

In December 2015, Cube Entertainment announced that they were preparing to debut a boy group in mid-2016, 4 years after BtoB's debut. On April 26, 2016, Cube revealed its new boy group, Pentagon, with the group trailer "Come into the World." The final lineup of Pentagon was decided through Mnet's reality program, Pentagon Maker. Pentagon Maker aired online through Mnet's digital content brand, M2, and showcased the members challenging five aspects: Performance, Dance, Teamwork, Talent and Mind.
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The original title is "펜타곤 메이커" (KO).
The series spans 1 season with 12 episodes in total (avg. 12 per season).
Each episode runs approximately 47 minutes.
Originally aired on Mnet.

2023
Finally, NCT is launching a new unit! This is SM's first pre-debut reality show to launch the last unit of NCT. It will be the first show to reveal the debut process of SM idols. Who will be selected to debut with SMROOKIES in the new NCT unit?

2024

2019
A talent search event that produced a boy band in 2019 through the Mnet television channel. This is the 4th season of the Produce 101 franchise. Viewers (referred to as 'national producers') voted online for 11 members from 101 participants from various entertainment companies and individual participants in several elimination rounds. The group concept, group name and debut song are also determined by the audience.

2014
"MIX & MATCH" is a 9-episode reality show featuring Team B from "WIN: Who Is Next" alongside three new trainees. With B.I, Bobby, and Jinhwan confirmed as iKON’s core members, the others fight to secure a spot in the final lineup.

2025
Santos Bravos is a Latin American reality series produced by HYBE Latin America to form a new boy band. The program features 16 later 17 contestants from across Latin America, the United States, and Spain, and follows their training and performances in pursuit of a debut lineup. Santos Bravos combines Hybe's structured artist training system with Latin America's cultural and artistic influences. The series follows contestants' growth within the company's global production model.

2024
"Project 7" is an 'assembly, strengthening' audition program that breaks away from the audition format in which viewers mainly participated by voting, directly selecting participants for each round from the first round, forming a new team, and growing their favorite participants through the process. It is a differentiated new concept idol audition program that introduces the concept of "Project 7", a new concept idol assembly reinforcement audition scheduled to be aired on JTBC in October, is open to all 'men who dream of becoming top-tier idols' without restrictions on affiliation, experience, age, nationality, etc

2019
Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo and South Korean entertainment company CJ E&M will co-produce “PRODUCE 101 JAPAN”, based on the reality television talent competition franchise popular in South Korea and China. This Japanese spin-off follows 101 trainees with the intention of producing an 11-member boy band, with members selected by viewers.

2022
&AUDITION - The Howling - is a 2022 Japanese and South Korean boy group reality survival show created by HYBE Labels Japan. It premiered on July 9, 2022 and broadcasted every Friday at 11 p.m. KST on Hulu.

2015
The show pitted sixteen JYP trainees against one another to secure a spot in the girl group Twice. Sixteen contestants were assessed for not only their singing and dancing abilities but also their charisma and personality.
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펜타곤 메이커
Ended
No
한국어/조선말
South Korea
5/2/2016
7/18/2016
