TV5 and MLD Entertainment PH are set to premiere Be the Next: 9 Dreamers, a talent survival show aiming to form a new nine-member K-pop boy group, on February 8.
The program will feature 74 contestants from across Asia who were selected through global auditions in 2024. They will compete for a spot in the final lineup under the mentorship of prominent K-pop figures.
2NE1’s Sandara Park will host the show, joined by celebrity mentors EXO-CBX’s Chen, Momoland’s Hye-bin, AB6IX’s Woo-jin Park, Ye-dam Bang, and Hori7on’s Vinci.
Choreographer Bae Wan Hee and producer Bullseye will serve as dance mentors, while stylists Narae Park and Juno Hair will oversee the contestants’ image transformation.
Be the Next: 9 Dreamers will air on TV5’s Weekend Trip block at 7:15 p.m.
