K-netizens Discuss Current Situation Of “Idol School” Real Winner Lee Hae-in As KISS OF LIFE’s Director, “fromis_9 Should Be Ashamed”

On December 28, a post was made on the popular Korean forum Nate Pann with the title “The current situation of Lee Hae-in, “Idol School”’s No. 1 ranking participant.”

In this post, a Korean netizen mentioned the manipulation scandal of the idol survival show “Idol School,” in which fromis_9 was formed. According to the post, the real winner of the show, Lee Hae-in, worked as an office worker at S2 Entertainment, a company created by former Cube founder Hong Seung-sung, after she got “robed” of her debut. She later turned into a creative director and created the group KISS OF LIFE.

The netizen showed pity for Lee Hae-in as fromis_9 is having a rising career, going to year-end award ceremonies and making comebacks. “I’m glad that KISS OF LIFE is doing well. I hope KISS OF LIFE does better and that Lee Hae-in is happy,” they added.

After only 12 hours, the original post gathered approximately 125,000 views and countless comments, all of which showed pity for Lee Hae-in.

Original post : Pann

The top comments are as follows,

“How could they eliminate the real No.1 Lee Hae-in and manipulated for No Ji-sun?”

“Idol School seemed to have played with one person’s life. If they didn’t want to debut the girls, they should have let them go. They scammed all the participants from the beginning. How could you make No.1 become No.11?”

“fromis_9 should just go their activities quietly instead of going on the big shows like they do now. Did they catch HYBE’s weakness?”

“That’s why I only support Jang Gyu-ri. According to the ruling, 8 out of 9 members were chosen in advance and cheated to be in first place.”