Girls Planet 999

**Girls Planet 999: The Girls Saga** (걸스플래닛999 : 소녀대전), also known as **Girls Planet 999** (걸스플래닛999) was a reality-survival show, broadcasted on iQIYI, AbemaTV and Mnet. The show aired starting from August 6, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. KST with the ultimate goal of debuting a global 9-member girl group.

## Official Description

* EN
* KR
* CH
* JP

To achieve the dream of becoming K-POP idol 99 girls from KOR·CHN·JPN have come together to Girls Planet!

'Masters' are the council body which discusses and decides everything inside Girls Planet. And 'Planet Guardians(global fans)' are the ones who protect and support the girls' dream outside Girls Planet.

K-POP 아이돌의 꿈을 이루기 위해 경계를 넘어 Girls Planet에 모인 한.중.일 99명의 소녀들! '마스터'들은 Girls Planet 안에서 모든 일을 논의하고 결정하는 협의체이고 '플래닛 가디언(글로벌 팬)'들은 Girls Planet 밖에서 소녀들의 꿈을 지켜주고 응원하는 존재이다.

为了实现成为K-POP idol的梦想 跨界相聚在GIRLS PLANET的，中.韩.日99名少女们！ '领航人'是置身于GIRLS PLANET，讨论和决策一切事物的团体 '行星守卫者(全世界的粉丝群体)'是存在于GIRLS PLANET的外围， 为少女们的梦想应援和护航。

為了實現成為K-POP idol的夢想 跨界相聚在GIRLS PLANET的，中.韓.日99名少女們！ '領航人'是置身於GIRLS PLANET，討論和決策一切事物的團體 '行星守衛者(全世界的粉絲群體)'是存在於GIRLS PLANET的外圍，為少女們的夢想應援和護航。

K-POPアイドルという夢を叶えるために境界を超えて、Girls Planetに集まった日韓中の99人の少女たち!

'マスター'は、Girls Planetの中における全てのことを議論して決める協議体で、'プラネットガーディアン(グローバルファン)'は、 Girls Planetの外で少女たちの夢を応援し、守ってくれる存在である。

## Background

Mnet released a statement announcing that they would make a new survival show "Girls Planet 999". They explained that they were searching for female auditionees born before January 1, 2006 that were either of Korean, Japanese, or Chinese nationality. The deadline for audition was set to be February 28, 2021.

The show will air on Naver TV, Mnet, iQIYI and AbemaTV starting in August 2021. Out of 13,000 auditionees, 99 were chosen to be trainees: 33 from China, 33 from Japan and 33 from the country in which it will be filmed in, South Korea.

## Concept

* **Girls**
99 independent who overcome their own limits and finally achieve their dreams.
* **Planet Guardian**
K-Pop fans around the globe who guard and support the girls' dream.
* **Planet Master**
The symbolic figure of Girls Planet and the guide who connects global K-Pop fans and Girls Planet.
	+ Yeo Jin Goo
* **K-Pop Master**
The symbol of the girls' dream and their role models : the group of legendary K-Pop artists.
	+ Sun Mi
	+ Tiffany Young
* **Vocal/Dance Master**
The mentors. The trainers who lead development in skills to let the girls achieve their dream.
	+ **Dance Master**
		- Back Koo Young
		- Jang Ju Hee
	+ **Vocal Master**
		- Lim Han Byul
		- Jo A Young
* **UNIVERSE**
The digital space which connects Planet Guardians and the girls.

## Cells

*Main Article: Cells*
Cells are groups of 3 with each girl in the group serving a different nationality South Korea, China and Japan. As announced in Episode 1, if one of the cellmates gets eliminated, then the whole cell gets eliminated. In episode 1, the first cell reformation took place in which the Planet Top 9 chosen by the masters for the Planet Demo Stage picked out their own new cellmates.

### Extended plays

 *Girls Planet 999 -*
*Creation Mission*
* Label: Stone Music Entertainment
* Formats: Digital download, streaming

**Track list**
1. U+Me=LOVE
2. Snake
3. Shoot!
4. Utopia

 *Girls Planet 999 –*
*Completion Mission*
* Label: Stone Music Entertainment
* Formats: Digital download, streaming

**Track list**
1. Shine
2. Another Dream

## Ratings

In the table below, **turquoise numbers** represent the lowest ratings and **magenta numbers** represent the highest ratings.

## External Links

* Official Website
* Girls Planet 999 on Twitter
* Girls Planet 999 on Instagram

## Aftermath

### Other contestants

* Some contestants returned to their original groups:
	+ Ma Yuling (C24) and Wang Qiuru (C32) returned to SNH48.
	+ Liang Jiao (C10) and Liang Qiao (C20) returned to GNZ48.
	+ Su Ruiqi (C03) returned to Chic Chili. She is currently active as a soloist.
	+ Wen Zhe (C04) returned to Hickey.
	+ Sim Seungeun (K21) returned to Bvndit. The group disbanded on On November 11, 2022.
	+ Lee Rayeon (K23), Chiayi (C16) and Kim Doah (K10) returned to Fanatics. Doah made her solo debut in May of 2023.
	+ Huh Jiwon (K16), May (J08) and Kim Bora (K09) returned to Cherry Bullet.
* Some contestants debuted in new groups:
	+ Kim Suyeon (K07) debuted as a new member of Mystic Story's girl group, Billlie, under the stage name "Sheon". She debuted on November 27, 2021.
	+ Chang Ching ( Rona ), Lee Yunji ( Ara ), Kishida Ririka and Hayase Hana debuted in FC ENM's girl group, ILY:1 on April 4, 2022.
	+ Kim Hyerim debuted as a soloist under Doubling Music on April 4, 2022.
	+ Nonaka Shana debuted in MLD ENTERTAINMENT's girl group LAPILLUS on June 20, 2022.
	+ Ando Rinka debuted as a member of independent J-pop girl group VEIL on August 10, 2022. The group disbanded in early 2023.
	+ Yoon Jia debuted in YES IM ENTERTAINMENT's girl group mimiirose on September 16, 2022.
	+ Jeong Jiyoon joined KM ENTERTAINMENT's girl group ICHILLIN' on October 25, 2022.
	+ Choi Yeyoung and Ryu Sion are members of Blockberry Creative's Pre - Debut girl group BEBEZ. Joung Min was previously a member but left in late 2022. It is unknown if the group will debut, due to the ongoing situation with the company.
	+ Lee Sunwoo is a member of Evermore ENTERTAINMENT's Pre - Debut girl group EVERMORE MUSE. She is currently a contestant on the upcoming show "Universe Ticket".
	+ Ito Miyu is a member of 143 ENTERTAINMENT's girl group Limelight under the stage name " MiU ". The group debuted on February 17th, 2023.
	+ Ikema Ruan is a member of KISS ENTERTAINMENT's Pre - Debut girl group KISS GIRLS. Nagai Manami was also a member of the group but left in 2023.
	+ Fujimoto Ayaka is a member of ON1 ENTERTAINMENT's Pre - Debut/Trainee girl group ON1 ROOKIES.
	+ Kamimoto Kotone, Hsu Nientzu and Zhou Xinyu are members of MODHAUS's girl group TripleS.
	+ Kim Yeeun left Fantagio Music in Early 2023 and signed with an acting agency.
	+ Choi Hyerin is currently a contestant on the upcoming show "Universe Ticket".
	+ Lin Shuyun and Chien Tzuling were both supposed to be contestants on the taiwanese survival show "NEXT GIRLZ" but neither of them made it to the final list of contestants.
	+ Poon Wingchi is possibly a member of ECHO Entertainment's pre-debut girl group.

## References

1. ↑ Soompi (January 11, 2021)
2. ↑ May 25, 2021 Daum
3. ↑ Gaon Digital Chart
4. ↑ "U+Me=LOVE" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at 125 on the Gaon Download Chart.
5. ↑ "Snake" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at 145 on the Gaon Download Chart.
6. ↑ "Shoot!" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at 139 on the Gaon Download Chart.
7. ↑ "Utopia" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at 121 on the Gaon Download Chart.
8. ↑ AGB Nielsen Korea (ko).