SERA00 Star City [2/2]

Hey everyone!

I split up the post because the first one was getting too long. Tonight will be the first of our two-night 2016 SERA00 Winter Concert!

I was talking about Star City in the previous post as if it was all going to happen in the future, which understandably made some of you confused, as there have been a lot of ads and commercials for the show recently. Yes, you're right - the first episode has already premiered yesterday night. The results from the first challenge will be revealed at the beginning of the next episode, but the surprise I mentioned earlier is that we will actually be revealing the results on the second day of the concert! Both to the members and the audience, both of which have never seen the results before the reveal.

For those who haven't seen the first episode yet, I gotta say right off the bat that you won't be seeing me on the show. I'm sorry. I was not one of the souls brave enough to risk my rank for a stab at a solo concert and musical role T.T At least now I'll be able to provide a (hopefully) unbiased commentary of the show.

PARTICIPANTS

STAR POWER

STAR TALENT

B rank Samantha Willis “Sammi” Hollis Stern “Holly” C rank Tang Tang Tsang Fawn Cobbleton Eclair Holland "Echo" Felicia Russel “Felicity” Ginelle Gerald “Ginger” Piper Weston Yura Chung Oakley Canterbury Cindy Howe Ariande Wong “Ariel” Braelyn Rowe Liesl Surrey Kaya Courtland April Heffron 00 rank Katarina Ren “Katalie” Xue Ling Kuo Emily Wattana Cora Hyland “Coral” Erica Cortez Seren Ellery Judy Kim “Juhyun” Linda Hoang “Liha” Yuzuki Ito CASUT00 Arron Isabelle Nikki Holiday

B rank Raine Colbert Macey Fent C rank Sora Takashi “Soracchi” Mikayla Iverson Jessica Caves Kai Lee “Kailee” Shannon Hunton Kerria Santivejkul Isla Hedley Emma Jung Poppy Ganeson Briar Ross “Briar Rose” Eliza Moir Celestia Charrete Aspen Wilkenson Haley Wickham 00 rank Henley Rey Izumi Kimura “Ice” Dana Jennings   Romy Stokes Jenna Moore Sayoung Yoon Leanne Chen “Lychee” CASUT00 JY Rachel Madison Ava

As I was compiling this list, I realized something that may be confusing which I will clarify now. If you read my election results post, you will see some girls, like Sayoung - who is listed high up under B rank, but is listed under 00 ranks on this list - whose rank seems inconsistent. Well, even though in the election she landed within the bracket required to move up to B rank, you cannot become an official member just by ranking high at an election. You remain a 00 rank despite your ranking until you are promoted by Management. The only difference is that when other 00 ranks get promoted, the automatically become C ranks - she will become a B rank.

Anyways, my thoughts on the participants: unsurprisingly, none of the A ranks elected to join. Likely, it was because the higher ranked A ranks felt no need to join the show (honestly, if Sassan wanted a solo concert, all she would have to do is ask), and the lower A ranks weren't positive that they could snag first place to retain their A rank. Same with the B ranks, although there were a couple who took the chance - 4, to be exact, which means that unless the winning three are dominated by B ranks, at least a couple of them are bound to drop a rank. As expected, all the C rank and 00 ranks joined, as there was really no threat to their position, and same with the CASUT00 girls.

Alright, I was finishing up this post during a break - we're running a dress rehearsal at the concert venue. We're just wrapping up now and we can already hear you guys lining up outside the stadium :o I'm glad it's not too cold tonight! I'm going to go prepare with the rest of the members now. See you on stage!

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