Fly for the Future

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Fly for the Future is a 2025 boy group reality survival show created by Noir et Blanc Project and NAVIS COLUMBA. It premiered on HKRT on April 5, 2025, and was broadcasted every Friday at 8pm.

The final group SKYRIS was formed on June 22, 2025.

Background[]

Upon the creation of Noir et Blanc Project, it was announced that the debuting format for the subsidiary would be done through only survival shows with the winning trainees debuting.

On January 1, 2024, NAVIS COLUMBA opened up auditions under the name NAVIS COLUMBA NEW GROUP 2024 AUDITION, during which one of the selected company paths were for Noir et Blanc Project.

Around the summer of 2024, notable Blair Boy trainees were seemingly transferred over to Noir et Blanc Project in preparation for the survival show.

On August 7, during NAVIS COLUMBA's shareholders meeting NAVIS COLUMBA and Noir et Blanc Project have now formally revealed the title of their upcoming survival show, 'Fly for the Future', the show will feature trainees as they compete in an isolated space against each other for 12 weeks for their chance to debut in the winning group.

On September 29, 2024 it was reported that the selected trainees that will be moving onto the survival show have been confirmed and moved into a separate training building.

On February 16, 2025, the shows X, Instagram, TikTok, and Weibo accounts opened up, along with that, all 30 trainees were revealed that same day.

On March 1, the signal song "FUTURE ROAD" was announced along with Hwang Jooin serving as the songs center.

On March 31, "FUTURE ROAD" was released.

On June 22, the final group SKYRIS was formed.

Episodes[]

[2025.04.04] Fly for the Future Episode 1
[2025.04.11] Fly for the Future Episode 2
[2025.04.18] Fly for the Future Episode 3
[2025.04.25] Fly for the Future Episode 4
[2025.05.02] Fly for the Future Episode 5
[2025.05.09] Fly for the Future Episode 6
[2025.05.16] Fly for the Future Episode 7
[2025.05.23] Fly for the Future Episode 8
[2025.05.30] Fly for the Future Episode 9
[2025.06.06] Fly for the Future Episode 10
[2025.06.13] Fly for the Future Episode 11
[2025.06.22] Fly for the Future Episode 12

Judges[]

Navigator[]

Park Eunwoo (Ep 1 to Ep 7)
Jaewoon (Ep 8 to Ep 12)
Ni.U (Ep 12 Special Navigator)

Producers[]

Main Producer[]

Sim Seoyeon
Bae Jungyeol

Music Producer[]

Luke Yamaguchi
Rue Jackson

Performance Director[]

Kang Soonmin
LINA
Molly (Ep 8 - Onwards)

Guests[]

Artie (Ep. 5)
Boram (Ep. 5)
Avery (Ep. 5)
Wooju (Ep. 5)
Molly (Ep. 5)
Verity (Ep. 5)
Eros (Ep. 8)
AIDYLLIC (Ep. 8)
MERAVI (Ep. 8)
DEC (Ep. 9)
Chae Dahee (Ep. 9)
TaeTae (Ep. 9)
Harvey (Ep. 10)
Xavier Luna (Ep. 10)
Chae (Ep. 10)
Choi Seungwoo (Ep 12)
Solyeon (Ep 12)
Lunyeon (Ep 12)
WYVERN (Ep 12)
AEON (Ep 12)
CELOSIA (Ep 12)
ALUNISSAGE (Ep 12)
SPECTER (Ep 12)

Contestants[]

Note: the members ages are from when the show will start on April 4.

Name	Age	Nationality	Training Time	Other Notes
Ahn Youngseo	17	Korean	1 Year, 7 Months	Former Pledis Entertainment trainee, former Blair Music trainee
Anthony	17	American-Japanese	1 Year, 2 Months	N/A
Chang Hangyul	17	Korean	1 Year, 4 Months	Former BE:LIFT Lab trainee, former Blair Music trainee
Choi Minjeong	15	Korean	1 Year, 8 Months	Former Blair Music trainee
Eren	14	Italian-Japanese	1 Year, 3 Months	N/A
Hwang Jooin	15	Korean	1 Year, 7 Months	Former SM Entertainment Kids Model, former Blair Music trainee
Izzy	16	Japanese-Australian	3 Years, 5 Months	Former Blair Music trainee, former WYVERN Rookies member
Jang Jisoo	16-17	Korean	4 Years, 11 Months	Former Pre-debut member of AEON, former Blair Music trainee, former WYVERN Rookies member
Jeon Joongwon	14-15	Korean	3 Months	N/A
Jun	17	Japanese	4 Months	N/A
Jung Youngmin	16	Korean	4 Years, 2 Months	Former Blair Music trainee, former WYVERN Rookies member
Kim Hongjong	14	Korean	7 Months	N/A
Kim Jimin	16	Korean	1 Year, 8 Months	Former YG Entertainment trainee, former Blair Music trainee, younger brother to SeVenwrld's Solyeon and RHODES Lunyeon
Kim Sooyoung	17-18	Korean	1 Year, 8 Months	N/A
Kim Sungmin	18	Korean	5 Years, 3 Months	Oldest Trainee, Former Pre-debut member of AEON, former Blair Music trainee, former WYVERN Rookies member
Kim Woohyun	18	Korean	2 Years, 1 Month	N/A
Lee Haewon	18	Korean	1 Year, 3 Months	N/A
Lee Hyunjin	14	Korean	1 Year, 6 Months	Former Blair Music trainee
Lee Jiwon	16-17	Korean	1 Year, 5 Months	Former Blair Music trainee
Lee Taewoo	17	Korean	6 Years, 1 Month	Former Pre-debut member of AEON, former Blair Music trainee, former WYVERN Rookies member
Lucas	17	Canadian	10 Months	N/A
Megumi	13	Japanese	4 Months	Youngest Trainee, Former EXPG Tokyo Student
Mingming	17-18	Chinese	1 Year, 6 Months	Classical Chinese dance background, former Blair Music trainee
Mizuho	16	Japanese	1 Year, 7 Months	Former Blair Music trainee,
Nam Sohyun	15	Korean	1 Year, 5 Months	Former Blair Music trainee,
Park Jihyun	17	Korean	1 Year, 9 Months	Former SM Entertainment Trainee, former Blair Music trainee
Roka	15-16	Thai	1 Year, 7 Months	Former Blair Music trainee,
Tomu	15	Japanese	1 Year, 6 Months	Former Blair Music trainee,
Yisun	16	Chinese	1 Year, 9 Months	Former Blair Music trainee,
Yuki	15	Japanese	3 Years, 4 Months	Former Blair Music trainee, former WYVERN Rookies member

Rankings[]

Color Key[]

Part 1 Color Indicator[]

	Indicator
	Indicates that the contestant started off in one of the Top 11 spots
	Indicates that the contestant stayed in FUTURE TEAM
	Indicates that the contestant was promoted to FUTURE TEAM
	Indicates that the contestant was demoted to PAST TEAM
	Indicates that the contestant was given immunity and entry into Part 2
	Indicates that the contestant was voted into Part 2
	Indicates that the contestant was eliminated in Part 1

Trainee	Starting Rank	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6		Episode 7
Trainee	Starting Rank	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Predicted Rank	Final Rank	Rank	Votes
Hwang Jooin	8	F1	F2	F1	F1	F4	1st	ENTRY 1	1st	2,841,405
Choi Minjeong	4	P1	P1	P7	F14	F15	11th	P3	2nd	2,525,111
Kim Jimin	2	P15	F1	F5	F6	F6	2nd	ENTRY 3	3rd	2,474,788
Megumi	10	P4	F7	P2	F4	F14	5th	P1	4th	2,316,368
Mingming	11	F3	P11	F15	F7	P13	P23		5th	2,107,486
Park Jihyun	1	F9	F4	F2	F10	F1	9th	ENTRY 2	6th	1,975,224
Lee Taewoo	15	F4	F11	F3	F5	F3	4th	P10	7h	1,856,335
Kim Sungmin	19	P2	P9	F10	F15	P11	P21		8th	1,804,681
Izzy	3	F12	F8	P6	P5	F2	6th	ENTRY 4	9th	1,764,700
Jang Jisoo	14	P3	P8	P1	F3	P1	P11		10th	1,566,773
Ahn Youngseo	9	F2	P14	P4	P6	F7	3rd	ENTRY 5	11th	1,532,654
Jung Youngmin	13	F5	F5	F8	F11	F12	8th	P2	12th	1,498,094
Jeon Joongwon	18	F6	F12	F11	F2	F5	10th	P7	13th	1,472,302
Tomu	7	F13	F15	F9	P1	P8	P18		14th	1,433,607
Roka	17	F11	P4	P3	F9	F13	15th	P5	15th	1,368,146
Lee Jiwon	6	F15	F14	F12	P15	F10	7th	P4	16th	1,326,506
Anthony	12	P5	P13	P9	P4	F8	13th	P8	17th	1,293,105
Nam Sohyun	28	P7	F10	P11	P3	F11	14th	P6	18th	1,243,592
Yuki	23	P13	P6	F4	F12	P7	P17		19th	1,238,247
Kim Sooyoung	22	F8	P5	P8	F13	P4	P14		20th	1,183,406
Kim Woohyun	20	F7	F13	F13	P10	P5	P15		21st	978,336
Lee Haewon	21	F10	P12	F14	P7	P6	P16		22nd	943,687
Jun	24	P6	F9	F7	P8	P9	P19		23rd	931,506
Kim Hongjong	27	P14	P3	F6	P9	P14	P24		24th	925,782
Mizuho	30	P12	F6	P12	P2	F9	12th	P9	25th	901,445
Lucas	5	P8	P7	P5	P14	P12	P22		26th	864,114
Lee Hyunjin	26	F14	P10	P13	P12	P10	P20		27th	834,626
Chang Hangyul	25	P10	P2	P14	F8	P2	P12		28th	808,245
Eren	16	P9	F3	P10	P13	P3	P13		29th	768,883
Yisun	29	P11	P15	P15	P11	P15	P25		30th	751,550

Part 2 Elimintions[]

Episode 10[]

Position	Name	Ep 8	Ep 9	Ep 10	Total
1st	Mingming	371	335	438	1,144
2nd	Hwang Jooin	415	240	460	1,115
3rd	Park Jihyun	354	328	394	1,076
4th	Choi Minjeong	359	303	386	1,048
5th	Kim Jimin	287	280	392	959
6th	Ahn Youngseo	299	333	323	955
7th	Kim Sungmin	312	325	307	944
8th	Megumi	187	377	336	900
9th	Lee Jiwon	289	259	274	822
10th	Jeon Joongwon	407	179	218	804
11th	Jang Jisoo	162	190	405	757
12th	Izzy	219	225	312	756
13th	Lee Taewoo	238	342	157	737
14th	Jung Youngmin	260	238	230	728
15th	Tomu	212	236	231	722
16th	Roka	103	224	105	432
17th	Anthony	95	151	163	409
18th	Nam Sohyun	126	103	143	372

Episode 11[]

Position	Name	Votes
1st	Hwang Jooin	684,206
2nd	Kim Jimin	496,387
3rd	Choi Minjeong	482,005
4th	Lee Taewoo	481,598
5th	Kim Sungmin	478,117
6th	Jung Youngmin	474,207
7th	Mingming	471,656
8th	Izzy	467,309
9th	Jang Jisoo	466,552
10th	Lee Jiwon	462,573
11th	Jeon Joongwon	459,703
12th	Park Jihyun	431,673
13th	Ahn Youngseo	428,465
14th	Tomu	398,357
15th	Megumi	352,069
16th	Roka	211,116

Episode 12[]

Position	Name	Votes	Result
1st	Hwang Jooin	2,696,146	SKYRIS Member
2nd	Choi Minjeong	1,994,573	SKYRIS Member
3rd	Lee Taewoo	1,942,053	SKYRIS Member
4th	Mingming	1,916,351	SKYRIS Member
5th	Park Jihyun	1,873,252	SKYRIS Member
6th	Kim Sungmin	1,833,226	SKYRIS Member
7th	Izzy	1,785,682	SKYRIS Member
8th	Jang Jisoo	1,752,925	SKYRIS Member
9th	Ahn Youngseo	1,668,789	SKYRIS Member
10th	Kim Jimin	1,511,789	SKYRIS Member
11th	Jeon Joongwon	1,376,335	SKYRIS Member
12th	Jung Youngmin	1,372,687	Eliminated
13th	Lee Jiwon	1,204,325	Eliminated
14th	Tomu	1,004,063	Eliminated

Rounds[]

Episode 1 Auditions[]

Song	Trainee	Starting Rank	Votes	Result
"Catalina" by Orange Caramel	Park Jihyun	1st	20/29	IN
	Choi Minjeong	4th	16/29	IN
	Yisun	29th	7/29	OUT
"Cheer Up" by TWICE	Hwang Jooin	8th	28/29	IN
	Eren	16th	11/29	OUT
	Lee Haewon	21st	20/29	IN
"Black Mamba" by aespa	Lucas	5th	11/29	OUT
	Anthony	12th	13/29	OUT
	Kim Sungmin	19th	15/29	OUT
"ETA" by NewJeans	Tomu	7th	18/29	IN
	Jeon Joongwon	18th	23/29	IN
	Kim Hongjong	27th	4/29	OUT
	Nam Sohyun	28th	12/29	OUT
"Chewing Gum" by NCT DREAM	Lee Jiwon	6th	17/29	IN
	Megumi	10th	14/29	OUT
	Kim Woohyun	20h	22/29	IN
	Kim Sooyoung	22th	21/29	IN
"BOSS" by NCT U	Izzy	3rd	19/20	IN
	Jung Youngmin	13th	23/29	IN
	Jang Jisoo	14th	15/29	OUT
	Yuki	23rd	5/29	OUT
"Fire" by BTS	Mingming	11th	26/29	IN
	Lee Taewoo	15th	25/29	IN
	Chang Hangyul	25th	10/29	OUT
	Mizuho	30th	6/29	OUT
"Pretty You" by SEVENTEEN	Ahn Youngseo	9th	27/29	IN
	Roka	17th	20/29	IN
	Jun	24th	12/29	OUT
	Lee Hyunjin	26th	18/20	IN
N/A	Kim Jimin	2nd	N/A	Out

Episode 3 "Position Battles"[]

Future Vocal vs Past Vocal[]

Song	Trainee	Score	Song	Trainee	Score
"Grieving Heaven" by EMERGE	Kim Jimin	86	"Tough Love" by AEON	Choi Minjeong	80
	Hwang Jooin	90		Lee Hyunjin	71
	Park Jihyun	88		Anthony	76
	Jeon Joongwon	80		Ahn Youngseo	83
	Lee Jiwon	78		Yisun	64
	Total	84%		Total	74%

Future Dance vs Past Dance[]

Song	Trainee	Score	Song	Trainee	Score
"Marionette" by WYVERN	Eren	76	"After Party" by EMERGE	Kim Hongjong	84
	Mizuho	74		Yuki	87
	Megumi	89		Kim Sungmin	81
	Izzy	82		Mingming	75
	Nam Sohyun	75		Lee Haewon	77
	Total	79%		Total	81%

Future Rap vs Past Rap[]

Song	Trainee	Score	Song	Trainee	Score
"AE:CYPHER" by AEON	Jung Youngmin	82	"Twisted Tango" by SENSE	Chang Hangyul	66
	Jun	83		Kim Sooyoung	78
	Lee Taewoo	88		Roka	84
	Kim Woohyun	77		Lucas	83
	Tomu	81		Jang Jisoo	89
	Total	82%		Total	80%

Episode 4 "Creative Battles"[]

Vocal Creative[]

Song	Trainee	Score	Song	Trainee	Score
"We Don't Talk Anymore" by Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez	Hwang Jooin	88	"Eyes, Nose, Lips" by Taeyang	Ahn Youngseo	78
"We Don't Talk Anymore" by Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez	Kim Jimin	84	"Eyes, Nose, Lips" by Taeyang	Choi Minjeong	80
Final Score		86%	Final Score		79%

Rap Creative[]

Song	Trainee	Score	Song	Trainee	Score
"Echo" by WYVERN	Lee Taewoo	86	"Inside the Fire" by EDEN	Jang Jisoo	87
	Kim Hongjong	74		Roka	82
	Jung Youngmin	80		Nam Sohyun	80
Final Score		80%	Final Score		83%

Dance Creative[]

Song	Trainee	Score	Song	Trainee	Score
"RUN RUN" by PROWDMON	Park Jihyun	81	"Sing It Loud" by AEON	Megumi	87
	Kim Sungmin	79		Kim Sooyoung	80
	Jeon Joongwon	87		Anthony	79
	Lee Haewon	76		Mizuho	81
	Mingming	84		Chang Hangyul	84
Final Score		81%	Final Score		82%

Idol Creative[]

Song	Trainee	Score	Song	Trainee	Score
"Caffeinator" by Helio	Yuki	80	"Puzzle" by EMERGE	Lucas	64
	Jun	76		Izzy	79
	Tomu	83		Eren	67
	Lee Jiwon	64		Lee Hyunjin	70
	Kim Woohyun	73		Yisun	71
Final Score		75%	Final Score		70%

Episode 5: "Debut Battle"[]

FUTURE 'Destination' vs PAST 'Destination'[]

Trainee	Role	Score	Trainee	Role	Score
Jeon Joongwon	Center	85	Lee Jiwon	Center	80
Hwang Jooin	Main Vocal	86	Ahn Youngseo	Main Vocal	82
Mingming	Main Dancer	70	Lucas	Main Dancer	71
Roka	Sub-Vocal 1	78	Tomu	Sub-Vocal 1	75
Kim Sungmin	Sub-Vocal 2	72	Yisun	Sub-Vocal 2	66
Final Score		78%	Final Score		75%

FUTURE 'Cute Boy Syndrome' vs PAST 'Cute Boy Syndrome'[]

Trainee	Role	Score	Trainee	Role	Score
Choi Minjeong	Center	73	Izzy	Center	87
Kim Jimin	Main Vocal	84	Eren	Main Vocal	79
Yuki	Main Dancer	78	Kim Woohyun	Main Dancer	78
Jang Jisoo	Sub-Vocal 1	83	Anthony	Sub-Vocal 1	82
Kim Sooyoung	Sub-Vocal 2	79	Lee Haewon	Sub-Vocal 2	78
Final Score		79%	Final Score		80%

FUTURE 'Attention' vs PAST 'Attention'[]

Trainee	Role	Score	Trainee	Role	Score
Lee Taewoo	Center	86	Kim Hongjong	Center	67
Park Jihyun	Main Vocal	89	Lee Hyunjin	Main Vocal	72
Megumi	Main Dancer	78	Jun	Main Dancer	74
Jung Youngmin	Sub-Vocal 1	79	Nam Sohyun	Sub-Vocal 1	80
Chang Hangyul	Sub-Vocal 2	80	Mizuho	Sub-Vocal 2	81
Final Score		82%	Final Score		77%

Discography[]

Digital Singles[]

FUTURE ROAD (2025)
Undying Light (2025)

Aftermath[]

The debuting 11 members will debut as SKYRIS in Q4 of 2025.

A sequel titled Fly for the Future 2 was announced on the day of the finale, with it being planned to begin airing sometime in 2027.

Other trainees conditions[]

Lee Haewon left the company and signed with Muses Morph Entertainment shortly after. He was announced as part of the pre-debut team Muses Rookies on June 26, 2025.
Lee Jiwon left the company and signed with Muses Morph Entertainment shortly after. He was announced as part of the pre-debut team Muses Rookies on June 28, 2025.
- Due to backlash, Jiwon ended up leaving the company the following day, and was then signed onto YR Entertainment,
Yuki, Tomu, and Megumi were transferred to ODD SHORES June 23, 2025, a day after the finale.
Kim Woohyun, Anthony, Nam Sohyun, Kim Hongjong, and Yisun were transferred from Noir et Blanc Project and sent over to sister label Cosmichaus.
Mizuho and Lee Hyunjin joined Space Entertainment on June 29, 2025
Lucas and Roka left the company, and were revealed as members BLANK Records's new boy group TALUX on July 8 and 10 respectively, Lucas also announced that he would b going by his Korean name Choi Jaeyou.
Kim Sooyoung left the company.
Chang Hangyul left the company.