𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀 ⋮ ᵍᵍ ᵃᵖᵖˡʸᶠⁱᶜ

( # ) ❞ 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 ❲ 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 ❳

The camera transitions and shows a stage with many seats, the seats are all in a pyramid position, it goes from 1st place at the top to 8th place, there are no seats for 9th to 19th place

The camera moves to focus on Somi, who is now seen walking towards the chairs, standing beside them all, before raising her mic and beginning to speak

❛ SOMI ❲ n. representative ❳
Hello national producers! This will be a stressful time for both you and the participants. We get closer and closer to the final lineup as time goes by...

❛ SOMI ❲ n. representative ❳
But at least all nineteen girls were able to see themselves shine on stage and improve while participating in the show! For these announcements, the remaining debuting participants will remain seated until the eliminated contestants say all their goodbye speeches!

The camera pans to show all nineteen girls sitting on the opposite side of the stage, facing the pyramid seating, before spinning back to Somi, who now holds a paper with a list on it

❛ SOMI ❲ n. representative ❳
I'll start by announcing the rankings from nineteenth to ninth; we'll save the official ranking of the debuting members for the next episode!

Somi says neutrally, sad for the eliminated trainees yet happy for the debuting ones, the girls waiting stare nervously as they await their rankings

❛ SOMI ❲ n. representative ❳
Starting with nineteenth place... Lee LJ with 1,670,357 points!

LJ gets up sadly, a small frown as she stays where she's at, Somi hands her the microphone for her to say her goodbye speech

❛ LEE LJ ❲ 19th ❳
I thank each and every one of you for being here and supporting me through my dream. I thank everyone for this wonderful and amazing journey through Project Astrea. This project gave me the ability to be myself and be confident. It was amazing trying to reach my dream. I love you all and hope y'all do your best! Thank you.

Somi sadly nods and takes the microphone back, the remaining eighteen girls waiting for their ranks to be announced seem to get nervous and sad because of it

❛ SOMI ❲ n. representative ❳
The person who ranked eighteenth is... Bae Yunjin with 1,699,355 points!

The girl shakes her head in dissatisfaction as she takes the microphone from Somi with a disappointed frown

❛ BAE YUNJIN ❲ 18th ❳
Well, this hurts, but I'll never stop trying because, as you all know, that ain't me. But you know, there comes a point in life where you feel like giving up, and y'know, sometimes I feel like I should stop trying, but I know you guys wouldn't want that, so I won't ever stop trying!

The remaining seventeen unranked girls stare nervously as Somi takes the microphone back from the sad girl and begins to speak again

❛ SOMI ❲ n. representative ❳
The person who ranked seventeenth is... Hashimoto Koyuki with 1,890,853 points!

Koyuki smiles bittersweetly as she politely takes the microphone from Somi and begins her speech

❛ HASHIMOTO KOYUKI ❲ 17th ❳
This is definitely not the end for me. I will keep trying! Keep your eyes open, but until then, thank you!