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Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace
Promotional poster
Hangul
로드 투 킹덤: Ace of Ace
Revised RomanizationRodeu tu kingdeom: Ace of Ace
McCune–ReischauerRodŭ t'u k'ingdŏm: Ace of Ace
GenreReality competition
Directed byJo Woo-ri
Presented byTaemin (Shinee)
Starring
Music by
  • Park Seung-seon[1]
  • Kim Jong-woo[1]
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes1
Production
Executive producers
  • Park Chan-wook[1]
  • Choi Hyo-jin (CP)[1]
Production companyJeus Works[1]
Original release
NetworkMnet
ReleaseSeptember 19, 2024 (2024-09-19) –
present
Related

Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace (Korean: 로드 투 킹덤: Ace of Ace) is an ongoing South Korean reality competition survival show created by Mnet. The show rebranded as an independent program from its predecessor. It premiered on Mnet on September 19, 2024, and airs every Thursday at 21:30 (KST). It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, Abema in Japan, and Mnet K-pop YouTube channel in other countries.

Cast

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Host

Contestants

Production and release

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On April 24, 2024, Mnet's Road to Kingdom 2 was scheduled to be broadcast in the second half of 2024.[2] The next day, The Fact reported that Xikers, The New Six, and 8Turn were named as the possible participants to appear on the show.[3]

On May 1, 2024, Sports Chosun reported that Cravity, ATBO, and Younite were named as the other possible participants to appear on the show.[4] While Joy News 24 reported that Tempest would also join as participants.[5]

On June 26, 2024, Mnet announced that Road to Kingdom 2 will be rebrand as a standalone program unlike its predecessor which was more like a prequel to gain a spot in the sequel, Kingdom and PD Jo Woo-ri will direct the show.[6] The next two days, Oneus who competed in the first season of the show reportedly joined the lineup.[7]

On July 3, 2024, Ten Asia reported that Taemin will be the host of the show and it will premiere in September 2024.[8] On July 10, Mnet confirmed the seven groups—The New Six, The CrewOne,[note 1] 8Turn, Oneus, Younite, Cravity, and Tempest—as the final lineup of the show.[9] On July 17, Mnet officially confirmed that Taemin will be the solo host of the show and it will premiere in September 2024.[10]

On August 1, 2024, Mnet released a teaser video revealing Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace as the official title of the show.[11] On August 27, Mnet announced the broadcast date and time of the show to be on September 19, 2024, and would air every Thursday at 21:30 (KST).[12]

On September 17, 2024, according to an article published by Kstyle, the show would be simultaneously broadcast on Abema SP2 and K World channels in Japan.[13] On September 19, Mnet announced that each episode of the show would be live stream in TVING, Abema, and Mnet K-Pop YouTube channel.[14]

Rules

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  • The overall results would be of a two-track ranking basis: Team Ranking, and Ace Ranking. In each performance round, each boy group would pick an Ace, which is the center of each of the performance.
  • After 3 preliminary performances, the boy group with the overall 1st place in Team Ranking and the boy group with the overall 1st place in Ace Ranking would advance to the Finals.
  • Only 5 boy groups would be in the Final Live Performances.

Results

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Pre-evaluation

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Artist Rankings
Prediction Public Pre-voting
8Turn 5 5
Cravity 2 1
Oneus 3 2
Tempest 6 3
The CrewOne 1 4
The New Six 4 7
Younite 7 6

Evaluation Round 1: Ace Battle (Episode 1)

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Each boy group sends out their Ace to perform a solo performance. After the 7 boy groups' Aces have performed, each boy group would send five of their members to each vote for three aces except their team's ace. The first placed Ace would have the right to arrange the cue sheet for the Team Battle, while the boy group with the last placed Ace would not be able to take part in the Team Battle.[15][16]

# Artist Ace Performance Name Total Self-evaluation Votes Ranking
1 Oneus Hwanwoong "Put On a Happy Face" 26[a] 1st[b]
2 8Turn Myungho "In Vino Veritas: 진실" 21 3rd
3 The CrewOne Lim Ji-min "Dark Times" 23[c] 2nd[b]
4 Tempest Hanbin "Who Am I?" 8 6th
5 The New Six Junhyeok "Drowning" 13 4th
6 Younite Dey "Untitled Freestyle" 12 5th
7 Cravity Hyeongjun "Act I: Odyssey into Gravity" 7 7th

Evaluation Round 2: Team Battle (Episode 1)

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Each boy group performs a 100-second performance. After the six boy groups have performed, all the teams would each send five of their members to each vote for three boy groups excluding their own respective boy groups.[18]

Out of the total score of 1,000, 30% would be based on the self-evaluation aforementioned, while 70% would be based on evaluation from a 280-strong streaming audience, with each boy group gathering 40, and each of the streaming audience also voting for three boy groups excluding their own representative boy groups.[citation needed]

# Artist Performance Name Self-evaluation &
Streaming Audience Votes Breakdown 		Ranking
1 The New Six "Move" (비켜) + "Fuego" (Mash Up Ver.) Self-evaluation: 1st (24)
Streaming Audience Evaluation: 6th (107) 		4th
2 The CrewOne "One Light Becomes One Time" Self-evaluation: 3rd (19)
Streaming Audience Evaluation: 5th (121) 		6th
3 8Turn "We" + "The Game" Self-evaluation: 2nd (20)
Streaming Audience Evaluation: 2nd (140) 		1st
4 Younite "Bad Cupid" (Remix) Self-evaluation: 4th (18)
Streaming Audience Evaluation: 4th (122) 		5th
5 Tempest "Find Our Lighthouse" Self-evaluation: 4th (18)
Streaming Audience Evaluation: 3rd (130) 		2nd
6 Oneus "Intro: Who Got the Joker?" Self-evaluation: 6th (6)
Streaming Audience Evaluation: 1st (166) 		3rd
— Cravity[d] "Act II: Veni Vidi Vici" — 7th

1st Performances: VS Mission

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The 7 boy groups each perform one song from their boy group seniors, and is rearranged into a different style. The 7 boy groups are placed into 3 groups, where there would be two one-on-one performance battles (one of Stray Kids songs, and one of Enhypen songs), and one triple performance battle (based on NCT, The Boyz and Tomorrow X Together).[citation needed]

# Artist Ace Group Song Name Self-evaluation &
Streaming Audience Votes Breakdown 		Result
1 The New Six Hwi Stray Kid songs

(One-on-one Perfomance Battle)

Phobia Self-evaluation:
Streaming Audience Evaluation:
2 Tempest Lew Maniac Self-evaluation:
Streaming Audience Evaluation:
3 8Turn Yungyu Enhypen songs

(One-on-one Perfomance Battle)

Future Perfect Self-evaluation:
Streaming Audience Evaluation:
4 Younite Eunsang Bite Me Self-evaluation:
Streaming Audience Evaluation:
The CrewOne songs by NCT, The Boyz, and Tomorrow X Together

(Triple Performance Battle)

Watch It

(orig. by The Boyz)

Self-evaluation:
Streaming Audience Evaluation:
Oneus Kick It

(orig. by NCT)

Self-evaluation:
Streaming Audience Evaluation:
Cravity Sugar Rush Ride

(orig. by Tomorrow X Together)

Self-evaluation:
Streaming Audience Evaluation:

Notes

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  1. ^ 22 (first voting) + 4 (second voting)
  2. ^ a b Hwanwoong and Lim Ji-min are tied after the first voting with 22 votes each, and after the second voting by the boy groups minus Oneus and The CrewOne, Hwanwoong eventually took first place.[17]
  3. ^ 22 (first voting) + 1 (second voting)
  4. ^ As Hyeongjun placed seventh in the Ace Battle, Cravity can't participate in the Team Battle, thus they have automatically placed seventh.
  1. ^ a b A collaboration team of ATBO and Just B.

References

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  3. ^ Gong, Mi-na (April 25, 2024). [단독] 싸이커스·더뉴식스·에잇턴, '로드 투 킹덤2' 출격 [[Exclusive] Xikers, The New Six, and 8Turn to appear on 'Road to Kingdom 2'] (in Korean). The Fact. Archived from the original on July 14, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024 – via Naver.
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