Girls Planet 999 might get involved in a voting controversy after the overseas fandom of one of the show's participants raised funds to buy cheap SIM cards in bulk. These SIM cards would then seemingly be used to cast their vote for their favorite contestant. In this case, it was participant Huening Bahiyyih.A post created by a fan of the Mnet show explained:"Huening Bahiyyih's overseas fandom is collecting funds to buy thousands of cheap SIMs to give her more votes. The rules state that one person can give in one vote, but these overseas fans are buying so many. It's been two weeks since the voting began, so if one person has 1000 SIM cards, that equals 14000 votes. They're even encouraging other fans to buy these SIM cards to vote." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mnet Girls Planet 999 Official (@girlsplanet999)Overseas fandom accused of buying SIM cards in bulk for Girls Planet 999 voting gives statementThe fan who posted the thread about the SIM cards in the first place, the one belonging to overseas fandom, clarified that the thread that she had shared was about another survival program called I-LAND.Fans shared screenshots of the original tweet, which were no longer available, pointing out that they had clearly mentioned that the picture didn't belong to them.The pictures also had a watermark that clearly indicated that this was unrelated to Girls Planet 999 but to the I-LAND era. Following this clarification, there was an outpouring of support for Huening Bahiyyih.However, this did not stop audiences from wondering what the point of survival shows is if fans could influence the outcome to this extent.wrong*— thel 🍥 (@hiyyihtwt) September 3, 2021The fan then expressed that haters of Huening Bahiyyih in Girls Planet 999 will find any reason possible to hate her. On Twitter, the fandom also said that they wanted to clarify their stance regarding SIM cards because of all the hate that their account received after Pann Nate published an article.Audience divided over Girls Planet 999 participant Huening Bahiyyih fandom voting controversyA few fans reacted to news of fandom causing voting conspiracy and pointed out that the SIM cards were from when I-LAND had aired.If yall say that a hiyy!h fanbase also did that pers op ol those were sponsored. They didnt let out any money or do funds for it and the fanbase already apologized😭— yuri⁷²⁷ (@hiyyihshine) September 4, 2021and that is not related to bahiyyih at all that is their sim cards during iland ?? you are literally trying to start shit and make bahiyyih get hate tf https://t.co/iToCOoOQiP— Joemama (@magcfrost) September 4, 2021the same thing is done with other survival shows why are you making it a big deal ??? https://t.co/iToCOoOQiP— Joemama (@magcfrost) September 4, 2021lol there are so many people watching this and we have our own choice which is not her so it is possible tho https://t.co/1Tj8TT4XzA— anis 🌸 (@aahnis) September 4, 2021This same thing was done in other survival shows and nobody complained. Why make it an issue now https://t.co/yIXiCrLxKS— Dan☄️ (@Heeddeungieie) September 4, 2021This is what I hate about shows that requires voting. I just can't see the essence of letting ppl vote for an outcome that is gonna be rigged. All reality shows are rigged! Forcing audience to do these type of shit is not cute. https://t.co/9izW7YpcBs— i.v.🔱 (@hwigums) September 4, 2021However, many viewers took this opportunity to point out that K-Pop had become all about numbers and less about music. Some even mentioned that Bahiyyih didn't have enough stage presence to debut through Girls Planet 999.Many fans, however, questioned why this became an issue suddenly, considering all the other shows where such voting by fan base was allowed.