Road to ZERO

♥♥♥ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲, 『Road to ZERO』, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿, 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘁𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱. ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ 𝗔𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿. ♥♥♥

Road to ZERO
Genre	Survival Show
Created By	Vistamp Entertainment
Network	KBC
Crew
MC(s)	Ren (C9PID) Ikki (REVICE)
Trainers	Xavier Luna (Judges) Seungwon (Illusion) (Judges) YUKI (Vocal Trainer) GEMINI (Rap Trainer) Suhwon (MAHINAz) (Dance Trainer) Hwachae (AISA) (Youth Reprensetative)
Theme Track	"Full Force Non Stop"
Production
Location	South Korea
Air Dates	Episode ZERO: February 3, 2023 Broadcast: March 3, 2023 - May 5, 2023
No. of Episodes	10 + 1 (special)

Road to ZERO (로드 토 제로) is a 2023 reality survival show that follows the formation and debut of the first collaborative boy group under Vistamp Entertainment and Ivory Entertainment Group. It will be premiered in March 3, 2023 on KBC. The show's goal was to produce a top global boy group that is practically "take off toward the dream".

The show's first episode was broadcasted on Friday, March 3, 2023 and from there, the episodes were broadcasted every Friday with the total being 10 episodes.

The final episode was released and aired on May 5, 2023 where the final lineup of the group ZERO'ONE will be announced soon.

Concept

Road to ZERO consisted of 40 male contestants, who were trainees under company labels in South Korea. Though most contestants were Korean, there were some Chinese, Japanese and Thai participants, in addition to those from other countries (like the USA, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Finland and many more). In the final episode, 5 out of 40 of the trainees were chosen to form the show's project group through a national fan voting system. The group will promote for permanent under Vistamp Entertainment and Ivory Entertainment Group.

Background

In December 2022, Vistamp Entertainment and Ivory Entertainment Group announced they would be co-producing a reality competition show with the intention of debuting an 8-member boy group (five competitors from the different agencies with three debuting members) in 2023.

Personnels

MC(s)

• Ren (C9PID) - Female MC
• Ikki (REVICE) - Male MC

Judges

• Xavier Luna
• Seungwon (Illusion)

Trainers

• YUKI - Vocal Trainer
• GEMINI - Rap Trainer
• Suhwon (MAHINAz) - Dance Trainer

Youth Reprensentatives

• Hwachae (AISA)

Guests

• Kito Harumi (9SERAPHIM) (Final episode, promote the upcoming survival show titled Star Maker: The Revolution)

Contestants

Debuting Members

• The debuting members did not participating for competing, instead of make an appearance of this survival show.

Name	Age	Notes
Choi Ha-neul	20	TBA
Ji Seong-min	18	TBA
Chen Ming-xi	22	Former RW Project contestant

Contestants

Name	Age	Agency	Notes
Piyapat Pimolkittikool	19	Wild Melody Entertainment	N/A
Woo Chang-yeon	22	EKLEIPSIS Entertainment	Former INFIN81 member
Kawada Noa	17	Wallflower Promotion (under North Star Creative)	Pre-debut member of Chrome Hearted Kids
Tae Eun-chong	19	MYMIND	Members of ROOKIE MIND
Yoon Won-bin	15	StarLight Entertainment	N/A
Park Joon-woo	18	QQ Entertainment	Member of QQ Rookies
Yuk Bo-won	17	D8hour Musics	MAHINAz member
Rafael Park	18	Eighteen's Entertainment	N/A
Lee Sung-joon	18	TRICK Entertainment	Former Project Euphoria contestant
Xavier Hunter Young	17	GALAXY Entertainment	Members of Galaxy Rookies
Kim Seong-jun	15	GALAXY Entertainment	Members of Galaxy Rookies
Ishii Hiroshige	21	EKLEIPSIS Entertainment	Former Boys Journey 400 contestant
Kang Yu-chan	19	LILAC Studios	N/A
Kim Won-bin	22	Big Planet Creative	N/A
Seol Min-jae	17	Avant Garde Studio	N/A
Choi Tae-joo	23	LEMON Music	N/A
Hwang Myeon-jin	17	Noreul Entertainment	N/A
Kim Gip-peum	20	Noreul Entertainment	N/A
Hanamura Kaito	23	Noreul Entertainment	Former ELITE member
Watanabe Koji	15	LZ Academy	Former Exo Planet 999 contestant
Aaron	22	NewMove Entertainment	Former WE9 member
Chen Huai Mei	18	Wild Melody Entertainment	N/A
Jeong Mi-reu	19	Origin Music	N/A
Hwang Eun-hyeok	22	Picture Music	HEART2HEART member
Yeo Kyu-won	20	MYMIND	Members of ROOKIE MIND
Yang Seon-ho	20	Individual Trainees	Former Exo Planet 999 contestant and former Origin Music trainee
Aleksander Lee	15	D8hour Musics	MAHINAz member and former Star Maker X 101 contestant
Jang Hui-jo	20	Avant Garde Studio	N/A
Min Jung-hwan	18	Gold Entertainment	N/A
Choi Min-woo	22	Big Planet Creative	Former Outside The Box contestant
Kim Won-hyun	21	Big Planet Creative	N/A
Yang Seung-min	22	Big Planet Creative	N/A
Shin Je-won	22	Ma Studios	SHSB member and former RW Project contestant
Park San-ha	21	Honey Tea Entertainment	N/A
Jayden Bun	18	Olympic Records	Members of pre-debut team DEMIGXDS
Lǐ Zhu	20	JGC Entertainment	Former Hear Our Voices! contestant
Baek Hyun-woo	19	JGC Entertainment	Former Hear Our Voices! contestant
Ong Moon-hyung	21	Olympic Records	N/A
Yi Yong-sun	22	Galaxia Entertainment	PLANET member and former Star Maker X 101 contestant
Jo Seong-ho	??	Kiwi Entertainment	Member of Kiwi Rookies
Withdraw
Kim Ye-jun	19	QQ Entertainment	Member of QQ Rookies
Chom Jeongmun	TBA	Ivory Entertainment Group	Former Star Maker X 101 contestant
Wen Li Chen	20	Yuehua Entertainment	Former Youth With You S3 contestant

Rankings

Ranking charts

#	Top 5 Rankers
	Demo Stage	First Round	Second Round	Third Round	Fourth Round
1	Woo Changyeon	Kang Yuchan	Piyapat Pimotkittikool	Kang Yuchan	Kim Wonbin
2	Kang Yuchan	Piyapat Pimotkittikool	Tae Eunchong	Piyapat Pimotkittikool	Seol Minjae
3	Piyapat Pimotkittikool	Yang Seonho	Woo Changyeon	Kim Wonbin	Piyapat Pimotkittikool
4	Ishii Hiroshige	Woo Changyeon	Kim Wonbin	Yang Seonho	Kang Yuchan
5	Yang Seonho	Kim Wonbin	Kang Yuchan	Tae Eunchong	Ishii Hiroshige

Results

#	Name	Votes	Agency
Debuting Members
Z-1	Choi Haneul	N/A	Vistamp Entertainment
Z-2	Ji Seongmin
Z-3	Chen Mingxi
Final Lineup
1	Kim Wonbin	1,380,796	Big Planet Creative
2	Woo Changyeon	1,356,527	EKLEIPSIS Entertainment
3	Kang Yuchan	1,281,885	LILAC Studios
4	Tae Eunchong	1,260,594	MYMIND
5 ***	Kim Wonhyun	1,224,047	Big Planet Creative
Eliminated
6 *	Ishii Hiroshige	1,198,591	EKLEIPSIS Entertainment
7 **	Yang Seonho	1,194,919	Individual
8	Choi Minwoo	1,186,309	Big Planet Creative
9	Park Joonwoo	1,171,205	QQ Entertainment
10	Jang Huijo	1,151,373	Avant Garde Studio
11	Jayden Bun	1,140,003	Olympic Records
12	Yeo Kyuwon	1,129,157	MYMIND
13	Kawada Noa	1,118,264	North Star Creative
14	Seol Minjae	1,109,559	Avant Garde Studio
(5) 15	Piyapat Pimotkittikool	1,253,050	Wild Melody Entertainment

Hints

•      indicates the members of ZERO'ONE
• "*" indicates the mentor Hangyeom's pick
• "**" indicates the mentor Seungwon's pick
• "***" indicates the MC Ikki & Ren's pick

Elimination charts

Color key (In order of contestant's rank on the show)

•      - Eliminated in the First Round (Episode 3)
•      - Eliminated in the Second Round (Episode 5)
•      - Eliminated in the Third Round (Episode 7)
•      - Eliminated in the Semi-Final Round (Episode 8)
•      - Finalists in the Grand Finale (Episode 10)
•      - Judges/MCs pick to be selected as new members of the group and join the lineup
•      - Final lineup of ZERO'ONE
•      - Withdrew

Choi Haneul

Ji Seongmin

Chen Mingxi

Kim Wonbin	Woo Changyeon	Kang Yuchan	Tae Eunchong	Kim Wonhyun
Ishii Hiroshige	Yang Seonho	Choi Minwoo	Park Joonwoo	Jang Huijo
Jayden Bun	Yeo Kyuwon	Kawada Noa	Seol Minjae	Piyapat Pimotkittikool
Chen Huai Mei	Ong Moonhyung	Jeong Mireu	Jo Seongho	Choi Taejoo
Aleksander Lee	Shin Jewon	Lee Sungjoon	Hwang Eunhyeok	Yi Yongsun
Yuk Bowon	Hwang Myeonjin	Yang Seungmin	Watanabe Koji	Park Sanha
Yoon Wonbin	Xavier Hunter Young	Baek Hyunwoo	Min Junghwan	Rafael Park
Aaron	Hanamura Kaito	Li Zhu	Kim Seongjun	Kim Gippeum

Notes

• In the conclusion of the second round, Kawada Noa was originally eliminated and placed 30th. Later, he will be saved from the elimination and to be immunized via MC's choice.

Performances

First Round (Episode 3)

Theme

"Hit Songs of K-pop"

Performance			Contestants
#	Original Artist(s)	Song
1	BLACKPINK	"DDU-DU-DDU-DU"	Tae Eunchong Ishii Hiroshige Xavien Hunter Young Aaron Jayden Bun
2	BTS	"Boy with Luv"	Woo Changyeon Park Sanha Shin Jewon Lee Sungjoon Jeong Mireu
3	NAIAD	"Tonight or Never"	Piyapat Pimotkittikool Yeo Kyuwon Jo Seongho Seol Minjae Yang Seungmin
4	ITZY	"WANNABE"	Kim Wonbin Yoon Wonbin Ong Moonhyung Jang Huijo Hanamura Kaito
5	ATEEZ	"Deja Vu"	Kang Yuchan Choi Minwoo Chen Huai Mei Kim Gippeum Hwang Myeonjin
6	FINEKIZ	"Really?"	Yang Seonho Kim Seongjun Park Joonwoo Aleksander Lee Kim Wonhyun
7	GOT7	"Hard Carry"	Hwang Eunhyeok Min Junghwan Choi Taejoo Kawada Noa Watanabe Koji
8	PURPLE TWILIGHT	LA DI DA	Yuk Bowon Rafael Park Li Zhu Baek Hyunwoo Yi Yongsun

Second Round (Episode 5)

Theme

"Song Mashup"

Performance			Contestants
#	Original Artist(s)	Song(s)
1	C9PID	"You Got Me Running"	Tae Eunchong Woo Changyeon Kim Wonbin Park Sanha Jayden Bun Kang Yuchan
	HAZE	"Hype Girl"
2	9SERAPHIM	"Ocean of Love (기회를 주지마)"	Yeo Kyuwon Kawada Noa Park Joonwoo Yang Seonho Kim Wonhyun Chen Huai Mei
	QUANTUM	"Flash"
3	REVICE	"Eyes Wide Open"	Piyapat Pimotkittikool Lee Sungjoon Yi Yongsun Choi Minwoo Ishii Hiroshige Choi Haneul (debuting member)
	6topia	"Fiend"
4	SOLVIZ	"SUN&STORM"	Ong Moonhyung Choi Taejoo Jang Huijo Yang Seungmin Aleksander Lee Ji Seongmin (debuting member)
		"Fever"
5	Sangwon	"Blazing Flame"	Xavier Hunter Young Watanabe Koji Baek Hyunwoo Jeong Mireu Seol Minjae Hwang Eunhyeok
	TWICE	"Fancy"
6	TXT	"Good Boy Gone Bad"	Jo Seongho Hwang Myeonjin Shin Jewon Yuk Bowon Yoon Wonbin Chen Ming Xi (debuting member)
	TVXQ	"Mirotic"

Third Round (Episode 6-7)

Theme

"Slow and Fast Beat"

Performance			Contestants
#	Original Artist(s)	Song(s)
1	Seulgi (Red Velvet)	28 Reasons	Piyapat Pimotkittikool Kang Yuchan Seol Minjae Kim Wonhyun Choi Taejoo Choi Haneul (debuting member)
	Stray Kids	Get Cool
2	Kai (EXO)	Mmmh	Kim Wonbin Woo Changyeon Lee Sungjoon Jeong Mireu Shin Jewon Chen Mingxi (debuting member)
	Seventeen	Pretty U
3	Tomorrow by Together	Can't You See Me?	Choi Minwoo Yeo Kyuwon Yuk Bowon Hwang Eunhyeok Jang Huijo Hywang Myeonjin
	MAMAMOO	Hip
4	Taemin (SHINee)	Goodbye (Korean ver)	Kawada Noa Ishii Hiroshige Ong Moonhyung Park Joonwoo Tae Eunchong Ji Seongmin (debuting member)
	IVE	My Satisfaction
5	TBA	TBA	Aleksander Lee Yang Seonho Chen Huai Mei Jayden Bun Yi Yongsun Jo Seongho
	BIGBANG	Bang Bang Bang

Semi-Final Round (Episode 8)

Theme

"The Song of Confession"

Performance			Contestants
#	Original Artist(s)	Song(s)
1	NCT 127	No Longer	Woo Changyeon Kim Wonbin Piyapat Pimotkittikool Kang Yuchan Tae Eunchong
2	IVE	Shine with Me	Choi Taejoo Kim Wonhyun Jeong Mireu Yeo Kyuwon Park Joonwoo
3	Baek A Yeon	Sorry To Myself	Yang Seonho Jang Huijo Choi Minwoo Ishii Hiroshige Jo Seongho
4	Lia (ITZY)	Blue Flower	Kawada Noa Seol Minjae Jayden Bun Ong Moonhyung Chen Huao Mei

NOTE:

• Originally, the theme for this round are supposed to be "Retro Song Challenge". Due to this circumstances, the hosts Ikki and Ren were decided to changed the theme for the fourth round with the ballad concept "The Song of Confession", instead of the retro song. Because of this, this episode paying the last tribute to the late Moon Bin of Astro, who were passed away on April 19th, 2023.
• The performance ranking are did not announcement in this episode.

Grand Finale (Episode 10)

Performance			Contestants
#	Original Artist(s)	Song(s)
Final Mission
1	IVE	I AM	Team Haneul Choi Ha-neul (leader) Kang Yuchan Woo Changyeon Kim Wonhyun Jayden Bun Tae Eunchong
2	Stray Kids	CASE 143	Team Seongmin Ji Seong-min (leader) Piyapat Pimotkittikool Yeo Kyuwon Kim Wonbin Kawada Noa Park Joonwoo
3	QUANTUM	Back Down	Team Mingxi Chen Ming-xi (leader) Choi Minwoo Ishii Hiroshige Seol Minjae Jang Huijo Yang Seonho
Last Performance
N/A	SEVENTEEN	HOME;RUN	All finalists

Aftermath

• The final 10 members officially debut as ZERO'ONE alongside with the three debuting members.
  • The group disbanded 2 months later due to unknown circumstances.
    • Yang Seonho and Choi Haneul were revealed as members of Presagia.
    • Tae Eunchong left UNA1 on October 19, as well as announcing that he will no longer pursue an idol career. However, he was later spotted as a member of ANSHINGYU.
    • Woo Changyeon returned to INFIN81.
    • Kang Yuchan returned to LILAC Studios.
    • Ishii Hiroshige was revealed as a member of NFB.
    • Ji Seongmin will be debuting as a soloist on February 2024 under stage name Vulnicuro.
    • The consequences of Kim Wonhyun, Chen Mingxi, and Kim Wonbin are unknown.

Other contestants

• Choi Minwoo (8th) would join the pre-existing boy group ELECTRIX as a new member of the group.
• Park Joonwoo (9th) and Jo Seongho (19th) decided to left Kiwi Entertainment due to the agency's shutdown. They would later signed under Vistamp Entertainment as the members of Vistamp Rookies.
• Yeo Kyuwon (12th) would return to the company and later debuting as the members of UNA1 and its male sub-unit UNA-B. The group is presumed to have disbanded due to inactivity.
• Kawada Noa (13th) decided to left North Star Creative, signed under Daegu Musical Entertainment and later join as the member of WOLF-VERSE.
• Seol Minjae (14th) would returned to Avant Garde Studio and later join as SK8 member. They set to be debut on July or August this year.
• Hwang Eunhyeok (24th) return to the group HEART2HEART.
• Yi Yongsun (25th) return to the group PLANET.
• Yang Seungmin (28th) decided to left Big Planet Creative.
• Yuk Bowon (31st) and Aleksander Lee (26th) return to the group, MAHINAz.
  • Aleksander Lee would later participated in the singer survival show The Other World as a contestant.
• Rafael Park (35th) would later participated in the survival show Star Maker: The Revolution as a contestant and reprensenting Eighteen's Entertainment.
• Yang Seungmin (28th) changed his name to Yang Seunggeum and joined ANSHINGYU and eventually DESN.
• Jeong Mireu (18th) debuted in AIDYLLIC and is going by the stage-name Mir.

Trivia

• Originally, the contestants are supposed to be lineup with 30 trainees/idols.
  • On January 27, Vistamp Entertainment announced the lineup of the contestants has been changed from 30 to 40 contestants.
• Later on the evening of November 7th, the show was officially cancelled due to the complication between the contestants.
  • On December 8th, the survival show has been officially reopened and the cancellation request has been denied by the agency due to the unknown reasons.
• Later, three debuting members (Sunghwan, Seokjin & Soohyun) decided to not join the show and left their company due to the personal reasons.

See also

• &AUDITION - The Howling - - Inspired show

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