"I-LAND" Eliminates A Fan Favorite, Viewers Are Devastated

I-LAND viewers are attached to all the show’s contestants, but unfortunately, not everyone will make the cut.

By the end of Season 1, 23 trainees became 12, and the eliminated “Grounders” moved on to pursue their dreams elsewhere. Although fans hoped that the Top 12 “I-LANDers” would debut together, those hopes were dashed in Episode 7 when the host announced a new round of eliminations.

The debut group will have a total of 7 members, which means that nearly half of the Top 12 (Ni-ki, Daniel, Sunoo, Geonu, Ta-ki, Hanbin, Heeseung, Sunghoon, K, Jungwon, Jake, and Jay) will be eliminated.

In Episode 8, the Top 12 split into three teams to perform “I NEED U”, “Fake Love”, and “DNA” for the “BTS test“. Team “Fake Love” took the top score out of 400 with 306 points. Team “DNA” scored 287, and Team “I NEED U” scored 275.

As for individual rankings, Heesung ranked first with 93 points and Ta-ki ranked twelfth with 57.

Geonu, whom many fans hoped would debut as the group’s main vocalist, was eliminated.

#ILAND Part.2 ranking results for the "BTS TEST"

#1 Heeseung – 93
#2 Jungwon – 82
#3 Sunghoon – 79
#4 K – 78
#5 Sunoo – 77
#6 Jay – 74
#7 Jake – 70
#8 Niki – 69
#9 Hanbin – 66
#10 Daniel – 64
#11 Geonu (eliminated from the show)
#12 Taki – 57#ILAND_EP8 #I_LAND #아이랜드

— I-LAND UPDATES (@ilandupdates) August 21, 2020

Fans are sorry to see him go, but they wish him all the best in his singing career.

Fck it. We just lost another gem. We lost our main vocal.

YOU DID WELL, GEONU!!#ILAND #ILAND_EP8 pic.twitter.com/zXIIHkGPlf

— ¹⁹ jasmin K SUNGHOON DEBUTATION (@forparKsunghoon) August 21, 2020

nah how am i gonna watch iland the same again without geonu?🙂

we really lost our main vocalist just like that? Really? is there any wild card to bring geonu back :( pic.twitter.com/q7GBjGHDNZ

— 🍳 ʜᴏᴏɴ|⁀➷ᴴᴱᴱˢᴱᵁᴺᴳ ᴰᴱᴮᵁᵀ (@jjunie_sseungie) August 21, 2020