Netizens Applaud WJSN Yeoreum’s Clever Way Of Avoiding Mnet’s “Evil Editing” On “Queendom Puzzle”

Mnet‘s newest survival show Queendom Puzzle will begin airing on June 13. And fans have already been given many previews of the contestants, including four performances that showed off the 26 contestants, who are all active girl group idols.

“Queendom Puzzle” | Mnet

Similarly, Mnet also released a teaser for the series, which was met with extremely mixed reactions. While fans were mostly excited about the show…

i’m crying like yes i will be tuning in idgaf https://t.co/b7tLyLhbxS

— M1KEY #menow (@fiipthats) June 2, 2023

Fans criticized Mnet’s “evil editing” of soloist Lee Chaeyeon and exclusion of LABOUM‘s Haein, who had pulled out of the show before the teaser was released.

i thought they would’ve edited chaeyeon out since she’s not in the show anymore but instead they evil edited her https://t.co/psodPNukEq pic.twitter.com/3aqXx3IzUn

— ۟ (@lsrfromis) June 2, 2023

every moment of Haein in the Queendom Puzzle teaser: pic.twitter.com/evxfGe6pkh

— LABOUM is NOT d worded ⁽⁺⁺⁾⁷ (@lattereactions) June 2, 2023

Of course, “evil editing” is a familiar concept with Mnet’s shows, where the purposely cut and edited footage and audio create drama for audiences to watch, even if that drama is not reflexive of what actually occurred during filming.

And now Mnet has released a preview of the first episode, which shows the contestants performing solo stages while the other contestants vote “up” or “down” on their performance.

Your browser does not support video.AOA’s Do Hwa performing her solo stage | Mnet K-POP/YouTube  Your browser does not support video.Contestants starting to vote for Do Hwa’s stage | Mnet K-POP/YouTube 

Of course, fans weren’t surprised to see the evil editing already taking place in the preview.

IM CRYING THEY ALREADY EVIL EDITING RIINA? pic.twitter.com/QVRcpaZ4dK

— M1KEY #menow (@fiipthats) June 2, 2023

Queendom Puzzle already an evil editing mess and the first episode ain't even out yet… pic.twitter.com/GXU4tp20LB

— that's a big word for e1mo⑨ (@jinshirotonin) June 6, 2023

But they did notice WJSN (also known as Cosmic Girls) Yeoreum‘s way of strategically avoiding evil editing.

Your browser does not support video.WJSN’s Yeoreum voting | Mnet K-POP/YouTube 

she knows all of mnet's tricks after experiencing queendom pic.twitter.com/EJjV0N1Tyu

— 나나 (@juyeonsites) June 6, 2023

As Yeoreum won Queendom 2 with WJSN, she is familiar with Mnet’s editing style. During Queendom 2 she even had an “evilly edited” exchange with VIVIZ‘s SinB, which some netizens believe was staged as a joke between the two idols.

the aftermath of the yeoreum sinb sunbae beef:
pic.twitter.com/SgHtRyYpVH

— tia ♡̶ (@bonastiara) March 31, 2022

Fans believe Yeoreum’s experience with Mnet’s editing inspired her to cleverly hide her votes with cloth from her outfit.

yeoreum trying to vote discreetly hahhah she’s so cute omfg using the cloth to cover somemore pic.twitter.com/NhivCQ70C5

— 엘루 (@withludas) June 6, 2023

yeoreum is an angel for hiding her vote actually i wish it was all hidden pic.twitter.com/l6XMly7imA

— ella ♡̶ (@ludawoniric) June 6, 2023

You can read more about Queendom Puzzle here.

Netizens Criticize Mnet’s “Evil Editing” Of Lee Chaeyeon In The “Queendom Puzzle” Teaser