It’s been on my mind lately and I feel sort of 50/50 about it.
On one hand, both Iland seasons started as a collab specifically with Bighit/Hybe. Though that 2nd season fell through mid-way (with RUNext taking its place) due to differences between them, Mnet went ahead and involved The Black Label instead. This was a sweet deal for both with Wakeone getting a permanent group out of it and TBL getting to use it to expand their portfolio now that they’re establising themselves as their own entity separate from “just” being YG’s resident “indie label”. But now that they have done all that, I could see them saying that the show has served its purpose and leaving it at that.
On the other hand, this wasn’t the first time Mnet was behind company-specific survival shows (Sixteen, Stray Kids (the show), No.Mercy…), and probably not the last. So when the next time comes, they will already have this franchise and facilities ready as one of the obvious options. (Even just thinking of that fancy building, it would be a waste to not utilize the location again.)
For potential companies, they might also view it as a good idea to jump into an already known franchise. With the caveat that they would probably want the final group to be properly theirs instead of the split deal Wakeone and TBL have (with Izna being a W1-managed but TBL-produced group). The only way I could see that coming back is if TBL itself did another season, which is in the realm of possibility but idk… Or technically, Mnet and W1 or some other CJ label could also decide to just do it themselves.
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