The BEST Mnet shows of all time
Every Mnet show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every Mnet show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - Hit the Stage
Idols and stars partnering up with professional dancers to compete under a given theme in all types of dance genres such as street, modern dance, dancesport, and more
View Episode Rankings#2 - Unpretty Rapstar
Unpretty Rapstar is considered the female version of popular show Show Me The Money. It is a survival show featuring female rappers from South Korea. The first season stars Jessi (Lucky J), Jolly V, Cheetah (Blacklist), Jimin (AOA), Tymee, Kisum, Lil Cham, Yuk Jidam and Jace (Miss $). The second season stars Yubin (Wonder Girls), Hyolyn (Sistar), Yezi (Fiestar), Gilme (Clover), Kasper (Play the Siren), Heize, KittiB, Truedy, Sua (YG Trainee), Ash-B and Jiyoon (4minute).
View Episode Rankings#3 - Sixteen
Sixteen was a 2015 reality girl group survival show created by JYP Entertainment and Mnet. The show pitted sixteen JYP trainees against one another to secure a spot in the girl group Twice. Sixteen contestants were assessed for not only their singing and dancing abilities but also their charisma and personality.
View Episode Rankings#4 - BTS: American Hustle Life
American Hustle Life is a reality show featuring the BTS members spending 24 hours in L.A. with a hip-hop tutor and carrying out different missions in order to experience true hip-hop culture.
View Episode Rankings#5 - World Klass
World Klass is a global idol project or TOO (Ten Oriented Orchestra) where 20 global trainees will compete to be the final ten members and debut as TOO. Stone Music Entertainment will produce and market the final line up and n.CH Entertainment will manage the group.
View Episode Rankings#6 - Stray Kids
Stray Kids is a South Korean 'survival' show launched by JYP Entertainment in October 2017 to prepare for the debut of its next male group of the same name. Throughout the episodes, we will follow the nine trainees constituting the new group of the agency to compete in different events that will lead them to be confronted with the artists of the label to judge them and define if the group will start with its nine members original or not.
View Episode Rankings#7 - The Lover
Oh Jung Se and Ryu Hyun Kyung play the main couple in their 30s who chose to live together instead of getting married, and have been sharing an apartment for two years. Oh Jung Se plays a voice actor and Ryu Hyun Kyung plays a reviewer who runs a blog. Choi Yeo Jin and Jung Joon Young have been cast as the second couple — they’re twelve years apart in age and have been living together for a year. He’s a pretty-boy singer who carries his guitar everywhere he goes, but doesn’t actually know how to play it all that well. She’s a penny-pinching ajumma in the body of a hot woman who basically supports her much younger boyfriend. He drives her crazy but he’s a good guy at heart, and she can never manage to stay mad at him for long. Ha Eun Sul and Park Jong Hwan play a 20s couple that just moved in together. She’s the type of woman who doesn’t want her boyfriend to know that she isn’t the perfect embodiment of femininity, and works tirelessly to keep up the illusion. Lee Jae Joon plays a loner who prefers to stay at home, but is forced to get a roommate for financial reasons. He doesn’t even want to exchange unnecessary small talk with the guy, and thus seeks out a foreigner who can’t speak Korean very well. Terada Takuya plays the new roommate, a young man from Japan who’s on a trip around the world. Takuya thinks it a shame that Lee Jae Joon is wasting his youth as a homebody, and begins to draw him out into the world.
View Episode Rankings#8 - Produce 101
It is a large-scale project in which the public "produces" a unit group by choosing members from a pool of 101 trainees from 46 entertainment companies as well as the group's concept, debut song, and group name.
View Episode Rankings#9 - Produce 48
According to an official statement from Mnet, “Produce 48” is a project that will combine the competition system of “Produce 101,” featuring viewers selecting which idols will debut, with the “idols you can meet” concept of AKB48, which performs in a designated theater for fans. “Produce 48” will aim to form a global girl group. Mnet has teamed up with AKB48’s producer Yasushi Akimoto for the project, and they’re collaborating with him to prepare a show that will present new experiences to Korean and Japanese viewers as well as music fans. Mnet’s “Produce 48” will be airing in mid-2018, and this AKB48 and “Produce 101” collaboration is said to be a program that will be on an unprecedented scale.
View Episode Rankings#10 - Queendom
A musical battle between 6 trending girl group acts, in order to "determine the real number one" when all 6 release their songs at the same time.
View Episode Rankings#11 - Monstar
"Monstar" depicts the lives of ordinary teens who are injured psychologically and heal themselves through the power of music. Yoon Sul-Chan is the vocalist for the group "Man in Black". He carries deep wounds within his mind, but doesn't express his feelings. Because of his hot temper, he causes trouble. His management company then orders him to carry himself as an ideal student. He joins a music band at school, while facing unexpected events.
View Episode Rankings#12 - Produce X 101
Produce X 101 is a 2019 boy group survival reality show on Mnet. This is the 4th season of the TV franchise. The public (called 'national producers') "produces" a boy group among the 101 trainees from different entertainment companies and independent trainees through online voting and live voting with multiple elimination rounds. The public will also choose the group's concept, debut song and group name.
View Episode Rankings#13 - Girls Planet 999: The Girls Saga
In order to realize their dreams of becoming super idols, girls from China, South Korea and Japan gather at the [Girl's Planet]. It is a virtual world where the girls unite as one regardless of their backgrounds. Fans around the world are also connected to this world to witness the birth of a new generation of international girl band. Which of these girls will make it to the global debut?
View Episode Rankings#14 - I-LAND
“I-LAND” is an observation reality show that follows the creation process of next-generation K-pop artists.
View Episode Rankings#15 - Street Woman Fighter
Mnet's female dance crew reality survival! Female dance crews, representing South Korea, compete to be the No.1 team.
View Episode Rankings#16 - Kingdom: Legendary War
A sequel to Queendom, Kingdom: Legendary War puts seven male teams head-to-head in a comeback battle, where each will release a new single on the same day at the same time and see which one reigns supreme on the charts. The winning group will guarantee a place in the sequel show, Kingdom, where they will battle with new groups for the chance to become the king of the charts worldwide.
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