Produce 48 is a 2018 South Korean competition television show on Mnet in which a girl group is formed from a large pool of South Korean and Japanese idols, most of whom are represented by major idol talent agencies such as AKB48 Group. The show starts with 96 contestants, with occasional rounds of competition and voting, some of which result in elimination from the contest. Of the 96 contestants, 57 of them are from South Korean management companies, and 39 of them are from Japanese idol groups, composed of current members of AKB48 and their sister groups. The final 12 contestants, with no nationality caps, as voted only by Korean viewers, will promote as a group for two and a half years.
Contestants The spelling of names in English is according to the official website. The Korean contestants are presented in Eastern order (family name, given name), while the names of the Japanese contestants are presented in Western order (given name, family name) and also with their Japanese names. The age listed is according to the East Asian age reckoning.
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Company/Group Name Age Judgesevaluation Ranking 1 2 3 5 8 9 11 12 Final 1 2 # # # # Votes # Votes # # Votes#Votes# Individual Trainee () Park Seoyoung () 19 C D 34 26 35 42 112,060 55 172,714Eliminated 55 Park Jinny () 20 C F 52 49 61 69 52,495Eliminated 69 8D Creative () Kang Hyewon () 19 F F 38 40 41 25 222,7163 927,36234 311,2128248,4328 A Team Kim Choyeon () 17 A C 68 75 37 41 115,687 50 240,058Eliminated 50 Banana Culture () Kim Nayoung () 16 C A 55 63 58 38 139,350 21 572,848 21 21 188,617Eliminated 21 Kim Dahye () 16 A C 80 89 78 75 42,377Eliminated 75 Blockberry Creative () Go Yujin () 18 C A 24 34 26 26 220,375 31 469,647Eliminated 31 CNC Lee Yujeong () 14 C C 33 48 49 49 76,345 51 204,599Eliminated 51 Yoon Eunbin () 14 B B 54 68 65 65 57,364Eliminated 65 Kim Dayeon () 15 B B 60 65 70 70 48,458Eliminated 70 Hong Ye-ji () 16 B F 76 76 80 78 39,465Eliminated 78 Kim Yubin () 16 B D 90 93 93 88 34,070Eliminated 88 Collazoo Company () Kim Hyunah () 23 B B 67 72 64 55 67,037 46 253,880Eliminated 46 Cube Entertainment () Han Chowon () 16 D B 64 79 88 47 89,1349 765,895 13 13 243,234 13 213,259 13 Fave Entertainment () Shin Su-hyun () 22 D F 42 57 62 61 63,471Eliminated 61 FENT () Kim Doah () 15 A C 31 25 31 34 166,662 23 557,987 22 23 167,012Eliminated 23 FNC Entertainment Park Haeyoon () 22 A D 59 35 43 43 109,158 18 594,672 18 20 204,678 19 96,612 19 Cho Ahyeong () 17 C B 83 78 86 72 46,320Eliminated 72 HOW Kim Minseo () 16 C C 62 39 47 53 69,913 44 257,679Eliminated 44Yu Minyoung () 18AB 86 32 46 51 75,698 54 191,306Eliminated 54 Wang Ke () / () 18BD 92 33 44 45 101,292 56 167,709Eliminated 56Million Market () Son Eunchae () 19CB 95 85 53 32 175,744 32 366,555Eliminated 32Cho Sarang () 15BF 89 90 91 89 34,038Eliminated 89MMO EntertainmentWon Seoyeon () 18CF 81 77 90 92 30,103Eliminated 92MND17Park Minji () 19BB 49 56 60 54 68,130 53 193,759Eliminated 53Park Chanju () 19CD 85 69 71 68 52,903Eliminated 68Lee Chaejeong () 19CC 96 94 92 79 38,711Eliminated 79MNH EntertainmentLee Haeun () 14AA 51 58 33 35 164,273 48 250,748Eliminated 48Pledis Entertainment ()Lee Gaeun () 24AA5111 633,5118 808,42555 307,723 14 209,252 14Huh Yunjin () 17CF 19 15 21 22 247,28111 730,282 27 26 96,954Eliminated 26RBWNa Goeun () 19AA 36 20 28 29 178,233 29 488,056 28 29 79,892Eliminated 29Park Jieun () 21CF 77 70 79 80 37,826Eliminated 80Starship Entertainment ()Jang Won-young () 14BB3443 539,5961 1,010,55587 277,9221 338,3661An Yujin () 15BA2222 607,8234 910,19110 14 238,9595280,4875Cho Kahyeon () 15BB 65 36 38 48 89,074 57 137,680Eliminated 57Stone Music Entertainment ()Jo Yuri () 17AF10 19 18 19 289,18010 747,120 16 18 213,2373294,7343Jang Gyuri () 21BF6 14 14 17 296,913 26 525,854 25 25 129,098Eliminated 25Lee Sian () 19CD8 18 27 23 235,777 19 589,732 30 30 75,969Eliminated 30Bae Eunyeong () 21CB 18 30 34 37 149,092 36 334,027Eliminated 36Music Works ()Yoon Haesol () 21BD 40 50 55 52 73,457 35 343,299Eliminated 35Choi Soeun () 17BC 86 92 89 90 31,436Eliminated 90Urban Works Media ()Kim Minju () 17DC 13 17 19 15 307,3346 860,341 20 15 227,78611227,06111Wellmade Yedang ()Hwang Soyeon () 18AA 90 46 51 60 63,482Eliminated 60Kang Damin () 14BA 70 74 75 62 60,709Eliminated 62WM EntertainmentLee Chaeyeon () 18AA 29101010 368,218 17 597,256123 327,44512 221,27312Lee Seunghyeon () 17BC 66 60 68 73 45,759Eliminated 73Cho Yeongin () 17BC 74 62 74 84 36,672Eliminated 84Woollim Entertainment ()Kwon Eunbi () 23AC 25355 507,6335 906,9811112 247,5567250,2127Kim Chaewon () 18BB 21 21 30 28 179,387 15 602,360 15 19 210,78110238,19210Kim Sohee () 15CB 48 44 48 50 75,898 43 269,233Eliminated 43Kim Suyun () 17CC 58 51 54 57 66,438 47 251,208Eliminated 47YGKPlus (YG케이플러스)Choi Yeonsoo () 19DF 47 52 57 66 56,200Eliminated 66Ahn Yewon () 17FF 82 88 84 86 35,795Eliminated 86Yuehua Entertainment ()Choi Yena () 19AB7679 390,483 16 601,295 19 16 215,8284285,3854Kim Sihyeon () 19BA 15 13 17 20 262,648 24 549,741 29 27 96,036Eliminated 27Wang Yiren () / () 18BC11798 404,888 14 643,901 26 28 94,304Eliminated 28ZB Label ()Alex Christine () 22BC 88 86 85 82 37,536Eliminated 82AKB48 Hitomi Honda () / () 17CA 30 47 2212 333,67012 716,204911 250,0119240,4189 Miho Miyazaki () / () 25DD 17 16 15 21 256,613 27 504,33912 347,998 15 184,765 15 Juri Takahashi () / () 21BA 20 29 20 18 289,547 20 579,050 17 17 213,508 16 164,285 16 Miyu Takeuchi () / () 22AB 3911811 362,417 30 487,84246 303,379 17 158,052 17 Miu Shitao () / () 17DD 41 45 39 36 160,881 22 562,216610 261,023 18 129,113 18 Moe Goto () / () 17FC 16866 461,078 28 491,582 24 24 153,955Eliminated 24 Erii Chiba () / () 15FF 27 38 23 24 228,389 33 359,859Eliminated 33 Mako Kojima () / () 21CB12 23 25 31 177,040 34 353,790Eliminated 34 Chiyori Nakanishi () / () 23DC 22 37 40 39 127,714 37 308,280Eliminated 37 Tomu Muto () / () 24DD 23 28 32 33 175,038 38 299,255Eliminated 38 Minami Sato () / () 15DF 57 66 59 58 64,511 39 293,650Eliminated 39 Saho Iwatate () / () 24BD 46 24 24 27 189,308 40 288,890Eliminated 40 Nanami Asai () / () 18FD 26 41 42 46 96,530 42 269,995Eliminated 42 Ikumi Nakano () / () 18DB 43 53 50 59 64,172Eliminated 59 Shinobu Mogi () / () 21FD 44 59 55 63 57,697Eliminated 63 Erina Oda () / () 21CF 56 67 69 64 57,612Eliminated 64 Serika Nagano () / () 17FF 72 81 76 77 40,131Eliminated 77 Manami Ichikawa () / () 19FC 79 83 87 81 37,685Eliminated 81 Ayana Shinozaki () / () 22FF 84 87 77 91 30,489Eliminated 91HKT48 Sakura Miyawaki () / () 20AA1534 532,2737 824,05821 373,7832 316,1052 Nako Yabuki () / () 17FA 14 27 167 449,7222 947,64279 264,2096261,7886 Bibian Murakawa () / () 19FF 28 31 29 30 178,024 45 255,391Eliminated 45 Misaki Aramaki () / () 17FF 50 61 66 56 66,659 49 240,798Eliminated 49 Aoi Motomura () / () 21DB 37 42 36 44 103,611 52 201,013Eliminated 52 Natsumi Matsuoka () / () 22FC 35 55 52 67 54,450Eliminated 67 Mina Imada () / () 21DC 53 64 67 76 40,155Eliminated 76 Sae Kurihara () / () 22FD 73 84 81 83 37,330Eliminated 83 Miku Tanaka () / () 17FC 63 71 72Left the Show93 Amane Tsukiashi () / () 19FF 78 91Left the Show94NGT48 Noe Yamada () / () 19CF 45911 14 314,400 41 270,992Eliminated 41 Rena Hasegawa () / () 17DF 61 54 63 71 47,766Eliminated 71NMB48 Miru Shiroma () / () 21BD9 22 13 16 297,902 13 657,285 148 268,609 20 94,386 20 Sae Murase () / () 21DC 32 43 45 40 120,865 25 546,533 23 22 174,576Eliminated 22 Yuuka Kato () / () 21CB 71 73 73 74 43,570Eliminated 74 Kokoro Naiki () / () 21DC 75 82 82 87 34,463Eliminated 87 Cocona Umeyama () / () 15F 94 95Left the Show95 Azusa Uemura () / () 19F 93 96Left the Show96SKE48 Jurina Matsui () / () 21BB41212 13 329,455 58 127,714Eliminated 58 Yuka Asai () / () 15FD 69 80 83 85 35,929Eliminated 85
Group Battle Performances (Episode 3–4)
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Bold denotes the person who picked the team members. Sakura Miyawaki chose her team first, and 14 other captains were randomly selected to choose their members afterwards. Team "SNACK" was made up of contestants who were left over and not picked.
Performance Team Contestant # Originalartist(s) Song Name Votes(Average) Position Name Votes Bonus 1 GFriend "Love Whisper" 칠전팔기(Never Give Up!) 334 Main vocal Wang Ke 28 Sub vocal 1 Tomu Muto 52 Sub vocal 2 Son Eunchae 88 Sub vocal 3 Serika Nagano 22 Sub vocal 4 Noe Yamada 106 Sub vocal 5 Manami Ichikawa 38 자이언트 베이비(Giant Baby) 488 Main vocal Nako Yabuki 330 +1000 Sub vocal 1 Yoon Eunbin 42 +1000 Sub vocal 2 Kim Nayoung 32 +1000 Sub vocal 3 Misaki Aramaki 30 +1000 Sub vocal 4 Sae Kurihara 18 +1000 Sub vocal 5 Kang Damin 36 +1000 2 Red Velvet "Peek-a-Boo" 피카chu(pikachu) 348 Main vocal Jang Gyuri 78 Sub vocal 1 Alex Christine 4 Sub vocal 2 Lee Gaeun 74 Sub vocal 3 Bae Eunyeong 28 Sub vocal 4 Jurina Matsui 110 Sub vocal 5 Wang Yiren 54 흐흥이 난 여우(Kiss Blowers) 474 Main vocal Hong Yeji 92 +1000 Sub vocal 1 Kim Dahye 26 +1000 Sub vocal 2 Lee Yujeong 98 +1000 Sub vocal 3 Miu Shitao 116 +1000 Sub vocal 4 Yuuka Kato 102 +1000 Sub vocal 5 Kim Yubin 40 +1000 3 AOA "Short Hair" 빼꼼빼꼼(Sneak a Peak) 442 (73.7) Main vocal Jo Yuri 152 +1000 Sub vocal 1 Juri Takahashi 52 +1000 Sub vocal 2 Kim Sihyeon 64 +1000 Sub vocal 3 Mako Kojima 120 +1000 Rapper 1 Yu Minyoung 28 +1000 Rapper 2 Kim Minseo 26 +1000 하이클래스(High Class) 340 (68) Main vocal Lee Sian 148 Sub vocal 2 Rena Hasegawa 50 Sub vocal 3 Natsumi Matsuoka 90 Rapper 1 Ahn Yewon 16 Rapper 2 Mina Imada 36 4 Kara "Mamma Mia!" 아이섀도우(Eyeshadow) 422 (84.4) Main vocal Park Minji 66 +1000 Sub vocal 1 Park Jieun 32 +1000 Sub vocal 2 Chiyori Nakanishi 48 +1000 Sub vocal 3 Sae Murase 138 +1000 Sub vocal 4 Kim Hyunah 138 +1000 (오마이갓) 어떡하조?((OMG) What to do?) 368 (61.3) Main vocal Cho Sarang 18 Sub vocal 1 Shin Suhyun 88 Sub vocal 2 Miho Miyazaki 92 Sub vocal 3 Bibian Murakawa 86 Sub vocal 4 Ayana Shinozaki 28 Sub vocal 5 Choi Soeun 56 5 AKB48 "High Tension" 파워레인보(Power Rainbow) 278 (46.3) Main vocal Yoon Haesol 40 Sub vocal 1 Kim Dayeon 46 Sub vocal 2 Saho Iwatate 56 Sub vocal 3 Cho Yeongin 28 Rapper 1 Shinobu Mogi 58 Rapper 2 Ikumi Nakano 50 텐션업걸즈(Tension-up Girls) 504 (101.2) Main vocal Miyu Takeuchi 84 +1000 Sub vocal 1 Erina Oda 60 +1000Sub vocal 2 Huh Yunjin 188 +1000 Rapper 1 Cho Ahyeong 160 +1000 Rapper 2 Kim Suyun 12 +1000 6 Blackpink "Boombayah" BLACK WORLD 326 (65.2) Main rapper Lee Chaejeong 54 Sub rapper 1 Go Yujin 198 Sub rapper 2 Park Chanju 22 Vocal 1 Won Seoyeon 22 Vocal 2 Kim Sohee 30 SNACK 448 (74.7) Main rapper Kang Hyewon 44 +1000 Sub rapper 1 Erii Chiba 102 +1000 Sub rapper 2 Minami Sato 86 +1000 Vocal 1 Han Chowon 42 +1000 Vocal 2 Nanami Asai 144 +1000 Vocal 3 Yuka Asai 30 +1000 7 Twice "Like Ooh-Ahh(Japanese version)" 푱(Pop) 442 Main vocal Park Haeyoon 50 +1000 Sub vocal 1 Kim Chaewon 104 +1000 Sub vocal 2 Moe Goto 172 +1000 Sub vocal 3 Lee Seunghyeon 26 +1000 Rapper 1 Hwang Soyeon 10 +1000 Rapper 2 Kim Doah 80 +1000 너꺼야♡(NeoKkeoYa♡) 342 Main vocal Lee Haeun 86 Sub vocal 1 Cho Kahyeon 14 Sub vocal 2 Kokoro Naiki 86 Sub vocal 3 Park Seoyoung 72 Rapper 1 Park Jinny 38 Rapper 2 Choi Yeonsoo 46 8 I.O.I "Very Very Very" 믹스주스(MixJuice) 440 Main vocal Choi Yena 64 +1000 Sub vocal 1 Na Goeun 42 +1000 Sub vocal 2 Miru Shiroma 112 +1000 Sub vocal 3 Hitomi Honda 70 +1000 Rapper 1 An Yujin 62 +1000 Rapper 2 Jang Won-young 90 +1000 베리베리 라즈베리(BerryBerry Raspberry) 356 Main vocal Lee Chaeyeon 34 Sub vocal 1 Kwon Eunbi 24 Sub vocal 2 Sakura Miyawaki 164 Sub vocal 3 Aoi Motomura 46 Rapper 1 Kim Minju34 Rapper 2 Kim Choyeon 54
Position Evaluation Performances (Episode 6–7)