Draft:Planet B (TV program)

Planet B
Planet B
Korean name
Hangul	플래닛비

*Planet B*
Planet B
	File:Planet B Title Logo.png
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	Mnet
Directed by	Kim Shin-young; Go Jeong-gyeong;
Presented by
Music by	Park Seung-seon; Kim Jong-woo;
Opening theme	"Here I Am"; by Boys Planet
Ending theme	"Not Alone"; by Boys Planet
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Park Chan-wook
Producer	Shin Joon-bum
Running time	121–172 minutes
Production companies	CJ ENM; NCSoft; Studio Take One;
Original release
Network	Mnet
Release	February 2 –; April 20, 2023
Related
	Girls Planet 999

Planet B (Korean: 플래닛비) is an upcoming South Korean reality competition program. It is scheduled to be broadcast in 2025 on Mnet.

Concept and format

Voting system

Promotion and broadcast

On July 27, 2024, Mnet officially confirmed they plan to air Planet B in 2025. Although they already began accepting applications from potential contestants, the production team decided to extend the application period. They announced they will be opening global auditions from August 10 for any male born before January 1, 2012, regardless of nationality, affiliation with an agency, or past experience as a singer.

On July 29, Mnet announced that they plan to make the entire audition participant recruitment process, which has usually been conducted privately until the broadcast, into a prequel program.

Broadcast schedule

Cast

Contestants

There were a total of 98 contestants participating in the competition. 49 were Korean, while the other 49 were from Canada, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam.

The English names of contestants are presented in accordance with the official website.

Color key (In order of contestant's group rank on the show)

	Final members of the debut group
	Contestants eliminated in the final episode
	Contestants eliminated in the third elimination round
	Contestants eliminated in the second elimination round
	Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round
	Contestants that left the show

98 Contestants
K-Group (South Korea)
Jang Yu-bin (장유빈)	Kim Chan (김찬)	Kim Ki-jung (김기중)	Lee Do-ha (이도하)	Lee Jun-hyuk (이준혁)
Lee Sang-min (이상민)	Ryu Hoe-rin (류회린)	Seo Yun-deok (서윤덕)	Seok Rak-won (석락원)
G-Group (Canada, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, U.S., Vietnam)
Fong Yukheng (方玉亨)	Koki (煌己/고키)	Midori (緑)	Sho (翔)	Up (อัพ)
Wang Zihao (王子浩)	Zhang Jiaohao (张家豪)	Zhou Anxin (周安信)

Notes

^ A subsidiary of CJ ENM

References

^ ^a ^b Jeong Jee-won (February 2, 2023). '보이즈플래닛' PD "오디션 최초 외부기관 검증, 제작·투표 완전 분리" ['Boys Planet' PD "The first audition to be verified by an external agency and production and voting to be completely separated"]. Joy News 24 (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

Category:Upcoming South Korean television series Category:Mnet (TV channel) original programming

[2] A subsidiary of CJ ENM

[pd-1] Jeong Jee-won (February 2, 2023). '보이즈플래닛' PD "오디션 최초 외부기관 검증, 제작·투표 완전 분리" ['Boys Planet' PD "The first audition to be verified by an external agency and production and voting to be completely separated"]. Joy News 24 (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

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