REACTION to QUEENDOM PUZZLE EP.05
Added 2023-07-12 20:49:50 +0000 UTCOof. What an episode. These girls are all so aggressively talented man does it really just have to be 7 in the lineup lmao
Enjoy!
- Kaia
My personal ranking/thoughts + stage MVP:
*reminder this is just based on what I enjoyed more, I'm not gonna sit here and judge their talents bc they're all amazing in different ways y'know*
Round 1
- Win: Rush Hour
- I still have the same amount of conflicted thoughts about this round as I mentioned in the reaction. I think both stages had very different things about them that I loved but what cinched it for me was the fact that I was more excited to rewatch the Rush Hour stage than Weekend. I think both were excellent in their own ways though
- Rush Hour MVP: Yuki & Yeoreum. I cannot choose between them but they both really sold the vibes for me the best out of everyone
- Weekend MVP: idk what it is about her but... Seoyeon. Her charm just gets me man idk what to tell you
Round 2
- Win: Hopeless Romantic
- Listen going into this I fully expected Bora & Kei's stage to be The One. And like... it was. It was perfect, powerful, beautiful etc and their voices work immaculately together. But that sentimental, sad feeling from the Hopeless Romantic stage is *still* lingering with me and I think it's gonna stay with me for a long time so I gotta give it to them here. Watch me change my mind tomorrow lmao
- Hopeless Romantic MVP: Juri. Her vocal tone got me so many kinds of fucked up idk what to do with myself at this point
- If We Ever Meet Again MVP: literally both of them. That stage works *because* it's specifically the two of them. Bora's power with Kei's tone is the exact recipe that makes this stage perfect. It doesn't work without one or the other so.. both
Round 3
- Win: Time Of Our Life
- This is the hardest one by far. I think in any other match up the Wannabe stage would win hands down but Time Of Our Life is a song that has too much personal meaning for me so it was always gonna have an advantage regardless of who was performing it. That plus the fact that the members were singing their hearts out and actually looked like they were the time of their lives it just.. again, lingered. That being said though, Wannabe was PHENOMENAL. My top 2 stages of the round so far easily. The way the girls used the stage and mixed the song was unreal and just overall it had an incredible amount of impact
- Time Of Our Life MVP: this one's actually a three way tie for me bc biases lmao. Elly, Soeun & Hwiseo. Everyone did amazingly but I'm a biased piece of shit and these three gave me everything and more
- Wannabe MVP: I think it's gotta be Sangah for me here. Jihan is absolutely right there, she killed her opening and was great the whole stage but if she was the alley oop, Sangah was the dunk for me
This round is seriously tough though. Everyone's working so hard and giving their all and truly I kinda wish we could be done with the competition aspect and just have a good time lmao. But that being said, competition wise, I do completely get why the audience has voted how they have thus far and I think in terms of impact and overall impressiveness of the stages, I don't think I could disagree with the results so far even if my personal faves differ. It's just a really tight race and I hope all of the girls are so utterly proud of themselves because they really should be.
Comments
Finally did my rewatch of this episode with your video to hear your thoughts which was fun as always. I posted some of my thoughts on the discord but I loved all the performance. I am pretty biased toward the Queendom team and would probably pick them in all three rounds. I definitely understand why Rush Hour won and have no issue with it winning, but I really enjoyed Weekend. As for round two, it's not a surprise Kei and Bora won but that Hopeless Romantic stage has really stuck with me. Vocally Kei and Bora were technically better but the Hopeless Romantic girls made me feel such strong emotions, and so that's why I would go with them. As for round 3, Time Of Our Life won for me easily. I actually loved the Wannabe stage, and Jihan was incredible, but Time Of Our Life was easily my favorite stage so far on the show and there's just no competing with it. I've watched the stage and listened to it on spotify a ridiculous amount this week. The girls did a perfect job of capturing the feel of the song with their performance and it was just the best thing ever! My top 7 right now is Soeun and Juri, both who I will vote for every time, and then also Miru, Yeonhee, Elly, Jiwoo, Dowha. I've been mainly voting for girls that I think need votes that I've also loved, but honestly, these 7 girls have also been my favorite so far. There are definitely a few girls that are very close and might get swapped at some point, mainly Hwiseo, Nana, and Yeeun but for now I'm very happy with my picks and I dont think those three need any help with votes right now. I'm anxious to see the next results though, and even more anxious to know who will get cut.
CyF9
2023-07-17 13:56:20 +0000 UTCmy team for now: 1. Kei [locked] - main vocalist, v-ce leader 2. Nana [locked] - main dancer, lead rapper 3. Hwiseo - lead vocalist, center 4. Bora - main vocalist 5. Jihan - face of the group, visual, maknae 6. Yeeun - leader, main rapper 7. Jiwon - lead dancer, vocalist Still in the game: Soojin, Yeonhee, Juri, Elly, Yeoreum, Wooyeon, Dohwa
Mercavo
2023-07-16 15:13:17 +0000 UTCSmth about the former AKB ladies... 'Coz I literally saw the Juri-Jiwoo moment and got reminded of Sakura and Manchae. Perhaps it's because both Juri and Kkura grew up in such a competitive system from such a young age that they just know how these kids feel. I agree with your picks. I was all Queendom team on my first watch but I think I like Rush Hour just a smidge more on my 2nd rewatch. Time of Our Life'ss staging was so simple, but it somehow transported me back to high school, walking home with friends, stopping by roadside food stands even though that's not a good idea before dinner at home. Alas, as they quoted from The Girl Who Leapt through time--time waits for no one. Reality settled once more at the sound of cheers and clapping and I just knew they had my vote.
aki
2023-07-15 05:55:44 +0000 UTCidk if you've seen it on twitter of a video of yeonhee saying that soojin is very pretty like a maltese 🥹
bboshaki
2023-07-13 12:54:30 +0000 UTCThe performances are definitely only getting better. I agree with all of your choices on all the performances (except for Time Of Our Life my MVP is Miru and Weekend my MVP is Yeonhee). I'd say a good number of the girls gave their best performance yet during this round and you love to see it. Juri has officially made it impossible for me not to vote for her. She wasn't really on my radar at all coming in and she has proceeded to wreck me at every possible opportunity. I'm not thrilled to see that there will be an elimination soon, but I guess after the elimination we will get more screentime per girl, which will be nice. I'm afraid that we might see multiple instances of some members from the same group being eliminated and some surviving which will be very painful to watch. I also can't believe they're making us wait two weeks for that dance battle!! Regardless, I'm enjoying all of this so much!
Matt Evans
2023-07-13 05:04:18 +0000 UTCJust caught up on all your Queendom Puzzle reactions...you get me when it comes to Hwiseo haha I really don't want anyone to get eliminated. All the relationships formed on the show are too priceless and I'll be too heartbroken :(
Stephanie H
2023-07-13 04:56:59 +0000 UTCAs someone completely new to a big majority of members in this show, gotta say the 3 big standouts so far have been Sangah, Hwiseo and Kei. Honourable mentions to Nana, Jihan, Yeeun and Bora, they would complete my group.
KL
2023-07-13 03:52:15 +0000 UTCI had similar thoughts on Wannabe vs Time, I didn't honestly expect it to be so close, Time was a home run in my head but they came real close and the songa themselves tipped it for me more than anything. And I feel like I've ranted too much in Discord already about it but rewatching here I am, once again, fully emotionally compromised by Kim Bora. 💜
JSMitchell
2023-07-13 00:14:33 +0000 UTCI think the eliminations are only happening because Chaeyeon and Haein left the show. I assume the semi final would have been 4 songs of 7 members but they changed it to 3 songs and they don't want uneven teams so they are just gonna eliminate 5 members who don't get voted into the songs or with the least amount of votes? Also on this episode I am on the same page as you with the first and the 3rd round as my winners picks. Round 2 I just flipped around. I have gone back to the Kei and Bora stage more times than the Queendom team stage so I guess I picked that one. But all of them were great and can't wait for the dance round.
Charl Cilliers
2023-07-12 22:48:00 +0000 UTC
