The hall fell silent as Jung Hyunwoo walked onto the stage, his expression serious now.
“Contestants, well, Orionxers,” he said, his voice echoing. “You’ve all worked incredibly hard. Each team gave their all, but as you know, this is a competition and in a competition, there's always a winner, as well as a loser.”
“Tonight, we will be eliminating 18 Orionxers.”
“The eliminations are based on three factors,” Hyunwoo continued. “Your team’s overall score, your individual performance within the team and public voting.”
Public voting. I hadn't even thought of that.
“Let's start with the good news,” Hyunwoo said and the screens behind him lit up. “The following teams in the top ten are safe from elimination. All members of these teams will continue to the next round.”
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