Project 7 () is a 2024 South Korean boy group reality competition survival show created by JTBC. It followed the process of creating a new global boy group. It premiered on JTBC on October 18, 2024, and aired every Friday at 20:50 (KST). The show ended on December 27, 2024, with the formation of a seven-member boy group named Close Your Eyes.
Production and Background The program was co-directed by Ma Gun-young and Chae Sung-wook. It was co-produced by Studio Slam and SLL.
On April 20, 2024, JTBC revealed teasers inviting any male to apply for the show. The program will be produced by the creators of Sing Again and will air in the second half of 2024.
The theme song, "Run (Up To You)" ((Up To You)) was released on September 24, 2024, accompanied by a performance of the song the next day by the 100 contestants.
Lee Soo-hyuk, was recruited as Project 7 host. The panel also includes Lee Hae-in, Ha Sung-woon, Bada Lee, Hi-Hat Entertainment performance director Ryu D, as well as prominent songwriter and producer Ryan S. Jhun.
Cast
Episodes
Contestants
There were a total of 200 contestants involved with the show, but 100 contestants, who made it past the Zero Setting Project, have enough data to record. The English names of all the contestants are presented in accordance with the official website.
Color key Final members of Close Your Eyes Contestants eliminated in the final episode (Ep. 12) Contestants eliminated at the third assembly ceremony (Ep. 11) Contestants eliminated at the second assembly ceremony (Ep. 8) Contestants eliminated at the first assembly ceremony (Ep. 5) Contestants that left the show
+Top 100 Project 7 contestantsMa Jingxiang ()Sakurada Kenshin ()Jeon Min-wook ()Seo Kyoung-bae ()Song Seung-ho ()Jang Yeo-jun ()Kim Sung-min ()Kim Si-hun ()Nam Ji-woon ()Kang Hyun-woo ()Kim Hyun-woo ()Yi Chen ()Kim Jeong-min ()Woo Ha-joon ()Bing Hua ()Ahn Jun-won ()Yoo Young-seo ()Jung Se-yun ()Andy (アンディ) / ()Lynn Lynn ()Park Jun-seo ()Kang Min-seo ()Lee Han-bin ()Fong Atilla ()Kim Joo-hyun ()Abe Yura ()Lee Gun-woo ()Chae Hee-ju ()Kwon Yong-hyun ()Oh Tae-hwan ()Wu Chenyu ()Kim Joon-woo ()Yu Ji-ahn ()Shin Jae-won ()Asaka Kotaro ()Kim Tae-yu ()Fukuyama Sota ()Ha Seok-hee ()Seo Jin-won ()Jung Seung-won ()Oh Seung-chan ()Park Jun-woo ()Lee Ji-hoon ()Kim Hyun-jae ()Yeom Ye-chan ()Yoo Hee-do ()Kwon Ye-ung ()Aom ()Cho Hyo-jin ()Kim Do-hun ()Kang Wang-seok ()Kwon Yang-woo ()Kim Young-hoon ()Song Hyung-seok ()Im Si-u ()Kim Ji-min ()Baek Ji-ho ()Choi Ju-young ()Sviat ()Obayashi Yusei ()Ok Chang-hyeon ()Hou Guanyi ()Petch ()Lee Eun-suh ()Kang Ji-min ()Santa ()Ayalon Adam ()Jeong Deun-haesol ()Park Chan-yong ()Oh Young-woong ()Lee Yu-jun ()Yoo Hyeon-seung ()Yang Ju-ho ()Lin Weichen ()Zhang Jinglong ()Kim Eun-ho ()Kim Dan-u ()Kim Tae-sung ()Kim Min-jun ()Kang Hee-min ()Kim Sung-jun ()Ko Min-sung ()Kim Yoon-sue ()Kim Si-yul ()Tsujii Ryoma ()Lee No-yul ()Jang Hyeon-seok ()Manabe Jin ()Lee Ju-chan ()Choi Byung-hoon ()Yoon Ju-han ()Jang In-jae ()Kim Jeong-yun ()Yamaguchi Satoshi ()Kim Ji-hwan ()Lee Do-kyeong ()Lim Hyun-woo ()Lee Hyo-bin ()Lee Jun-seon ()Jung Jo-han ()
Voting & Survival Announcements
Voting The voting process for Project 7 is done through the official website and the Weverse app as the primary platforms to vote for the contestants.
Top 7 The top seven contestants were determined through popularity with online voting and audience live voting, and the results are shown at the end of most episodes. Color key New to the Top 7 Returned to Top 7 Top 7 Contestants After Each Ranking Announcement # 2 3 5 6 8 11 12 1 Jeon Minwook Jeon Minwook() Jeon Minwook() Sakurada Kenshin(1) Jeon Minwook(1) Sakurada Kenshin(1)Ma Jingxiang(4) 2 Sakurada Kenshin Sakurada Kenshin() Sakurada Kenshin() Jeon Minwook(1) Sakurada Kenshin(1) Seo Kyoungbae(1)Sakurada Kenshin(1) 3 Kim Sihun Kim Sihun() Kim Sungmin(2) Seo Kyoungbae(4) Seo Kyoungbae() Jeon Minwook(2)Jeon Minwook() 4 Kim Sungmin Ma Jingxiang(1) Kim Sihun(1) Jang Yeojun(2) Jang Yeojun() Kim Sungmin(2)Seo Kyoungbae(2) 5 Ma Jingxiang Kim Sungmin(1) Ma Jingxiang(1) Kim Sungmin(2) Song Seungho(1) Ma Jingxiang(2)Song Seungho(1) 6 Kang Minseo Jang Yeojun(9) Jang Yeojun() Song Seungho(8) Kim Sungmin(1) Song Seungho(1)Jang Yeojun(1) 7 Kang Hyunwoo Seo Kyoungbae(12) Seo Kyoungbae() Nam Jiwoon(5) Ma Jingxiang(1) Jang Yeojun(3)Kim Sungmin(3)
1st Assembly Ceremony The first voting period for the 1st Assembly Ceremony took place from October 18 to November 2, 2024. The fans, named World Assemblers, voted for their top seven contestants. Alongside voting for their top 7, World Assemblers would also vote for 14 contestants, to assemble a unit, which seemed to foreshadow performances together. Regarding eliminations, the top 70 trainees who received the most points, calculated through votes received through Korea and through the rest of the world, got to continue onto the next round and the bottom 30 trainees got officially eliminated. During the ceremony, 1, 3, 7, or 9-10 contestants would be called up at a time (69–61, 60–51, etc. 10–8, 7–1, 70) and then they would find out which unit they would be a part of, which are labeled A1 down to A5. Color key Top 7 1st Assembly Ceremony (Episode 5)RankContestantsPointsUnitRankContestantsPointsUnit VotesBenefit Points Total VotesBenefit Points Total Korean Global Korean Global 1 Jeon Minwook 2,413,947 1,746,093100,000 4,260,040 A3 36 Asaka Kotaro 168,161 207,3420 375,503 A1 2 Sakurada Kenshin 2,154,793 1,988,00120,000 4,162,794 A2 37 Oh Seungchan 311,612 54,226 365,838 A2 3 Kim Sungmin 1,647,115 917,2890 2,564,404 38 Park Junwoo 271,142 64,83420,000 355,976 A1 4 Kim Sihun 1,443,091 1,078,012 2,521,103 A3 39 Oh Taehwan 287,948 55,6850 343,633 A4 5 Ma Jingxiang 1,661,670 819,854 2,481,524 A2 40 Seo Jinwon 226,484 105,123 331,607 A2 6 Jang Yeojun 977,033 1,221,26620,000 2,218,299 A3 41 Ha Seokhee 215,961 81,99220,000 317,953 A1 7 Seo Kyoungbae 1,183,885 1,013,3810 2,197,266 42 Ok Changhyeon 268,105 25,7830 293,888 A5 8 Kang Hyunwoo 875,676 826,260 1,701,936 43 Chae Heeju 144,707 124,50920,000 289,216 A1 9 Binghua 867,770 811,11320,000 1,698,883 44 Song Hyungseok 218,945 65,3350 284,280 10 Kang Minseo 1,137,447 498,5740 1,636,021 45 Kim Younghoon 77,113 202,977 280,090 11 Yichen 938,187 669,047 1,607,234 A4 46 Petch 141,147 107,46820,000 268,615 A4 12 Nam Jiwoon 1,158,074 439,722 1,597,796 47 Lee Gunwoo 199,888 47,02120,000 266,909 A1 13 Fong Atilla 582,702 998,129 1,580,831 A2 48 Lynn Lynn 127,116 114,50220,000 261,618 A4 14 Song Seungho 999,650 557,468 1,557,118 A3 49 Yeom Yechan 151,356 104,1700 255,526 A2 15 Ahn Jun-won 653,118 536,650 1,189,768 A4 50 Ayalon Adam 119,786 127,644 247,430 A1 16 Kim Hyunwoo 619,454 529,463 1,148,917 A2 51 Wu Chenyu 151,146 72,85320,000 243,999 A5 17 Jung Seyun 587,571 543,847 1,131,418 A3 52 Choi Juyoung 174,025 63,2750 237,300 A4 18 Park Junseo 571,446 361,397120,000 1,052,843 53 Kim Taeyu 119,263 97,25820,000 236,521 19 Andy 258,786 727,5930 986,379 A4 54 Oh Youngwoong 189,522 33,5170 223,039 A5 20 Kwon Yonghyun 643,956 304,094 948,050 A1 55 Baek Jiho 113,975 104,830 218,805 A1 21 Abe Yura 361,087 559,022 920,109 A3 56 Kang Jimin 181,250 35,545 216,795 A5 22 Yoo Youngseo 536,263 260,828120,000 917,091 A4 57 Jung Seungwon 181,145 35,261 216,406 23 Fukuyama Sota 460,193 283,8140 744,007 58 Cho Hyojin 146,696 50,495 197,191 24 Woo Hajoon 508,150 103,009 611,159 A2 59 Obayashi Yusei 112,247 62,82820,000 195,075 25 Shin Jaewon 337,160 226,918 564,078 60 Im Siu 157,010 36,0690 193,079 A3 26 Kim Joohyun 395,535 146,547 542,082 A1 61 Kim Joonwoo 147,168 43,108 190,276 A5 27 Kim Hyunjae 285,278 253,911 539,189 62 Jeong Deunhaesol 121,985 42,18720,000 184,172 A4 28 Sviat 278,000 209,773 487,773 A2 63 Lee Eunsuh 130,048 32,31520,000 182,363 A5 29 Lee Hanbin 300,670 174,543 475,213 64 Kim Jimin 110,205 66,1850 176,390 30 Kim Dohun 155,387 300,100 455,487 A1 65 Kang Wangseok 121,409 54,109 175,518 31 Yoo Heedo 308,994 116,45420,000 445,448 A3 66 Lee Jihoon 119,053 56,201 175,254 32 Kwon Yangwoo 249,572 159,3050 408,877 A4 67 Park Chanyong 122,614 31,17220,000 173,786 A3 33 Santa 179,208 203,64720,000 402,855 A2 68 Aom 85,756 82,5710 168,327 A5 34 Kim Jeongmin 253,656 132,5780 386,234 69 Hou Guanyi 113,032 52,537 165,569 A4 35 Yu Jiahn 196,485 159,12020,000 375,605 A1 70 Kwon Yeung 104,237 40,88520,000 165,122 A5
2nd Assembly Ceremony The second voting period for the 2nd Assembly Ceremony took place from November 8 to November 23, 2024. The World Assemblers voted for their top seven contestants. Alongside voting for their top seven, World Assemblers would also assemble five units of seven contestants for each of the new songs introduced, each having their own concept; Neo/Urban (Breaking News), Old School/Retro (KOOL-AID), Fresh/Cool (Merry-Go-Round), Sexy/Bad (Trigger), & Nostalgic/Sentimental (Time After Time). Regarding eliminations, the top half (35) of the contestants who received the most votes got to continue onto the next round and the bottom half (35) of the contestants got officially eliminated. During the ceremony, each pair of opposing teams from the Rival Match, starting from its A1, then 5, 2, 4, and 3, would be called up to find out who is safe from elimination from each unit, excluding the Top 9 contestants, and 35th place contestant. The safe contestants would move to their ranking's seat in the stands for the time being. After ranks 10-34 were confirmed, the 35th place contestant was revealed, through the four candidate method, and then the Top 9 were revealed starting from 9th, then 7th and 8th, and then 6th down to 3rd, and finally 1st and 2nd. After the ceremony, and the eliminated contestants had left, Lee Soohyuk would call up each contestant, in rank order, and give them a number from 1–5, corresponding to 5 different rooms, which would determine each contestant's Assembly for the next mission. Color key Top 7