fromis_9's 'Vitamin ME' Wins Its First Show Champion Trophy
Eight days after releasing their second studio album, fromis_9 walked away with a music show trophy from a nominee list that included BLACKPINK's Jennie and TVXQ's Yunho. It was the first win for "Vitamin ME" — and the first of three the song would collect inside a single week.
fromis_9 won first place on MBC M and MBC every1's "Show Champion" on July 29, 2026, with "Vitamin ME," scoring 7,939 points on episode 605 . The trophy was the song's first music show win, arriving eight days after "Vitamin ME" was released as the title track of the group's second full-length album Glow ME on July 21, 2026 . Coverage of the result ran through Soompi and Chosun's English K-pop desk.
The first-place nominee pool that week was crowded with senior and high-profile acts. Alongside "Vitamin ME," the candidates were LUN8's "SNEAKERS," WONHO's "Don't Wake Me Up!," TVXQ Yunho's "Time's Tickin'," and BLACKPINK Jennie's "Less than a Lover" .
"Show Champion" scores are calculated from five weighted components, which explains why an album released only a week earlier could out-point a solo release from a stadium-scale artist:
- Digital sales — 35%
- Broadcast points — 20%
- Viewer voting — 20%
- Physical album sales — 15%
- Music video views — 10%
One detail shaped how the moment reached fans: the July 29 broadcast was a special pre-recorded episode rather than a standard live show, so the announcement circulated through the program's official clips and agency channels instead of a live acceptance segment . Through their agency ASND, the group thanked their fandom, Flover: "We sincerely thank the fans who have sent us such great love and support. Thanks to our fans, we were able to receive such a meaningful award" .
How 7,939 Points Compares to July's Other Show Champion Winners
The 7,939-point total that "Vitamin ME" posted on episode 605 was the highest winning score recorded on any "Show Champion" episode in July 2026 . The three episodes before it were won with 6,280, 5,293, and 6,750 points respectively, which places fromis_9's margin at roughly 1,189 points above the closest July winner. Points on the program are tabulated from digital sales (35%), physical album sales (15%), music video views (10%), broadcast points (20%), and viewer voting (20%), so a lead of that size generally reflects strength across several inputs rather than a single spike .
| Episode | Air date (2026) | Winner | Song | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 602 | July 8 | Hearts2Hearts | Lemon Tang | 6,280 |
| 603 | July 15 | AHOF | Run to You | 5,293 |
| 604 | July 22 | Idntt | Kids Return | 6,750 |
| 605 | July 29 | fromis_9 | Vitamin ME | 7,939 |
Episode figures come from the program's chart tabulations as mirrored on the 2026 Show Champion winners list and Soompi's episode recaps rather than a broadcaster data feed, so they are best read as reported totals .
Format also shaped how the number travelled. Because July 29 aired as a special, pre-recorded broadcast, there was no live acceptance segment to anchor the result, and the point total reached fans mainly through the show's official clips and agency posts . The competitive context is worth noting alongside the score: the nominee pool that week included LUN8's "SNEAKERS," WONHO's "Don't Wake Me Up!," TVXQ's Yunho with "Time's Tickin'," and BLACKPINK's Jennie with "Less than a Lover," a denser field than the three preceding July episodes drew .
Why This Win Matters for the Reconstituted fromis_9
The trophy carried extra weight because it was the first music show win of a full-length album cycle for fromis_9 as a five-piece. The current lineup — Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won, Lee Chae-young, Lee Na-gyung and Baek Ji-heon — was formalized after Lee Sae-rom, Roh Ji-sun and Lee Seo-yeon departed following the group's exit from Pledis Entertainment in December 2024; the remaining five signed with ASND in January 2025 and kept the fromis_9 name . A March 2025 trailer reintroduced the five-member formation, and the first comeback in that configuration was the EP From Our 20's on June 25, 2025 .
Glow ME, released July 21, 2026 at 6 p.m. KST under ASND, is the group's second studio album and their first full-length release in roughly three years, following 2023's Unlock My World . Every member took part in songwriting or composition on the 10-track set: Song Ha-young and Baek Ji-heon contributed lyrics, Park Ji-won is credited on both lyrics and composition, and Lee Chae-young wrote lyrics for the first time. Members described the record in pre-release interviews marking their ninth year since debut as "an album that is much more 'truly ours' than before" .
The commercial numbers supported the case. Glow ME logged first-week sales of more than 90,000 copies on Hanteo's weekly album chart, per secondary aggregation rather than an official label announcement . On Melon, "Vitamin ME" reached No. 1 on the Latest Releases chart, No. 2 on the HOT 30-day chart and No. 4 on the TOP 100 .
"We sincerely thank the fans who have sent us such great love and support. Thanks to our fans, we were able to receive such a meaningful award," fromis_9 said in a message issued through their agency, ASND, addressed to their fandom, Flover (source: Khan Sports, 2026-07).
Read together, the lineup change, the album's authorship and the sales figures explain why a single trophy registered as more than routine promotion: it was the clearest evidence yet that the reconstituted group had held its commercial footing through the label transition .
The Trophy Was Just the Start: Three Wins in One Week
"Vitamin ME" collected three music show trophies in four days, not one. After the July 29 Show Champion win, fromis_9 took first place on KBS2's "Music Bank" on July 31, 2026 with 9,302 points, then on MBC's "Show! Music Core" on August 1, 2026 with 9,223 points. English Wikipedia's group entry records the same three-show sequence for the track .
The two later races differed in shape. The "Music Bank" episode was a two-way nominee contest against CORTIS's "REDRED," on a broadcast that also carried performances from 17 acts including DAY6's Young K, KARD, POW, PENTAGON's Hui, OURBIRTHDAY, Hyolyn, WONHO, idntt, 8TURN, LUN8 and Pengsoo featuring izna's Bang Jeemin (source: Soompi, 2026-07). The "Music Core" win came against a three-way field of RESCENE's "Pretty Girl" and Hearts2Hearts' "Lemon Tang" (source: Soompi, 2026-08).
The point totals moved in a familiar direction across the run — 7,939, then 9,302, then 9,223 — a pattern consistent with physical album sales and accumulated broadcast points feeding into scores later in a promotion cycle. Each broadcaster uses its own tabulation, so the three numbers are not directly comparable to one another; they are also mirrored from show-chart records and episode recaps rather than a machine-readable broadcaster feed, and are best read as reported figures.
The run stopped at three. RESCENE's "Pretty Girl" took the following "Show! Music Core" first place on August 8, 2026, closing the "Vitamin ME" trophy count at three wins across three networks in a single promotion week.
What's Next for Fans: Tour Presale and Ticketing
fromis_9's next scheduled activity is the 2026 fromis_9 ASIA TOUR "TOMORROW GLOW," which ASND confirmed alongside the "Vitamin ME" win and opened in Seoul on September 4–6, 2026 at Korea University's Hwajeong Gymnasium, also known as Tiger Dome . It is the group's first tour built around a full-length album cycle since Glow ME arrived on July 21, 2026 .
Ticketing ran through Melon Ticket on a two-stage schedule, with the fandom presale ahead of general sale:
- Fan presale: August 4, 2026, 8 p.m. KST, via Melon Ticket
- General sale: August 6, 2026, 8 p.m. KST
- Seoul dates: September 4–6, 2026, Hwajeong Gymnasium (Tiger Dome), Korea University
- Additional Asian cities: announced later; only the Seoul leg was confirmed at the time of the announcement
Fans outside Korea should note that the announcement named no other city, so the tour's international routing was still open when the Seoul dates went on sale (source: Sports Khan, 2026-07). Offline promotion for the album ran on a shorter clock: a Glow ME pop-up store operated at Resone Hongdae from July 22 to 26, 2026, closing before the first trophy was awarded .
The concrete takeaway: three music show wins in one week, first-week album sales reported above 90,000 copies on Hanteo , and a Seoul tour opening six weeks later gave the five-member fromis_9 a full promotion cycle that ended on stage rather than on a chart. For fans tracking the group, the next dates to watch are the Asian stops beyond Seoul, which ASND had not yet named (source: Soompi, 2026-07).
Last updated: 2026-09-07. Tour and ticketing details reflect ASND's announcements as reported in late July and early August 2026; point totals and first-week sales figures are reported rather than broadcaster- or Hanteo-published data.
Frequently asked questions
Is this fromis_9's first-ever music show win?
No. fromis_9's first music show trophy as a group came on September 7, 2021, on SBS MTV's "The Show" with "Talk & Talk" . The July 29, 2026 "Show Champion" trophy was the first win for the song "Vitamin ME" specifically, not the group's first-ever win — a distinction some aggregator coverage blurred . The group debuted January 24, 2018 .
What is fromis_9's Glow ME album?
Glow ME is fromis_9's second full studio album, released July 21, 2026 at 6 p.m. KST under ASND . The 10-track set is led by "Vitamin ME" and includes "Eternal," "Pocket Treat," "Blue Heart," "Screen Time," "Teacher," the unit tracks "Cold Blood" and "Why Do I Cry?," "Day 1," and "Wonderland" . It is the group's first full-length release since Unlock My World in 2023, and every member took part in songwriting or composition .
How many trophies did "Vitamin ME" win in total?
Three, all within a single week . "Vitamin ME" took first place on MBC M's "Show Champion" on July 29, 2026 with 7,939 points , on KBS2's "Music Bank" on July 31, 2026 with 9,302 points , and on MBC's "Show! Music Core" on August 1, 2026 with 9,223 points . These point totals are as reported by episode recaps and chart tabulations rather than published broadcaster feeds.
Who did fromis_9 beat for the Show Champion win?
The first-place nominee pool on "Show Champion" episode 605 included BLACKPINK's Jennie with "Less than a Lover," TVXQ's Yunho with "Time's Tickin'," WONHO with "Don't Wake Me Up!," and LUN8 with "SNEAKERS" . The July 29 broadcast was a special pre-recorded episode rather than a standard live show, so the result circulated through the program's official clips and agency channels instead of a live acceptance segment .
When and where can fans see fromis_9 live next?
The 2026 fromis_9 ASIA TOUR "TOMORROW GLOW" opened in Seoul on September 4–6, 2026 at Korea University's Hwajeong Gymnasium (Tiger Dome) . Fan presale ran August 4 at 8 p.m. KST through Melon Ticket, with general sale August 6 at 8 p.m. KST . ASND said additional Asian cities would be announced later and had not named them as of this update.
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