The Origin – A, B, Or What?

The Origin – A, B, Or What? (Korean: 디 오리진) is a 2022 survival program created by IST Entertainment in association with its parent company, Kakao Entertainment, and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It aired on MBN, Kakao TV and 1theK YouTube channel on March 19, 2022, every Saturday at 18:00 (KST) timeslot for eight episodes.[1]

The Origin – A, B, Or What?
Created by
Presented byPark Seon-young
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time
  • 60 minutes
  • 90 minutes (finale)
Production companies
Distributor
Release
Original network
Original releaseMarch 19 (2022-03-19) –
May 7, 2022 (2022-05-07)

Background and concept

In February 6th, it was reported that IST Entertainment, home to male idol groups Victon and The Boyz as well as female idol group Apink and Weeekly, is making their first boy group under the new company name in the first half of the year.[1]

On February 10th, It was announced that IST will be forming their boy group under a survival program titled, The Origin – A, B, Or What?. It will be jointly produced with Kakao Entertainment and Sony Music Solutions. The show will consist of 13 contestants.[2]

On February 22nd, IST announced that the premiere date was postponed from February 26th to March 19th due to some trainees who tested positive for COVID-19.[2]

Cast

The show is presented by Park Seon-young.[3] Meanwhile the judges, dubbed as "balancers", are:

Guests

Contestants

Color key:

  Debut Line-up
  Eliminated in the final episode
  Eliminated in Survival Balance
  Eliminated in PR Balance
13 contestants
Bae Hyunjun (배현준) Choi Jinwook (최진욱) Jeong Junho (정준호) Jeong Seunghwan (정승환)
Kim Minseo (김민서) Kim Yeonkyu (김연규) Oh Junseok (오준석) Ryu Junmin (류준민)
Seok Rakwon (석락원) Yang Donghwa (양동화) Park Jaehoon (박재훈) Won Bin (원빈)
Kang Daehyun (강대현)

Profile

The ages of all contestants are presented in accordance with the international age system as of Episode 1 (March 19, 2022).

Name[4] Hangul Birth date Notes
Jeong Jun-ho정준호July 11, 2002 (age 19)A former SM Entertainment trainee and trained for two years.
Kim Min-seo김민서January 11, 2003 (age 19)Lived in China for ten years.
Oh Jun-seok오준석March 3, 2003 (age 19)
Ryu Jun-min류준민April 5, 2003 (age 18)A former SM Entertainment trainee.
Choi Jin-wook최진욱May 20, 2003 (age 18)A trainee for two years and half at the time of the show's premiere.
Bae Hyun-jun배현준June 6, 2003 (age 18)
Kang Dae-hyun강대현July 15, 2003 (age 18)A trainee for two years at the time of the show's premiere.
Yang Dong-hwa양동화August 19, 2003 (age 18)A trainee for two years and half at the time of the show's premiere.
Seok Rak-won석락원November 14, 2003 (age 18)A former SM Entertainment trainee.
Former child model
Jeong Seung-hwan정승환January 24, 2004 (age 18)He was born in Busan.
Kim Yeon-kyu김연규May 3, 2004 (age 17)A former YG Entertainment trainee.
A former contestant on YG Treasure Box.[5]
Won Bin원빈July 1, 2004 (age 17)Lived in the Philippines for over ten years.
Park Jae-hoon박재훈July 20, 2005 (age 16)The youngest of the trainees.

Missions

PR Balance

Teams were formed prior Episode 1. There are two rounds to this mission.

The Death participant from the losing team will be eliminated. Both teams' Aces received the benefit to lead and form the teams for the next mission.

Color key

  Winning team

  Leader

  Ace

  Death

  Leader & Ace

PR Balance (Episode 1-2)
Round 1 Round 2 Team Votes[lower-alpha 1] Contestants
Performance Performance
Order Original artist(s) Song Order Original artist(s) Song
1 BTS "Mic Drop" 2 BM "13IVI" Team A[lower-alpha 2] 118 (52.68%) Choi Jinwook
Park Jaehoon
Ryu Junmin
Seok Rakwon
Won Bin
Yang Donghwa
2 Ateez "Hala-Hala" 1 GD & TOP "Zutter" Team B 106 (47.32%) Bae Hyunjun
Jeong Junho
Jeong Seunghwan
Kang Daehyun
Kim Minseo
Kim Yeonkyu
Oh Junseok

Concept Balance

Teams were formed in Episode 2.

The losing team, with the exception of the Ace, and the Death participant of the winning team will be eliminated.

Like the previous round, the selected Aces also automatically led and formed the new teams for the next round.

Color key

  Winning team

  Leader

  Ace

  Death

Concept Balance (Episode 3-4)
Performance Team Votes[lower-alpha 3] Contestants
Original artist(s) Song
The Boyz "The Stealer" Team A 63 (55.26%) Choi Jinwook
Jeong Junho
Kim Yeonkyu
Oh Junseok
Won Bin
Seok Rakwon
"Thrill Ride" Team B 51 (44.74%) Bae Hyunjun
Jeong Seunghwan
Kim Minseo
Park Jaehoon
Ryu Junmin
Yang Donghwa

Survival Balance

This mission was given to eliminated contestants in order to reverse their elimination. The participants were given 30 minutes by the Balancers to prepare a performance.

The chosen two Death contestants by the Balancers will be fully removed from the show.

Color key

  Death

Survival Balance (Episode 4-5)
Contestants
Kim Minseo[lower-alpha 4]
Bae Hyunjun[lower-alpha 5]
Won Bin[lower-alpha 6]
Park Jaehoon[lower-alpha 7]
Yang Donghwa[lower-alpha 8]
Jeong Seunghwan[lower-alpha 9]

Battle Round

Teams were formed in Episode 5. Performances were shown on Episode 5. Results were revealed on Episode 7.

Four members of the winning team will receive 100 points, while the winning team's Death trainee will not receive any points. Each Ace will receive a bonus 100 points. The Death trainee of the losing team will get a -100 deduction.

Color key

  Winning team

  Leader

  Ace

  Death

Battle Round (Episode 6)
Performance Team Votes[lower-alpha 10] Contestants
Original artist(s) Song
Got7 "Hard Carry" Team A 71 (34.8%) Choi Jinwook
Jeong Junho
Kim Minseo
Oh Junseok
Ryu Junmin
Infinite "BTD (Before the Dawn)" Team B 133 (65.2%) Bae Hyunjun
Jeong Seunghwan
Kim Yeonkyu
Seo Rakwon
Yang Donghwa

Episodes

Episode 1 (March 19, 2022)

The show opened up with a performance of "Run", which is the signal song by all 13 contestants.[6] The judges, known as balancers, were then introduced.[6] The concept of the show was then explained by the MC Park Seon-young. It was also revealed that one member of the losing team will be eliminated.[6]

For the first round, called the PR balance round, Team A performed "Mic Drop" by BTS while Team B performed "Hala Hala" by Ateez. Following each team's performance, the balancers voted for the best (Ace) and worst contestant (Death) of each team.[6] The on-site audience then also voted for the best team performance with Team B winning the on-site voting. However, the final result will be decided through a combined points system.[6]

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak positions Album
KOR
"Run" 2022 — Non-album single

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Broadcast date Nielsen Korea
Nationwide[7]
1 March 19, 2022 0.293%
2 March 26, 2022 0.249%
3 April 2, 2022 0.211%
4 April 9, 2022 0.396%
5 April 16, 2022 0.396%
6 April 23, 2022 0.191%
7 April 30, 2022 0.095%
8 May 7, 2022 TBA

Notes
  1. Out of 224; Votes from Round 1 and Round 2 combined
  2. Death participant was not revealed.
  3. Out of 114
  4. Kim Minseo performed "No Sense" by Sam Kim.
  5. Bae Hyunjun Performed "Chewing Gum" by NCT Dream.
  6. Won Bin performed "Hot Sauce" by NCT Dream.
  7. Park Jaehoon performed a self-written song titled "개 (Me)".
  8. Yang Donghwa performed "Make Up" by Sam Kim.
  9. Jeong Seunghwan performed "Fate" by Lee Sun-hee.
  10. Out of 204

References
  1. Cheon, Yun-hye (February 11, 2022). "MBN, 보이그룹 프로젝트 '디 오리진' 론칭..아이돌 데뷔 건 극강의 밸런스 게임[공식]" [MBN, boy group project 'The Origin' launched..Idol debut is the ultimate balance game [Official]]. Herald Pop (in Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  2. Kim, Ye-eun (February 11, 2022). "IST엔터 새 보이그룹 탄생한다…MBN '디 오리진' 론칭" [IST Entertainment's new boy group is born... MBN 'The Origin' launched]. X Sports News (in Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  3. "The Origin – A, B, Or What? Cast". Daum. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  4. "더보이즈 후배 누가 될까…'디 오리진' 13명 연습생 공개". News Culture (in Korean). February 11, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  5. Park, Su-in (November 7, 2018). "'YG 보석함' 최연소 연습생 7인 공개 '치열 경쟁 예고'". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  6. YouTube: (THE ORIGIN) EP.01｜밸런스 서바이벌 오디션 THE ORIGIN - A, B, Or What?｜2022.03.19
  7. "Nielsen Korea". Daum (in Korean). Retrieved April 2, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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