Fantasy Boys is a South Korean reality competition show created by MBC. The purpose of the show is to form a 12-member boy group with the potential to chart on Billboard. 55 contestants were chosen out of 1,000 applicants from around the world, primarily from South Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, and the United States, and divided into three groups known as "grades". After the final episode, the top twelve contestants were selected to debut as members of the boy group Fantasy Boys.
Contestants The English names of the contestants are presented in Eastern order in accordance with the official website.
The ages of all contestants are presented according to the Korean age system as of the start of the competition.
Color Key Final members of FANTASY BOYS Eliminated in the final episode Eliminated in the semi-finals Eliminated in the fourth semester Eliminated in the third semester Eliminated in the second semester Eliminated in the first semester Left the show Top 12 of the episode Saved with Producer Pick
+ List of Fantasy Boys contestants Company Name Age Grade evaluation Ranking 1 2 2 4–5 6–7 May 11, 2023 8–9 May 18, 2023May 25, 2023 10 11Final # # # ## ##Points #Points # Woollim Entertainment() Bae Jae-ho() 16 2 2 40 41 Eliminated41 Individual Trainee() Bae Seung-yoon() 26 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Great M Entertainment() Cho Yeon-woo() 19 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Individual Trainee() Choi Min-seo() 20 2 2 38 40 Eliminated40 18 3 3 29 31 34 Not ShownNot Shown Eliminated29–32 Ha Jae-min() 21 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Ha Seok-hee() 24 1 2 20 27 17 Not Shown 28 Not Shown22211,116.319 Not Shown15–20 Hayato() / () 20 3 3 25 24 24 Not Shown 27 Not Shown25Not ShownEliminated23–28 Kiss Entertainment() Hikari() / () 22 2 1 8 3 13 Not Shown 14 Not Shown353,314.56159,904.088 PocketDol Studio() Hikaru() / () 21 1 1 28 22 11 Not Shown 4 Not Shown361,349.94149,861.61111 Individual Trainee() Hinata() / () 21 Left the show PocketDol Studio() Hong Seong-min() 20 1 1 3 1 1 Not Shown 1 Not Shown422,012.62193,049.533 RBW Hwang Jae-min() 22 1 1 22 26 16 Not Shown 16 Not Shown315,010.310 Not Shown15–20 True Fun Entertainment(趣放娛樂) Ivan() / () 21 2 2 27 29 Not ShownEliminated34–37 Future Idol() Jeon Byeong-cheol() 21 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Allart Entertainment() Jeong Deun-haesol() 18 1 1 33 36 Not ShownEliminated34–37 APlus Entertainment() Jin Myung-jae() 23 3 3 15 19 20 Not Shown 17 Not Shown Not ShownEliminated21–22 Individual Trainee() Jung Bo-moon() 17 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Jung Goo-hyun() 21 3 3 Eliminated44–54 PocketDol Studio() K-Soul() / () 24 2 1 7 4 7 Not Shown 12 13Not Shown353,696.45159,517.699 Individual Trainee() Kaedan() 15 2 2 16 20 30 Not Shown 25 Not Shown24220,674.318120,952.21212 Urban Works Ent() Kang Dae-hyeon() 21 1 1 17 7 12 Not Shown 8 Not Shown264,462.116 Not Shown15–20 Individual Trainee() Kang Hyun-woo() 24 1 1 11 13 21 Not Shown 22 Not Shown Not ShownEliminated23–28 Maroo Entertainment() Kang I-rang() 16 1 1 30 30 27 Not Shown 19 Not Shown23Not ShownEliminated23–28 Individual Trainee() Kang Min-seo() 23 2 2 14 16 9 11 13 Not Shown314,298.311165,743.277 Kang Seon-jun() 23 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Keum Jin-ho() 24 2 2 31 21 22 Not Shown 15 Not Shown207,409.720 Not Shown15–20 PocketDol Studio() Kim Beom-jun() 20 2 2 35 34 32 Not Shown 24 Not ShownNot ShownEliminated23–28 Individual Trainee() Kim Dae-hui() 24 2 1 36 35 31 Not Shown 21 Not ShownNot ShownEliminated23–28 JYP Entertainment(JYP 엔터테인먼트) Kim Gyu-rae() 15 1 2 12 14 10 13 10 15Not Shown274,233.115193,112.622 Redstart ENM(레드스타트 ENM) Kim Kyu-hyun() 19 3 3 23 28 23 Not ShownNot Shown Eliminated29–32 PocketDol Studio() Kim Woo-seok() 20 2 1 24 12 15 Not Shown 5 Not Shown377,622.33154,602.81010 Individual Trainee() Kim Seung-jun() 24 2 2 34 32 Not ShownEliminated34–37 EZ Entertainment(EZ엔터테인먼트) Lee Han-bin() 23 1 1 18 17 3 12 23 12Not Shown336,698.08178,369.455 Individual Trainee() Ling Qi() / () 22 1 2 10 5 8 Not Shown 7 Not Shown352,679.77170,671.566 One Cool Jacso Entertainment() Long Guohao() / () 23 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Individual Trainee() Moon Hyeok-jun() 18 1 2 41 42 Eliminated42 Rain Company() Moon Hyun-bin() 24 3 3 5 8 5 Not Shown 6 Not Shown303,731.813 Not Shown13–14 Individual Trainee() Moon Jae-young() 23 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Nam Jin-myung() 24 3 3 Eliminated44–54 EZ Entertainment(EZ엔터테인먼트) Nam Seung-hyun() 25 2 2 21 23 18 Not Shown 20 Not ShownNot ShownEliminated23–28 Individual Trainee() Oh Byeong-yong() 21 3 3 Eliminated44–54 Abyss Company() Oh Hyeon-tae() 16 1 2 19 10 4 14 11 14Not Shown288,889.914187,277.944 RBW Park Hyeong-geun() 21 2 2 42 39 14 Not Shown 26 Not ShownNot ShownEliminated21–22 Individual Trainee() Park Min-geun() 23 1 2 39 38 Eliminated38 Park Seong-min() 19 3 3 Eliminated44–54 SOLE U Santa() / () 21 2 2 1 6 29 10 9 Not Shown308,912.312 Not Shown15–20 One Cool Jacso Entertainment() Seo Sang-woo() 21 2 2 32 33 26 Not ShownNot Shown Eliminated29–32 Individual Trainee() Shiryu( / () 23 2 2 26 25 19 Left the show33 Eden Entertainment() Song Du-hyun() 19 2 2 37 37 25 Not ShownNot Shown Eliminated29–32 GGA Tae Seon() 24 2 1 6 9 6 Not Shown 3 Not Shown318,784.79 Not Shown13–14 SOLE U TK() / () 21 3 3 13 18 Not ShownEliminated34–37 Yaya() / () 27 3 3 4 11 Left the show43 Individual Trainee() Yu Jun-won() 21 1 1 2 2 2 Not Shown 2 Not Shown526,688.81206,124.111 Yuma() / () 25 3 3 9 15 28 Not Shown 18 Not Shown21250,724.317 Not Shown15–20
Admission Evaluation (Episodes 1–2) After the producers in the Producer Zone watch the Admission Evaluation performances, they will evaluate them by either choosing them by selecting 'O' or rejecting them with an 'X'. If a contestant gets chosen by all producers, they get placed in Grade 1; if they are chosen by two to three producers, they receive Grade 2; and if they are chosen by only one or none of the producers, they are assigned to Grade 3. Grade 3 contestants' admission will be put on hold for the time being and they become candidates for elimination, while Grade 1 and Grade 2 passed the admission evaluation and can enter the dorm.
Bold numbers are contestants whose performances were partially or entirely unaired during the episode broadcast. Full versions of the performances will be released on Naver NOW after the Admission Evaluation ends.
+ Admission Evaluation results Performance Contestant Grade Artist(s) Song(s) Initial NewEpisode 1 1 G.Soul "Hate Everything" Yu Jun-won 1 1 TXT "Blue Hour"(5시 53분의 하늘에서 발견한 너와 나) 2 Day6 "You Were Beautiful"() TK 3 3 3 Oneus "Lit"() Kang Min-seo 2 2 4 AJR "3 O'Clock Things" Oh Hyeon-tae 1 2 Armani White "Billie Eilish" 5 SuperM "Tiger Inside"() Kang Dae-hyeon 1 1 Jeff Bernat "Call You Mine" 6 Monsta X "Alligator" Nam Jin-myung 3 3 7 NCT Dream "Candy" Kim Woo-seok 2 1 8 Taemin "Flame of Love" Shiryu 2 2 Bruno Mars "When I Was Your Man" 9 Exo "The Eve"() Hikaru 1 1 10 Taemin "Goodbye (Korean Ver.)"(さよならひとり) K-Soul 2 1 11 NCT 127 "Kick It"() Yuma 3 3 12 NewJeans "Hype Boy" Daniel Hyunoo Lachapelle 3 3 13 SHINee "Stand By Me" Moon Jae-young 3 3 14 The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar "Pray for Me" Kim Beom-jun 2 2 15 Taemin "Criminal" Hong Seong-min 1 1Episode 2 16 Pentagon "Feelin' Like" Moon Hyun-bin 3 3 17Calum Scott"You Are the Reason" Yaya 3 3Treasure"Going Crazy" () 18 iKon "Rhythm Ta" () Kim Gyu-rae 1 2 19 Seventeen "Fear"(독: Fear) Jin Myung-jae 3 3 20 NCT Dream "Boom" Tae Seon 2 1 21 Treasure "Jikjin"() Santa 2 222AJ"Dancing Shoes" ()Kang I-rang11 23 Baekhyun "UN Village" Ha Seok-hee 1 224 Mamamoo "HIP" Hwang Jae-min 1 1 Park Hyeong-geun 2 2 25 WayV "Kick Back"(秘境) Ling Qi 1 226Stray Kids"Maniac"Hayato33
Contestants with Unaired PerformancesContestantGradeContestantGradeInitialNewInitialNewBae Jae-ho22Choi Min-seo22Hikari21Ivan22Jeong Deun-haesol11Kaedan22Kang Hyun-woo11Keum Jin-ho22Kim Dae-hui21Kim Kyu-hyun33Lee Han-bin11Moon Hyeok-jun12Nam Seung-hyun22Park Min-geun12Seo Sang-woo22Song Du-hyun22Bae Seung-yoon33Cho Yeon-woo33Ha Jae-min33Jeon Byeong-cheol33Jeon Boo-moon33Jun Goo-hyun33Kang Seon-jun33Long Guohao33Oh Byeong-yong33Park Seong-min33
First Semester – Idol DNA (Episode 2)
For the first semester, Jeon Soyeon served as the main producer. All the producers re-evaluated the grade for Grade 1 and Grade 2 contestants, with Grade 1 limited to 14 contestants. The pending admission for Grade 3 was selected based on the global vote. An early pass from the main producer was given during the interim check.
Color key Moved Up to Grade 1 Moved Down to Grade 2 Early Pass Eliminated
+ Grade 1 Re-evaluation results Grade 1 Ha Seok-hee Hikaru Hong Seong-min Hwang Jae-min Jeong Deun-haesol Kang Dae-hyeon Kang Hyun-woo Kang I-rang Kim Gyu-rae Lee Han-bin Ling Qi Moon Hyeok-jun Oh Hyeon-tae Park Min-geun Yu Jun-won
+ Grade 2 Re-evaluation results Grade 2 Bae Jae-ho Choi Min-seo Hikari Ivan K-Soul Kaedan Kang Min-seo Keum Jin-ho Kim Beom-jun Kim Dae-hui Kim Woo-seok Kim Seung-jun Nam Seung-hyun Park Hyeong-geun Santa Seo Sang-woo Shiryu Song Du-hyun Tae Seon
+ Grade 3 Pending Admission results#NameResult 1 Yaya Passed 2 Moon Hyun-bin Passed 3 Yuma Passed 4 TK Passed 5 Jin Myung-jae Passed 6 Kim Kyu-hyun Passed 7 Hayato Passed 8 Daniel Hyunoo Lachapelle Passed 9 Ha Jae-min Eliminated 10 Long Guohao Eliminated 11 Park Seong-min Eliminated 12 Kang Seon-jun Eliminated 13 Nam Jin-myung Eliminated 14 Jung Bo-moon Eliminated 15 Bae Seung-yoon Eliminated 16 Cho Yeon-woo Eliminated 17 Oh Byeong-yong Eliminated 18 Jung Goo-hyun Eliminated 19 Jeon Byeong-cheol Eliminated 20 Moon Jae-young Eliminated
Second Semester – Visual Mission (Episode 3–4)
Contestants are to rank each other by placing stickers on each other. The contestants with the most stickers have the advantage of choosing their choice of the team they want to join for the second semester's mission. +Visual Ranking ResultsNameNo of VotesRankBae Jae-ho132Choi Min-seo132Daniel Hyunoo Lachapelle321Ha Seok-hee415Hayato513Hikari96Hikaru513Hong Seong-min231Hwang Jae-min226Ivan321Jeong Deun-haesol132Jin Myung-jae226K-Soul105Kaedan79Kang Dae-hyeon226Kang Hyun-woo415Kang I-rang132Kang Min-seo415Keum Jin-ho132Kim Beom-jun132Kim Dae-hui226Kim Gyu-rae96Kim Kyu-hyun321Kim Woo-seok132Kim Seung-jun132Lee Han-bin321Ling Qi79Moon Hyeok-jun132Moon Hyun-bin96Nam Seung-hyun132Oh Hyeon-tae226Park Hyeong-geun415Park Min-geun132Santa134Seo Sang-woo226Shiryu321Song Du-hyun415Tae Seon173TK415Yaya79Yu Jun-won202Yuma612
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For the second semester, Jang Wooyoung served as the main producer.
A pre-mission 'Fashion Runway' will decide which member of each team will have the first heart fluttering part. Each team will stand on the runway and be given time to show off their charms. The boy who gets his photo taken the most by the Fantasy Makers will be assigned the first heart fluttering part for their team.
The second heart fluttering part will be assigned by the producers during the interim check.
The first place of each team will receive a benefit of 2,000 points. + Visual Mission Results PerformanceTeamResultContestants Original artist(s) SongThemeNameRank Name1The Boyz"The Stealer"Military <제복>FBIDOL 4 Jeong Deun-haesol 1 Ling Qi 5 Bok Daniel 2 Kim Woo-seok 7 Ivan 3 Kim Kyu-hyun 6 Moon Hyeok-jun2Stray Kids"Thunderous" ()Asian Look <동양미>The Thunderous () 7 Park Min-geun 5 Nam Seung-hyun 3 Jin Myung-jae 1 K-Soul 6 Kim Beom-jun 4 Kim Seung-jun 1 Keum Jin-ho 3Nct U90's LoveSporty Look <스포티룩>Hipster Boys()2 Kang Min-seo7Bae Jae-ho4Hikaru6Kang Hyun-woo1Oh Hyeon-tae5Park Hyeong-geun3Seo Sang-woo 4BTS"Boy In Luv" ()School Look <스쿨룩>Fantasy Shaker()1Kang Dae-hyeon2Kim Gyu-rae 5Kim Dae-hui6Santa4Song Du-hyun7Yaya3Hwang Jae-min 5TXT"Crown" ()Marine Look <마린룩>Jewels()7Yuma3Lee Han-bin2Ha Seok-hee6Kaedan5Kang I-rang1Hikari4Moon Hyun-bin 6Ateez"Deja Vu"Vampire Look <뱀파이어룩>Blood Seven ()6 TK5 Shiryu2 Tae Seon1 Hong Seong-min4 Yu Jun-won3 Hayato7 Choi Min-seo