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| Starlight Boys | |
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| Also known as | Youth With You International |
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | iQiyi |
| Starring |
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| Announcer | Lee Sung-kyung |
| Country of origin | China South Korea |
| Original languages |
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| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producers |
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| Production location | South Korea |
| Editor | SBS A&T |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time |
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| Production companies | iQiyi Studio Prism |
| Original release | |
| Network | iQiyi SBS |
| Release | October 26, 2024 |
| Related | |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 星光閃耀的少年 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 星光闪耀的少年 | ||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||
| Hangul | 스타라이트보이즈 | ||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||
| Kana | スターライトボーイズ | ||||||
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Starlight Boys (Korean: 스타라이트보이즈; RR: Seutalaiteu Boiseu; Chinese: 星光闪耀的少年; pinyin: XīngguāngShǎnyàoDeShàonián) is an ongoing South Korean-Chinese reality competition show produced by iQiyi and Studio Prism. The show premiered on October 26, 2024 and airs on every Friday.
This season is presented by Lee Sung-kyung, with Lee Seung-gi, Daesung, Choi Young-joon, Hanhae, Kwon Eun-bi, Hui, Eric, and Yoon serving as guiders.[1] It is the fourth entry to the Youth With You franchise, an idol survival series originally based in China.
The show brought 69 male trainees from different countries and agencies to form a boy group through global viewers' votes.
Concept
[edit]"Starlight Boys" is a large-scale transnational idol cultivation program jointly created by iQIYI and South Korea's famous TV station SBS, which marks the expansion of global vision. The program focuses on young talents with dreams around the world and aims to discover and cultivate the next generation of international idols.
Mentor
[edit]- Lee Sung-kyung — Youth PD[2]
- Lee Seung-gi — Guider[3]
- Daesung — Guider
- Choi Young-joon — Guider
- Hanhae — Guider
- Kwon Eun-bi — Guider
- Hui — Guider
- Eric — Guider
- Yoon — Guider
Contestants
[edit]- Color key (In order of contestant's group rank on the show)
| Final members of the debut group | |
| Contestants eliminated in the first elimination round | |
| Contestants eliminated in Episode 2 | |
| Contestants that left the show |
| 69 Contestants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Xuanyou (陈宣佑 / 쉬안유) | CongB (Công / 콩비) | Do-ha (규민) | Duan Xingxing (段星星 / 두안싱싱) | Eden (이든) |
| Han-gyul (한결) | Han Jeong-woo (한정우) | He Xilong (何禧龙 / 허시롱) | Hikari (ひかり / 히카리) | Hong Sung-min (홍성민) |
| Ivan (陈明轩 / 아이반) | Ke Mingkai (柯洺楷 / 커밍카이) | Kingston Wong (黃昱翰 / 킹스톤왕) | Kris (โอม / 크리스) | Michael Wu (마이클우) |
| Min-jae (민재) | Nam Son (Nam Sơn / 남손) | Lee Da-eul (이다을) | Lee Jun-hyuk (이준혁) | Ling Qi (凌崎 / 링치) |
| Pentor (เป็นต่อ / 펜떠) | Phoom (품) | Pong (ພົງ / 퐁) | Shao Ziheng (邵子恒 / 샤오쯔헝) | Sheng Qi (盛琦 / 셩치) |
| Sun Jiayang (孙佳洋 / 쑨지아양) | Sun Yinghao (孙滢皓 / 쑨잉하오) | Syo (쇼) | Wang Kun (王坤 / 왕쿤) | Xin Che (新澈 / 신처) |
| Xu Shihuan (许世焕 / 허세환) | Yang Dong-hwa (양동화) | Yoo Gwan-woo (刘冠佑 / 쑨잉하오) | Yoo-jun (유준) | Zai (자이) |
| Zhang Jijun (张集骏 / 장지쥔) | Bian Shiyu (卞士宇 / 비안시유) | Cai Chengyuan (蔡承源 / 카이청위안) | Choi Jun-ho (최준호) | Gun-woo (건우) |
| Han Tae-i (한태이) | Hijiri (堀尾圣 / 히지리) | Huang Jialiang (黄佳亮 / 후앙지아량) | Jae-min (하재민) | Jeon Min-gyu (전민규) |
| Jung Hae-sung (정해성) | Kawk Gun (곽건) | Kim Seon-jae (김선재) | Kim Seong-ju (김성주) | Luo Junwei (罗俊炜 / 루어쥔웨이) |
| Park Si-woo (박시우) | Park Yeon-wook (박연욱) | Rin (凜 / 린) | Yang Yan (杨言 / 양얜) | Yoshi (中村义 / 요시) |
| Zhang Jinghe (张景和 / 장징허) | Float (플로트) | Hoang Phan (Hoàng Phan / 호앙판) | Hou Jiaen (侯佳恩 / 허우지아언) | Huang Pengfeng (黄鹏锋 / 후앙펑펑) |
| Kad (กาด / 카드) | Li Shengjun (李圣浚 / 리성준) | Ngan Chau Yuet (顏秋越 / 안추월) | Rex (陈明羽 / 렉스) | Ryou Kaito (梁海斗 / 료카이토) |
| Vexter (เว็กซ์เตอร์ / 벡터) | Zhang Hangyi (张行一 / 장항이) | Zhu Enhao (朱恩浩 / 주언하오) | Zhao Jiayin (赵家寅 / 자오지아인) | |
Ranking
[edit]Top 9
[edit]The top 9 contestants were chosen through popularity online voting through the iQIYI mobile app and audience live voting, as shown at the end of each episode.
- Color key
| New Top 9[a] |
| # | Ep. 2 | Ep. 3 | Ep. 5 |
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| 1 | Yoo Gwan-woo | Yoo Gwan-woo (  )
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Yoo Gwan-woo ( )
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| 2 | Sun Yinghao | Sun Yinghao ( )
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Sun Yinghao ( )
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| 3 | Shao Ziheng | Shao Ziheng ( )
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Shao Ziheng ( )
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| 4 | Han-gyul | Han-gyul ( )
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Han-gyul ( )
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| 5 | Pentor | Pentor ( )
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Pentor ( )
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| 6 | Duan Xingxing | Duan Xingxing ( )
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Duan Xingxing ( )
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| 7 | Lee Jun-hyuk | Lee Jun-hyuk ( )
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Lee Jun-hyuk ( )
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| 8 | Lee Da-eul | Lee Da-eul ( )
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Zhang Jijun (  5)
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| 9 | He Xilong | Min-jae ( 1)
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Min-jae ( )
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First voting period
[edit]The first voting period took place from October 26 to November 16, 2024.
Voters could vote for three, five, or seven boys per day depending on their subscription to iQIYI.
At the end of the second episode, all votes for the eliminated contestants were discarded.
Episodes
[edit]Episode 1 (26 October 2024)
[edit]The trainees enter the main stage and seat themselves according to their rankings from the initial 24-hour pick results displayed on the small screen. The top 60 trainees are arranged in the first waiting area, while the last 39 trainees must leave and sit in the second waiting area, which is an unheated glass box outside the main recording set. They watch the performances on a monitor. The trainees begin performing in groups.
Discography
[edit]Singles
[edit]| Title | Album details |
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Good Luck(Be My Luck)[4] |
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Indicates contestants who had never placed in the Top 9 in any prior elimination rounds or ranking announcements.
References
[edit]- ^ "Starlight Boys iQIYI boygroup survival program: Judges, release date, and everything we know so far". mb.com.ph. September 21, 2024. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "爱奇艺国际版男团选秀 韩星李圣经落实出任主持人" [IQIYI International Boy Group Talent Show: Korean star Lee Sung-kyung confirmed as host]. Lianhe zaobao (in Chinese). August 20, 2024. Archived from the original on August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- ^ "爱奇艺国际版男团选秀 李升基与BigBang大声出任导师" [Lee Seung-gi and BigBang's Daesung serve as mentors for IQIYI's international version of boy band talent show]. Lianhe zaobao (in Chinese). September 21, 2024. Archived from the original on August 20, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Starlight Boys Signal Song MV: "Good Luck(Be My Luck)"". Starlight Boys. November 1, 2024. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2024.