The crossover group Forte di Quattro is leading the race for the Best Group award at the August Netizen Awards.

As of 5:20 p.m. on the 3rd, Forte di Quattro is in first place with 1,232 votes (36.4%). Liberante follows in second with 812 votes (24.0%), and Fortena holds third with 453 votes (13.4%). La Poem (347 votes) and Forestella (203 votes) round out the top tier.

This Best Group category features a competition among K-pop idols, bands, and crossover groups on a single stage. However, the early trends highlight the formidable presence of the crossover genre, with all top five teams being crossover groups — Forte di Quattro, Liberante, Fortena, La Poem, and Forestella — demonstrating the strong cohesion of their fandoms.

Notably, Forte di Quattro, the inaugural winning team of JTBC's 'Phantom Singer,' has built a solid fan base grounded in their musicality. In this month's Netizen Awards, they have maintained a steady pace of voting from the start, holding on to the top spot.

However, the competition remains tight. The vote gap with second-place Liberante has not widened to an insurmountable level, and with plenty of time remaining in the voting period, the mobilization of each fandom's firepower is likely to determine future ranking changes.

Meanwhile, popular groups such as BTS, NewJeans, SF9, Jannabi, and PLAVE are also among the nominees, suggesting that the competition among diverse fandoms will intensify as the voting enters its middle and later stages.