Queendom Puzzle (Korean: 퀸덤 퍼즐) is a 2023 South Korean reality competition show created by Mnet. It premiered on Mnet on June 13, 2023, airing every Tuesday at 22:00 KST.[1] The show concluded on August 15, 2023.

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Queendom Puzzle
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GenreReality competition
Based onQueendom
Presented byTaeyeon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
Production
Running time120 minutes
Production companiesCJ ENM
W Team
Apple Monster
Original release
NetworkMnet
TVING
ReleaseJune 13 (2023-06-13) 
August 15, 2023 (2023-08-15)
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The show serves as a spin-off series of Queendom, however it does not share a similar format with the previous seasons, only taking the name of the series.[2]

Concept and format

On January 26, 2023, it was announced that the Queendom series would have a third season, but would be different from the previous two seasons.[3]

The show will focus on forming a global project girl group by taking members from currently active girl groups as well as solo female artists and piecing them together like a puzzle. It will take on a completely new format from the pre-existing Queendom series, with individual competitions taking place rather than team competition.[4]

Out of the initial 28 contestants, they will compete through performances to finally become a 7-member supergroup, El7z Up (Korean: 엘즈업; RR: eljeueop).[5][6]

Promotion and broadcast

On April 10, 2023, Mnet released the first teaser video on their YouTube channel. In the teaser, iconic girl group songs play in the background as well as the silhouettes of seven female celebrities are shown. Along with the confirmation that the first lineup will be revealed in May, the teaser includes the mysterious code on the bottom, "IURP WZHQWB HLJKW WR VHYHQ", which deciphers "from twenty-eight to seven".[7]

On April 24, Mnet confirmed that Girls' Generation's Taeyeon will host the show.[8] The first six contestants were also revealed,[9] as well as Weeekly,[10] and H1-KEY where its agency, GLG, confirmed two of their members' participation in the show.[11]

On April 25, it was revealed that WJSN's Yeoreum would be a contestant in the show.[12] On April 26, it was revealed that members Jiwon, Chaerin and Bora from Cherry Bullet would participate in the show.[13] On April 27, it was revealed that Yuki from Purple Kiss would also be a contestant.[14]

On May 2, the remaining member of AOA, Chanmi, now known as Dohwa, was revealed as a contestant in the show.[15]

On May 9, Mnet released a second teaser to officially announce the program's premiere date of June 13, 2023, at 22:00 (KST).[1] In the teaser, silhouettes of the cast members are revealed as well as Taeyeon standing in the center.[16]

On May 18, Mnet released teaser photos of the first 13 contestants in silhouettes, as well as two teams created, Pick on the top and Pick-Cat. The two teams also released two theme songs titled "Charismatic" and "Snap" respectively on the same day, accompanied by two performance videos shown on M Countdown.[17] It was also shared that the rest of the contestants would be revealed the week after, and that they would be releasing and performing the same two songs on M Countdown in their own versions.[18] On the same day, Lee Chae-yeon and Haein were reported to have withdrawn from the show. They would not be replaced and the show would continue with 26 contestants.[19] On May 19, Mnet released individual teaser videos and posters previewing the first 13 contestants revealed.[20]

On May 25, Mnet released a second set of teaser photos of the remaining 13 contestants in silhouettes, as well as the two teams, Drop The Beat & Athena.[21] The two teams also released different versions of the two theme songs on the same day, accompanied by performance videos shown on M Countdown.[22] On May 26, Mnet released individual teaser videos and posters for the remaining 13 contestants.[23]

On May 29, Mnet released a group poster containing all contestants and MC Taeyeon, as well as the profiles of the 26 contestants.[24] On June 2, Mnet released the first teaser trailer.[25]

On June 6, a behind-the-scenes video was released, showing the contestants meeting each other for the first time.[26] An exclusive preview, also known as Episode 0, was also released, showing the first hour of Episode 1 that was to be aired in the following week.[27]

On June 8, a special stage of the contestants was aired on M Countdown.[28]

Cast

Host

Contestants

All of the contestants have previous experiences in the K-pop industry, either as a current or former member of a girl group or as a soloist. The lineup of contestants includes members of Cherry Bullet, Rocket Punch, Weki Meki, H1-Key, AOA, WJSN, Purple Kiss, Weeekly, Woo!ah!, Lightsum, TripleS, and former members of Lovelyz, CLC, Momoland, BNK48, and NMB48. The show originally had 28 contestants, though Chaeyeon and Haein of Laboum both left the show prior to its airing for personal reasons.[29] Both made appearances in the first 2 episodes.

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       Final members of El7z Up
       Contestants eliminated in the final episode
       Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round
       Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round
       Contestants that left the show

Contestant Progress

More information Group, Contestant ...
Group Contestant Round 1[lower-alpha 30] Round 2[lower-alpha 31] Round 3[lower-alpha 32] Round 4[lower-alpha 33] Ranking Semi-Final[lower-alpha 34] Ranking Final Ranking
Tier Votes 7:7 Battle Top 7[lower-alpha 35] Episode 7 Episode 8[lower-alpha 36] Episode 9 Episode 10
Before[lower-alpha 37] After[lower-alpha 38] Up Down # Voting Points Benefits Total Points[lower-alpha 39] Tier # Voting Points Benefits Total Points[lower-alpha 40] # Total Points
Soloist Kei
(케이)
1 2 ▲18 ▼9 Win Yes 4 Win 4 345,529 30,000 375,529 1 Lose 6 485,485 485,485 4 376,553 4
Yeeun
(예은)
2 1 ▲19 ▼8 Lose Yes 3 Win 5 344,959 20,000 364,959 1 Win 5 464,677 30,000 494,677 7 350,517 7
Dohwa
(도화)
1 3 ▲11 ▼16 Win No 1 Lose 17 166,012 30,000 196,012 2 Win 10 313,755 30,000 343,755 14 229,076 14
Fye
(파이/ฝ้าย)
4 2 ▲16 ▼11 Win No 6 Lose 20 144,391 10,000 154,391 3 Win 16 260,370 30,000 290,370 Eliminated 16
Miru
(미루/美瑠)
4 4 ▲5 ▼22 Win No 3 Lose 18 184,176 10,000 194,176 3 Lose 17 285,533 285,533 Eliminated 17
JooE
(주이)
1 4 ▲6 ▼21 Lose No 2 Lose 25 70,439 70,439 Eliminated 25
Chaeyeon
(채연)
1 1 ▲20 ▼7 Left the show
Cherry Bullet
(체리블렛)
Jiwon
(지원)
3 1 ▲24 ▼3 Win Yes 5 Win 9 255,263 30,000 285,263 3 Lose 15 296,033 296,033 Eliminated 15
Bora
(보라)
3 1 ▲25 ▼2 Lose Yes 5 Win 8 272,657 20,000 292,657 3 Lose 20 249,489 249,489 Eliminated 20
Chaerin
(채린)
3 4 ▲4 ▼23 Lose No 5 Lose 26 49,336 49,336 Eliminated 26
H1-Key
(하이키)
Hwiseo
(휘서)
4 1 ▲23 ▼4 MVP No 6 Lose 3 381,051 10,000 391,051 1 Win 1 564,400 30,000 594,400 1 444,495 1
Riina
(리이나)
4 3 ▲8 ▼19 Lose No 6 Win 15 191,859 20,000 211,859 3 Lose 18 275,835 275,835 Eliminated 18
Laboum
(라붐)
Haein
(해인)
2 4 ▲5 ▼22 Left the show
Lightsum
(라잇썸)
Sangah
(상아)
4 3 ▲11 ▼16 Lose No 6 Win 22 103,258 20,000 123,258 Eliminated 22
Purple Kiss
(퍼플키스)
Yuki
(유키/小雪)
2 2 ▲13 ▼14 Lose No 2 Win 7 286,283 20,000 306,283 1 Win 3 492,245 30,000 522,245 3 394,649 3
Rocket Punch
(로켓펀치)
Yeonhee
(연희)
3 3 ▲12 ▼15 Lose No 5 Lose 11 275,565 275,565 1 Lose 7 461,327 461,327 6 358,059 6
Suyun
(수윤)
3 3 ▲12 ▼15 Lose No 1 Win 12 215,973 40,000 255,973 2 Lose 12 312,667 312,667 8 302,579 8
Juri
(쥬리/朱里)
3 3 ▲7 ▼20 Win No 2 Lose 10 267,258 10,000 277,258 2 Lose 9 376,298 376,298 12 282,362 12
TripleS
(트리플에스)
Jiwoo
(지우)
3 3 ▲7 ▼20 Win No 2 Lose 16 197,166 10,000 207,166 2 Lose 14 306,475 306,475 13 274,403 13
Seoyeon
(서연)
3 4 ▲2 ▼25 Lose No 5 Lose 24 88,862 88,862 Eliminated 24
Weeekly
(위클리)
Jihan
(지한)
2 2 ▲17 ▼10 Win Yes 1 Win 6 298,611 50,000 348,611 2 Lose 11 339,485 339,485 10 293,904 10
Zoa
(조아)
2 2 ▲16 ▼11 Lose No 3 Win 14 212,717 20,000 232,717 3 Lose 19 273,641 273,641 Eliminated 19
Soojin
(수진)
2 2 ▲13 ▼14 Lose No 2 Lose 21 124,269 124,269 3 Lose 21 229,811 229,811 Eliminated 21
Soeun
(소은)
2 2 ▲13 ▼14 Win No 4 Lose 23 96,186 10,000 106,186 Eliminated 23
Weki Meki
(위키미키)
Elly
(엘리)
4 4 ▲4 ▼23 Win No 2 Lose 19 171,822 10,000 181,822 2 Win 8 347,416 30,000 377,416 11 292,486 11
WJSN
(우주소녀)
Yeoreum
(여름)
1 1 ▲24 ▼3 Lose Yes 3 Win 2 382,964 20,000 402,964 1 Win 4 475,236 30,000 505,236 5 371,096 5
woo!ah!
(우아!)
Nana
(나나)
4 1 ▲19 ▼8 MVP Yes 1 Win 1 480,960 50,000 530,960 1 Lose 2 537,782 537,782 2 430,450 2
Wooyeon
(우연)
4 4 ▲4 ▼23 Win No 3 Win 13 208,692 30,000 238,692 2 Lose 13 307,745 307,745 9 300,106 9
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Episodes

The final group will be decided based on votes through the Mnet Plus and Twinkple applications, where each voter choose 7 contestants to vote as an ideal final group.

First Voting Period

  • The voting period for every week began from the start of the episode, to 2 hours before the airing of the following episode. The entire voting period started from June 13, 2023, during the broadcast of Episode 1, and had concluded on July 25, 2023, 23:00 (KST).
  • One new vote (from each application) would be provided at the start of each episode, for 7 weeks. Hence, each voter would have a maximum of 14 votes throughout the voting period.
  • All votes cast to each contestant would be accumulated throughout the voting period and will be reflected in the eventual ranking after this voting period. The voting results would be based on 50% for Korea and 50% for all other global regions.

Second Voting Period

  • The votes in the first voting period would not be carried over to the second voting period.
  • The voting period would begin from after Episode 7, to during the broadcast of the Episode 9.
  • Voters can vote once every day. However, on August 8, which is the live broadcast for Episode 9, voters can vote twice on this day: once before 20:00 (KST), and once during the broadcast of the episode.
  • All votes cast to each contestant would be accumulated throughout the voting period and will be reflected in the eventual ranking after this voting period. The voting results would be based on 50% for Korea and 50% for all other global regions.

Final Voting Period

  • The votes in the second voting period would not be carried over to the final voting period.
  • The voting period would begin from after Episode 9, to during the broadcast of the Episode 10.
  • Voters can vote once every day. However, on August 15, which is the live broadcast for Episode 10, voters can vote twice on this day: once before 20:00 (KST), and once during the broadcast of the episode.
  • All votes cast to each contestant would be accumulated throughout the voting period and will be reflected in the eventual ranking after this voting period. The voting results would be based on 50% for Korea and 50% for all other global regions.

Round 1: Up-Down Battle (Episode 1-2)

The 28 contestants are split into four tiers, based on the following criteria (as at April 24, 2023):

  • Number of times the contestant has won first places in music shows (50%)
  • Largest number of first week orders among all physical albums released (50%) (based on data from Circle Chart)

The two scores are added up and each contestant would be placed in Tiers 1 to 4.

More information Tier, Contestants ...
Tier Contestants
1 Dohwa, JooE, Kei, Lee Chae-yeon, Yeoreum
2 Haein, Jihan, Soojin, Soeun, Yeeun, Yuki, Zoa
3 Bora, Chaerin, Jiwon, Juri, Jiwoo, Suyun, Yeonhee, Seoyeon
4 Elly, Fye, Hwiseo, Miru, Nana, Riina, Sangah, Wooyeon
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Each contestant would then have a solo performance, and the remaining 27 contestants would each vote for the contestant. "Up" would be pressed if the voters each think that the performing contestant has performed better than the voter, and if otherwise "Down" would be pressed. After the performances, the contestants would be rearranged into their new tiers based on the results of the performances.

More information Order, Contestant ...
Order Contestant Song(s) Original Singer(s) No. of Ups and Downs Original Tier New Tier
Episode 1
1 Dohwa "Elvis"
"Bingle Bangle"
"Come See Me"
AOA Up: 11
Down: 16
1 3 (2Fall)
2 Zoa "After School"
"Rum Pum Pum Pum"
Weeekly
f(x)
Up: 16
Down: 11
2 2 (Same position)
3 Jiwoo "Rising" TripleS Up: 7
Down: 20
3 3 (Same position)
4 Jiwon "Gotta Go" Chungha Up: 24
Down: 3
3 1 (2Rise)
5 Suyun "Advice" Taemin (Shinee) Up: 12
Down: 15
3 3 (Same position)
6 Nana "Move" Taemin (Shinee) Up: 19
Down: 8
4 1 (3Rise)
7 Chaeyeon "Toc Toc Toc" Lee Hyori Up: 20
Down: 7
1 1 (Same position)
8 Fye "Hype Boy"
"Gone Gurl"
NewJeans
Fyeqoodgurl
Up: 16
Down: 11
4 2 (2Rise)
9 Riina "Rose Blossom"
"Pop!"
H1-Key
Nayeon (Twice)
Up: 8
Down: 19
4 3 (1Rise)
10 Jihan "Pop!" Nayeon (Twice) Up: 17
Down: 10
2 2 (Same position)
11 Wooyeon "INVU" Taeyeon (Girls' Generation) Up: 4
Down: 23
4 4 (Same position)
12 Yeoreum "As You Wish"
"Mmmh"
WJSN
Kai (Exo)
Up: 24
Down: 3
1 1 (Same position)
13 Bora "My Sea" IU Up: 25
Down: 2
3 1 (2Rise)
Episode 2
14 Juri "Heartburn" Sunmi Up: 7
Down: 20
3 3 (Same position)
15 Yeonhee "Dumb Dumb" Jeon Somi Up: 12
Down: 15
3 3 (Same position)
16 Soeun "28 Reasons" Seulgi (Red Velvet) Up: 13
Down: 14
2 2 (Same position)
17 Soojin "Flower" Jisoo (Blackpink) Up: 13
Down: 14
2 2 (Same position)
18 Seoyeon "Cherry Talk" +(KR)ystal Eyes (TripleS) Up: 2
Down: 25
3 4 (1Fall)
19 Miru "Shine Bright" Miru Shiroma Up: 5
Down: 22
4 4 (Same position)
20 Yuki "Wh0 Cares" Yuki Up: 13
Down: 14
2 2 (Same position)
21 Sangah "Black Dress"
"Tomboy"
CLC
(G)I-dle
Up: 11
Down: 16
4 3 (1Rise)
22 Yeeun "Cherry Coke" Yeeun Up: 19
Down: 8
2 1 (1Rise)
23 Haein "Journey to Atlantis"
"Between Us"
Laboum Up: 5
Down: 22
2 4 (2Fall)
24 Elly "Sonata of Temptation" Ivy Up: 4
Down: 23
4 4 (Same position)
25 Chaerin "Bicycle" Chungha Up: 4
Down: 23
3 4 (1Fall)
26 JooE "24 Hours" Sunmi Up: 6
Down: 21
1 4 (3Fall)
27 Hwiseo "Rose Blossom"
"Tomboy"
H1-Key
(G)I-dle
Up: 23
Down: 4
4 1 (3Rise)
28 Kei "Destiny" Lovelyz Up: 18
Down: 9
1 2 (1Fall)
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After Performances

More information Tier, Contestants ...
Tier Contestants
1 Bora, Yeoreum, Jiwon, Hwiseo, Chaeyeon, Nana, Yeeun
2 Kei, Jihan, Zoa, Fye, Soeun, Soojin, Yuki
3 Suyun, Yeonhee, Sangah, Dohwa, Riina, Juri, Jiwoo
4 JooE, Miru, Haein, Elly, Wooyeon, Chaerin, Seoyeon
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Round 2: 7:7 Team Battle (Episode 2-3)

For this round, each contestant would choose one of the 2 signal songs, "Charismatic" and "Snap", in order of the number of Ups received from the Up-Down Battle, and there would be 14 contestants per song. In the event when there are already 14 contestants in one of the songs, the remaining contestants that have not chosen would be automatically allocated to the other song. Each song would consist of 2 teams: "Pick" and "Drop". After the contestants choose, in the Puzzle Room, contestant Jiwon would form the 2 teams for "Charismatic", while contestant Bora would form the 2 teams for "Snap". The formed teams would practice and then record performance videos for the songs.

  • A panel of 13 expert judges (BtoB (Seo Eun-kwang, Lee Min-hyuk), Hyolyn, dance group La Chica (Gabee, Rian, Simeez), choreographer Choi Young-jun, music producer Ryan S. Jhun, film director Kim Do-yeon, music video director Lee Gi-seok, journalist Park Hee-a, and music critic Kim Yoon-ha) would watch the performance videos and evaluate them.
  • In addition, the 14 contestants of "Snap" would evaluate both teams of "Charismatic", and vice versa.
  • For each song, the team with more votes wins. The contestants under the winning team of each song would get a benefit of 10,000 votes.
  • There would be 1 MVP for the winning team of each song, based on the selection of the expert panel. The 2 MVPs selected would have the right to form for the next round.
More information Song, Team ...
Song Team Contestants Result MVP
Charismatic Pick Jiwon, Nana, Chaeyeon,[lower-alpha 41] Jiwoo, Soeun, Wooyeon, Jihan Win Nana
Drop Suyun, Haein,[lower-alpha 41] Seoyeon, JooE, Soojin, Zoa, Yeonhee Lose
Snap Pick Yeeun, Yeoreum, Sangah, Yuki, Bora, Riina, Chaerin Lose Hwiseo
Drop Elly, Miru, Dohwa, Kei, Hwiseo, Fye, Juri Win
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Round 3: Re-mix Battle (Episode 3-4)

The contestants would form new teams and recreate top K-pop songs by various K-pop acts.

  • The MVPs of the previous round, Nana and Hwiseo, have the right to form all 6 teams, with both of them having the right to choose the song they want to re-create first. After that, the contestants of the winning teams would be distributed, then followed by the contestants of the losing teams. After the puzzling, only the contestants of the winning teams of the previous round can raise objections, and Nana and Hwiseo can decide whether to make the change or not.
  • After each performance, the audience would evaluate it, and the score would be revealed immediately after voting ended. From the second performance onwards, the current first place team's score and the current performing team's score would be revealed simultaneously, to show whether the current performing team would replace the current first place team.
  • The members of the winning team would each get a benefit of 20,000 votes.
More information Order, Team ...
Order Team Contestants Song Original Singer Total Votes Final Ranking
1 Shh Yes I'm a Queen Nana, Jihan, Dohwa, Suyun "Nxde" (G)I-dle 222 1st
2 Biceps
(이두근)
Elly, Jiwoo, Juri, JooE, Soojin, Yuki "Fighting" BSS 209 2nd
3 Red Queen Hwiseo, Fye, Sangah, Riina "Shut Down" Blackpink 152 6th
4 Soulmate
(소울메이트)
Soeun, Kei "Only One" BoA 184 4th
5 Beauty Fox
(미예여우조)
Miru, Wooyeon, Yeoreum, Yeeun, Zoa "Don't Call Me" Shinee 201 3rd
6 Under the C Jiwon, Bora, Chaerin, Seoyeon, Yeonhee "Dance The Night Away" Twice 166 5th
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Round 4: All-Rounder Battle (Episode 4-6)

The contestants would be split into Team Queendom and Team Puzzle immediately after the Remix Battle performances, starting from contestant Yeonhee being picked into Team Queendom and contestant Kei being picked into Team Puzzle, with the rest of the contestants choosing Team Queendom or Team Puzzle afterwards. As part of winning the Remix Battle, contestants Jihan, Dohwa, Nana and Suyun can bring contestant(s) from one team to another. Lastly, if one team does not have 13 contestants, through voting among the team with more than 13 contestants, contestant(s) would move to the team without 13 contestants.

  • For this battle, each team would perform 3 rounds of vocal-rap songs, and 2 rounds of dance songs.
  • For the vocal-rap songs, 3-4 songs would be shown, and each team will pick one song on a first come, first serve basis.
  • For the dance songs, they would be newly produced songs, and the selection of the songs would be through a dance battle between the two teams; the winning team would get to pick 2 of the 4 songs available first, while the remaining 2 songs not picked would automatically be allocated to the other team.
  • For each round, the audience would vote for the better performance of the 2.[lower-alpha 42] The team that has the higher total score after the 5 rounds would take the battle, and the members of the winning team would each get a benefit of 20,000 votes. The winning team would only be revealed in Episode 7, which would be a special live broadcast.

Teams

More information Team, Contestants ...
Team Contestants
Queendom Yeonhee, Jiwoo, Seoyeon, Juri, Dohwa, Hwiseo, Soeun, Elly, Miru, Chaerin, JooE, Fye, Soojin
Puzzle Kei, Nana, Bora, Wooyeon, Zoa, Jihan, Jiwon, Yeeun, Suyun, Yeoreum, Riina, Sangah, Yuki
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More information Team, Genre ...
Team Genre Contestants Song Original Singer Score Result VS Team Genre Contestants Song Original Singer Score Result
Puzzle Vocal & Rap Yeeun, Yeoreum, Suyun, Nana, Zoa, Yuki "Rush Hour" Crush (feat. J-Hope (BTS)) 253 Win Queendom Vocal & Rap JooE, Yeonhee, Soojin, Seoyeon "Weekend" Taeyeon (Girls' Generation) 133 Lose
Kei, Bora "If We Ever Meet Again" Lim Young-woong 208 Win Dohwa, Fye, Juri, Jiwoo "Hopeless Romantic" Big Naughty (feat. Lee Su-hyun (AKMU)) 178 Lose
Jiwon, Wooyeon, Jihan, Sangah, Riina "Wannabe" Itzy 217 Win Miru, Elly, Chaerin, Soeun, Hwiseo "Time of Our Life" Day6 169 Lose
Dance Kei, Yeeun, Suyun, Nana, Wooyeon, Sangah "Bad Blood" 245 Win Dance Miru, Dohwa, Fye, Soojin, Seoyeon, Jiwoo "Overwater" 155 Lose
Yeoreum, Bora, Jiwon, Jihan, Zoa, Yuki, Riina "Web" 223 Win JooE, Elly, Chaerin, Juri, Yeonhee, Soeun, Hwiseo "Glow-Up" 177 Lose
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Final Score

More information Team, Score ...
Team Score Result
Queendom 812 Lose
Puzzle 1146 Win
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Round 5: Semi-Final (Episode 7-9)

The Semi-Final voting assembly-choice voting began from July 4 to 7, 23:59 (KST), via the Mnet Plus application, where voters listen to snippets of three newly produced songs and for each song, they pick 7 contestants they want to put in. The three teams would then be formed based on the votes. Subsequently, elimination of 5 contestants would be conducted on Episode 7 (special live broadcast), followed by member adjustments to the teams, such that each song would only have 7 contestants. The eventual performances of the three songs would be held in the Semi-Final, which is Episode 9 (live broadcast).

Through live text votes in Episode 9, the winning team is decided. The members of the winning team would each get a benefit of 30,000 votes. Subsequently, 7 contestants would be eliminated.

The following contestants from the three songs are eliminated before the performances:

More information Song, Eliminated Contestant(s) ...
Song Eliminated Contestant(s)
Puzzlin' Chaerin, JooE
i DGA (I Don't Give A) Sangah, Soeun
I Do Seoyeon
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More information #, Contestants ...
# Contestants Song Result
1 Kei, Miru, Jiwon, Riina, Soojin, Wooyeon, Suyun "Puzzlin'" (Prod. Young K) Lose
2 Yuki, Hwiseo, Yeeun, Dohwa, Fye, Yeoreum, Elly[lower-alpha 43] "i DGA (I Don't Give A)" (Prod. Bobby) Win
3 Bora, Yeonhee, Zoa, Jiwoo, Nana, Jihan, Juri "I Do" (Prod. Ryan S. Jhun) Lose
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Round 6: Final (Episode 9-10)

The 21 contestants would choose one of the two newly produced songs. After the elimination of 7 contestants that happened in Episode 9, the remaining 14 contestants would be split into 2 teams, through the grouping by the top 2 as at Semi-Final, Hwiseo and Nana.

The following contestants from the two songs are eliminated before the performances:

More information Song, Eliminated Contestant(s) ...
Song Eliminated Contestant(s)
Billionaire Jiwon
Last Piece Fye, Riina, Miru, Soojin, Zoa, Bora
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More information #, Contestants ...
# Contestants Song
1 Nana, Yeonhee, Wooyeon, Jihan, Suyun,[lower-alpha 44] Yuki,[lower-alpha 44] Kei[lower-alpha 44] "Billionaire" (Prod. Kenzie, LDN Noise)
2 Hwiseo, Yeoreum, Yeeun, Dohwa, Elly, Jiwoo, Juri "Last Piece" (Prod. Kenzie, Moonshine)
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Discography

Queendom Puzzle Team Battle 1

More information No., Title ...
Released on May 18, 2023 (2023-05-18)[30]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Charismatic"
  • SKINNER BOX
  • Michelle Cho (Singing Beetle)
  • Ylva Dimberg
  • Philip Knudsen
  • HIDDEN SOUND (HSND)
  • SakaZan
  • Foundboy
  • Michelle Cho (Singing Beetle)
PICK on the top[lower-alpha 45]3:07
2."SNAP"
[lower-alpha 46]
PICK-CAT[lower-alpha 47]3:42
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Queendom Puzzle Team Battle 2

More information No., Title ...
Released on May 25, 2023 (2023-05-25)[31]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Charismatic"
  • SKINNER BOX
  • Michelle Cho (Singing Beetle)
  • Ylva Dimberg
  • Philip Knudsen
  • HIDDEN SOUND (HSND)
  • SakaZan
  • Foundboy
  • Michelle Cho (Singing Beetle)
DROP The Beat[lower-alpha 48]3:07
2."SNAP"
  • Kim Eana
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • Dino Medanhodzic
  • Cazzi Opeia
  • Ellen Berg
[lower-alpha 46]
Athena[lower-alpha 49]3:42
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Queendom Puzzle Rise Up

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Released on June 8, 2023 (2023-06-08)[32]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Rise Up"Lee Seu-ran
  • Nmore
  • Shannon
[lower-alpha 50]
Queendom Puzzle3:19
2."Rise Up (Inst.)" 
  • Nmore
  • Shannon
[lower-alpha 50]
 3:19
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Queendom Puzzle All-Rounder Battle 1

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Released on July 12, 2023 (2023-07-12)[33]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Wannabe"
  • Galactika
  • Galactika
  • Woobin
[lower-alpha 51]
Riina, Sangah, Wooyeon, Jiwon, Jihan4:11
2."Hopeless Romantic" (사랑이라 믿었던 것들은)
  • dress
  • Big Naughty
[lower-alpha 52]
Dohwa, Jiwoo, Juri, Fye4:27
3."Time of Our Life" (한 페이지가 될 수 있게)
[lower-alpha 53]
Miru, Soeun, Elly, Chaerin, Hwiseo3:52
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Queendom Puzzle All-Rounder Battle 2

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Released on July 19, 2023 (2023-07-19)[34]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Bad Blood"
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • Erik Smaaland
  • Kristoffer Tømmerbakke
  • Alida Peck
[lower-alpha 54]
Nana, Sangah, Suyun, Yeeun, Wooyeon, Kei2:57
2."Overwater"
  • FLUM3N
  • Boran
  • IRIS
  • dress
  • FLUM3N
  • Boran
  • IRIS
  • Dacy
[lower-alpha 55]
Dohwa, Miru, Seoyeon, Soojin, Jiwoo, Fye3:09
3."Web" ()
  • GDLO (MonoTree)
  • Jo Se-yeon
  • NickIE (PAPERMAKER)
  • WWWAVE (PAPERMAKER)
  • Leever (PAPERMAKER)
[lower-alpha 56]
Riina, Bora, Yeoreum, Yuki, Zoa, Jiwon, Jihan3:30
4."Glow-Up"
  • DayOff (MUMW)
  • Kim Lu-ki (MUMW)
  • Y0UNG (MUMW)
  • Kim Ji-young (MUMW)
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • Nathan Cunningham
  • Marc Raymond Ernest Sibley
  • Sofia Quinn
  • Benjamin Shaprio
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • Nathan Cunningham
  • Marc Raymond Ernest Sibley
  • Sofia Quinn
[lower-alpha 57]
Soeun, Elly, Yeonhee, JooE, Juri, Chaerin, Hwiseo3:28
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Queendom Puzzle Semi Final

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Released on August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09)[35]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Puzzlin'"Young K
  • GARDEN
  • Young K
  • HotSauce
[lower-alpha 58]
Riina, Miru, Suyun, Soojin, Wooyeon, Jiwon, Kei3:21
2."i DGA (I Don't Give A)"Bobby
  • Bobby
  • The Proof
[lower-alpha 59]
Dohwa, Elly, Yeoreum, Yeeun, Yuki, Fye, Hwiseo3:19
3."I Do"
  • Jessica Oh
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • Nathan Cunningham
  • Marc Sibley
  • Brandon Hamlin
  • Rosina Hamlin
  • Rosina Russell
  • Dan Vidmar
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • Nathan Cunningham
  • Marc Sibley
  • Brandon Hamlin
  • Rosina Hamlin
  • Rosina Russell
  • Dan Vidmar
[lower-alpha 60]
Nana, Bora, Yeonhee, Zoa, Juri, Jiwoo, Jihan3:10
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Queendom Puzzle Final

More information No., Title ...
Released on August 16, 2023 (2023-08-16)[36]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Billionaire"Kenzie[lower-alpha 61]Nana, Suyun, Yeonhee, Wooyeon, Yuki, Jihan, Kei3:09
2."Last Piece"Kenzie
  • Kenzie
  • Ludvig Evers
  • Jonatan Gusmark
  • Adrian Mckinnon
[lower-alpha 62]
Dohwa, Elly, Yeoreum, Yeeun, Juri, Jiwoo, Hwiseo3:06
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Chart performance

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR Down.
[37]
"Charistmatic" 2023 Queendom Puzzle Team Battle 1
"SNAP"
"Charistmatic" Queendom Puzzle Team Battle 2
"SNAP"
"Rise Up" Queendom Puzzle Rise Up
"Wannabe" Queendom Puzzle All-Rounder Battle 1
"Hopeless Romantic" (사랑이라 믿었던 것들은)
"Time of Our Life" (한 페이지가 될 수 있게)
"Bad Blood" 124 Queendom Puzzle All-Rounder Battle 2
"Overwater"
"Web" (선)
"Glow-Up"
"Puzzlin'" 123 Queendom Puzzle Semi Final
"i DGA (I Don't Give A)"
"I Do" 182
"Billionaire" 161 Queendom Puzzle Final
"Last Piece"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
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Ratings

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Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea
(Nationwide)[38]
1 June 13, 2023 0.243%
2 June 20, 2023 0.519%
3 June 27, 2023 0.486%
4 July 4, 2023 0.526%
5 July 11, 2023 0.507%
6 July 18, 2023 0.474%
7 July 25, 2023 0.399%
8 August 1, 2023 N/A
9 August 8, 2023 0.188%
10 August 15, 2023 0.287%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes ratings that were not published.
  • This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
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Notes

  1. Hwiseo and Riina are members of H1-Key.
  2. Nana and Wooyeon are members of Woo!ah!.
  3. Yuki is a member of Purple Kiss.
  4. Kei is a member of Lovelyz.
  5. Yeoreum is a member of WJSN.
  6. Juri, Suyun, and Yeonhee are members of Rocket Punch.
  7. Yeeun, currently a solo artist, is a former member of CLC.
  8. Juri, Miru, Riina, Suyun, and Chaeyeon are former Produce 48 contestants.
  9. Bora, Dohwa, Elly, Haein, Juri, and Suyun participated in Girls Reverse.
  10. Jihan, Soeun, Soojin, and Zoa are members of Weeekly.
  11. Elly is a member of Weki Meki.
  12. Elly is a former Produce 101 contestant.
  13. Juri is a former member of AKB48
  14. Jiwoo and Seoyeon are members of TripleS.
  15. Jiwoo is a former My Teenage Girl contestant.
  16. Dohwa is a member of AOA.
  17. Bora, Chaerin, and Jiwon are members of Cherry Bullet.
  18. Bora and Jiwon participated in Girls Planet 999.
  19. Fye is a former member of BNK48.
  20. Miru Shiroma is a former member of NMB48.
  21. Soojin and Soeun are former Mix Nine contestants.
  22. Sangah is a member of Lightsum.
  23. JooE is a former member of Momoland.
  24. Haein is a member of Laboum.
  25. Haein is a former The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project contestant.
  26. Lee Chae-yeon and Haein dropped out of the show prior to its premiere date. They have participated in the first recording session and will not be edited out of the broadcast.
  27. Chaeyeon, currently a soloist, is a former member of Iz*One
  28. Chaeyeon is a former Sixteen contestant.
  29. Chaeyeon is a former Street Woman Fighter contestant.
  30. Up-Down Battle shown on Episodes 1 and 2.
  31. Shown on Episodes 2 and 3.
  32. Re-Mix Battle shown on Episodes 3 and 4.
  33. All-Rounder Battle shown on Episodes 5 and 6.
  34. Shown on Episode 9.
  35. Only the Top 7 contestants were revealed, without revealing the number of votes.
  36. Only the tiers were revealed, without revealing the number of votes. Tier 1 stands for Top 7 contestants, Tier 2 stands for contestants that would advance to the Finals (together with the Top 7), and Tier 3 stands for contestants on brink of elimination. These tiers were based on votes up to July 31, 23:59 (KST).
  37. Tiering based on 50% on number of Music Show wins and 50% on number of first week album sales.
  38. Through re-evaluation done by the fellow contestants.
  39. After adding up the benefit votes won through winning the 7:7, Re-Mix, and All-Rounder Battles.
  40. After adding up the benefit votes won through winning the Semi-Final Battle.
  41. Left the program in the middle of the round.
  42. Fellow group members and family members of the contestants would also attend the recording of the battle as audience, but they are not allowed to vote for the entire battle.
  43. Originally in the "I Do" Team, Elly chose to join the "i DGA (I Don't Give A)" Team.
  44. Suyun, Yuki, and Kei originally chose "Last Piece", but then moved to "Billionaire" during the second grouping after the Semi-Final.
  45. Members include Jihan, Jiwon, Jiwoo, Nana, Soeun and Wooyeon.
  46. Arranged by Ryan S. Jhun and Dino Medanhodzic
  47. Members include Bora, Chaerin, Riina, Sangah, Yeeun, Yeoreum and Yuki.
  48. Members include JooE, Seoyeon, Soojin, Suyun, Yeonhee and Zoa.
  49. Members include Dohwa, Elly, Fye, Hwiseo, Juri, Kei and Miru.
  50. Arranged by Nmore
  51. Arranged by Kim Seung-joon
  52. Arranged by Kim Kyung-hwan
  53. Arranged by Hong Hoon-gi and Kim Kyung-hwan
  54. Arranged by Ryan S. Jhun, Erik Smaaland and Kristoffer Tømmerbakke
  55. Arranged by FLUM3N and Dacy
  56. Arranged by NickIE (PAPERMAKER) and Leever (PAPERMAKER)
  57. Arranged by Ryan S. Jhun and Space Primates
  58. Arranged by GARDEN
  59. Arranged by The Proof
  60. Arranged by Ryan S. Jhun, Space Primates and Jason OK
  61. Arranged by LDN Noise
  62. Arranged by Kenzie and Moonshine

References

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