Thoughts on NO.MERCY

*Shakes head in disappointment*

If you have not heard of NO.MERCY, it is a Reality TV show that falls into a one of a kind category known as Survival Shows. As far as I know, such shows only exist in Korea(I might be wrong, do let me know if they are found in other countries).
Basically, these survival shows are pretty popular and Entertainment companies team up with Broadcasting Studios to come up with a TV show that will determine which trainees under the company can debut as singers.
If you are interested, you can watch them with English subs on Youtube here.
Generally, I enjoyed such shows(they do make create TV; I've watched Hot Blood Men & Who is Next), but this time round NO.MERCY's execution left more to be desired...

Background:
NO.MERCY is designed for trainees under a company named STARSHIP Entertainment.
Starship Entertainment to me was a company that had class. The artistes under the company were all really brilliant, and not to forget, Talented. If you are interested, you can check out Sistar, K.Will, Boyfriend, Mad clown, just to name a few. Also, I was generally pleased with Sistar's execution of sexy concepts on stage. They were able to appeal to both sexes and they had class, not something that is easy to do especially when many girl groups are trying to stand out [see: Too Sexy for Korea].

Hence, I had a great impression of Starship Ent, I generally liked everything they have produced. So, when NO.MERCY came along, i was excited, we were all excited for it. No one thought much about the ranking system, we all thought that it would be a fun show, to get us to like their trainees and then debut them.

Turns out, they had more installed for us and it revealed quite a bit about their company and the Kpop industry, both sadly not in a good way.

I am deeply disappointed about the show, and so are many others who have watched the show with me... Just look at the number of dislikes in the final episode where they confirm the members of the group who get to debut.

Totally disastrous... And the number of dislikes just keep increasing.
Makes me wonder how Starship Entertainment feels about this, or if they even care... :/

And so I've decided to come up with the flaws that NO.MERCY had. Check out: 10 Flaws of NO.MERCY

But that aside, I do feel that #GUN elimination played a huge role in so much frustration that the fans have. Most likely it would've been no big deal if the others were eliminated, sad but true.
And hey, I do think that it is great that so much dislikes are poured into this, how could Starship not just debut #GUN, but also Seokwon, Yoonho, Kwangji, MinKyun, YooSu!!! ):
Haha, ohwell, look at how cruel this industry is!
And just so i end on a bright note, at least, it happened on screen, and the eliminated trainees had a voice and the support of thousands of fans? All the best to them. XOXO.

P.S. I wonder why don't all of the trainees just rebel and idk make it big on their own? I'm sure after training for a few years, there will be many people/fans who would be supportive of such idea, for them to freelance or be their own manager, without the need of being under a an oppressive company.