DELUXE

DELUXE is survival show under APM Entertainment and aired by JTBC in South Korea and TBS in Japan. It was announced on December 2017. Members that rank TOP season become a Temporary group and can later become part of one of COLORAMA pallet's Units. Season 2 was unveiled on November 2018. Season 3 was announced on September 2019 with their 1st released on January 1st.

## Members

### DELUXE'17

1. Lindon Harlow
2. Devan Okazaki
3. Rian Sanada
4. Elijah Forest
5. Hiroto Chai
6. YeongSu Shin
7. JeongHui Gim
8. JongSu Cho
9. Ruslan Sultanov
10. Fabricio Xie
11. Milton Kwan
12. Yoshi Shimizu
13. Kurou Mizuno
14. Kousuke Sugimoto
15. Satoshi Mizuno
16. Kenzo Nakabayashi

### DELUXE'18

1. **Hiroto Chai**
2. **YeongSu Shin**
3. **JeongHui Gim**
4. Fuku Ueno
5. Lim Cheng
6. Chihiro Yamasaki
7. Chiharu Sanada
8. Jiahao Ko
9. Xun Gao
10. Yutaka Kurata
11. Naoki Satō
12. Carles Mas
13. Thaksin Sugimura
14. Saburō Hayashi
15. Atsushi Miura
16. Itzcoatl Tanaka

### DELUXE'19

1. Jiahao Ko
2. Xun Gao
3. Saburō Hayashi
4. Milton Kwan
5. Yoshi Shimizu
6. Kurou Mizuno
7. Kousuke Sugimoto
8. Satoshi Mizuno
9. Kenzo Nakabayashi
10. Atsushi Miura
11. Carles Mas
12. Yutaka Kurata
13. Naoki Satō
14. Chihiro Yamasaki
15. Chiharu Sanada
16. Shakti Misra (Independent Trainee)
17. Daiki Nakamura (APM GOLDEN TRAINEES)
18. Ryu Yamada (APM GOLDEN TRAINEES)
19. Yeong Kangjeon (APM GOLDEN TRAINEES)
20. Wang Mucheon (APM GOLDEN TRAINEES)

DELUXE'20

DELUXE'21

DELUXE'22

DELUXE'23

## System

DELUXE'17-18

DELUXE's Rotational System can seem complicated at first.

#### TOP1

If a members stays all year at TOP1, He will debut as a soloist within APM. He can also choose whether or not to become part of any COLORAMA pallet unit .

#### TOP2-4

Members who get to stay on TOP2-4 will debut as part of a new COLORAMA pallet unit. Members TOP 2-4 can also pick one member from any rank lower than theirs to change position with a lower rank an debut with them. (From 5 until 8)

#### TOP5-7

They will be featured on a release by SPECTRUM but they will not debut, unless they are picked by TOP2-4. They will also get accounted as DELUXE's TOP 3 for next season.

#### TOP8

Member will be featured on just one SPECTRUM release and will be TOP4 for next Season. Unless He gets picked by TOP2-4.

#### TOP16

If the member is on TOP16, On December He will get eliminated and will have to leave APM training. He can't reapply until next season is over.

Each year there will be new members added for a new unit to be formed. TOP1-8 will promote as a unit for a year. Season 2 added a member so TOP1-9

### DELUXE'19 VER

DELUXE'19 was different to the other seasons in that ALL the 20 participants would be debuting:

**TOP5** would debut as a GLOBAL GROUP unrelated to COLORAMA pallet

**TOP10** would debut as a new official rival group to COLORAMA pallet

**TOP15** would debut as a new group/unit under COLORAMA pallet

**UNDERBOYS** (16-20) would be members of COLORAMA pallet, without being assigned a unit but rather being promoted as soloists

All the members were part of a temporary group called SURVIVAL INSTINCT, that would release 1 single each month featuring all the members surviving. Members eliminated would not be featured as vocal, only as performers.

## History

DELUXE '17 Winners (GRAND8 from COLORAMA)

1. Lindon Harlow (Stayed Nº1 in all the stages; Debuted as Soloist; Joined SL2 as a member)
2. Kenzo Nakabayashi (From 16 to Nº2; Chose to Upgrade member Fabricio Xie; Became part of Golden Shine from COLORAMA)
3. Devan Okazaki (From 2 to Nª4; Chose to Upgrade member Fabricio Xie; Became Part of Golden Shine from COLORAMA)
4. Elijah Forest (Stayed Nº4; Chose to Upgrade member Fabricio Xie; Debuted as Part of Golden Shine from COLORAMA)
5. Hiroto Chai (Stayed Nº5; Featured on Spectrum, PreRanked TOP1 for Next Season)
6. Fabricio Xie (From 8 to Nº6; Got Picked by TOP 2-4; Debuted as Part of Golden Shine from COLORAMA)
7. YeongSu Shin (From 6 to Nº7; PreRanked TOP2 for Next Season)
8. JeongHui Gim (From 7 to Nº8; PreRanked TOP3 for Next Season)

DELUXE '18 Winners (ALL9 from COLORAMA)

1. **Hiroto Chai** (Stayed TOP1; Debuted as a SOLOIST; Joined Golden Shine from COLORAMA)
2. **YeongSu Shin** (Stayed TOP2; Chose to upgrade member Thaksin Sugimura; Became part of ROYAL BLUE from COLORAMA)
3. **JeongHui Gim** (Stayed TOP3; Chose to upgrade member Itzcoatl Tanaka; Became part of ROYAL BLUE from COLORAMA)
4. Lim Cheng (From 5 to Nº4; Chose to upgrade member Itzcoatl Tanaka; Became part of ROYAL BLUE from COLORAMA)
5. Itzcoatl Tanaka (From 16 to Nº5; Got Picked by TOP3&4; Became part of ROYAL BLUE from COLORAMA)
6. Jiahao Ko (From 8 to Nª6; PreRanked TOP1 for Next Season)
7. Xun Gao (From 9 to Nº7; PreRanked TOP2 for Next Season)
8. Thaksin Sugimura (From 13 to º8; Got Picked by TOP 2; Became Part of ROYAL BLUE from COLORAMA)
9. Saburō Hayashi (From 14 to Nº9; PreRanked TOP3 for Next Season

DELUXE'19

1. Wang Mucheon
2. Jiahao Ko
3. Ryu Yamada
4. Saburō Hayashi
5. Shakti Misra
6. Yoshi Shimizu
7. Chihiro Yamasaki
8. Kousuke Sugimoto
9. Yutaka Kurata
10. Kenzo Nakabayashi
11. Atsushi Miura
12. Carles Mas
13. Xun Gao
14. Milton Kwan
15. Kurou Mizuno
16. Satoshi Mizuno
17. Naoki Satō
18. Chiharu Sanada
19. Daiki Nakamura
20. Yeong Kangjeon

## Trivia

* Hiroto Chai was the 1st contestant to decide not to be added to a group but rather to Spectrum. He would participate on Season 2 (Deluxe'18) where he would chart N1 and be added to a permanent group.
* On Season 3 (Deluxe'19) all of the non winning participants from Seasons 1 & 2 would be added back alongside APM's Golden Trainees (APM private audition trainees) and 1 independent trainee that passed the open audition.
* Season 3 contestant Wang Mucheon is Korean by Nationality but Chinese in Ethnicity, His Chinese name wasn't used on the show but it was visible on the website as Wang Muchen.
* Season 3 contestant Shakti Misra was added to the show on the last moment, before that it was announced SQUADRON member Hanzou Hinano would be representing the SQUADRON brand on the show.