Variety Shows in the K-pop industry are very common, various groups like ENHYPEN, SKZ, TWICE, and many others were formed through such competitive reality shows. The survival show casts the journey of the contestants filled with their passion and tears. The audience keeps their eyes on their favorite contestant throughout his/her journey like a family. And in the sequel to Girls Planet 999 which was released in 2021, we have a new show named Boys Planet.
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The first episode of the survival show premiered on 2nd February 2023 and is aiming to preview 12 episodes of the show. The Mnet K-pop survival- reality show is full of new passion along with the expert eyes as the show has judges that are still standing straight in the K-pop industry. It is anticipated that the final episode will be aired on April 20, 2023. Till then let’s stick to our seats to know who will be the ultimate winner of the show.
Synopsis
The show cast a group of new as well as old K-pop trainees and K-pop idols with the dream to form a new group and debut as idols in the industry competing against the already existing groups. The group consists of 93 trainees from around the globe, working hard to show their passion and talent on the reality program. The motive of the show is to bring out the best talents in the end to form the group.
The trainees have landed from different countries around the globe including Japan, the US, China, and many more, all with the same dream and the same motive which is to become a K-pop idol. By the end of the show, the trainees will be divided into two groups- one will represent as K-Group by the South Korean participants and the second one will be represented by G-Group with global participants. That’s how the battle between both will be determined in upcoming episodes of the reality show by Mnet.
Star Masters and Trainers of the Show: Boys Planet
The show has appointed trainers for the boys according to their needs but apart from that the boys also have Star Masters who will be the judges of the performances by the trainees. The Star Master panel includes Hwang Min Hyun, Sunmi, and Yeo Jin Goo.
Hwang Min-Hyun
The melodies voice of the K-pop group NU’EST and Wanna One and a former member of both groups, Hwang Min-Hyun is a soloist in current days. The star is signed under Pledis Entertainment. He is also working on his solo album that will be launched in the coming week of February, dated: 27, 2023.
Sunmi
Lee Sun-Mi, famously known as Sunmi is a soloist singer who is one of the longest-running idols in the industry. Sunmi was a former member of Wonder Girls, that was debuted in the year of 2013. Since then she is unstoppable with her hit song “Gashina” released in 2017.
Yeo Jin Goo
You might know him from the famous drama starring IU, Yes! ‘Hotel De Luna’. Yeo Jin Goo is the last star master of the jury panel and is a famous South Korean Actor, The actor debuted as a child actor in the industry showing his significant experience with the industry. He also won awards for his legendry role in ‘Hwayi: A Monster Boy’.
Apart from the star masters, there are 7 trainers/ mentors as well. The mentors will be training the participants throughout the show. These mentors are;
- pH-1 (Rap)
- Solji (Vocals)
- Lee Seok-Hoon (Vocals)
- Lim Han-Byeol (Vocals)
- Lip J (Dance)
- Choi Young-Joon (Dance)
- Baek Koo-Young (Dance)
Boys Planet Episode 5 Release Date
Boys Planet Episode 4 was released on 23rd February 2023, it was another exciting episode packed with thrill and emotions. The episode 5 of Boys Planet will be released on 2 March 2023. Since it was announced that after 16 February the time slot for the show will be changed so the new time schedule is 8:50 pm KST which is 6.50 am ET. Time Schedule according to different zones;
- 2 March, 2023- 8:50 pm (KST)
- 2 March, 2023- 5:20 pm (IST)
- 2 March, 2023- 6.50 am (ET)
- 2 March, 2023- 7:50 pm (PHT)
- 2 March, 2023- 6:50 pm (Bekasi, Indonesia)
- 2 March, 2023- 8: 50 pm (JST)
- 2 March, 2023- 7: 50 pm (MYT)
- 2 March, 2023- 6: 50 am (New York City, USA)
- Where to Watch: Boys Planet
Where to Watch: Boys Planet
The episodes of the show Boys Planet will be airing on Mnet, Korean natives can watch the show there. For international audience, one can watch the show on Rakuten Viki. If you are willing to see the show Girls Planet, it is available on iQIYI app.
If you want to watch the show without any interruption, you can assess your Viki pass. The subscription price for the pass cost around $4.99 per month, through the pass you can access various shows as well. Interested can subscribe for more and the rest can enjoy this amazing show even without it.
