Many fans chose not to go.

The 2019 V Live Awards V HEARTBEAT aired on November 16, 2019. X1 was pulled out of the performance lineup a day before the event as Mnet is currently under public scrutiny for their vote manipulation controversy.

Fans immediately noticed the empty seats in the Gocheok Skydome.

They chose not to attend the event as their favorite group would not be performing anyway, going so far as to rip up their tickets.

They stated that it was not for the best that Mnet cancelled X1’s performance.

mnet decided to cancel x1’s appearance in vlive awards "after careful consideration of recent public opinion." i hope they know how stupid they sounded right now #LikealwaysX1 pic.twitter.com/nElth7P3pB — elle! (@x1yohans) November 16, 2019

Apparently only one third of the Gocheok Sky Dome was occupied, including non-ONEIT seats dedicated to other fandoms.

says: 'only 1/3 of gocheok is occuppied' 'wow can't believe, this is the first time this happened at gocheok'#엑스원_원잇과_늘함께#LikealwaysX1pic.twitter.com/UaEpN4EKQp — shobey_⚡ (@shobey_edits) November 16, 2019

The event was still mostly empty even after the show began.

The event has started already but there are still many empty seats… I feel bad for VLIVE, they worked hard with the hopes it'll be successful but look at this. Mnet’s fault!!! What a stupid move. What an embarrassment 🤢 pic.twitter.com/LIJlYlrdEA — 𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗼𝗼 ♥ (@seungwooluvs) November 16, 2019

The Gocheok Sky Dome has a capacity of 16,813. When full, as in X1’s debut showcon, it can hold thousands of fans.