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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | Kim Young-bum for Mnet |
| Directed by | Ahn Joonyoung |
| Presented by | Lee Seung-gi |
| Opening theme | "Nekkoya (Pick Me)" by all contestants |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original languages | Korean Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Running time | 140–160 minutes 240 minutes (Finale) |
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| Network | Mnet |
| Release | June 15 – August 31, 2018 |
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Produce 48 (Korean: 프로듀스 48) is the third season of the South Korean reality competition series Produce 101. It was a large-scale project in which the public "produces" a girl group by voting for members out of a pool of 96 contestants from South Korea and Japan, as well as voting for the group's concept, name and debut single. The show was a collaboration between the Mnet series Produce 101 and the J-pop idol group AKB48. The winning 12 contestants, with no nationality caps, as voted only by Korean viewers, would promote as a group for two years and six months.[1] The show announced the final 12 members who made it into, as well as the official name of the group Iz*One during the finale on August 31, 2018.
Produced by AKATV (the company that also produced the second season of Produce 101) for Mnet, the show premiered on June 15, 2018, and concluded on August 31, 2018, with 12 episodes. It was directed and produced by Ahn Joon-young, who also directed the first two seasons of Produce 101.[2]
Following irregularities in the patterns of votes, an investigation into Mnet in 2019 found that Ahn and seven others had pre-determined the lineups of Produce 101 groups, and subsequently manipulated vote counts to favor certain contestants, in exchange for financial favors.[3][4] Ahn and the show's executive producer, Kim Young-bum, were sentenced to prison in 2021 on charges of fraud and bribery.[5]
- ^ "'프로듀스48' PD "투표는 한국에서만...최종 12인 국적 구분 NO"". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). June 11, 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ "한일 연습생 96명 참여"...'프로듀스48', 오늘 첫녹화 (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Loh Keng Fatt (December 11, 2019). "New K-pop scandal: Entire line-ups of X1 And Iz*One reportedly decided before public voting". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ "K-pop scandal: CEO apologises for vote rigging on Mnet's Produce series". The Straits Times. January 1, 2020. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ Cho Yong-jun (April 3, 2023). "Ahn Joon-young from 'Produce 101' series returns to Mnet after serving time". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved February 24, 2025.