BOYNEXTDOOR Earns First Music Show Trophy for “ANIMAL” on “M Countdown”

BOYNEXTDOOR picked up its first music show trophy for “ANIMAL” on the October 8 episode of “M Countdown.” The song was one of the episode’s two first-place candidates, and the group ultimately took the win.

The other contender was “I’m gonna TOESA,” performed by i-dle’s Soyeon. BOYNEXTDOOR finished with 6,453 points, securing the episode’s top spot. The winner announcement and the group’s encore performance were included with the episode’s coverage.

The award marks BOYNEXTDOOR’s first music show win for “ANIMAL.” The source identifies the two nominated songs and gives the final points total, but does not provide further details about how the score was calculated. It also does not list the episode’s other performers, so this recap focuses on the first-place result and the two candidates.