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Starlight Boys

Starlight Boys (; ), previously known as Youth With You International, is a South Korean-Chinese survival show that premiered on iQIYI and SBS on October 26, 2024.

The program follows the story of 69 contestants who will participate to debut in a 9-member boy group.

Mentors

The series was presented by Lee Sung Kyoung. Other artists featured as cast members:

Contestants

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  • Top 9 of the week
  • Final members of Polarix
  • Eliminated in the Final Episode
  • Eliminated in the Second Elimination
  • Eliminated in the First Elimination
  • Eliminated after the Signal Song Mission
  • Left the show

Prior to Starlight Boys

Missions

Level Test (Episode 1–2)

Key

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  • Polaris
  • "All-star" contestant who was eventually demoted to "2-star"

The Level Test involves the contestants performing individually or in teams and getting their individual performance evaluated by the guiders. After each performance, contestants could also evaluate each others' performances by voting. At the end of the Level Test, the contestant with the most votes, regardless of their grade, will be the "all-star" center, dubbed Polaris.

Bold team numbers are teams whose performances were partially or entirely unaired on broadcast.

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All-Star Battle

Only eight seats were allotted for contestants receiving an "all-star" rating. Once all seats were filled, subsequent contestants receiving an "all-star" could challenge a current "all-star" contestant for their seat. Results were determined by the other contestants' votes. The winning contestant would keep their "all-star" rating, while the losing contestant would be demoted to "2-star".

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  • Winning contestant, remained in all-star
  • Losing contestant, demoted to 2-star

Signal Song Survival Challenge (Episode 2)

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The top row indicates the initial level assigned after the Level Placement Test, while the first column indicates the new level after the re-evaluation.

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K-Pop Generation Battle (Episode 3-4)

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  • Winning Team
  • Polaris

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Position Battle (Episode 6-8)

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  • Winning Team
  • Polaris

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Final Battle (Episode 10)

Ranking

Top 9

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.

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First voting period

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.

Result

Discography

Singles

Post-Competition

The debut group POLARIX will be active for 2 years and 6 months, and managed by iQIYI.

  • Some contestants returned to their original groups:
  • Yoo-jun (10th), Do-ha (13th-18th), and Min-jae (13th-18th) returned to BAE173.
  • Hong Sung-min (12th), Ling Qi (13th-18th), and Hikari (19th) returned to Fantasy Boys.
  • Eden (13th-18th) returned to NINE.i.
  • Nam Son (21st-33rd) returned to PICKUS.
  • Some contestants left the agency:
  • Ivan (21st-33rd) left Yu Xiao Media and returned to Malaysia for planning his solo career.
  • Some contestants participated in other survival shows:
  • Sun Jiayang (28th), Bian Shiyu (39th), Luo Junwei (52nd), Ngan Chau-yuet (65th) were contestants on Boys II Planet. Luo Junwei left the show prior to its airing, ranking between 134th and 136th, Ngan Chau-yuet was eliminated in the second episode after ranking 88th, Bian Shiyu was eliminated in the fifth episode after ranking 64th, and Sun Jiayang was eliminated in the eighth episode after ranking 35th.
  • Ngan Chau-yuet (65th) will be participating in the Boys II Planet spin-off show '. He went onto debut in the winning group Modyssey, after ranking 7th.

Franchise

Main articles: Youth With You.

Notes

References