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Produce 48 (Korean: 프로듀스 포티 에잇; Japanese: プロデュースフォーティーエイト; stylized to PRODUCE48), also known as the unofficial name Produce 101 Season 3 is a live reality TV show also aired on Mnet in 2018. The show is a large-scale project where the "National Producers" (audience) will "produce" a temporary girl group by voting for your favorite contestants out of the 96 contestants, as well as choosing styles, debut songs and group names. The program is a collaboration between the Produce 101 series and the AKB48 system.

Founder: Kim Young-bum
Director: Ahn Joon-young
Host: Lee Seung-gi
Soundtrack: Flow Blow, AirAir, Louise Frick Sveen
Prelude: "Pick Me (내 꺼야)" by Produce 48
Country: Korea
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Volumes: 12
Production manager:
• Kim Han-soo
• Kim Young-bum
Producer: Kim Yong-bum
Duration: 135 - 165 minutes, 210 minutes (final)
Production company:
• AKATV
• CJ E&M
Distributor: CJ E&M
Broadcast channel: Mnet
Broadcasting:
June 15, 2018 - August 31, 2018

Produce 48 is produced by AKATV (also the production unit of Produce 101 Season 2) and airs every Friday night at 23:00 (KST) starting June 15, 2018. The finale is broadcast. aired live at 20:00 (KST) on August 31, 2018. The group that came out of the show was IZ * ONE (Hangul: 아이즈 원).

Produce 48 brings together 96 contestants, 57 trainees from Korea and 39 members of AKB48 Group from Japan, from which the audience will vote for their favorite contestants to form a Korean group. National - Japan consists of 12 members who have been active for 2 years and 6 months (30 months). The group will study according to AKB48 system: "idols you can meet and greet" (idols you can meet and greet) and perform in their own theater. The group's debut album will be produced by the famous producer who is also the creator of AKB48 Group Akimoto Yasushi and CEO of Pledis Entertainment Han Sung-soo. Winning members can still operate in parallel with their original company.

During the press conference on June 11, 2018, Produce 48 said that the program only allowed and recognized Korean audiences from the time of this broadcast, and all Japanese viewers voted. is not counted to guarantee the credit for the trainees in Korea because the popularity of Japanese contestants in the home country is too great, causing injustice to Korean trainees. has a lot of fame, and the winning group will be the top 12 in the end, regardless of whether it comes from Korea or Japan, but not equally divided by 6 Korea - 6 Japan as the initial information. In the end, the members of the winning group consisted of 9 Korean members and 3 Japanese members.

The concept of '' Produce 48 '' was revealed at MAMA in Japan on November 29, 2017, along with AKB48's performance featuring Korean rookie girl groups, Weki Meki, Pristin, Chungha, Fromis. 9 and the Idol School class 1 contestants. The show's first teaser was announced on April 11, 2018.

The title song of the show "내 꺼야 (Pick Me)" presented by the Produce 48 contestants was announced in episode 570 of M Countdown aired on May 10, 2018, with the center being a member of HKT48 Team. KIV - Miyawaki Sakura is from AKS.

The show first aired on June 15, 2018 in Korea on Mnet channel and in Japan on Mnet Japan and BS Sky PerfecTV. Produce 48 was also streamed live by CJ E&M on their TVing Global mobile app. On June 21, 2018, Produce 48 started to be re-broadcast on tvN Asia in Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Cambodia and Myanmar.

National Producer Representative (MC): Lee Seung-gi.
Vocal advisor: Lee Hong-gi (F.T. Island), Soyou (former member of Sistar).
Rap advisor: Cheetah.
Performance Advisors: Bae Yoon-jeong, Choi Young-joon, May J Lee (1MILLION Dance Studio).
Special MC:
Jeon So-mi (former member of I.O.I; episodes 1, 5)
Kang Daniel (Wanna One; episode 1)
Kim Chung-ha (former member of I.O.I; episode 5)
Bora (former member of Sistar; episodes 6, 7)
Guest advisor:
Kahi (former After school member; performance advisor; episode 1)
Bora (former member of Sistar; psychological advisor; episode 11)

Source: Wikipedia