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SPOILERS AHEAD SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SPOILED ABOUT THE FINAL LINE-UP THEN STOP READING NOW ⚠️

Apologies in advance regarding the technical issues at the start of the episode, everything gets sorted after the HOLA SOLAR performance finishes 🌞 I just finished my reaction to the episode so everything I'm feeling is very fresh, just so you know.

I think the name ALPHA DRIVE ONE is terrible and makes no sense. I kind of hate it. It sounds ugly, the ALD1 logo looks ugly, hopefully it grows on me. I think something like ALPHA1 could have been so much better and not very different. Something that sounds like "ALL FOR ONE" kind of. idkI didn't like ZEROBASEONE when I first heard it either but I got used to it. At least that is all in one word.

Apart from the fact that my favourite duo did not make the final line up, I do like it. I really like 6/8 members more or less and I'm going to try to focus on that since it could be so much worse. When it comes to the other 2 I'm rather neutral at this point, believe it or not lol. I've accepted it and I'm going to move on and see how I like them in this group instead of how I viewed them on the show. That's just how I feel.

I think it's important to have a "glass half full" perspective when it comes to these things. It's so unlikely that we can get all our faves in the same group that we have to be able to see past that, I think. Otherwise you're just doomed to stay in negativity. Of course take all the time you need to process it but just keep that in mind, is my advice 🌞

Now when it comes to my dear JUNMIN and DONGGYU I am devastated and heartbroken. I really wanted the two of them to stay together in this group. I would love for them to be able to debut together somehow. I know that is probably unlikely since JUNMIN is in WHIB with LEEJEONG (and WONJUN who was also on the show, and others I'm assuming) and DONGGYU is with IST with RENSHO, ARCTIC and that SIHWAN guy and are probably planned to debut as a new boygroup, even though IST already have ATBO who they are not promoting at all?

I would love if JUNMIN, LEEJEONG and WONJUN could debut together with DONGGYU and the other IST guys (idk about SIHWAN if the allegations about him are true? We need clarity first) could debut together somehow. No idea how likely anything like that is to happen. But I can't be the only one who feels so strongly about JUNMIN and DONGGYU. Hell, include HARRY JUNE too! DKB! KANGMIN? VERIVERY? ANYTHING!!!

This episode was horribly long but I hope you enjoy watching it with me, you're lucky because you can just fast forward the boring parts and watch in double speed maybe? Anyway I would love to hear all your thoughts in the comments~

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Katie

I worked from home today so that I could live stream but I missed about 90% of it so Im starting this now 🤗 I know who makes the group though so 🙃 I'll share my thoughts on that in a bit since I'm still working right now lol employee of the year

monika

I’m so sad that kaiwen was the only c trainee to not make it 💔

Katie

Omg the donggyu interview around 21:20. Im crying. I should not be watching this knowing the result lol its like 10x more painful lord be with me lol

Eefs

I’m happy with 6 out of the 8 (same as your picks) but would have loved jumin and donggyu to make it! I’m gutted for them. Not fond of the name but it might grow on me.

johanmoon

he speaks so beautifull and he's so mature omg. i just know his acceptance speech would have been amazing. god i miss him so much already 😭 junmin too

johanmoon

me too i hope he will be on that planet C show.. if he wants to idk

Eefs

I also took a half day to watch it live. Needed to make sure Leo and jiahao made the group without getting spoiled 😂

Ms. T

Gurllll. You’re a star! As someone that had to miss sections of the live because of work, I’m beyond grateful for the quick turnaround. 💜

johanmoon

YAY i'm so glad i could help 🥰 it motivated me a lot to think that ii could help some of you to get to see it quickly so that made it easier to sit down and watch this for a full 4½ hours lol 💙

Katie

Right?! He just really clearly has this depth to him as a person. This maturity as you said. I truly hope he debuts somewhere soon because I think he was born to be an idol. It suits him so well. Junmin too 😭

Lorena

I really love this lineup, all my favs debut 😭💓💗

Moonsyulle

I think correct me if I'm wrong its the first time ever that a debut group has no minors in the whole Surivial show, right?

Katie

IZNA IS THERE. I love them!! If you ever get the chance (or the will 🤣) to watch another survival show I recommend I-Land 2 ❤️

johanmoon

Ohhh I thought Sanghyeon was a minor but seems he turned 18 a few days ago

Katie

Lmao at your reaction to the name 🤣 honestly I have such low expectations for these group names nowadays Im almost unphased... almost. I cant belive the shorthand is ALD1 like literally its a grocery store here and not even a great one lmao

faith

alpha drive one — me using a random word generator…did not know we could go lower than zerobaseone (which sounds amazing now)

Loki Lokijito

I feel really sad my top 1 and 2 didn't make it.. I wish Junmin and Donggyu made it to debut.. I'm a little happy for Jia hao and Xinlong who made it still, i hope they stay happy and make a great debut I don't know what to feel about the group, i like what you said about how Adam and RJ's perspective on Geonwoo, i think i'll agree with that reason! I don't know if i will follow through the group, i like some of the members a lot so hopefully! I never watched a survival show before and it was an honor and great time (fuck MNet for ruining it a lot of the times) to watch it through your reactions!! I wanna support Donggyu and Junmin through their future career, hopefully it goes well for them, i wanna see them in a group together so bad and also fuck WakeOne for ruining Woojin's chances! That boy has an amazing voice and i'm still sad about it..

Redaurorae _

Xinlongs speech made me cry 😭 also yeah I feel the same way about Geonwoo..

Moonsyulle

Not sure if someone said it 16th place Woojin 15th place Donggyu 14th place KaiWen 13th place Jun Min 12th place Leejeong 11th place Yumeki 10th place Li Yu 9th Kangmin Woah.. I voted only woojin and hes 16th place.. Also donggyu woah.. so low but then they never had a big fanbase I'm surprised that Jun Min made it to 13th place. I thought that Woojin had a solid fanbase.. Also my 5/8 made it! Sangwon, Leo, Xin Long, Junseo, Anxin! I'm happy for Jiahao! Geonwoo still has to improve me, like he has to grow on me which isn't the case for the moment. I'll stan the group and follow them, I'm actually pretty happy with the lineup :) even though I would love to see Donggyu, jun min and woojin too >_< but this lineup isn't bad at all! My ultimate biases will be Sangwon and Xin Long ♡ I cried during Xin Long speech oh baby >_< I can't imagine what he have gone through.. even though he looks very mature for his age hes still a kid inside ♡ hes soo adorable 💕 hope no one gets mistreated by the company and excited to see their debut! Also the name.. yeah its terrible for real! Why not AD-ONE idk? XD sounds better than Alpha drive one xD AL-ONE, DIVE-ONE, there would be so much better names

Bethany R

i’m feeling pretty good with this lineup as a Xinlong 1pick, his speech and tears made me tear up also. but i’m sad for Donggyu and Junmin especially. i hope they can land somewhere else and that we can see them grow!

johanmoon

his speech was my favourite 😭

Moonsyulle

Adding: from oldest-youngest Junseo 2001 Jiahao 2002 Leo 2002 Geonwoo 2003 Sangwon 2003 Xin long 2005* Axin 2006 Sanghyeon 2007

Moonsyulle

I made a typo sry xD

Lama

Shed some tears/teared up for everyone but leowon and xinlong had me sobbing😭.. 3 of my picks didn’t make it (kangmin junmin donggyu) but 5 did (leowon xinlong haoxin) Now I need them to form an evnne 2.0 with junmin donggyu kangmin kaiwen woojin zihao harry hengyu yoonmin🙂‍↕️

Lama

Arctic telling donggyu not to comeback to their company IST and to debut breaks my heart knowing he got eliminated. I hope some better company out there that will support and get him many deserved opportunities reach out to him after this so he could leave that damn company.

an ♡

Sihwan’s “controversy” was never proven to begin with. People on twitter just saw a random post and ran with it because of course they’ll believe anything if it’s in korean. IST did release a statement already so there’s that.

Jared

Fun fact about IZNA jeemin : she was in Illit’s survival show “RUNEXT” and placed 3rd but didn’t debut because she wasn’t chosen by the producers… and then she went to iland 2 and debuted ! and the show was great too !! (she’s friends with them and she’s friend with yoonchae from Katseye too) + she share the same birthday with sangwon !! And they’re both centers and in the same company!!

Katie

Finally made it through. Your reactions help make these painful episodes at least somewhat enjoyable. I died anytime you laughed at the people in the crowd 🤣 same lol Obviously there are a few things Im disappointed about 1. Donggyu and Junmin not making it (devastating tbh my faith in humanity has taken a dive loool) 2. The name of the group 3. No surprise 9th member 😑 4. 7th But I am so happy about the majority of the lineup and I'm really excited to see what they do! They worked so hard 🤧 Im so proud of them. Also I just wanted to speak on Geonwoo a little... I think your feelings of neutrality are very mature. Ive been neutral on him from the start. I dont know much about the bullying rumors with him, but in general I'm not the type to write someone off based on rumors. I wont disregard them either though. I keep things like that in the back of my mind, but unless I get a bad feeling from the person myself, I will remain skeptical. I trust my intuition with people and I haven't gotten a bad vibe from him. However I also dont feel like Ive been allowed to get a feel for him yet because mnet barely showed him. So Im giving him the benefit of the doubt for now until he gives me a reason to feel otherwise. Im excited to see them all interact together as a group outside of the show. That will tell me what I need to know 👀 Also I just wanted to say that I think Jaejoong did a great job hosting!! 👏 I was especially impressed with how he handled the contestants that didnt seem to have prepared speechs. He basically had to prompt them like "what would you like to say to Star Creators?" and prod them into talking. He handled it so well and did it very naturally though 👍 I dont know anything about this C planet thing but Im wondering if that's something Donggyu and Junmin could compete in? I assume the idea is that the group would be marketed mostly to China but I would think it could still have Korean members? Maybe? Kinda like Exo M had Korean members... I dont know shit about shit though lol just wishful thinking most likely. Anyway thank you so much for reacting to this show! I know it wasn't easy. Survival shows are a lot but I oddly love them. I think watching these young folk work so hard to pursue their dreams gives me hope at the end of the day. My faith in humanity is restored knowing such talented and good individuals like Donggyu and Junmin exist ❤️ as always you're the best and if you do another survival show I will be here to support! Much love Johan 😘

Candice Blair

Xinlong and Li Zihao hugged for over a minute. It's like a bittersweet moment for me as a Boy Story fan, it's going to be hard seeing them without each other.

Lora K.

I'm laughing so hard, you had a similar reaction to me whenever Liyu and Sanghyeon were shown on screen 😂 My top 4 Leo, Sangwon, Jiahao, and Anxin made it to the lineup so I'm very very happy. I was also happy to see Xin Long make it. Very sad about Kangmin, Junmin, and Donggyu though.

kay

it was so special to see jiahao get in the group, especially because i first got to know him through you, i watched him with you when he couldn't achieve his dream a year ago, and now i get to see him finally making it with you too, it honestly makes me so happy. they say everything happens for a reason, and the fact that he's debuting here is proof of that. jiahao is so talented and sweet, and i couldn't be happier that people finally get to see it. if anyone deserved to be up there, was him. im actually pretty okay (all things considered) with this lineup. sure, i would've loved to see kaiwen, junmin or donggyu in gw's spot. but even then, i don't see the point in dwelling on it, whats done its done i guess. jiahao debuted, and that's all that matters to me. the lineup is still really good, even with gw there, lmao. only the fact that they have leowon and haoxin is enough for me to say this is an amazing lineup, then we have xinlong and junseo.. and sanghyeon doesn't really bother me, i actually kind of like him so yeah, im pretty much okay with everything. im super curious to see what kind of concept they'll be given, what other content we'll get from them. at this point, i just want mote jiahao, lol. but yeah, mostly im excited to see them interact with each other, to see them as a team, the kind of dynamics they'll build and all of that. i dont want to talk about the name tho, they really fucked that up huh.. alphaone was way better if we had to choose... like i don't even know where the drive comes from lmao. but i guess anxin loves it

Kazie

I'm so glad you shared your reaction to the live stream! My live stream was playing up, and then it was midnight so I gave up in the end, so was happy to see this here today :D That was a full on job sitting through 4 1/2 hours, I had to break this up into bits to get through.

Loki Lokijito

IM DYING LMFAO YOU REACTING TO THE GROUP NAME IS THE BEST THING EVER HAHAHA

iemiliah

thanks for all the input and laughs, for lifting jiahao up from the beginning so ppl like me notice them faster,, cried a few tears when he was announced, but man xinlong got me ugly sniffing nd crying♡ thanks for all the hard work and energy you put into these videos!

Loki Lokijito

After finishing the react in a calmer way, i hope the best for the group still A lot of my top 8 are still in so i hope it goes really well for them, i can't wait for them to debut! The Planet C better debut Kai Wen in the new group!!! Xinlong had me crying since i couldn't be there to watch his speech yesterday, he's so young and deserves so much love!! Still devastated for our duo Donggyu and Junmin, hoping some way that they debut together even tho it feels really delulu I feel so sad for Woojin and Lee-jeong.. It's.. gonna be weird and sad for a while..

nins

Johan I have so much to tell you. Please read through this all if you want some tea after the first paragraph. So, first and foremost, the reaction to this episode. Every reactor I've subscribed to has said they feel a little empty after finishing this episode, and not full happy even if some of their faves made it. It's odd but it seems to be something that most people are feeling. Maybe it was the editing of the show, or the predictability of it (all of last elimination's top 8 made the debut team so there literally wasn't anyone new who came in from a lower rank). It all feels so... lackluster? But no one is alone in feeling that way - I'd wager a good chunk of people feel the same. I'm not sure how aware you are of this but a lot of Korean fans don't like the final lineup. Like, yes there is always pushback from fans of those who didn't make it in, but I'd say proportionally there are way more people this season who are upset at the final line up compared to the season before. Like, I'd guess 35% of casual Korean viewers feel strongly upset. There's actually a popular fanmade secondary group going viral on Korean social media right now named F1are (think of it as this season's Evnne but different (I'll explain why) and bigger). F1are consists of Donggyu, Hanuem, Junmin, Masato, Kaiwen, Liyu, Leejeong, Kangmin, Inhu, Sen, and Woojin. When it comes to secondary groups, historically, fans usually just post "Oh, a group with rank 16 and rank 18 would be great!" and then hope a medium size company would grab a few higher ranked eliminated contestants and throw together a group for debut. It wasn't something fans seriously participated in or had power over, instead they'd just passively hope and get excited when a second group formed with one or a couple of their faves (think of Evnne). But with F1are it's different - Korean fans worked together, in masse, to decide the line-up. But, why care? So what if a few people agreed to an 11 member group, it's just small fandom delusions right? That's the thing - it isn't just a few people. It's a lot, like a LOT a LOT. A Korean fan created a twitter for F1are that has more than 26k followers. A single tweet talking about the group from that account had over 40k likes, and 3.5 million views. I've seen other fans (again, mostly Korean) tweet out similar things, and have seen multiple tweets with over 30k likes discussing how much they like the line-up and saying they wanted them to debut. F1are has actually out-trended ALD1 on Korean twitter last night and this morning, and have had more engagements on their posts than ALD1. If we look beyond twitter, we see something similar. Fan groupchats on Kaokaotalk are a common thing for Korean fans to have (so not popular in the west, but it's a good indicator on how much broad Korean support a group has). F1are actually has three times the amount of fans in their fan groupchats compared to ALD1. It's insane. On top of this, most of the member's DC Galls (basically the ones who organize fundraising and support for idols during the show and usually after - they have a lot of fan and money power and sometimes companies directly contact them) have agreed to it and promoted the idea, and now there are petitions to make the group happen. Do I think F1are will actually happen? To get all those different companies to agree? I don't think so, but it would be wrong to say a group with at least a few of those members is impossible. ALD1 is still debuting no matter what, but I think what's happening right now on the korean side is super interesting and unprecedented. We've never seen something like this with this much support and backing happen before. The closest was back in the Produce X 101 with a fanmade group named BY9 - a group of popular eliminated contestant's that got some good korean support but never debuted. But even then, BY9 never out-trended X1, never had more fans in their groupchats, and never had more engagements - F1are is genuinely something new. Just thought I'd share.

Fizaa X

But what did 7th do tho I honestly dissapointed with some of b2p watchers Like the hate he keep getting, i know how he need some training, but i dont think he dont deserve to debut

Fizaa X

Liyu sh did nothing wrong tho?

Katie

Hi! My intention is certainly not to hate on him. I was just personally disappointed because there were others that I thought were more ready to debut. But I would never hate on any of them. I only share my personal opinions here with Johan lol I'm excited to see how the entire group does come debut time and I wish all of them well ❤️

Lani

tbh the same thing happen with zb1 but the mian mems were pretty populer already but a lot of poele felt same wiht me at fist that hanbin and the rapper i forotg how to spell his name, jay were more taleted and shoulve been in the group instead of rickcy,gyuvin, yujin but as we can see zb1 my ult and usally top 18 get to other groups and places fairly quickly even so, and i couldnt imagine zb1 with diff memebers now, so yea just gonna sit in these members and ive een watching there little content they posting to get a feel of them and get use to them together so far its been better seeing them together feeling lil more natural now still getting use to chung hyeon i think it is

Ece

Their debut is in two hours, and while I was wondering what to do to pass the time, I found myself here