I don’t know if anyone else already said this. But Suhwans whole introduction into pdx101 was that he had auditioned for a lot of companies but always got declined because he wasn’t good looking enough or to short. So when he asked if he’s not attractive enough I almost started crying 😢

Fun fact about Donghun, he watched boys planet and voted for Sung Hanbin

@snakearekat2634

2 ай бұрын

Oh my God??

I’m so glad you guys were able to capture Adam’s reaction to finding out that Ricky works out now.

i also think guilty and drowning were the best! a backstage video from semifinals came out and jeup and suhwan hug twice so i don't think suhwan is too angry anymore haha there's also donghun and suhwan holding hands. jeup's current bf and ex bf get along too lol

@TrineMortensen

2 ай бұрын

Donghun and Suhwan holding hands were soo sweet.. And i loved the hug between Jeup and Suhwan too 🥰

@kwangtos1843

2 ай бұрын

Suhwan said he was upset that Jeup had just thrown him away "without affection." But then the broadcast shows that Jeup actually cried over it, so maybe realizing that there WAS affection was enough for Suhwan.

@TrineMortensen

2 ай бұрын

@@LOV12747 Sorry but it's not just about vocals.. Being able to perform and being a goid performer is just as important.. I think Guilty was the best put together performance all round.. I think Drowning performance had something the Uptown Funk performance was missing and also the other way around.. Gift was just plain and Drama really didn’t do it for me 😊

"what's the objective of this round?" That's a very good question as I got so confused by that too. At the beginning I thought the purpose of the show was to have the best 4 vocal to form a debut team, but they are separating all the top tiers, each to form their own team to fight for eliminations. I was so shocked to even hear this is it, this is the line-up there's no more change, one of these teams will be the debut team. I just don't see where the "build up" factor is... I'm honestly very sad about it, I was looking forward to see the best vocals to form a team together, not here to watch fixed team competition. 😢

@TrineMortensen

2 ай бұрын

They said they couldn't change the team until the final, so that doesn't mean this will be the permanent groups.. I don't know how they're planning to do it, and tbh I don't even think Mnet knows.. A lot in this show seems like it has been done very last minute 😑

@indiefyme

2 ай бұрын

I was trying to figure this out too. I was reading the allkpop article stating that the final twelve will operate as three quartets for concerts after the finale. This is the case in Phantom Singer, which Build Up is based on, where one of the preexisting groups of 4 wins, while the others also keep existing in part-time capacities. But that doesn't make as much sense for this show. I guess we'll find out what happens

@BotaliaX

2 ай бұрын

@@TrineMortensen That's the silver lining I have yet it's a really weird way to have the fixed teams compete all the way to the final then break them up after. Especially they already announced the top 3 teams will be holding a concert, that will make it even weirder for the top 12 winners to re-shuffle into 3 new teams and re-rank them at the end, how would that even work with only 1 winning team? =_= but yeah everything happening in this show feels like an after-thought...we don't ever get clear rules.

@BotaliaX

2 ай бұрын

@@indiefymeYeah I saw that too, which was what confirmed me more that this is the final line-ups and they are going to pick the top 3 teams from it. It really won't make sense to continue the team competition all the way till final, and then break them up to form 3 new groups and rank them again.... sincerely though I really hope I am wrong and they are going to surprise us at the end

@TrineMortensen

2 ай бұрын

@@BotaliaX I totally agree.. I think it's really weird.. But again, it's Mnet 😮‍💨 But it seems like they haven't showed ANY interactions between Donghun, Jeup and Jay.. Those 3 are the ones a lot of people hope ends up in the final line up, so that's why I think there will be something in the end.. But yes it will be weird to put a group together in the end that haven't performed together 🤔

Im a Shawol and a Choice and I've been replaying that Guilty performance for the past week nonstop my life might be over and I changed my phone background for the first time in years to an edit of Donghun doing the guilty move and I'm not ashamed.

15:48 i highly recommend donghun's cactus era, he is still known for thighs because of that song

gotta love how this somehow went to zb1's working out personalities lol

The whole jugding for this episode was so weird. It felt different compared to all the other episodes (maybe the live audience had something to do with it not sure)

Jay Chang doing drag would be a movie

ZUMBA TAERAE WAS OUTTA POCKETTTT

@rae55628

2 ай бұрын

AT THE Y!!

33:08 they actually did but on KZread. It was 17 minutes video and basically like in queendom they voted for best and worst performances based on their rehearsal videos. They strategically choose do re mi fa team as a best cuz they were doing a ballad which any other teams don't. And as a benefit they decided the order and they thought that let's just put Jay's team first cuz they're most dangerous team and then jeup.

I don't really care much about hunminjaybit rank since I already knew they're not going to be eliminated for the semi finals but giving them 90 is a crime. Given how hard the song and how hard they slayed it 90 is just nah it could've been at least 93 and it was the only performance that got me goosebumps. The whole episode felt wierd to me, it's like heavily scripted. The judge's energy the whole time is completely different from the previous episodes, they look very awkward reacting or commenting. Idk if it's just me but the episode is really boring asf.

@Maria-uv9pd

2 ай бұрын

Maybe the judges were feeling the pressure of the audience: they don't want to say anything that will send hate mobs after them.

@shimjeya5829

2 ай бұрын

@@Maria-uv9pd Maybe since they're idols too and most of knetz are insufferable.

Totally agree with your rankings. Milkyup was fun but not enough vocals. Guilty had the most balance of vocals and performance. Drowning was my favorite because it connected with me the most.

I had snapshot with Bain last week and when I tell you he is so handsome up close and a baby girl at the same time 😭😭

I love how the segment on guilty is 45% talking about the vocals and 55% talking about the gym & abs 😆

I just love hearing everyone sing especially Hayoon and Donghun. I'm glad they got praised a lot lot in the show.

Please tell me you guys went back and watched the full version of Uptown Funk and watched Geonu the entire time, because he ads SO many ridiculous adlibs and high notes, including a legit MJ “hee” towards the end (Soomin’s face when he does this🥰)… my heart just exploded watching him LIVE😭

I think part of the reason Pentagon fans aren’t voting is that Yeo One has to enlist soon. And it doesn’t help that the group’s future is unsure and because they’re third gen, a lot of their fans are now university students & working adults who aren’t going to spend time following all the post-Cube stuff outside of their music releases. Also, completely unrelated, but Yeo One and Eunkwang were in Something Rotten together, which is so random.

@sophiak642

2 ай бұрын

YEO ONE WAS IN THAT TOO?!?!? I just saw a video of Eunkwang singing God I hate Shakespeare yesterday on instagram reels!

@gemmamoon5998

2 ай бұрын

@@sophiak642 Yes! He played Nigel Bottom (on a rotation of 4 actors; the must have all had busy schedules). The sitzprobe is on KZread if you want to see a preview of his performance!

@gemmamoon5998

2 ай бұрын

@@sophiak642 He was one of the actors playing Nigel Bottom. The sitzprobe with all of the actors, including Eunkwang and Yeo One, is on KZread if you want to see more of their performance. It seems that there were two Nick Bottoms in this production (standard for Korean musical theater) but four Nigel Bottoms, which is a lot. I assume all of the actors in the role were busy with other commitments as well.

@deedoo-

2 ай бұрын

dude, i voted! 😅for me though, i thought it was really hard to understand what his goal for participating in the show was, i don't think he was really aiming for getting into a quartet (unlike jinho with phantom singer). it's also been a bit frustrating because i know how good he is, but i don't think he's been able to really showcase his abilities, every week me being like "this is not how you play this game my baby!!"

I'll never move on from the Zumba thing.

@TheAmpliverse

2 ай бұрын

Listen when we're right we're right 💃🏻

Yes ! I always wait impatiently for your recap. It feels like having a deep conversation about our very important hobbies that no one else understand (you two are now my imaginary parasocial besties at this point lol)

i’ve been waiting for yalls opinion on the judging of this episode😭mnet has kind of lost the plot of the shot…

I'm so early omg but I'm so happy yall are still covering build up it's become one of my fave survival shows and I love yall ❤❤

adam losing it over ricky's twink death is SO real

37:16 omg yes! i was so happy that geonu got to act goofy

Drowning was my number 1 but it switches with Guilty haha. For me personally, Milky Up's Uptown Funk was last. Don't get me wrong, I love all the vocalists in that team (Joker was probably one of my top 3 performances of the last round). They're the most diverse team we have now (idol, musical actor, solo) which I love. This is judged solely on that performance. To me, it just wasn't vocally engaging. With me for Build Up, vocals are always at the forefront for me. I've explained it as "Uptown Funk was a good Boys Planet performance, but an okay Build Up performance". But I'm not mad or outraged about it, that's just how I feel. Honestly I'm excited to see their original song next episode. I'm excited to see all their original songs haha. Like I said earlier, I loved how Soomin has formed Milky Up because it's such a diverse team. But honestly I'm a little bummed out that the One Team is probably going to be an all idol team. I would have loved a more diverse team (idol, balladeer, solo, musical actor). But the absolute positive is that people can't talk smack anymore and say "idols can't sing" . Almost all your vocalists left are idols haha. And this show has actually shown the downside to being just a specialist like a balladeer; it's the inflexibility. Part of Build Up's synopsis is for contestants to "demonstrate their vocal prowess and offer a range of vocal performances". Which is why our top contestants like Je Up and Jay are doing so well imo. They switch it up almost every round.

Honestly, I do agree with the criticism on the harmonies for 'Drowning' but, they do not deserve such a low score, it feels like the judges standards keep changing... I never know how they're gonna evaluate.

We have the exact same opinions about drama. It’s nice to see that someone else agrees

I haven’t watched the full video yet LOL but I just wanted to comment that the BTS for Semi-Final came out and there’s a whole bit of Jeup, Suhwan and Donghun being in a love line with sunyoul singing the Transit Love/Exchange OST! XD god I wish they were a team 😭

@emilys2897

2 ай бұрын

OMG, that whole interview segment was honestly just so hilarious from start to finish. It made me want to tell Mnet to just debut Partners and Waterfire together. I did NOT know Suhwan had that level of sass in him. I was gagged.

I think I’m in the minority but I absolutely loved water fire’s performance. I’m a sucker for interesting arrangements and harmonies so this was great for me

“Taerae gives me Zumba at the Y”????!!!!🤣🤣🤣I’m dead

I'm starting to just watch this show and that's it, it's so messy.. Nothing seem to have been thought through.. It's already pretty obvious who they want to debut 😑 Also the judges are all over the place.. I don't like the way they judge, and the whole show has been all about how they feel instead of looking at the bigger picture.. It's too biased, also them putting so much focus on 2 specific contestants is a little much in my opinion.. TBH I'm not saying this because Donghun is my bias, but Guilty was the best performance of the night based on vocals, and I actually liked Drowning.. I had a little feeling of it missing something when I listened to it, but I still think it was better than the other 3 songs.. Uptown Funk was fun and that group is so fun to watch and they're honestly soo cute, but vocal wise it wasn't it.. I liked Drama more than Gift in the sense that they tried.. I knew when DoReMiFa ended in the top 5 that they would be the first to go.. All of them have only done ballads and no one in this show would win only doing ballads 😔 Don't get me started on Fridays EP.. So many things are wrong with how they do this 😮‍💨

@kajal1705

2 ай бұрын

You touched so many points I was pissed off about!!

i didnt even realize water fire team was doing a soldier concept i thought they were just doing team bonding😅

I can't help wishing that Seunghun and Bain had been switched. Seunghun could have shown his abs and Bain could have had Jay's team strutting around on stage.....

I've never been so mad than when Uptown Funk got #1. I found them to be pitchy, off rhythm in parts and it made no sense for the show, so when the judges kept praising them I felt my blood pressure rise to unprecedented levels LMAO These judges are proving the shows criticism of "sing an English pop song that you'll get showered with 100s regardless" Like the one judge literally said that Uptown Funk wasn't really about vocals BUT THEY STILL GAVE THEM HIGH POINTSSSSS I feel gaslighted, what is this show even about at this point?

@qtacontessenu

2 ай бұрын

Maybe I'm hallucinating but this performance was giving 4 dudes singing karaoke and not giving a shit and since I'm trying to take this show seriously I got super mad at it lmao

@callmeashy

2 ай бұрын

Saaaaame omg they were so pitchy and their voices kept breaking it was all I could focus on and so when the Judges thought it was fun I was like "did we watch the same performance"

@kajal1705

2 ай бұрын

😭 imagine my shock. I mean yes it's fun but where did the vocal and team concept go?

I’m having legitimate Under Nineteen PTSD in fear for Wumuti right now… like… do y’all know how hard this man has worked and for how long to become an idol in KOREA, not even his own country😳 He has spent so many years of his life isolated and trying to succeed and working his ass off… he did SOO SOOOO well on Under Nineteen and then Boys Planet broke my heart a bit… and his journey has felt like such a long struggle that sometimes it actually just makes me cry… I need something good to happen for him🥺🙏🥺 … I know I was mad at him for the last challenge, but he and Jay have been the two contestants from Under Nineteen I’ve been rooting for since I watched the show a couple years ago… I watched it because of JUST B (Bain does well on the show and Doyum debuts in 1st place with 1the9) and have rewatched a couple of times😅 Jay was totally screwed over on that show and I’m not even sure what happened with Wumuti but it was a hot mess of a competition show🥺

Not that you asked at all… but as a 39 year old who constantly feels out of place in ALL populations, I think I need to briefly explain… I didn’t get into kpop til I turned 35 when COVID hit and I was already into watching a lot of kdramas… I was an East Asian Studies major with a minor in Chinese undergrad and was always into anime and Asian culture in general… and music and dance and art in general are everything to me… so I first got into BlackPink randomly circa How You Like That (lol my husband loves them too-my ringtone for him is As If It’s Your Last) and then saw Ten dancing and completely fell in love with him and WayV and then NCT (the other units always come after WayV for me)… then I watched I-LAND and got into ENHYPEN and kept tabs on the other contestants… then I got into EXO and fell in love with Baekhyun and Kai and the rest of the members… then I was rewatching I-LAND (watched it like 4 times and give up when Geonu is eliminated😬) and looked him up and found out that he would be debuting literally the next day😎 and I’ve been stanning since and have gone to see them four times, five soon with LA… lol my husband is flying out with me-we’re also trying to do Universal and we’re going to see Alkaline Trio❤️‍🔥he isn’t going to see JUST B with me though, so yet again it’s me alone with a bunch of people 15-20 years younger than me and I never feel like I fit in… but the members always make the fans feel welcomed and loved, and Doyum guessed that I was 20 (LOL??) and said I have beautiful eyes… so I guess that’s kind of a win🥰 So yea… sorry for that… just felt like giving backstory because people think it’s weird that I’m into a group so young when I’m as old as I am… but we don’t have kids and my coworkers always think I’m in my 20s (lol I only wear hoodies/athletic wear and am into kpop and collecting toys😅) so maybe I should just start lying about my age…

It’s so weird to me that everyone is very divisive over Drama. Personally, I liked it. I was gagged and breathless throughout the performance and it was the only one that really gave me goosebumps.

@kajal1705

2 ай бұрын

I have not heard the original song so I also liked drama vocally and would put them in my top3 but performance wise the team were not on the same concept specially when they showed this soldier training snippet right before the performance. The performance felt stiff to me which shouldn't be happening when you are in front of audience, they won't connect.

Once again, my order is the same as RJ

@TheAmpliverse

2 ай бұрын

our taste 💅

The only workout Bain has done before this is Pilates

Am I the one who enjoy Waterfire performance of Drama. I love the vocal, harmony, and it gave me Drama. 😂

one thing i dont agree about, bain and woong didn't have the same role. bain's voice is so much more powerful and he did high notes too. woong has an unique tone that adds flavor to the performance

39:05 yeah like. in teaser for next ep sumin was giving his ideas to producer.

I agree, "Drama" was not giving I fear. Was not a fan of the choices for the arrangement and don't think really fit a vocal competition. It was my least favorite performance. Side note; Suhwan is soooo cute, I am so sad companies have made him feel that way. :( For "Drowning" I really enjoyed the vocals and felt like it was the most vocally challenging. Unfortunately I believe you are right, the harmonies were not really there. Still, I think they did a good job considering the song they chose and everyone stood out in a fun way (Jay's high notes, Seunghans rasp, Minseo's lower register and Bitsaeon's vowel usage). "Guilty" felt the most cohesive. Not a perfect performance as I do think Bain and Woong fell more into the background, but the harmonies were there and they gave us a energy-packed last third with the the riffs and runs. Jeup kinda stood out a bit, in a non-cohesive way, but it wasn't as obvious as some contestants in other performances. "Uptown Funk" is what was expected. A really fun performance song. I do wish the vocals were stronger and don't agree with the judges that it should have been that high. It bothers me that they don't always communicate to the contestants or audiences what they are really judging. Seohyun and that bass voice! Though I think I agree that Haram needed a bigger presence and wish he was used more. "Gift" I agree was not very memorable, I think they needed to change their concept and show off something new. If they really needed to stay ballad, I think a more powerful song would have suited them better instead of the mid-tempo choice. Thank you again for the breakdowns! I always enjoy sitting down and hearing your thoughts on the performances, especially coming from a musical theater background. See ya'll next week.

NO, I LOVED DRAMA. like yes, it was a hot mess, but it was /my/ hot mess, yk?

I love the way you talk about conflicts. I wouldn't post/comment about it online, but I did judge some people in BP for example based of out of context/evil edit. It was a relief to hear your calm perspective, I didn't feel called out in a bad way at all. But also, I am close to 30. Not a near death grandpa yet, but maybe enough to be a Kpop daddy. I could not focus during the Drama performance. It's just... "the big twist is that we're doing a super masc real men going to war version" and then vocally nailed the fem energy of the original song but standing stiff at times as a performance concept. I liked it when I listened with my eyes closed and forgot the pretended narrative. I imagine they realized at some point the masc version would not happen but already chose the costumes and filmed the training session 😂

Maybe I’m a little biased since woodz is my favorite artist, but I felt like Jay, regardless of is amazing vocals did not match with the song drowning, this song is so emotional and raw and I felt like jay didn’t match it, Seunghun on the other hand had so much raw emotion and really shined on his parts

In case you’re interested, Bain/Geonu have an OST track called Finally You… it was removed from Spotify for some reason which really made me sad because I used to listen to that song all of the time on my JUST B playlist🥺 It’s actually proof that Geonu & Bain can really do ballads… look up the MV on KZread… I really hope they put the song back on Spotify soon😭

Do you know about the build up tour? Apparently there will be concerts for the top 12 both domestically and internationally. In June

@pushumonster

2 ай бұрын

Oh really ? That's great !

come for the episode recap, stay for the tito rj bit

personally my fav was drama. i was surprised that they were the leftovers when their voices suit each other so well. 😭😭 wumuti was so cunty, and suhwan proved himself yet again. rlly don’t know why people aren’t talking about suhwan he’s an all rounder with crazy vocals 🥲 edit: got to your opinions. it rlly was the girls + suhwan 😭 26:29 ffff they really should’ve gone the cunty route

lol Woodz is also Woong’s high school friend and they’re still friends to this day 😂

sumin reminds me so much of bang chan on so many levels

Water Fire doing Aespa's Welcome To My World could have been an epic alternative! Loving these recaps!

Drowning by Woodz is such a great song, but it's so fitted to Woodz' specific vocal color that it's hard to beat even though all 4 have great voices overalll

The taerae slannnddder 😂😂😂😂

Why can I 100% see Taerae doing Zoomba at the Y xD

I think teamwork and cohesiveness will be important from now on because these groups are fixed now and they want the team that works best together to win

When I watched this episode for the first time, and after rewatching the performances on KZread… I really felt like WaterFire was my least favorite performance-I’m glad they were able to stay and it was a huge relief, but something about the arrangement of Drama felt weird and didn’t sit well with me… I think the vocal mix in general was off and they didn’t have diversity, like, they could’ve really benefitted from a bass-tone😳… but that totally wasn’t their fault since they were last picks… also I hate to say it but I don’t like Wumuti and Hayoon’s tones mixed together in a group setting… I feel like Hayoon would make an amazing solo artist but his voice kind of stands out too much for me in a group, kind of like with Gwangseok💗

it's pretty clear to me what happened in this episode, cause really there's nothing that justifies those scores except for: mnet needs the ratings. build up has been so cohesive with how the best candidates for debut are also the most popular ones, that it makes things a little too predictable. this is just how survival shows work, you gotta keep the audience on their toes so the little "hunminjaybit are in danger" drama was createad. i agree about the bain and woong playing the same role thingy but if jeup's reasoning is the one im thinking about, then he's REALLY smart it all comes down to partners and hunminjaybit after all, unless they really wanna throw a twist (which i dont think they will). i had a feeling the actual twist would be the debut group with 5 members and not 4, which would solve the problem of having to pick between donghun, jeup, jay, seunghun and bain, but with the news of the final 3 groups touring (overseas included btw!!!) i'm not sure anymore.

I love your tangents… Michelle Pfeiffer is a fucking GODDESS❤️‍🔥 “Are You Saying This Is Green Book”?!!?? LOL WTF🤣

The way I’m suddenly wishing LimJi was performing Guilty with the other 3 members😅He would have fucking destroyed it❤️‍🔥… and he has a VERY different vocal tone that would’ve been insane to hear😭

I think the same way you do about wumuti's team... like, can't believe they got 95 😭😭😭 like what is up with the song choice?!? Omg!

27:40 FRR like loona is right there 😩 (is it right to use their songs in that case idk)

What's so disappointing is that WaterFire did that arrangement for Drama. Because they could've been jaw dropping if they did a girl group song, in the original key. *I just realized by typing this. They should've done Gfriend. Now I'm imagining it and I'm SO MAD that this is not a reality.

Can I just say, if we’re talking vocal queen girl group song choices, WHYYYY does no one ever go with Dreamcatcher??? WHY WHY WHYYYYYY😭

Jay ❤

uptown funk is not a bruno mars song???.💀

hunminjaybit going 1st was the worst outcome for them

Even after listening to the original. I really like Drama's arrangement. The performance was alright but the song itself i liked a lot. Something felt off with Drowning. It sounded disjointed and messy. The original version is also pretty disjointed but it was easy to listen to. Their rendition kept me from being fully immersed in the song. Ultimately I think Jay and Bitsaeons together in this song was too much. Maybe one or the other but not together. I do agree with the rest of what you said for the performances. My ranking would have been Guilty, Drama, Drowning, uptown funk then gift. Guilty is definitely the most polished out of the five. I really hope waterfire goes to the finals 😭 just because i want wumuti to get into the group.

Maybe I just missed you guys talking about this but apparently there was a Kpop boy group survival show in the Philippines. Have not looked into it but sounds like it was made for Boys Love.

Guilty was number one for me, not because they showed their abs but because their vocals were amazing and dramatic and the harmonization was on point, and I also liked how they all interacted with each other on the stage, walking circles around each other while singing. It was a very complete stage in my opinion. My number 2 pic is Drowning. I think they did a great job vocally even if they didn't completely feel like a group (which was the critique from the judges but which I don't really agree with 100 percent). My third stage is Uptown Funk because I do think they did a great job with sweeping the audience up in the atmosphere they created. It might not have been as vocally perfect but it was definitely a very fun performance. My number 4 is Drama and I wasn't really a big fan of this performance as a whole. Props to them for rearranging the song and giving it a new and interesting twist but it didn't really grab me. The performance I liked least even though their vocals were very nice is the ballad one whose song title I can't even recall. And I must say it was the performance that I couldn't really remember anything about. Yes, their voices are beautiful but yet again it's a ballad (and ballads can be really beautiful and amazing) and we've had soooo many ballads already, especially from these members, that I was very underwhelmed with their performance. And that's sad because I'm sure they worked hard as well. But I wish they could have offered something new to the audience this time around. I'm very nervous about Friday, not just because of the performances but also because the judging on the last episode felt very confusing to me so I can't predict anything anymore. Thanks for your guys' review, I'm always looking forward to hearing what you have to say. I was hoping you would say who your pics are for the final lineup, but perhaps they haven't changed from the last review? Anyway, thanks for the video

lol not you saying “near death” and “senior center” while I just turned 39… 😳😭💀🪦