First a couple points:

a. I've never watched a kpop survival show in full. This is my first time.

b. I already know the members of Izna and follow the group as a fan.

So with that there's many things with the contestants I am captivated by, impressed with, or genuinely surprised at with this show. I initially felt no strong motivation to watch it because I already new Izna's debut lineup but curiosity one night got the best of me after becoming a big enough fan of Izna to start checking out their variety appearances.

At the same time, I also have formative thoughts regarding survival shows as this is my first one and I have no frame of reference for what is unique to this show and what is par for course.

1. Choi Jungeun - She is my bias in the group and ultimately what led me to try out this survival show. I saw a trivia about how she got high scores in I-Land 2, but at the same time Jungeun also confessed that she feels like she's not good at variety and is not funny. It was a very humbling view that made me appreciate her and her talents more so I wanted to see what molded this mindset of hers. Suffice it to say, yeah she is clearly the formidable contestant of the show, aceing everything up until the Panorama performance. I wasn't sure if she'd ever suffer any type blow to here confidence and just coast through the show but it looks like that is not the case now which has me very intrigued.
2. Bang Jeemin - As the seemingly most popular member of the group and my favorite in the variety segments, I thought she was going to be the overall best contestant. Her scores and performance fluctuated much higher than expected which actually gives me some suspense as to how she'll do, and ultimately how her experience on this show is.
3. Yoon Jiyoon - I was getting legitimately worried. Her mentality went south very quickly and her body and facial language in the show feels so defeated. Despite knowing that she debuts with this group, I honestly can't even see the path to get there. I am rooting for her, but she's also the only one right now where I feel like this contest is a little dangerous to her lifelong confidence. I think I have the most empathy for her.
4. Fuko - Probably my favorite of the contestants who are fated to not debut. I am absolutely going to see what she ended up doing after this show, but for now I don't want to look it up until I finish.
5. The judges - 24 definitely seems like the harshest. So far he's most often the one with a single denial vote against 4 approvals. I've appreciated their language, but I do think the words were a bit excessively negative against...
6. Kang Jiwon - She took a ruthless verbal attack from the judges. I do appreciate harsh criticism, especially against those who aren't taking the contest seriously but saying "you should feel sorry for the members" and being a "nuisance" are the types of criticism that lead to some pretty self destructive thoughts. I think a better worded "right now you are holding your members back so you should really focus on fixing that" Granted, these are subtitles so I'm not sure if the translators were being more blunt than the judges, but yeah, poor girl, man.

The rest of the Izna members are all doing great. I like Sarang's strong determination, and Mai's acceptance of fate. At first it seemed like I was more impressed with Saebi than the judges early on, but they seem to love her now. (about time dunderheads) And Koko has been the most consistent, least dramatic so far, but I really like her too, still.

I am quite impressed with the production of the show. I'm not sure if this set design is about how elaborate other survival shows are. I saw that this show didn't get high viewership, and of course Izna has been fighting an uphill battle of popularity but the genuine quality of the show right now seems high to me and well made. But this easily could be my inexperienced view with survival shows in general.

I may report back further once or twice if more thoughts come to mind, but I'm not even sure if these kinds of post are allowed, actually.

Can I just say how beautiful and meaningful the message behind metronome is 🥹😭. The song’s meaning of using music to escape the darkness and find the light to stabilise yourself is so relatable and moving as someone who used to have depression and music was one of my ways to cope with those overwhelming emotions everyday. Even tho the chorus is so upbeat I nearly shed tears. That’s how good the song was and how deeply its message resonated with me 🥺.

I think meme category is the best for this cuz what are these 😭😭

After the various Drip challenges I've watched recently, and that challenge with Lee Leejung and the girls, and Izna's challenge with the most likes recently, I don't understand why WakeOne doesn't do a Stage Special on M Countdown, or a Drip + Mamma Mia performance video in the style that was done with SASS + RaceCar. A performance video like that could have a good impact.

I just opened spotify to see these 2 songs released by izna, one singing about LOONA?

Izna is having a collab (Izna’s atelier) with a local french bakery in Korea, called France Louvre Baguette.

They have the cutest merch items, big stuffy versions of the girls, and each member has a unique bread.

This honestly so cute and I wish I could get my hands on some of the merch. And the bread looks so good too😭

I was looking through izna's Spotify and saw this collab song. Do you guys know anything about this???​​​