Unanswered Questions Episode Under Massive Fire For Comparing FIFTY FIFTY To BTS

The latest episode of SBS's popular investigative show "Unanswered Questions" aired recently. However, left. Contrary to high expectations, fans were outraged when the producer of this program created unhealthy content, especially considered offensive to other groups when compared with FIFTY FIFTY .

Even if the show intentionally did this to protect the girl group, fans couldn't accept the disrespect the show had for BTS and some other groups. This episode is currently being discussed a lot on social networking sites.

Here are the situations that happened and comments from netizens:

Unanswered Questions is a famous TV show but also has many scandals. Because this show can expose hidden corners of showbiz, the line between truth and disrespect is also very thin. Previously, this program of SBS has faced a lot of criticism when it was said to take advantage of the dєαth of female artist Sulli to attract viewers.

Now, this show continues to face waves of anger from the auďïệnce when the latest episode is broadcast. In this episode, Unanswered Questions aims to "protect FIFTY FIFTY" but in the process, they "disrespect other K-Pop artists for no reason".

Specifically, in an attempt to explain the international success of FIFTY FIFTY, Unanswered Questions compared the achievements of rookie girl groups with the achievements of K-Pop's biggest groups - BTS. First, they point out the similarities between FIFTY FIFTY and BTS when it comes to the fact that both groups "come from smaller management agencies".

But this was not controversial until Unanswered Questions announced that BTS had won the nomination for EMMY instead of GRAMMY in reality. It shows that the show has severely lacked knowledge and minimal respect for BTS.

The piece of information that annoys the auďïệnce and causes controversy has detailed content: "When BTS, as the sole group to a small management company, made their debut on the Billboard chart, won multiple awards at the äṃệŕïċän Music Awards, won nominations for the EMMYs, and got dubbed the next ‘Beatles,’ fans celebrated their success and honored their accomplishments. BTS became the pride of all кσяєαns as Hallyu icons. So when FIFTY FIFTY dominated the Billboard chart with “Cupid” only six months after their debut, fans rooted for them, too; hopeful for them to follow BTS’s footsteps.

But now that their ℓєgαℓ battle is in full swing, what will happen to FIFTY FIFTY? How will the case end? Here’s the thing: Countless idol groups have formed and faded in the shadows while BTS propelled forward to become an international sensation. And no one paid attention to these groups. Most of the former idols who have graced Unanswered Questions have never seen a paystub as promised on their contracts…"

Not only that, although their purpose is to protect FIFTY FIFTY, their way of presenting content also humiliates other artist management companies, including BTS's HYBE. The кσяєαn subtitles quote, “Management companies like SM, YG, HYBE, and JYP spent so long working toward establishing solid partnerships with äṃệŕïċän labels. But FIFTY FIFTY came out of nowhere, breaking the norm for how international girl groups are made.”

One interview included in the episode, with Molly Raycraft, pitched FIFTY FIFTY against NewJeans, commenting on how the latter “isn’t well-known in єиgℓαи∂.” The group name aired censored, but it was not difficult for the viewers to recognize.

She said: "I know NewJeans is really popular in South кσяєα, but they have had very little traction in the UK which might sound really astounding to the кσяєαn auďïệnce. So it’s actually very difficult to reach into the UK market and the European market, which is a reflection of just how hard it’s been for FIFTY FIFTY to do and the achievement that they’ve been able to…"

At another point in the episode, BLACKPINK and their collaborative track with Lady Gaga, called “Sour Candy,” were compared side-by-side to FIFTY FIFTY and the English version of their h̾i̾t ̾ track “Cupid.”

Since then, the episode has drawn criticism from viewers, as well as fans of other groups, especially BTS, or the “uncalled-for comparisons” made “for the sake of hyping up FIFTY FIFTY”: 

- How many K-Pop idol groups did this episode have to disrespect to defend FIFTY FIFTY? This is madness.

- This was… quite the sh*t show of an episode. Who even are the people being interviewed? I can’t believe the comparisons made it on air. Ha… What is this, some sort of a sick prank?

- What even is this…?

- We don’t care what people think.

- FIFTY FIFTY isn’t going to survive this Unanswered Questions episode, LMAO. No one is going to side with them… Not after what was said and done in this episode.

- Not that I watched the episode… But it shouldn’t have focused on comparison who’s more popular in what parts of the world. It should’ve focused on the details behind the ℓєgαℓ dispute. Isn’t that what Unanswered Questions does as a program? At least, the editing team should’ve known better than to include the parts mentioning other K-Pop groups.

- The episode was supposed to be about FIFTY FIFTY’s ℓєgαℓ dispute with their management. So none of the interviews and comparisons about other K-Pop artists were relevant. No one asked how popular FIFTY FIFTY was in the UK. No one needed the ‘Sour Candy’ vs. ‘Cupid’ ranking differences. What the viewers needed was a deep-dive breakdown of what went down between FIFTY FIFTY and ATTRAKT. But instead, we got 60 minutes of Unanswered Questions defending the girl group to suspicious lengths, that it left us questioning the real intention behind the episode.

- I don’t understand why this episode dragged on and on about other K-Pop idols when it was supposed to have been about FIFTY FIFTY and their dispute.

- Remember BTS, too, didn’t get a lot of attention at first, right after their debut. ARMYs know what kind of effort and dedication it took for the members to get where they are now. So… What is this episode even talking about? Why bring BTS into this at all? Oh, and the EMMYs? Are you serious? SBS doesn’t know the difference between the EMMYs and the GRAMMYs?

- I don’t think Unanswered Questions had the remotest understanding of all the details behind what happened to FIFTY FIFTY and ATTRAKT at all.

- The EMMYs, LMAO. This is f*cking comical.

- But didn’t BTS go through hell of a lot more than FIFTY FIFTY ever did?”