A screenshot shared in the online post showed RESCENE reaching 1,000,003 votes, placing the group at the top of the displayed voting ranking.
The result prompted discussion on TheQoo over how much influence fan voting has on the final award outcome. Several commenters noted that a strong voting result alone does not necessarily guarantee a Bonsang, while others sympathized with fans who had spent considerable time participating in the vote.
An additional ranking graphic circulating in the post attempted to project the final Top 10 results using digital performance, voting and judging scores. However, the graphic originated from an MMA online community rather than Melon itself and explicitly noted that its digital estimates could contain errors.
Netizen Reactions
The sampled comments were mixed. Some commenters sympathized with RESCENE fans after the group surpassed 1 million votes, while others argued that voting alone should not determine the Bonsang results. Several users also criticized the hostile tone surrounding discussions of the group and warned against framing another artist as having taken an award that belonged to RESCENE.
1. The nasty attitude here is legendary... This is my first time commenting on a RESCENE post, but this thread is brutal.
2. The problem with posts like this is that people start saying another idol got an award that RESCENE should have received.
3. Isn’t Melon’s Bonsang mostly based on chart performance rather than voting?
4. Sigh, looks like I ran into the wrong person... Just keep living your life tearing other people down. I couldn’t do that because I’d be worried about karma, but anyway, fighting.
5. It feels like the artists here are always the ones who end up getting criticized because of their fandoms.
6. Are people seriously calling it paid voting because you buy a streaming pass and get three votes? ă…‹ă…‹ă…‹ă…‹ That’s not paid voting ă…‹ă…‹ă…‹
7. It can’t really be helped. They’re weak digitally, which also makes it difficult to score well with the judges, so even being No. 1 in voting doesn’t guarantee the award. It’s the same for Lim Young-woong. There’s no one to blame ă…‹ă…‹ Just think of it as a way of showing the fandom’s strength, since there aren’t many girl groups that can pull in that many votes.
8. RESCENE feels like a case where male fans got high on their own pride only to get smacked down by women, and I keep seeing this everywhere ă…‹ă…‹ QWER was kind of like that too, but female-dominated communities basically ignored them completely, so I don’t think it got to this point...
9. But this must feel really deflating... The fans probably worked so hard voting ă…śă…śă…ś That’s upsetting... I’m also surprised aespa didn’t get it. Didn’t “Lemonade” do really well??
10. It’s not even an original song, and getting a Bonsang with “Pretty Girl” would be a bit much; it was already a hit song.
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