On the August 25 episode of Mnet′s M COUNTDOWN, EXO took home the win after performing title track Lotto from their new album.After winning number 1, EXO′s leader Suho revealed, "SM family, managers, parents, thank you. More than anything, the EXO members must be tired, but as the leader I′m thankful that you tried so hard on stage. More than anything, we love you fans. Thank you." Lay followed this with a speech in Chinese.
On this night, EXO showed a charismatic performance in black and white and there was no one that could stop them.
BLACKPINK, who faced off against EXO for number 1, also did not disappoint as a top YG Entertainment girl group by showing a powerful performance.Spica, who released their new digital single Secret Time on August 25, performed their new track through their comeback stage. Secret Time is a pop R&B track that highlights Spica′s impressive vocals and has an addictive beat and melody.
New boy group NCT Dream, the teenage group under NCT, also performed their debut stage with new track Chewing Gum. They prepared a youthful and upbeat performance of their fun dance track and fans were excited to meet each of the cute members.
Fans were also highly anticipating the stage of Triple T. Triple T, which is a collaboration group between SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment under SM STATION, consists of SNSD′s Hyoyeon, 2AM′s Jo Kwon and miss A′s Min. The group prepared a special stage of their hot new track Born to be Wild.
Meanwhile, other performances of the night included EXO, Nine Muses A, Oh My Girl, I.O.I, Jun.K, VIXX and more.