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Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace
Promotional poster
Hangul
로드 투 킹덤: Ace of Ace
Revised RomanizationRodeu tu kingdeom: Ace of Ace
McCune–ReischauerRodŭ t'u k'ingdŏm: Ace of Ace
GenreReality competition
Directed byJo Woo-ri
Presented byTaemin (Shinee)
Starring
Music by
  • Park Seung-seon[1]
  • Kim Jong-woo[1]
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producers
  • Park Chan-wook[1]
  • Choi Hyo-jin (CP)[1]
Production companyJeus Works[1]
Original release
NetworkMnet
ReleaseSeptember 19, 2024 (2024-09-19) –
present
Related

Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace (Korean: 로드 투 킹덤: Ace of Ace) is an ongoing South Korean reality competition survival show created by Mnet. The show rebranded as an independent program from its predecessor. It premiered on Mnet on September 19, 2024, and airs every Thursday at 21:30 (KST). It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, Abema in Japan, and Mnet K-pop YouTube channel in other countries.

The winner of the show will receive a prize money worth ₩100 million and an opportunity to attend KCON.[2]

Cast

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Host

Contestants

Special appearance

Production and release

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On April 24, 2024, Mnet's Road to Kingdom 2 was scheduled to be broadcast in the second half of 2024.[4] The next day, The Fact reported that Xikers, The New Six, and 8Turn were named as the possible participants to appear on the show.[5]

On May 1, 2024, Sports Chosun reported that Cravity, ATBO, and Younite were named as the other possible participants to appear on the show.[6] While Joy News 24 reported that Tempest would also join as participants.[7]

On June 26, 2024, Mnet announced that Road to Kingdom 2 will be rebrand as a standalone program unlike its predecessor which was more like a prequel to gain a spot in the sequel, Kingdom and PD Jo Woo-ri will direct the show.[8] The next two days, Oneus who competed in the first season of the show reportedly joined the lineup.[9]

On July 3, 2024, Ten Asia reported that Taemin will be the host of the show and it will premiere in September 2024.[10] On July 10, Mnet confirmed the seven groups—The New Six, The CrewOne,[note 1] 8Turn, Oneus, Younite, Cravity, and Tempest—as the final lineup of the show.[11] On July 17, Mnet officially confirmed that Taemin will be the solo host of the show and it will premiere in September 2024.[12]

On August 1, 2024, Mnet released a teaser video revealing Road to Kingdom: Ace of Ace as the official title of the show.[13] On August 27, Mnet announced the broadcast date and time of the show to be on September 19, 2024, and would air every Thursday at 21:30 (KST).[14]

On September 17, 2024, according to an article published by Kstyle, the show would be simultaneously broadcast on Abema SP2 and K World channels in Japan.[15] On September 19, Mnet announced that each episode of the show would be live stream in TVING, Abema, and Mnet K-Pop YouTube channel.[16]

Rules

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  • The overall results would be of a two-track ranking basis: Team Ranking and Ace Ranking. In each performance round, all boy groups would pick their Aces, which is the center of each of their performances.[17]
  • After three preliminary performances, the boy group with the overall 1st place in Team Ranking and the boy group with the overall 1st place in Ace Ranking would advance to the finals.[17]
  • Only five boy groups would have a chance to perform in the final.[17]

Results

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Pre-evaluation

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Artist Rankings
Self-evaluation
prediction 		Public
pre-voting
8Turn 5th 5th
Cravity 2nd 1st
Oneus 3rd 2nd
Tempest 6th 3rd
The CrewOne 1st 4th
The New Six 4th 7th
Younite 7th 6th

Evaluation Match (Episode 1)

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Ace Battle

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Each boy group sends out their Ace to perform a solo performance. After the seven boy groups' Aces have performed, each boy group would send five of their members to each vote for three aces except their team's ace. The first placed Ace would have the right to arrange the cue sheet for the Team Battle, while the boy group with the last placed Ace would not be able to take part in the Team Battle.[18][19]

Ace Battle results
# Artist Ace Performance name Self-evaluation votes Ranking
1 Oneus Hwanwoong "Put On a Happy Face"[a] 26[b] 1st[c]
2 8Turn Myungho "In Vino Veritas: 진실" 21 3rd
3 The CrewOne Lim Ji-min "Dark Times" 23[d] 2nd[c]
4 Tempest Hanbin "Who Am I?" 8 6th
5 The New Six Junhyeok "Drowning"[e] 13 4th
6 Younite Dey "Untitled Freestyle" 12 5th
7 Cravity Hyeongjun "Act I: Odyssey into Gravity" 7 7th

Team Battle

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Each boy group performs a 100-second performance. After the six boy groups have performed, all the teams would each send five of their members to each vote for three boy groups excluding their own respective boy groups.[21]

Out of the total score of 1,000, 30% would be based on the self-evaluation aforementioned, while 70% would be based on evaluation from a 280-strong streaming audience, with each boy group gathering 40, and each of the streaming audience also voting for three boy groups excluding their own representative boy groups.[1]

Team Battle results
# Artist Performance name Self-evaluation Streaming audience Overall ranking
Votes Rank Votes Rank
1 The New Six "Move" (비켜) "Fuego" (Mash Up Ver.) 24 1st 107 6th 4th
2 The CrewOne "One Light Becomes One Time"[f] 19 3rd 121 5th 6th
3 8Turn "We" "The Game" 20 2nd 140 2nd 1st
4 Younite "Bad Cupid" (Remix) 18 4th (Tie) 122 4th 5th
5 Tempest "Find Our Lighthouse"[g] 18 4th (Tie) 130 3rd 2nd
6 Oneus "Intro: Who Got the Joker?"[h] 6 6th 166 1st 3rd
— Cravity[i] "Act II: Veni Vidi Vici"[j] — 7th

Round 1: VS Mission (Episode 2–3)

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The seven boy groups each perform one song from the five representative boy groups that sold over one million albums in 2023, and is rearranged into a different style. The seven groups were divided into three matchups: two one-on-one matches (Stray Kids, and Enhypen songs), and one triple match (NCT, The Boyz and Tomorrow X Together songs).[22][23]

The Team Ranking and Ace Ranking had a total score of 10,000. 30% would be based on the self-evaluation, whereby each boy group would send five of their members to each vote for three aces and three teams, except their team's Ace and their own teams respectively. Meanwhile, 70% would be based on evaluation from 300 on-site audience, each voting for their more preferred team in the VS battle, and also vote for three aces (for the Ace Ranking) and three boy groups out of all seven teams (for the Team Ranking). A benefit of 1,000 points will be given to each of the teams who won in their respective VS battles.[23]

VS Mission results
# Artist Match Performance song Battle result Team Ace
Team Score Benefit Points Total score[k] Rank Member[l] Total score[k] Rank
1 The New Six Stray Kids match "Phobia"[m] Win 8,879 1,000 9,879 3rd Hwi 6,465 4th
2 Tempest "Maniac: Freaky Lab" Lose 4,756 0 4,756 5th Lew 6,025 5th
3 8Turn Enhypen match "Future Perfect (Past the Mic)" Lose 4,423 0 4,423 7th Yungyu 4,517 7th
4 Younite "Bite Me"[n] Win 9.249 1,000 10,249 2nd Eunsang 9,160 2nd
5 Oneus Triple match
(NCT X The Boyz X TXT) 		"Kick It" (영웅; 英雄)[o][p] Lose 6,997 0 6,997 4th Hwanwoong 9,483 1st
6 The CrewOne "Watch It"[q] Lose 4,585 0 4,585 6th Seunghwan 4,674 6th
7 Cravity "Sugar Rush Ride"[r][s] Win 9,769 1,000 10,769 1st Hyeongjun 7,498 3rd
Round 1 Overall Scores and Ranking
Rank Artist Ace Total Score Team Total Score Round 1 Total
1st Younite 9,160 10,249 19,409
2nd Cravity 7,498 10,769 18,267
3rd Oneus 9,483 6,997 16,480
4th The New Six 6,465 9,879 16,344
5th Tempest 6,025 4,756 10,781
6th The CrewOne 4,674 4,585 9,259
7th 8Turn 4,517 4,423 8,940

If a team places 1st on both the Ace Ranking and Team Ranking, then that team automatically gets the right to arrange the cue sheet for the next round. However, if the first placed group in the Team Ranking and the group with the first placed Ace are not the same, a one-on-one Ace Battle would be done between the two teams to own the right to cue sheet arrangement. The voting shall be done via self-evaluation — with each team sending the number of members equivalent to the least number of members among the five (5) remaining teams. Since The New Six and Tempest have the least number of members among the remaining five, having 6 members, six members will vote from each team, making a total of 30 voters for the Ace Battle.[24]

Round 1 - Ace Battle Results
# Team Ace Performance Title Votes Result
1 Cravity Hyeongjun Dance with the Devil 6 LOSE
2 Oneus Hwanwoong Sovereign Shadows 24 WIN

Round 2: Identity Mission (Episode 4–5)

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Each team must show their color and identity by performing their representative hit songs that is rearranged and different from their usual stages of the song. For this round, there would be two Aces per team.[24]

'IDENTITY' Mission Results
# Team Performance Song Team Ace
Score Rank Members Score Rank
— 8Turn "Tic Tac" Myungho, TBA
— Cravity "Love or Die" Taeyoung, TBA
— Oneus "No Diggity (반박불가)" Hwanwoong, TBA
— Tempest "Can't Stop Shining" "Eye of the Storm" Hyuk, TBA
— The CrewOne "Attitude"[t] "Get Away"[u] Junseok, TBA
— The New Six "Love or Die" Junhyeok, TBA
— Younite "Waterfall" Eunsang, TBA

After the second round, one team would be eliminated. The elimination candidates will be the seventh-place team in the Team Ranking and the seventh-place team in the Ace Ranking on the cumulative scores and ranking from Rounds 1 and 2. The team to be eliminated will be determined by an Ace Battle between the two teams. If a team places seventh both in the cumulative Ace Ranking and Team Ranking, then they would be eliminated immediately without holding an Ace Battle.[24]

Cumulative Ace Scores and Ranking
Rank Team Round 1 Round 2 Total
Oneus 9,483
Younite 9,160
Cravity 7,498
The New Six 6,465
Tempest 6,025
The CrewOne 4,674
8Turn 4,517
Cumulative Team Scores and Ranking
Rank Team Round 1 Round 2 Total
Cravity 10,769
Younite 10,249
The New Six 9,879
Oneus 6,997
Tempest 4,756
The CrewOne 4,585
8Turn 4,423

Notes

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  1. ^ Inspired by the Joker Stairs dance from the 2019 American film Joker.
  2. ^ 22 (first voting) 4 (second voting)
  3. ^ a b Hwanwoong and Lim Ji-min are tied after the first voting with 22 votes each, and after the second voting by the boy groups minus Oneus and The CrewOne, Hwanwoong eventually took first place.[20]
  4. ^ 22 (first voting) 1 (second voting)
  5. ^ "Drowning" is an original song by Woodz.
  6. ^ Included sample from ATBO's song "7IBE".
  7. ^ Included sample from their song "Light House".
  8. ^ Inspired by the movie Joker.
  9. ^ As Hyeongjun placed seventh in the Ace Battle, Cravity can't participate in the Team Battle, thus they have automatically placed seventh.
  10. ^ Included sample from their song "Veni Vidi Vici".
  11. ^ a b Self-evaluation Streaming audience.
  12. ^ Also served as the Center of the performance.
  13. ^ Included sample of Requiem in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  14. ^ Inspired by the 1973 film The Exorcist and 2016–2021 TV series Lucifer.
  15. ^ Original song by NCT 127.
  16. ^ Inspired by 2014 film Kingsman: The Secret Service.
  17. ^ Origina song by The Boyz.
  18. ^ Original song by Tomorrow X Together.
  19. ^ Inspired by 2022 film Talk to Me.
  20. ^ Original song by ATBO
  21. ^ Original song by JUST B
  1. ^ a b A collaboration team of ATBO and Just B.

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