High School Rapper season 2
| High School Rapper | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mnet |
| Original release | February 23 – April 13, 2018 |
| Season chronology | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 고등래퍼 2 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Godeung raepeo i |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kodŭng raep'ŏ i |
The second season of High School Rapper (Korean: 고등래퍼 2) is a 2018 South Korean survival hip hop TV show. It aired on Mnet starting February 23 to April 13, 2018.[1][2] Kim Ha-on won, Bae Yeon-seo came in second and Lee Byung-jae placed third in the final ranking.
Season overview[edit]
Mentors[edit]
Contestants[edit]
| Pre 1 grade | 1 grade | 2 grade | 3 grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Ye-chan | Park Jin-oh | Kim Ha-on | Yoon Jin-young |
| Ha Seon-ho | Seok Min | Bang Yeon-seo | Kim Yoon-ho |
| Kim Min-seok | Lee Min-woo | Lee Byung-jae | Bang Jae-min |
| Park Ji-won | Kim Hyo-dong | Jo Won-woo | Park Joon-ho |
| Ji Min-hyuk | Yoon Byung-ho | Oh Dam-ryul | |
| Kim Joon-seo | Kim Geun-soo | Hwiyoung | |
| Kim Eun-ji | Lee Seung-hwa | Park Young-seo | |
| Alice | Lee Ji-eun | Kim Sae-ryung | |
| Song Jae-hoon | Bin Ha-neul | ||
| Kim Sung-ho | |||
| Jo Eun-san |
Episodes[edit]
Ep. 1-2: Cypher[edit]
On the first episode of the show, 32 high school students handpicked by the show's producers among 8,000 applicants met each other the first time. Students in the same grade had to compete each other with freestyle rap, and the other grades got to vote on the best rapper among that grade. Then, the students voted first place in their respective grades were given the opportunity to take turns and choose their own teammates.
| Lee Ye-chan team | Seok Min team | Kim Ha-on team | Kim Yoon-ho team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Ye-chan | Seok Min | Kim Ha-on | Kim Yoon-ho |
| Yoon Byung-ho | Bae Yeon-seo | Lee Byung-jae | Jo Won-woo |
| Kim Se-ryung | Oh Dam-ryul | Ha Seon-ho | Bang Jae-min |
| Ji Min-hyuk | Yoon Jin-young | Go Jun-seo | Kim Hyo-dong |
| Lee Ji-eun | Song Jae-hoon | Jo Eun-san | Kim Geun-soo |
| Alice | Lee Seung-hwa | Park Joon-ho | Bin Ha-neul |
| Kim Eun-ji | Kim Seong-ho | Hwi-young | Park Ji-won |
| Park Jin-oh | Park Young-seo | Kim Min-seok | Lee Min-woo |
Ep. 2-3: Team Finalization - Your Personal Story[edit]
Among eight teammates in each team determined from last competition, only top four, decided by the producers after watching their performance with lyrics about their personal stories, were allowed to advance to the next round. Four teams of producers each were allowed to give maximum 50 points to each student, allowing for maximum 200 points per student.
| Place | Student | Score | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoon Byung-ho | 171 | 85.5 |
| 2 | Lee Ye-chan | 157 | 78.5 |
| 3 | Park Jin-oh | 141 | 70.5 |
| 4 | Lee Ji-eun | 121 | 60.5 |
| 5 | Kim Se-ryung | 116 | 58.0 |
| 6 | Ji Min-hyuk | 115 | 57.5 |
| - | Kim Eun-ji | - | - |
| - | Alice | - | - |
Results for students Kim Eun-ji and Alice weren't disclosed. Afterwards, Deepflow became the team's mentor.
| Place | Students | Score | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bae Yeon-seo | 184 | 92.0 |
| 2 | Oh Dam-ryul | 176 | 88.0 |
| 3 | Yoon Jin-young | 173 | 86.5 |
| 4 | Lee Seung-hwa | 154 | 77.0 |
| 5 | Song Jae-hoon | 151 | 75.5 |
| 6 | Kim Seong-ho | 142 | 71.0 |
| 7 | Park Young-seo | 141 | 70.5 |
| 8 | Seok Min | 131 | 65.5 |
Afterwards, the team chose Hangzoo and Boi B as their mentors.
| Place | Students | Score | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Haon | 191 | 95.5 |
| 2 | Lee Byung-jae | 180 | 90.0 |
| 3 | Ha Seon-ho | 162 | 81.0 |
| 4 | Park Joon-ho | 159 | 79.5 |
| 5 | Hwi-young | 154 | 77.0 |
| 6 | Kim Min-seok | 153 | 76.5 |
| 7 | Jo Eun-san | 128 | 64.0 |
| 8 | Go Jun-seo | 63 | 31.5 |
Afterwards, Groovy Room was chosen as the team's mentors.
| Place | Students | Score | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Won-woo | 178 | 89.0 |
| 2 | Kim Geun-soo | 176 | 88.0 |
| 3 | Kim Yoon-ho | 160 | 80.0 |
| 4 | Bang Jae-min | 152 | 76.0 |
| 5 | Lee Min-woo | 151 | 75.5 |
| 6 | Kim Hyo-dong | 148 | 74.0 |
| 7 | Park Ji-won | 133 | 66.5 |
| - | Bin Ha-neul | - | - |
Bin Ha-neul's results weren't disclosed. Afterwards, the team chose San E and Cheetah for their mentors.
Ep. 4-5: Team Battle - Textbook Literature[edit]
Students had to choose either a poetry or novel piece of their choice and write a song about it. Each team, consisting of 4 members, were divided into two groups of two, and competed with other groups. For groups that lost, only one of them were allowed to pass and the other one disqualified.
| Categories | Mentor | Group | Song | Point | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poem | VS | San E, Cheetah | Jo Won-woo | Kim Geun-soo | Cast Away the Useless | 59 |
| Hangzoo, Boi B | Yoon Jin-young | Lee Seung-hwa | Wavering Flower | 41 | ||
| VS | Hangzoo, Boi B | Bae Yeon-seo | Oh Dam-ryul | Buk | 85 | |
| Groovy Room | Lee Byung-jae | Ha Seon-ho | By Burning Thirst | 15 | ||
| Novel | VS | Groovy Room | Kim Ha-on | Park Joon-ho | The Little Prince | 79 |
| Deepflow | Yoon Byung-ho | Park Jin-oh | Wan-deuk | 21 | ||
| VS | San E, Cheetah | Kim Yoon-ho | Bang Jae-min | Oseong and Haneum | 81 | |
| Deepflow | Lee Ye-chan | Lee Ji-eun | Camellia Blossoms | 19 | ||
Disqualified: Lee Seung-hwa, Ha Seon-ho, Park Jin-oh, and Lee Ji-eun.
All else passed.
Ep. 5-6: Team Battle - Collaboration with Mentors[edit]
Students competed in two groups, one group where mentors and students performed together, and the other where students performed with the beat produced by their mentors. Students that failed to get in top three were disallowed from advancing to the next round.
| Mentor | Student(s) | Guest Judges | % | Audience | % | Total | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepflow | Yoon byung-ho | 176 | 88.0 | 262 | 87.3 | 438 | 87.6 |
| Groovy Room | Park Joon-ho | 161 | 80.5 | 242 | 80.7 | 403 | 80.6 |
| San E, Cheetah | Bang Jae-min, Kim Geun-soo | 124 | 62.0 | 272 | 90.7 | 396 | 79.2 |
| Hangzoo, Boi B | Oh Dam-ryul | 121 | 60.5 | 234 | 78.0 | 355 | 71.0 |
Oh Dam-ryul failed to get in the top three.
| Mentor | Student(s) | Guest Judges | % | Audience | % | Total | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groovy Room | Kim Ha-on, Lee Byung-jae | 190 | 95.0 | 281 | 93.7 | 471 | 94.2 |
| Hangzoo, Boi B | Bae Yeon-seo, Yoon Jin-young | 170 | 85.0 | 294 | 98.0 | 464 | 92.8 |
| San E, Cheetah | Jo Won-woo, Kim Yoon-ho | 156 | 78.0 | 266 | 88.7 | 422 | 84.4 |
| Deepflow | Lee Ye-chan | 154 | 77.0 | 218 | 72.7 | 372 | 74.4 |
Lee Ye-chan failed to pass to the next round.
Ep. 7: Semi-Final[edit]
Of 10 students left in the race, only 5 were allowed to advance to the finals, determined by the audience vote after watching everyone's performance.
| Place | Mentor | Student | Points | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Groovy Room | Kim Ha-on | 474 | 94.6 |
| 2 | Groovy Room | Lee Byung-jae | 468 | 93.6 |
| 3 | San E, Cheetah | Jo Won-woo | 436 | 87.2 |
| 4 | Hangzoo, Boi B | Bae Yeon-seo | 424 | 84.8 |
| 5 | Hangzoo, Boi B | Yoon Jin-young | 402 | 80.4 |
| 6 | Deepflow | Yoon Byung-ho | 396 | 79.2 |
| 7 | San E, Cheetah | Kim Yoon-ho | 340 | 68.0 |
| 8 | San E, Cheetah | Bang Jae-min | 332 | 66.4 |
| 9 | Groovy Room | Park Joon-ho | 298 | 59.6 |
| 10 | San E, Cheetah | Kim Geun-soo | 264 | 52.8 |
Ep. 8: Final[edit]
The audience of 500 voted on the students once during each performance, and once after every performance was over. On the first round of voting, cast during the performance, one voter could cast his or her vote to however many students, so every student could earn 500 maximum points. On the second round, cast after the performances, one voter could only vote on one member.
Kim Ha-on became the champion.
| 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | % | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Ha-on | 445 | 89.0 | 134 | 26.8 | 579 |
| 2 | Bae Yeon-seo | 447 | 89.4 | 125 | 25.0 | 572 |
| 3 | Lee Byung-jae | 443 | 88.6 | 91 | 18.2 | 534 |
| 4 | Yoon Jin-young | 379 | 75.8 | 105 | 21.0 | 484 |
| 5 | Jo Won-woo | 377 | 75.4 | 45 | 9.0 | 422 |
Ratings[edit]
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share |
|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea (Nationwide)[3] | ||
| 1 | February 23, 2018 | 1.025% (18th) |
| 2 | March 2, 2018 | 1.117% (12th) |
| 3 | March 9, 2018 | 1.423% (24th) |
| 4 | March 16, 2018 | 1.019% (30th) |
| 5 | March 23, 2018 | 1.041% (29th) |
| 6 | March 30, 2018 | 1.18% (12th) |
| 7 | April 7, 2018 | 1.276% (13th) |
| 8 | April 13, 2018 | 1.536% (5th) |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Kim Mi-hwa (January 23, 2018). "'고등래퍼2' 2월 23일 첫방송.."10대의 패기 생생히"" ['High School Rapper 2' first broadcast on February 23.."The spirit of a teenager vividly"]. Naver (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ Kim Na-hee (April 13, 2018). "'고등래퍼2' 오늘(13일) 파이널, TOP5 레전드 무대가 온다" ['High School Rapper 2' today (13th) final, TOP5 legend stage is coming]. Naver (in Korean). Osen. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ "고등래퍼 2 시청률" [High School Rapper 2 ratings] (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023 – via Daum.
External links[edit]
- (Korean) Official website Archived 2019-09-21 at the Wayback Machine