The 8th Episode of ‘YG TREASURE BOX’ Reaches 360 Thousand Live Viewers… Surpasses a Total of 70 Million Aggregated Views ‘Renewing the Best Record Day by Day’

[OSEN=최나영 기자] The 8^th episode of ‘YG TREASURE BOX’ reached 360 thousand live viewers, renewing its own best record day by day.The 8^th episode of ‘YG TREASURE BOX’, the program to select members of YG’s next generation boy group, surpassed a total of 70 million views on VLIVE and YouTube in just 8 episodes. As of today(5^th) at 1 PM, the number of views has reached approximately 75 million views. ‘YG TREASURE BOX’ is grabbing the hearts of fans with the trainees’ outstanding skills and their passionate challenge towards their dreams.

In addition, the compared to the 1^st episode which gathered a total of 150 thousand live viewers, the 8^th episode reached 360 thousand live viewers, which is more than double the original amount. The total number of ‘YG TREASURE BOX’ subscribers on YouTube, VLIVE, and Naver TV also surpassed 660 thousand, which is 5 times more than 130 thousand at the time of the 1^st episode airing.

As the episodes progresses, the Treasure Makers are watching the main airing. The heated responses by the viewers are allowing the program to renew its own best record day by day. It is expected that the 9^th and 10^th episodes, which will reveal the final stage will renew the program’s own best view count record once again.

The 8^th episode of ‘YG TREASURE BOX’ aired on the 4^th presented the 1:1 survival competition between the trainees. Trainees who formed units of 2 people had to battle each other and exchanged feelings of joy and sorrow depending on the results. KIM JONGSEOB, SO JUNGHWAN, and KANG SEOKHWA survived after battling KOTARO, LEE INHONG, and ASAHI, respectively.

The highlight of the 1:1 survival competition was between CHOI HYUN SUK and JUNG JUNHYUK. The two-people received high expectations and were regarded as the ‘best rapper unit’ but had to face each other 1:1 since they were not selected as one of the challenger units, who received opportunities to face the Treasure unit on the ‘2:2-unit position swap’.

CHOI HYUN SUK and JUNG JUNHYUK presented a performance that overwhelmed the related officials at the scene. YG’s representative producer YANG HYUN SUK praised them by stating, “They should do a duet. No one can do this alone. They performed like it’s a final ending rather than a survival competition”. CHOI HYUN SUK became the final winner of the battle.

The trainees who survived on the 1:1 survival battle prepared for a team battle and formed groups of 5 people. 1 member from the debut group Treasure team composed of 6 trainees had to leave and go back as a regular trainee. According to the vote within the Treasure team, LEE BYOUNG GON dropped out from the group, while KIM SEUNGHUN, BANG YE DAM, KEITA, HARUTO, and PARK JEONGWOO formed a team.

LEE BYOUNG GON who became a regular trainee formed a team with MASHIHO, KIM JUNKYU, KIM DOYOUNG, and HA YOONBIN. On the other hand, CHOI HYUN SUK, PARK JIHOON, KIM YEONGYU, YOSHINORI, and KIL DO HWAN formed a team, while SO JUNGHWAN, YOON JAEHYUK, KANG SEOKHWA, KIM JONGSEOB, and JANG YUNSEO formed the last team.

While the survival competition between the Treasures are getting fiercer, ‘YG TREASURE BOX’ pre-releases every Friday night at 10 PM through VLIVE and broadcasts on the same night through JTBC2 and YouTube at 12 AM. The diary cams and reaction cams in addition to the main episodes containing the trainees’ daily lives are revealed through the VLIVE channel of ‘YG TREASURE BOX’.