What are your opinions about Emily, Samara, Lexie in the finale?
Honestly, I've put so much expectations on them and I ended up disappointed. They've been training since 2021, but I was not satisfied with their performance.
I've watched Dream Academy since it aired in 2023 and Emily was my bias. I was happy that she got another chance to debut in a new group. I'm aware that Emily has weak vocals and her specialty is dancing as the main dancer of their group, so even if she has less lines, she'll do all the choreo tricks. It was weird because I thought that Emily will be doing a special move and the split part was hers in Party B4 the Party, but she didn't do it. Also, Emily and Lexie did improved with their vocals in We Ride, but they still aren't solid vocalists and they're firstly dancers. Only Samara is the strong vocalist and what their group really needed is another vocalist (especially in a small group where everyone should have their own strengths to add so they can support each other). Hybe really messed it up.
Anyways, now I just find it funny how the fans kept hyping Prelude that they're going to be an R&B girl group and they even compared them to Destiny's Child (their trio has also been training while using their songs since last year). But seeing the finale and result, I just can't see them in that direction at all. The reality hit and it broke the illusion. I'm so worried about them, but hopefully their debut will be fine.