Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE eliminations: Who is eliminated in each episode?
In Netflix's new music docuseries, Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE, we follow the making of a one-of-a-kind global girl group formed by a joint venture between HYBE and Geffen Records. The six-member group is called KATSEYE, and its official fandom name is EYEKONS.
However, KATSEYE wasn't formed right away, which is what we find out in the docuseries. It was a years-long process, with more than 120,000 young girls auditioning for a spot. Out of all these auditions, HYBE and Geffen shortened its contestants list to 20 people. These 20 contestants had to participate in an intense K-Pop training and development program to gain the skills they needed to achieve stardom. After training finished, the contestants then moved on to the next stage of the program: a survival show called The Debut: Dream Academy.
During this survival show, the contestants were challenged with three different missions and would later be judged by HYBE and Geffen Records executives as well as fans. Based on how each contestant did in each mission would determine if they would stay in the program. But in the end, only six members could be in the group. So, there were many eliminations throughout the entire competition.
Below, we shared all the eliminations in each episode of Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE on Netflix.
Spoilers from Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE ahead!
Episode 1
Before viewers find out which contestants make it to the survival show in the docuseries, there were two eliminations in earlier episodes. One elimination happens in episode 1, and it is the elimination of 17-year-old contestant Abby from Colorado. Although she was a talented individual, her skills weren't quite up to par, according to HYBE and Geffen higher-ups. So, they made the decision to send her home.
Episode 3
The second contestant to get eliminated was Naisha from Brazil/Spain. However, she wasn't eliminated because she had a low skill set. It was because she violated the NDA that all the contestants had to sign before the program. She uploaded a video of her singing an original song on Instagram, and since people outside of the program followed her, they could see it.
Episode 5
In episode 5, the survival show starts, and the girls participate in their first mission. Two contestants are eliminated in this episode, and they are Adela and Hinari. While Adela was mainly eliminated because of low fan voting, Hinari was eliminated because she still needed to develop her skills.
Episode 6
It's time for mission two, and the contestants are determined to do their best so that they won't be eliminated. This time, they're tasked with singing and dancing to songs by HYBE girl group Le Sserafim. In the end, four girls are eliminated from the competition. They are Brooklyn, Karlee, Iliya, and Mei.
Episode 7
After the huge twist at the end of episode 6, most of the contestants aren't as chipper about the competition anymore. One of those contestants is Lexie. She felt like the program was putting the girls against each other, and she didn't like that. This led her to start missing rehearsals, which Missy noticed. After having a discussion with Lexie, they both came to a mutual agreement that she should leave the program.
Episode 8
At the very beginning of episode 8, we find out who made the top 10 and who was sent home. Ezrela, Lara, Emily, Yoonchae, Sophie, Daniela, Megan, Marquise, Manon, and Samara all make the top 10, while UA, Nayoung, and Celeste are cut from the competition. Then, we see the top 10 perform one last time together before the final lineup for KATSEYE is announced.
In the end, Sophia, Lara, Yoonchae, Megan, Daniela, and Manon were revealed to be the official members of HYBE and Geffen Records' first-ever global girl group, KATSEYE. Ezrela, Emily, Marquise, and Samara did not make the group.
No contestants were eliminated in episodes 2 and 4.
Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE is now available to stream on Netflix.