MNEXT: Season 5

Season 5 of MNEXT, also known as MNEXT: ReVenge, aired between November 4th to July 5th, 2024. It was hosted at the Daegu Stadium in Suseong-gu, Daegu. The head MCs were soloists Taeyeon and Kai. The season was won by TBD with their song "TBD", going on to represent South Korea in Season 12 of Melodia:ReImagined in XX.

Concept

In honour of reaching five seasons of MNEXT, the top 3 of the previous four Seasons were invited back to compete with their newest released comeback song. Due to the number of participants, the Season was split into 2 rounds, First Stage: FIRST REVENGE, and Second Stage: BATTLEGROUND.

The First Stage saw the songs being randomised into 4 groups, one first place, one second place, and one third place. The International juries each voted for one of the songs of the 3 to be eliminated from the competition, with an overall of 8 songs progressing to the next stage.

The Second Stage was the regular MNEXT format, with the National, International, and Online votes all contributing to leave a final score for the songs. The song with the highest points would be the winner of the Season.

Voting

There were 3 categories of voters, the National Jury, the International Jury, and the online televote, they all had different systems of voting for each stage of the competition.

National Jury

The National Jury consisted of all provinces of South Korea. They were not permitted to vote in the First Stage of the competition. In the Second Stage, they would divide 10,000 points across all 8 songs, with a cap at 3,000 for any one song, with no minimum. Not all their points had to be used. This was moved from the International vote in Season 4. The National Jury consisted of:

Seoul - paldosreal.sss Incheon - haepuff Daejeon - meuw2022 Daegu - TNG Ulsan - whothehellisorestis Busan - blueythesharkie Gwangju - kasvi004 Gangwon - thejendyz Gyeonggi - deza.finker Jeju - toniaczka Jeonbuk - ctys0n North Chungcheong - unclearmist North Gyeongsang - twinkmuncher North Jeolla - cqrpses_bride South Chungcheong - wisteriaa South Gyeongsang - shiningnaomi South Jeolla - chromiliaghaztic

International Jury

The International Jury consisted of any countries that wished to vote in this Season. In the First Stage, they could vote on which song would be eliminated from the competition and not move on to the Second Stage. In the Second Stage, they would rank the songs from 1st to 8th. The average place, times by 3,000, would be added on to the scores given by the National Jury. This was moved from the National vote in Season 4. The International Jury consisted of:

Online Televote

The online televote was open from the beginning of the Second Stage, the songs with the top 5 highest votes would receive a bonus based on their ranking.

Participants

Artist	Song	OG Season	OG Place	S5 Place
8TURN	"RU-PUM PUM"	Season 1	3rd	ELIMINATED (9th)
BABYMONSTER	"DRIP"	Season 1	1st	5th
BADVILLAIN	"HURRICANE"	Season 4	2nd	3rd
CHUU	"Strawberry Rush"	Season 3	2nd	7th
MADEIN (Originally LIMELIGHT)	"UNO"	Season 2	1st	ELIMINATED (12th)
PIXY	"Truth or Dare"	Season 3	3rd	ELIMINATED (10th)
RESCENE	"LOVE ATTACK"	Season 4	3rd	1st
TAEMIN	"Sexy In The Air"	Season 2	3rd	ELIMINATED (11th)
TRi.BE	"Diamond"	Season 3	1st	8th
tripleS/VV	"Hit the Floor"	Season 2	2nd	2nd
VIVIZ	"MANIAC"	Season 1	2nd	6th
YOUNG POSSE	"ATE THAT"	Season 4	1st	4th

First Stage: FIRST REVENGE

The First Stage took place between November 8th and November 11th.

Group 1

GROUP 1
Artist	Votes	Result
TRi.BE	4	PASSED
tripleS	2	PASSED
8TURN	5	ELIMINATED

Group 2

GROUP 2
Artist	Votes	Result
YOUNG POSSE	3	PASSED
VIVIZ	2	PASSED
TAEMIN	6	ELIMINATED

Group 3

GROUP 3
Artist	Votes	Result
MADEIN	7	ELIMINATED
BADVILLAIN	2	PASSED
RESCENE	2	PASSED

Group 4

GROUP 4
Artist	Votes	Result
BABYMONSTER	3	PASSED
CHUU	2	PASSED
PIXY	6	ELIMINATED

Second Stage: BATTLEGROUND

The Second Stage took place between November 11th and November 20th. Concluding with RESCENE being declared the winner(s).

Place	Combined		Province		International		Online
	Artist	Points	Artist	Points	Artist	Points	Artist	%	Points
1st	RESCENE	45100	tripleS	19760	tripleS	16089	RESCENE	29%	15000
2nd	tripleS	40849	BADVILLAIN	16170	RESCENE	15270	BADVILLAIN	27%	12000
3rd	BADVILLAIN	37713	RESCENE	14830	CHUU	15000	YOUNG POSSE	20%	8000
4th	YOUNG POSSE	31757	VIVIZ	14760	VIVIZ	14727	tripleS	11%	5000
5th	BABYMONSTER	31128	CHUU	14110	BABYMONSTER	13908	BABYMONSTER	6%	3500
6th	VIVIZ	29487	BABYMONSTER	13720	TRi.BE	11727	CHUU	5%	0
7th	CHUU	29110	TRi.BE	12720	YOUNG POSSE	11727	TRi.BE	1%	0
8th	TRi.BE	24447	YOUNG POSSE	12030	BADVILLAIN	9543	VIVIZ	1%	0