Road to Kingdom (Korean: 로드 투 킹덤) is a television program that aired every Thursday at 20:00 (KST) on Mnet from April 30 to June 18, 2020. It is known as the sequel and the first part of the male counterpart of Queendom.
The Boyz became the winner of the competition, hence securing a spot in the upcoming program Kingdom (킹덤).
Overview[]
The program is a battle for a spot in Kingdom (킹덤) between 7 boy groups with potential, but are mostly unknown to many. Similar to Queendom, there will be Comeback Singles (newly produced songs) released, on June 12, 2020.
Special interview clips with Queendom contestants Park Bom, AOA (Chanmi), Mamamoo (Solar, Hwasa), Lovelyz (Mijoo, Kei), Oh My Girl (Hyojung, YooA) and (G)I-DLE (Soyeon, Yuqi) were shown in episode 1, as they share their first thoughts about Road to Kingdom.
The number hints, which were given 1 week before the first recording of the show, are shown as follow:
- 1 boy group will advance to Kingdom, as part of winning the show; the number "1" also means the evaluation standards to be used
- 2 boy groups eliminated throughout the show
- 4 performances (however, not all 7 boy groups will perform in all 4 performances)
- 7 boy groups
- 90 Seconds Performances (Preliminary Performances
Cast[]
Hosts[]
- Lee Da-hee
- Jang Sung-kyu
Contestants[]
Rules[]
- There will be 2 boy groups to be eliminated throughout the show.
- The overall 1st placed boy group will be able to take part in Kingdom.
- The boy group which does not rank 1st overall, but ranking 1st in only the Final Live Performances, can also advance to take part in Kingdom.
- In the event of 1 boy group having both 1st overall and 1st in only the Final Live Performances, the said boy group will be the only boy group to take part in Kingdom.
Preliminary Performances - 90 seconds Performance[]
The 7 boy groups each perform a 90 seconds performance that best express themselves.
- There is no order decided before the performances - the order is decided on the spot.
- 1st place: 100 points
- 2nd place: 80 points
- 3rd place: 60 points
- 4th place: 40 points
- 5th place: 20 points
- 6th place: 5 points
- Each boy group would receive self-evaluation points from the other 6 boy groups, and they will be added up to become the round's total points obtained for the boy group. This will, however, be not included in the overall points for the show.
1st Performances - Song of King[]
The 7 boy groups each perform one song from their boy group seniors, and is rearranged into a different style.
- 1st place: 100 points
- 2nd place: 80 points
- 3rd place: 60 points
- 4th place: 40 points
- 5th place: 20 points
- 6th place: 5 points
- The 1st placed boy group for the 90 Seconds Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances.
- Each boy group would receive self-evaluation points from the other 6 boy groups' 36 members, and they will be added up to become the round's total points obtained for the boy group.
2nd Performances - My Song[]
The 7 boy groups each perform one of their representative hit songs, that is rearranged and different from their usual stages of the song.
- The 1st placed boy group for the 1st Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances. However, the other boy groups do not find out their own spots, nor the ones of the others, in the cue sheet until the day of the performances.
- The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
- Self-evaluation that was used for the 1st Performances voting.
- Online audience votes from 140 individuals.
3rd Performances - Part 1 (collaboration) + Part 2 (Your Song)[]
The 6 remaining boy groups will have 2 performances for this round: the first being a collaboration performance, and the second being the performance of a song chosen by another boy group.
Collaboration:
- The 3 pairs of boy groups were matched by random picking of one boy group, followed by random picking of the next boy group to be paired with the boy group picked earlier on.
- There are no restrictions in the number of members each boy group would involve and their song choices.
- The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
- Self-evaluation
- Online audience votes from 120 individuals.
- 1st place - 10 points, 2nd place - 5 points, 3rd place - 1 point
Your Song:
- The 6 remaining boy groups each pick a song, with no restriction, for this round.
- The songs chosen will each then be allocated to another boy group, but only within the pairings that were formed for the Collaboration round.
- The 1st placed boy group for the 2nd Performances will get a benefit of arranging the cue sheet for this round of performances
- The round's points are decided through 2 categories:
- Self-evaluation that was used for the 1st Performances voting.
- Online audience votes from 140 individuals.
Final Live Comeback Stages[]
The 5 remaining boy groups will each perform a newly produced song live.
- For this round, live votes will be allocated in the following distribution:
- Domestic fans' text message votes (70% of the live votes)
- International fans' voting through the Whosfan application (30% of the live votes)
- In addition, the following categories are also considered to decide the final winner:
- Total points accumulated in the Performances prior to the finale (except for the 90 Seconds Performances)
- View counts of the performance videos on YouTube and Naver TV
- Digital points of the Comeback Singles calculated (from time of release to June 16, 2020, at 23:59 (KST))
Episodes[]
Episode 1[]
| Order | Artist | Performance Name | Self-evaluation Ranking & Points Breakdown[3] |
Ranking | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOO | "Into the dysTOOpia"[4] | 1 3rd, 1 4th, 1 5th, 3 6th Total Points: 135 |
7th | The points for this round are not included in the overall points for the show. |
| 2 | The Boyz | "Sword of Victory" | 4 1st, 2 2nd Total Points: 560 |
1st | |
| 3 | Pentagon | "Road to the Throne"[5] | 1 1st, 4 2nd, 1 3rd Total Points: 480 |
2nd | |
| 4 | ONF | "Lights On"[6] | 1 3rd, 2 4th, 3 6th Total Points: 155 |
5th | |
| 5 | Golden Child | "Beginning" | 1 1st, 2 3rd, 2 4th, 1 5th Total Points: 320 |
4th | |
| 6 | Verivery | "Face It" | 1 1st, 1 2nd, 2 3rd, 2 5th Total Points: 340 |
3rd | |
| 7 | Oneus | "Phantom of ONEUS"[7] | 2 4th, 3 5th, 1 6th Total Points: 145 |
6th |
Episode 2 & 3[]
| Order | Artist | Performance Name |
Original Artist |
Self-evaluation Ranking & Points Breakdown[8] |
Rounded Points[9] |
Ranking | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oneus | "Warrior's Descendant" | H.O.T. | 1 1st, 1 2nd, 1 3rd, 4 4th, 12 5th, 17 6th Total Points: 725 |
2,417 | 7th | - |
| 2 | TOO | "Rising Sun" | TVXQ | 3 1st, 5 2nd, 6 3rd, 5 4th, 11 5th, 6 6th Total Points: 1,510 |
5,033 | 4th | |
| 3 | Verivery | "Mansae" | Seventeen | 1 2nd, 5 3rd, 9 4th, 6 5th, 15 6th Total Points: 935 |
3,117 | 6th | |
| 4 | Golden Child | "T.O.P" | Shinhwa | 1 2nd, 2 3rd, 19 4th, 12 5th, 2 6th Total Points: 1,210 |
4,033 | 5th | |
| 5 | ONF | "Everybody" | Shinee | 12 1st, 7 2nd, 12 3rd, 2 4th, 1 5th, 2 6th Total Points: 2,590 |
8,633 | 3rd | |
| 6 | Pentagon | "Very Good" | Block B | 12 1st, 12 2nd, 10 3rd, 2 4th Total Points: 2,840 |
9,467 | 2nd | |
| 7 | The Boyz | "Danger" | Taemin (Shinee) | 14 1st, 15 2nd, 6 3rd, 1 4th Total Points: 3,000 |
10,000 | 1st |
Episode 3 & 4[]
| Order | Artist | Performance Name |
Self-evaluation Points[10] | Online Audience Votes Points[10] | Total Points[10] |
Ranking | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pentagon[11] | "Shine" + "Spring Snow" | 2,881.29 | 3,858.97 | 6,740 | 5th | - |
| 2 | ONF | "We Must Love" + "Moscow Moscow"[12] |
2,244.60 | 6,012.82 | 8,257 | 3rd | Performance special guest: YooA (Oh My Girl) |
| 3 | Golden Child | "Wannabe"[13] | 803.96 | 3,589.74 | 4,394 | 7th | - |
| 4 | Oneus | "Lit" | 2,039.57 | 6,461.54 | 8,501 | 2nd | |
| 5 | Verivery | "Photo" | 1,775.18 | 5,833.33 | 7,609 | 4th | |
| 6 | TOO | "Magnolia" | 1,079.14 | 4,128.21 | 5,207 | 6th | |
| 7 | The Boyz | "Reveal"[14] | 3,000 | 7,000 | 10,000 | 1st |
Combined Results[]
| Rank | Artist | Total Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Boyz | 20,000 |
| 2 | ONF | 16,890 |
| 3 | Pentagon | 16,207 |
| 4 | Oneus | 10,918 |
| 5 | Verivery | 10,726 |
| 6 | TOO | 10,240 |
| 7 | Golden Child | 8,427 |
^ Eliminated from the show
Episode 5 & 6[]
| Order | Artist | Performance Name |
Original Artist |
Total
Points[15] |
Ranking | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verivery TOO |
"On" | BTS | 3,000 | 2nd | - |
| 2 | Pentagon[16] ONF[17] |
"Kill This Love" | Blackpink | 5,000 | 1st | |
| 3 | The Boyz[18] Oneus |
"Heroine" | Sunmi | 1,000 | 3rd |
Episode 6 & 7[]
| Order | Artist | Performance Name |
Original Artist |
Concept | Self- evaluation Points |
Online Audience Votes Points[19] |
Total Points |
Ranking | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oneus | "Be Mine" | Infinite | Romeo & Juliet | 1,621.62 | 5,300 | 6,922 | 4th | - |
| 2 | TOO | "Hard Carry" | GOT7 | Street Style | 2,459.46 | 2,000 | 4,459 | 6th | |
| 3 | ONF | "It's Raining"[20] | Rain | Michael Jackson |
3,000 | 7,000 | 10,000 | 1st | |
| 4 | Pentagon | "Follow" | Monsta X | Pharaoh | 2,945.94 | 2,700 | 5,646 | 5th | |
| 5 | Verivery | "gogobebe" | Mamamoo | Aladdin | 1,702.70 | 6,100 | 7,803 | 3rd | |
| 6 | The Boyz | "Shangri-La"[21] | VIXX | Oriental | 2,864.86 | 6,900 | 9,765 | 2nd |
Combined Results[]
| Rank | Artist | Total Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONF | 31,890 |
| 2 | The Boyz | 30,765 |
| 3 | Pentagon | 26,853 |
| 4 | Verivery | 21,529 |
| 5 | Oneus | 18,840 |
| 6 | TOO | 17,699 |
^ Eliminated from the show
Episode 8[]
| Order | Artist | Performance Name |
Ranking (Digitals) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oneus | "Come Back Home" | 4th |
| 2 | Verivery | "Beautiful-x" | 5th |
| 3 | The Boyz | "Checkmate" | 1st |
| 4 | Pentagon | "Basquiat" (바스키아) | 3rd |
| 5 | ONF | "New World" (신세계) | 2nd |
| Special Performance | |||
| F5[22] | "It's Okay" (괜찮아요)[23] | N/A | |
Credits[]
| Song | Lyrics | Composers | Arrangers | Original Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song of King | |||||
| "Danger" | Sunwoo Seo Ji-eum |
Thomas Troelsen Remee S. Jackman |
Curtis.F NATHAN Jun_p |
Taemin (Shinee) | 4:12 |
| My Song | |||||
| "Reveal (Catching Fire)" |
Hwang Yu Bin | Drey Ryan Scott Justin Reinstein Phil Schwan Sean Michael Alexander |
Justin Reinstein Phil Schwan |
THE BOYZ | 4:01 |
| Collaboration | |||||
| "Heroine" | Sunwoo Leedo (Oneus) Sunmi TEDDY |
TEDDY 24 |
24 | Sunmi | 4:02 |
| Your Song | |||||
| "Quasi una fantasia"[21] | Sunwoo Jung Il-ji (JamFactory) RAVI |
Devine Channel | Ohway! (PRISMFILTER) | VIXX | 3:59 |
| Final Live Comeback Stages | |||||
| "Checkmate" | Sunwoo Jo Yoon-kyung |
Imazine NATHAN Andreas Ohm |
Imazine NATHAN |
THE BOYZ | 3:12 |
| Final Live Comeback Stages | |||||
| "It's Okay" | Son Young-jin Lee Min-Hyuck Jung Il-hoon Jo Sung-ho Hong Seung-seong |
Son Young-jin Jo Sungho |
BtoB | 3:11 | |
Videos[]
Sword of Victory (Road to Kingdom)
-ENG- Road to Kingdom -1회- ♬ 花郞(Sword of Victory) - 더보이즈 @ 90초 퍼포먼스 200430 EP.1
Road to Kingdom -풀버전- ♬ 花郞(Sword of Victory) - 더보이즈 @ 90초 퍼포먼스 200430 EP.1
Full ver.
-ENG- Road to Kingdom -3회- ♬ 괴도(Danger) (원곡- 태민) - 더보이즈 @1차 경연 200514 EP.3
Road to Kingdom -풀버전- ♬ 괴도(Danger) - 더보이즈 (원곡- 태민) @1차 경연 200514 EP.3
Full ver.
-ENG- Road to Kingdom -4회- ♬ REVEAL (Catching Fire) - 더보이즈 @2차 경연 200521 EP.4
Road to Kingdom -풀버전- ♬ REVEAL (Catching Fire) - 더보이즈 @2차 경연 200521 EP.4
Full ver.
-ENG- Road to Kingdom -6회- ♬ 주인공 - 더보이즈X원어스 (원곡 선미) @3차 경연 컬래버레이션 무대 200604 EP.6
Road to Kingdom -풀버전- ♬ 주인공 - 더보이즈X원어스 (원곡- 선미) @3차 경연 컬래버레이션
Full ver.
-ENG- Road to Kingdom -7회- ♬ 도원경(Quasi una fantasia) - 더보이즈(원곡- 빅스) @3차 경연 너의 노래 200611 EP.7
Road to Kingdom -풀버전- ♬ 도원경 (Quasi una fantasia) - 더보이즈 (원곡- 빅스) @3차 경연 너의 노래 200611 EP.7
Full ver.
-ENG- Road to Kingdom -최초 공개- ♬ CHECKMATE - 더보이즈(THE BOYZ) @ 파이널 경연 200618 EP.8
Sword of Victory (Road to Kingdom)
THE BOYZ(더보이즈) Road to Kingdom ‘花郞(Sword of Victory)’ PRACTICE VIDEO
THE BOYZ(더보이즈) Road to Kingdom ‘도원경(Quasi una fantasia)’ PRACTICE VIDEO
-ENG- Road to Kingdom -최초 공개- ♬ 괜찮아요 - 후이, 효진, 현재, 서호, 연호 @ 파이널 경연 200618 EP.8
References[]
- ↑ Member Yan An will not appear on the entire show.
- ↑ Member Jinho has enlisted as an active duty soldier on May 11, 2020, hence after the 2nd Performance, the group will perform on the show without him.
- ↑ For each vote:
1st place: 100 points
2nd place: 80 points
3rd place: 60 points
4th place: 40 points
5th place: 20 points
6th place: 5 points - ↑ Included sample from their song "Magnolia".
- ↑ Included sample of their song "Shine".
- ↑ Included samples of their songs "We Must Love" & "Why".
- ↑ Based on "The Phantom of the Opera". Included sample of their song "Twilight".
- ↑ For each vote:
1st place: 100 points
2nd place: 80 points
3rd place: 60 points
4th place: 40 points
5th place: 20 points
6th place: 5 points - ↑ The 1st placed boy group gets the full 10,000 points, and the remaining boy groups will get points based on the proportion of their points to the points of the 1st placed boy group
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 After proportioning, such that the 1st placed boy group gets the full points.
- ↑ Last performance to feature member Jinho.
- ↑ Under the title "The We Must Love".
- ↑ Included sample of Caprice No.24 by Paganini, played by member Joochan on the violin.
- ↑ Under the title "Reveal (Catching Fire)".
- ↑ 1st place: 5,000 points
2nd place: 3,000 points
3rd place: 1,000 points - ↑ Only members Hui, Kino and Wooseok were involved.
- ↑ Only members Hyojin, J-Us and Wyatt were involved.
- ↑ Only members Sangyeon, Juyeon, New, Q and Sunwoo were involved.
- ↑ Rounded to the nearest number.
- ↑ Included sample of their song "Complete".
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Under the title "Quasi una fantasia".
- ↑ Consists of Hui (Pentagon), Hyojin (ONF), Hyunjae (The Boyz), Yeonho (Verivery) and Seoho (Oneus).
- ↑ Originally by BtoB