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Boys II Planet
Also known as	Planet B
Genre	Reality competition
Directed by	Kim Shin-young[1] Jung Woo-young[1] Ko Jeong-kyung[1] Lee Sang-eun (Planet C)
Music by	Kim Ji-ung[2] Ryu Hyeong-seop[2]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original languages	Korean Chinese
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Yoon Shin-hye[2] Kim Shin-young (CP)[3]
Production company	Jeusworks[2]
Original release
Network	Mnet
Release	July 17 (2025-07-17) – September 25, 2025 (2025-09-25)
Related
Girls Planet 999 (2021) Boys Planet (2023)

Boys II Planet (Korean: 보이즈2플래닛) is a South Koreanreality competition survival show created byMnet. The show followed the process of creating a new global 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 ended on September 25, 2025, with the formation of an eight-member boy group named Alpha Drive One.

The show serves as the sequel toGirls Planet 999 andBoys Planet. It will also have a spin-off show calledPlanet C: Home Race, featuring the previously eliminated Planet C trainees, giving them another chance to debut. It's set to premiere on Mnet Plus on December 6, 2025.

On July 29, 2024, aCJ ENM official announced that they would launchedPlanet B, a newMnet 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 ofBoys Planet, which would be calledBoys 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 ofBoys 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 namelyLee Seok-hoon, Kinky, and Kany for Boys II Planet K whileKim 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, andJusthis will serve as masters for both K and C groups. In addition,Zerobaseone members'Sung Han-bin andZhang 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 onTVING. More international distribution was planned, and soon after the Korean broadcast, the series was anticipated to be streamed on sites likeViu,Viki, andiQIYI. 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]

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.

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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.

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List of Top 8 contestants

#	Ep. 1		Ep. 2		Ep. 3		Ep. 5	Ep. 8	Ep. 10	Ep. 11
	K	C	K	C	Masters Rank	Interim Vote
1	Lee Sang-won	Zhou Anxin	Lee Sang-won ()	Zhou Anxin ()	Yumeki (10)	Lee Sang-won (1)	Lee Sang-won ()	Lee Sang-won ()	Lee Sang-won ()	Lee Sang-won ()
2	Yoo Kang-min	Cai Jinxin	Lee Leo (3)	Fan Zheyi (1)	Lee Sang-won (1)	Zhou Anxin (1)	Zhou Anxin ()	Zhou Anxin ()	Zhou Anxin ()	Zhou Anxin ()
3	Chung Sang-hyeon	Fan Zheyi	Yoo Kang-min (1)	Sun Jiayang (2)	Zhou Anxin (2)	Chuei Li-yu (52)	Chung Sang- hyeon (1)	Lee Leo (2)	Lee Leo ()	He Xinlong (3)
4	Chuei Li-yu	Yi Chen	Chuei Li-yu ()	Sun Hengyu (49)	Yoo Kang-min (1)	Chung Sang- hyeon (54)	Kim Jun-seo (2)	He Xinlong (5)	Kim Geon-woo (3)	Kim Geon-woo ()
5	Lee Leo	Sun Jiayang	Kang Woo-jin (20)	Cai Jinxin (3)	Kim Geon- woo (4)	Lee Leo (1)	Lee Leo ()	Kim Jun-seo (1)	Zhang Jiahao (14)	Zhang Jiahao ()
6	Masato	Peng Jinyu	Chung Sang- hyeon (3)	Chen Kaiwen (2)	Lee Leo (4)	Kim Jun-seo (4)	Chuei Li-yu (3)	Chung Sang- hyeon (3)	He Xinlong (2)	Lee Leo (3)
7	Kim Geon-woo	Xuan Hao	Masato (1)	Yi Chen (3)	Jung Hyun-jun (40)	Yoo Kang-min (3)	Yoo Kang-min ()	Kim Geon-woo (9)	Kim Jun-seo (2)	Chung Sang- hyeon (1)
8	Kim Jun-seo	Chen Kaiwen	Kim Jun-seo ()	Zhang Jiahao (4)	Zhang Jiahao ()	Masato (26)	Masato ()	Yoo Kang-min (1)	Chung Sang- hyeon (2)	Kim Jun-seo (1)

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.

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1st Survival Announcement (Episode 5)
Rank	Contestants	Points					Class	Rank	Contestants	Points					Class
		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[e]

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 three 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.

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2nd Survival Announcement (Episode 8)
Rank	Contestants	Points					Class	Rank	Contestants	Points					Class
		Votes			Benefit Points	Total				Votes			Benefit Points	Total
		Korean	Global	Total						Korean	Global	Total
1	Lee Sang-won ()	1,168,785	5,356,077	12,417,136	200,000	12,617,136		13	Park Jun-il (22)	449,730	1,255,296	3,763,108	250,000	4,013,108
2	Zhou Anxin ()	759,240	4,759,206	9,678,363		9,878,363		14	Jang Han-eum (2)	694,494	295,655	3,741,799		3,991,799
3	Lee Leo (2)	680,040	3,680,248	7,935,026	0	7,935,026		15	Sun Hengyu (4)	351,765	1,198,565	3,216,364	200,000	3,416,364
4	He Xinlong (5)	577,720	3,217,779	6,856,072	250,000	7,106,072		16	Kang Woo-jin (6)	254,983	1,496,041	3,121,531	0	3,121,531
5	Kim Jun-seo (1)	549,744	3,079,870	6,546,629	200,000	6,746,629		17	Li Zihao (14)	366,186	1,030,093	3,074,115		3,074,115
6	Chung Sang-hyeon (3)	882,350	1,393,265	6,035,782		6,235,782		18	Chen Kaiwen (3)	186,458	1,406,473	2,676,255	200,000	2,876,255
7	Kim Geon-woo (9)	749,980	1,685,086	5,761,169	250,000	6,011,169		19	Zhang Jiahao (1)	116,266	1,456,951	2,399,298		2,599,298
8	Yoo Kang-min (1)	548,385	1,986,832	5,163,207	0	5,163,207		20	Na Yun-seo (2)	314,849	682,677	2,387,433		2,587,433
9	Masato (1)	544,047	1,967,221	5,117,459		5,117,459		21	Hsu Ching-yu (7)	183,666	1,247,667	2,462,672	0	2,462,672
10	Chuei Li-yu (4)	610,151	1,392,895	4,714,725	50,000	4,764,725		22	Yumeki (5)	111,514	1,457,297	2,376,679		2,376,679
11	Kim Jun-min (16)	438,954	1,709,480	4,282,934	200,000	4,482,934		23	Hu Hanwen (2)	306,387	489,475	2,103,015	200,000	2,303,015
12	Jun Lee-jeong (11)	580,242	1,062,120	4,152,964	200,000	4,352,964		24	Park Dong-gyu (5)	194,905	829,179	1,990,056		2,190,056[f]

The fourth global voting period took place from September 4, to September 12, 2025. Star Creators would vote for their top three contestants out of the 24 contestants who remained on the show. The votes from the voting period would determine the rankings of each contestant at the 3rd Survival Announcement Ceremony.

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3rd Survival Announcement (Episode 10)
Rank	Contestants	Points					Class	Rank	Contestants	Points					Class
		Votes			Benefit Points	Total				Votes			Benefit Points	Total
		Korean	Global	Total						Korean	Global	Total
1	Lee Sang-won ()	707,521	3,424,312	7,974,830	313,000	8,287,830		9	Yumeki (13)	120,520	1,739,714	2,783,273	0	2,783,273
2	Zhou Anxin ()	453,838	2,568,155	5,573,338	163,000	5,736,338		10	Chuei Li-yu ()	310,959	807,727	2,645,855		2,645,855
3	Lee Leo ()	269,293	2,011,547	3,907,925		4,070,925		11	Yoo Kang-min (3)	271,923	964,458	2,631,753		2,631,753
4	Kim Geon-woo (3)	342,695	904,554	2,933,619		3,096,619		12	Chen Kaiwen (6)	228,161	1,125,983	2,598,471		2,598,471
5	Zhang Jiahao (14)	191,437	1,467,026	2,823,735		2,986,735		13	Kim Jun-min (2)	285,873	859,236	2,576,158		2,576,158
6	He Xinlong (2)	240,338	1,364,754	2,957,303	0	2,957,303		14	Park Dong-gyu (10)	337,540	630,508	2,568,600		2,568,600
7	Kim Jun-seo (2)	125,184	1,757,254	2,829,642		2,829,642		15	Jun Lee-jeong (3)	284,678	683,692	2,353,524	163,000	2,516,524
8	Chung Sang-hyeon (2)	369,706	683,912	2,805,144		2,805,144		16	Kang Woo-jin ()	175,221	1,225,463	2,440,024	0	2,440,024

The first final global voting period took place from September 18, to September 25, 2025. Star Creators would vote for their one pick contestant out of the 16 contestants who remained on the show. The second final global voting period took place during the airing of Episode 11. Star Creators would again vote for their one pick contestant out of the 16 contestants who remained on the show, with the votes conducted during this voting period doubled in value. The votes from both voting periods would be combined to determine the rankings of each contestant in the Final Live Announcement.

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Final Survival Announcement (Episode 11)
Rank	Contestants	Planet	Points	Company	Rank	Contestants	Planet	Points	Company
1	Lee Sang-won ()	K	7,293,777	GRID Entertainment	9	Yoo Kang-min (2)	K	3,548,388	Jellyfish Entertainment
2	Zhou Anxin ()	C	5,950,137	Nouer Entertainment	10	Chuei Li-yu ()	K	3,284,175	FNC Entertainment
3	He Xinlong (3)	C	5,731,887	NCC Entertainment	11	Yumeki (2)	K	2,749,632	Grigo Entertainment
4	Kim Geon-woo ()	K	4,854,331	Individual Trainee	12	Jun Lee-jeong (3)	K	2,474,319	C-JeS Studios
5	Zhang Jiahao ()	C	4,238,175	Nouer Entertainment	13	Kim Jun-min ()	K	2,424,154	C-JeS Studios
6	Lee Leo (3)	K	4,147,134	GRID Entertainment	14	Chen Kaiwen (2)	C	2,111,260	Chromosome
7	Chung Sang- hyeon (1)	K	3,862,466	WakeOne	15	Park Dong-gyu (1)	K	1,862,464	IST Entertainment
8	Kim Jun-seo (1)	K	3,856,677	Oui Entertainment	16	Kang Woo-jin ()	K	1,823,699	Individual Trainee

The final group, Alpha Drive One, will be active for 5 years after debut, and is managed byWakeOne.^[22] The group will be releasing a pre-debut single "Formula" on December 3, 2025.^[23]

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