Vernon and Nadech Kugimiya will advance to the next level of battle round and be one step closer to winning the title “Ultimate Asian Heartthrob of 2020.”

In bout 25, Seventeen’s Vernon Chwe of South Korea/USA garnered 12,062 votes or 50.09% beating Wonwoo of South Korea who got 12,020 or 49.91%. Vernon also got 9,281 social media votes.

In level one’s wildcard bout, Nadech Kugimiya of Thailand garnered 24,914 votes or 74.15% beating Cha Eun Woo of South Korea who got 8,687 votes or 25.85%.

Vernon and Nadech will advance to level 2 of the battle round and will face a new opponent.

Wowoo and Cha Eun Woo are eliminated.

LEVEL 2 SEMIFINALISTS

Alden Richards, PHILIPPINES
Bailey May, PHILIPPINES
BamBam, THAILAND
DK, SOUTH KOREA
Edward Barber, PHILIPPINES
Jaehyun, SOUTH KOREA
Jimin, SOUTH KOREA
Jin, SOUTH KOREA
Joshua Hong, SOUTH KOREA
Jungkook, SOUTH KOREA
Justin de Dios, PHILIPPINES
Kim Mingyu, SOUTH KOREA
Kim Myungsoo, SOUTH KOREA
Kim Taehyung, SOUTH KOREA
Lai Guanlin, TAIWAN
Nadech Kugimiya, THAILAND
Ong Seong-Wu, SOUTH KOREA
Park Jinyoung, SOUTH KOREA
Porsche, THAILAND
Rowoon, SOUTH KOREA
Taeyong, SOUTH KOREA
Ten, THAILAND
Wang Yibo, CHINA
Wen Junhui, CHINA
Vernon Chwe, SOUTH KOREA/USA
Xiao Zhan, CHINA