Former Contestant Explains Enhypen Sunoo’s Controversial Expression During I-LAND

In the year 2020, a survival program titled “I-LAND”was jointly organized by Belift Lab and HYBE. The purpose of this program was to select members for an idol group to debut. Out of 23 trainees, only 7 were ultimately chosen to be a part of the final lineup for the group, which is currently known as Enhypen and actively promoting.

Despite not making it to the debut group, Seon, who was among the trainees, is currently thriving as a solo singer, songwriter, and producer. It is known that Seon had also competed in “Produce 101 Season 2″before joining “I-LAND”and ultimately being eliminated after episode 7.

Recently, Seon started a live stream on his social media account to interact with fans. When questioned about “I-LAND” , he recounted a story about a misinterpretation among viewers and fans who had watched the show.

During the first episode of “I-LAND”, Seon’s performance of GOT7’s “Lullaby”was featured, with Mnet also including the reactions of the other trainees and judges. Sunoo, who was shown on screen at the time, had an awkward expression that seemed to suggest he was not impressed by the performance.

240731Seon said that the part when Sunoo gave him a side eye on the 1st episode of iland is edited and Sunoo did not do something like that when he was performing. pic.twitter.com/sAmxK8PcmN

— Ren ⟡ (@haosren) July 31, 2024

Seon confirmed that Mnet’s editing was responsible for the negative portrayal. He stressed that the scene was edited poorly, stating that Sunoo did not actually make the face shown while watching Seon’s performance.

The video of Seon’s livestream was shared on social media by Sunoo’s fans, who mentioned that Sunoo had previously faced a lot of criticism due to the “evil edit”scene.