Survival Audition: My Job is Idol 67

Chapter 67

[Reversal King Team Ranking Selection Method]

– Streaming conversion score: 40%

– Team fan voting: 30% (Can vote for up to 3 teams)

– Judge scores: 30%

※Streaming scores are calculated from immediately after episode 6 airs until midnight of the day after tomorrow.

In line with the ‘Reversal King’ mission, streaming conversion scores had the highest weight. Though team voting allowed voting for up to three teams, since Juha and Youngin were on the same team, at least there was no worry about being checked by Youngin’s fans in the team voting.

‘I hope we can get in the top 3 for team rankings.’

Due to the nature of the ‘One Body’ mission, the higher the team ranking, the lower the chance of individual team members being eliminated.

For that to happen, “Butterfly Dream” needed to at least get into the top 5 on the Watermelon Chart. Though the real chart ranking battle was just beginning, it felt strange to think that Juha was pulling up Metabolic, the company that had abandoned him.

While Juha was lost in various thoughts, the screen changed.

[Event Notice: Ah~ My Idol is giving out iced americanos?]

*Please describe your idol in three words.

Choose three words from the options below that suit your favorite trainee. Among those who participate in this event, we’ll randomly select 1000 people to receive Island Place iced americano coupons!

‘What kind of scheme is this now?’

Juha tilted his head as he looked at the screen.

It was a simple event where you just had to choose three words from the given options that suited the trainee you voted for. However, the production team wouldn’t hold such an event without any meaning.

Whenever the production team was about to do something, Juha got scared first.

After the broadcast ended, Yunha was glued to her phone, busy voting. She counted on her fingers to pick five people to vote for, then grumbled that she forgot to vote for Lee Juha.

“…I’m going in.”

Juha left Yunha participating in the event behind and headed to his room.

As soon as he entered his room, Juha called Taeri. He still didn’t answer. It was almost 12 o’clock, more than enough time to have come home.

‘Why isn’t he answering his phone? Did he watch the broadcast? Is he still with his family?’

If he had watched the broadcast, he would have definitely contacted Juha.

Full of suspicion, Juha left a text message for Taeri and then took out his tablet to check fan reactions.

The first thing that caught his eye was a post about Taeri.

[Choi Taeri is really…]

‘I thought he was some postmodernist artist or something.

My god…

A face that wins even when wearing every single one of those tacky items without exception.’

└That’s not a face that should be told to wear such clothes…

└Seriously, even performance artists would be shocked at that outfit.

└If you’re going to wear that, just come out naked please…

└└Please2222222

└└Please333333

└I respect Choi Taeri’s confidence in deciding to wear that…

└Lol but am I the only one who finds it funny? When he does weird stuff like that with that handsome face, I go crazy.

└└His subtle weirdness that’s been spreading since the bull run

└└It’s like he uses his looks experimentally?

└└He gives off the vibe of a handsome idiot who’s not easy-going…

└Ah, that reminds me. He’s got that really rough neighborhood bad boy style, but then you realize he’s the type who helps grandmothers carry heavy things and always picks up trash from the street to throw in garbage cans – the neighborhood’s good hyung.

└└There’s no way such a hyung exists in our neighborhood…

└└Such hyungs always live far away…

Recalling the clothes Taeri wore on stage, Juha’s lips curved up. Juha smiled to himself as he read the next post.

[I’m so into Na Junho X Lee Juha today]

‘I always thought of Choi Taeri when it came to Lee Juha,

but it’s not that Lee Juha stood out because he was next to Choi Taeri

but rather Lee Juha himself is so good at enchanting people

that he makes his partner stand out.’

└Lee Juha is a seductress

└He has the beauty to seduce even the grim reaper…

└At this level, Lee Juha is guilty

└Guilty-ha

└Must be conqueror’s haki ㅇㅇ

└Whoa, what’s with Na Junho’s romantic eyes when Lee Juha wrapped his waist?ㅎㅎ

└└When Lee Juha sways his body slightly and smiles languidly like he’s drunk while acting cute? Romantic eyes are totally possible

└I’m buying Na Junho x Lee Juha stocks

└Now no one’s going to say that bullshit about Lee Juha being carried by Choi Taeri, right?

└Lee Juha is secretly rich in shipping material. He drops shipping material just by passing by.

└└The legendary shipping goldmine that brings dawn when you start picking it up…

It was a post that would make Taeri’s eyes burn if he saw it.

‘Do I have a lot of shipping material?’

Juha thought about it carefully.

Strictly speaking, it wasn’t so much that he had a lot of shipping material, but rather it was due to the sublime efforts of fans who created shipping material from even micro-second clips.

Juha suddenly thought of the ‘Lee Juha-da’ members and became solemn.

Thinking that there were fans who looked at him so favorably, if he made it to the third competition, his motivation to do even better surged.

[I’m honestly a Lee Juha stan.]

‘I went to the studio audience with other Lee Juha fans this time.

What I thought when I actually saw Lee Juha on stage was

ah, God made me carelessly in 0.5 seconds

but spent a week thinking day and night like creating heaven and earth to make Lee Juha.

But I didn’t feel bitter about it

and was grateful to God for creating such a being ㅠㅠ

I thought he’d have a cold and decadent image, but wow, when Lee Juha appeared on stage, the surroundings brightened up.

I couldn’t have imagined that someone who suits smiling so well could have such a bright aura. It’s beyond your imagination.

What I felt watching him was that Lee Juha is destined to succeed.

I really want to bring the person who said Lee Juha has no star quality and make them sit right in front of him and watch.

ㅇㅇ This is a Lee Juha promotional post’

└Go write this kind of thing on Lee Juha-da

└└Huh? This is the My Idol message board, can’t I write this here?

└└Fuck, then what should I write here? Should I write curses about your fave?

└I’m from another fandom but I was really impressed by Lee Juha after watching the audience that day. When Lee Juha was smiling sweetly while hugging Na Junho’s waist, I felt a thrill.

└I agree with what you said. Lee Juha’s smile really suits him well.

Reading such blatant praise about himself made his face feel hot with embarrassment. Juha hurriedly shifted his gaze to another post.

[I’m a muggle leaving a review of this episode]

‘Choi Taeri – Revival of Eoltae

Yoo Youngin – National team level beauty

Seo Eunwon – Cuteness that will save the earth

Jang Chaemyeong – Cuteness that will save the earth alongside him

Choi Musin – This guy shouldn’t cry no matter what happens, he should get up and blow the flute. If things go well, debut is possible

Andrew Son – I don’t know much else yet but he’s definitely main vocal material. A voice full of han ㅇㅇ

.

Lee Juha – Seems like he’ll get in the top 3 this time. Because Lee Juha-da works better than a small agency. He’s 15th place now but Lee Juha will definitely debut.

That’s roughly what stood out

Everyone did well.

└You speak nicely. Thanks for complimenting Youngin ^^

└ㅇㅇ This seems like the most accurate muggle review so far. Lee Juha honestly top 3 might be too much but top 5 is right.

└Agreed. Totally possible if Yoo Youngdae and Choi Taeri’s obsessive fans don’t throw fits.

└But I smell Lee Juha fan somewhere here?

└You’re not a muggle, are you? Damn, Lee Juha fans are going around pretending to be muggles.

└└Agreed. They’re as methodical as spreading some new religion

└└Where exactly do you smell Lee Juha-da here?

└└You’re so oversensitive, do you happen to have irritable bowel syndrome?

‘That seems right…’

Even Lee Juha himself thought this post awkwardly seemed like it was written by a Lee Juha fan. While reading the continued praise about himself, Juha suddenly remembered the wrapping bus he saw last time.

During his day off, Juha had tried to enter ‘Lee Juha-da’. He was genuinely curious about what aspects of him those people liked and what feelings they had, and if it was okay, he was planning to write a thank you post.

However, after signing up, he came out without being able to do much properly. Getting to the first membership level of ‘Wanderer’ was easy. But to receive the full member ‘Lee Juha Resident’ level that could view most posts was quite complicated. For the level upgrade, there were about 10 questions about Lee Juha that even he didn’t know the answers to well, and crucially, he got stuck on the question asking him to describe in 5 lines or less how he came to like Lee Juha.

As Yunha said, he decided not to meddle unnecessarily and just keep a grateful heart toward those people.

[Listen up, kids. Cuteness saves the world]

‘Isn’t Jang Chaemyeong X Seo Eunwon really bite-sized?

Fucking really cute. I screamed every time they appeared while watching.’

└It’s not bite-sized, it’s han-nip sized ㅎ

└Han-nip did a han-nip.

└But Seo Eunwon is still a middle schooler, isn’t he too cheeky?

└└If you say bullshit about a minor, you’re really dead.

└└You be careful. Seo Eunwon fans’ hobby is collecting PDFs ㅇㅇ

└└ㅇㅇ There’s a rumor that han-nip fans pay tribute with PDFs ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Did you guys at least try our Jang Chae before posting on the board?]

‘Jang Chaemyeong is a stock that can only rise.

His beauty potential has emerged now, and honestly, among the remaining trainees, there’s no one who can handle music like Jang Chae.

He’s kind, smart, sensible, and has good energy.

If a kid like this doesn’t debut, who will?’

└Whoa, now even Jang Chaemyeong fans are being cocky, they’ve gotten big.

└└Can’t Jang Chaemyeong fans promote? Honestly Jang Chae is definitely a promising rising stock

└Sorry but Lee Juha is more of a rising stock than Jang Chaemyeong. Jang Chae is a temporary theme stock that got the Lee Juha buff

└└Lee Juha please debut!! Take my money!!!!!

└└Lee Juha!! If you release goods I’ll buy everything down to nail clippers!! Please debut!!!

└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Lee Juha is what you call a perpetual promising stock. Kids like that never rise no matter what. Buy other stocks.

└└Agreed. Choi Taeri was pulling for him so hard but Lee Juha is only 15th place and even dragged Choi Taeri down to 3rd place, what are you trusting in that kid?

└I see Choi Musin as more of a rising stock than Jang Chaemyeong. The person is very creative and brilliant.

└└Choi Musin will probably be properly listed around the next episode.

└Are there any Son Saesoon investors? He’s SSS grade…

└└Me me

└└You called me

└└Yes here. I went to see NASDAQ because it’s Baltimore but oops, came back to KOSDAQ

└Lee Juha soar!!

└Is this the My Idol board or a stock reading room?

‘My Idol Board’ was short for ‘My Job is Idol Message Board’.

In idol audition programs, there were always trainees who suddenly shot up to the top from the bottom. Fans were also paying attention to Jang Chaemyeong and Choi Musin. Thanks to Taeri, there were many people paying attention to Son Saesoon, namely Andrew Son.

Juha became curious not only about Lee Juha’s own ranking, but also about who would rise from the lower ranks.

[Lee Juha’s story makes me cry.]

‘Getting finally rejected by Metabolic for having no star quality

Working like crazy and gradually growing episode by episode

putting his former company Metabolic’s debut song in the rankings

A human victory story…

Only debut is left now, Lee Juha. I’ll make you walk a flower path storm…’

└I believe Juha, believe Juha

└Can’t help but love him.

└Even Lee Juha haters have to acknowledge this story.

└I still can’t forget the control freak trainer from the first round. Those eyes that only stared at Choi Taeri regardless of cameras… ha… I need to go review that

[Lee Juha must have a camera magnet in his eyes…]

‘Why is he so good at finding them?

Just makes eye contact every time he appears on screen’

└Ah, that is what we call talent

└Honestly Lee Juha tore up the stage this time

└Pretty kid acting pretty, I can’t stand it

└Lee Juha definitely top 5 this time

└└Stop getting ahead of yourself ㅈㅈ

└The moment I call Lee Juha’s name, he came to me adorned with flowers.

└└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I really never imagined a flower prince would appear after the decadent king and control freak trainer.

└Honestly switching concepts with Youngdae was a stroke of genius.

└Whoa, what happened to Lee Juha’s beauty today? Not just one flower but two flowers