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[rkevent]

IN FIRST PLACE...

                                       [ ♔ ]  FROM TRC ENT ………….  TEAM SIRIUS !

With a loud noise, confetti starts to fall from the sky, congratulating the winners of this season. “Woo!” Tiger JK shouts into his microphone, a hand up in cheers. “You did a great job tonight, one to make TRC proud.” He starts. “You picked yourselves back up from last week’s results and did the best that you could today, as can be proven by these results. You made me proud, which is better than anything else, probably, so you should be proud of that, too.”

He smiles at the contestants below before continuing. “I’d love for HWANG YEJI and LEE CHAERYEONG to join TRC Entertainment. The two of you proved yourselves very well and I’d love to see what more you could do with our help.”

“And me, too,” Baek Jiyoung speaks up. “I’d like to offer KANG HYUNGGU a contract to Sphere Entertainment. I believe your talents would fit us very well, and it’d be a pleasure to have one of the winners in my company… again!” The woman chuckles, looking over at her fellow judges.

“And as for CHOI MINHO…” Tiger JK continues. “None of the companies felt like they could offer you a contract quite yet. But you proved your skills and you are a winner today as well and will receive the other winner rewards. Congratulations.”

The MC quickly takes it away, giving the camera a bright. “This brings this season to an end! All of the performances may be watched on our official channel, and please look forward to what all these contestants will come up with in the future! Thank you for watching, and see you next time!”

OOC: Thank you all who participated or showed an interest in this season of the MGAs. It was a long and arduous trip but we’ve all made it! Congratulations to all of those who survived this long, and hopefully you enjoyed your stay. 

Details about the winner rewards will come later in a separate post.

If your muse has been offered a contract, congratulations! It’s been a long and stressful journey, and they deserve this little moment of glory. Be proud! 

Everything you need to know regarding the trainee life can be found here. If you have additional questions, feel free to send asks to the rkevent blog or Mod Bianca on tumblr (@rkseungjoon)/twitter (@luvseungjoon) or Mod Gab on tumblr (@rkdoyexn)/twitter (@jindeukii)!

If your muse chooses to accept the offer, feel free to hop over their new company’s blog and sign the contract. Keep in mind that there are no added penalties in case they decide not to be signed! The choice is entirely yours to make, so think carefully before reaching a decision! If your muse decides not to sign their contract, please let us know as well either by messaging a mod or the company’s blog.

To all of those who participated in this episode, feel free to add +3 SHOWCASED PERFORMANCE SKILL to your points sheet. This includes members eliminated on this episode. Please link this post as verification.

Not only that, but all of the finalists will also receive a +1WK VARIETY. You do not need to be a trainee to collect this. You are free to tally up this achievement on your blog even if your muse didn’t sign a contract tonight - however, keep in mind that once your muse gets signed, you will have to add this to their base form as an achievement previously won through MGA SEASON 5.

Before someone asks: Yes, new trainees can take part in this month’s evaluation.

[rkmason]

                                        ▰▰▰▰▰▰ STATUS UPDATE ! ▰▰▰▰▰▰

[rkkyul]

GOOD RIDDANCE.

ღ   𝐌𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 SEASON FIVE  ━━  AUGUST 3RD  » THE AFTERMATH                                                                                        I hope you had the time of your life

it’s exhausting.

her body can’t keep up with her mind - feeling her legs quiver beneath the weight of an impending doom. tiger jk’s voice is as menacing as ever, but the woman listens tentatively anyway ( as they all do ). her heart drops each time he cycles through a group and their eliminated member. this week is different, although there is always a first and last place. but can anyone truly feel like a winner after losing a teammate?

it’s a competition, kyulkyung reminds herself constantly as the CEO builds up the anticipation leading up to the final two - royal and kt, fighting for bragging rights and that moment of pride. normally, she would be elated to even be considered for the top performance, but the never ending pausing was agony. she was uncharacteristically nervous, biting down on her lip as her eyes flop back and forth between tiger jk and the audience that waits anxiously before them. 

perhaps that’s what made this entire thing that much worse. 

elimination is one thing, but facing it in front of 1500 pairs of eyes? that was just torture.

her heart is pounding and it’s frightening feeling this way after facing the judges countless times before. maybe it was the fact that she knew one of them would go or the idea that it could most definitely be her. just get it over with, she wants to shout, but he’s speaking before she can react.

“however, you’ll also have to lose a member today, and that person is… ZHOU JIEQIONG. we also wish you the best of luck in the future.” 

she anticipated it yea, but it still hurts like hell. 

                                                                       ❀

the woman doesn’t break down until she’s on the phone with her mom later saturday night - ignoring whatever texts that cause the phone pressed against her ear to vibrate viciously. kyulkyung appreciates anything that’s sent her way, but she just needed time. time was perfect for acceptance and most importantly, comfort from one of the people she loved most in her life.

“i’m sorry you couldn’t see me perform next week,” the words themselves call forth small tears, wiped away by an already damp fuzzy blanket that lay wrapped around her shoulders. her bedroom is dark, her door locked to block out whatever noise her roommates manged to come up with. she’s had days to prepare for this, but it’s the real situation always goes so much different than imagined. 

in her head, kyulkyung thought of herself as cool and collected - wanting to give off an appearance of strength and indifference to something that in reality, had little meaning. of course it would’ve been exciting to make it all the way, to perform at the finals and have that prize just within reach. but in reality, she was disappointed and embarrassed and the woman didn’t know how to express that. “now you have a to make a trip down here for nothing.”

the fact that her mother would’ve seen her perform was heartbreaking. the woman who meant so much to her, that kyulkyung felt she owed so much could’ve seen where this agonizing journey had brought her. she had come from the lowest of lows - caught in a scandal with a teacher manipulating her for his own pleasure, utilizing her every fear and insecurity and she just let him. he let her think she was in control, but in the end she was the only one left fucked over and broken. 

but she was such a different person today.

“a trip to see you is never just nothing, jieqiong.” her mother’s tone is laced with disappointment, but the dancer feels like it isn’t directed towards what she just watched on tv. “i’m coming in because i want to see you, i miss you. do you think a stupid show would honestly change that?” the words are meant to scold her, but they only manage to bring a smile to her tear soaked face. 

“c’mon, you can still show me that academy you’re working at. yeah? i’m sure your students will be glad to have you back - and now you’re kind of... semi... famous? i think.” her mother’s laugh is like honey, melting any negative emotions brewing within kyulkyung and replaced with nothing but hope. the older woman was managed to have this affect on her, to make everything that seemed so important so irrelevant.

“hmm you’re right.” there were things to look forward to after the show: the furthering of her career at hook & crook, a new positive media exposure, the new inspiration of joining a stage full of idols. the experience, although not going as exactly how her mind planned it, left her with a lot of memories and friends - tips and skills that she could learn to value and take wherever she went. 

“and about that hair... well, we’ll talk more about that when i take you to the salon this week.”

[rkxsungwoon-blog]

hahawoon.97 • following

hello everyone! this is former mga contest #5008, ha sungwoon! feels like it’s been a really long journey so far, but it’s only episode four ㅎㅎ i’m grateful once again to have had the opportunity to participate in another season of the mgas. it’s been a rewarding experience despite everything! i’m sorry to everyone who was disappointed by my performance and my careless mistake during my final episode. i will be reflecting on this and hopefully show a better side of myself from now on. i know this is a lot to ask, but i hope you’ll support me in the future as well. 

but in the meantime! please give #5045 TAKADA KENTA, #5038 PARK WOOJIN, and #5017 KANG DANIEL a lot of love! they’re all hardworking, dedicated, and talented individuals... i can no longer take care of them, so i hope you’ll do so in my stead ㅠㅠ please be sure to support JUNG EUNJI in all her future activities too! she’s seriously talented and i wish i could’ve given her a better result. still, eunji, fighting! kenta, fighting! woojin, fighting! daniel, fighting! ❤️

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[hyojinrk-archived]

[08.02.19] facetime call incoming… to kim hyojin! ❀

“oh, hyung! hello!” picking up suwoong’s call, his eyes slightly widen in surprise at the sudden communication. not sure about the occasion, hyojin finds himself shyly hiding his face with his free hand, the other taking the phone and trying to hold it at an angle so that it showed only part of his visage. “sorry… i wasn’t prepared!”

this time around, he’s dressed rather casually, with his circular-rimmed glasses and a recently washed purple sweater, hair a little bit tousled but still neat in the typical, organized hyojin fashion. admittedly, he didn’t expect to be called in the middle of the day, especially during practice when everyone was undoubtedly preparing for their new stage. it’s a little obvious how flustered this makes him, but he manages to quickly comb his hair with a few fingers, rub the drowsiness out of his eyes, and adjust his glasses, before slowly removing his hand with a sheepish smile.

“how are you - oh, everyone, hello~” craning his neck to spot a few familiar figures at the corner of the video frame, hyojin gives a little wave at them, smiling sweetly.

thankfully, his department worked from home on most fridays, giving him a sense of respite from thursday’s antics for the past few weeks. for the first time in a while, though, he’s been able to sleep in, something that took far more priority over the mixed feelings about this week. it’s surreal enough that they had placed first, a victory he’s sure he’ll hold close to his heart for quite some time, because it meant that his teammates had gotten what they had worked so hard to deserve. after a good night’s rest, though, it feels like a distant memory now - at the same time, it feels a little strange not waking up early in the morning to go to the practice studio. glancing at the analog clock perched next to his laptop, he realizes he probably would have already been a few hours into practice by now.

waiting for suwoong’s response, he listens attentively, nodding along and laughing gently at the other’s animated, friendly words, glad that the older male seems to be fine and getting along well with the rest of the team. thinking about it, hyojin himself wasn’t too perturbed by his elimination, having prepared for the future with wary eyes and treating every stage as if it would be his only and last one. the thought that perhaps his time had already been far overdue ever since the trios stage makes him more grateful than bittersweet or discouraged.

( but when he thinks about it more and more, sometimes he wonders if taeyang would have made it farther. maybe that spot wasn’t meant for him. )

“oh, a cake?” noting the sweetness of the coaches for bringing in something to the remaining team members, hyojin feels moved by the thoughtfulness of the mentors. they were all quite kind, and he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t lucky to have been part of such a well balanced and conscientious team. “they pretended to drop it, huh? oh no...” his eyes narrow in sympathy at the story, and he pushes back a yawn with bleary eyes.

patting at his cheek lightly, scolding himself for being still tired from having woken up so late in the day, he rubs at his eyes again. his body still aches from weeks of practicing dance, completely unused to the feeling, and it’s almost like a wave of sleepiness had washed over him for all the time he’s been awake today, hunched over his laptop to try and catch up on the work he had to do.

he finds himself slowly snapping out of it with suwoong’s brightness and the welcoming nature of the other members, quite touched to find that they still thought of him as a member. it’s not that he didn’t miss them, but it’s the realization that they didn’t erase him from their minds entirely to focus on the next performance that makes a warm, fuzzy feeling fill him up.

as such, when suwoong offers to “feed” him some cake through the phone, hyojin plays along affectionately despite finding it humorous, opening his mouth and pretending to take a bite, before eric manages to prevent the cake from hitting suwoong’s phone. holding back a laugh, hyojin thanks the other for his attempt, promising to make the team sweets in return.

with that, he makes sure to ask how practice is going, listening carefully and encouraging them to the best of his ability. soon enough, their time comes to an end, and hyojin gives them one last wave, flashing them a little finger heart.

“make sure to take care of your health! team royal, fighting!”

❀ GIFTS ;

[08.05.19] care packages + notes!

after having dinner with kyungsoo, hyojin made sure to send him off with a few surprises in tow - namely, four individual paper bags filled with snacks, including vitamin water, chips, nuts, and freshly made cookies in each one. they all have individual sticky notes stuck inside each bag with little messages for each member. for the coaches ( @rkcheri, @rkwon, @rkella ) are also cookies in a separate, larger bag, each one receiving two cookies packaged in a wax paper sleeve, their names written individually in hyojin’s neat handwriting on each one.

( hot pink sticky note) to suwoong hyung: @rksuwoong

suwoong hyung, hello! this is healing voice hyo who wishes you and the rest of the team the best! i know you’ll do great, and that you’ll destroy the stage with your charisma and talentㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ i’ll be watching eagerly from home to see you win and to cheer you on~ take good care of yourself and enjoy the snacks! i’m one call away always!

- hyojin

( light blue sticky note ) to soo-ah: @rkkyungsoo

hi, soo-ah! i know you just saw me not too long ago, but i hope you’re continuing to eat well and practice well~ you can do it! it’s good to practice a lot and seriously, but make sure you’re not overworking yourself so your condition is goodㅠㅠ please take good care of suwoong hyung for me as well~ fighting!

- hyojin hyung

( lavender colored sticky note ) to vocal princess heejin: @rkheejin

hello heejin~ i know we didn’t get to talk much over the week, but i believe in you as much as everyone else! your singing is really legendary;; like every other stage, you’ll do well on this one, too, so i hope you have lots of confidence going in! looking forward to see you performing on the big screen~

- hyojin

( light yellow sticky note ) to bright sunflower eric: @ericxrk

eric, hello, hello~ i won’t make it too serious or depressing, but i’m sorry i wasn’t able to keep my promiseㅠ i know you’ll continue to do well, though! i hope you’ll be able to do more stages that show your full potential and skillset. i know you’ll do well~ cheering you on always!

- hyojin

[rkariel]

❤  💬  ➤ have you been watching the mgas this season? our team kt did so amazingly last night! i’m very proud and i hope you are too! team foh!cus has lion hearts instead of a boy other than xuxi ㅋㅋㅋ to all the contestants who continue and those who sadly do not, please hold onto that hope and the fight that got you to whatever point of the mgas you’ve made it to! no matter how many auditions, how many rejections until you make it to where you want to be, this is not the end for you but another beginning! i have as many friends who have debuted who came from the mgas that didn’t. i myself was street-casted ㅋㅋ is that believable when i wear these glasses and become ahreum? ( cough cough please watch game development girls too after you catch up on the mgas ㅋ ) to team kt too, i hope you’re proud of making it this far no matter what too because being a semi-finalist and a finalist is not an easy feat. could i even keep up these days? ㅋ to our lovely dancing kyul, i hope you continue to shine as bright as you have been and come back to me at kt ㅠ ㅠ please follow our lovely kt babies and support them no matter what the results in the finale! i know you’ll be amazed either way and you’ll see why i’m so proud! 💖💖💖💖💖 view all comments   —   2 weeks ago ✧ august 2019

[rkkyungsoo]

MGA5EP07: FINAL INTERVIEW SOLO

It was Thursday and a group of familiar faces infiltrated the Royal team practice room. Kyungsoo, with slightly widened eyes, was taken by the arms by interviewer noonas and placed in another room for what was apparently a round of surprise interviews.

“You guys,” he shook his head slightly as they made final adjustments to the cameras. “Alright, let’s do it. My very last interview on this show.”

This is the very last interview. How does that make you feel?

“A bit surreal, if we are being honest. I can’t believe this is the final episode and we are onto the last performances of this season. It feels like yesterday when I submitted my application online...” His voice trailed off as he recalled himself absently filling out the form and clicking submit. Not much thought was put into the form, if he was being truthful to himself. Back then, it was a whim driven mostly by curiosity for the entertainment industry. Look at him now, knee deep in the mud with no desire to escape - how the tides have turned. “At least I am no longer staring at the camera with the deer in the headlights look.” He turned towards the camera and attempted to mimic the look he gave on that first week.

What did you think of the results last week?

“I was really sad to see HYOJIN go,” said Kyungsoo. “Over the week he had become...A friend.” He followed up those words with a firm nod to show his commitment to this unexpected friendship. It usually took a while for Kyungsoo to warm up to people and he didn’t usually consider people friends after just a week but with Hyojin it was different. The other had an honesty and sweetness that he could never hope to achieve and he truly admired the guy for it. “We lost some of our best dancers like JIEQIONG and RYUJIN. I really do enjoy performances by those girls and I hope they are not too discouraged for the results and continue on in their journey.”

How was it like working with your group?

“Second time around, I feel a lot better. I’ve warmed up to the team considerably and I’d like to say the feeling is mutual.” ERIC still called him ghost but now it was an affectionate nickname. Kyungsoo might have accidentally saw that he had been saved as ‘ghost hyung’ in little Eric’s phone and he...didn’t mind it as much as he thought he would. “HEEJIN I’ve always gotten along decently with and as for SUWOONG...” He paused, remembering the way his cousin chased him around the practice room this week with that yellow shirt. “We are family. Even if I find him irritating at times, the fact we share blood doesn’t change. I will always have his back, even during ridiculous moments.” Such as when they decided to jump scare the coaches.

How was it like working with the coaches?

“The coaches decided to prank us first thing this week and it started a war,” he said with a smile. “It was fun, trying to prank each other to lighten up the mood. The fact we are on the finale made everyone pretty anxious and playing around a little helped setting us at ease. We truly value the coaches’ advice and their support throughout these past two weeks. Once again, thank you very much to Coach ELLA, CHERI and WON. I will support my Luxe idol coaches by purchasing a copy of their latest album,” he promised. “Uh, a copy each.” Kyungsoo added as an after thought.

Are there any performances you’re looking forward to?

“I am actually looking forward to all of the performances. It is the finale so I am sure everyone will bring it. Perhaps I am most interested in the NOVA performance because they were given disappointing results last week. Phoenix rise from the ashes and I am sure the Nova team will work extra hard this week to prove themselves. Nova team fighting.”

What was your own favourite performance this season?

“Not including the finale performances because I won’t spoil those for you, my favourite performance would be Shangri-La. It is a song that fit my personal taste and one that I think we executed very well. Other than that, I enjoyed doing Beautiful Liar with YEWON and CHANGBIN because I love the singer-rapper duo songs. It is like yin and yang, so different yet very balanced.”

What was your favorite performance of the season apart from your own?

“I really liked the dance duo performance between SUWOONG and JIEQIONG. It was really beautiful and they had a lot of chemistry with each other. MINHO and NAKYUNG’s performance was really nice as well, cute. KENTA did a dance with TAEYANG. I think the song was called OFTEN. I really loved the red suspenders look.”

Who do you think will win?

“Team Royal,” he said, looking into the camera with a look of determination. “Without a doubt.”

“Please allow me to thank everyone for following me on my journey in the mgas so far. Really, it’s been an honour. I’ve been surrounded by incredibly talented people, who’d entertained me throughout the weeks and shocked me with their amazing performances, thank you. To the CEOs who had diligently watched every performance, thank you. To the staff who took in our requests and cleaned up after us, thank you. To the coaches who helped us out, thank you. To interviewer noonas who had just kidnapped me for this, thank you.” He bowed after each thank you sincerely, because he knew this was the last time. “To the audience, thank you for watching me, praising me and providing constructive criticism as needed for my growth. Finale is coming, please continue to keep your eyes on Team Royal. On Saturday, we will perform to win.”

@hyojinrk, @rkkyul, @ryujinrk, @rkheejin, @rksuwoong, @ericxrk, @rkella, @rkwon, @rkcheri, @yewonxrk, @rkxbin, @rkmason, @rknak, @rkkenta, @rktaeyxng

[rkyeji]

mga season 5, winners prize aug. 27th, the interview w/ team sirius: @rkmason, @rkchaeryeong, @rkkhg

it was honestly a surprise to her, when the mnet staff contacted her. it made her week busier than it needed to be but she welcomed it with open arms. yeji had already memorized the performance for the evaluation. so this would be a test for her.

on the 27th she met up with the rest of the members, even if both her and chaeryeong had gotten signed at trc-- it was still nice to see the younger female in this setting. yeji smiled warmly at minho and hyunggu when she saw them. this would be their last appearance as team sirius. now it was time for them to have a photoshoot-- but also an interview.

“how was your overall experience in the mgas yeji ssi?” the staff asked her, yeji looked at them with her brows raised, “i think it was a good experience, i grew alot the past two months, there were many downs--” once again she remembered those that got eliminated, “but i think i did those that got eliminated justice? by being on the team that won in the end.” yeji gave the other an eye smile.

“were you surprised that you won?” again another question that she wasn’t sure how to answer, “yes i was shocked to win, i know people think we only won because of minho oppa but... that is rather insensitive to both myself, chaeryeong and hyunggu’s skills as performers because if it was only for him, then we wouldn’t have made it this far. even if our trc performance was something that minho oppa suggested, i like to think that we completed each other.”

yeji was about to walk off but then the interviewer managed to ask her another question, “how is it? being a trainee?” she turned around to glance at them, “being a traine is new-- the mgas were more hectic while being a trainee feels more stable. even if i know that if i don’t meet whatever expectations they have of me, i might get kicked-- but i’ll take those sorrows at that time. for now i’m just happy. i had bee on a private audition or trc previously so being signed to trc was a surprise but-- i’m happy, that tiger jk seemed to have changed his mind.”

she chuckled softly before making her way in front of the camera, to take some pictures for the fan signing event. yeji wanted to do meet the fans well, she wasn’t sure when she would be able to be in a situation where she would be able to perform in front of people and meet fans again like this, ‘i better make the most of it.’