Boys II Planet

Boys II Planet
Also known asPlanet B
GenreReality competition
Directed by
  • Kim Shin-young[1]
  • Jung Woo-young[1]
  • Ko Jeong-kyung[1]
  • Planet C
  • Lee Sang-eun
Music by
  • Kim Ji-ung[2]
  • Ryu Hyeong-seop[2]
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languages
  • Korean
  • Chinese
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
  • Yoon Shin-hye[2]
  • Kim Shin-young (CP)[3]
Production companyJeusworks[2]
Original release
NetworkMnet
ReleaseJuly 17, 2025 (2025-07-17) –
present
Related
Boys II Planet
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese少年2星球
Simplified Chinese少年2星球
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShàonián2xīngqiú
Korean name
Hangul보이즈2플래닛
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationBoiseu2peullaenit
McCune–ReischauerPoijŭ2p'ŭllaenit
Japanese name
Kanaボーイズ2プラネット
Transcriptions
RomanizationBōizu2puranetto
Nihon-shikiBôizu2puranetto

Boys II Planet (Korean보이즈2플래닛) is a 2025 South Korean reality competition survival show created by Mnet. The show follows the process of creating a new boy group. It premiered on Mnet on July 17 and 18, 2025, at 21:00 (KST), initially divided into two programs, but merged in episode 3.

The show serves as the sequel to Girls Planet 999 and Boys Planet.

Background and production

On July 29, 2024, a CJ ENM official announced that they would launched Planet B, a new Mnet program that would for the first time demonstrate the recruitment process for K-pop survival programs.[4] In addition, men of all nationalities who were born before January 1, 2012, were eligible to apply on August 10.

On November 26, 2024, CJ ENM confirmed to launched the second season of Boys Planet, which would be called Boys II Planet, where two groups debut simultaneously. It was slated for release in 2025 and would be broadcast simultaneously in South Korea and China.[5]

The first round of recruitment run from November 22, 2024, to January 26, 2025,[6] which received applications from 105 countries. The second round of recruitment started on February 3, 2025, until March 2, across eight cities in Asia for C version and until March 23, for K version.[7]

On May 13, 2025, Mnet confirmed the premiere dates of Boys II Planet to be on July 17, for K version while July 18, for C version. Following the same style and premise, it will comprise two distinct audition programs that are concurrently created and aired in two different languages. It will also be the first-ever international K-pop twin project, as both groups will make their debuts simultaneously.[8] On May 23, Mnet announced the changes of the show's format, from having a twin debut system to a single, unified debut group. Furthermore, by working with international partners, including those in Greater China, Mnet disclosed that they are actively looking into ways for the contestants to pursue musical endeavors outside of the show.[9]

On June 5, 2025, Mnet announced the master lineup for the show namely Lee Seok-hoon, Kinky, and Kany for Boys II Planet K while Kim Jae-joong, Xiaoting, and Jrick for Boys II Planet C. To ensure that training and evaluations are fair and unbiased, Lim Han-byul, Hyolyn, Baek Koo-young, and Justhis will serve as masters for both K and C groups. In addition, Zerobaseone members' Sung Han-bin and Zhang Hao will provide advice and support to the contestants as the special idol masters.[10]

The program would be broadcast live in South Korea via Mnet and concurrently in Japan via Mnet Japan and the streaming service Abema. Viewers in Canada, the US, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam would be able to access it globally through the digital portal Mnet Plus. It would also be available on the official YouTube account for the show and on TVING. More international distribution was planned, and soon after the Korean broadcast, the series was anticipated to be streamed on sites like Viu, Viki, and iQIYI. These channels would cater to audiences in the Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, which includes countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.[11]

Cast

Contestants

There are a total of 160 contestants participating on the show, initially divided into two planets: K and C. 80 of them were in the Planet K and primarily from Korea, alongside some from Japan, Thailand, the United States, and various other countries around the globe, while the other half were in the Planet C and primarily from Greater China,[12] with the two Planets merging after the first two episodes.

Color key (In order of contestant's group rank on the show)
       Final members of 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 eliminated in the Signal Song Test
       Contestants eliminated in the Class Placement Match
       Contestants that left the show
Planet K contestants
Arctic (아틱) Chuei Li-yu (최립우) Chung Sang-hyeon (정상현) Han Harry June (한해리준) Hsu Ching-yu (쉬칭위)
Jang Han-eum (장한음) Jo Gye-hyeon (조계현) Jun Lee-jeong (전이정) Jung Hyun-jun (정현준) Kang Woo-jin (강우진)
Kim Dong-yun (김동윤) Kim Geon-woo (김건우) Kim In-hu (김인후) Kim Jae-hyun (김재현) Kim Jun-min (김준민)
Kim Jun-seo (김준서) Kim Si-hwan (김시환) Kim Tae-jo (김태조) Lee Leo (이리오) Lee Sang-won (이상원)
Masato (마사토) Na Yun-seo (나윤서) Park Dong-gyu (박동규) Park Jun-il (박준일) Seo Won (서원)
Tatsuki (타츠키) Yeom Ye-chan (염예찬) Yoo Kang-min (유강민) Yoon Min (윤민) Yumeki (유메키)
Lee Dong-heon (이동헌) Bang Jun-hyuk (방준혁) Kim Dong-hyeon B (김동현B) Andrew (앤드류) Song Min-jae (송민재)
Yang Heui-chan (양희찬) Reeonn (리온) Kim Daniel (김다니엘) Ham Hyun-seo (함현서) Oh Jun-ho (오준호)
Muhn Won-jun (문원준) Kim Dong-hyeon A (김동현A) Aoshi (아오시) Rensho (렌쇼) Yusen (유센)
Yang Da-wit (양다윗) Kim Young-jun (김영준) Sho (쇼우) Kim Hyeon-seo (김현서) Noh Hui-jun (노휘준)
Lee Seung-baek (이승백) Jang Tae-yoon (장태윤) Lee Hyeop (이협) Lee Won-woo (이원우) Heo Ji-o (허지오)
Taichi (타이치) Tomoya (토모야) Kenshiro (켄시로) Lee Yoon-chan (이윤찬) Ryan (라이언)
Chris (크리스) Hwang Sun-woo (황선우) Shoya (쇼야) Justin (저스틴) Pun ()
Shin Jae-ha (신재하) Choi Jun-seok (최준석) Kim Hyun-bin (김현빈) Park Jun-seong (박준성) Baek Jae-hyeon (백재현)
Bang Su-hwan (방수환) Cho Myeong-su (조명수) Kim Min-jun (김민준) Kim Won-bin (김원빈) Kwon Gyu-hyung (권규형)
Moon Suhn-bin (문선빈) Park Ji-min (박지민) Park Nu-ri (박누리) Thanatorn (타나톤) Yoo Ki-won (유기원)
Planet C contestants
Chen Bowen (陈博文) Chen Kaiwen (陈凯文) Dang Hong Hai (邓红海) Fan Zheyi (范哲逸) He Xinlong (贺鑫隆)
He Zhongxing (贺仲星) Hu Hanwen (胡瀚文) Li Zihao (李梓豪) Nian Boheng (年博恒) Peng Jinyu (彭锦煜)
Sen () Sun Hengyu (孙亨裕) Sun Jiayang (孙佳洋) Xue Suren (薛苏仁) Yi Chen (亦辰)
Zhang Jiahao (张家豪) Zhao Guangxu (赵光旭) Zhou Anxin (周安信) Zhang Shunyu (张舜禹) Guo Zhen (郭震)
Hong Zih-hao (洪子皓) Jiang Fan (姜帆) Bian Shiyu (卞士宇) Taiga (大雅) Hong Zhihan (洪智函)
Dong Jingkun (董靖坤) Ko Ming-chieh (柯茗杰) Chrisen Yang (克里森 杨) Cai Jinxin (蔡锦昕) Xuan Hao (宣淏)
Lim Jack (林杰) Xie Binghua (谢秉桦) Krystian (克里斯蒂安) He Junjin (何俊锦) Ngan Chau-yuet (颜秋越)
Zhou Zheng (周政) Jia Hanyu (贾涵予) Sang Lin (桑淋) Lin Ching-en (林擎恩) Zheng Kun (郑坤)
Zhou Yanhe (周言赫) Wang Zhongzhi (王忠智) Han Ruize (韩瑞泽) Long Guohao (龙国浩) Zheng Renyu (郑人予)
Wang Dongyi (王东熠) Chen Li-chi (陳立其) Xie Yuxin (解雨鑫) Chen Jinxin (陈金鑫) Wong Sik-hei (黄锡熙)
Chen Zishuo (陈梓烁) Phoenix (菲尼克斯) Huang Hsin-yu (黄薪祐) Yuan Wei (袁威) Sun Hanlin (孙涵霖)
Xie Jiahui (谢家辉) Wang Shenglin (王圣琳) Dong Ziqi (董子奇) Zhang Yuxi (张宇熙) Yang Jiapeng (杨佳鹏)
Zhang Yihua (张艺华) Zhang Shiyi (张释艺) Weng Weidong (翁伟栋) Qiao Guanzhen (乔冠臻) Chen Yuqi (陈禹圻)
Lin Qiunan (林秋楠) Luo Junwei (罗俊炜) Chen Chaoyu (陳昭宇) Han Jiangyu (韩江宇) He Jiahao (何嘉浩)
Li Xiaodi (李筱迪) Li Zheng'en (李政恩) Lin Xinrui (林锌锐) Ma Tao (马韬) Qi Lin (麒麟)
Teng Chia-chun (邓佳骏) Wang Canruo (王灿若) Yeung Yuk-him (杨煜谦) Yuan Peiyi (袁培艺) Zeng Shangxuan (曾上轩)

Ranking

Top 8

The top eight contestants are determined through popularity with online voting and audience live voting, or by the masters themselves, and the results are shown at the beginning, during, or at the end of each episode.

Color key
  New Top 8[c]
List of Top 8 contestants
# Ep. 1 Ep. 2 Ep. 3 Ep. 5 Ep. 8 Ep. 11 Ep. 12
K C K C Masters Rank Interim Vote
1 Lee Sang-won Zhou Anxin Lee Sang-won
(Same position)
Zhou Anxin
(Same position)
Yumeki
(Rise10)
Lee Sang-won
(Rise1)
Lee Sang-won
(Same position)
2 Yoo Kang-min Cai Jinxin Lee Leo
(Rise3)
Fan Zheyi
(Rise1)
Lee Sang-won
(Fall1)
Zhou Anxin
(Rise1)
Zhou Anxin
(Same position)
3 Chung
Sang-hyeon
Fan Zheyi Yoo Kang-min
(Fall1)
Sun Jiayang
(Rise2)
Zhou Anxin
(Fall2)
Chuei Li-yu
(Rise52)
Chung Sang-
hyeon (Rise1)
4 Chuei Li-yu Yi Chen Chuei Li-yu
(Same position)
Sun Hengyu
(Rise49)
Yoo Kang-min
(Fall1)
Chung Sang-
hyeon (Rise54)
Kim Jun-seo
(Rise2)
5 Lee Leo Sun Jiayang Kang Woo-jin
(Rise20)
Cai Jinxin
(Fall3)
Kim Geon-
woo (Rise4)
Lee Leo
(Rise1)
Lee Leo
(Same position)
6 Masato Peng Jinyu Chung Sang-
hyeon (Fall3)
Chen Kaiwen
(Rise2)
Lee Leo
(Fall4)
Kim Jun-seo
(Rise4)
Chuei Li-yu
(Fall3)
7 Kim
Geon-woo
Xuan Hao Masato
(Fall1)
Yi Chen
(Fall3)
Jung Hyun-jun
(Rise40)
Yoo Kang-min
(Fall3)
Yoo Kang-min
(Same position)
8 Kim Jun-seo Chen Kaiwen Kim Jun-seo
(Same position)
Zhang Jiahao
(Rise4)
Zhang Jiahao
(Same position)
Masato
(Rise26)
Masato
(Same position)

1st Survival Announcement

The first K and C voting period took place from July 17/18, 2025, to July 24/25, 2025. Star Creators would vote for their top eight contestants out of each of the respective contestant pool. The second global voting period took place from July 26, to August 8, 2025. Star Creators would again vote for their top eight contestants out of the 80 contestants who remained on the show. The final global live vote took place for one hour on August 8, 2025, where Star Creators would vote for one contestant out of the four candidates for 48th place. The votes from the all three relevant voting periods would be combined to determine the rankings of each contestant at the 1st Survival Announcement Ceremony.

Color key

       Top 8
1st Survival Announcement (Episode 5)
Rank Contestants Points Rank Contestants Points
Votes Benefit
Points
Total Votes Benefit
Points
Total
1st K/C Vote 2nd Global Vote 1st K/C Vote 2nd Global Vote
Korean Global Korean Global
1 Lee Sang-won 2,526,097 1,111,304 3,838,888 100,000 12,497,772 25 Hu Hanwen 655,225 293,064 310,413 0 2,350,980
2 Zhou Anxin 2,407,739 1,011,264 3,326,600 11,275,276 26 Sen 839,138 90,133 647,373 100,000 2,174,155
3 Chung Sang-hyeon 1,485,862 1,020,169 1,376,357 300,000 8,071,897 27 Kim Jun-min 302,213 137,163 859,860 2,119,619
4 Kim Jun-seo 1,008,541 811,172 2,447,917 100,000 7,936,328 28 Peng Jinyu 983,763 177,251 177,457 0 1,996,214
5 Lee Leo 1,715,851 574,084 2,552,121 7,650,903 29 Park Dong-gyu 496,802 138,040 577,174 100,000 1,952,689
6 Chuei Li-yu 1,662,951 868,085 1,370,271 300,000 7,569,231 30 Dang Hong Hai 643,215 112,549 540,799 1,939,468
7 Yoo Kang-min 1,694,264 521,380 1,897,650 100,000 6,550,521 31 Li Zihao 254,945 222,781 386,626 1,838,909
8 Masato 1,149,060 696,503 1,663,655 6,476,533 32 Chen Bowen 641,899 64,238 706,275 0 1,838,611
9 He Xinlong 666,330 429,354 2,182,072 0 5,383,665 33 Kim Jae-hyun 399,082 226,313 333,811 1,830,383
10 Kang Woo-jin 1,534,862 243,346 1,590,665 300,000 4,965,995 34 Zhao Guangxu 628,141 38,920 723,677 1,735,494
11 Sun Hengyu 1,434,089 399,840 1,001,105 100,000 4,594,541 35 Park Jun-il 405,124 125,907 490,990 100,000 1,696,009
12 Jang Han-eum 395,865 644,234 231,949 300,000 3,841,826 36 He Zhongxing 456,232 161,336 359,092 0 1,633,150
13 Fan Zheyi 1,546,848 252,271 861,367 0 3,775,085 37 Kim Dong-yun 285,462 97,484 357,439 1,178,152
14 Hsu Ching-yu 961,297 206,338 1,349,857 100,000 3,717,670 38 Tatsuki 285,842 81,950 319,207 100,000 1,160,487
15 Sun Jiayang 1,497,217 402,352 291,463 0 3,651,499 39 Yeom Ye-chan 434,273 44,976 387,462 0 1,133,796
16 Kim Geon-woo 941,392 323,370 845,366 100,000 3,562,704 40 Jo Gye-hyeon 315,115 102,346 171,526 100,000 1,088,978
17 Yumeki 919,959 142,810 1,370,046 3,421,769 41 Jung Hyun-jun 81,500 68,819 534,995 0 1,077,054
18 Zhang Jiahao 1,005,735 82,160 1,127,998 2,926,734 42 Kim Tae-jo 270,284 60,721 275,306 894,396
19 Yi Chen 1,013,173 118,264 822,316 300,000 2,898,457 43 Kim Si-hwan 166,586 49,023 214,000 100,000 759,775
20 Seo Won 798,526 233,841 651,328 100,000 2,773,500 44 Kim In-hu 90,409 71,149 193,100 754,333
21 Chen Kaiwen 1,050,819 123,907 890,116 0 2,748,770 45 Arctic 142,926 23,593 159,206 300,000 752,943
22 Na Yun-seo 366,005 317,972 749,759 2,739,890 46 Xue Suren 104,664 27,458 320,804 100,000 740,634
23 Jun Lee-jeong 286,080 298,314 450,857 300,000 2,486,764 47 Han Harry June 130,173 34,924 242,571 698,005
24 Nian Boheng 728,139 94,861 947,978 0 2,372,560 48 Yoon Min 93,994 44,186 222,500 676,801[d]


2nd Survival Announcement

The third global voting period took place from August 14, to August 29, 2025. Star Creators would vote for their top five contestants out of the 48 contestants who remained on the show. The final global live vote took place for one hour on August 29, 2025, where Star Creators would vote for one contestant out of the four candidates for 24th place. The votes from the relevant voting periods would be combined to determine the rankings of each contestant at the 2nd Survival Announcement Ceremony.

Color key

       Top 8
2nd Survival Announcement (Episode 8)
Rank Contestants Points Rank Contestants Points
Votes Benefit
Points
Total Votes Benefit
Points
Total
Korean Global Total Korean Global Total
1 13
2 14
3 15
4 16
5 17
6 18
7 19
8 20
9 21
10 22
11 23
12 24 [e]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal release date
1K1
C1
"You See the Fire? The Fire Has Been Lit"
Transliteration: "You see the fire? "Buri bureotda"" (Korean: You see the fire? "불이 불었다")
July 17, 2025 (2025-07-17)
"You See the Fire? Burning Blood"
Transliteration: "You see the fire? "Piga kkeulleunda"" (Korean: You see the fire? "피가 끓는다")
July 18, 2025 (2025-07-18)
2K2
C2
"Stronger Energy, Let's Go and Be Confident!"
Transliteration: "Deo ganghaejin eneoji "Gaja! Dangdanghage"" (Korean: 더 강해진 에너지 "가자! 당당하게")
July 24, 2025 (2025-07-24)
"Stronger Energy, Protect the All Star"
Transliteration: "Deo ganghaejin eneoji "Allseutareul jikyeoya hamnida"" (Korean: 더 강해진 에너지 "All스타를 지켜야 합니다")
July 25, 2024 (2024-07-25)
33"All Right, Here We Go"
Transliteration: "Ja ije sijagiya" (Korean: 자 이제 시작이야)
July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31)
44"In the Dark Times"
Transliteration: "Eoduwotdeon sigan sok" (Korean: 어두웠던 시간 속)
August 7, 2025 (2025-08-07)
55"You and Me, Just the Two Of Us"
Transliteration: "Neowa na duriseo" (Korean: 너와 나 둘이서)
August 14, 2025 (2025-08-14)
66"Burn More"
Transliteration: "Deo taolla" (Korean: 더 타올라)
August 21, 2025 (2025-08-21)
77TBAAugust 28, 2025 (2025-08-28)
88TBASeptember 4, 2025 (2025-09-04)
99TBASeptember 11, 2025 (2025-09-11)
1010TBASeptember 18, 2025 (2025-09-18)
1111TBASeptember 25, 2025 (2025-09-25)
1212TBAOctober 2, 2025 (2025-10-02)

Discography

Singles

List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
DL

[13]
"Hola Solar" (올라) 2025 193 Boys II Planet - Hola Solar
"Hola Solar - Planet C Version" (올라)
"Lucky Macho"
"Chains"
"Sugar High"
"Main Dish"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that region.


Ratings

Average TV viewership ratings (Nationwide)
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[14]
1 K1 July 17, 2025 0.3% (70th)
C1 July 18, 2025 0.3% (88th)
2 K2 July 24, 2025 0.5% (57th)
C2 July 25, 2025 0.3% (80th)
3 July 31, 2025 0.6% (45th)
4 August 7, 2025 0.5% (55th)
5 August 14, 2025 0.6% (45th)
Average
  • In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This show aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Aftermath

Other contestants, other activities
  • Some contestants returned to their original groups:
    • Lee Dong-heon (49th) returned to Verivery.
    • Bang Jun-hyuk (50th), Song Min-jae (55th) and Noh Hui-jun (77th) returned to MCND.
    • Yang Heui-chan (57th) returned to DKB.
    • Muhn Won-jun (62nd) returned to Whib.
    • Lee Hyeop (84th) returned to Drippin.
    • Krystian (86th) returned to Now United.[15]
    • Jia Hanyu (91st) returned to Boy Story.
    • Chris (110th) returned to Blitzers.
    • Phoenix (113th) returned to Eastshine.
    • Thanatorn (137-160th) returned to The Wind
  • Some contestants left their companies and/or joined new ones
    • Kim Min-jun (137-160th) joined Modhaus.[16]
    • Park Nu-ri (137-160th) left Great M Entertainment and joined Modhaus.[16]
  • Some contestants will debut or debuted in new boy groups or released music as solo artists:
    • Ryan (106th) debuted as a soloist with the single album 'AROJIN' with the title track 'AROJIN (0123)' on July 31, 2025.[17]
    • Kim Min-jun and Park Nu-ri (137-160th) are seemingly set to debut as members of idntt in the second half of 2025.[16]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d C Program only
  2. ^ K Program only
  3. ^ Indicates contestants who had never placed in the Top 8 in any prior elimination rounds or ranking announcements.
  4. ^ The contestants who were candidates 48th place candidates all got an extra set of votes to determine who it would be:
    • Yoon Min's Extra: 198,730
    • Total: 875,531
  5. ^ The contestants who were candidates 24th place candidates all got an extra set of votes to determine who it would be:
    • Extra:
    • Total:

References

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