# Yoo Seon-ho

Yoo Seon-ho (born January 28, 2002) is a South Korean actor, singer, and model. He is best known as a contestant on the survival reality show Produce 101 season 2 and acting in the drama Under the Queen's Umbrella. He has been a cast member of the variety show 2 Days & 1 Night since 2022.

## Early life and education

Yoo Seon-ho was born on January 28, 2002, in Seoul, South Korea. He is an alum of Hanlim Multi Art School.

## Career
### 2017: Acting debut

Soon after Produce 101 ended, Yoo became a regular guest on a new variety show called Special Private Life together with other fellow Produce 101 contestants. He also had guest appearances in variety shows like Live Talk Show Taxi and Problematic Men. In August 2017, Yoo started appearing as a regular guest for a few episode on Channel A's Let's Eat Out This Saturday. From July to August 2017, Yoo along with BtoB's Yook Sung-jae promoted for TMON's Let's Fly TMON Tour campaign.
On August 3 it was revealed that Yoo would make his acting debut in the web-drama Mischievous Detectives alongside Apink's Namjoo and fellow Produce 101 Contestant Ahn Hyung Seob. Yoo played the role of Pyo Han Eum, an honorary forensic investigator that was awarded for solving a murder case. The web-drama surpassed 10 million views in a month on Naver. Yoo acted as the main protagonist, along with Shuhua in 10cm's music video for the song Pet, having been chosen by the singer himself.
In October 2017, Yoo was part of the main cast of the beauty variety show The Cushion together with BtoB's Jung Il-hoon and popular Korean beauty YouTuber Lena.
Yoo held his first fanmeet The Most Preferred Time on October 27 at the Woori Art Hall in Seoul's Olympic Park. The fanmeet sold out in less than five minutes which saw Cube Entertainment adding a second date, on October 28.
On October 20, was revealed that Yoo will guest on One Night Food Trip alongside his label mate, Pentagon's Hui, the filming started in Vietnam on October 22. Seonho was confirmed as part of variety show cast tvN's Nest Escape 2, with filming taking place in Greece.

### 2018–present: Solo debut and activities

Yoo joined the cast of variety show Photo People 2 with filming taking place in Japan in March 2018.
After finishes his fan meeting tour with Osaka, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bangkok and Tokyo on December 23, 2017, he will held an encore fanmeeting at Olympic Hall, Olympic Park in Seoul on April 14 with 2500 seats and were sold out in 1 minute.
Yoo made his solo debut with EP Spring, Seonho on April 11, 2018, with the lead single "Maybe Spring" composed by Lee Jin-ah.
In July 2018 it was revealed that he will return to play Pyo Han Eum in Mischievous Detective Season 2. Seonho was also cast in variety show JTBC's Carefree Travellers as fixed cast. Yoo became the model for Goobne a chicken brand. A CF like a youth movie was released starring Yoo Seonho, which surpassed 3.4 million views.
In 2019, Yoo, alongside Lai Kuan-lin and Ha Neul were chosen as new models for TBJ clothing brand. On June 10, Yoo became the ambassador for Korea Pediatric Diabetes Association alongside (G)I-dle.
In December 2019, Seon-ho become a regular guest in SBS's basketball variety show Handsome Tigers. The show premiered in January 2020. Later in December, Seonho was cast in tvN's new variety show Cat's Meow Is Fake, the show was aired on January 5, 2020.
In 2021, Yoo joined JTBC drama Undercover, playing the son of Ji Jin-hee and Kim Hyun-joo, who has autism.
In 2022, Yoo returned to the small screen with the MBC drama Doctor Lawyer, playing the teenage So Ji-sub. Later he joined the tvN historical drama Under the Queen's Umbrella, which was broadcast in October 2022. The same year, Yoo became a fixed cast member of the KBS2 reality show 2 Days & 1 Night Season 4, with his first episode airing in December.

## Endorsements

In between 2017 and 2019, Yoo Seon-ho has endorsed TMON Tour Nalja Titu, Goodal, GS25, Acuvue, TMRW, Goobne, and TBJ.

## Ambassadorship

In 2019, Yoo was Public Relations Ambassador of Korea Pediatric Diabetes Association with boyband Pentagon.

## Discography
### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and sales :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Details | KOR | Sales |
| Spring, Seonho | Released: April 11, 2018 Label: Cube Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download Track listing Prelude: I Think Of You (너를 생각해) Maybe Spring (봄이 오면) A Blue Star (푸른 별 하나) I Miss You (보고 싶어) Maybe Spring (봄이 오면) (Inst.) | 9 | KOR: 14,818 |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | Album |
| "Maybe Spring" (봄이 오면) | 2018 | — | Spring, Seonho |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||

### Soundtrack appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Forever Smile" | 2021 | The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim OST Part 3 |

### Collaborations

| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
| "Follow Your Dreams" (한걸음) | 2018 | Hyuna, Jo Kwon, BtoB, CLC, Pentagon, (G)I-DLE | ONE |
| "Upgrade" | 2018 | Hyuna, Jo Kwon, BtoB, CLC, Pentagon, (G)I-DLE | ONE |
| "Young & One" | 2018 | Hyuna, Jo Kwon, BtoB, CLC, Pentagon, (G)I-DLE | ONE |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2023 | Usury Academy | Kang Jin | |
| 2024 | How Have You Been | Other Youth | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018 | Big Forest | Lee Jong-man | Cameo (Episode 1–2) |
| 2018-2019 | My Strange Hero | Yoo Shi-on | |
| 2020 | Turtle Channel | Sang-doo | KBS Drama Special |
| 2021 | Undercover | Han Seung-goo | |
| 2022 | Doctor Lawyer | young Han Yi-han | |
| 2022 | Under the Queen's Umbrella | Grand Prince Gye-seong | |
| 2023–2024 | The Story of Park's Marriage Contract | Kang Tae-min | |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Mischievous Detectives | Pyo Han-eum | 9 episodes |
| 2017 | The Cushion | Yoo Seon-ho | |
| 2018 | Rebel / Mischievous Detectives Season 2 | Pyo Han-eum | |
| 2021 | The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim | Hyun-soo | |
| 2021–2022 | The World of My 17 | Joo Chan-yang | Season 2 |

### Reality shows

| Year | Title | Episodes |
| 2018–present | Seonorang (서노랑) | Ongoing |
| 2019 | Seonho Channel (선호채널) | 8 + 2 Specials |
| 2020–2021 | Seonho's Everyday (나날의 선호) | 28 |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Produce 101 Season 2 | Contestant | |
| 2017 | Heyo Tv Private Life | Private life of PRINSIX | 4 Episodes |
| 2017 | Problematic Men | Contestant | Episode 124 |
| 2017 | One Night Food Trip | Contestant | Episode 40–43 |
| 2018 | Nest Escape | Main cast | Season 2 and 3 |
| 2018 | Carefree Travellers | Main cast | Episode 1-4 Season 2 |
| 2019 | Thought of Children | Main cast | |
| 2019 | Taiwan Foodtalk | Main cast | |
| 2020 | Handsome Tigers | Cast Member | |
| 2020 | Cat's Meow Is Fake | Main cast | |
| 2022–present | 2 Days & 1 Night | Cast Member | Season 4 |

### Web show

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2018 | Photo People season 2 | Main cast | |

### Hosting

| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
| 2019 | Hanlim Multi Arts School Entrance Ceremony | | |
| 2019–2020 | Idol Dabang (아이돌다방; Idol Cafe) | With Andy of Shinhwa | |

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2023 | Potential Award | Yoo Seon-ho | Won |
| KBS Entertainment Awards | 2023 | Grand Prize Award (Daesang) | 2 Days & 1 Night 4 | Won |
| KBS Entertainment Awards | 2023 | Rookie of the Year (Show and Variety) | 2 Days & 1 Night 4 | Won |
| KBS Entertainment Awards | 2023 | Entertainer of the Year | 2 Days & 1 Night 4 | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2023 | Best New Actor | The Story of Park's Marriage Contract | Nominated |
| Gaon Chart Music Awards | 2018 | New Artist of the Year | Yoo Seon-ho | Nominated |
| Korean Brand and Model Award | 2017 | Model Grand Prize | Yoo Seon-ho | Won |
| Melon Music Awards | 2018 | Best New Male Artist | Yoo Seon-ho | Nominated |
| Seoul Webfest Awards | 2019 | Best Actor | Rebel / Mischievous Detectives Season 2 | Nominated |
| V Live Awards | 2019 | Global Rookie Top 5 | Yoo Seon-ho | Won |