Idol Rebooting Project: The Unit () is a South Korean survival reality show on KBS2. The concept of the show is to form male and female unit groups of nine members each, among idols who had already debuted. The show is aiming to give them a fair chance to demonstrate their talents that they may not have been able to showcase before.
Overview KBS announced in July 2017 that they had started production of a reality show under the working title The Final 99 Match. On August 2, the show's first teaser was released under the new title The Unit, stylized as The Uni+, which stands for "You and I Plus". The show also launched its official website on the same day along with application forms available for any idols interested in joining to fill in and submit, as well as a bulletin board wherein idol recommendations from anyone can be submitted.
Booting Evaluations During the Booting Evaluations, members of the audience vote while the contestants perform. The contestants will receive 1 Boot when 15% of the audience votes for them. When 90% of the audience vote for the contestants, which is known as "Super Boot", the whole group will be able to join the show immediately. If the contestants do not receive a "Super Boot", the Mentors will determine whether to pass each performer or not. Contestants who receive at least 1 boot from any of the mentors will be able to join the show. The Booting Evaluations were held at the Kintex Hall 9 in Ilsan between September 29 and October 1, 2017.
Theme Song It was reported that 126 contestants who passed the Booting Evaluations started filming a music video from October 7 to October 9 as part of a mission. The center group would consist of nine males and nine females, and the most stand-out contestant would be the "center of the center". On October 13, The Unit dropped the music video for the competitors' first challenge "My Turn", which also aired on that day on KBS's Music Bank, featuring Sonamoo's Euijin and IM's Kijoong as the girls' and boys' center respectively.
Voting The Unit opened up voting at 10 p.m. KST on November 11, and servers crashed approximately 15 minutes later as people rushed to place their votes. Voting for the show would be exclusively done through TMON's website, with only one vote for each TMON ID. Anyone who supported the 126 contestants could participate. Each person would choose nine male contestants to form their own "Uni+ B" and nine female contestants to form "Uni+ G". Within their top nine choices, the voters would pick their favorite contestant, who would be awarded two votes while the remaining eight would receive one vote. This would mean that each voter would be able to help out a total of 18 contestants to achieve their dreams.
From Episode 11 onward, the voting system underwent a major change. It was announced that the voting would be exclusively done through The Unit official mobile app. Each person would pick only three contestants from "Uni+ B" and "Uni+ G" and was allowed to vote only once per day. The voting period started from 12 p.m KST on 7 January and would be closed at 11.59 p.m KST on 25 January 2018.
Post The Unit On February 24's broadcast of The Units "Special Show", it was announced that UNI+ B's band name will be UNB and UNI+ G's band name will be UNI.T.
Mentors Rain (MC) Lee Tae-min (Performance) Hyuna (Performance) Jo Hyun-ah (Vocals) Hwang Chi-yeul (Vocals) San E (Rap/MC)
Booting Evaluations Color key Mentor who had given a Boot Artist received a Super Boot Artist received Boots from all of the Mentors Artist did not receive any Boots Artist who did not receive any Boots, but selected to join The Unit Note: Mentor votes for some artists were not indicated. The number of boots are shown instead. For some artists, the number of boots were retrieved from the show's official site.
Episode 1 (October 28) Order Artist Debut Group Song Audience Boots Mentor Boots Chi-yeul Hyuna Rain Taemin Hyun-ah San E 1 Heejin Good Day "Into the New World" 4 — — Jiwon — Chaesol — — — — — Viva Received 3 boots Genie Received 2 boots Lucky — — — — — — 2 Chan A.C.E "Don't Wanna Know" 3 — — Jun — — 3 Lee Hyunjoo April "Pretty Girl" 5 4 Jun U-KISS "Dang Dang Dang" Super Boot No evaluation 5 Yujeong Brave Girls "Irony" 3 Received 5 boots Eunji Received 1 boot Yuna — — — — — — 6 Hyeyeon Bestie "Only Wanna Give It to You" 3 ————— 7 ZN Laboum "Come On Over Baby" 3 Received 3 boots Yujeong Received 4 boots Haein Received 5 boots 8 Woohee Dal Shabet "Lady Marmalade" 4 Serri 9 Han Areum T-ara "Day and Night" 3 — — — — 10 Im Junhyeok Day6 "In Front of Your House" 4 — — 11 Siyoon Paran Self-written rap 0 — — — — — — 12 Feeldog Big Star "Flower Road" 4 Jude — — — Sunghak — — — Raehwan — — — — 13 Lee Jungha Actor "What's Going On" 2 — — 14 Lee Juhyeon Cube Entertainment Trainee "Valenti" 4 15 Yang Jiwon Spica "Tonight" Super Boot No evaluation
Episode 2 (November 4) Order Artist Debut Group Song Audience Boots Mentor Boots Chi-yeul Hyuna Rain Taemin Hyun-ah San E 1 Daewon Madtown "Who You?" 3 — — — — — Lee Geon 2 Somyi DIA "Happiness" 4 Received 3 boots Yebin Received 3 boots 3 Euijin Sonamoo "Bubble Pop" 4 — — 4 Donghyun Boyfriend "Pop" 4 Kwangmin — — — — — — Minwoo — — — — — — Jeongmin — — — — — — 5 Rockhyun 100% ""O"-Jung.Ban.Hap." 4 Minwoo — — — — — — Junghwan — — — — — — Chanyong — — — — — — Hyukjin — — — — — — 6 Yeoeun Melody Day "Twinkle" Super BootNo evaluation Chahee Yoomin 7 Zett AFOS Unknown — — — — — — — Trigga — — — — — — 8 Lee Min-woo C-Clown — — — — — — — 9 Kim Hyun-jae BLACK6IX 1 — — — — — — 10 Jin MVP "Hard Carry" 3 Received 1 boot Rayoon Received 5 boots PK Received 5 boots Gi Taek — — — — — — Kang Han — — — — — — Been — — — — — — Sion — — — — — — 11 Joo Soloist "The Face I Miss" 4 12 Kanto Troy "Boogie On & On" 5 Kang Minhee Miss $ Received 4 boots 13 Ryu Philip SoReal "Because You're My Girl" Unknown — — — — — — 14 Soloist "Heart Attack" 1 15 Giseok IM "Very Nice" Super Boot No evaluation Taeeun Hangyul Kijoong 16 Janey GP Basic "Change" 3 — 17 Shin Jihoon Soloist "Uphill Road" 4— — 18 Euna Kim The Ark "Blue Moon" 5 — 19 Lee Suji "Flight From Paris" 4 — 20 Marco Hot Blood Youth (H.B.Y) "Nillili Mambo" 5 Kyuhyuck—————— Taro — — — — — — Bin — — — — — — Jisan — — — — — — 21 Sungjun Boys Republic "Overdose" 5 Received 2 boots Minsu — — — — — — Sunwoo — — — — — — Onejunn Received 2 boots Suwoong Received 2 boots 22 Kim Timoteo Hotshot "Ko Ko Bop" Super Boot No evaluation Go Hojung
Episode 3 (November 11) Order Artist Debut Group Song Audience Boots Mentor Boots Chi-yeul Hyuna Rain Taemin Hyun-ah San E 1 Saebyeol Matilda "Show Me How You Burlesque" 5 — — — — Dan-A — — Semmi — — Haena — — — 2 Euijin BIGFLO "Apology" 3 Received 5 boots Lex — — — — — — Ron — — — — — — Sungmin — — — — — — HighTop — — — — — — 3 Seungjin A-JAX "Boom Boom" Super Boot No Evaluation Joonghee 4 Jungsang A.cian "B-Day" 3 Received 4 boots Jin.O — — — — — — 5 Gunwoo Myname "Breath" 4 Received 3 boots Chaejin Received 4 boots Jun.Q Received 4 boots Seyong Received 5 boots6 Gunmin B.I.G "Yeah!" 4 — — — — — — Heedo Received 3 boots 7 Sangil Snuper "Just Right" 5 Received 2 boots Woosung — — — — — — Sebin Received 1 boot Suhyun Received 2 boots 8 Taeho Imfact "You're The Best" Unknown Received 2 boots Ungjae Received 4 boots Jian Received 2 boots Jeup Received 1 boot 9 Yonghoon MAS "Kissing Strangers" 4 Received 2 boots Harin Received 2 boots Kanghyun Received 2 boots Dongmyeong Received 2 boots Cya Received 2 boots 10 Park Jiwon Park Sisters "Chandelier" Unknown 11 Lee Borim Actor "Sweet Dreams" Unknown Received 4 boots 12 Mint Tiny-G "Already Go Lady" 2 Received 4 boots 13 Kwon Haseo Real Girls Project "You, Clouds, Rain" Unknown Received 4 boots 14 Yena G-reyish "So Hot" Unknown 15 Kim Rubber Soul "MOMMAE" 3 16 Hyosun H.U.B "CRZY" 3 — — — 17 NC.A Soloist "Watch Memories" Super Boot No evaluation 18 Ji Hansol Trainee "Goodbye" Super Boot No evaluation
Unaired Performances + Order Artist Debut Group Song Audience Boots Mentor Boots Chi-yeul Hyuna Rain Taemin Hyun-ah San E 1 Jungha Beatwin "A Real Lady" 3 Received 1 boot 2 Bomi ACEMAX-RED "Blood Sweat & Tears" 3 Lena Received 1 boot Kaga — — — — — — Angela — — — — — — Jennifer — — — — — — 3 Casper Cross Gene "All of Me" 4 4 Kyeongha TOPSECRET Let's Get It Started 4 Received 5 boots Junghoon Received 3 boots Ain — — — — — — Yohan — — — — — — Yonghyeon — — — — — — K — — — — — — 5 B-Joo Topp Dogg "Everybody" 5 Received 3 boots Hojoon Received 1 boot Sangdo — — — — — — Yano — — — — — — Xero — — — — — — 6 Sejun Speed "Zero For Conduct" 3 Received 2 boots Oh Seungri — — — — — — 7 Z-Uk Bigflo "Fear" 2 Received 2 boots 8 Seongho Beatwin "Don't Flirt" 3 Received 1 boot 9 Dabin BabyBoo "MTBD (Mental Breakdown)" 4 10 Soya Soya n Sun "Firework" 5 11 I Soloist "Atlantis Princess + Dessert" 4 12 Chaewon S2 "Push Push" 2 YujeongReceived 1 boot Dohee — — — — — — Sua — — — — — — Soyul — — — — — — Jua — — — — — — 13 Nari Wa$$up "Bitch Better Have My Money" 1 Jiae — — — — — — 14 Anne S.I.S "Glass Bead" 3 Received 5 boots Gaeul Received 2 boots Dal — — — — — — Minzy — — — — — — Sebin — — — — — — J.Sun — — — — — — 15 Yuji APPLE.B "Dumb Dumb" 3 Received 3 boots Sandy Received 2 boots Haeun — — — — — — 16 Yeseul Wings "Mr. Ambiguous" 4 Received 3 boots Nayoung — — — — — — 17 Han Seoin The SeeYa Bloom 2 Received 2 boots 18 Hanbi LipBubble "I Got You" Unknown Received 2 boots Eunbyeol — — — — — — 19 Yoonjo Hello Venus "Galaxy" 3 — — — — — — 20 Soon.E S.E.T "One Night Only" Unknown — — — — — — Eun.E — — — — — — Tae.E — — — — — —
Contestants
Top 9
Color key New Top 9
First voting period #Episode 4Episode 5Episode 7UNI+ BUNI+ GUNI+ BUNI+ GUNI+ BUNI+ G 1 Kim Timoteo (Hotshot) Yang Jiwon Kim Timoteo (Hotshot) = Yang Jiwon = Kim Timoteo (Hotshot) = Yang Jiwon =2 Donghyun (Boyfriend) Yebin (DIA) Donghyun (Boyfriend) = Euijin (Sonamoo) ↑3 Jun (U-Kiss) ↑1 Euijin (Sonamoo) = 3 Feeldog (Bigstar) Euna Kim Jun (U-Kiss) ↑3 Yebin (DIA) ↓1 Donghyun (Boyfriend) ↓1 Yebin (DIA) =4 Go Hojung (Hotshot) NC.A Feeldog (Bigstar) ↓1 Euna Kim ↓1 Feeldog (Bigstar) = NC.A ↑15 Ji Hansol Euijin (Sonamoo) Go Hojung (Hotshot) ↓1 NC.A ↓1 Go Hojung (Hotshot) = Euna Kim ↓1 6 Jun (U-Kiss) Woohee (Dal Shabet) Ji Hansol ↓1 Lee Hyunjoo ↑3 Kijoong (IM) ↑1 Woohee (Dal Shabet) ↑1 7 Kijoong (IM) Hyosun (H.U.B) Kijoong (IM) = Woohee (Dal Shabet) ↓1 Ji Hansol ↓1 Lee Hyunjoo ↓1 8 Dongmyeong (MAS) JooRockhyun (100%) ↑3 Hyosun (H.U.B) ↓1 Daewon (Madtown) ↑1 Hyosun (H.U.B) = 9 Kanto (Troy) Lee HyunjooDaewon (Madtown) ↑4Lee Suji ↑2Euijin (Bigflo) ↑7 Lee Suji =
Second voting period #Episode 8Episode 10UNI+ BUNI+ GUNI+ BUNI+ G 1 Jun (U.Kiss)↑1 Euijin (Sonamoo)↑1 Jun (U.Kiss) = 134,905 Euijin (Sonamoo) = 145,981 2 Donghyun (Boyfriend) ↑1 Yebin (DIA) ↑1 Euijin (Bigflo) ↑2 124,061 Yebin (DIA) = 113,830 3 Feeldog (Bigstar) ↑1 NC.A ↑1 Donghyun (Boyfriend) ↓1 122,412 NC.A = 112,116 4 Euijin (Bigflo) ↑5 Yang Jiwon ↓3 Feeldog (Bigstar) ↓1 107,586 Euna Kim ↑2 110,993 5 Kim Timoteo (Hotshot) ↓4 Lee Hyunjoo ↑2 Kim Timoteo (Hotshot) = 105,115 Yang Jiwon ↓1 104,819 6 Go Hojung (Hotshot) ↓1 Euna Kim ↓1 Go Hojung (Hotshot) = 100,178 Jiwon (Good Day) ↑2 81,097 7 Kijoong (IM) ↓1Yoonjo ↑7 Kijoong (IM) = 94,051 Yoonjo = 80,980 8 Daewon (Madtown) =Jiwon (Good Day) ↑2 Daewon (Madtown) = 82,335 Lee Hyunjoo ↓3 80,898 9 Kanto (Troy) ↑3 Lee Suji =Jeup (Imfact) ↑479,489Semmi (Matilda) ↑3379,606
Third voting period