More “Boys Planet” Trainees Who Have Been Dominating The 5th Generation K-Pop Scene Since August 2023

Even just in the last couple of months, there have been more exciting debuts that have thrilled fans of “Boys Planet”.

Sandy, Staff Writer
3 min to read · Published : Oct 30, 2023

More “Boys Planet” Trainees Who Have Been Dominating The 5th Generation K-Pop Scene Since August 2023

AMPERS&ONE Official / ONLEE Official / FM Entertainment Official / ARMADA Entertainment Official

It has been six months since the highly popular survival show “Boys Planet” ended. At the end of the final, the top nine trainees made it into the debuting team, ZEROBASEONE. As only nine trainees could debut, there were many other talented trainees who dedicated fans of the show were sad to see miss out. However, since the show’s conclusion, many of these trainees have also debuted in several groups and as solo artists.

Even just in the last couple of months, there have been more exciting debuts that have thrilled fans of “Boys Planet”. Here are more “Boys Planet” trainees who have been dominating the 5th generation K-Pop scene since August 2023.

1. AMPERS&ONE

AMPERS&ONE is a seven member boy group under FNC Entertainment. FNC Entertainment explained the meaning of the group’s name as a combination of the symbol ‘&’ (pronounced ampersand), denoting ‘and’, and ‘one’, expressing that we are all coming together to achieve our dreams and become one. The member line-up consists of JiHo, Mackiah, SiYun, Brian, Kyrell, SeungMo and Kamden.

Of the seven members, JiHo, Brian and Kamden were "Boys Planet" trainees. JiHo was part of K Group and Brian and Kamden were part of G Group.

AMPERS&ONE will debut on Nov. 15 at 6pm KST with their 1st single album titled “AMPERSAND ONE”. They are the latest boy group under FNC Entertainment since the 2020 debut of P1Harmony.

AMPERS&ONE Official

2. ONLEE

ONLEE (known on “Boys Planet” by his real name, Lee SeungHwan) debuted with his single titled “Be With You!” on Sep. 9 under AllBlue RECORDS and INYEON Entertainment. Prior to his time on “Boys Planet” and his solo activities as ONLEE, he participated in survival shows and was active as an idol. He was a member of the boy group 1THE9 after ranking 8th on “Under Nineteen”. He was also previously a contestant on the 2021 survival show, “LOUD”.

3. ONE PACT

ONE PACT are an upcoming five member boy group under ARMADA Entertainment. The group’s name is a combination of ‘one’ and ‘pact’ (from the word ‘impact’), meaning that they will come together and make a great impact as a group. ONE PACT consists entirely of “Boys Planet” trainees; Jay Chang, JongWoo, SeongMin, YeDam and TAG (known on “Boys Planet” by his real name, Yeom TaeGyun, but left before the show officially started).

Although there are currently five members, JongWoo mentioned in a recent Instagram livestream that the member line-up is not finalised.

Although they haven’t officially debuted, they have predebut releases with official performance videos for ‘G.O.A.T’ and ‘Hot Stuff’.

4. Jay Chang

Not only is Jay Chang a member of ONE PACT, he is also a solo artist under FM Entertainment. He debuted on Oct. 17 with his 1st mini album, “Late Night”, and has music videos for ‘Rockstar’ and ‘I’ll Be There’. Prior to this, he has been active as a solo artist since Nov. 23, 2020 with the release of his digital single, “Is you”. Apart from participating in “Boys Planet”, he was a contestant on “Under Nineteen”. He was also popularly known as a predebut member of M.O.N.T Arena under FM Entertainment.

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out each of these artists and be on the lookout for their upcoming releases.