free him

Last year, I did not watch Produce 101 that much. I was busy with other things, life was complicated, but somehow I became a casual fan of the show and after it ended, I became a stan of IOI and I still love and support the girls so much. I've made it my goal to watch this season from the beginning, because I feel like I've missed out before. I'm so excited.

First two trainees appeared. They're Starship trainees. Both of them are really cute. Let's see what they're made of.

I'm rooting for all the boys this year. Of course, I have my favorites that I'm roting for a bit more (like Sanggyun from TOPP DOGG), but when I see how much these kids (and tiptoe man <3) want this, it makes me want to support them with all my might. KIDS, please do your best.

Oh, the really cute guy that the thread loves appeared too. Seongwoo? He and the other boys were really polite with each other. I love seeing that.

Pepper boy? Oh no.

JIHOON.

Red jacket guy is really cute too.

BAE APPEARED! BAE JINGYOUN IS BAE!!!

Is that Daniel? Is his hair that pink? I love it, woah.

 Boys are mostly talking among themselves so far.

 SAMUEL! SAMUEL! SAMUEL!!! HE'S LIKE A SON TO ME!!!!!!! I'm rooting for him s hard!! My kid, be BRAVE!!!

Samuel looked so scared and nervous, I wanna hug him. WHAT ARE THE BOYS TALKING ABOUT???? Weird edit.

YES SAMUEL YOU ARE THE NEXT SOMI YES!!! Did he sit on Somi's spot from last year?

Everyone's trying out the first place chair now.

 Crosses earrings guy is really cute too.

DAEHWI MY SON, MY TINY SON WHOEVER DARES TO BULLY YOU WILL HAVE TO FACE THE WRATH OF THIS NOONA. His hair was so nice when it was black, but I love the silverish tone that it has now too.

Daehwi looks so nervous too, he's making me feel more nervous as well. Hang in there son.

What happened now?

I think I have a thing for earrings, tbh so far they've made all the boys who were wearing them at least 10 percent more appealing to me.

 HYUNBIN, MOON BOK!!! MOON BOK GOT AN APPLAUSE, MY FAVE!!

SANNGYUN!! HOTSHOT MEMBERS! AAA!!!!

JACKIE CHAN'S TRAINEES?

  NU'EST about to cause a ruckus. God, I'm nervous. PLEASE TREAT THEM NICELY EVERYONE!

 On a sidenote, my NU'EST kids look so good, all of them. Handsome, handsome, handsome.

Is anyone breathing in that room now that they've entered?

  Daehwi's pout is the cutest thing I've ever seen, I forgot what I was writing about when he appeared on the screen.

Everyone behind NU'EST is stealing glances at them.

 My stream lagged, but MAMAMOO's company's trainees are up next.

 My stream has been down for like 3 minutes now and apparently I've missed JUSTIN AND HYEONGSEOP AND I AM NOT OKAY WITH THAT.

 The boy who sat on the first spot looks so nervous.

WHAT IS JUSTIN EVEN????? HE'S SO EXTRA I LOVE HIM!!

 OMG IS DRAMA HAPPENING OR??? THEY SWITCHED PLACES???? NEW FIRST PLACE BOY???!!! WHAT ON EARTH?

FORMER FIRST PLACE BOY LOOKED SO? IDK, LET ME HUG HIM, THIS HAS MADE ME SO NERVOUS!

DOES THE PERSON ON THE FIRST SPOT HAVE TO GET UP IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO SIT ON IT?

WHAT, THEY'RE ARM WRESTLING FOR IT NOW, THE NEW FIRST PLACE BOY AND THE NEW CHALLENGER???

 Light blue jacket guy remained on the first spot. He's cute. I don't know who he is.

 MOONBOKKIE!!

A legend has appeared. I'm weirdly emotional again. My strong (and yet tiny) son is here.

 I can't believe there are people who said that Moon Bok seems scary and intimidating, he's the cutest smol bean ever.

Oh, the models are wearing matching pastels, cute.

WHAT'S MOON BOK DOING?

 They're apparently playing rock-paper-scissors for the first place, I don't know SINCE MY STREAM LAGGED AGAIN.

 They're playing...something. Bokkie won. So he's first chair now!

 BOA is so pretty.

 So many handsome, nervous faces among the crowd. 101 of them.

Bokkie is so cute and tiny I'M CRYING I KEEP SAYING THAT BUT HE IS.

 Woojin looks even younger here, he's such a tiny baby EVERYONE TREAT HIM NICELY OKAY???

SANGGYUN APPEARED FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND I'M SUDDENLY FLYING!!! GET THAT MINIMAL SCREENTIME MY LOVE!!

The trainers are appearing, we're getting close!

  Stream was down for a little, but is back on now.

Let's go kids!!!

AH JUST RIGHT FOR YUEHUA BOYS!! JJ GOT EVERYONE SHOOK WITH HIS FLIP!!!

Justin is adorable, what is this, everyone's pulling off aegyo so well!!

They're so cute!!!! AND ANIMATED, THIS WAS VERY LIKEABLE IN MY OPINION!

So they're mostly in C and one of them is in D? That's kind of sad if you ask me. L

 MUSCLE MAN!!!! HECK YES.

OH IT'S TIPTOPE MAN, I THINK THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HIS AGE AND SOMEONE CALLED HIM 'OPPA'! CUTE!!

AH!!! I NEED A MOMENT. HE REVEALED HIS HOT BOD'. IT'S CRINGEWORTHY BUT I LOVE IT AS WELL!!

Okay, some people have made mistakes, this kind of edit always makes me feel bad for them. Mistakes happen, don't be discouraged please. Keep fighting!

 Although some of it was bad for my eyes/ears, I'm still rooting for y'all. They did better than I would.

I feel like if I was the person who was deciding the rank, everyone would be A or B because I'd feel bad for giving them a lower rank. Luckily, I'm not the one deciding that, because currently  I'm very biased towards all of these young kids chasing their dreams.

 This trio was really good in my opinion. Vocally and dance-wise as well. They did Hey Mama justice!

GUITAR GUY IS SINGING SKYFALL WITH A SOULFUL VOICE, I'M MELTING!!! HE'S AMAZING!!!

His dancing segment was funny, I laughed.

 Pepper boy. I expected they would cut him out of the montage or something, blur him out, cut his screentime, but he's here. And he's actually good. Too bad that he's not a good person. What to say about this even. It's hard watching this part for me without feeling meh inside.

Anyway, the popper was impressive. I liked him.

 SAMUEL!!!!!

I'M ROOTING FOR HIM SO HARD!

WOOJIN IS A SUPPORTIVE KID, I SEE HIM BEING NERVOUS FOR PEOPLE AND SMILING WHEN THEY DO GOOD, I LOVE HIM!!

SAMUEL IS KILLING IT!!

HIS DANCE SOLO!!! CRUSHED IT!!

 Everyone looked so impressed and in awe of Samuel. No wonder he got A rank. He crushed it really.

 Samuel please don't cry I'M GONNA CRY TOO!!!!!!!!! THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME.

 Hyeongseop getting rank D and then inviting himself to the stage, tripping and then crushing the choreo for PICK ME and just doing great and showing people they've underrated him is giving me life. YES!! GET IT!!

 The cube kids were good at their dance part, but their vocals were a bit lacking. Still, they were charming and entertaining.

  Nu'est. This is so sad.

My heart weeps for them. It's hard for me to even write anything down. DON'T CRY MY KIDS, I WILL SUPPORT YOU!!!!!!

Kahi's crying too, I'm crying, the boys are crying, this is so hard.

 They covered an After School song. The boys (other trainees) actually seemed really supportive of them. I don't know what they're whispering now. They did great in my opinion. I'm so nervous for them.

 They didn't get A or B and that's a crime, I don't understand how they were ranked.

 Everyone is so shocked at their ranking.

 Minhyun is C, Ren is D? Shame, a shame.

 This montage of the trainees who have already debuted but are struggling is so hard for me to watch. I don't care what anyone says, I will be rooting for them hard!!!

 The other Seongwoo is up next. He's really handsome. The trainers seem to think so as well. Good taste my dudes.

He was literally shaking, makes me want to hold him hand and tell him everything's gonna be alright. His nerves (but also skills) are no joke.

He was good.

They asked him to freestyle dance.

UPTOWN FUNK!

OH WOW!!! He's great!!!

He raised his hand when they asked the trainees if they think they will be ranked as A, so they remembered him for that, and then he did it!!!

 Moon Bok up next!!!

My heart breaks when I think how much he was bullied because of the audition he did and how much he overcame to get here. He's a brave individual. Strong, still manages to laugh even after everything. Really admirable.

Hard not to like him and root for him. Hate on him all you want, he has my support. FIGHTING!!!

OH BTS SONG!!!!!!!