Netizens Are Confused After BABYMONSTER’s Loss On “M Countdown” To ILLIT

Netizens have reacted to BABYMONSTER missing out on first place during the recent music show.

The members of BABYMONSTER | YG Entertainment

On April 18, BABYMONSTER performed their song “Sheesh” on M Countdown, and the members wowed netizens with their talent, visuals, and aura on stage.

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Like every week, M Countdown was going to show who won first place, and this week’s episode saw the battle of the rookies as BABYMONSTER and ILLIT faced each other for the trophy.

Before the show even began, the well-known X account KshowAnalysis seemed to predict that the votes were extremely close when it came to the two groups. While ILLIT thrived with the digital, BABYMONSTER was miles ahead in the pre-voting and SNS points when it came to music video views.

240418 – M COUNTDOWN – FINAL#ILLIT / #BABYMONSTER

Try to win Live Voting by a big gap and hope your Broadcast and SNS Shorts scores are higher than your opponent's. Fighting! pic.twitter.com/bR5zpZfK81

— KPOP Music Show Analysis (@KshowAnalysis) April 18, 2024

Even during the show, BABYMONSTER seemed on track to go far as their live-voting was miles ahead with 92%.

Yet, the tides turned, and ILLIT won with 6676 points compared to BABYMONSTER’s 5371.

When the score was broken down, netizens noticed some differences from the initial predictions, especially with the digital points that saw a huge drop from 2516 to 1676. If the points had remained the same and then added to the other criteria, it would’ve most likely meant BABYMONSTER would get their first win.

240418 – M COUNTDOWN – Score Breakdown#BABYMONSTER vs. #ILLIT pic.twitter.com/OAUznpiyt8

— KPOP Music Show Analysis (@KshowAnalysis) April 18, 2024

Yet, while it’s not unusual for points to change and results to completely be turned on its head, BABYMONSTER fans found it suspicious. One fan pointed out that YG Entertainment usually allows groups to stay, even if they have no chance of winning, but that BABYMONSTER wasn’t present at the end of the show.

but the saddest part of all this is babymonster knew they won't win so they went home early idk but that's just broke my heart like they know they're nominated but also know they didn't win

— ???????????????? (@ahycore) April 18, 2024

they fcking knew already that they wont win https://t.co/2B5rJJvrDU pic.twitter.com/5sbCCxSWt8

— JACY (@ahyeoniv3rse) April 18, 2024

Others found it odd that while all the predictions were correct, BABYMONSTER’s digital score dropped by such a significant amount in the final results.

all the other predictions being true except the digitals. rigged ass show. pic.twitter.com/hJfbLcPZXh

— a is tannies lover ⁷ (@roravines) April 18, 2024

a WHOLE 1k of our digital score just disappearing wtf…. https://t.co/yDybQFqE5o

— 's (@jnkdomination) April 18, 2024

You can not convince me that 1000+ digital score for BABYMONSTERS just got erased just like that, unless it's not Hybe manipulation damn. https://t.co/rEjuu3wEZP

— •` (@ladlovesick) April 18, 2024

babymonster’s score for digital went down? I WONDER WHY https://t.co/40ivEOt5cA pic.twitter.com/83wWuPRxjq

— ????????????????’???? ♪ (@moon_bliink) April 18, 2024

While ILLIT has truly taken over with “Magnetic,” BABYMONSTER fans are just confused about where all the digital points have gone from the final predictions made, which are normally known to be accurate.