JTBC's survival program "Peak Time" has now released it's fifth episode, which highlighted the teams' collab rivalry and the groups' current rankings.

Find out more here!

'Peak Time' Episode 5 Recap: Groups Engage on Collab Battle, Current Rankings Revealed

On "Peak Time" episode 5, the idol show's participants have joined forces for a collab performance battle.

"Peak Time" is a brand new program from JTBC, which gave opportunities to groups who were either laying low from the music scene, disbanded or currently active. As part of the show, these groups are given temporary team names based from the day's hours. "Peak Time" includes a total of 24 teams.

The show's cast include MC and actor, Lee Seung Gi, who received the honor of hosting the program. It also includes idols from popular groups, such as SNSD Tiffany, Super Junior Kyuhyun, Jay Park, HIGHLIGHT Lee Gikwang, INFINITE Kim Sungkyu, and WINNER Song Mino, who was replaced by MAMAMOO Moonbyul due to schedule conflicts.

After their cover performance battle on Episode 4, all 16 teams formed alliances of 4 teams each, which were divided to vocal, rap, and dance sections.

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It was also explained that vocal unit is limited to six members, rap unit to five, and dance unit with no member limit.

These four alliances were made on Episode 4:

Alliance 'A'

• Team 2:00 (NTX)
• Team 5:00 (ATBO)
• Team 9:00 (BLITZERS)
• Team 18:00 (BDC)

Alliance 'B'

• Teams 8:00 (DKB)
• Team 20:00 (M.O.N.T.)
• Team 21:00 (24K)
• Team 23:00 (DGNA)

Alliance 'C'

• Teams 11:00 (VANNER)
• Team 13:00 (BAE173)
• Team 15:00 (BLK)
• Team 24:00 (soloists)

Alliance 'D'

• Team 1:00 (DIGNITY)
• Team 4:00 (BXB)
• Team 7:00 (MASC)
• Team 14:00 (GHOST9)

To start the fifth episode, the show presented the units preparing for their battle performances. Notably, two percent of all votes will be awarded to the alliance who'll win.

MC Lee Seung Gi also elaborated that one MVP for each category (vocal, rap, dance) will be selected by a special panel of 25 judges, which are a separate bunch from the show's judge lineup. It was then revealed that 5 percent of all votes will be added to each MVP's team (group).

With the declaration at hand, the battle began starting with the rap units and climaxed with "C" vocal unit's first performance.

Check out their performances below:

'C' Rap Unit - 'My Bag' by (G)I-DLE

'A' Rap Unit - 'If I Die Tomorrow' by Beenzino

'D' Rap Unit - 'Fiancé' by WINNER Song Mino

'B' Rap Unit - 'Dang Dang Dang' by Supreme Team

In the end, "B" rap unit gained the victory, finishing at 790 points. They were followed by "C" rap unit at 761 points, "A" rap unit at 713 points, and "D" rap unit at 691 points. 

With "C" vocal unit's first performance on the show, it will be continued in the next episode.

'C' Vocal Unit - 'Way Back Home' by BTOB

Meanwhile, episode 5 also revealed the current rankings for the global voting.

See the full list here:

1.    "Team 11:00" - (VANNER)

2.    "Team 23:00" - (DGNA)

3.    "Team 7:00" - (MASC)

4.    "Team 24:00" - (solo contestants)

5.    "Team 20:00" - (M.O.N.T)

6.    "Team 13:00" - (BAE173)

7.    "Team 8:00" - (DKB)

8.    "Team 18:00" - (BDC)

9.    "Team 14:00" - (GHOST9)

10.  "Team 2:00" - (NTX)

11.  "Team 15:00" - (BLK)

12.  "Team 21:00" - (24K)

13.  Team 4:00 - (BXB)

14.  Team 5:00 - (ATBO)

15.  Team 1:00 - (DIGNITY)

16.  Team 9:00 - (BLITZERS)

Which teams are you rooting for on the program? Do you have any favorite performances in mind? Let us know in the comments below!

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Written by Israel Monte