The Second World (TV series)

Second World (Korean: 두 번째 세계) is a South Korean reality competition program created by JTBC. It premiered on JTBC on August 30, 2022, and aired for four months over a total of 10 episodes. The premise of the show involves eight female K-pop rappers competing against each other to showcase their vocal abilities. The winner was Moonbyul, with Exy finishing as runner-up.

The Second World
Promotional poster
Hangul
두 번째 세계
GenreReality competition
Music
Presented byPaul Kim
Starring
JudgesSee below
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10 (as of November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08))
Production
Executive producerKim Hyung-joong[1]
Producers
  • You Hee-kyung
  • Kim Heon-ju
  • Choi Ji-eun
  • Cho Hwa-seon
  • Woo Chan-young
  • Yoo Kyung-ok
  • Ahn Joon
  • Kim Min-ji
  • Hong Yu-ri
  • Jang Ji-woong
  • Kim Dae-hyeok
  • Lee Kwan
  • Kwon Oh-kyung
  • Jeon Ye-ji
  • Im Jin-hee
[1]
Production locationSouth Korea
Production companyJTBC
Release
Original networkJTBC2
Original releaseAugust 30 (2022-08-30) –
November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)

Concept and format

Second World was a singing competition featuring head-to-head battles, unit performances, original re-arrangements of well-known songs and collaborations with various producers.

The show's concept revolved around the aim of showcasing the vocal abilities of rappers in K-pop groups, who are often misconceived as not being strong singers. Furthermore, the show allowed them to showcase their diverse musicality which may not have often been possible when limited to their role as rappers in their respective groups.[2]

The results hinged on judges' voting and audience participation, including global voting at the end of each episode. The finale was broadcast live on November 8, 2022 and Moonbyul was crowned the official winner through live voting.[3]

Judges

The judges, named "Voice Readers" in the show:

Contestants
Artist Debut Group Card Name
Yubin Wonder Girls Judgment
Jimin AOA The Hermit → Wheel of Fortune
Moonbyul Mamamoo The Emperor
Mimi Oh My Girl Strength
Exy WJSN The Devil
JooE Momoland The Sun
Moon Sua Billlie The Magician
Kim Seon-you CLASS:y The Star

Performances

Prequel - The Moment of Work (Episode 1)
Order Contestant Song title Video
1 Moon Sua "The Magician"
2 Yubin "The Second World"
3 JooE "Decaffeine"
4 Mimi "Sunset"
5 Kim Seon-you "Fifteen"
6 Moonbyul "On My Way"
7 Jimin "VVWD"
8 Exy "Diamonds" —

Round 1 - Title Match (Episode 2-3)
       Winner
Round Contestant Song title Original performer Votes
1 Mimi "Up in the Sky" (하늘 위로) Lexy 4
Exy "Depressed Letter" (우울한 편지) Yoo Jae-ha 1
2 Yubin "Invitation" (초대) Uhm Jung-hwa 2
Jimin "Magic Carpet Ride" (매직 카펫 라이드) Jaurim 3
3 Moon Sua "The Truth Untold" (전하지 못한 진심) BTS 2
Kim Seon-you "Winter Flower" (雪中梅) Younha, RM 3
4 Moonbyul "Congratulations" Day6 5
JooE "Domino" Jessie J 0
Rank Contestant Points Total Points
Voice Reader 1 vs 1 Battle Global Hearer
1st Moonbyul 500 200 300 1,000
2nd Mimi 400 200 97 697
3rd Kim Seon-you 300 200 92 592
4th Jimin 300 200 58 558
5th Exy 100 0 229 329
6th Yubin 200 0 112 312
7th Moon Sua 200 0 88 288
8th JooE 0 0 59 59

Round 2 - Unit Match (Episode 4)
       Winner
Round Contestant Song title Original performer Votes
1 Meow (Mimi & Kim Seon-you) "Savior" (구원자) Lee Hi 0
SQS (Moonbyul & Exy) "Energetic" (에너제틱) Wanna One 5
2 Who X (JooE & Moon Sua) "What Type of X" (어떤 X) Jessi 5
27 (Yubin & Jimin) "Very Good" Block B 0
Rank Contestant Points Total Points
Voice Reader 1 vs 1 Battle Global Hearer
1st SQS (Moonbyul & Exy) 500 200 300 1,000
2nd Who X (JooE & Moon Sua) 500 200 116 816
3rd Meow (Mimi & Kim Seon-you) 0 0 151 151
4th 27 (Yubin & Jimin) 0 0 120 120

Round 3 - Producer Match (Episode 5-7)
       Winner
Round Song Title
(Producer)		 Contestant Arrangement Votes
1 "XTRAORDINARY"
(Devine Channel)		 Jimin Dawn 3
JooE Night 2
2 "Burinake" (부리나케)
(Baekho, BuildingOwner)		 Exy Latin 1
Kim Seon-you Newtro 4
3 "Rain" (비가 오면 생각이 나)
(Rocoberry)		 Moon Sua Jazz Sound 3
Mimi Hip Hop Sound 2
4 "I'll Throw It" (버릴걸)
(Park Myung-soo, Yoo Jae-hwan)		 Moonbyul Disco 0
Yubin Retro City Pop 5
Rank Contestant Points Total Points
Voice Reader 1 vs 1 Battle Global Hearer
1st Yubin 500 200 83 783
2nd Kim Seon-you 400 200 76 676
3rd Moon Sua 300 200 88 588
4th Jimin 300 200 66 566
5th Exy 100 0 221 321
6th Moonbyul 0 0 300 300
7th Mimi 200 0 91 291
8th JooE 200 0 76 276

Round 4 - Death Match (Episode 7-9)
       Winner
Round Contestant Song title Original performer Votes
1 Exy "Wave" (feat. Jeong Se-woon) ― 2
JooE "Our Dream" (우리의 꿈) Koyote 3
2 Kim Seon-you "Dramarama" Monsta X 0
Mimi "pporappippam" (보라빛 밤) Sunmi 5
3 Moon Sua "Night Dream" (야몽음인 (夜夢陰人)) Lee Bada 5
Yubin "Scattered Days" (흩어진 나날들) Kang Susie 0
4 Moonbyul "Refuge" (기댈곳) Psy 5
Jimin "U-Go-Girl" Lee Hyori 0
Rank Contestant Points Total Points
Voice Reader 1 vs 1 Battle Global Hearer
1st Moonbyul 500 200 300 1000
2nd Mimi 500 200 94 794
3rd Moon Sua 500 200 73 773
4th JooE 300 200 71 571
5th Exy 200 0 213 413
6th Yubin 0 0 155 155
7th Kim Seon-you 0 0 66 66
8th Jimin 0 0 65 65

Points Summary (Rounds 1-4)
       Eliminated
Rank Contestant Points Total Points
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
1st Moonbyul 1,000 1,000 300 1000 3,300
2nd Moon Sua 288 816 588 773 2,465
3rd Exy 329 1,000 321 413 2,063
4th Mimi 697 151 291 794 1,933
5th JooE 59 816 276 571 1,722
6th Kim Seon-you 592 151 676 66 1,485
7th Yubin 312 120 783 155 1,370
8th Jimin 558 120 566 65 1,309

Final Round (Episode 10)
Order Contestant Song title
1 Mimi "The Original"
2 Exy "Birthday Party"
3 Moon Sua "The Magic!an" (feat. Sheon and Siyoon of Billlie)
4 JooE "Now"
5 Moonbyul "Comma" (쉼(,))
Rank Contestant Points Total Points
Global Early Real-Time text
1st Moonbyul 1,542 2,615 4,157
2nd Exy 564 1,723 2,287
3rd Mimi 573 1,109 1,682
4th JooE 863 135 998
5th Moon Sua 458 418 876

Final ranking
Rank Artist Debut Group Card Name
1 Moonbyul Mamamoo The Emperor
2 Exy WJSN The Devil
3 Mimi Oh My Girl Strength
4 JooE Momoland The Sun
5 Moon Sua Billlie The Magician
6 Kim Seon-you CLASS:y The Star
7 Yubin Wonder Girls Judgment
8 Jimin AOA The Hermit → Wheel of Fortune

Discography

The Second World Episode 2
Released on September 7, 2022 (2022-09-07)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Depressed Letter" (우울한 편지)
Exy3:43
2."Invitation" (초대)
Yubin3:25

The Second World Episode 3
Released on September 14, 2022 (2022-09-14)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."WINTER FLOWER" (雪中梅)
  • LEEZ, Ollounder, EDEN, Kwon Tae-eun
Kim Seon-you4:07
2."Congratulations"
  • Hong Ji-sang, Lee Woo-min (collapsedone), Day6, Cocodooboopapa (RBW)
Moonbyul4:41

The Second World Episode 4
Released on September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Saviour" (구원자)
  • B.I
  • Stally
  • Basecamp
  • DJ Kaesama
  • Kim Dong-min
Meow (Mimi & Kim Seon-you)3:30
2."Energetic" (에너제틱)
  • Flow Blow
  • Hui
  • Cocodooboopapa (RBW)
SQS (Moonbyul & Exy)4:09
3."Domino"
  • Henry Walter
  • Jessica Cornish
  • Lukasz Gottwald
  • Claude Kelly
  • Max Martin
  • Henry Walter
  • Jessica Cornish
  • Lukasz Gottwald
  • Claude Kelly
  • Max Martin
  • Kwon Tae-eun
JooE4:23

The Second World Episode 5
Released on October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."XTRAORDINARY (Dawn ver.)"
  • Devine Channel
  • Devine Channel
  • Park Kyoung-young
Shin Jimin2:30
2."XTRAORDINARY (Night ver.)"
  • Devine Channel
  • Devine Channel
  • Park Kyoung-young
JooE2:43
3."Burinake (LATIN ver.)" (부리나케)
  • Baekho
  • BuildingOwner
  • Elum
  • Hey Farmer
  • Ohway!
  • SUMMER CAKE
Exy3:21
4."What Type of X"
  • PSY
  • Jessi
  • Yoo Gun-hyung
  • CuzD
  • JohnJohn
  • JAE RO
  • DONNA
  • SPACE ONE
  • Im Sang-mook (Crash)
  • Kim So-han (Diablo)
  • Jung Yong-wook(Crash)
Who X (JooE & Moon Sua)3:42
5."Very Good"
  • Zico
  • Poptime
  • DINT
  • T-lack (HIGHBRID)
Twenty-Seven (Yubin & Shin Jimin)3:42

The Second World Episode 6
Released on October 12, 2022 (2022-10-12)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Burinake (NEWTRO ver.)" (부리나케)
  • Baekho
  • BuildingOwner
  • Elum
  • Baekho
  • BuildingOwner
  • Elum
  • Hey Farmer
Kim Seon-you3:21
2."Rain" (비가 오면 생각이 나)
  • Rocco
  • Berry
  • Rocco
  • Berry
  • Joseph K
Moon Sua3:37
3."Rain" (비가 오면 생각이 나)
  • Rocco
  • Berry
  • Mimi
  • Rocco
  • Berry
  • Lee Yujin
Mimi3:11
4."I'll Throw It Away (ver. DISCO)" (버릴걸)
  • Jung In-kyung
  • Park Myung-soo
  • Yoo Jae-hwan
  • Lee Hoo-sang (RBW)
Moonbyul3:21

The Second World Episode 7
Released on October 19, 2022 (2022-10-19)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."I'll Throw It Away (ver. Retro City pop)" (버릴걸)
  • Park Myung-soo
  • Yoo Jae-hwan
  • Yubin
  • Jung In-kyung
  • Park Myung-soo
  • Yoo Jae-hwan
  • DINT
  • T-lack (HIGHBRID)
  • Add Blessed
Yubin3:01
2."Wave (feat. Jeong Sewoon)"
  • Exy
  • MAKECAKE36
  • Exy
  • Jeong Sewoon
Exy, Jeong Sewoon2:59
3."Our Dream" (우리의 꿈)
  • Lee Won-hee
  • Park Yo-han
  • Kwon Tae-eun
JooE3:56

The Second World Episode 8
Released on October 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."pporappippam" (보라빛 밤)
  • Sunmi
  • FRANTS
  • DJ Kaesama
  • INDY
Mimi3:14
2."Night Dream" (야몽음인)
  • Lee Ba-da
  • Lee Ba-da
  • Klozer
  • Ecobridge
  • arcon
  • Mosin
Moon Sua4:01
3."Scattered Days" (흩어진 나날들)
Yubin3:57

The Second World FINAL
Released on November 9, 2022 (2022-11-09)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."The Original"
  • Cho Yoon-kyung
  • Mimi
  • Jenson Vaughn
  • Justin Gray
Mimi2:49
2."Birthday Party"
  • Exy
  • Ryan S. Jhun
  • Harlœ
  • Ally Ahern
  • Jason Burve
  • William Zaire Simmons
  • Trevor David Brown
  • "Downtown" Trevor Brown
  • Zaire Koalo for the Orphanage
Exy2:44
3."The Magic!an (feat. Sheon, Siyoon of Billlie)"
  • Le'mon
  • Moon Sua
  • SOFTSERVEBOY (153/Joombas)
  • Julia Ross
  • Candace Sosa
  • WD
  • SQVARE
Moon Sua, Sheon, Siyoon3:39
4."Now"
  • Yummu tone
  • Mospick
  • Yummy tone
  • Yummu tone
  • Mospick
  • Yummy tone
JooE3:51
5."Comma" (쉼(,))
  • Lee Sang-ho (RBW)
  • Seo Yong-bae (RBW)
  • Lee Hoo-sang (RBW)
  • Cocodooboopapa (RBW)
  • Lee Sang-ho (RBW)
  • Seo Yong-bae (RBW)
  • Lee Hoo-sang (RBW)
  • Cocodooboopapa (RBW)
Moonbyul3:12
6."U-Go-Girl"
  • E-Tribe
  • 623
Shin Jimin2:24
7."Dramarama"
  • Andreas Oberg, Drew Ryan Scott
  • Kwon Tae-eun
Kim Seon-you4:05

Ratings
Average TV viewership ratings (nationwide)
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[4]
1 August 30, 2022 0.752% (35th)
2 September 6, 2022 0.683 (36th)
3 September 13, 2022 0.618 (43rd)
4 September 20, 2022 0.471 (49th)
5 October 4, 2022 0.646 (37th)
6 October 11, 2022 0.681 (35th)
7 October 18, 2022 0.474 (45th)
8 October 25, 2022 0.443 (48th)
9 November 6, 2022 0.489 (47th)
10 November 8, 2022 0.309 (51st)
Average
  • The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This show airs on a cable networks (paid television) which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to shows broadcast (free-to-air) on public networks as KBS, SBS, MBC or EBS.

References
  1. 두 번째 세계 제작정보 [Second World production information]. Naver. August 30, 2022.
  2. Yeo, Gladys (2022-08-23). "Rappers from MAMAMOO, OH MY GIRL, Billlie and more revealed in teaser for singing competition 'The Second World'". NME. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  3. "문별, '두 번째 세계' 최종 우승…10주간의 여정 막 내려". iMBC 연예 (in Korean). 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  4. "두 번째 세계 회차별 시청률" [Second World Ratings by episode] (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. Retrieved August 31, 2022 – via Daum.
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