Seasons & Episode
Contestants grade themselves from A to F prior to entering the studio. They seat themselves amongst a pyramid of chairs. The mentors are introduced and begin to judge the contestants' first performance. The trainees are reassigned new grade levels from A to F.
The rankings for the first round of voting are revealed while agency evaluations continue. The show's theme song "Ei Ei" is revealed and trainees must prepare to film an individual performance in 3 days. The mentors reassign grades once again based on the trainees' performance video.
The trainees practice for the theme song "Ei Ei" and the Center position is chosen from the group of A grade trainees. Following the recording for "Ei Ei", the second mission, Team Battle evaluation, is revealed. The trainees are to be put into 16 teams to perform 8 songs.
The remaining Team Battle performances are shown. It is revealed that the trainees ranked 61 to 96 next week will be eliminated.
Position Evaluation performances continue. The trainee with the most votes in each of the categories (vocal, dance, rap) are revealed.
Teams are reorganized following eliminations and Concept Evaluation performances commence. Live audience voting results are announced following all performances.
Idol Producer (偶像练习生) is a Chinese reality boy group survival show produced by iQiyi. Idol Producer brings together 100 trainees from 31 different entertainment companies and talent agencies, both within and beyond China, including individual trainees who aren't associated with any agencies. Out of the 100 trainees, 9 of them will be chosen to debut through viewer voting.