When Yang Hyun Suk first introduced this reality tv program where the trainees had to fight it out and battle, I thought that well, at least one will debut before the other but with no changes made to the members at all. Then after a few episodes, Yang Hyun Suk revealed that the losing team may be disbanded or have a member change. NO WAY came to my mind. Look at the trainees! They have worked so hard as a team and you wanna disband them? Please no. The fans like us won't allow you to do so.
WINNER and Team B have put in great effort into perfecting their vocals, choreography as well as song writing. To throw all these jobs to a bunch of trainees is YG's way. I remembered an interview with G Dragon long ago, where he said that he was trained to write lyrics from a yearly basis to monthly to weekly and then now, daily basis. Lyrics will flow through him almost instantly. But not everyone is as talented as G Dragon and I'm sure a bunch of newbies wouldn't be able to come up with their lyrics within a few weeks. The fact that they could come up with their song arrangement and lyrics, is already a huge step for them.
On the final episode, which I watched the video clip where swarms of fans turned up for the finale with banners and all, I feel that WINNER and Team B didn't have much to lose. I mean both groups have garnered legions of fans from all over the world and for trainees to have fans before they debut is already a damn good thing. I'm pretty sure those new groups that just made their debut are not as famous compared to these YG trainees.
But what makes them so popular?
I think YG has brilliant marketing skills. YG already knew both groups are equally awesome in their own traits (WINNER with vocals and Team B with dance choreography) and maybe he just couldn't decide on who to debut. If based on the choice of judges, Team B would've won. However, the winning team was based solely on the voting done by public and Team A snatched that.
In a sense, WINNER is already getting old and they should be the group to debut before Team B, but Team B can seriously show their moves and entertain the crowd with their acrobatics and stunts. Like I said, both groups are good in their own way. I took a long time to decide who I should really be rooting for and I finally made my decision on the finale. I rooted for Team A because they have really good vocals and there's a vibe within them that made them stood out form Team B. Initially right at the start, they made a mistake of not having a leader. Without the leader, there's no core. So YG was smart and he quickly appointed one- Song Min Ho. However due to his injury, YG quickly changed the leader position to Kang Seung Yoon. It was devastating to Song Min Ho but the group was able to take things in their stride, include Song Min Ho in their choreography even though he was injured. WINNER has this mixture of people with different character and they just blend in with each other perfectly. Team B on the other hand, is so used to one another, they look like siblings to me, with B.I as their eldest brother.
Well, I'm not saying Team B isn't as good as WINNER. But to me Team B still has room for improvement. I wouldn't want to see talents like B.I and Jin Hwan go to waste. B.I has a really good leadership potential, Jin Hwan reminds me of Taeyang, good vocals and humble, Bobby is just wacky and happy go lucky, Joon Hwae has vocals to die for, Yoon Hyeong and Dong Hyuk also have good vocals, but their talents are slightly obscured by the Big 3. The finale song 'Climax' by Team B, was a really touching song, depicting their biggest dream to win the title as WINNER. B.I's rap was daebak! And it was this song that made me realise Joon Hwae's vocals. Even though the song was good, I thought that it was somewhat messy.
Overall, I believe YG should retain Team B and debut WINNER soon. Both groups are really talented. Team B, we'll wait for you to make your debut soon. Hwaiting!
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