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I know some of you have gotten accustomed to referring to me as 'Ilbe" in the win thread, but out in the general forum I'm known as 'Sim'... You know, something occurred to me after I watched Team A's performance today. As I was watching it, I wasn't critiquing their stage presence, chemistry etc... I was just enjoying it as if I were watching a real group. Because they are a real group. At that point I realized that they have overcome every issue and criticism I had for them since the start of the show. With Officially Missing You, they showed that they were more than competent enough vocally. With Smile Again, they surprised me with their composing talent, got their leadership together, and made me stop seeing Jinwoo as a worthless member. And then finally today, they gave a natural performance that I could watch without picking apart. The improvement from the beginning to the end is night and day. They deserved to win.

Actually, don't reply to them at all. Nothing that SM stans/Exotics on OH say will have any impact on the way WINNER's careers unfold. Let them be pressed all alone so that they'll look even more ridiculous when they're having a one-sided fanwar.

I don't think it really sunk in yet. I should be happy for Team A but somehow it doesn't seem legit yet. Probably because I've become so distrusting of YG that I can no longer get excited for anything from that company until I see the product in front of my eyes. So I'll wait for the debut then. However what I can say that is Mino is one of the best examples of perseverance I've seen in K-Pop. He came so close and failed twice, did the underground thing and eventually debuted on the best possible company. I massively respect him and I've never said that about an idol before. He wasn't scouted off the street against his will based on looks. It was his real talent, passion and persistence that got him here. Though, I guess the same can be said about some of the other members too, to a different extent.

I wasn't wrong about the brainwash though. How many times did they unnecessarily bring up Bobby's family in this episode? But people didn't fall for it and voted for Team A anyway. That's what I wasn't expecting. I don't know how to describe how I feel about the results. I guess I could say "relief". But not really, because I'm still anxious about WINNER's debut and what's going to happen to Team B.

This though lmao This guy is so awkward

This episode was really hard to watch. I won't lie, I teared up like a bitch during B.I's solo part in 'Climax'. At least we've more or less gotten confirmation that they're going to debut eventually. I expect the lineup to be slightly different by that time though.

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How the fuck do I stream this shit? It's not working on Mnet

But if Jaeyoon never left we probably wouldn't have gotten Lori so... Thanks Jaeyoon.

Going offline now. I'd like to be happy for whichever group wins and all the mud-slinging that's going to happen in this thread and on OH in general tomorrow will surely put a damper on things, so I won't be here to discuss the finale. Maybe I'll stop by the individual group threads... but for now, this will be my last post in this thread. Good luck everyone.

5:00 AM in California

They are. I believe they're coming back. I was just saying that I'm going to enjoy their comeback and not worry too much about the future of the group because it's out of our hands.

Finale airs at 9:00 PM KST (8:00 AM EST for me) today/tomorrow If you're not gonna watch... Just be on OneHallyu. I'm sure there will be numerous threads about it starting as soon as the winner is announced lol.

Yeah. I'm prepared for it, but I'm not gonna harp on it. I'm just going to enjoy the rest of their promotions and not worry about their chart positions anymore because there's nothing we can do about that.

The news about Chi Chi's disbandment has got me nervous. Their situation (no news or Twitter updates for almost a year) sounds like what Chocolat went through in 2012. And they did say that at one point, their company didn't see any point in them coming back. We were that close to losing them. Come next year, Chocolat will be one of the last remaining nugus from that era...

He said that it would be a new Big Bang sub-unit but that doesn't necessarily mean that both members have to be from Big Bang. How about a GD & Jennie Kim sub-unit?

If I were to use my own time and energy voting for a group, then obviously I'd want that group to win. I don't want to have a reason to get invested in a group that has a 50% chance of disbanding tomorrow. Let's see who wins first and then I'll decide about them after they debut.

Fine. B.I/KSY/Mino/Jinhwan/Bobby/Taehyun ... There's mere hours left until one of these mediocre teams wins so I'd might as well get all of my wishful thinking out of the way now. Team C hwaiting!!!

She's right. You should all be focusing on Daum voting since Team B has a higher chance of winning that part of the poll. Plus text votes from intl fans may or may not even count.

Just a reminder that it doesn't matter what the Korean public/"netizens" prefer. If that mattered then BTS wouldn't be winning in MAMA voting and EXO wouldn't have consistently pulled more votes than Busker Busker in every poll last year. So if you think Team A is going to win because they're more favored by casuals in Korea, you're wrong. Team B is BTS/EXO.

plsplsplspls I'd prefer a third vocalist over Babi though since there's already 2 really solid rappers. Babi can go back to America and be with his mommy.

We're officially in the last 24 hours of one of these groups' existence. How do you guys feel about that? I hope Team A are enjoying their last day together.

WINNER rehearsing their debut song "Just Another Boy" and Team A doing their cover version of WINNER's song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA-7dLTEtVk The song that was originally meant for GD&TOP will be passed down to the new GD&TOP (B.I&BOBBY)

It shows B.I writing WINNER on his hand... And so it's been foretold.

No, I just think it's stupid. He's going the extra mile to get masses of fans more attached to these guys - fans that would support them and buy their music - and in 2 days, he plans to rip one of the teams away from those fans forever. Beyond not making any business sense it's also fucked up and cruel to everyone involved.