R U Next?

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"**R U Next?**" was a JTBC female survival show aiming to find the members of HYBE and BELIFT LAB's then unnamed new girl group. Its first episode was aired on June 30th 2023 at 8:50PM KST.

The final episode aired on September 1st, where the group name was revealed to be I'LL-IT and the debut lineup to be consisting of Yunah, Minju, Moka, Youngseo, Wonhee and Iroha.

## Background

On June 1st 2023, a DAUM news article was released stating HYBE and BELIFT LAB's new girl group would be formed through the survival show, R U Next? and would be aired on JTBC from June 30th, at 8:50PM KST. On the same day, Girls' Generation's Choi Sooyoung was confirmed as the show's MC.

On June 7th, the official twitter, instragram and weverse accounts for R U Next? opened and the first set of promotional posters were uploaded at 3:00PM KST. An article was also released on the same day confirming the show would be containing seven missions and would also air through Japan's Abema TV, HYBE LABEL's official youtube channel and Netflix.

On June 9th, former miss A member and actress, Bae Suzy, was confirmed to sing the signal song for R U Next?. It was released on June 12th at 6:00PM KST.

On June 22nd BELIFT LAB introduced the MC and Coaches for the show. Girls' Generation member, Sooyoung, is the MC, whilst Lee Hyun, Aiki, KARA member Gyuri, Jo Kwon and former Wanna One member Kim Jaehwan are confirmed as the coaches/mentors.

## Concept

**R U Next?** will have seven rounds: TRYOUTS, DEATH MATCH, ALL-ROUNDER, THE SPECIALISTS, CONCEPT GAME, IMAGE TRAINING AND FINISH LINE. Eliminations start from the second round.

## Cast

### Coaches

* Lee Hyun
* Aiki
* Gyuri
* Jo Kwon
* Kim Jaehwan

## Trivia

* The show was originally intended to be I-LAND 2, however disputes between CJENM and BELIFT caused delay of production and overall all IP was handed over to CJ. HYBE and BELIFT LAB created 'R U NEXT?' within a shorter time frame as they had to scrap original production to create a new survival.

## References

1. ↑ R U Next? DAUM Announcement Article by Hwang HyeJin
2. ↑ Choi Sooyoung R U Next? MC Announcement via @Twitter
3. ↑ R U Next? Official Twitter account's first tweet
4. ↑ Who is HYBE's New Girl Group? Naver Article by Lee DaGyeom
5. ↑ Suzy R U Next? Signal Song Announcement Article by Lee SeungHoon
6. ↑ R U Next? MC&COACH Announcement Via @Twitter
7. ↑ Yunah fandom name announcement via @run2ne
8. ↑ Minju fandom name announcement via @Minjuglobal
9. ↑ Moka fandom name announcement via @mokapictures
10. ↑ Youngseo fandom name announcement via @youngseopics
11. ↑ Wonhee fandom name announcement via @wonheeglobal
12. ↑ Iroha fandom name announcement via @irohaglobal
13. ↑ Funa fandom name announcement via @run2ne
14. ↑ Chanelle fandom name announcement via @i2kssu
15. ↑ Yunah fandom name announcement via @run2ne
16. ↑ Minju fandom name announcement via @Minjuglobal
17. ↑ Jeongeun fandom name announcement via @JeongeunGlobal
18. ↑ Moka fandom name announcement via @mokapictures
19. ↑ Jihyun fandom name announcement via @CJIHYUN\_GLOBAL
20. ↑ Ruka fandom name announcement via @harukaglobal
21. ↑ Yewon fandom name announcement via @yewon\_global
22. ↑ Jeemin fandom name announcement via @jjj3cdb
23. ↑ Hyewon fandom name announcement via @shyewon\_global
24. ↑ Youngseo fandom name announcement via @youngseopics
25. ↑ Yuisa fandom name announcement via @run2ne
26. ↑ Wonhee fandom name announcement via @wonheeglobal
27. ↑ Iroha fandom name announcement via @irohaglobal
28. ↑ Himena fandom name announcement via @Himena723513366
29. ↑ Seoyeon fandom name announcement via @seoyeonbrazil