In this week's episode, three candidates compete for the top spot including ILLIT with the song "It's me", NMIXX with "Heavy serenade" and CORTIS with "Redred".
In the end, CORTIS led with 7,055 points, surpassing NMIXX with 6,961 points and ILLIT with 6,026 points. This is the 8th music cup that the group has achieved in the promotion of the song "Redred", showing the group's stable appeal on the Korean music charts in recent times.
In their acceptance speech, CORTIS members expressed surprise and emotion at the victory. The group thanked fans and mentioned producer Bang Si Hyuk for supporting and orienting the group's music throughout their activities.
“We didn't think we would win first place. Thank you and love the COERs very much. We also want to thank producer Si Hyuk for helping and offering many great music orientations,” the group shared.
In addition to the trophy presentation, this episode of "Show! Music Core" also attracted attention with many comebacks and special performances from famous K-pop artists.
NMIXX delivered the song “Heavy serenade”, while ITZY performed the song “Motto”. LE SSERAFIM also attracted attention with the performance "Boompala".
Besides, ZEROBASEONE performed "Top 5", while Jay Park collaborated with LNGSHOT in the performance "Run it up".
Some other notable performances belong to Billie with “Work”, xikers with “Okay” or BIBI with “Bumpa”.
In addition, the program also has the appearance of Taeyang, MONSTA X member Shownu - Hyungwon, ASTRO member Sanha and Taeyong with new performances.
With the latest victory on "Show! Music Core", CORTIS continues to affirm its growing influence in the K-pop market in 2026.
