First iKON Member Unveiled at Midnight Nov 4
[엑스포츠뉴스=김승현 기자] The first member to join YG Entertainment’s new boy band iKON will be unveiled at midnight of Nov 4.
As the voting on MIX & MATCH ended at midnight of Oct 31 to finalize the members of iKON, YG uploaded a poster titled “MIX & MATCH – iKON ANNOUNCEMENT SCHEDULE” on its official blog on Nov 1.
According to YG, the first member will be announced at 0 hour of Nov 4, followed by another one at 0 hour of Nov 5, and another at 0 hour of Nov 6. In the final episode to be aired on Nov 6 at 11pm, the last member to join iKON will be announced.
The three fixed member B.I, BOBBY and KIM JINHWAN, who boast extraordinary talents, will be joined by an extra 4 to form iKON—all eyes are on the result of the vote.
KOO JUNHOE, SONG YUNHYEONG and KIM DONGHYUK have already proved their popularity by appearing in “WHO IS NEXT: WIN” as Team B members, and the three extra trainees JUNG JINHYEONG, JUNG CHANWOO and YANG HONGSEOK are newcomers. Each 6 members is given a number for voting, and the fans partook in the voting from Oct 30 at 11pm to 31 at midnight through Facebook, Naver Line and texting.
They already went through a Korea-China-Japan global vote, and in the remaining vote, only 4 out of 6 will survive to be chosen to join B.I, BOBBY and KIM JINHWAN to make a debut as iKON.
In the final match aired in episode 8, the 9 members showed off their talents through free-song, composed-songs and dance battles. Many are curious to see who was the most successful in winning the hearts of the viewers.
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