Starship reveals 33 male idol trainees in advance… Monsta X‘s Shownu and Uso transform into passionate trainers

Starship has announced the official start of its large-scale global project, the ‘Debut Plan’.

Starship released the ‘EP.0 〈Debut’s Plan Begins〉 PRE-RELEASE video through the ‘Debut Plan‘ official channel on the 11th and announced that they will reveal the new little brother group selection process for the first time on Friday, March 14th at 9:30 PM.

‘Debut Plan’ will determine the members who will advance to the final debut evaluation based on the five plans through voting. During this process, the core members with production know-how formed by Starship exclusively for New Kids, centered around K-pop fans, will work together to select the final members.

This pre-released video foreshadows the fierce competition between 33 Starship trainees from September 2 to 5 last year for a total of 77 hours to enter the ‘debut preparation group’ of the boy group that will debut this year. The New Kids also looked at the ranking chart from 1st to 33rd to guess their own rankings in advance.

The diverse stories of the 33 New Kids, from beginners who started training for less than a year to seniors who have been practicing for years, unfold like a panorama. In this process, the warm faces and diverse charms of the 33 people who challenged to become members of the new boy group that will debut this year were foreshadowed.

Above all, the New Kids were given the mission to complete the THEME SONG ‘ImPerfect’ stage, which is the final monthly evaluation they have to take in order to enter the debut preparation group in just 77 hours. From joy to tears, the various emotions of the New Kids will swirl during the process of carrying out the mission.

A surprise appearance by K-pop star makers was also foreshadowed. K.will appeared as a core member of Starship, and Monsta X’s Shownu, WJSN‘s Yeonjung, and popular K-pop choreographer Choi Young-jun participated as skilled trainers.

Meanwhile, the ‘Debut Plan‘, which has been gaining explosive popularity even before its release, such as the ‘Balla‘ performance video surpassing 1 million views immediately after its release, will be released for the first time with four language subtitles on the YouTube channel ‘New Kids on the Starship’ on March 14 at 9:30 PM, and the first voting will be held from 10 PM on the same day.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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