[📢] Important Notice Regarding the VOTING COLLABORATION with
@PARKSIYOUNG_FD
Our team entered into a voting collaboration with Siyoung’s support team, a contestant on PRODUCE 101 JAPAN SHINSEKAI, for the Final Round and Live-vote period from May 28 to June 6, 2026. Under this agreement, our side would vote for Siyoung in exchange for votes supporting aespa on Inkigayo and M Countdown.
Initially, both parties agreed to exchange votes for the Final Round from May 28 to June 6, 2026, with 750 votes per day for 10 days, totaling 7,500 votes, in exchange for 7,500 pre-votes for aespa on Inkigayo during June 8–12, 2026. An additional agreement was later made for the Live-vote on June 6, 2026, where our side would provide 750 more votes in exchange for 7,500 pre-votes for aespa on M Countdown during May 30 – June 2, 2026.
After PRODUCE 101 JAPAN SHINSEKAI concluded, our team submitted all voting proof to
@PARKSIYOUNG_FD. The submission included proof for 8,148 Final Round votes and 660 Live-votes. Later, our team considered that the number of votes might be difficult for the other party to manage under the original conditions, so we proposed allowing part of the votes to be reallocated to aespa’s M COUNTDOWN Live-vote on June 11, 2026 instead.
@PARKSIYOUNG_FD accepted this proposal.
However, after receiving the voting proof from
@PARKSIYOUNG_FD and conducting a detailed review, we discovered irregularities that raised serious concerns about the authenticity of the evidence. These included duplicate uploads of the same proof files, with some files repeated as many as 23 times.
More importantly, we also found evidence that screenshots and voting proof belonging to other people on social media (X) had been used and uploaded as the other party’s own voting proof. This seriously undermines the credibility of this collaboration and has made our team feel that the agreement was not honored fairly.
Upon detailed examination of the voting proof provided, we found multiple irregularities across several folders.
• The Inkigayo Pre-vote folder contained more than 600 duplicate image files, and we identified cases in which images originally posted by MYs (aespa fans) who voted through the LiNC app had been included in the voting proof submitted to us.
• The M Countdown Live-vote folder for June 11, 2026 contained more than 800 duplicate image files, including images originating from posts made by fans of other groups who participated in voting collaborations for aespa through collaboration hashtags.
• The M Countdown Pre-vote folder for the period of May 30 to June 2, 2026 contained nearly 100 duplicate image files.
These findings have raised serious concerns regarding the authenticity and reliability of the submitted voting proof.
To ensure transparency and allow for independent review, we have compiled a portion of the voting proof received from
@PARKSIYOUNG_FD, as well as evidence relating to duplicate uploads and the use of images sourced from social media (X). These materials can be accessed through the links provided below.
Voting Proofs from PARKSIYOUNG_FD
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drive.google.com/drive/folde…
Evidence of Duplicate Uploads and the Use of Images Sourced from Social Media (X)
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drive.google.com/file/d/14Xr…
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drive.google.com/drive/folde…
Throughout the 10 days of this collaboration, our backend voting team collectively carried out 8,808 votes, contributing a total of 9,468 points for Siyoung’s debut.
Every vote was made with sincerity and dedication by our voting team and supporters, who fulfilled their part of the agreement in good faith. We believed that collaborations should be built on fairness, honesty, and mutual respect between fandoms, all working to support the artists and contestants they love in reaching their dreams.
This statement is intended solely to present the facts and to inform everyone of the effort, commitment, and responsibility our team has consistently maintained in every collaboration we have participated in.
Finally, we would like to sincerely thank all MYs who participated and supported this collaboration, as well as the support teams of other contestants who have previously collaborated with us with honesty and respect for our mutual agreements.
Note: Collaboration Vote Ratios
For M Countdown
• Pre-voting: 5 votes = 1 Final Round vote for Siyoung
• Live-voting: 5 votes = 2 Final Round votes for Siyoung
For Inkigayo
• Pre-voting: 1 vote = 1 Final Round vote for Siyoung
For Live Voting
• Live-voting: 5 votes = 1 Live-vote for Siyoung
• Pre-voting: 10 votes = 1 Live-vote for Siyoung