High School Rapper season 2

High School Rapper
Season 2
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkMnet
Original releaseFebruary 23 (2018-02-23) –
April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)
Season chronology
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Season 1
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Season 3
Korean name
Hangul
고등래퍼 2
Revised RomanizationGodeung raepeo i
McCune–ReischauerKodŭng raep'ŏ i

The second season of High School Rapper (Korean고등래퍼 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

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Mentors

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Contestants

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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

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Ep. 1-2: Cypher

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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

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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.

Lee Ye-chan team
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.

Seok Min team
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.

Kim Ha-on team
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.

Kim Yoon-ho team
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

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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.

100 maximum
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

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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.

Group 1: Perform With Mentors 200 maximum from guest judges; 300 maximum from audience; 500 maximum total
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.

Group 2: Perform On Mentor's Beat 200 maximum from guest judges; 300 maximum from audience; 500 maximum total
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

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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.

500 maximum
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

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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

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Average TV viewership ratings
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
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