Chuang Asia: Thailand

Chuang Asia: Thailand (Thai: ช่วง เอเชีย ไทยแลนด์), also known as Chuang Asia 2024 or Produce Camp Asia 2024 in China, is a Chinese/Thai reality competition show by Tencent. It aired from February 3, 2024, to April 6, 2024, every Saturday at 22:00 (UTC+7) on WeTV.

It is the fifth entry to the Produce Camp franchise, an idol survival series originally based in China, and also the first entry to the Chuang Asia series.

The show brought 70 female trainees from different countries and agencies to form the international girl group Gen1es through global viewers' votes.

Background
In September 2021, the Chinese government enacted a ban on the production and broadcast of idol competition shows in the country. To circumvent the ban, in July 2023, Tencent announced that the Chuang (also known as Produce Camp) franchise would have seasons set in other countries in Asia under the name Chuang Asia, starting with the first season in Thailand. Participant applications were opened from July 14 to October 31, 2023, for females of any nationality born before 2008. The contestants were officially revealed on January 15, 2024.

Chuang Asia: Thailand gathered 70 trainees who would be accepting several challenges to fight for a spot in the newest girl group. The show was filmed in Thailand, with recording having started at the end of 2023. On September 27, WeTV revealed Jackson Wang as the show's lead mentor during a press conference.

Broadcast
The cut version of the show was simultaneously broadcast on One 31 in Thailand, AbemaTV in Japan, and RTV in Indonesia. The extended uncut version of each episode was also released later on the same night on WeTV globally.

Mentors
In September 2023, Tencent Video announced the fifth season of the Produce 101 China series, with Jackson Wang as the nation's producer. In December 2023, Tencent Video announced four additional mentors: Jeff Satur, Mike Angelo, Ten of NCT, and Nene of BonBon Girls 303. Two former members of Into1—Santa and Nine—also appeared as guest mentors on episode six, and (G)I-dle’s Minnie, actor Wang Ziqi and Win Metawin appeared as guest mentors on episode eight.

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Ranking
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Result
The finale was held on April 6, 2024. The final 9 members debuted as Gen1es.

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Episode 1 (February 3, 2024)
The episode starts with each of the mentors being introduced and showing off a solo performance. After, the trainees are welcomed to Produce Camp Asia: Thailand, and the 'Grand Audition Round' starts, where each of the trainee teams and soloists will perform. The trainees and mentors will vote for who they like and each team will have an MVP (the trainee with the most votes in the team). It is also revealed 9 people will make the final debut line-up.

The trainees with the most votes go into the top 9: J JAZZSPER (62 votes), Krista Shim (60 votes), Tegan (61 votes), Kaylen (63 votes), Yean (68 votes), Pream (62 votes), Praew (59 votes), Emma (59 votes), and Coco (61 votes).

The mentors then reveal a new rule, called the 'big vote': they will pick trainees they liked who did not make top 9 to challenge those in the top 9, and they can replace someone within the top 9 if they win against them. Jeff picks Mamcù to challenge Yean, Ten picks Panda to challenge challenge Pream, Mike picks Yui to challenge Emma, Nene picks Mamcù as well to challenge Krista Shim, and Jackson picks Kanompang to challenge Coco.

The challengers for the dance battle (Panda vs. Pream, Yui vs. Emma, and Kanompang vs. Coco) have to do a freestyle. Each team goes, and Emma wins against Yui, Pream wins against Panda, and Coco wins against Kanompang. The episode ends before the vocal battle between Yean, Mamcù, and Krista Shim begins.

Episode 2 (February 10, 2024)
The episode starts where it left off, having Krista Shim, Yean, and Mamcù start the vocal battle. The mentors explain that they can sing any song that has already been performed from any group or soloist and that they have 1 hour to rehearse. Yean goes first and sings Mamcù's song "Golden Hour". She starts, but messes up, and asks to try again. She tries again and performs. Krista Shim is next and also sings "Golden Hour". Finally, Mamcù goes last and sings "Got a Hold on Me", which is the song Yean sang for her extra show. In the end, Mamcù wins and is the only challenger to win against the top 9. Between Yean and Krista Shim, Yean is voted to stay in the top 9.

The performances resume after the vocal battle, and the remaining teams all perform. After, the mentors announce the new top 9 based on the votes. Those who performed in the battles keep their spot in the top 9 (Yean, Pream, Coco, Emma, and Mamcù). The ones who didn't (Tegan, Kaylen, Praew, and J JAZZSPER) are told only two of them stay in the top 9: Kaylen and J JAZZSPER. Liliana Li and Ma Li Ya are added to the top 9.

However, it is then announced that the contestant who ranked 10th is allowed to challenge the contestants in the lowest ranks among the top 9. Tegan is announced as the 10th ranking contestant, and she chooses to battle Kaylen. Tegan wins against Kaylen, and is added into the top 9. The Grand Audition Round comes to an end after, and the constants are given their final grades. A class is the top 9, while class B and class F are based on how many votes each contestant received.

The episode moves on to the girls moving into the dorms and getting settled. After, they are all gathered to learn about their next task: the Theme Song Mission. They have 3 days to learn the theme song, and then the mentors will reevaluate them and put them in different grades depending on how they do. As the reevaluation day comes, groups of five go up and perform the theme song.

After everyone gets their new grades, it is announced that the center of "Summer Dream" is to be chosen. Candidates for center are the top 3 in a vote the trainees did: Yean, Pream, and Ruan, and the next candidates are the mentors picks: MingMing, Emma, Coco, Qiao Yi Yu, and Yean, though she was already picked through voting, so they do a random lottery for the last trainee, who is Kittie. They perform the theme song at the same time and everyone votes for who they want as the center.

Ruan is announced as the center during their rehearsal for the Amazing Thailand Countdown 2024 at ICONSIAM. At the end of the episode, their performance at the event is shown.

Episode 3 (February 17, 2024)
The episode starts with some of the trainees performing the theme song “Summer Dream” before the mentors come out. In the spinoff part the mentors announces the first mission which is the group performance where the trainees choose from 10 songs that they want to perform. (Booty Bomb) by 4Eve, (I’ll Do It How You Like It) by PP Krit, (Pieces of Love) by TWICE, (One More Last Time) by Henry Young ft Ashley Alisha, (Time Travel); Love Destiny 2’s OST by Violette Wautier, (7 Rings), by Ariana Grande, (Kick Back) by WayV, (Hard) by Shinee, (Play With Me) by GoyNattyDream ft UrBoyTJ, and (ชอบเธออะ) by Ptrp Studio. The mentors then announce how the selection process is going to work is based on their ranks in the theme song evaluation which means the top ranks are going to choose first starting with the theme song centre Ruan, the rest of the trainees then go to the songs that they want or available until they are all full.

During this mission the mentors split into 2 teams with Nene & Ten partnering up (TenNe) and Mike & Jeff teaming up (JeffMike) who are going to support the teams that they choose. And there’s a punishment for the losing team which is to dance the theme song in those uniforms and post it on social media. Jackson announces that there’s a total of 5 rounds and the audience gets to vote for the trainees that they want with the trainee getting the most votes gets crowned as MVP of their team.

The mentors then announce how the teams are going to be paired up which means that there will be different coloured windmills and if you get the same coloured windmill means you are going to battle against them. The first round is (Play With Me) vs (Pieces of Love) with Yean winning MVP for Play With Me and Yuan Ke winning MVP for Pieces Of Love with (Play With Me) winning the first round. The second round is (Hard) vs (7 Rings) with Emma winning MVP for Hard and Wang Ke winning MVP for 7 Rings with (7 Rings) winning the second round. The third round is (ชอบเธออะ) vs (Booty Bomb) with Jasmine winning MVP for ชอบเธออะ and Ilene winning MVP for Booty Bomb with (Booty Bomb) winning the third round. The fourth round is (Time Travel) vs (One More Last Time) with Xuanning winning MVP for Time Travel and Duna winning MVP for One More Last Time with (Time Travel) winning the fourth round. The fifth and final round of the first mission is (Kick Back) vs (I’ll Do It How You Like It) with Qiao Yiyu winning MVP for Kick Back and RJing winning MVP for I’ll Do It How You Like It with (Kick Back) winning the final round. -->