UPDATE PRODUCE 101 VOTING FRAUD THAT HARM IZONE and X1

Everyone might know about this scandal that happened inside the prestigious competition from Mnet, Produce 101, that currently have 4 seasons. If you haven't heard at all about this, you might catch up on this article:all-you-need-to-know-about-produce-101

Let's get back to the latest update regarding this scandal that has been investigated for more than 2 months without clear verdict yet. First, every time any good news regarding Izone and X1 come back or new schedule, it will be encounter with another bad news about the update of this scandal, is it a coincidence or some one higher behind it really scared of the 2 temporary group to stole Kpop market from another agency? Who know....

The eighth individual who was recently indicted in the “Produce 101” series manipulation controversy has been revealed. According to Yonhap News, Around US Entertainment’s Kim is the eighth individual along with PD Ahn Joon Young, PD Lee, CP (chief producer) Kim Yong Bum, two Starship Entertainment executives Kim and Kim, former Woollim Entertainment employee Lee, and former 8D Creative employee Ryu.

For this, 8D creative give official countermeasure with this statement:

Ryu, who is currently being mentioned regarding the bribery of “Produce 101” production staff, was in charge of album PR duties for our agency at one point. However, Ryu already established their own agency Enfant Terrible Company last year and no longer has relations with our agency.

To our knowledge, Ryu was investigated in the process of a trainee from his agency Enfant Terrible participating in “Produce X 101.” 8D Creative has never been investigated at all regarding the ranking manipulation and has not participated in bribery.

On December 6, Yonhap News reported that the eight individuals include PD (producing director) Ahn Joon Young, PD Lee, CP (chief producer) Kim Yong Bum, two Starship Entertainment executives Kim and Kim, former Woollim Entertainment employee Lee, and former 8D Creative employee Ryu. The eighth individual has not been revealed yet.

They have been indicted for suspicions such as breach of trust through bribery and violations of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act. PD Ahn said the reason behind it is because the pressure he got from upper rank to make another successful season from Produce and debut another rookie monster, but because the contract get longer and longer, he mustn't failed, so he tried not to include trainee that not suitable for the group concept (like gaeun for example *cough, who is a bit older look for Izone concept). So the final episode vote is gone to nothing, it's already determined even before the episode aired. PD Ahn and Kim decided to exclude trainees that don't match with the concept of the group no matter what the voting results were. All trainees, members are victims.

Mnet's specific future countermeasure are urgently needed in order to minimize the damage towards both izone and x1. There's a lot of news articles trending about this investigation, but all the comments are saying mnet and cj should protect x1 and izone and protect the rest of the trainees. Koreans are blaming mnet and cj in the comments section of all the articles (about this voting scandal) that are mentioning x1 and izone meanwhile international netizen, who always act as they care about mental health of idols, threw this topic under the bus by attacking & cyber bullying them. 90% these hypocrite people didn't even bother to check kaeun's solo and support her. neither miyu's. they're only using these contestants' (they don't even care about) names to hate on izone and x1, maybe they're scared.

Every single trainees who had participated in the show are the VICTIMS of this whole PD Ahn’s scheme.

Previously, there is a sighting of IZONE's van in front of the OTR Office. This is the first time in a month that the van stopped by, and apparently the manager came out and went up and left within minutes. Also, Mnet confirms that X1 is currently preparing on a new album with the aim of making a comeback in early 2020. But with this new update, we might get another delay.