On March 9, 2024, fans were shocked by the winning team for Music Core. Despite strong contenders such as LE SSERAFIM and BIBI, PLAVE took first place. They won with full points for both pre-broadcast voting and live voting, even though they lagged behind the other groups in terms of broadcast points and streaming.
Winning points. | theqoo
This is the first time that a virtual idol has won first place on a major music show. Even K/DA, one of the most popular virtual artists, failed to win. ISEGYE managed to win first place on streaming charts during their debut but did not win on a music show.
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Netizens were duly shocked at the win, and congratulated the group for their achievement.
Netizen reactions. | theqoo Wow, daebak. They even won 1st place on Music Core it seems. Congrats. Congrats, kids. Congrats PLAVE. The fans’ power is really amazing. The song is good. Amazing, congrats! Congrats congrats! Wow, can’t believe that this works. Congrats!
Even other idols were in disbelief.
Check out their winning speech below! The speech had to be uploaded post-broadcast as PLAVE was unable to be physically present at the show.
