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Z-BOYS (지보이즈), also known as Z-BOYS: The New Zeneration, is a survival reality show created by Senai Records and broadcast via the STBC channel. The survival show was created to debut Senai Records' upcoming boy group out of 50 trainees, whom were sorted into five groups: Zeneration A, Zeneration B, Zeneration C, Zeneration J, and Zeneration G.

Kim Seunghan, the CEO, acts as the main judge of this program assisted by staff and producers. The show is hosted by Murayama Kanon and airs every Friday at 21:00 on March 31st until June 5th, 2023. The winning team of the show will debut under the namee ZENIX.

Background and concepts[]

Z-BOYS is the first ever reality survival show program that Senai Records has conducted to select their trainees to form new male idols. Kim Seunghan stated that the groups produced through this program will take into account the beauty aspects of the participants in addition to aspects of music, dance and songwriting abilities. Considering the practice of launching an odd number of male idols, Seunghan plans to form a group with 5 members, although he stated that the number of members will be adjusted throughout the program.

The survival show will consist of 50 contestants and will form five different teams.

Cast[]

Judge[]

  • Kim Seunghan

Guests[]

  • 9SERAPHIM (Episode 4-5)
  • Chase Jang (Episode 7-8)

Contestants[]

Zeneration A[]

No. Name Hangul Birthdate Notes
1. Baek Jeong Min 백정민 June 23, 2002
2. Lee Sung Hwan 이성환 September 24, 2000
3. Kim Sung Gyeom 김성겸 April 5, 2001 Former Belift Lab trainee
4. Callum Fallen Jeong 캘럼 폴른 정 November 6, 2003 Former contestant on Project AURA and former North Star Creative trainee
5. Ji Byung Wol 지병월 October 2, 2003 Former member of REVICE and actor
6. Ahn Ji Sung 안지성 October 20, 2004
7. Park Bo Hyun 박보현 January 2, 2001
8. Kim Do Min 김도민 July 7, 2007
9. Jeon Won Shik 전원식 May 24, 2004
10. Bang Jae Min 방재민 April 23, 2001

Zeneration B[]

No. Name Hangul Birthdate Notes
1. Yang Se Dam 양세담 January 27, 2000
2. Han Kyung Soo 한경수 November 23, 2001 Former HYBE trainee
3. Ha Dong Hyun 하동현 July 27, 2004
4. Lee Yeo Sang 이여상 May 2, 2005
5. Shin Se Gyeong 신세경 January 2, 2006 Former child actor
6. Jung Do Young 정도영 April 20, 2003 Former Belift Lab trainee
7. Park Cheol Hahn 박철한 March 2, 2006
8. Kang Hyun Zin 강현진 May 10, 2003
9. Song Han Sol 송한솔 February 20, 2005
10. Kim Hyeon Dong 김현동 December 3, 2001 Former JYP trainee

Zeneration C[]

No. Name Hangul Birthdate Notes
1. Kang Gyu Rae 강규래 May 25, 2000
2. Lee Ji Woong 이지웅 May 20, 2000
3. Yoon Jae San 윤재산 November 15, 2003
4. Hong Chae Eun 홍채은 June 8, 2005
5. Park Si Yang 박시양 October 4, 1999
6. Cheon Sung Wu 천성우 January 2, 2002
7. Han Da Hyeon 한다현 February 19, 2004
8. Nam Hyuk Sang 남혁상 July 30, 2005
9. Moon Sang Won 문상원 March 3, 2004
10. Ahn Se Min 안세민 January 1, 2010

Zeneration J[]

No. Name Japanese Birthdate Notes
1. Kudo Hayao 工藤駿 August 31, 1999
2. Kaneda Masahiro 金田正広 January 28, 2001
3. Hayama Yudai 葉山湯台 June 5, 2002
4. Handou Ren ハンドゥ·レン December 1, 2006
5. Kamakari Isamu 鎌苅勇 October 10, 2003 Former Belift Lab trainee
6. Hirogane Tsuichi 広金剛一 May 26, 2008
7. Ichinose Yuma 一ノ瀬ゆま August 5, 2004
8. Kosugi Eiji 小杉栄治 February 2, 2002
9. Kawanishi Maki 川西真紀 October 10, 2004
10. Kihara Syuji 木原修司 January 11, 2006

Zeneration G[]

No. Name Birthdate Notes
1. Rayyan Sanggin April 24, 2004 Former member of REVICE
2. Wellington Philips June 11, 2000
3. Kito Masumi November 26, 2004 Former member of REVICE
4. Surya Pratap Singh March 1, 2002
5. Bayu Anggas July 25, 2001
6. Juan Gonzales December 29, 2000
7. Marco Bernandi May 1, 1998
8. Chou Liang Yu September 9, 2003
9. Ricky Kang January 31, 2005
10. Niran Winchannamut July 3, 2004

Chart[]

       Final members of ZENIX
       Eliminated in the finale
       Eliminated in the fourth round
       Eliminated in the third round
       Eliminated in the second round
       Eliminated in the first round
50 contestants
Kim Sung Gyeom Ji Byung Wol Kamakari Isamu Kang Gyu Rae Kito Masumi Ha Dong Hyun Kudo Hayao Song Han Sol Kihara Syuji Hayama Yudai
Yoon Jae San Rayyan Sanggin Bayu Anggas Bang Jae Min Baek Jeong Min Moon Sang Won Jeon Won Shik Kim Hyeon Dong Park Si Yang Kim Do Min
Nam Hyuk Sang Hong Chae Eun Chou Liang Yu Surya Pratap Singh Kaneda Masahiro Juan Gonzalez Wellington Philips Han Da Hyeon Park Cheol Hahn Handou Ren
Jung Do Young Lee Ji Woong Callum Fallen Jeong Kawanishi Maki Kosugi Eiji Niran Winchannamut Yang Se Dam Lee Yeo Sang Lee Sung Hwan Kang Hyun Zin
Park Bo Hyun Ahn Ji Sung Shin Se Gyeong Han Kyung Soo Ahn Se Min Cheon Sung Wu Ichinose Yuma Hirogane Tsuichi Marco Bernardi Ricky Kang

Episodes[]

Episode 1[]

The show started with introducing all of the contestants, starting with Baek Jeong Min, the first membes of Zeneration A, and ended up with former REVICE members Byungwol, Rayyan and Masumi. The three were offered to join the agency and join the remaining 47 other contestants and be separated into the different teams. They will choose the most active participant, the best dancer, the best rapper, the best vocalist and the best visual member from each group and challenge them to compete against each other.

Episode 2[]

During the event, not all of the participants' appearances were shown. From the visual group, Kim Seunghan announced that Ha Dong Hyun would sing "Limbo" by SEVENTEEN's Jun against Kim Hyeon Dong, who will sing "Grey Suit" by EXO's Suho. From the visual group, Kim Seunghan announced that Surya Pratap Singh would dance to "River" by Bishop Briggs against Kang Gyu Rae, who will dance to "Grey Suit" by EXO's Suho.

From the rap group, Kim Seunghan showed Kamakari Isamu with his rap skills with the song "My Name Is What?" by Eminem against Juan Gonzales with "Hotel Room" by Pitbull, and also they made a diss challenge that was made against each other. And lastly from the vocal group, Kim Seunghan showed Ji Byung Wol singing "Sparkle Sparkle" by Ni.U against Kim Sung Gyeom, who sang "If You Come Back" by Blue, the performance of both were commented as being great and commented on their improved vocals. Some of the contestants were not shown.

At the end of the episode, the ranking of the participants from the evaluation results was announced, while ten contestants would be eliminated. Ji Byung Wol, Ha Dong Hyun, Yoon Jae San, Handou Ren, and Kito Masumi placed first within their respective teams, while Jeon Won Shik, Park Cheol Hahn, Lee Ji Woong, Kosugi Eiji, and Niran Winchannamut placed 8th within their teams.

Rank Zeneration A Zeneration B Zeneration C Zeneration J Zeneration G
1 Ji Byung Wol Ha Dong Hyun Yoon Jae San Handou Ren Kito Masumi
2 Kim Sung Gyeom Yang Se Dam Han Da Hyeon Kudo Hayao Surya Pratap Singh
3 Bang Jae Min Jung Do Young Park Si Yang Kaneda Masahiro Rayyan Sanggin
4 Lee Sung Hwan Kang Hyun Zin Kang Gyu Rae Syuji Kihara Bayu Anggas
5 Callum Fallen Jeong Kim Hyeon Dong Nam Hyuk Sang Kamakari Isamu Chou Liang Yu
6 Kim Do Min Lee Yeo Sang Hong Chae Eun Kawanishi Maki Juan Gonzales
7 Baek Jeong Min Song Han Sol Moon Sang Won Hayama Yudai Wellington Philips
8 Jeon Won Shik Park Cheol Hahn Lee Ji Woong Kosugi Eiji Niran Winchannamut
ELIMINATED Park Bo Hyun Shin Se Gyeong Ahn Se Min Ichinose Yuma Marco Bernandi
Ahn Ji Sung Han Kyung Soo Cheon Sung Wu Hirogane Tsuichi Ricky Kang

Episode 3[]

The process of selecting debut team members for the first time begins with a selection system; the three best participants from each group will be selected to enter the debut team. Each participant with the highest ranking in the previous evaluation will become the leader for their team and has the right to determine the songs and distribution of singing parts for each member of the group.

For Zeneration G, Bayu was selected as the team leader and performed SOLVIZ's "Fever". The judges praised all of them good and chose Masumi, Rayyan, and Bayu as the best contestants for the teams. While in Zeneration J, Isamu was selected as the team leader of the group and they performed Treasure's "Boy". Isamu would mix the song to include the song "Jikjin". In the end, Hayao, Maki and Ren were selected as the best contestants.

Yoon Jae San as the participant with the first rank became the leader for Zeneration C, during a meeting with 1SIREN as the coach he had difficulty performing the chosen song together with the other members. Their final performance was perfect, the judges praised the team performance of "Catch Me" from TVXQ as something new for the monthly evaluation at Senai. In the end he chose Jaesan, Gyurae and Siyang as the best participants from this team.

Zeneration B performed "DNA" by BTS and they revealed Hansol as the leader of the team hut, sadly he received a harsg criticism for the performance. In the end, Donghyun, Hyundong and Doyoung were selected as the best contestants for Zeneration B. And lastly Zeneration A performing "Again and Again" from 2PM and Sunggyeom lead the team. In the end, only Byungwol, Jeongmin and Jaemin were selected as the best contestants form that team.

NOTES:

  • Bold means chosen contestants.
Team Members Song performed Original artist
Zeneration A Kim Sung Gyeom
Ji Byung Wol
Bang Jae Min
Lee Sung Hwan
Callum Fallen Jeong
Kim Do Min
Baek Jeong Min
Jeon Won Shik
"Again and Again" 2PM
Zeneration B Song Han Sol
Ha Dong Hyun
Yang Se Dam
Jung Do Young
Kang Hyun Zin
Kim Hyeon Dong
Lee Yeo Sang
Park Cheol Hahn
"DNA" BTS
Zeneration C Yoon Jae San
Han Da Hyeon
Park Si Yang
Kang Gyu Rae
Nam Hyuk Sang
Hong Chae Eun
Moon Sang Won
Lee Ji Woong
"Catch Me" TVXQ
Zeneration J Kamakari Isamu
Handou Ren
Kudo Hayao
Kaneda Masahiro
Kihara Syuji
Kawanishi Maki
Hayama Yudai
Kosugi Eiji
"Jikjin" Treasure
Zeneration G Bayu Anggas
Kito Masumi
Surya Pratap Singh
Rayyan Sanggin
Chou Liang Yu
Juan Gonzalez
Wellington Philips
Niran Winchannamut
"Fever" SOLVIZ

Episode 4[]

The debut team selection continues, from the 15 best participants from each team, 9 more people will be selected to be part of ZENIX 9. Kim Seunghan and the jury team have chosen 6 names who will immediately enter the team, namely Byungwol, Donghyun, Hyundong, Hayao, Bayu and Rayyan. The remaining three will be selected from the remaining 6 people after they have made additional appearances as a team.

The other 9 contestants would give 75 minutes to prepare for their additional appearance. Due to language barriers, references, and vocal range they took half their time to finally decide to perform "Fiend" by 6topia. In the end, Kim Seunghan officially chose Jaemin, Jeongmin and Gyurae as the parts of ZENIX 9.

ZENIX 9 (1st)
Ji Byung Wol Ha Dong Hyun Kim Hyeon Dong Kudo Hayao Bayu Anggas Rayyan Sanggin Bang Jae Min Baek Jeong Min Kang Gyu Rae

The next challenge is a 1:1:1 battle to win the ZENIX 9 position. As the party being challenged, the ZENIX 9 members have the right to determine what song will be sung to be performed as a duet with their challenger. After the performance, the ZENIX 9 members will vote on a Hopper Card or a Mantis Card to decide whether executive producer Kim Seunghan or 125 viewers will determine who is the best of the trio.

To choose who will have the right to fight against the ZENIX members, non-ZENIX participants will record a video to show their talents, talent, charisma and brand charm. Then 9SERAPHIM will determine 18 participants who they think are worthy of advancing to challenge the ZENIX 9 members, the rest would soon to be eliminated.

In the 1:1:1 live show, "Boys Never Die" was introduced as the theme song for YG Treasure Box and ZENIX 9 performed it at the opening of the live show. In this episode, 9SERAPHIM appointed Surya Pratap Singh and Kim Sung Gyeom as the challenger, she chose to challenge Ha Dong Hyun and showed an extraordinary performance. Donghyun chooses the Mantis Card, the result will be determined by 100 Treasure Makers and one of two challengers succeeds in taking Donghyun's position.

Episode 5[]

Following the previous episode, Wellington Philips and Jung Do Young later had a deal with Bang Jae Min and ended up with Jaemin still remains as ZENIX 9. Next, 9SERAPHIM addmited that Jaesan and Isamu choose Bayu for the challenge with a dance battle and later Jaesan won the chaenge by taking Bayu's position as ZENIX 9.

Juan Gonzales and Park Cheol Hahn decided to challenge Kim Hyeon Dong for the rap battle and later Juan ended up won for taking Hyundong's position. Kito Masumi and Park Si Yang became the fifth challengers against Ji Byung Wol by preparing for a vocal battle and ended up with Masumi join as ZENIX 9 members.

The sixth challengers was Han Da Hyeon and Chou Liang Yu who challenged Jeongmin to a rap battle but unfortunately this performance was not shown in full, however Jeongmin managed to maintain his position. Seventh challengers, Jun Doyoung and Hayama Yudai to challenge Hayao Kudo. Althought the performance was perfect, Hayao would later remains his position.

Episode 6[]

The second last challengers Kaneda Masahiro and Kihara Syuji decided to challenge with Rayyan and ended up with Masahiro won taking Rayyan's spot. And lastly, the final challengers chosen by 9SERAPHIM was Nam Hyuk Sang and Hong Chae Eun who decided to challenge Gyurae and ended with Gyurae winning.

The results of this round formed a new formation for ZENIX 9.

ZENIX 9 (2nd)
Ha Dong Hyun Bang Jae Min Yoon Jae San Juan Gonzales Kito Masumi Baek Jeong Min Kudo Hayao Kaneda Masahiro Kang Gyu Rae

At the moment, Kim Seubghan will later reorganized the team from nine to ten members, and he officially choose Byungwol to join due to his vocal skills are improved and ckmpleted his secret mission as ZENIX members.

ZENIX 10 (1st)
Ha Dong Hyun Bang Jae Min Yoon Jae San Juan Gonzales Kito Masumi Baek Jeong Min Kudo Hayao Kaneda Masahiro Kang Gyu Rae Ji Byung Wol

After the ZENIX 10 formation was formed, the non-ZENIX participants were asked to form units using a popularity test. And also, they announced that they would bring back the three chosen eliminated contestants. Murayama Kanon will draw names of participants to come forward and ask them to turn their backs to the other participants, if there are participants who want to form a team with the drawn participants they are invited to come forward and stand behind that participant. If more than one person advances, the lottery participant has the right to choose with whom he or she will form the unit.

The units are formed with:

  • Ji Byung Wol × Kito Masumi
  • Rayyan Sanggin × Kaneda Masahiro
  • Kudo Hayao × Kang Gyu Rae
  • Nam Hyuk Sang × Juan Gonzales
  • Bang Jae Min × Kim Hyeon Dong
  • Baek Jeong Min × Ha Dong Hyun
  • Kim Sung Gyeom × Moon Sang Won
  • Surya Pratap Singh × Chou Liang Yu
  • Hong Chae Eun × Kihara Syuji
  • Park Cheol Hahn × Han Da Hyeon
  • Bayu Anggas × Song Han Sol
  • Park Si Yang × Yoon Jae San
  • Hayama Yudai × Wellington Philips
  • Jung Do Young × Handou Ren
  • Kim Do Min × Kamakari Isamu

Episode 7[]

As with 1:1:1 battles, the opportunity to face 2:2 with Treasure units will also only be given to 3 challenger units. In order to be selected, each unit was asked to record a video to show their talents, talents, charisma and charm. This time Chase Jang will determine which units will advance as challengers and choose 10 different units.

The four units that are not selected by Chase Jang will face a 1:1 battle with their unit mates, performing the song they chose together during previous preparations, the participant who is considered better by the judging team will survive and their unit mates will be eliminated. Firstly, duet from Doyoung and Ren performed "B-Day" from iKON, and ended with both of them are eliminated. Second, Nam Hyukdang and Juan perform the rap battle and ended with Nam Hyuk Sang won the deal. The other mates are still not showed yet, with 1 mate and 2 contestants from different units are safe, to be advanced to the next round.

ZENIX 10 opened the live show this time with "Boys Never Die" and followed it up with a 2:2 unit battle. After the duel, the ZENIX 10 unit will choose a Hopper Card or a Mantis Card which determines whether the outcome of their show will be determined by the Executive Producer or the 100 online Zen Viewers who follow the ZENIX account on Realmu.

Here is the lists of the performed songs below:

Song Performed Units Units Performed Song
Acid Angel from Asia "Generation" Hayama Yudai × Wellington Philips VS Ji Byungwol × Kito Masumi "You Got Me Running" C9PID
Charlie Puth ft. Wiz Khalifa "See You Again" Kim Sunggyeom × Moon Sangwon VS Kim Domin × Kamakari Isamu "Fun" Pitbull ft. Chris Brown
2NE1 "I Am The Best" Hong Chaeeun × Kihara Syuji VS Baek Jeongmin × Ha Donghyun "Next Level" aespa
EMERGE "Sketchbook" Bayu Anggas × Song Hansol VS Bang Jaemin × Kim Hyundong "Ok!" NCT U
BEAUDENT "My God" Park Siyang × Yoon Jaesan VS Rayyan Sanggin × Kaneda Masahiro "Rocketeer" INI

This live performance changed the formation of ZENIX 10 drastically.

ZENIX 10 (2nd)
Ji Byung Wol Kito Masumi Kim Sung Gyeom Moon Sang Won Baek Jeong Min Ha Dong Hyun Bayu Anggas Song Han Sol Park Si Yang Yoon Jae San

Episode 8[]

1 vs 1 battle were returned, this time only the 24 non-ZENIX members participant for this battle by claiming for the next round, with 14 contestants sooner would be eliminated.

After the elimination round, ZENIX 10 was reorganized to become ZENIX 5. The member from the unit with the Bottom 5 on the previous show had to leave the debut team which unexpectedly was Jeongmin, Siyang, Masumi, Hansol and Jaesan.

ZENIX 5
Ji Byung Wol Kim Sung Gyeom Moon Sang Won Ha Dong Hyun Bayu Anggas

Episode 9[]

The show immediately opened with "Boys Never Die" performed by ZENIX 5. This round was a team battle, 20 participants were divided into 4 teams of 5 people each. This performance will be judged directly by the Zen-Viewers who is present in the studio. The team with the highest points will be able to take all members to the final round, the second and third team will be selected by four people, and the last team can only be selected by three people.

Team ZENIX 5 Fantastic Baby Puma Halazia
1 Ji Byungwol Song Hansol Hong Chaeeun Kang Gyurae
2 Ha Donghyun Kudo Hayao Baek Jeongmin Yoon Jaesan
3 Kim Sunggyeom Rayyan Sanggin Kamakari Isamu Kihara Syuji
4 Moon Sangwon Kito Masumi Park Siyang Hayama Yudai
5 Bayu Anggas Kim Hyundong Nam Hyuksang Kim Domin
Song performed "Drunk Dazed" by ENHYPEN "Fantastic Baby" by Bigbang "Puma" by Tomorrow X Together "Halazia" by ATEEZ
Appearance in order 2 4 3 1
Points 1,447 1,099 1,165 982
Rank 1 2 4 3

When the announcement took place, all viewers were asked to leave the studio. Kim Seunghan and the coaches announced the 18 names who will enter the final round. He also announced that the number of members he would debut was 5 people as he mentioned at the beginning of the event.

Episode 10[]

The Executive Producer and jury team pay attention to the rankings obtained from previous live shows. The 18 participants opened the 'Eternity Card' for the last time by performing "Boys Never Die".

Unit Appearance Ranking
Rank Name contestants Rank Name contestants
1 Kim Sung Gyeom 11 Kudo Hayao
2 Bayu Anggas 12 Moon Sang Won
3 Ji Byung Wol 13 Rayyan Sanggin
4 Hong Chae Eun 14 Hayama Yudai
5 Kang Gyu Rae 15 Kito Masumi
6 Yoon Jae San 16 Kamakari Isamu
7 Song Han Sol 17 Kim Do Min
8 Baek Jeong Min 18 Park Si Yang
9 Ha Dong Hyun 19 Kim Hyeon Dong
10 Kihara Syuji 20 Nam Hyuk Sang

The theme for the final round is genre, each member will choose the genre they want to perform between rap, vocal and dance. The highest vote getters from each genre will enter the debut team, the votes are taken from 50% of the Executive Producer's assessment, 20% online pre-vote, 30% from the Treasure Maker present in the studio. In addition, the highest scorers among all participants, apart from those announced to debut, will also be included in the debut team.

Genre Participants Song performed
Vocal Ji Byung Wol
Rayyan Sanggin
Bayu Anggas
Kim Sung Gyeom
Kito Masumi
"Beautiful" by Crush
Rap Song Han Sol
Kihara Syuji
Moon Sang Won
Hayama Yudai
Kamakari Isamu
Kim Do Min
"VolKno" by TREASURE
Dance Kang Gyu Rae
Yoon Jae San
Ha Dong Hyun
Hong Chae Eun
Baek Jeong Min
Kudo Hayao
Park Si Yang
Kim Hyeon Dong
Nam Hyuk Sang
"Chammak Challo" by Akon + "Turn Up the Music" by Chris Brown

Kim Seunghan and the coaches announced the five names who would enter the debut team based on the assessment of each genre and the highest score in addition to the four best participants in each genres, including the visual position, with Sunggyeom, Byungwol, Isamu, Gyurae and Masumi won the spot for make to the final lineup by each positions.

Highest score Vocal Rap Dance Visual
Kim Sung Gyeom Ji Byung Wol Kamakari Isamu Kang Gyu Rae Kito Masumi

Later the moment, the debut group were later reorganized from five members to twelve members and later named the group with ZENIX, with Kim Seunghan officially decided to add seven more members to be join the remaining five members to the final lineup, while for the last member will be determined as center of the final group.

First, Kim Seunghan chose Ha Dong Hyun as sixth member, Hayao as seventh member, Hansol with eighth member, Syuji for ninth member, Yudai as tenth member and Jaesan with eleventh members. For the last member for the debut group, only Rayyan and Bayu would advanced for a second chance would be determinated for decided between the two candidates, and ended with Rayyan were selected as the last member to be announced as the center and final member of the debut group.

ZENIX
(Final Lineup)
Kim Sung Gyeom Ji Byung Wol Kamakari Isamu Kang Gyu Rae Kito Masumi Ha Dong Hyun
Kudo Hayao Song Han Sol Kihara Syuji Hayama Yudai Yoon Jae San Rayyan Sanggin

Trivia[]

  • The winning 12 contestants later made into the final lineup with the group named ZENIX and scheduled to be debut on August 28, 2023 with the single album.

Aftermath[]

  • Some of the trainees are still remains in Senai Records.
    • Four trainees Bayu, Jaemin, Jeongmin and Domin confirmed that they would debut as BRSN members, and expected to be debut on the third quarter of 2024.
    • By representing the agency, three trainees Hong Chae Eun, Jeon Won Shik and Park Si Yang would later participated in the large-scale boy group survival show Find Your DREAM.