iKON PHILIPPINES is one of the largest and most active Philippine fanbases of YG's newest boygroup, iKON composed of the leader and rapper, Kim Hanbin (aka B.I), the rapper Kim Jiwon (aka Bobby) and the vocals Kim Jinhwan, Goo Junhoe, Song Yunhyeong, Kim Donghyuk and Jung Chanwoo.
TeamB PH, the former name of iKON PHILIPPINES, was founded on February 26,2014. The fanbase was dedicated to the six talented members Team B of Who Is Next:WIN, a survival program that was set to judge who will debut and carry YG entertainment's name in the future. They competed against Team A but unfortunately, they lost. Team A debuted and carried the name WINNER while Team B continued training on YG but their debut was still undecided.
However, this did not stop the admins of the fanbase to continue on supporting Team B and in managing the fanbase. As of October 2015, Team B Philippines, the facebook group of TeamB PH dedicated to Team B, has 2,004 members while its facebook page has 10,256 likes.
On the 2nd day September 2014, YG arranged a press conference to present yet another survival show to debut another boygroup. Nine trainees were intoduced to compete for their debut on a seven-membered group. Six of them were the original members of Team B and the other three were new trainees namely Jung Chanwoo, Yang Hongseok and Jung Jinhyeong. On the same day, YG announced that the name of this boygroup will be iKON. Thus, iKON PHILIPPINES was born.
TeamB PH, the former name of iKON PHILIPPINES, was founded on February 26,2014. The fanbase was dedicated to the six talented members Team B of Who Is Next:WIN, a survival program that was set to judge who will debut and carry YG entertainment's name in the future. They competed against Team A but unfortunately, they lost. Team A debuted and carried the name WINNER while Team B continued training on YG but their debut was still undecided.
However, this did not stop the admins of the fanbase to continue on supporting Team B and in managing the fanbase. As of October 2015, Team B Philippines, the facebook group of TeamB PH dedicated to Team B, has 2,004 members while its facebook page has 10,256 likes.
On the 2nd day September 2014, YG arranged a press conference to present yet another survival show to debut another boygroup. Nine trainees were intoduced to compete for their debut on a seven-membered group. Six of them were the original members of Team B and the other three were new trainees namely Jung Chanwoo, Yang Hongseok and Jung Jinhyeong. On the same day, YG announced that the name of this boygroup will be iKON. Thus, iKON PHILIPPINES was born.
iKON PHILIPPINES continued on supporting the original members of Team B and the three new trainees. The fanbase had several projects to cheer the boygroup up like #PoseWithiKONBias which was a scrapbook with several pictures of iKON stans mimicking funny some poses of the members of the group, hashtag events and support strategies for voting.
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On the 7th of November 2014, the final members of iKON were announced and the original members of Team B made it on the spot with the additional member, Chanwoo. The fanbase rejoiced and sent a congratulatory video project for iKON with the compilation of videos and pictures of fan cheers from around the world.
As of today, the fanclub has 24,707 members on their facebook group - the most number of members on the Philippine fanbases of iKON. Its facebook page has a number of 16,479 likes, again, the most number of likes on the Philippine fanbases of iKON. Its twitter and instagram accounts on the other hand has 6,218 and 2,844 followers respectively.
As of today, the fanclub has 24,707 members on their facebook group - the most number of members on the Philippine fanbases of iKON. Its facebook page has a number of 16,479 likes, again, the most number of likes on the Philippine fanbases of iKON. Its twitter and instagram accounts on the other hand has 6,218 and 2,844 followers respectively.
iKON PHILIPPINES also had four charity projects for iKON with the title iKON HELP.
The first charity event, iKON HELP 1: Bobby Bday Bash, was a charity project under iKON's rapper Bobby's name as a celebration of his birthday. The fanclub prepared a feeding program for the beneficiaries of Christian Light Foundation and gave the kids some school supplies for their studies.
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iKON HELP 2: HYUNGS & ELDERLY was a celebration of the birthdays of iKON's vocals Song Yunhyeong and Kim Jinhwan. The elderly from Hospicio De San Jose were visited by the admins and volunteers and spent a happy time with them. The fanclub, through the donations of the admins and members, was able to give some presents for the elderly for the necessities they needed.
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iKON HELP 3: Hearts at Work is a charity event for the special children who were having free therapies at The Heart At Play Foundation. The admins and volunteers helped the children during the speech therapy session, helped feeding the kids and gave some gifts for them like hula-hoops, puzzle mat and jumping ropes and were invited to attend the mini concert of the cute kids.
The last but not the least charity event, iKON HELP: Save Myanmar, was an effort made possible by the Visayas and Mindanao chapters of iKON PHILIPPINES. Through the donations from the members and admins, a sum was sent to YG Family Myanmar and iKON Myanmar to help their people who suffered from devastating floods.
Aside from the gatherings and charity events, several other projects were made for iKON throughout the existence of the fanbase. You can check the list of our projects here. We are also encouraging you to participate on our projects and to join us on our future events.
iKON PHILIPPINES seeks to gather and send the utmost support of the Filipino fans to iKON in every way possible. We aspire to show iKON how loved and cherished they are by the PH iKONICS and be with iKON on every step of their way towards their dreams. |