Reversals And Shake-Ups On Produce 101 Season 2’s Top 60 Unveiling

It was a thrilling day for ‘Produce 101 Season 2’ as the top 60 trainees move on to their next assignment.

‘Produce 101 Season 2’ is an audition program with a goal to debut a boy group from its intensive stage battles and training.  It is participated by trainees sent by various South Korean entertainment companies, who are graded with their performance through online and onsite voting plus special scores gained from surprise challenges.

The May 5 episode rounded up all the votes cast from online and live telecast, including the special points earned from the previous battle round where the boys covered famous boy group songs. On a sad note, 38 trainees bid goodbye on their journey to debut as a member of an idol boy group.

Maroo Entertainment’s Park Ji Hoon nails his popularity in securing the top spot above highly praised Samuel Kim from Brave Entertainment. Known for his variety of facial reactions, Park Ji Sung (MMO) sneaks in the 3rd spot due to his lively center performance in last week’s battle round.

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Park Woo Dam, who ranked first after his amazing vocal display in the previous episode, slides to rank 54. Perennial favorite and the first center Lee Dae Hwi settles at rank 7, surprising his fellow trainees. Jolly Jang Moon Bok fails to enter top 11 by 3 slots with his rank 14.

Pretty boys and online favorites Ong Sung Woo, Ahn Hyung Sub and Lai Guan Lin land spots at Top 11, while former Nu’est members Choi Min Ki and Kang Dong Ho get the 19th and 20th places respectively.

Episode 5 showcased Produce 101 Season 1 girls Kim So Hye, Kim So Hee and Choi Yoo Jung, who act as special hosts for the episode. The girls provide insights on the ranking evaluation and cutely laugh at the boys’ reaction when they were asked to share their thoughts in front of a mirror where a ghost prank is set to scare them.

Here are the some of the best reactions from the trainees:

Below is the official list of Produce 101 Season 2 Top 60:

1. Park Ji Hoon (Maroo Entertainment)
2. Samuel Kim (Brave Entertainment)
3. Yoon Ji Sung (MMO Entertainment)
4. Ong Sung Woo (Fantagio)
5. Daniel Kang (MMO Entertainment)
6. Ahn Hyung Sub (Yue Hua Entertainment)
7. Lee Dae Hwi (Brand New Music)
8. Kim Jong Hyun (Pledis Entertainment)
9. Lai Guan Lin (Cube Entertainment)
10. Joo Hak Nyeon (Cre.ker Entertainment)
11. Hwang Min Hyun (Pledis Entertainment)
12. Bae Jin Young
13. Jung Se Woon
14. Jang Moon Bok
15. Yoo Sun Ho
16. Kim Jae Hwan
17. Lee Eui Woong
18. Lee Woo Jin
19. Choi Min Ki
20. Kang Dong Ho
21. Ha Sung Woon
22. Park Sung Woo
23. Kwon Hyun Bin
24. Park Woo Jin
25. Kim Tae Dong
26. Noh Tae Hyun
27. Im Young Min
28. Takada Kenta
29. Lee Gun Hee
30. Yoon Hee Suk
31. Justin
32. Kim Tae Min
33. Kim Dong Bin
34. Kim Yong Guk
35. Jung Dong Su
36. Hong Eun Ki
37. Kim Dong Han
38. Kim Tae Woo
39. Kim Dong Hyun
40. Kim Ye Hyun
41. Lee Joon Woo
42. Woo Jin Young
43. Kim Sang Gyun
44. Lee Kwang Hyun
45. Joo Jin Woo
46. Kim Sung Ri
47. Ha Min Ho
48. Lee Yoo Jin
49. Yeo Hwan Woong
50. Jung Jung
51. Seo Sung Hyuk
52. Byun Hyun Min
53. Kim Yong Jin
54. Kim Nam Hyung
55. Park Woo Dam
56. Yoo Hwae Seung
57. Lee In Soo
58. Lee Ki Won
59. Yoon Jae Chan
60. Kim Sang Bin

Who will you be cheering for in the top 60? Catch them live every Friday, 11pm at MNET.