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'Kingdom' crowns its winning K-pop boy group in finale

By Bianca Geli

Korean idol competition show Kingdom has crowned its grand winner!

The reality show aired its live finale on Thursday, June 3, where K-pop boy bands ATEEZ, Stray Kids, THE BOYZ, BTOB, iKON, and SF9, competed through performances of their new songs.

The winner was determined through the participating groups' cumulative scores from the three previous rounds, results of the live voting during the final episode, and the digital performance of the groups' new tracks.

After all the live votes were tallied, host TVXQ's Changmin announced the winner: Stray Kids.

The final rankings for the entire show are as follows:

1. Stray Kids
2. THE BOYZ
3. ATEEZ
4. BTOB
5. iKON
6. SF9

After the fans cast their votes in real time, each of the six groups performed their new song live onstage.

Check out their performances below!

ATEEZ - “The Real”

Stray Kids - “WOLFGANG”

THE BOYZ - “Kingdom Come”

BTOB - “Show and Prove”

iKON - “At Ease”

SF9 - “Believer”