ALL ELEVEN EPISODES
*All the contestants are not actual idols. I did use idol/actress faceclaims for the contestants*
*In my survival show world all the songs performed from episodes 8 to 11 don't exist*
Episode One
The trainees walk in one by one to a big stage with 60 seats in the shape of a crown. The seat with highest peak has a #1 on it, while the other high peaked chairs have a 2 and 3 on them, while the remaining go from 4 - 60. The girls all choose what seats they want to sit due to a self-evaluation. These girls are introduced by their label and are each asked to do a performance with the other trainees from their respective companies. Each individual trainee is judged based on their overall talent and presence on stage. The girls are then ranked 1 - 60 and are given a letter grade, A being the highest and F being the lowest. The girls are then organized into classes.
Episode Two
After being grouped according to the grades given to the trainees, it is announced that they will be performing the title song for the show and are given the song "FUN!" which they must learn in the following days. Their line distribution and overall participation in the performance will be decided by the 3 chosen centers of the group. In which case any As would have the most lines while any Fs would be backup dancers. They are informed they will have 3 days to practice, and then be reassigned to their final groups after a re-evaluation. The trainees are filmed individually performing the song which will then be watched and evaluated by the mentors. They are then given their new grades and asked to move to their new rooms by grade.
Episode Three
The girls move to their new groups after the re-evaluations. They start rehearsing for their "FUN!" stage, Pnation’s Eunmi, YG Entertainment’s Kirari and KQ Entertainment’s Bano are chosen as centers. Once the performance is done the girls are re-evaluated and ranked from 1st - 60th, After this, it is announced that the last 20 contestants will be eliminated in the next episode. The trainees start their second mission, which is group performances with a live audience. They are given the debut songs of 6 girl groups: Wonder Girls - Irony, Girls’ Generation - Into The New World, EXID - Whoz That Girl, After School - AH, Miss A - Bad Girl Good Girl, and F(X) - La Cha Ta. The girls in group A compete for each song through a race and are given the privilege of picking members from B,C,D, and F trainees to form their teams. Each song is performed live by two groups and each member is voted on separately by the live audience, combining the total scores to which group is the winner. This episode shows the groups rehearsing and assigning roles such as 'center', 'main vocal', 'second vocal', etc. Groups contain 5 members each. The first elimination lair occurs and 10 girls are eliminated.
Episode Four
The second half of the group performances take place and rehearsals for the groups are shown. Tensions run high as EXID group one can’t agree upon positions. Another 10 girls are eliminated and the remaining girls rank each other from 1st to 40nd. 100 additional points are awarded to the overall winning team Miss A group two with Pnation’s Eunmi taking first place overall.
Episode Five
After a jam packed few days of rehearsals and performances the girls are given a break to recharge. The girls talk about their rankings and predict who will be ranked high next round. Everything is fun and relaxing until special guests Yoo Jae-Suk and Lovelyz’s Mijoo come and help out the girls with their special interview challenge. The girls test their interview skills against each other. The special guest ranks all 40 girls and places them into groups for a fun skit challenge. The winning group gets to go out of the dorms for all expenses paid dinner.
Episode Six
It is now time for another challenge. It is announced that the girls will be going up against each in groups of 4 for their Princess At The Gauntlet competition. To choose what girl would be in which group, there are 5 rooms. Each room has a song labeled inside the room. One by one a randomly chosen girl will choose a room without knowing which song they will get. The five songs are: (G)I-DLE’s Hwaa, Everglow’s Adios, EXO’s Obsession, NCT Dream’s BOOM, and Dreamcatcher’s Deja Vu. It is also revealed that another 15 girls will be eliminated. The first four groups go up head to head and 7 girls are eliminated. The (G)I-DLE team two are placed 1st overall as of now. But there are still six more groups to go.
Episode Seven
The finale six groups competing perform their respective songs and rehearsals for the groups are shown, with the Obsession group receiving a score of 426, the highest score for the gauntlet. Eight more girls are eliminated. The Obsession group wins the highest group overall and is placed first for individual ranking.
Episode Eight
The girls are given a fashion lesson by soloist Sunmi and the girls participate in a mini fashion show. After the fashion show, it is announced that the next evolution and performances will be conmensing. The evaluation is revealed to be a concept evaluation, and the girls are given five original songs to choose from - Dance pop song “Apple” (produced by DJ MRX), pop/r&b song “Psycho” (produced by BIG C), haunting ballad “Put It Straight” (produced by Im So Yeon and Kim Hyori, who previously produced “FUN!”), pop rock song “BOCA” (produced by Chris Lee-Shun), and dream pop song “Closer” (produced by Chaînes). The girls choose their teams based on their specialities and individual ranking from the last evaluation. However, only five people can be on one team. The first girl to have chosen a concept is given the right to kick out any extras, thus forcing them to choose another song.
Episode Nine
It is announced that the evaluation will have an audience of 3000, far exceeding the amount they had in previous evaluations. The girls assign parts and have meetings with the producers to record studio versions of their songs. On the day of the performance, all eliminated trainees are in the audience as a jury for the decision of who will be eliminated. Both the “Psycho” team (composed of Yanlin, Hanna, Heeji, Miya, and Yejin ) and the “Put It Straight” team (composed of Eunmi, Kirari, Lana, Chahui, and Bona) receive encore calls, but by a small margin of 30 audience votes, “Put It Straight” ultimately takes the win and top five individual rank.
Episode Ten
Amidst the eliminations, the girls undergo various lessons (make-up and speech), attend a therapy session to share about their current feelings, and participate in a question relay. They are also asked to pick the 5 most popular trainees amongst them, with. At the elimination, it is revealed that only 20 trainees will advance to the final stage. With the points added onto the winning team’s score, Lana and Chahui sore up to rank 3rd and 4th. With ranks 19 to 3 revealed, Eunmi and Liling are called up as contenders for 1st place, with Eunmi revealed to have won by a landslide. The contenders for 20th place are then called up Gaeul and Naora. Naora makes it into the top 20 with 2 points separating her and Gaeul. With the top 20 confirmed, the next and final mission is announced: the debut song evaluation. The song “LION” ( produced by Im So Yeon and Kim Hyori, who previously produced “FUN!” and “Put It Straight”) is introduced as the final line-up’s debut song. It is explained that they will be split up into two teams of ten, each team composed of one main vocal, seven sub vocals, and two rappers, with Eunmi and Liling confirmed as centers. The girls choose their positions beginning with rank 20 up to 1, with the higher ranked girls being given the advantage of replacing the lower ranked girls and bumping them into another position. After positions are confirmed, the girls begin practicing the choreography and memorizing the lyrics in preparation for the final stage.
Episode Eleven
The episode begins showing the girls' audition tapes, as well as their final confessional interviews. An announcement is then made that viewers will now be able to send SMS votes for one girl only, which will be added to the online votes in order to determine the final line-up. Throughout the episode, the trainee currently ranked 12th is revealed every now and then to encourage people to vote. The debut evaluation starts off with the eliminated trainees joining the top 20 for a performance of "FUN!". It is the revealed that the debut group, named COURTRESS (Hangu: 궁녀), will debut with a uniquely dark and royalty like concept. The episode then flashes back to the guerilla concert held by the top 20 girls, where they performed their songs from the concept evaluation and eliminated trainees, Sangeon and Qiao, acted as the MCs. A high-five event had been held with the first 500 people that arrived at the concert, with Baby He receiving the most high-fives.
The episode cuts to the girls recording "Dance On My Own" (produced by Chaînes who previously produced "Closer"), which the top 20 perform at the evaluation. The girls are then shown preparing for their debut song, during which they surprise the trainers with thank you video messages, cake, and flowers. After the performances of "LION", the episode cuts to the girls interviewing one another, undergoing group photoshoots, and finally, reading letters they had written to themselves from earlier episodes. Voting soon comes to a close, and ranking announcements begin. Amari, Miyeon, Yejin, Huifang, Raejin, Cece, Baby He, Kirari, and Bona are announced as 11th to 3rd place, respectively, confirming them for debut. Again, Eunmi and Liling are called up as contenders for 1st, and again, Eunmi takes the win, confirming her position as COURTRESS's center. The contenders for 12th, Yanlin and Yeonji, are then announced with Yeonji ultimately being revealed to be COURTRESS's final member.