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Nizi Project

2026

A joint Girl Group Project “Nizi Project” by JYP and Sony Music. The winners of Season 1 will participate in the survival show for the 2nd Season in the 3rd quarter of 2020 which is hopefully to debut a Japanese Girl Group in December 2020. A Global audition held in 10 locations including 8 cities in Japan, Hawaii and LA Delivered the event of the Tokyo training camp by the members who have passed!

Make Mate 1

2026

36 young men gather from around the world to compete for the chance to make their K-pop idol debut. These "Mates" must rely on each other as they face different challenges, but how far will their camaraderie go when everything is on the line? Who has what it takes to impress an all-star panel of celebrity judges including Solar, Onestar, Kim Seung Eun, Hanhae, Vata, and Ingyoo? Find out in the 2024 South Korean reality K-pop competition series hosted by EXO's Xiumin, and directed by Hwang Min Gyu, Park Ho Sin, and Jang In Hye.

Phantom Singer

2026

Fantasy Boys: Excitement After School

2026

A South Korean reality competition show created by MBC. The follow up to My Teenage Girl: Excitement After School, but this time featuring male contestants dreaming of becoming idols.

I-LAND

2026

I-LAND (아이랜드) is a South Korean boy group reality survival show produced by Mnet and organized by Belift Lab, which at the time of airing was a joint venture between entertainment companies CJ ENM and HYBE. It premiered on June 26, 2020 and broadcasted every Friday at 11 p.m. KST on Mnet. A second season, I-Land 2, was expected to premiere in the first half of 2022 featuring female trainees; however, on July 15, 2022, it was announced that it would be postponed. Instead in 2023, HYBE partnered with JTBC to produce R U Next? featuring trainees who would debut in Illit, signing with Belift Lab, becoming labelmates with Enhypen. On July 24, 2023, Mnet announced the second season titled I-Land 2: N/⍺, not in affiliation with Hybe or Belift Lab, featuring female trainees. The show started airing in April 2024, and is collaborating with The Black Label, with the final lineup debuting in WakeOne.

The Debut: Dream Academy

2026

The Debut: Dream Academy is a talent competition reality show created as an international collaboration between record labels Hybe and Geffen Records aimed at creating a global girl group. The fan-interactive project involves 20 female candidates from around the world competing in three "missions" to test their artistry. Eliminations occur after each mission, leaving 10 contestants to compete in the finale, during which the final group's members will be decided.

BABYMONSTER - 'Last Evaluation'

2026

BABYMONSTER – ‘Last Evaluation’

B:MY BOYZ

2026

B:MY BOYZ aims to create a new global boy group. The show will feature 30 talents selected from Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, and beyond, with the goal to debut as the next generation idols. The participants will compete against each other in various fields including vocals, performance, and producing, with the current top idol seniors selecting the next idols.

Boys II Planet

2026

Boys II Planet is a survival show broadcasted on Mnet. It is a sequel to Girls Planet 999 and Boys Planet. Planet K premiered on July 17 while Planet C started airing on July 18, 2025. Boys II Planet is based on the themes and aesthetics of space. It consists of two programs, K and C, produced in Korean and Chinese respectively, with both programs following the same format for each contest. The show will create a twin group project, with both groups debuting at the same time. The final line-up will work in two different groups, K and C, and will also work as a complete group.

The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project

2026

Idols who failed to impress the audience after their debut are given another chance to be back on stage in The Unit. Korean top producers will give them a chance to shine in a brand new unit with new members, concepts and content.

Mix Nine

2026

On Mix Nine, YG Entertainment’s Yang Hyun Suk will visit management agencies across Korea to look for idol wannabes with potential and help them become a star. 400 trainees will be on the show, and for the final stage of the competition, nine male and nine female trainees will get to compete. They will be competing against each other as a boy group and a girl group, and the winning team will win the name of “Mix Nine”. Unlike most idol survival programs which makes the contestants compete from the very first episode, Mix Nine will start with the stage in which the staff picks the contestants. The first half of the show will be “Enter Tour Step” and the second half “Competition Step”.

R U Next?

2026

R U Next? (알 유 넥스트?) is a 2022 South Korean girl group reality survival show created by Belift Lab. It premiered on June 30, 2023 and broadcasted every Friday at 8:50 p.m. KST on JTBC.

NO.MERCY

2026

A survival show made of 12 trainees from Starship Entertainment, home of K.will, Sistar and Mad Clown. They compete against each other in order to form a new hip-hop group.

Idol School

2026

Idol School is a reality girl group survival show. The program aims to form a 9 members girl group out of 41 female participants, training them in singing and dancing in the span of 11 weeks.

A2K

2026

America2Korea, or A2K, is a 2023 survival show created by JYP Entertainment and Republic Records aiming to create the first American girl group trained through the K-pop system. It premiered on July 13, 2023 on YouTube.