Episode 4: Teams
[The camera shifts to the judges sitting at a table]
Jia: Welcome back! Today is the first day of group performances!
Minhyuk: And eliminations.
SiU: It’s ALWAYS Minhyuk.
Jia: Honestly.
Minhyuk: Holds his hands up in surrender
Hyunbin: Anyways, we will be revealing the groups. But first, we’ll have some impromptu interviews of some of our contestants. Take it away, SiU!
[The camera cuts to SiU walking around the training floor, looking for contestants. She sees the contestants Umeji, One.J, Min, and Nicholas talking]
SiU: Hello guys! How’s it going? Are you all ready for performances?
One.J: Ah, we’re doing well. It’s been a while since we’ve performed on a stage.
Min: Brings back memories.
Nicholas: Like that one time Umeji hyung slipped on stage and caused One.J hyung to fall too.
Umeji: Oh not this again please.
One.J: I was trying to forget about that.
Min: It’s because Yubi and SooA were watching-
One.J: MIN!
Nicholas: Oh no....
SiU: Oh no what?
One.J: Nothing!
SiU: Nope! No dodging the question! You've got my attention, and I'm sure you've also got the audience's attention. So tell me, why are we so worried about SooA and Yubi?
Nicholas: You're not going to let this go, are you?
SiU: Nope! You said something to the cameras, so now everyone is invested. So spill. [She grins, excited for the lore dump.]
One.J: Fine, fine. I’m dating SooA, and Umeji here is dating my twin sister Yubi.
[SooA and the audience gasps]
SiU: WHAT?! I would have never guessed. For how long?
Umeji: Me and Yubi have been dating for a few years now. Even before either of us debuted.
SiU: Seriously? Where did you two meet?
Umeji: Ah, we met when we were in high school. Yubi and One.J went to the same school as me in Japan. I was best friends with One.J even then, so I met her from there. The rest of the story is for another day.
SiU: Aw, that’s so cute! And what about you and SooA, One.J?
One.J: sighs We met at a music show. SooA was in GEMMA at that time, and I was in ONYX. I noticed her when GEMMA won their first award.
Nicholas: Oh, I remember! One.J hyung couldn’t stop looking at her, he was definitely in love.
One.J: Yep, and that’s all I’m going to say today. But we’ve been dating for about two years now.
SiU: Aw, cute! I love a good love story. [She turns back to the camera.] Well, that’s all for interviews today, but stay tuned for more in the next episode!
[Camera switches back to the judges, who are sitting near the stage.]
Hyunbin: Today’s episode is going to work a bit differently. Instead of having team performances, we’ll be doing team battles.
Jia: Ooh, how exciting!
SiU: How are we going to decide who’s going to go first, Hyunbin?
Minhyuk: Oh, I know this one! We’re going to have the team captains of each team do a rock-paper-scissors battle. Whoever loses will go first. Whoever wins will choose who they go up against.
SiU: But who are the team captains?
Hyunbin: I have a list right here!
[A list of teams flashes on screen. The team captains are bolded at the top.]
#1 - One.J
Nicholas
Robbie
Ethan
#2 - Baojun
Jiho
Ren
Bin
#3 - Haoyu
Luke
Zach
Hito
#4 - Jace
Seungkwan
Yonglee
Jay
#5 - Min
Juno
Adam
Parker
#6 - Juseo
Youngbae
Beomhan
Dojun
#7 - Seongmin
Riku
Donghae
Umeji
Jia: Welcome to the stage, team captains!
[The team captains run onto the stage.]
SiU: Pairings will go like this: Team 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, and 7 will be in the next round, as there’s not an even pairing right now.
[The contestants move into their pairings.]
Hyunbin: The losing captains will leave the stage, and whoever wins will get a new partner. Ready, set, go!
[The boys all begin to play. Team 2, 3 and 6 win, and the captains for 1, 4 and 5 leave the stage.]
Minhyuk: Now 7 will play 5, and whoever wins from them will go onto the next round.
[The second round starts, and 7 wins.]
Jia: Alright, here’s how the next part will go: 2, 3, 6 and 7-
Hyunbin: Six seven!
SiU: Shut up!
Jia: Anyways, as I was saying, the four winners will decide the groups they want to go up with. 1, 4, 5 are the ones who will be chosen. One of them will go up against two groups. So, team leaders, which team do you choose?
[Baojun, leader of 2, steps up.]
Baojun: We’ll go against five!
[Haoyu, leader of 3, steps up.]
Haoyu: We’ll go against 1!
[Juseo, leader of six, steps up.]
Juseo: We’ll go against four.
[Seongmin, leader of seven, steps up.]
Seongmin: And we will also go against one.
Hyunbin: Alright! Now, who’s ready for a bit of improvised dance battles? Cuz I know I am!
[The stage goes dark as the first two teams, 2 and 5, get ready for battle.]
