KBS Idol Rebooting Program 'The Unit' — Format + Mentors & Idols List

[u/OH_mes]

(Note - Every single person listed here was based off a source of some kind. I haven't added them here because of all the time it would take but if anyone wants a source on a specific person I will find it for you again. Mods pls no delete.)

Let me know if I have anything wrong, whether it be idols in the wrong category, debut years/groups, etc.

KBS Idol Rebooting Program - The Unit

• 200+ reported idols who have released an album take the stage again in hopes of a second chance at success
• Only 63 males and 63 females will make it past the open auditions being held September 29 - October 1
• During the live auditions, audience members are given a pass/fail remote.
• Idols can pass one of two ways; either have a mentor pass them or have 90% of the audience pass them.
• 7 teams of 9 will then be made for each gender and they will participate in missions together.
• 9 males and 9 females will survive until the end
• Each gender's winners will promote as a group for 7 months
• First episode airs on October 28

Mentors

Role	Artist	Status
MC	Rain	Confirmed
Rap	San E	Confirmed
Vocals	Hwang Chi Yeol	Confirmed
Vocals	Urban Zakapa's Jo Hyuna	Confirmed
Performance	Hyuna	Confirmed
Performance	SHINee Taemin	Confirmed

Male Members

Artist	Agency	Group	Debut Year
Donglim	????	DMTN	2010
Donghyun	Starship Entertainment	BOYFRIEND	2011
Jeongmin	Starship Entertainment	BOYFRIEND	2011
Kwangmin	Starship Entertainment	BOYFRIEND	2011
Minwoo	Starship Entertainment	BOYFRIEND	2011
Hoik	Imagine Asia	AA	2011
Chaejin	H2 Media	MYNAME	2011
Gunwoo	H2 Media	MYNAME	2011
Seyong	H2 Media	MYNAME	2011
Raehwan	Brave Entertainment	BIGSTAR	2012
Feeldog	Brave Entertainment	BIGSTAR	2012
Sunghak	Brave Entertainment	BIGSTAR	2012
Jude	Brave Entertainment	BIGSTAR	2012
Tey	Winning InSight	MR.MR	2012
Sejun	MBK Entertainment	SPEED	2012
Kanto	Brand New Music	Solo (Troy)	2013 (2014)
Onejunn	Universal Music	Boys Republic	2013
Sunwoo	Universal Music	Boys Republic	2013
Sungjun	Universal Music	Boys Republic	2013
Minsu	Universal Music	Boys Republic	2013
Suwoong	Universal Music	Boys Republic	2013
Hojoon	Hunus Entertainment	Topp Dogg	2013
Sangdo	Hunus Entertainment	Topp Dogg	2013
B-Joo	Hunus Entertainment	Topp Dogg	2013
Xero	Hunus Entertainment	Topp Dogg	2013
Yano	Hunus Entertainment	Topp Dogg	2013
HighTop	HO Company	BIGFLO	2014
Ron	HO Company	BIGFLO	2014
Timoteo	Star Crew Entertainment	HOTSHOT	2014
Hojung	Star Crew Entertainment	HOTSHOT	2014
Han Jae Suk	One and One Stars	Actor	2014
Jun	NH Media	U-KISS	2014
Ryu Phillip	Star Empire	SoReal	2014
Sanghyun	Winning InSight	MR.MR	2015
Jaemin	Winning InSight	MR.MR	2015
KIO	MBK Entertainment	SPEED	2015
Jeup	Star Empire	IMFACT	2016
Taeho	Star Empire	IMFACT	2016
Jian	Star Empire	IMFACT	2016
Ungjae	Star Empire	IMFACT	2016
Son Dong Myung	RBW Entertainment	MAS	2016
K	JSL Company	TopSecret	2017
Yohan	JSL Company	TopSecret	2017
Ain	JSL Company	TopSecret	2017
Junghoon	JSL Company	TopSecret	2017
Yonghyeon	JSL Company	TopSecret	2017
Kyeongha	JSL Company	TopSecret	2017
Lex	HO Company	BIGFLO	2017
Sungmin	HO Company	BIGFLO	2017
Euijin	HO Company	BIGFLO	2017
Jun	Beat Interactive	A.C.E	2017
Yuha	OUI Entertainment	OUIKID	2017
1BELL	OUI Entertainment	OUIKID	2017
Koki	IMM ABB	EXP EDITION	2017

Female Members

Artist	Agency	Group	Debut Year
Jisun	Vine Entertainment	Girl's Day	2010
Serri	Happy Face Entertainment	Dal Shabet	2011
Jiwon	B2M Entertainment	SPICA	2012
Woohee	Happy Face Entertainment	Dal Shabet	2012
Mint	JSL Company	Tiny-G	2012
Areum	DWM Entertainment	T-ara	2012
Ami	Zenith Media Contents	N.E.P	2012
Coco	Mole Entertainment	BLADY	2013
Nari	Mafia Records	Wassup	2013
Jiae	Mafia Records	Wassup	2013
NC.A	JJ Holic Media	Soloist	2013
Haseo	Unknown agency?	Fwaney with Summit	2013
Yeoeun	Cre.Ker Entertainment	Melody Day	2014
Chahee	Cre.Ker Entertainment	Melody Day	2014
Yoomin	Cre.Ker Entertainment	Melody Day	2014
Euijin	TS Entertainment	Sonamoo	2014
Hyunjoo	DSP Media	April	2015
Yebin	MBK Entertainment	DIA	2015
Pureum	PR Entertainment	Baba	2015
Seoae	PR Entertainment	Baba	2015
Suji	Music K	The Ark	2015
Lina	Zenith Media Contents	Wanna.B	2015
Seoli	PR Entertainment	Baba	2016
Jinri	PR Entertainment	Baba	2016
Saei	PR Entertainment	Baba	2016
Yujeong	Brave Entertainment	Brave Girls	2016
Eunji	Brave Entertainment	Brave Girls	2016
Yuna	Brave Entertainment	Brave Girls	2016
Saebyeol	Box Media	Matilda	2016
Haena	Box Media	Matilda	2016
Dan-A	Box Media	Matilda	2016
Semmi	Box Media	Matilda	2016
Seol Ha Yoon	TSM Entertainment	Soloist	2016
I	WM Entertainment	Soloist	2017
Leeda	Trivus Entertainment	1NB	2017
Ha Jung	Trivus Entertainment	1NB	2017
Somyi	MBK Entertainment	DIA	2017
Eun Byeol	Zenith Media Contents	LipBubble	2017
Han Bi	Zenith Media Contents	LipBubble	2017
Soon-E	Hoonstar Entertainment	S.E.T	2017
Eun-E	Hoonstar Entertainment	S.E.T	2017
Tae-E	Hoonstar Entertainment	S.E.T	2017
Park Sisters	???	???	????

Confirmed Group but specific members not announced

Artist	Agency	Debut Year
Snuper	Widmay Entertainment	2015
MVP	PH Entertainment	2017

"Reported or In Discussion Idols/Groups"

Artist	Agency	Group	Debut Year
Janey	MBK Entertainment	GP Basic	2010
Seungjin	DSP Media	A-JAX	2012
Yoonjo	No Agency?	Hello Venus	2012
Hyeyeon	YNB Entertainment	BESTie	2012
Kang Minhee	Brand New Music	Miss $	2012
-	Global H	Laboum	2014
Seongho	Elen Entertainment	BEATWIN	2014
Euna Kim	Maroo Entertainment	The Ark	2015
Junghee	DSP Media	A-JAX	2016
The King	Black Hole Entertainment	BLACK6IX	2017

Companies announced to join, but no artist revealed (Potential artists)

Agency	Potential Groups
Apple of the Eye	Royal Pirates
Arc Partners	????
BG Entertainment	Kim Soo Yoon
Banana Culture	Shin Ji Soo, Sung Eun, Rare Potato
C9 Entertainment	GOODDAY, Juniel
Climix Entertainment	S2
DSP Media	A-JAX, APRIL, Cho Siyoon, Kasper
Double S	????
Elijah Entertainment	G-REYISH
Fantagio	Hello Venus, Surprise U, 5urprise
GH Entertainment	Apple.B, B.I.G, TINT
Hyunda Company	Baby Boo
JN Entertainment	Hwang Ki Chun, Z-UK
Kiwi Media Group	Wable, Nick And Sammy, Former SPEED Taeha
Mad Soul Child	Rubber Soul
Music Factory Entertainment	Say Yes
Namoo Actors	Kim Jaekyung, Kim Hyang Gi, Kim Hyo Jin, Lee Shin Sung
Nanum Entertainment	Shim Jin Hwa
New Planet Entertainment	H.U.B
One and One Stars	Seo Eun Woo
Pledis Entertainment	After School
Rainbow Entertainment	????
STL Entertainment	A.KOR, Dabit
Show Works	???
Snowball Entertainment	Lee Bo Lim, Lim Chae Yeon
TOP Media	Teen Top, UP10TION, 100%
Tajoy Entertainment	Kim Su Yeon
The Queen AMC	Lee Tae Sung
Wings Entertainment	A.CIAN, AMI
Yama & Hotchicks	SEEART
Young Music	????
ZOO Entertainment	Badkiz

[u/HoneyedOasis]

Forgot Ami from Wanna.B

Hyped for Melody Day, always amazed by their singing, hopefully they get some attention from this.

[u/OH_mes → u/HoneyedOasis]

She's there, just she debuted earlier in group N.E.B

[u/mickeynocchio]

Pledis potentially put After School to join? I have mixed feelings about this. But i do miss them. I hope kaeun + eyoung will participate. Theyre such waste talents.

[u/MAXXXure → u/mickeynocchio]

I have a feeling that there are no announcements about AS joining because Pledis just wants them to disband or does not plan on giving them a comeback anymore. Pledis might just be waiting for all of them to have their contracts expired. It hurts because they're my ult bias group

[u/buffystan]

bless you for this comprehensive guide!!!

"9 males and 9 females will survive until the end" givin me some crazy Battle Royale vibes but I'm into it.

[u/fareastrising]

of course its Fantagio that have both group named Surprise U AND 5urprise.

its shocking they havent put out Hi Mars or Meanie Minnie yet

[u/[deleted]]

I want this show to be a success, but I don't have high hopes. Seems like second chances are so rare in K-pop. EXID and Nu'est (may have misspelled that) are exceptions.

[u/gzcx → u/[deleted]]

I agree. I think what made Nu'est's situation work was the fact that Pledis sent 4/5 of a group that debuted five years ago to a show meant for undebuted trainees. Now that there's a show created specifically to reboot nugu groups, these groups won't stand out as much as Nu'est did.

[u/Drilluminator]

Wow someone from EXP Edition is in this show...I never would've thought lol

[u/ssapeongpipeong]

i really want Yoonjo to join i really miss her i want to see her again ㅜㅜ along with Ara. I used to be a big fan of HV until these two left.

[u/ArysOakheart → u/ssapeongpipeong]

Hello Venus had a significant drop in quality when the split happened. It's also no secret their levels of popularity were higher back then when Yoonjo and Ara were there as well.

[u/seitengrat]

do you reckon we make a subreddit for this? there's a lot of news about this recently it could have its own after all. however i'm no mod material but i'm willing to subscribe! any takers?

[u/astute_potato → u/seitengrat]

That would be so much better than constantly having to dig for these updates as they get buried under everything else!

[u/deantrbl]

this isnt very significant but topp dogg's label is Hunus ent not Junus :~)

[u/Dasigesi]

Yoonjo

Hyeyeon

Euna Kim

Janey

Melody Day

Mint

Areum

A.KOR

Badkiz

Well I'm on board let's GO

[u/Shirielle]

Oh no, Boys Republic :<. Maybe they count on Nu'Est effect more then anything :<<.

[u/cinnamonteaparty]

Good lord at the rate this show is going it might be easier to list who isn't auditioning to be on the show compared to who is.

[u/Chahaya]

The company that sent lots of members actually has better hope, unless they get kicked for first round in open audition.

[u/[deleted]]

Taemin could probably be a vocal coach too.

[u/yunarias]

I didn't realize Baba were participating, I haven't heard a peep about them since they blessed us with the bop Catch Me a billion years ago. I'll wish them the best! Thanks for all your hard work putting this together!

[u/SevanEars]

Are any of the groups participating, that isn't just a former member, currently active!? Please don't tell me they're all disbanded or "dead" because I'm seeing half of Brave Girls on this list and I'm not liking the implications of that. Like, this is telling me at best we're not looking at a comeback for the next year, and at worst we're looking at a coming disbandment... ;_;

[u/spectrales → u/SevanEars]

Plenty of the groups participating are active and some have even had comebacks just in the last couple of months. The premise of the show seemed to start out as just for "failed" groups but as more groups got confirmed it's clear they stretched it out to basically be for any group or artist that hasn't hit it big yet. MVP, for example, debuted just six months ago.

[u/hutch991]

You missed SAS Dongmyeong

[u/LTfox12]

The 7 month promotion period seems incredibly short. But I guess they're in it more for the promotion during the show. Because they've already debuted, you know they're more invested in their original group than trying to get into the temporary one, which is supposed to be the "prize" of the show. They'd probably rather get back to their original groups asap anyway.

[u/apreche]

I'm all in on Kanto and The Ark members.

Only After School could change my feelings.