Unpretty Rapstar (season 1)

Season of television series

Unpretty Rapstar

Season 1
Country of origin| South Korea
No. of episodes| 8
Release
Original network| Mnet
Original release| January 29 (2015-01-29) –
March 26, 2015 (2015-03-26)

Unpretty Rapstar (Korean: 언프리티 랩스타) is a 2015 South Korean music competition program focusing on female rappers. The show, a spin-off of Show Me the Money, premiered in January 2015 on Mnet and was hosted by Korean rapper San E.[1] In August 2015, it was confirmed that the show would begin airing its second season on September 11, 2015.[2][3] The winner in Season 1 was Cheetah.[4]

## Season Overview[edit]

Original Airdate:

Episode No. | Date

|

1  | 29 January 2015
2  | 5 February 2015
3  | 12 February 2015
4  | 26 February 2015
5  | 5 March 2015
6  | 12 March 2015
7  | 19 March 2015
8  | 26 March 2015

### Contestants[edit]

Winner: Cheetah (SMTM contestant)
First runner-up: Jessi (former Lucky J member)
Second runner-up:  Yuk Ji-dam (SMTM3 contestant, Unpretty Rapstar 3 contestant)
Semi-finalists:

* Kisum (SMTM3 contestant)
* Jimin (former AOA member)
* Jolly V (SMTM3 contestant)

Eliminated contestants:

* Tymee (SMTM3 contestant) (Eliminated in episode 6)
* Jace of Miss $ (Joined in episode 4, eliminated in episode 6)
* Lil Cham (Eliminated in episode 4)

## Competition events[edit]

### Self-introduction through a cypher[edit]

An ice-breaker where all contestants and the host do a rap for their self-introduction, using the same beat. The rappers are allowed to initiate or respond to pre-game diss battles.

### One-take video mission[edit]

The first mission in all seasons of Unpretty Rapstar was contestants collaborating with judges, producers, and fellow contestants to create a music video for an original rap song. The video is mostly filmed in one unedited take, and the rappers must also write and arrange the song. After the filming of the music video for the song is complete, the rappers vote for who did the best and worst, in a fully disclosed process. The winner of the mission receives an advantage for the next challenge or the next part of the track missions. Whoever is voted last by their fellow rappers receives a penalty of being excluded from the next mission, or from the song that was produced through the one-take mission.

### Diss Battles[edit]

A series of one-on-one rap battles where the contestants put one another down through diss rap. Unlike rap battles in Show Me the Money, these are closed events with no MCs.

## Discography[edit]

Main article: Unpretty Rapstar discography § Unpretty Rapstar

## See also[edit]

* Unpretty Rapstar 2
* Unpretty Rapstar 3

## References[edit]

1. ^ Sung, So-young (16 March 2015). "'Unpretty Rapstar' gives rappers a voice". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
2. ^ Park, Hyeon-min. "[단독] '언프리티2', 오디션 없이 전원 섭외 "9월 첫방·10회분"". Nate News. SK Communications. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. ^ "'언프리티 랩스타2' 캐스퍼, 어디서 봤나 했더니...'쇼미더머니4' 2차 경연서 탈락". The Dong-a Ilbo. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
4. ^ "'언프리티 랩스타' 우승자 치타, 파격적인 1차 티저 이미지 공개". 부산일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-04-07.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Korean)

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