![]() Han has cast star Jang Keun-suk to host the show along with singers JeA and Kahi and rapper Cheetah to train the participants. "I think it's about time for a global K-pop girl band to appear." "There are successful K-pop boy bands active overseas such as Big Bang and Exo, but no girl band has become that popular yet," said Han Dong-chul, chief producer of Mnet. Mnet has invested about 4 billion won ($3.33 million), which is the second-largest budget of all its shows planned for this year, to make Asia's top girl group. The final 11 members will perform four songs together for a year and release a debut album under the record label of CJ E&M, Mnet's mother company. During the 11 episodes, 90 participants will be eliminated solely based on audiences' online voting. "Produce 101" puts together 101 trainees from 46 entertainment companies to produce a girl band that will consist of 11 finalists. "Produce 101," Mnet's new reality girl band survival show, premiered last Friday amid criticisms that the program is another typical cable network tearjerker using provocative editing. ![]() ![]() From front left are vocal trainer Kim Sung-eun, choreographer Bae Yoon-jung, rapper Cheetah, actor Jang Keun-suk, solo singer Kahi and singer JeA of Brown Eyed Girls. The cast of Mnet's reality girl group survival show "Produce 101" attend a press conference with 101 girls at 63 Conventional Center, Yeouido, central Seoul, on Jan.
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