On November 18, the Seoul District Court revealed the names of the trainees whose votes were manipulated. They concluded an appeal trial involving vote manipulation charges against former Mnet Director Ahn Joon Young. And also to former Creative Producer Kim Yong Bum.
The court confirmed that all four seasons of ‘Produce’ series were manipulated.
The victimized trainees whose votes were rigged, so they were removed from the show, also included artist who could be part of groups like IOI, Wanna One, IZ*ONE, and X1.
Here is the list
Season 1 (IOI):
[Eliminated during the first round of voting] Kim Soo Hyun, Seo Hye Rim
Season 2 (Wanna One):
[Eliminated during the first round of voting] Sung Hyun Woo
[Eliminated during the fourth round of voting] Kang Dong Ho
Season 3 (IZ*ONE):
[Eliminated during the fourth round of voting] Lee Kaeun (originally fifth place), Han Cho Won (originally sixth place)
Season 4 (X1):
[Eliminated during the first round of voting] Anzardi Timothee
[Eliminated during the third round of voting] Kim Kook Heon, Lee Jin Woo
[Eliminated during the fourth round of voting] Goo Jung Mo (originally sixth place), Lee Jin Hyuk (originally seventh place), Geum Dong Hyun (originally eighth place)
However, the court decided to withhold the names of the trainees whose votes were manipulated to end up in the winning project group. Those trainees also did not know that their votes were manipulated and were also identified as victims of fraud.