea.

I'm also a little nervous for eliminations

and just these upcoming missions.

It feels like I'm really that tiniest bit away from it.

Before the decision, the final decision,

I've gotta work hard if I'm not gonna get eliminated this time.

[Missy] The girls are here for a month to film their second mission

and to do press for the project.

Then we will go back to LA to get ready for Mission Three.

And then the live finale and group member selections.

They are so hyped to be training out of the mecca of K-pop.

Oh my gosh. Wow.

Oh my gosh.

[Lexie] I didn't see anyone.

[all giggling]

I didn't know. I just followed the voices.

[Lexie] Me too.

[upbeat music playing]

Can we get camera speeding?

-[man 1] Rolling. -[man 2] Sound speed.

All right, everyone. In three, two, one.

[female voice] Dream Academy.

[in Korean] We'll announce the second mission.

-[girls cheering] -[in English] Oh my God!

[all cheering]

[in Korean] This mission is...

[drum roll]

[in Korean] ...a team mission.

[all cheering]

[Sophia in English] So Mission Two, we're performing two Le Sserafim songs

Le Sserafim is a girl group that is under HYBE.

And those songs are "Antifragile" and "Fearless."

So there are two groups each song,

and those two groups are going against each other.

So it's "Antifragile" versus "Antifragile,"

"Fearless" versus "Fearless."

Oh, two team members.

Whichever group had the highest score, then they win the challenge.

And you can only have one team win in each song,

and those two groups end up being immune from elimination.

[Karlee] Four people will get eliminated.

You can take four people from one "Antifragile" team and eliminate them.

You can take two and two.

You can take one and three.

It's up to... the execs.

[chatter in Korean]

[Hyejin in English] Teamwork is important in a K-pop band.

How they interact with each other and how they present themselves on stage.

We wanted fans to focus on how each of the contestants

blend well together as a team.

[Missy] The biggest challenge of Mission Two

is the girls are singing and dancing at the same time.

Now, not only do they have to showcase their weakness,

they have to do it along with their strength.

[Karlee] I need to work on singing and dancing at the same time.

I'm not confident in it.

When you're not confident in singing and dancing at the same time,

it's not gonna go well.

Oh, gosh.

Singing and dancing at the same time, that's such a hard thing.

[Nayoung in Korean] Mission One was about singing,

which I'm confident in.

But since Mission Two

is singing and dancing simultaneously,

I feel worried.

[in English] My favorite is...

It doesn't matter. It's just you want more people

to vote for you in the group, to be in your favor.

Megan in Korea.

Megan in Korea, she's sick, she's tired,

she's malnourished.

She's not hav... She doesn't have caffeine.

I'm going insane.

My best friend just went home. Like, I'm crazy.

I'm crazy girl. Like, I'm literally...

-I'm going insane. -It's okay.

-How are you? -Nothing...

Are you okay?

Yes, pookies. [giggles]

I'm just stressed out.

Why are you stressed out?

-'Cause so much is changing. -Yeah.

I'm so jet-lagged.

-I'm hungry. -And I'm hungry.

-I'm hungry. -I'm hungry.

I'm tired.

Okay, when I first came, I was so scared of everybody.

Especially, like, Megan and Emily and Adéla.

'Cause they were so good,

and, like, I thought that they were so, like, untouchable.

I don't know, I feel like we went through such an intense experience together,

like, with this going public,

with that, we got so close with each other.

But I feel like now's the time where we can't root for our friends.

[pensive music playing]

[whispering] I had COVID, so I was out for a bit.

And I was actually really sad that I couldn't fly out with the girls.

It was exciting 'cause we went public,

and I got a lot of support from fans,

so that was crazy.

So yeah, I'm excited to be here,

but I'm also super tired and I need to sleep.

[woman] Okay.

Yeah. Okay. Thank you.

[Manon humming]

-[Iliya] Are you still jet-lagged at all? -[Manon] Yes.

I deadass thought they weren't going to eliminate anyone.

I was like, "Mmm, no, it's just for drama. They're not actually gonna do it."

It was such a shock for me when they said my name.

-[Manon] Yeah. -I was like... "What?"

We didn't get really, like, time to process it, you know?

[Manon] I haven't even processed that we went public yet.

You start doubting yourself when you only get criticism.

-[Iliya] Exactly. And... -But you have all these people online...

-[Iliya] Yes. Supportive. -...being, like, "You rock."

And that's what motivates me again when I'm not...

[Iliya] We have five more minutes.

-Then we have to go. -Shit. Okay.

-[Iliya] Hi! -[Brooklyn] Hi!

[indistinct chattering]

-Hi. -[Brooklyn] Hey.

-How are you? -[Brooklyn] I'm doing good.

-You okay, Manon? -[Manon] Yeah.

[Manon panting]

[Iliya] We don't get a break, right?

[woman] I didn't get time to teach her.

[Manon] Sophia just gave me the dirtiest look on planet Earth.

-[Celeste] Why? -[Manon] I don't know.

-[Sohey] Good morning. -[girls] Morning!

[Iliya] Sohey!

Anyong haseyo.

-[all chattering] -[girl] Anyong haseyo.

[Sohey in English] Guys, we're here. Everything is so, like, new,

and a lot of things are happening.

People are going home.

You know? There's a lot of feelings, but try to focus on yourself.

People are watching you, you know? Don't forget that.

I'm sure you're feeling it, so make every second count.

Before you know it, it'll be over.

Yeah, it's going down. [chuckles]

Okay, let's go from the top.

["Antifragile" by Le Sserafim playing]

[trilling lips]

[Missy] So very early on,

we started to have them memorize these covers,

because with dance, a lot of stuff is muscle memory.

♪ My eyes are shining with desire ♪

[Lara] Our group for "Antifragile"

has three people that were in the top six for Mission One.

So me, Sophia, and Yoonchae,

which I think is an advantage, but I don't wanna get comfortable.

You know what I mean? Like, I feel like that can come with a downside to it.

Like, voters can also get comfortable, 'cause they're like,

"They're already in the top six. They'll be fine."

Like, we can't... We can't have that. [laughs]

[Sophia] I think I'm in such a good place

because I have a lot of people supporting me,

especially coming from my home country.

I am blessed to be put in a group with two other girls

who were also in the top six the last mission.

Once I was informed that they were gonna be my group members,

automatically, I felt like

I could trust them skill set-wise and work ethic-wise.

Mark your breaths for singing.

♪ Rock it, twist it, lock it, baby ♪

♪ All I know is you can't chain me ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm gonna break out Gonna, gonna break out... ♪

[Emily] The first time we had to sing and dance at the same time,

all of us were like...

dying.

Because we had them so separate for so long

that, like, combining them, it was like an out-of-body experience.

[Sylvia] We're trying to breathe collectively, so...

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti-fragile, fragile ♪

So that we don't have all that huff and puff on the mic.

And now it's, like, gonna make or break if we're in the group.

We just need to push and push and push and push.

Now what I wanna do, I wanna take it from the top,

and I wanna take it moment...

Not moment by moment, but section by section,

and really dissect and analyze each and every one of you.

How can you be more honest and real within your dancing

to connect to people?

Does that make sense?

That's how you're gonna get people to vote for you.

It's nice to see you, Manon. It's been a minute.

Let's go. Let 'em see your face.

[Manon] Yes, I've missed practice and rehearsals.

I missed rehearsals 'cause I was sick,

or I used to get really sore.

I looked at this school where, you know, taking a day off is okay.

I realized real quick that that is not the case.

[Grant] ...six...

[Ezrela] As a team, you wanna trust people,

and a lot of us still haven't built that trust in her,

even though we've been training for a really long time,

because she never came to rehearsals.

And a lot of us, specifically, have been here from the start,

and we've worked really, really hard,

so sometimes it just feels like a little slap in the face.

Yeah.

[Grant] Manon, a bit deeper in that hip.

[exhaling deeply]

And a bit more opposition in the shoulder.

I think. If you're not ziggy wooing, you're not doin'.

Here we go. Two and a three. Four and a five...

[Manon] I need to hold myself accountable for what has happened.

Having that lower skill set, especially in the beginning,

I was, like, in shock.

And I'd never felt insecurity like that before,

and I kind of had to gain back my confidence.

I wish I could talk to Manon back then.

[woman] What would you have told Manon back then?

That I'm so much stronger than I think I am.

Um, yeah.

♪ Whoa, oh, oh Got no fear today! Okay ♪

[Grant] That's it, y'all.

The movement's great. Now it's time to become superstars.

["Magnetic" by Illit playing]

♪ You, you, you, you, like it's magnetic ♪

♪ You, you, you, you, You, you, you, you, super... ♪

Marquise, for your facials, look more joyful.

Okay? You look a little mad.

["Magnetic" continues]

The schedule a year ago is not what it is today.

It's not just a straight-up singing and dancing anymore.

It is gonna be photo shoots, meetings with our marketing team...

[Bang in Korean] The biggest reason I wanted them in Korea

is because in K-pop, communicating with core fandom is crucial.

And these core fans find it necessary to be physically close to the artists.

So I wanted them to feel an attachment to the contestants before debut.

[Megan in English] The first ever K-pop choreography

I've learned was Run BTS by BTS.

BTS was the first ever K-pop group I was ever introduced to,

so I just knew I had to learn it.

[Grant] That's so cool.

[song ends]

[indistinct chatter in Korean]

[girl 1] Those are the blankets...

[girl 2] They're so pretty.

[all screaming]

Stop!

We heard... We heard you guys are practicing our songs, right?

[all] Yeah!

So how has it been?

I think, like, one of our worries

is definitely the fact that we all have built such a connection with each other.

Now that we've reached the phase where it's truly a competition,

that's the hardest part about it,

is, like, being able to root for your sisters,

but also thinking about yourself.

[Huh Yun-jin] The five of us can all kind of relate.

Goodbyes are unfortunately inevitable,

but I think that is a part of growing,

and it's important to continue rooting each other on.

That's the best way to keep going forward,

just knowing that you will always have each other's backs.

[all gasping, cheering]

Actually, after BTS,

I've never met any trainees in my company.

This is the first ever in history.

[all clapping]

Oh wow.

-[Bang] Who can speak Korean? -Oh, do I count?

-[Emily] Ezrela is fluent. -[Bang] Let me hear you speak Korean.

[in Korean] Hi, I'm Ezrela.

Wow.

[Ezrela] And I'm very nervous right now.

[all laughing]

[Bang] She says she's not fluent, but she's so good.

[all laughing]

[in English] Can they go to theme park?

[Mitra] They can't. They're too busy.

-[laughs] -[girls groan]

-[upbeat music playing] -[girls screaming]

[all] Dream Academy!

-Oh! -Ah!

[Hyejin] Fans pay attention to the contestant's relationship

even when the actual performance is not there,

because the friendship,

it's also one of the reasons why the fans support the teams as well.

Hey, guys. Come with us to a Korean convenience store.

-I'm so excited. -I can't wait.

We have to promote, like, ourselves and our group for people to vote.

Welcome to the convenience store in Seoul, and let's get some snacks.

[music continues]

[Manon] Each member needs a lot of votes in order to get the group's ranking up.

Hey, guys. Today I'm gonna show you what I got from Olive Young,

my favorite store out here.

Lots of TikToks and Instagram Stories and Instagram posts. Yeah.

Okay, guys, we're back.

Did you miss us? 'Cause we missed you.

[upbeat music plays]

[Sophia] I just posted a dance cover with Yoonchae.

And people were like, "Oh, I stan Yoonchae now because of this."

They were my supporters.

And so we have to make content.

[Manon] You can't be in a group and hate each other.

That's gonna read on camera, and that won't look good.

[Lara] Even though Emily's literally the best dancer in this whole program,

like, she sadly didn't get a lot of votes.

So we're like, okay, we need to lift her up.

Like, the four of us need to be a unit.

[music continues]

[music ends]

-[Brooklyn] It was pretty... -[Lara] You need to see my bed.

She has a little dungeon.

It's a dungeon, and it's so, like... So much privacy.

I'm on the top bunk, but I had to push my bed this way

because they had it up to the railing.

-She was gonna fall. -Where I will fall off.

We got these two cute... Cute little things.

Look at our little flower. We got a flower.

We got a plant. Everybody called us an old married couple.

[Brooklyn] It looks like we've been here for the whole month we're gonna be here.

[giggling]

-[Lara] Never lived without our parents. -[Brooklyn] We're trying to adult.

We went shopping yesterday, and we didn't get anything to cook.

We just got...

lettuce and broccoli.

-[Lara] Okay. -[Brooklyn] We're low-key chefs, so...

I'm a little scared.

Stop it. It's good.

-Okay, that's fire. -It's good.

[Brooklyn] That's really good.

[Lara] This is fire.

[birds chirping]

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Got no fear today ♪

♪ Okay ♪

["Fearless" by Le Sserafim playing]

♪ Whatchu lookin' at? Whatchu, whatchu lookin' at? ♪

♪ Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, I'm fearless, huh ♪

♪ You should get away Get a, get a, get away ♪

[song continues in Korean]

[in English] ♪ You should get away Get a, get a, get away ♪

♪ Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, I'm fearless, huh ♪

[Grant] This group, we really have to pick it up.

Yeah, energy-wise, it's just not together.

Brooklyn, we really have to watch your limbs.

-Okay. -[Grant] Yeah.

Our kicks are, like, 60% percent.

-[Brooklyn] Right. -It's giving... [exhaling sharply]

See the difference? Just think... [exhaling sharply]

♪ Whatchu lookin' at? Whatchu, whatchu lookin' at? ♪

♪ Mmm-mmm-mmm... ♪

[Grant] Nice, Lexie.

[Missy] Fearless group one is weaker than Fearless group two.

Even though I think they're more friendly,

I just think when they perform, it doesn't seem, like, as girl group-y.

["Fearless" continues]

Fearless group two, despite being upset with Manon missing a lot,

I think that there is a lot of good potential there and chemistry.

The biggest thing and what they've always desired

is Manon to show up.

If they all just show up and they're healthy,

I think they have everything they need to execute what needs to be done.

♪ I'm fearless... ♪

[Daniela] When you have a group,

you can't have everybody at the same level.

Like, not everybody can be an amazing dancer.

That's why we have our dancers and our singers.

But teamwork is super important, especially 'cause we are a group.

I do see myself as one of the top girls

just because you have to think like that.

You have to be positive.

I'm never gonna think, like, "Oh, I'm the weakest here. Like, I suck,"

because that mentality is not gonna get you anywhere.

["Antifragile" by Le Sserafim playing]

[Missy] Antifragile group one is probably the best group,

I would even go out there to say.

There's really clear leadership happening from Lara on the vocal side

and dance side from Emily.

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti fragile, fragile... ♪

[Missy] The Antifragile group two is Karlee, Iliya, Megan, Samara.

They don't have as good of a friendship dynamic as the first one,

and I think you see that.

Adéla used to be part of that group.

Megan is stepping in in place of what Adéla has rehearsed.

It's just been a little difficult, but yeah, the girls are trying.

I want us to do good because I believe in us,

and we're really strong,

and I'm so grateful that I get to do this with you guys.

Just, like, shine as freaking bright as a diamond, okay? I'm just... I believe...

[Iliya] Adéla got eliminated,

and I was in the group with two of her best friends.

They didn't have time to process Adéla's leaving.

[Karlee] The four of us haven't worked together in a group,

so it's really interesting.

[Grant] And five, ha, ha, one.

[Karlee] Not saying we aren't close,

but Samara had to move from the other team to our team.

Parts changed, formations changed, our entire group changed.

[Grant] One.

[Samara vocalizing]

[Grant] I'm not... I'm not convinced.

[Megan] Mission Two is, like, the hardest mission for me mentally.

My confidence being so down,

and then my best friend just got sent home,

and I had to learn her dance.

[Iliya] It feels like I was being blamed for taking Adéla's spot,

which was not true, because I deserve to be here.

I worked my very hardest to be here.

They looked at me like I killed someone.

[pensive music playing]

I don't do really well with, like, sudden changes.

Like, I need to really sit with myself and let myself process things.

I wanna stay home and never, like, come out of my room.

It's over for me. Like, it's... Like, I'm done.

[Sylvia] Something weird, Megan, on your...

♪ Don't you forget about my... ♪

-[Megan] I think I got confused. -The kick was off? Was the kick right?

♪ Don't you forget About my old pointe shoes ♪

[Sylvia] There's like... I feel like the foot stumble is happening.

It's actually a left, right, left, right, and high...

Like, literally, you just... Right here.

"Shoes." Look at your shoe.

Uh-huh. And then down, up.

♪ Shoes ♪

Uh-huh, yeah. Again.

And one, two.

♪ Don't you forget About my old pointe shoes ♪

♪ I'm making that sacrifice ♪

[Sohey] Uh-huh. Um...

Try to let go a little more. Yeah?

[Sylvia] Uh, what happened, Meg?

You're okay. You're okay.

It's just a new part, that's what happened.

-I think it's everything. It's like... -Yeah.

Even though "It's the last rehearsal," it's like, "Oh, it's the last rehearsal."

[Sylvia] No, this is her first reher...

It's her first and last rehearsal. We get it.

No one's looking at you crazy.

So have a cry.

I'll cry with you,

because that's what I do when I see my girls cry. Um...

I'll cry with you, because I get it.

We've been shredding this a different way for two and a half months.

But if anybody can do it, it's you.

[soft music playing]

[Emily] Isn't it crazy how we're all in "Antifragile"?

It is crazy.

-[Megan] Yeah. -But Mission Two has been like...

-[Lara] Emotional. -[Megan] It's been really stressful.

And very emotional.

Mission One was a breeze compared to this.

[Megan] I was so stressed out for my...

♪ Top of the world, I wave ♪

...that I kind of forgot it, and then I was like...

The chain on my pants, it got stuck in my hand. [laughs]

So stressed out that I started singing the...

♪ Uh-uh ♪

-[laughing] I was like, "Wait..." -[Lara] Are you wearing Adéla's outfit?

-Yes. -Bruh.

I cannot.

We were talking yesterday about how much we miss Adéla.

I miss when she would read me.

[exhales]

-[Megan] Yeah. -It was always the best push.

[Lara] It was the best push.

[soft music playing]

[in Korean] You look cold.

No, I'm okay.

[Yoonchae's dad] These dress shoes are killing me.

We tried too hard!

[Yoonchae laughing]

You look great.

[Yoonchae's dad] Your mom and I were at the salon this morning.

My family is my mom, dad, older sister, and my cat Leo.

Since we start at 9:00 a.m.,

I just wash my face and brush my teeth.

[Yoonchae] In order to become a K-pop idol, I trained for two years.

Then I got the opportunity to train at this label.

When I was in elementary school,

I came across some of BTS' music videos and became a fan.

Ever since, I've been watching their videos and nurturing my dream.

[Yoonchae's mom] Your dreams never changed, right?

-[Yoonchae] Yes. -That was so fascinating.

So in sixth grade, I asked if she wanted to attend an academy.

She said yes, and she went for a bit.

[Yoonchae's dad] But Yoonchae had such a hard time then.

You were growing, but they told you to lose weight.

[Yoonchae laughing]

Every day, I would go straight to training sessions after school,

then come back home.

It was always the same routine.

I never had a social life.

-I cried a lot because of that in school. - [Yoonchae's mom] I know.

I think that was admirable, the fact that you had that courage.

This whole training process

has made me more passionate about my dream.

I can't give up easily.

Achieving this goal

will be a dream come true.

I'll be elated and overjoyed.

It's going to be great.

[pensive music playing]

-[girls trilling lips] -[man in English] Get in there.

[Lara] Two, three.

[all] Slay!

-Can't wait. -Slay!

[girls] Wow!

[Iliya vocalizes]

-[man 1] Can you do the leg thing? -[man 2] Yes.

-[man 1] Yes. -[man 2] Wow.

[man 1] Work, girl.

[man] What'd you say they were getting caught on? Everything?

[laughing] Yes.

♪ We're making that sacrifice ♪

♪ Sacrifice ♪

[pensive music continues]

[Megan] It's so big.

Samara looks like an ant.

It looks like a...

like an arena almost.

[Sohey] We're in this abandoned mall.

It's raining, which is not a good thing.

There's water dropping everywhere.

[Missy] Where is it dripping? I see. Eh.

[water dripping]

[Sohey] Emily, can we get an extra bucket so it's...

-Okay. -So it doesn't splash?

♪ Hands up in the air No, I won't behave ♪

-[Sohey] Uh-huh. -[Sylvia] Mm-hmm.

♪ Don't need caution tape, I'm... ♪

[girls] Nice to meet you!

[man] She's a very iconic director in the K-pop scene.

She's done a bunch of HYBE artist music videos, as you guys know.

She's done "Fearless" by Le Sserafim.

She's done BTS "Black Swan."

-Wow! -Hello to everybody. Let's have fun today.

-Thank you! -Yes.

[indistinct chattering]

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti fragile, fragile ♪

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti fragile ♪

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti fragile, fragile ♪

♪ Antifragile, antifragile ♪

♪ A journey to hell, we be ridin' ♪

♪ You made me boost up ♪

♪ Singing your lies like a symphony ♪

♪ Give it to me louder ♪

♪ Behind me I'm hearing the chitchat ♪

♪ Yeah, everywhere I got rivals ♪

♪ They pray for me to crumble ♪

♪ I'm coming through ♪

♪ In case you forget I'm like a lion My eyes are shining with desire ♪

[Son in Korean] Yoonchae, I don't know why you're in the center.

-[Guzza] You need to step aside. -[Son] Yeah, just a little.

♪ In case you forget I'm... ♪

[Son in Korean] I'm sorry, one more time, one more time. Quickly, quickly.

Director, can we go one more time, please?

[Guzza] Yoonchae should step aside.

♪ Don't you forget about My old pointe shoes ♪

♪ I been making that sacrifice ♪

♪ Better not underestimate my past I go to ride till I die, die ♪

♪ Baby, I'm on my way, I be making moves Like a queen, checkmate ♪

♪ Now you know my name... ♪

-[Sylvia] More grit. -Add more grit.

Don't forget the... The fry.

♪ They pray for me to crumble ♪

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti fragile, fragile ♪

♪ Antifragile, antifragile ♪

[indistinct chatter]

-[Sohey] Wow. Fuck yeah. It looks amazing. -[Sylvia] Yes.

[upbeat music playing]

[in Korean] We're really short on time.

We don't have time for full-on details.

-[in English] Share details, but we... -Make it quick.

-Yes. -Yeah.

-[Sylvia] Can you believe this? -This is gorgeous!

-It's epic. -I'm, like, in denial.

[Guzza] It's hard to catch your voice clearly

with this wind and this height,

so please do your best to push the sounds more

as much as possible.

[Grant] Eunice, can we tilt the monitor a little bit? Angle it this way.

[Son in Korean] Is the sound good to go?

We're gonna try "Fearless." One, two, three!

[all] Fearless!

I still can't hear anything.

["Fearless" by Le Sserafim playing]

♪ Bam-bam! Ba-ba-ba-bam-bam ♪

♪ Bam, ba-ba-ba-bam-bam! Ba-ba-ba-bam-bam! Ba-ba-ba-bam-bam ♪

♪ I came here to play Fire in my veins ♪

♪ Shining is the answer ♪

♪ My name and my face are on a new wave ♪

♪ Fighting is my passion ♪

♪ Don't care what you want from me ♪

♪ 'Cause I'mma do My own thing anyway, yeah ♪

♪ I'm fearless, a new bitch, new crazy ♪

♪ Coming up next one... ♪

[Son in Korean] What's happening here? Wait a sec.

No, no. Yes, Daniela, a bit more. Okay.

Tell Grant to remember the formation!

Not like that!

♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪

[in English] ♪ Got no fear today, okay ♪

♪ Whatchu lookin' at? Whatchu, whatchu lookin' at... ♪

[Grant] Remember, 120% with the face, yeah?

♪ I'm fearless... ♪

The camera will drown it out so you need to give more.

♪ Or you're gonna pay Gonna, gonna, gonna pay ♪

♪ Bam, ba-ba-ba-bam-bam! Ba-ba-ba-bam-bam! Ba-ba-ba-bam-bam ♪

[Son speaking Korean]

[interpreter in English] Stare at the camera, give a look.

Right now, it's like really bright and, like, happy. Mm-hmm.

Less bright. Give a little bit deeper depth look

and gaze into the camera.

♪ Gonna, gonna, gonna pay ♪

♪ You should get away Get a, get a, get away ♪

♪ Mmm-mmm-mmm, I'm fearless, huh ♪

-[man] Cut. -[Sohey] Wow.

[laughs]

[Sohey] They look amazing.

[all laughing]

["Dream" said in various languages]

Dream Academy.

["Antifragile" playing]

[woman 1] My favorite was...

For "Antifragile," it was team A.

And then for "Fearless," it was team B.

[soft music plays]

[woman 2] The groups who performed "Antifragile"

got the short end of the stick.

It is extremely hard to sing during that specific choreography.

[man 1] One person was slightly slacking on the dancing.

They were on the right. It might've been Brooklyn.

[woman 3] I think Brooklyn really stood out.

Genuinely, like singing and dancing together.

I just think she's a pop star, in my opinion.

This is my group. This is my top six.

Manon... A lot of y'all in the comments,

"You're only supporting her 'cause she's a brown girl."

"'Cause she's..." Yes.

[man speaking Portuguese]

[woman 4] Samara was the star of the show.

[woman 5] Samara... Nayoung and Samara got to stay.

Gots to, gots to stay.

[woman 4] Megan, I love Megan's dancing so much.

And her expressions were definitely the best on the team.

She knows how to convey...

Daniela owned the stage.

I will say Karlee sounded very shaky throughout a lot of it.

I do have this feeling though

that HYBE and Geffen do wanna debut her though.

Megan, she killed it. Like...

She had so many shining moments. She's climbing up my favorites list...

I'm, like, letting all this marinate.

These are my two pyramids.

Let me back it up so y'all can see both.

This is my main group.

You kind of just chilling in the air.

But if you be right here, like, this could be powerful.

Yeah. I don't know what else to say.

These are my thoughts. I will probably have more later.

But we can continue discussing when I'm off work.

[upbeat music playing]

These are cool.

[gasps] Oh.

Hello!

-Hi! -Hi!

[indistinct chattering]

-I miss you so much. -Yes.

It's only been like two weeks.

I know, but you're never away from me that long. You know that.

...'cause I have to say it in my accent.

[Karlee gasps] Wait, look. Kuromi and Cinnamoroll.

[Daniela] Oh my gosh.

-[Karlee] Oh... [speaks Korean] -Oh!

[woman speaking Korean]

[Karlee] Even the days before elimination, I don't think I processed that, like,

in two days, four people will be gone. Know what I'm saying?

Well, I haven't processed it.

Like that's a big energy drop, especially depending on who goes.

Know what I'm saying? People are gonna lose their best friends.

-[Daniela] Yeah. -Not that we're all not best friends.

[man] The halfway voting results are in.

[Karlee] They're out?

-Oh, shit. -Wait, I don't wanna...

-[Daniela] She has Wi-Fi. -Marquise has the Wi-Fi.

No, there's Internet... There's Wi-Fi here.

-I'm connected. -Come on, Karlee.

Wait, I don't wanna...

[Ezrela] Whoa, I think I just saw.

-[Daniela] Sh, sh. -[Karlee] Hey, which Wi-Fi is it?

Do you wanna see it?

[Daniela] You know what? Just show me. Show me.

[all gasping]

-[Ezrela] Whoa. -Wait.

[Daniela] What is this plus two...

That's how many more votes you have than the other team.

And my team is losing.

-[gasps] -Oh!

[indistinct chattering]

Yeah, I think I'm going home this round. [chuckles]

Yeah. I'm not even kidding.

-Stop. -Who else are they gonna eliminate?

You never know.

They're gonna eliminate me. If it's my team, they're gonna take me.

-You never know. Don't say that. -[Marquise] Don't say that.

[sighs]

[Karlee] Adéla went home. Anything can happen.

They're not gonna... Yeah, because she was last.

Let's be real. They're probably not gonna wanna get rid of Samara and Megan.

[Daniela] You're taking this better than... If I was in your position, I'd be like...

Because I already ranked 18th.

I already know what it feels like to be the bottom.

-So this is... -[Daniela] I ranked 17th.

The situation just sucks.

I know.

Ah, we really don't know what's gonna happen. It's crazy.

[upbeat music playing]

Honestly, team mission is a little bit better than the individual

because at least you're in it together,

whereas the rankings feels very, like, isolated.

Like, you're number 20, you're number 19, you're number one.

But they're both unfair.

Before we even did the performance, I knew which group was gonna win.

Team "Antifragile" A consists of Sophia, Lara, Yoonchae, and Emily.

Kind of obvious

because three of those girls were in the top six for Mission One.

[Sophia] I see the technical things. I didn't complete that body wave.

I didn't whip my hair that way.

My eyes were on, but the rest of my face wasn't.

Like, little things like that.

But it's not even bothering me anymore because I look at comments

and then they're saying things like, "Oh, she slayed that."

[Karlee] From my understanding, to make the team,

you would need to be a good team player

and have skill.

Like, be able to perform and blend with a group.

Skill and how the video turns out. [laughs]

What take they decide to use of you.

That's what honestly determines your outcome.

♪ Baby, I'm on my way ♪

♪ I be making moves Like a queen, checkmate ♪

♪ Now you know my name I'm Antifragile, antifragile ♪

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti fragile... ♪

[Karlee] I know dang well I had so many better takes

than whatever was chosen for that Mission Two.

I call it the Megan effect.

Megan didn't have a lot of supporters before Mission One came out,

and then boom.

She had this moment. I call it the Pink Venom Megan Moment.

And she like... She really grabbed the audience.

Sometimes there are moments like that.

I like those moments, 'cause I think those are well deserved moments.

Many times the labels or the people that are involved in these survival shows,

they have an inkling of who they think are the ones that are gonna be on top.

Then you start to see what the fans really want.

And that can sometimes sway what the company thinks.

[Nayoung in Korean] This is my neighborhood.

And this is an historically famous tteokbokki restaurant.

Dakbal.

-[in English] What is that? -Chicken feet!

-Oh, yeah! Yeah, we're gonna do it. -Yeah?

[Manon] Okay, let's do this and this.

-Okay. Do you like cheese? -I love cheese.

-Cheese? -Yeah. But not too spicy.

Oh. Okay. Okay.

Thank you.

Okay!

[in Korean] Leave the bones on the newspaper.

[Nayoung] Okay, thanks.

Thank you.

[Manon in English] Look, it's, like, robots.

[Nayoung] Yeah.

I've never seen something like that.

[Nayoung in Korean] Oh really?

[in English] No.

[Nayoung] And eat.

Wow.

Did you see the interim voting results? How did you feel about it?

[in Korean] Our results aren't that good.

[in English] Yeah. But even if my team ends up winning,

I don't think you're gonna get eliminated, because you have a lot of...

You ranked number one, most voted last time, so you're good.

[in Korean] But I see my flaws in the video,

so it's hard to predict the results.

[Manon in English] I have those thoughts too sometimes,

where I feel like my dance is not good enough.

People in the comments were so sweet.

And they know that I wasn't a dancer before.

They were like, "You did so good even though you didn't dance."

I feel like people said the same thing about you.

So, you know, just keep pushing and it'll be fine.

Someday, when we're gonna be in the girl group,

we're going to be on those screens dancing. Just saying.

Where?

On the left?

[Nayoung] Uh. No.

[pensive music plying]

[in Korean] Hello.

-[in English] Okay. -All right, guys.

[Charlie] I'd love to welcome our special guests.

Score,

Megatone from Producer 13,

and So Yeon Park.

They are the writers and producers and performance director

for "Antifragile" and "Fearless,"

and I think having their expertise on these performances

is gonna be crucial for us.

-[Mitra] Group A, "Antifragile." -[Charlie] Okay. Yeah.

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti-fragile, fragile ♪

[Score in Korean] I can tell Yoonchae has had Korean training

because she's the one who sings most in the K-pop style.

[in English] ♪ Singing your lies Like a symphony, Give it to me louder ♪

♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti-fragile... ♪

[Megatone in Korean] Watching Emily, even though her vocals aren't great,

I got the fun little details inherent in the song.

♪ Don't you forget about My old pointe shoes ♪

♪ I been making that sacrifice ♪

[in Korean] She tried really hard.

Okay, let's watch group B next.

[in English] ♪ Anti-ti-ti-ti-fragile, Fragile... ♪

[Megatone in Korean] I thought Megan did great.

I agree, she really stood out.

But on the other hand, Samara...

[in English] ♪ A journey to hell We be ridin' ♪

♪ You made me boost up ♪

[in Korean] ...was going faster than the beat.

[in English] ♪ In case you Forget I'm like a lion ♪

♪ My eyes are shining with desire... ♪

[Son in Korean] I keep expecting Iliya

to show me more.

But she didn't.

It seems like she is failing to make that breakthrough.

♪ Bam, ba-ba-ba-bam-bam! Ba-ba-ba-bam-bam! Ba-ba-ba-bam-bam ♪

[So Yeon Park] The teamwork was great.

I should be evaluating based on their vocal skills,

but I did enjoy watching their performance.

[in English] ♪ To my place, my stage ♪

♪ Go from zero straight to hero ♪

♪ 'Cause I... ♪

[in Korean] Vocal-wise, I think Daniela stood out.

She has a good understanding of the lyrics.

[Son] I'd like to talk about Manon a little bit.

She has improved a lot, and I can see she has put in the effort.

But chorus is an important moment during the performance.

She's supposed to bring the entire choreography to life,

but she couldn't.

[Mitra in English] Should we go into "Fearless" for B?

[Son] Yeah.

♪ ...answer ♪

♪ My name and my face are on a new wave ♪

♪ Fighting is my passion... ♪

[So Yeon Park in Korean] Lexie seems to know

exactly when and where to use her face.

She knows her strengths.

♪ Don't care what you want from me 'Cause I'mma do my own thing anyway ♪

[in Korean] Brooklyn needs to control her breathing better.

Her position overlapped with Daniela in Team A,

but Daniela was better.

[in English] ♪ I'm fearless ♪

[Charlie] Thank you for coming.

I think having your perspective of people that have actually created these songs

and created the performance and understanding that dynamic,

I think was just so helpful for us. Thank you so much.

[Son in Korean] Okay.

[girls laughing]

[Marquise in English] Don't cry yet.

Brooklyn.

-Sorry. -No, we're not gonna cry.

[Iliya] We're having boss energy today.

-[Marquise] We're not gonna cry. -[Iliya] Good spirit.

[Marquise] No negative thinking, guys. Nothing is over yet.

[Mei] And then they were like, "No, everyone!"

-And we were like, "Oh." -Hi!

[Mei] That was funny.

Miss Don't Care Queen.

[dramatic music playing]

-[Emily] Jesus. -[groans]

[Manon] Why is my heart pounding?

[man] Since being in Korea,

it's been amazing to see how much you all have grown in just a month.

Today we have 14 invitations and there's 18 of you.

That means four of you will not be continuing for mission number three.

[music continues]

[female voice] Dream.

["Dream" said in various languages]

Dream.

Dream Academy.

[AI voice] During the voting window, we asked each contestant

to come up with their ideal debut group.

[all gasping, groaning]

That's such a hard question.

No one take nothing personally.

[tense music playing]

[Emily] If I could pick five people to make my own dream group?

Um... Oh my gosh, this is hard.

Oh, Jesus, that's so hard. No, that's so hard.

[Daniela] Everybody that I picked

I think is super talented

in both dancing and singing aspects.

[AI voice] Fourteen contestants included Sophia in their debut group.

Twelve contestants included Daniela in their debut group.

[Iliya] Yay.

[AI voice] Nine contestants included Samara in their debut group.

[music continues]

Okay.

[music intensifies]

[excited chatter]

[Iliya] Oh my gosh!

Oh, God!

[Sophia gasps]

-[Iliya] Twelve thousand. -[Karlee] Yeah.

[Iliya] That's a lot.

[AI voice] Congratulations to Daniela, Manon, Ua,

Celeste, Ezrela, Emily...

-...Yoonchae... -Good job.

[AI voice] ...Lara, Sophia.

Good job.

I'm gonna pass out. I'm gonna pass out.

[tense music playing]

[AI voice] Four of you will not be joining us on Mission Three.

Brooklyn...

[Sophia] What does this mean?

Does that mean I'm safe?

-What does that mean? -What?

-What does that mean? -[Iliya] It doesn't say anything.

I think that means...

I think that means you're safe.

[AI voice] ...you will not be receiving an invitation.

[music continues]

-[Iliya] No. -[Emily] I'm sorry.

[Iliya] No. No, no, no, no. This is so messed up.

[AI voice] Samara...

step forward to receive your invitation.

Go. Go get it.

[AI voice] Congratulations.

Nayoung, step forward to receive your invitation.

[all clapping]

[AI voice] Karlee...

[sighs]

[AI voice] ...you will not be receiving an invitation.

[all crying]

Oh, Karlee.

[AI voice] Megan...

[music continues]

...step forward to receive your invitation.

[all clapping]

Iliya...

you will not be receiving an invitation.

Y'all wanted me out anyways. Like... [laughing]

-What? -Stop!

[AI voice] Lexie...

step forward to receive your invitation.

[all clapping]

It is between Marquise and Mei.

Oh my God.

[all crying]

[AI voice] Marquise...

step forward to receive your invitation.

[sobbing]

Congratulations.

[Emily] Go, Marquise. Marquise, go get it.

[AI voice] Contestants,

thank you for all your amazing hard work during Mission Two.

The countless hours of practice,

the meticulous commitment to owning your craft,

it's all led to this moment.

Keep pushing forward...

for your debut is around the corner.

[all crying]

[Iliya] It's okay.

Mei, you're gonna find people that... Here.

[crying continues]

[Iliya] Go shine. Sophia, stop... Stop crying.

[Sophia] I'm crying because I'm not gonna see you.

-I fucking love you guys. -So sad.

-[soft music playing] -[indistinct chattering]

-You're a superstar. -You voted me out.

-You voted me out. -[Sophia] Iliya, listen to me.

No, I'm listening to you.

Don't say it. You don't have to say...

You don't have to say anything.

-[Sophia] I look up to you. -[Iliya] Thank you.

-[Sophia] I'm sorry I'm crying. -[Iliya] Thank you. Don't cry.

Don't cry. You're staying, and you got this, okay?

[Brooklyn] I wish I could have kept going on this journey.

-[Emily] We got to do Korea together. -[Lara] Yeah.

I'm so glad I got to sit next to you for 14 hours straight.

[Karlee] Stop. What the heck?

You came in with everything you had.

Congratulations. I mean it.

Be happy, okay? Be happy.

[Missy] It feels like we've reached a breaking point.

Mentally, physically, I think the girls are just done.

[Megan] They made us pick who would be in our final lineup,

and that did cause tension between us,

especially being put on the Internet.

Like, it's so weird,

'cause I love every single one, but you can't pick every single one.

Like, it kind of makes me, like... Like, sick a little bit. [chuckles]

We wanted to up the ante. It's a survival show.

You have to create that drama.

You have to create that competition.

It's entertainment.

And this is what the fans really want.

[Lexie] That whole situation just broke my heart.

I feel like I lost Lexie.

I don't recognize myself really anymore.

Having the TV just be... Show your picture and, like, you're out of here,

that's, like, crazy to me.

They're starting to, like, question, "What is going on here?"

You know what I mean? Like, "Do I even wanna, like, be here?"

[soft music continues]

[music fades]

[Mitra] It's been a week.

From my understanding, you've missed over ten days of rehearsal.

It's really clear to us that you don't wanna be here anymore,

and it's also affecting everybody in the group.

So we have to let you go.

["Shop Boyz" by Lex Bratcher playing]

♪ I wanna party like a rockstar ♪

♪ She told me my music Really knocks hard ♪

♪ We just hit the mall with a Black Card ♪

♪ Shop till we, ahh, ahh Falling out the back ♪

♪ Take the bag and we ♪

♪ Double it, double it, double it, uh ♪

♪ Double it, double it, double it, yeah ♪

♪ Double it, double it, double it, ooh ♪

♪ Double it, double it, double it, ahh ♪

♪ Take the bag and tumble it ♪

♪ You take the bag and fumble it ♪

♪ She just hit the running man ♪

♪ She came back so many times She's screaming out my government ♪

♪ She told me that she can't even See her with another man ♪

♪ Oops, I turned another fan ♪

♪ Took her to the fashion square And told her to ball out ♪

♪ Read my page on Wiki Just to see what I'm about ♪

♪ Dripping everywhere I go I broke the water spout ♪

♪ And that Itsy Bitsy Spyder All black inside and the out ♪

♪ Grab the wheel like, oops, don't crash ♪

♪ I did that digital dash ♪

♪ I got that pivotal cash ♪

♪ She got that pivotal... Ooh, wait ♪

♪ Took a trip Vegas Just to get that minimal swag ♪

♪ Hit her in intervals back to back ♪

♪ But never put it on blast ♪

♪ Got that shop boyz with the motion ♪

♪ We gone get us a bag ♪

♪ We be popping them tags ♪

♪ Got that if you know you know ♪

♪ I don't smoke popular gas ♪

♪ Oh, she blowing up my phone Like, bae, I'll hit you right back ♪

♪ I gotta go make us a smash While she saying ♪

♪ I wanna party like a rockstar ♪

♪ She told me my music Really knocks hard ♪

♪ We just hit the mall with a Black Card ♪

♪ Shop till we, ahh, ahh Falling out the back ♪

♪ Take the bag and we ♪

♪ Double it, double it, double it, uh ♪

♪ Double it, double it, double it, yeah ♪

♪ Double it, double it, double it, ooh ♪

♪ Double it, double it, double it, ahh ♪

[song ends]