Girls Planet 999 First TOP9 Announced! (First Elimination Round)

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Produce 101 season 5 Girls Planet 999 revealed their results for their first elimination.

For the first elimination, each “cell” would either survive together or be eliminated together. A cell consists of three contestants, one from each nationality (Korean, Chinese, Japanese). The show’s masters have the ability to save one person from an eliminated cell through the “Planet Pass.” Of the 33 cells, only 17 cells would survive. Of the 99 total contestants, 45 were eliminated at the end of the episode.

The show’s MC, Yeo Jin Goo, announced, “We received 39,360,000 votes from over 164 countries during the past two weeks. The five teams who won last week’s Connect Mission will receive a benefit in addition to the global fan votes.”

Yeo Jin Goo then revealed the cells’ rankings, with No. 17 being the cut-off limit for survival. The rankings are as follows:

1. Cai Bing, Choi Yu Jin, May
2. Shen Xiao Ting, Kawaguchi Yurina, Seo Young Eun
3. Su Rui Qi, Jeong Ji Yoon, Ezaki Hikaru
4. Huang Xing Qiao, Kang Ye Seo, Sakamoto Mashiro
5. Li Yiman, Kim Chae Hyun, Kuwahara Ayana
6. Xu Zi Yin, Kim Do Ah, Arai Risako
7. Hsu Nien Tzu, Huening Bahiyyih, Sakamoto Shihona
8. Fu Ya Ning, Kim Su Yeon, Nonaka Shana
9. Wu Tammy, Kim Da Yeon, Sakurai Miu
10. Chen Hsin Wei, Choi Ye Young, Kubo Reina
11. Yang Zi Ge, Guinn Myah, Kamimoto Kotone
12. Chia Yi, Huh Ji Won, Yamauchi Moana
13. Leung Cheuk Ying, Lee Chae Yun, Kishida Ririka
14. Liang Jiao, Lee Hye Won, Nagai Manami
15. An Jeong Min, Wang Ya Le, Fujimoto Ayaka
16. Kim Bo Ra, Zhang Luo Fei, Hayase Hana
17. Yoon Ji A, Shima Moka, Zhou Xin Yu

Using the Masters’ “Planet Pass,” Ikema Ruan, Wen Zhe, and Kim Hye Rim were saved from the eliminated cells.

The show also revealed the current Top 9 contestants:

1. Kawaguchi Yurina
2. Shen Xiao Ting
3. Ezaki Hikaru
4. Choi Yu Jin 
5. Sakamoto Mashiro
6. Su Rui Qi
7. Cai Yi Bing
8. Kang Ye Seo
9. Kim Chae Hyun

Is anyone else following this season?