YG Treasure Box

***YG Treasure Box*** (YG 보석함) was a survival show produced by YG Entertainment and broadcast by JTBC2.

## Synopsis

The show determined YG's future boy group, with 29 male trainees from YG competing to get a place.

## Contestants

### Group A

* Lee Mi-dam (이미담)
* Lee Byoung-gon (이병곤)
* Kim Seung-hoon (김승훈)
* Choi Hyun-suk (최현석)
* Kim Jun-kyu (김준규)
* Bang Ye-dam (방예담)
* Kim Do-young (김도영)

### Group B

* Park Ji-hoon (박지훈)
* Wang Jyun Hao (왕군호)
* Kang Seok-hwa (강석화)
* Ha Yoon-bin (하윤빈)
* Jang Yun-seo (장윤서)
* Yoon Jae-hyuk (윤재혁)
* Kim Sung-yeon (김성연)
* Kil Do-hwan (길도환)

### Group C

* Kim Yeon-gue (김연규)
* Park Jeong-woo (박정우)
* Lee In-hong (이인홍)
* Yoon Si-yoon (윤시윤)
* Jung Jun-hyuk (정준혁)
* So Jung-hwan (소정환)
* Kim Jong-seob (김종섭)

### Group J

* Kotaro
* Yoshinori
* Mashiho
* Hidaka Mahiro
* Keita
* Asahi
* Watanabe Haruto

## Rankings

### Episode 3

 Team B
 Team C
 Team J

Note: Park Jeongwoo, Mashiho, Wang Jyunhao, Park Jihoon and Kim Seunghun had another battle.

### Episode 6

 Jang Yunseo
 Rap
 Keita

## Results

* Choi Hyunsuk, Park Jihoon, Yoshinori, Kim Junkyu, Mashiho, Yoon Jaehyuk, Asahi, Bang Yedam, Kim Doyoung, Haruto, Park Jeongwoo and So Junghwan debuted as TREASURE.
	+ Haruto, Yedam, and Junghwan were the first members to be announced for TREASURE. Followed by Junkyu, Jeongwoo, Jaehyuk and Hyunsuk.
	+ Due to backlash, YG Entertainment announced the creation of a second group named, Magnum. Ha Yoon Bin, Mashiho, Doyoung, Yoshinori, Jihoon and Asahi were announced as the members.
	+ TREASURE and MAGNUM were initially planned to debut as units of a collective group named TREASURE13. Due to Yoonbin's departure on December 2019, the units were cancelled and both groups would be promoting as TREASURE.
* Ha Yoonbin debuted as a soloist under his English name, Ben Ha.
* Lee Byounggon and Kim Seunghun left YG after the show and joined C9 Entertainment and debuted in CIX.
* After Lee Midam dropped out of the show and left YG, he joined AAP.Y Entertainment and participated in Produce X 101 but was eliminated. In 2021, he announced his complete departure from the idol life and enlisted in the military.
* Kang Seokhwa left YG and joined Produce X 101 but was eliminated. He later joined OUI Entertainment and debuted in WEi.
* Wang Jyunhao and Mahiro left YG debuted in the J-Pop boy group, BUGVEL.
* Kim Sungyeon left YG and joined Produce X 101 but was eliminated. He is debuting as a musical actor.
* Kil Dohwan and Keita left YG and joined RAIN Company and debuted in CIIPHER.
* Jung Junhyuk left YG and moved to Canada.
* Kim Jongseob left YG and joined FNC Entertainment and debuted in P1Harmony.
* Kotaro debuted in a co-ed J-Pop group, DIAVO.
* Kim Yeongue will be debuting as a member of ABO, under IST Entertainment.
* Jang Yunseo, Lee Inhong, and Yoon Shiyoon has left YG and are still trainees in different agencies.

## Trivias

* Lee Inhong and Kim Yeongue are the last YG Treasure Box eliminated contestants to leave YG.
* Lee Byounggon and Kim Seunghun left YG before the announcement of Magnum.
* Keita is the leader of Team J and Mashiho is the dance teacher of Team J.

## References

1. ↑ Yonhap News: 양현석 "男그룹 선발 'YG보석함' 제작…연습생 29명 공개"