in the modern age of kpop were a number
of groups where the product or service
shows no one was like the first ever
from produce 101 I am I came at a time
where no one knew what would happen and
what did happen was Iowa competing with
the biggest groups overnights giving
twice and red-velvet a run for their
money
we are now coming up on their
anniversary here in January and with
efforts for a reunion failing will we
ever see them together one more time
today we're covering Iowa from produced
one on one season one to debut
disbandment and where are they now
but before looking forward I would like
to look back so far shows in kpop are
nothing new capable companies have been
using this survival show technique to
bring hype and excitement for their new
groups that are producing but nothing
compared to what m-net with the help of
CJ E&M
were about to take on this was one of
the biggest most difficult and something
never before seen in Korean TV history
in 2016 the first teasers aired on
Korean TV explaining that the show
caught produced 101 would have trainees
from dozens of companies there were be
no judges and all decisions would be
made by the audience in voting this is
what made this show special it was all
determined by the people or so we
thought before the show actually began
produced 101 started what would be a
tradition for years to come
that brings like so many memories the
premiere episode showed all the trainees
enter presented by the company they are
from choosing which seed they want in
this big-ass pyramid is pretty
intimidating after that they had the
dreaded auditions sure they were already
on the show but each trainee or group of
trainees from each company had to
audition and let's just say and made for
some memorable moments from there the
contestants were given an initial grade
of A to F is basically the same grading
scale your algebra teacher would use in
which I got enough and so from there it
was based on the public's vote with the
contestants being narrowed down through
challenges and performances in teams all
leading up to the final where these
trainees made it to debut you jung chung
from starship hi young Kang Mina from
jellyfish poyo from Fantasia
chaeyeon from MBK kill cone from Pledis
gives oh hey from redline kim sun-ah
from n + h you jump from Fantasia Sejong
from jellyfish and the most voted
training with almost a million votes was
Jun so me from JYP these eleven girls
beat the odds and punched their tickets
to debut needless to say the show was a
smash hit but with this new girl group
be as popular as the show the name Iowa
was chosen meaning ideal of Idol clearly
representing this group and their debut
dream girls
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but the problem with promoting such a
large group from different companies is
that sometimes they would have to go
back to their parent company to fulfill
their contract obligations and that is
what happened with a on leaving Iowa
temporarily to rejoin her group daya
also stays young Amina had to go back to
jellyfish to prepare to debut in the new
girl group Google Don even would not be
full 11 together YMCA entertainment the
company in charge of Iowa's promotions
continued on gearing up for their first
comeback and they didn't hold back what
a man salt-n-pepa's released in 1993 of
the same name and here is why I wife
felt special at that time the fact that
they came out alive from produced 101
proved that they got talent but not only
that they each have their own strengths
and colors sungha a tennis prodigy she
even arranged the choreo for this song
so me so young and still insanely
popular yujeong was cute but she looked
like she could kick you in your shins
anytime I who I was tagged like an
endless pancake at IHOP oh my god it's
been forever since I had I hop oh I need
to go back finally they showed it as
what a man claimed their first win since
debut all of Iowa's tato tracks were in
charge by different producers and for
Iowa's Knicks release a little-known
producer called Park Jinyoung aka JYP
was in charge this time
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namah namah namah or very very very was
the title track and it was a sugar rush
of a song with a beats per minute count
of 206 that's even more than what my
heart beats when I see my ultimate bias
tae-hyun even JYP never produced a song
like this before but I why pulled it off
more than that I why ultimately sat on
the top spot number one on the gang on
digital chart and as a sweet moment they
all got their first win all together all
11 of them
sadly you saw this coming Iowa's
contract with C jnm we're coming to an
end
the girls would close out their final
days with numerous Korean show
appearances brand deals a final concert
and one last song downpour was the song
and the title was perfect because that
is what everyone eyes was doing produced
by seventeen swoozie this was a heart
touching ballad that although was very
sorrowful really wrapped up high in a
perfect bow almost like a scripted
farewell on the day they disbanded
downpour one on Inkigayo the last trophy
on january 2017 it seemed like 2016 went
by in a flash and now i wise no more but
where did they go
where are the members now well you know
until enjoying cosmic girls as the lead
vocalist and has been promoting with
them since
naya-a and koch young went back to
pledges where they debuted in prison
Kristin was probably the most
anticipated group that come out of Iowa
and they were on fire debuting with
wee-woo than we like then Plata's try to
salvage anything from Kristin with
Kristin V but that didn't work Kristin
disbanded in 2019 nyan would leave
pristine for another label and mainly
motto and act in Korea Calculon on the
other hand stayed with Platt as after
Kristin and promoted in her home country
China
hummina and kim seyeong as I mentioned
debuted with Google Don and continued to
promote with them when numerous
comebacks
but even fans are worried about cuckoo
Dawn's future as well with jellyfish
entertainment not giving Google done
much attention and promotions which is
sad Google Don is one of the most
vocally talented girl groups out there
and nobody knows it
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though young a new tongue would debut
with vici Miki in 2017 right after Iowa
and we're making a name for themselves
with oddly satisfying and catchy music
we need to protect Kim so hey she's like
a baby man I feel like she's my child
like I need to protect her before Iowa
she trained in acting and she had to
learn how to be an idol on this show but
now after Iowa so hey I went back to her
roots acting in TV shows dramas and made
her big screen debut in the film full
moon in 2019 I mean you should already
know what Kim Jong has up to she is
killing the game Kim Jong had debuted
solo in 2017 and hasn't stopped since
she rose to become a successful store in
kpop as a solo artist with her cutting
edge choreo she is a dance genius and I
love you Kim Jong ha soon after iowa
disbanded all eyes were on jyp and so me
since she missed out on twice everyone
was waiting for gyps next go group to
see somi over time she would appear on
some shows keeping her name in the kpop
vocabulary
a year passed with nothing from jyp or
saw me until the bombshell of her
canceling her exclusive contract with
jyp broke people were shocked she was
with jyp for so long she was so young
she was undoubtedly one of the most well
known members from iowa her potential
was huge surprisingly she took her
potential to yg well not really yg a
sub-label YG called the Black Label
like so many turned to the dark side so
mu then a year later she finally debuted
birthday was a youthful playful Bop that
rocketed to fifth on Billboard's us
world digital song sales and performed
well in Korea from there so me landed
endorsement deals in 2019 a comeback
could be soon in her future don't tell
anyone I said that okay her union was in
store for Iowa back in 2019 but due to
schedule conflicts a kept getting pushed
back now it seems like it will never
happen because of the whole scandal of
the voting manipulation introduced one
and one came up if you want to learn
everything about that click on the video
up here mainly affecting eyes 1 and X 1s
products are produced for the 8 and
produce one and one X but it was found
that even votes in the very first season
was manipulated to ioi could have been
crafted by producers and not fan voting
you kinda have to accept it
iy probably won't have a reunion or
comeback ever
this is sad times I oh I was the first
of his kind
sure bigger groups came out of Survivor
shows but I oh I was meant to be a group
created by the nation even if that
statement isn't true anymore that
doesn't take away from the fact of what
was created
iy gave birth to various girl groups and
careers some of your favorite artists
right now maybe wouldn't even be making
music and you can thank yo I for that
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groups that I hold really dear to my
heart i watched produced 101 the first
season when it was airing and i watched
the whole creation of the group and
seeing all the trainees like work hard
to debut and watching the whole year of
2016 it was it was such a good time such
a fun time for me in kpop and let me
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