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Road to Kingdom

Road to Kingdom (Korean: 로드 투 킹덤) is a South Korean reality competition series created by Mnet. It aired on Mnet from April 30, to June 18, 2020, every Thursday at 20:00 (KST).[1] It is known as the first part of the male counterpart of Queendom, and the prequel of Kingdom for Season 1. A press conference for Season 1 of the program was held on April 21, 2020.[2][3]

Road to Kingdom 2 will be launched in the second half of 2024, and it would be branded as an independent program, rather than a prequel to Kingdom.[4]

Overview

Road to Kingdom was a battle for a spot in Kingdom (킹덤) between 7 boy groups with potential, but mostly unknown to many.[5] Similar to Queendom, there would be Comeback Singles (newly produced songs) released on June 12, 2020.

During the season, special interview clips with Queendom contestants Park Bom, AOA (Chanmi), Mamamoo (Solar, Hwasa), Lovelyz (Mijoo, Kei), Oh My Girl (Hyojung, YooA) and (G)I-DLE (Soyeon, Yuqi) were shown in episode 1, as they shared their first thoughts about Road to Kingdom.[6]

There were numbers as hints, which were given 1 week before the first recording of the show, and they were shown as follow:[7]

The Boyz, as the winner group of the show, secured a spot in the sequel program Kingdom: Legendary War.[8]

Rules

Preliminary Performances - 90 Seconds Performances

The 7 boy groups each perform a 90-second performance that best expresses themselves.

There is no order decided before the performances - the order is decided on the spot. The first performing boy group is decided by the boy group that volunteers themselves first. After the first boy group has performed, they will decide on the second performing boy group, and the second boy group that has performed will then decide on the third performing boy group. The process goes on until all performances have been completed.

The round's points are entirely decided through a self-evaluation where each boy group will rank the other boy groups' performances from 1st to 6th.

  • 1st place: 100 points
  • 2nd place: 80 points
  • 3rd place: 60 points
  • 4th place: 40 points
  • 5th place: 20 points
  • 6th place: 5 points
Each boy group would receive self-evaluation points from the other 6 boy groups, and they will be added up to become the round's total points obtained for the boy group. This will, however, be not included in the overall points for the show.

1st Performances - Song of King

The 7 boy groups each perform one song from their boy group seniors, and is rearranged into a different style.

Rules

  • The 1st placed boy group for the 90 Seconds Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances.
  • The round's points are entirely decided through a self-evaluation, where each boy group's members will rank the other boy groups' performances from 1st to 6th.
    • 1st place: 100 points
    • 2nd place: 80 points
    • 3rd place: 60 points
    • 4th place: 40 points
    • 5th place: 20 points
    • 6th place: 5 points
  • As ONF and Oneus each have only 6 members, the remaining 5 boy groups will each send 6 of their members to vote for this round. (Total of 42 boy group members voting in this round)
  • Each boy group would receive self-evaluation points from the other 6 boy groups' 36 members, and they will be added up to become the round's total points obtained for the boy group.
  • The 1st placed boy group gets the full 10,000 points, and the remaining boy groups will each get points based on the proportion of their self-evaluation points to the self-evaluation points of the 1st placed boy group.

2nd Performances - My Song

The 7 boy groups each perform one of their representative hit songs, that is rearranged and different from their usual stages of the song.

Rules

  • The 1st placed boy group for the 1st Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances. However, the other boy groups do not find out their own spots, nor the ones of the others, in the cue sheet until the day of the performances.
  • The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
    • Self-evaluation that was used for the 1st Performances voting, where each boy group would receive points from the other 6 boy groups' 36 members. (30% of the points for this round)
    • Online audience votes from 140 individuals. Each boy group will gather 20 individuals, and each individual only gets to vote for the top 3 performances in this round. (70% of the points for this round)
  • The 1st placed boy group gets the full 10,000 points, and the remaining boy groups will each get points based on the proportion of their total points obtained to the total points obtained for the 1st placed boy group.

3rd Performances - Part 1 (Collaboration) + Part 2 (Your Song)

The 6 remaining boy groups will have 2 performances for this round: the first being a collaboration performance, and the second being the performance of a song chosen by another boy group.

Rules (Collaboration)

  • The 3 pairs of boy groups were matched by random picking of one boy group, followed by random picking of the next boy group to be paired with the boy group picked earlier on. The process goes on to form the remaining 2 pairs.
  • There are no restrictions in the number of members each boy group would involve and their song choices.
  • The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
    • Self-evaluation, where each boy group will send 6 members (total of 36 boy group members voting) and rank the 3 collaboration performances. (30% of the points for this round)
    • Online audience votes from 120 individuals. Each boy group will gather 20 individuals, and each individual ranks the 3 performances in this round. (70% of the points for this round)
    • 1st place - 10 points, 2nd place - 5 points, 3rd place - 1 point
  • The 1st placed collaboration performance gets the full 5,000 points each for the boy groups involved, 3,000 each for the boy groups involved in the 2nd placed collaboration performance, and 1,000 each for the boy groups involved in the 3rd placed collaboration performance.

Rules (Your Song)

  • The 6 remaining boy groups each pick a song, with no restriction, for this round.
  • The songs chosen will each then be allocated to another boy group, but only within the pairings that were formed for the Collaboration round.
  • The 1st placed boy group for the 2nd Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances. However, the other boy groups do not find out their own spots, nor the ones of the others, in the cue sheet until the day of the performances.
  • The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
    • Self-evaluation, where each boy group will send 6 members (total of 36 boy group members voting). (30% of the points for this round)
    • Online audience votes from 120 individuals. Each boy group will gather 20 individuals, and each individual would only vote for the top 3 performances in this round. (70% of the points for this round)
  • The 1st placed boy group gets the full 10,000 points, and the remaining boy groups will each get points based on the proportion of their total points obtained to the total points obtained for the 1st placed boy group.

Final Live Comeback Stages

The 5 remaining boy groups will each perform a newly produced song live.

  • For this round, live votes will be allocated in the following distribution:
    • Domestic fans' text message votes (70% of the live votes)
    • International fans' voting through the Whosfan application (30% of the live votes)
  • In addition, the following categories are also considered to decide the final winner:
    • Total points accumulated in the Performances prior to the finale (except for the 90 Seconds Performances)
    • View counts of the performance videos on YouTube and Naver TV
    • Digital points of the Comeback Singles calculated (from time of release to June 16, 2020, at 23:59 (KST))

Cast

Hosts

Contestants

Episodes

  Eliminated from the show

  Eliminated from the show

Elimination table

Color key:

Discography

Song of King Part 1

Song of King Part 2

My Song Part 1

My Song Part 2

Your Song Part 1

Your Song Part 2

Road to Kingdom FINAL

Ratings

In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue. Some of the ratings found have already been rounded off to 1 decimal place, as they are usually of lower rankings in terms of the day's ratings.

Sequel

On October 29, 2020, Mnet confirmed the sequel of the show titled Kingdom: Legendary War (킹덤: 레전더리 워), and was aired on April 1, 2021.[14]

On April 24, 2024 Mnet confirmed that season 2 of the show will be produced, and would air by the second half of the year.[15]

Notes

  1. ^ Member Yan An will not appear on the entire show.
  2. ^ Member Jinho has enlisted as an active duty soldier on May 11, 2020, hence after the 2nd Performances, the group will perform on the show without him.[9]
  3. ^ a b For each vote:
    • 1st place: 100 points
    • 2nd place: 80 points
    • 3rd place: 60 points
    • 4th place: 40 points
    • 5th place: 20 points
    • 6th place: 5 points
  4. ^ Included sample from their song "Magnolia".
  5. ^ Included sample of their song "Shine".
  6. ^ Included samples of their songs "We Must Love" & "Why".
  7. ^ Based on "The Phantom of the Opera". Included sample of their song "Twilight".
  8. ^ The 1st placed boy group gets the full 10,000 points, and the remaining boy groups will get points based on the proportion of their points to the points of the 1st placed boy group.
  9. ^ a b After proportioning, such that the 1st placed boy group gets the full points.
  10. ^ a b Rounded to the nearest number
  11. ^ Last performance to feature member Jinho.
  12. ^ Under the title "The 사랑하게 될 거야" (The We Must Love).
  13. ^ Included sample of Caprice No.24 by Paganini, played by member Joochan on the violin.
  14. ^ Under the title "Reveal (Catching Fire)".
  15. ^ 5,000 for 1st place, 3,000 for 2nd place, and 1,000 for 3rd place.
  16. ^ Only members Hui, Kino and Wooseok were involved.
  17. ^ Only members Hyojin, J-Us and Wyatt were involved.
  18. ^ Only members Sangyeon, Juyeon, New, Q and Sunwoo were involved.
  19. ^ Included sample of their song "Complete".
  20. ^ Under the title "Quasi una fantasia".
  21. ^ Consists of Hui (Pentagon), Hyojin (ONF), Hyunjae (The Boyz), Yeonho (Verivery) and Seoho (Oneus)
  22. ^ Originally by BtoB
  23. ^ Not included in the overall score.
  24. ^ Total of 1st and 2nd Performances.
  25. ^ Total of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Performances.
  26. ^ Excluding the 90 Seconds Performance Score.
  27. ^ a b c d Arranged by Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)
  28. ^ Arranged by Minit, Chiic and Hui
  29. ^ a b Arranged by Minit and Hui
  30. ^ Arranged by DJ Kaesama
  31. ^ Arranged by Lee Hoo-sang and Mingki
  32. ^ a b Arranged by Coke paris
  33. ^ Arranged by Yummy Tone (Big Sancho, Park Hae-il)
  34. ^ a b Arranged by Ohway! (Prismfilter)
  35. ^ Arranged by Lee Hoo-sang, Mingki and Kim Young-hyun (Coco Tubu Father)
  36. ^ Arranged by 13 (Score, Megatone, Luke)
  37. ^ Original title "Shangri-la"
  38. ^ Arranged by Lee Sang-ho, Park Woo-sang, Lee Hoo-sang and Mingki
  39. ^ Arranged by Glory Face (Full8loom) and Jake K (ARTiffect)
  40. ^ Arranged by Imazine and Nathan
  41. ^ Arranged by Nathan and yunji

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