In my opinion TOO should’ve went home first, then either Verivery or Golden Child. Then the other of which of those two don’t go home. TOO put on nice performances, but the second round performances by all groups were pretty great. It’s the first round performances that decided the second round final ranking because in round one there were a handful of mediocre performances and a few who did really well and got most of the votes. It really is a show where every single round matters. The ones in 1st through 3rd place did well both rounds, and after that it was a tossup for who would be 4th-7th place. Once the online votes came into play, fandom size mattered and that was never going to be something the groups could overcome in RTK or Kingdom. I think GC going home was down to the first round song choice.
I_KPOP_Fan
2023-03-18 00:21:06 +0000 UTC
First round's ranking to me: golden child > the boyz/TOO > ONF/pentagon > oneus/verivery.
Second round's ranking: the boyz/verivery > ONF/TOO > golden child > oneus. Not ranking pentagon, cuz nope, not doing it.
It hurts placing oneus so low in my rankings cuz they're one of my ult groups, but the other ones were just soooo strong I can't do otherwise. Seen snippets of what's to come from them tho, so I'm excited to place them much higher soon ^~^