On February 11, 2015, Park Jin-young announced that the lineup of JYPE's upcoming seven-member girl group would be decided through Sixteen, a competition survival show that would air on Mnet later that year.
Pada tanggal 11 Februari 2015, Park Jin-young mengumumkan bahwa susunan dari girl grup baru JYP akan ditentukan melalui SIXTEEN, sebuah kompetisi survival yang ditayangkan di Mnet beberapa saat kemudian.