PRODUCE 48 Episode 12 (FINALE) Reaction (Patreon)
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Unfortunately the video files that I got for the finale had some issues so there are a few minutes towards the beginning of this episode that I had to skip, but it wasn't for too long, and I didn't miss any of the ranking announcements or anything so i didn't feel the need to find a new source. Apologies for the weird technical hiccup though.
After finishing PRODUCE 48, I have a lot of conflicting and swirling emotions. For starters I would like to say that I have no regrets, and even though this show has MANY things I hate in terms of pacing, evil editing, and most obviously the vote rigging, overall I think it did more good than evil both for me and the greater k-pop industry.
This show made me love ALL of the IZ*ONE girls more, especially Hyewon, Minju, Yena, and the winners announcements hurt too now that so many members of IZ*ONE have futures that are up in the air. Watching this also made me love so many of the other trainees, both those who have debuted already like Nayoung, Chowon, and Na Goeun, and those who I am still praying are able to make their debut like Heo Yunjin and of course my one pick Kim Choyeon.
Watching PRODUCE 48 also turned me into a survival show addict so expect reactions to many more survival shows in the future, starting with Girls Planet 999 in just a few weeks.
Thank you to anyone who watched along with me. I love IZ*ONE, I love PRODUCE, and I love Kim Choyeon <3