I-Land

Introduced in Episode 2, there is a system in place based on a scoring system out of 100. Each of the I-Landers are evaluated individually and given a score from 0–100. These scores are then displayed anonymously so that any particular individual's score is unknown, and then averaged to get the team score. Based on the team score, a certain number of I-Landers will have to be moved to the Ground and be replaced.

In episode 3, a separate "teamwork" score was also given and factored into the overall average score.

A global voting system was held and the first part of it started on July 24, 2020 at 00:00 (KST) and ended on August 1, 2020 at 00:00 (KST). Viewers can vote for 6 contestants, out of 23, that they wish to see them progress to the 2nd part of I-Land. Viewers can vote once per day.

The second part of voting started on August 1, 2020 at 00:00 (KST) and ended on August 2, 2020 at 12:00 (KST). Viewers can vote for 6 contestants, out of the 16 Grounders, that they wish to see them progress to the 2nd part of I-Land. Every vote is equal to 3 votes.

The system in part 2 was introduced in Episode 7. Each of the I-Landers are evaluated individually and given a rank from 1-12. The top 7 I-Landers will wear a badge that symbolises the debut group, which is containing of 7 participants, and this ranks can change after each test. Same as Part 1, there are 4 tests and on each test, and one or more contestants will be eliminated according to their ranks. In Test 1 and Test 3, eliminated contestants will be picked by producers only, while in Test 2 and Final Test, the global voting from viewers will be added to determine the eliminated contestants and the final debut lineup.

A global voting system was held to select the final debut members. For the first part, each viewer can vote up to 2 contestants per day from August 15, 2020 00:00 (KST) until August 29, 2020 23:59 (KST). Votes of contestants who were eliminated during the voting period will be disregarded.

The second part of voting started on September 5, 2020 and ended before the last episode on September 18, 2020. Viewers can select only one contestant per day. Votes of contestants who were eliminated during the voting period will be disregarded.

Another voting period started during the live broadcast of the last episode. Viewers can select only one contestant and voting are only open for an hour.

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•   Highest score that round
•   Lowest score that round

Trainees that came together or alone must perform in this test. Every other contestant must raise their hands to judge whether they are worth to be on the I-LAND. If a trainee received 12 or more votes, they are allowed to be on the I-Land. If not, they will be on the Ground. There is no limit to the count, but if there are more than 12 contestants after the whole test, the remaining contestants must pick one or more contestants to be moved out to the Ground until there are 12 contestants remaining.

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•   I-Land
•   Moved Out[lower-alpha 6]
•   Ground

Trainees begin their first official mission with the theme "encounter"; the trainees are just getting to know each other. The contestants on the I-Land and the Ground must perform the show's theme song "Into The I-LAND" (original version by IU). There are 12 parts in this song and each trainee must pick which part they want to perform. The I-Land contestants will be evaluated individually by the producers and directors, and the average score of all of them will correspond to the number of contestants needed to move out from the I-Land.[lower-alpha 9] The Ground contestants will each submit a performance video daily to be reviewed by the producers and directors to determine who will replace the eliminated contestants from the I-Land, but they will not have an actual performance on stage.

Lee Hee-seung was appointed the leader and the part 1 position by the contestants but later gave up both positions to Ni-ki. Rain evaluated their performance two days before their mission. The I-Landers received an average score of 59 (from contestants individual scores) and therefore have to choose 6 contestants to be moved out from the I-Land.

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•   Contestant from the I-Land later moved to the Ground

Their second mission is designed to test and develop their teamwork. Both the I-Landers and the Grounders will perform a remix of "Fire" by BTS. They are given 6 days to prepare. The same scoring system will be used; however, the highest individual scorer in I-Land will be given a dropout exemption card, which can be used on any of the I-Landers, including himself. If the card is used, the next dropout candidate will automatically be eliminated. If there are no dropouts from I-Land in this round, the Grounders will not be able to perform at all.

Jay and Ni-ki became the leaders of the Grounders, while Hee-seung is the leader for the I-Landers. 2 days before the test, Rain and DOOBU evaluated the Grounders while Zico, Pdogg and Son Sung-deuk evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check. The I-Landers received a teamwork score of 80 and had an average of 78 and therefore have to choose 4 contestants to be moved out from the I-Land.

K received the highest score and, thus, the dropout exemption card. He used it to save Yang Jung-won from being dropped out of I-Land. Yang Jung-won being saved makes the next contestant, Ta-ki to move out from I-Land. They both have 5 votes but Ta-ki has a higher individual score than Jung-won so he was originally saved from being dropped out.

•   Contestant from I-Land that received the highest score thus received the dropout exemption card
•   Contestant that eventually stays in I-Land
•   Contestant that later moved from I-Land to Ground
•   Contestant that later moved from Ground to I-Land
•   Contestant that eventually stays in Ground

Their third mission is picking representatives for vocal and dance battle between I-Land and Ground to test their sacrifice and ability to directly compete. If Ground wins, 6 contestants will be dropped out from I-Land. If I-Land wins, no contestants will be dropped out. They are given 6 days to prepare. Rain and Son Sung-deuk evaluated the I-Landers while Zico, Pdogg, and DOOBU evaluated the Grounders as a midpoint check, 3 days before the test. I-Land won the battle; therefore no I-Landers will be dropped out.

•   Win
•   Lose

The fourth and last mission of the first part of the show will decide the final 12 contestants. They will be performing a new original song titled, "I&credible" with the theme, "Awakening". Like the theme song, there are 12 parts in this song and each trainee must pick which part they want to perform. They are given 7 days to prepare. Rain and Son Sung-deuk evaluated the Grounders while Zico, Pdogg, and DOOBU evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check. Jay and Jake help the I-Landers with the details of the choreography, and Ni-ki helps the Grounders.

From the I-Land, 3 contestants will be voted out by the I-Landers themselves and another 3 from the producers. 6 members from the Ground (including the dropped out I-Landers) who will fill up the 6 spots in I-Land will be picked by the global fans through voting. The 6 remaining I-Landers will automatically continue to the second part of the show.

After the eliminated I-Landers arrive in the Ground, they must perform again with the Grounders, they are given 3 days to redistribute parts and to prepare.

K, Lee Hee-seung, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Jung-won, Jake, and Jay are saved from being dropped out, thus, they will continue on to the second part of I-Land.

  Contestants that later moved from I-Land to Ground

• Kim Yoon-won has withdrawn from I-LAND due to unforeseen circumstances.

The first test of the 2nd part of I-LAND and the final 12 contestants is performing songs of BTS. The 12 contestants are divided into 3 units with each one performing a song by BTS. The group gave the mission themselves, recorded in the living room of I-Land while the contestants watched from the lobby. The producers will pick the contestant who will be eliminated based on individual scoring. The unit with the highest score will be exempted from elimination, if the contestant with the lowest score is in the first rank unit, the next member with the lowest score will be eliminated from I-LAND. They are given 7 days to prepare. Son Sung-deuk and DOOBU evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check.

Choreographer Bae Yoon Jung and Son Sung-deuk appeared to give a mini-mission which is a freestyle dance battle, the ranks 1-3 will be the leader of the group and will choose if they want to pick their members in the unit or choose a song.

The Fake Love unit ranked first. Ta-ki, who's part of the unit, received the lowest individual score but was saved from being eliminated. Lee Geon-u, who placed 11th, was eliminated instead.[11] The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rank will be spending a day of freedom outside I-Land doing different activities.

•   Unit with the highest score and is exempted from elimination
•   Unit with the lowest score
•   Contestant that was eliminated
•   Contestant that was originally eliminated but was saved by the winning unit's exemption card

The second test of the 2nd part of the show is about the chemistry between the contestants and the global fans. The contestants will be divided into two groups and will be performing new singles, "Flicker" and "Dive Into You". The eliminations for this round will be determined by the global votes. The contestant who places first, picked by the producers, will receive twice the number of votes for 24 hours before the global voting ends. Lee Hee-seung, the 1st rank contestant will pick his chosen song and members. They are given 6 days to prepare. Son Sung-deuk and DOOBU evaluated the performance while vocal coach Kim Sung-eun evaluated the vocals of the I-Landers as a midpoint check.

Jake, who was picked by the producers, ranked first, thus, the votes he will receive in the last 24 hours of voting is equal to two votes.

•   First place contestant picked by the producers
•   Contestant that was eliminated

The third test of the 2nd part of the show is about concept performance, and will feature a mini-mission to form a team. They will be covering two songs of Seventeen which are Pretty U and HIT. They are given a day to practice. The8, Jun, Dino and Hoshi of Seventeen came to I-Land to administer the mini-mission themselves. Team "Pretty U" won the mini-mission. Kim Sun-oo won first place and will pick his chosen song and members.

The contestants then will be divided into two groups and will be performing new singles, "Chamber 5 (Dream of Dreams)" as a refreshing concept and "Flame On" as explosion concept. The producers will pick the contestant who will be eliminated based on individual scoring. The 11th place contestant will participate in the mini-mission and practice for the concept test but will not be performing it in front of the producers.

Park Sung-hoon and Kim Sun-oo were appointed leaders of the teams. Ta-ki placed 11th place in the global votes for the Chemistry Test, thus, he was eliminated. Kim Sun-oo replaced Ta-ki with Park Sung-hoon in his group. K replaced Park Sung-hoon as being the leader of "Flame On". They are given 5 days to practice. Son Sung-deuk evaluated both teams as a midpoint check.

•   First place team (chosen by Seventeen)
•   First place contestant

•   First place contestant
•   Contestant that was eliminated

The last test of the show, which comes before debut, will determine the debut group which contains 7 members. The top 6 trainees will be selected from global votes while one trainee will be chosen by the producers. They will be performing a new single titled, "Calling (Run Into You)" during the live broadcast. Son Sung-deuk and DOOBU evaluated the I-Landers as a midpoint check.

The I-Landers will also get to film their own PR video. The duration of their video will be based on their ranking. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rank will get 60, 50, and 40 seconds, respectively, while the rest will have 30 seconds.

The 13 eliminated trainees came to I-LAND and they reunited with the current contestants to practice their first song, "Into The I-LAND" together and perform it during the live broadcast for the first time.

The debut group name is "Enhypen", from the symbol Hyphen (-) it creates new meanings including Connection, Discovery, & Growth. The final line-up are Yang Jung-won, Jay, Jake, Niki, Lee Hee-seung, Park Sung-hoon, with Kim Sun-oo as the producer's pick.

•   Debuting contestants
•   Contestant that was picked by the producers to be in the debut lineup
•   Contestants that was eliminated