He's the master of manipulating auditions…Mnet Bobble 2, subsidiary Wake One preferential treatment controversy broke out again
Jul 23, 2025
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Mnet 'Bobble 2 Planet' (hereinafter 'Bobble 2'), which first aired on the 17th, is a survival audition program about the Alpha Boy Group World Scale project, which the global fandom debuts and tops. Regardless of nationality, individual trainees, agency trainees, and debut singers can apply for auditions as of January 1, 2012 or earlier.
Targeting the global group debut group, 'Bobel2' has shed its veil amid expectations, but it has been embroiled in controversy since the first broadcast, becoming Mnet's representative 'Bobel2'. Kim Gun-woo and Kang Woo-jin, who were trainees of Wake One, who were suspicious even before the broadcast, emerged as a problem.
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As if to support these suspicions, the blatant 'push' of 'buffle2' followed. In the process of selecting the center for Signal Song 'Ola', Kim Gun-woo was selected as the center despite Chung Hyun-joon's superior performance. The composition of the program, which gives narrative and volume to Kim Gun-woo and Kang Woo-jin, also raised viewers' eyebrows. This is why we can't erase the sense of deja vu about the "Produce 101" series voting manipulation case.
In response to allegations of supporting Wake One even before the broadcast, CP Kim Shin-young said at a production presentation held on the 16th that "Wake One is our subsidiary, but our program is a program in which many participants participate and various staff participate." Viewers know everything if they do a particular participant 'push'. He denied any controversy over preferential treatment, saying, "There is too much to lose than to gain." However, the production team repeated the mistake again, even though they knew that 'there is more to lose than to get it.
There was also an incident that fueled the controversy over the support of its subsidiary Wake One. The controversy over Kim Gun-woo's personality before his debut. On the 18th, a trainee exposed Kim Gun-woo's personality problems, and as the aftermath intensified, Kim Gun-woo himself took the mound on the 21st and admitted his mistake, saying, `I sincerely apologize and apologize for the words and actions that hurt and suffered many people's hearts, as in the content of the controversial article.'
'Buffle 2', whose personality problem was the starting point, appeared to belatedly resolve the controversy over preferential treatment of subsidiaries over the program due to continued criticism.
Wake One, which became the center of the controversy, admitted on the 21st that `Kim Gun-woo and Kang Woo-jin participants are currently trainees belonging to Wake One' and that `Kim Gun-woo was supported and reviewed before signing a contract as a trainee. Prior to the contract, I had already prepared to appear on the program as an individual, so I had difficulties in my schedule to participate as a team with the existing Wake One trainees", he explained.
In addition, there was a musical concept difference between Kang Woo-jin and the existing trainee who was preparing for the program, and he had no experience of professional idol training. I thought it was more appropriate to appear on the show as an individual than Wake One team," he added.
Finally "Long time for responsible choice (Kim Gun-woo. I discussed with Kang Woo-jin in depth. Kim Gun-woo and Kang Woo-jin agreed and decided to terminate the trainee contract" he announced.
Wake One's only good excuse, which Kim Gun-woo and Kang Woo-jin participated in 『Bobble 2" before signing as Wake One trainees and terminated their trainee contract due to controversy, did not work for viewers. There is still a flood of criticism against Mnet, 'Buffle2' and WakeOne, which belatedly settles after being caught in subsidiary preferential treatment.
Attention is focusing on whether 'Buffle 2', which has been controversial since the first episode, will be able to create a proper global group by picking up trust that has fallen to the ground.
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