it's almost nearly been half a year
since x1 disbanded but fans haven't
forgotten
in fact they're still fighting for them
to come back today
x1 was the last group for the produce
101 series and honestly
they could have been the biggest thing
we have ever seen how did they go from
having a five-year contract
to being cut down to only five months
how did the producers of produce 101
fail them
why survival shows are meaningless and
why did x1 disband and
not eyes one also where are the members
today
we're gonna be talking about all of that
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to have it back and as always before
looking forward
i always like to look back yes i made a
video about x1 and iz1 around the time
the whole voting manipulation scandal
happened
go check that out if you haven't but i
didn't dive into the x1 story
the group that got the short end of the
stick to be honest they got
screwed over let's take a trip back to
2018
mnet released the first teaser for a new
season of produce 101
at the end of the 2018 eminent asian
music awards in hong kong
fresh off of produce 48 and the creation
of the new girl group
is one korea fell in love with the
produced series since the beginning and
it is arguably the biggest cake pop
reality survival show
broadcast on korean television so of
course excitement was high for produce
x 101 a new season a new format and this
time
is to create a new boy group so when
2019 rolled around
so did this new season do not go too
deep into the actual storyline of the
show in case you want to watch it
in produce 101 fashion they had a
performance with all 101 trainees from
47 different k-pop companies
over the course of the 12-episode season
these trainees competed in challenges to
have the slim chance
to make the debuting 11 in the final the
audience
and fans in korea were able to vote for
their favorite which
turned out to be a lie in the end these
trainees made the group
in song from brand new music mini from
starship entertainment
chun ho from william entertainment
duhyun from mbk entertainment hanya
also from mbk dong pyo from dsp media
tong yong from yoha entertainment
hyungjoon from starship
songwoo from plan a entertainment uzuk
from top media
and johan from ou entertainment at the
first place spot
with a total number of votes in the
finale of over 10 million
korea has chosen the next big stars in
k-pop
in this long trying journey for these
young guys were finally rewarded with
the most grand stage
anyone can debut from while some of
these boys were new faces in k-pop
for some of them this was their second
chance at fame
like sunyum from boy group unique he is
also known as an up and coming producer
wu sug known as wu shin from
attention seongwoo from the group victon
and
more so this group didn't have a
learning curve and so
they came out swinging
[Music]
flash was x1's entry into k-pop and it
was quite a futuristic feeling
with visuals of the music video and
vocal rap teeter totter of
x1 i'd say on the verge of house and
simply dubstep at times
it sure did look like a quantum leap was
about to happen for the boys of x1
as only one week later in five days on
the show
x1 sword passed expectations by getting
their first music show win
[Applause]
that win broke the record for the
fastest first place in k-pop
ever a record x1 still holds here in
2020
that is absolutely remarkable even 101
only did it in 9 days
x1 also made waves on a global scale
peaking at number 15
on the billboards world album chart with
the ep emergency quantum leap
and more impressive number nine on the
digital songs chart
x1 seem to be bigger faster and stronger
than their predecessors from produce 101
so how long would they last on the legal
side if you take a look at x1's
contracts
their companies and the members
themselves agreed and signed on the
contracts to promote for five years
splitting into two halves two and a half
years is an exclusive contract with the
group
and the other two and a half were
non-exclusive meaning they would still
be an
x1 but were able to promote with their
original groups and companies where they
came from
five years that seems like a lifetime
compared to how long
ioi and 101 promoted and of course the
group had numerous commercials
brand deals and appearances lined up as
they should for being the hottest thing
in kpop at the time
but we would start to see these
opportunities slip away
one by one before they even debuted x1
was plagued by produce 101's voting
manipulation scandal
a lawsuit against the producers of
produce 101 began
but x1 and their management pushed
through that's why you can watch the
flash music video right now on youtube
x1 continued to perform in fact getting
a total of 11 wins with flash
and selling over 600 000 copies of their
debut album
but as more and more was revealed about
the scandal
the more and more it got worse companies
were giving producers of the show
special gifts
treatments in order to get trainees to
rank high
in the show it was all determined even
before the show began
and so everyone was in crisis mode
hey
the only active gurus from produce 101
weren't seen or
heard of at all they were banned from
performing on music shows and attending
award ceremonies
luckily an arrest was made for the
producers but justice
wasn't yet served the companies in
charge of x1 and ice one
had to make a decision on what to do
next with their groups
and for some reason netizens started
spreading rumors and hate about the
members of both groups
they were soon labeled the rigged group
then
on january 6 2020 there was a meeting
that lasted only an hour with a vote to
see if they would continue
or not it wasn't unanimous and for some
odd reason
eiswan would continue on x1
didn't that day it was announced x1
would disband
you can't help but ask why just eyes one
i think it's based on timing
although all seasons of produce 101 were
rigged in one way or another
the fact that x1 was the latest group to
debut from the show
they got cut it still doesn't make sense
members of x1 probably made their
opinions heard the best way they can
but still the decision was made right
now you're asking why
mention all of this now x1 was meant to
go on for five years
instead they only got five months
now fans are fighting back
[Music]
petitions billboards and protests were
made
fans and even x1 members are asking for
a unit of the group
which is a possibility but what is the
worst thing here is that the companies
were able to rebrand and apologize
mnet saying that they wouldn't make any
survival shows well
that didn't last and the new show island
is about to premiere to find a new boy
group in association with big hit
entertainment
there is just no protection for idols
when it comes to decisions made by
companies
especially on survival shows we've seen
it before with yg's failed mix 9
and guess what members of x1 still
haven't been paid for their short
promotion
as a group so after all of that where
are the members today tongue will return
to victon
uzuk already debuting in attention is
possibly gearing up for a solo debut
johan returned to acting and everyone
else's next move
has yet to be announced while most of if
not all participants in survival shows
use it to succeed in their careers
x1 was failed by the producers of
produce 101 and
management and it wasn't by anything
that they've done
this is a big lesson to learn by
everyone
x1 was meant to fly high and they could
have
if their wings were cut before they knew
it
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i kind of took a break because it was
getting a little bit repetitive
for me creatively so i took the break
did some new videos as some of you guys
saw
and i'm back and this time it's about x1
like i said i talked about x1 before
around the time the whole
voting manipulation scandal was
happening but now i'm diving deep
into x1 hopefully you enjoyed that and
hopefully you know their story and how
much they've been screwed over
x1 fans won it they were all over my
instagram and twitter dms
talking to me about doing a video about
x1 and what happened
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