Official name of 'Produce 101' girl group announced! 

Official name of \'Produce 101\' girl group announced!

Produce 101\' are going to be debuting with the team name IOI! And no, it is not \'Laugh Out Loud\' or numbers 1,0,1, but the letters I, O, I. 

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The reason for this name is because it looks similar to the numbers \'101\'. The Majority of fans wanted to keep part of the show title in the name. As a result, the name IOI was chosen for the final winners.

The final episode is just around the corner and the final 11 are to be announced on April 1.

why not the obvious then if orig show title in the grp name....101 or P101

This smells like an April Fool\'s joke because not as unique as you think.

I liked WOW ( don\'t have the korean money symbol).

I don\'t think they could find anything better , but it sound a little bit like AOA to me (pronounciation)

IOI? seriously? its gonna be a hot group for mature ppl. 3p man. dayuuum

wait so its lol ... like laugh out loud.... today you believe and trust no one

No it\'s a really stupid name. Even LOL would be better.

hmmm i wanted to keep part of the show name to be in their team name but IOI is not really what I\'m thinking hahahah but if they already said its official then can\'t do anything about that and is it L.O.L or I.O.I?

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