Dream Academy Mission 1 & 3 Reaction - Still Into You, Buttons, Wannabe, Confident - WOAH! 🤩

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Ok 15:21, I need to officially apologize to Manon cuz she wasn't singing those first ad libs I heard! Haha that was Nayoung but we couldn't see her on camera! It doesn't change any of my feedback on Manon's performance... but I was wrong! Also, IMPORTANT QUESTION - 3:18 - are SMARTIES chocolate or are they tiny chalky hockey pucks??? Let's do a poll in the comments! lol

[@LukeBridger]

Technically Smarties are both... but I prefer the chocolate ones bc they're basically M&Ms but smoother

[@cardcaptortwink]

ugh i’m so glad you can see the charisma nayoung had during still into you. i’m sad she was eliminated solely because she was uncertain if she would want to be in a group long term, but i get they wanted girls who were committed to the vision and i’m hoping she’ll be able to flourish as a solo artist like she originally wanted. one of the prettiest new voices i’ve heard in kpop in a while 😭

[@KPopwithKhadija]

She was FANTASTIC. I really liked her in Mission 3 as an overall artist, but her vibe in 'Still Into You' was definitely captivating! I'm really curious to see where all these girls end up after this

[@kritz3790]

Nayoung’s currently on a survival show called girls on fire! She made it to the top 10 too!

[@ketchup8496]

@@kritz3790WHAT OMG RESPLY

[@ketchup8496]

SHE WAS ROBBED

[@yawnzzn1206]

Nayoung ended up in a survival show called girls on fire btw!! It's a vocal one

[@lisagarcia115]

Yea Lara with that soulful ass tone i was like that’s my one as soon as she sang too

[@jbonceu2457]

I love dream academy!! The diversity, Hybe you ATE with this show! Will be rooting for KATSEYE in their future activities!

[@KPopwithKhadija]

I wish I'd seen more of it while the competition was happening but I'm definitely excited to see where KATSEYE goes from here!! 💚

[@minbeomu]

Lara and Sophia was my top pickss never left my favorites… so glad they’re debuting together

[@StarMaxStreaming]

Basically, Samara had liked a video that showed bad food in India and then people started saying that she was xenophobic, so even if she had talked about the food, it would have been the food in the video and not the whole country, After all, everywhere there is food that is sometimes not prepared as it should be, but the foreigners spread it around to make it impossible for her to debut, in short, unfairly

[@RoseMary-jc8yx]

FR. You liked video that in someway show some bad things going on (cause those things are not invented, it’s real) and since it happens to be located in another country, you’re Xenophobic. People on the video you liked are Indians so People’s logic wants that you don’t like India and all Indian in general.

[@yawnzzn1206]

She also liked videos that supported israel so

[@nousername4125]

she's also liking videos sladering manon specifically .. videos that have been so obviously taken out of context.. how surprising

[@hawky777]

​​​​@@yawnzzn1206no. those videos in Brazilian Portuguese were NOT supporting Israel but instead explaining what was going on between Israel and Palestine without any type of bias. I'm Brazilian, I love Manon and I'm pro Palestine, by the way. The only thing that is true about Samara was that she liked that brazilian meme mocking indian street food (that even though can be seen as disrespectful, is part of a series of brazilian memes that mock every street food with "bad hygiene". Brazilian street food included. There's one mocking "Batata de Marechal" that is a very famous brazilian street food). Everything else in this whole drama was a mix of things getting lost in translation and manon stans creating extreme theories to paint her as a racist and/or an Israel supporter. I've even seen people comment that she was part of a cult because she followed her OLD church in Brazil and the church had posted weird stuff about the genocide on instagram. Does this imply that she agrees with that? No. You guys painted as a monster a 17 year old girl full of talent and dreams that came from an environment of extreme poverty and violence in Brazil and could've changed her life and the life of her family forever just because it was clear that the peoducers would only allow one black girl to be in the group. This is gross and unfair. (Specially coming from a grown ass woman that should've verified and clarified things before going on KZbin hating on a teenager based off rumors and fan base gossip).

[@skyward7903]

Nah she liked a lot of racist and xenophobic videos. Mocking accents and food and showing it down and what else. It doesn't take more than a single braincell to know what all these things mean and target

[@minbeomu]

9:19 ALL of them being in my debut lineup before this performance was even out. The way they were all in the finale and with 3/4 debuting… (I miss you my Marquise!!)

[@shahilhassan9415]

The best survival show yet imo

[@boladearroz6395]

El hecho que todo lo que le dijeron los del chat sobre Samara es mentira, lo de problema de Samara fue como el juego del teléfono que a la larga la gente fue manipulado la información y aumentando cosas que nunca hizo, claro, ahora ya no puede defenderse porque la gente ya se ha quedado con la versión de gente mala que la calumnió y aunque ella salga y lo desmienta nadie le va a creer y es tan triste porque dañaron su reputación y su oportunidad de debutar.

[@alexarroyo7381]

Y E S !! literally everything I could think about emphasizing you were already on it 🤣🤣 love your vibes!

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Hehe glad we're on the same page!!! Thanks for watching my reaction 💚

[@luvrwrld5396]

Loved manon but I absolutely got what you mean and really hopes she can work on it. I've noticed and come to the conclusion that I think she in particular looks so unengaged because well 1. she joined late... way less training time than most of the others but also as funny as it may sound she isn't a kpop fan and I really do think watching kpop performances indirectly makes people better at and more aware of facial expressions and knowing how to engage during performances. Most of the girls that came on this show were kpop fans except her and maybe a few others and I can't help but think that's a part of why she seems to not get it. I notice the artist she mentions liking a lot don't really perform this way and I don't think american performers openly speak about how important it is compared to Korea. This isn't an excuse but just something that dawned on me like I really think watching some kpop performances would help her understand what she needs to be doing. By the finale I think she got a little better but it'll take practice. You can definitely tell she didn't really dance or anything before the show but regardless I still think she showed a pretty promising growth while there.

[@KPopwithKhadija]

I think already in the finale we saw her improve in terms of her stage performance (that reaction is on my channel)! I love how much talent they have and am excited to see how they keep growing. I think that's a good point about being a k-pop fan, though. There's a certain style of performance that we naturally pick up on when we spend a lot of time watching other artists - for me, it was growing up watching Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Madonna, etc. but these days k-pop idols are giving us that kind of performance. I'm sure now that's she's in a HYBE-affiliated group (with bandmates who are k-pop fans), she'll get lots of exposure to different idols!!! haha

[@jham2650]

i love that you reacted to a lot of videos 😭😭 ive wanted this. thank you

[@marialantigua5475]

12:15 the center that lost her footing, 😅 she was actually sick and said_ (in the documentary) _ that she kept getting dizzy.. but she was still giving us way more then manon😂 13:08 We also found out in the docu that she never went to practice or to meetings, very unfortunate because we lost so many amazing vocalists/performers because of that one. But she’s in and we’ll see how that turns out

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Yeah! I've finished the whole series!!! (My reactions are on my channel) That behind the scenes look really changed my impression of them & these performances a lot. Honestly, from where she started, Manon improved a LOT

[@felipeoliveiraalves9460]

If I´m not mistaken Samara came from a really religious family and what I heard is that she became 18 and before this her social media had influence of her parents and the posts the people unburied are from the past. Dream Academy was very manipulative with the voters, actually Hybe has really manipulative realitys, so don't surprise me a very stable candidate like Samara suddenly has a scandal on her back. I'm from Brazil, so maybe my opinion is biased.

[@luvrwrld5396]

The israel post weren't from the past because it was happening present day. I really don't think the votes were manipulated, she was being judged on a global scale and most of the world find israel horrific so it's believable that she lost as many votes as she did

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Here's what I will say: I can ALWAYS give grace to young artists/idols who make mistakes. Like, teenagers are impulsive, teenagers are influenced by the worlds & people around them, teenagers sometimes say or do things without really thinking about the impacts on others. There's room to learn and grow and become better so I don't like that netizens are so quick to cancel people for making mistakes. BUT, there should still be accountability. Sometimes the natural consequence of making a mistake is that you lose an opportunity, because there are lots of people who were hurt by your actions. That's part of life and, hopefully, something that can help you learn and grow. So, I have sympathy for Samara but I don't feel bad that she started losing votes after this. Hopefully whatever opportunity comes her way next will be the big one that will launch her career and she'll be a little bit older, a little bit wiser and ready for it then! 💚

[@Paulohenrique-ul8dj]

​@@KPopwithKhadijaAnother thing that people got wrong was saying that the fan vote would help - that's a lie - there was no way Samara could debut because the judges are the ones who decide who gets in. Samara was targeted, right? all because of two likes on two videos - one that does talk about the Israeli war, but the subtitle was changed because the video has no position for or against Israel, and the same goes for the video that claims to be from India, but the country isn't mentioned at any point, and what's worse, there's no way of knowing where the video was made, it's clear that with the subtitles changed it was easy to change the narrative whoever did this manipulation knew what to do with these videos they even called her a Zionist which she isn't a racist genocidal piranha they also invented putting china in the middle the whole thing is rotten disgusting what they did to her to get her out of the way a lot of it out of envy and prejudice because she's latina I don't know if she's Christian but in Brazil almost everyone is either Christian or Catholic...

[@yawnzzn1206]

She liked videos supporting Isreal and being racist to Indians and we didn't need a girl like that!!

[@jeffj508]

Lara was actually singing the lows not Sophia

[@KPopwithKhadija]

They both were! And Nayoung as well! They were switching parts throughout, depending on who was singing the lead. All 3 of them sounded GORGEOUS down there 😍

[@DaniloAraujoAzevedo]

Samara não é problematica! O que aconteceu nessa época foi pessoas aumentando os fatos e é claro manipulando tudo para que ela que era a favorita cair, pois eles queria apenas uma menina negra e os fãs da Manon fizeram de tudo no programa para a Samara cair e conseguiram no final! Foi um absurdo que fizeram com ela e o pior que a empresa nao fez nada para proteger ela como adolescente!

[@hawky777]

Exatamente. Eu acabei de fazer um comentário ENORME em inglês falando a mesma coisa e ainda achei irresponsável o fato da criadora de conteúdo chamar de racista e jogar shade numa adolescente de 17 anos e cheia de sonhos (e com um background tão difícil que é fazer parte da parte pobre e racializada do Brasil) sem antes pesquisar a fundo o que ocorreu ao invés de acreditar em fofoca de fandom de internet. Eu odeio injustiça e até hoje não aceito o que fizeram com a Samara.

[@hawky777]

Regarding the Samara drama: No. those videos in Brazilian Portuguese were NOT supporting Israel but instead explaining what was going on between Israel and Palestine without any type of bias. I'm Brazilian, don't usually listen to K-Pop and only watched Dream Academy last year out of boredom, love Manon and I'm pro Palestine, by the way. The only thing that is true about Samara was that she liked that brazilian meme mocking indian street food (that even though can be seen as disrespectful, is part of a series of brazilian memes that mock every street food with "bad hygiene". Brazilian street food included. There's one mocking "Batata de Marechal" that is a very famous brazilian street food). Everything else in this whole drama was a mix of things getting lost in translation and manon stans creating extreme theories to paint her as a racist and/or an Israel supporter. I've even seen people comment that she was part of a cult because she followed her OLD church in Brazil and the church had posted weird stuff about the genocide on instagram. Does this imply that she agrees with that? No. You guys painted as a monster a 17 year old girl full of talent and dreams that came from an environment of extreme poverty and violence in Brazil and could've changed her life and the life of her family forever just because it was clear that the peoducers would only allow one black girl to be in the group. This is gross and unfair. (Specially coming from a grown ass woman that should've verified and clarified things before going on KZbin hating on a teenager based off rumors and fan base gossip).

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Yes, I've heard a lot more about the whole drama in the 10 months since I initially did this reaction. Thanks for sharing more context, though. You literally see the full extent of my information AT THE TIME in the live reaction, but I've understood more since then. I hope she continues to work towards her dreams - she's very talented so the right opportunity will come to her when it is time!

[@corstx]

Kasteye related videos popping up on my KZbin since they released the documentary 😂

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Hahaha that's ALL I'm seeing all over every platform!! I'm trying to avoid all the doc videos cuz I don't want any spoilers til I'm finished binge watching, but it's hard! Haha

[@brunónbravo]

You're in Katseye's Netflix documentary! Congratulations

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Yeah, so I heard!!! I just started the series so I haven't seen myself yet but... 🤯

[@NickaLah]

Late, but this vid just popped up for me, I'm glad you were honest about Manon. I'm trying not to hold it against her, but her diehard fans were kind of unbearable during the competition, many people were frustrated that Manon ranked so well but wasn't very good at actually performing, but it was insinuated that anyone with genuine criticisms of her is just racist. I think her following grew because early on the judges were critical of her because she missed practices and wasn't there when the first girls were cut, supposedly because she had Covid? From then on people said the judges were racist and her following grew from that. But I had mixed feelings about it, Covid is absolutely a good excuse, but many others girls still practiced and even filmed their performances with full on Covid. Maybe there's truth in that the judges were harder on her, they did heavily praise the girls that worked while having Covid. I dunno, I don't want to make light of it, but ultimately it wasn't Manon missing practices that made me upset, I personally found her performances distracting in a bad way. The deadpan face is just... offputting to me. In the end what got me is I think every single person that was cut in the last episode just before Manon was easily more talented, but it honestly seems like they cared more about diversity than talent? One of the last girls cut literally was a national champion dancer 😬 It's a touchy subject, because diversity is important, but it still rubbed me the wrong way that Manon is particularly bad at performing and beat out other girls. But I also get the optics of a white girl getting the last spot and no black girls making the cut, unfortunately Samara did ruin the opportunity for herself. She would've easily gotten a spot if there had been no controversy around her, I just hope the allegations are actually true, there were only rumors about it, I didn't see solid proof.

[@NickaLah]

Just wanted to add that while I don't think Manon making the final spot was particularly fair given her poor performance skills, I try to remind myself that people with lighter skin tones are given unfair opportunities all the time. She is genuinely pretty, and maybe they'll be able to train her enough by the time they debut that I'll eat my words, but I was still disappointed with the final lineup because of it. Hope to change my mind, tho.

[@KPopwithKhadija]

K, before anything else, I just want to say THANK YOU for sharing your thought here! You explained your opinions so clearly, but you were also very considerate of all the different factors and I love how open you are to other ideas than your own. It's very rare that I see comments like this, so I just really wanted to appreciate you for that! Secondly, I do feel like her performance ability was not great from what I saw, and I know there are lots of other incredible talented girls out there also fighting to "make it" in this industry. So that was a bit strange to me. BUT, who knows what the overall goal or vision of the group is. Maybe diversity is more important for this group, so it is worth it for the company to invest more in artist development for her. Maybe her personality just fits better with the others, or with the vision for how they want the group to connect with fans. Or maybe she was just really nice and she took direction well and seemed like a good person to work with long-term? Lots of different reasons she could have been the best pick. She's definitely talented, I can see that. She just needs some more time to develop and train that part of her so I'm glad she's getting the opportunity. It sucks that other girls who are also very talented didn't get this spot but... I truly believe there's space for everyone. I love how in the finale Ezrela said even though she didn't make the group, she felt she was the artist she wanted to be - if they all keep learning and working hard, their chances will come soon!!! 💚

[@reiday209]

Oh! These comments are…

[@lawtraf8008]

Very anti-Manon.

[@annieciat3589]

13:11 THANK YOU. THERE ARE SO MANY DIE HARD MANON FANS THAT LOVE HER EVEN WITHOUT STAGE PRESENCE AND A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE DANCE SKILLS THAT WONT ADMIT IT AND I JUST FEEL LIKE A FOOL WHEN I SAY SOMETHING. like i get yall love her but we are creating a group be serious 😭😭

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Honestly, I think she has so much potential! In Part 2 of this reaction, I was talking about how even in that short time she'd improved already. Her talent is undeniable, so if she can just keep working on that stage presence then she'll be a SUPERSTAR!

[@anthonykellogg8965]

Im very interested to see your reaction to fan vote finalist

[@KPopwithKhadija]

I want to binge-watch EVERYTHING right nowwwww! Hahaha. I mean, I'm gonna film Ep 4 now and we'll see how far I get hahaha. But I need to see it all!

[@Jun-Freitas]

It’s crazy how people always spreed fake news and Brazilians getting in trouble…the same for leia from blackswan. I advise you to find out what actually happened Anyways, love ur react

[@Paulohenrique-ul8dj]

Nesse caso as pessoas não estão interessadas em saber a verdade, mas sim em acusar alguém que não seja a preferida deles, porque isso trás resultado por causa disso a Samara não entrou 🤷🏽

[@LukeBridger]

It's crazy how she was caught, didn't apologise and then yall brazillian fans started harassing the Indian members of the show and then when Samara lost, yall spammed GORE in the Dream Academy Weverse channel... Be so serious rn gurl, yall were racist to Fatou after the Leia scandal and yall were racist to Ezrela and Lara when Samara was caught... Yall are the ONLY ones to blame... bye gurl

[@Paulohenrique-ul8dj]

@@LukeBridger isso é coisa de gente canalha, vocês não são fans, quem tem que admitir alguma coisa são vocês a Léia está sofrendo bullying até hoje é ameaças de morte, como vocês tem coragem de vir aqui e reclamar a fatou fazia bullying com a leia sempre que podia ela e a outra integrante coreana também, sobre os membros da katseye dizer que os brasileiros estão sendo racistas, é no minino muita falta de conhecimento de vocês vão estudar o caso para saber, ninguém fala da lara muito menos da ezrela deixa de ser mentirosa, a única integrante que não merecia entrar era a Manon, pelo menos não no lugar da Samara que é melhor que ela, e a Samara estava sempre no top 3 ou 4 jogaram sujo com ela essa polêmica inventada, é por esse motivo que o brasileiro vem e fala mesmo...

[@LukeBridger]

@@Paulohenrique-ul8dj ....no

[@Paulohenrique-ul8dj]

@@LukeBridger fala o que quer ouve o que não quer 🤷🏽

[@ksseojun]

someone can explain what samara did to being in a scandal ?

[@KPopwithKhadija]

What I've learned from my comment section: it was a lot of stuff taken out of context from her online activity. She liked other people's posts that netizens misinterpreted to mean she was supporting racism and z*onism.

[@EmelyHale-u9g]

I just wished they would have made it 7 and added Nayoung as a producers pick

[@KPopwithKhadija]

She's fierce! But I'll say the Girls On Fire concept seems like a really strong fit for her. She would have been great in KATSEYE too but I think the girls they chose fit really well & I'm excited to see Nayoung in her new group!

[@EcceCrucemDomini]

dovete ascoltare We Unis da Unis. contiene 5 canzoni con brani laterali di qualità

[@Itsmifabon01]

Please react to horizon official under mld intertiment they are all Filipino but doubt in Korea please!!

[@HDWABBIT]

How manon got in the group, everyone is still wondering like... She was not giving

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Honestly, she's super talented! She just still needs development as a performer but maybe they see enough potential in her - already from these missions to the finale performance, she improved so who knows?

[@anon88]

how? well that's an easy question, she was 5th most voted for cuz she's loved & popular and the judges also saw a lot of potential in her just as son songdeuk said in the final mission, and many people other than the judges see that talent and potential in her. you can stay hating though.

[@capn_l]

I love her but I know they added her because shes super populat and hybe needs that energy. And shes very gorgous

[@abbassohrias.4009]

KPOP MEANS KOREAN POP GROUP/ARTIST AND THEY'RE NOT KPOP OKAY? GLOBAL GIRL GROUP IS WHAT YOU CALL THEM OKAY?! BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM DIFFERENT ETHNICITY/CULTURE COUNTRIES! SO THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS THEY'RE NOT ALL KOREANS!!!

[@KPopwithKhadija]

...why are you yelling? 😅 You are correct and I did say that in my video, didn't I? But I have very nuanced thoughts on these 'global groups' - k-pop is Korean, but it's also a FORMAT of creating, training & promoting groups that anyone of any nationality can be part of (which we've seen with int'l members being in k-pop). Anyway, call them whatever, they're very talented and doing very well, so we stan!

[@miskellaneousK]

​@@KPopwithKhadijayou've put this so well, thank you! Kpop is a sound, a system. If switching languages changes a genre, kpop idols English releases wouldn't be considered kpop. I think of these groups as kpop groups produced for a global audience

[@minbeomu]

9:19 ALL of them being in my debut lineup before this performance was even out. The way they were all in the finale and with 3/4 debuting… (I miss you my Marquise!!)