Published July 14, 2021, 12:34 PM
(Clockwise from top left) Sunmi, Tiffany, Yeo Jin-goo and the ‘Girls Planet 999’ contestants (iQiyi)
“Girls Planet 999,” an original Korean reality show produced by CJ ENM, has set its global premiere in August.
The show, presented by iQiyi, will have its first airing on Aug. 6 at 7:20 p.m. on iQiyi international service (outside of Mainland China, Japan and South Korea).
“Girls Planet 999” will showcase 99 contestants from South Korea, Japan and China chosen from more than 10,000 applicants. In response to fans around the globe, iQiyi has secured global streaming rights outside of Mainland China, Japan and South Korea.
Tiffany of K-pop group Girls’ Generation and Sunmi, former member of the Wonder Girls, will be the show’s K-pop Masters while Korean actor Yeo Jin-goo of the K-drama “Hotel del Luna” will be the host.
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The Master Council
Along with the two K-pop idols as mentors, there is a judging panel of professionals in different fields called the Dance and Vocal Masters. Jang Juhee known for her association with JYPE and Baek Koo-young who has worked with SM will be looking at the dance aspect. Finally, former Monday Kiz member, Lim Han-byul and former Dal Shabet member, Jo Ayoung will be the vocal judges. However, all six will work together as the Council to fairly judge the overall aspects of the trainees.
Except for the mentors, the rest of the Mastersâ panel got to see the audition clips of the 99 girls that were selected. While describing it for the mentors, the four only had good words to share. They noticed that the average quality of all the girls was solid. However, Han-byul was very strict as he still had some constructive criticism for some of the trainees. The Korean participants were grouped together as the K group, the Chinese girls became the C group and the Japanese girl