Where to start... The program is a shitshow and the only redeeming quality is the dancers and the dancers only. Buckle up, this is a long one.

First, if you're familiar with MNET, you know how they operate. Money-hungry, fame-hungry, capitalist Mnet who put their interest first over the well-being of their artists. Their first shitty decision is to recruit idol judges instead of experienced and appropriate street dancers. Don't get me wrong, Boa, Wooyoung, and Eunhyuk are great artists and their experiences are amazing but their expertise is hardly different from the participants. It is safe to say that they were not qualified enough to judge the dancers. Not only that, the standard of judgment is clearly more appropriate if you were to judge an idol dancing with the obsession of facial expression over the techniques and skills.

I get that Mnet probably wants to attract the public's attention by recruiting known idols but even back in SWF, the one that made the program popular is the dancers themselves and not the judges. this also applies to SMF. Therefore, the reaction and 'criticism' the judges and Mnet received is warranted.

Next is the unbelievable restriction from Mnet on the dancers. in almost every mission, the dancers were controlled by Mnet. For example, in the Mega Crew Mission, the way the crews have no say on the clothes and songs is ridiculous. In the end, YGX suffered from the rule. In the Muse Mission, it was so stupid that the crew has no freedom on who the muse was on their own. As a result, Mbitious who had a completely different color from La Chica struggles with the mission. It's sad how there is little to no freedom in SMF as compared to SWF.

Third, the biggest irony when for a program named street dancer, there were only two street dancing crews, and most of the missions are very much catered to crews that specialize in choreography.

Lastly, this is me more as a Mbitious stan but the way Mnet portrayed the Mbitious members as incompetent and weak dancers was so evil. Ocheon went from being one of the most respected and talented dancers in the dancing scene just to be portrayed as weak solely because his dancing style is not to the judges' liking and because he is a leader of a 'temporary group'. Every single member of Mbitious was perceived as less than a dancer which is not true at all. If you watched Be Ambitious, you will know how talented and amazing dancer each of them is. The storyline given by Mnet greatly affected them up to the point where they got hate and their ability was questioned by those who not only can't dance but also didn't know them as dancers.

So, if we were to compare between SWF and SMF, based on production, missions, popularities, and judges. SWF wins this by a landslide but I have soft spot for SMF because it introduces me to Mbitious.

There's a lot more that I want to say but I'm getting tired. Despite everything, this is still a good show solely because f the dancers and the quality that they put into every mission. We can clearly see how close they are behind the scene despite Mnet trying so hard to highlight the fake drama.

Anyway, I'm glad this is over and the dancers can go back to their original jobs but with a lot more recognition and popularity. Will miss Mbitious very much though.