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DREAM TICKET (드림티켓) is a South Korean survival show created by LYM. A sequel to MY ROOKIE IDOL, which produced the girl group DREAMHOUR, it premiered on May 12, 2024, and it followed the creation of 11-member project boy group XOLAS.
Concept[]
DREAM TICKET focuses on 50 male trainees who will participate in a series of missions for a chance to debut in a K-Pop boy group, 11 winners will be selected to form the final project boy group. There will be 2 different types of voting: the mentor votes and the online votes, you will need to succeed in both sections in order to debut. In March, it was stated that any trainees regardless of nationality, born before 2011 can participate. The group will be promoting for 2 and a half years.
Background[]
In March 2024, after the success of MY ROOKIE IDOL, it was announced that LYM would air their second survival show, DREAM TICKET with a group contract of 2 and a half years.
On March 2, LYM opened the audition form to the public for any boy who was born before the year 2012 and has a dream to debut as a K-Pop idol regardless of their nationality. The audition period would last from March 2 until March 12, 2024, with individual applicants being notified about their audition results by early April.
On July 30, the show formed 11-member project boy group XOLAS.
Judges[]
Episodes[]
- Episode 1
- Episode 2
- Episode 3
- Episode 4
- Episode 5
- Episode 6
- Episode 7
- Episode 8
- Episode 9
- Episode 10
Contestants[]
| Company | Name | Notes | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Bong Roohwan (봉루환) | Former contestant on The Trot Master | 23 |
| Han Bin (한빈) | N/A | 19 | |
| Im Seongmin (임성민) | Former member of D.N.4 | 23 | |
| Kang Jihoon (강지훈) | Member of AZALEUS | 17 | |
| Kim Hajoon (김하준) | Former member of D.N.4 | 21 | |
| Manato (마나토) | N/A | 16 | |
| Moon Jiho (문지호) | Former member of D.N.4 | 24 | |
| Yang Hyeonjin (양현진) | N/A | 19 | |
| Yang Taepoong (양태풍) | Former contestant on Boys of FANTASY | 27 | |
| Zhao Shiyu (자오쓰위) | Former member of D.N.4 | 22 | |
| Blair Music | Bailey (베일리 박) | Member of trainee group Blair Boys | 16 |
| Kim Eunoo (김은우) | 13 | ||
| Lee Yonghee (이용희) | 13 | ||
| Dahlia Entertainment | Matthias (마티아스) | N/A | 19 |
| DALCOM Studios | Kim Junseo (김준서) | N/A | 20 |
| Lee Hanhee (이한희) | N/A | 16 | |
| EKLEIPSIS Entertainment | Lee Gyeoul (이겨울) | Former contestant on SUMM1T and 60SPARK | 17 |
| Ethereal Productions | Kii (키) | N/A | 17 |
| Fashion Enterprises Entertainment | Lee Chiwon (이치원) | N/A | 18 |
| Sandro (산드로) | N/A | 19 | |
| HIEX Creative | Kang Lianxi (캉롄시) | Member of trainee group HIEX BOYS | 19 |
| Serafim (세라핌) | 15 | ||
| Yvan (이반) | 18 | ||
| Hoon Media & Records | Kim Gyewoong (김계웅) | Member of LIONSPEED, former member of Nu.1 | 24 |
| HYPE | Im Minho (임민호) | Member of trainee group HYPEROOKIES | 22 |
| Shijo (시조) | 24 | ||
| KOPS Studio | Kang Seungyoon (강승윤) | Member of AZALEUS | 19 |
| Seo Yejun (서예준) | 22 | ||
| LSG Entertainment | Junior (주니어) | Member of trainee group LSG Rookies | 16 |
| Pierre (피에르) | 16 | ||
| Song Yushan (송위샨) | 19 | ||
| NAVER Entertainment | Ming Huang (밍황) | Member of trainee group J'adore | 18 |
| North Star Creative | Ace (에이스) | Former contestant on INFINITEEZ: The Reverse Project | 24 |
| Yoo Hyunseo (유현서) | N/A | 22 | |
| Shingyu Studio | Tae Eunchong (태은총) | Member of ANSHINGYU, former member of ZERO’ONE | 21 |
| William (윌리암) | Actor in Thailand | 23 | |
| Space Entertainment | Jackson Lee (이잭슨) | N/A | 22 |
| Moon Yejun (문예준) | N/A | 18 | |
| Miyahira (미야히라) | N/A | 18 | |
| STELLUM Music | Im Saejun (임새준) | N/A | 18 |
| Yoon Kyungsoo (윤경수) | N/A | 21 | |
| SUN Entertainment | Kang Nari (강나리) | N/A | 18 |
| Wild Melody Entertainment | Jeon Bora (전보라) | N/A | 23 |
| YL Entertainment | Ben (벤) | Member of AROHA | 15 |
| Kai Cheng (카이청) | 20 | ||
| YR Entertainment | Ivan (아이반) | Member of BOY to Kiss | 22 |
| Kim Jaewoon (김재운) | Member of LUVX | 26 | |
| YW Entertainment | Leo (레오) | Member of trainee group YWROOKIES | 16 |
| Lim Jungwoo (임정우) | Member of BLUE FLAME | 24 | |
| Shen Jingxiang (션징시앙) | Member of trainee group YWROOKIES | 18 |
Rankings[]
Color key (In order of contestant's rank on the show)
| Final members of XOLAS |
| Eliminated in the finale |
| Eliminated in the third elimination round |
| Eliminated in the second elimination round |
| Eliminated in the first elimination round |
| 50 contestants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | Kim Jaewoon | Bailey | Manato | Lim Jungwoo |
| Serafim | Lee Hanhee | Lee Yonghee | Kii | Kai Cheng |
| Yang Hyeonjin | Kim Eunoo | Lee Chiwon | Ivan | Han Bin |
| Yang Taepoong | Moon Yejun | Kang Nari | Yoo Hyunseo | Jeon Bora |
| Ace | Moon Jiho | Junior | Kim Junseo | Leo |
| Tae Eunchong | Ming Huang | Kang Lianxi | Yvan | Matthias |
| Kim Gyewoong | Bong Roohwan | Kang Jihoon | Miyahira | Shen Jingxiang |
| Yoon Kyungsoo | William | Song Yushan | Sandro | Pierre |
| Im Seongmin | Kim Hajoon | Zhao Shiyu | Im Minho | Im Saejun |
| Kang Seungyoon | Shijo | Seo Yejun | Lee Gyeoul | Jackson Lee |
Discography[]
Digital EPs[]
Digital singles[]
- "Dream Island" (2024)
Aftermath[]
The final 11 will have debuted as XOLAS on September 23, 2024 with their mini album FIRST LIGHT.
Contestants' current condition[]
Some contestants will participate in upcoming survival shows and variety Shows:
- Miyahira (#34), Im Seongmin (#41), Kim Hajoon (#42), and Zhao Shiyu (#43) were revealed as contestants on Find Your DREAM.
- Kim Hajoon's team was eliminated in the first elimination, with Kim Hajoon ranking 64th place.
- Miyahira's team was eliminated in the first elimination, with Miyahira ranking 72nd place.
- Zhao Shiyu's team was eliminated in the third elimination, with Zhao Shiyu ranking 37th place.
- Im Seongmin's team was eliminated in the finale, with Im Seongmin ranking 19th place.
- Han Bin (#15) was announced as a contestant on TOP CLASS: Idol of the Universe. He ranked 4th in the finale, becoming a member of CLASS:iX.
Some contestants returned to their original groups.
- Ivan (#14) returned to BOY to Kiss.
- Kim Gyewoong (#31) returned to LIONSPEED. The group disbanded on September 10, 2024.
- Kang Jihoon (#33) Kang Seungyoon (#46), and Seo Yejun (#48), returned to AZALEUS.
Some contestants will debut or debuted in new boy groups or released music as solo artists:
- On September 10, 2024, it was announced that a second group would be formed with 7 contestants that had failed to debut in XOLAS, their group name being DREAMDASH.
- On September 11, Jeon Bora (#20) was revealed as the first member.
- On September 12, Tae Eunchong (#26) was revealed as the second member.
- On September 13, Kang Lianxi (#28) was revealed as the third member.
- On September 14, Moon Yejun (#17) was revealed as the fourth member.
- On September 15, Lee Chiwon (#13) was revealed as the fifth member.
- On September 16, Junior (#23) was revealed as the sixth member.
- On September 17, Kim Eunoo (#12) was revealed as the seventh and final member.
- Ivan (#14) made his solo debut with SEXUALITY on August 7, 2024.
- Yang Taepoong (#16) and Ivan (#14) released PUMP as a collaboration on August 14, 2024.
- Yang Taepoong (#16) made his solo debut with Overclock on September 15, 2024.
- Ace (#21) and Lee Gyeoul (#49) were announced to be members of NFB.
- Yvan (#29) was announced as a member of YOUTH2YOU on September 18, 2024.
- William (#37) was announced to have joined MARS on June 26, 2024.
- Sandro (#39) was introduced as a member of IMPGS on July 26, 2024.
- Im Seongmin (#41) was announced to be a member of WE:ONE (originally Soulful 1 from Find Your DREAM) on November 7, 2024.
- Moon Jiho (#22) and Zhao Shiyu (#43) were announced as members of FIVE STAR on December 8, 2024 and December 10, 2024 respectively.
- Tae Eunchong (#26) was revealed to be participating in the second member entry for ANP named "21-7" on December 7, 2024. Voting lasted till December 14, 2024, where Eunchong ranked 2nd and became a member of ANP.
- Han Bin (#15) debuted in KOPS STUDIO's new project boy group CLASS:iX with the mini album POINT IT, on January 28th, 2025.
- Yoo Hyunseo (#19) was announced to be a member of dijkstra under the stage name Dante, on February 19, 2025.
Some contestants enlisted into the military:
- Kim Gyewoong (#31) announced that he has enlisted into the military as an active-duty soldier on September 12, 2024.
Official links[]
- Website
- YouTube