Under Nineteen Participants Profile: MBC Male Teenagers Survival Program

"Under Nineteen" is the new survival program of MBC. It is a survival program for male teenagers who aims to become an idol in the future.

The show caught the attention of many even before it starts with contestants with much potentials and host of renown. The host of the show is none other than actress Kim SoHyun. Crush, EXID‘s SolJi, Dynamic Duo, Super Junior‘s EunHyuk and so on will be appearing on the show as trainers and directors, find more information below.

You can access the videos of contestants profile of the performance team, the vocal team, and the rap team. Also, you can access official videos of the show on the MBCkpop channel, here.

The program premieres on November 3rd. It will air on Saturdays at 6:25 PM KST on MBC and will have 14 episodes. Let us know in the comment who you are looking forward to.

Here are the 57 contestants and the directors of each team.

 

Under Nineteen Participants Profile

Years Active: 2018 -

(MBC)

Vocal Team

--Directors--

EXID‘s SolJi

Crush

 

--Contestants--

Shin YeChan

Name: Shin YeChan

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 183 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: He can do free talking in English with non-Koreans

Nickname: (Classical) scholar

Interesting Facts: He likes practicing guitar, watching movies, soccer, talking with his friends, and taking a walk by Hangang river.

 

Kim Bin

Name: Kim Bin

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 62 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Eloquence and acting

Nickname: Black bean (because he only goes around wearing black)

Interesting Facts: He likes writing lyrics and composing. He often hears people say that he is "scary" and that "he looks tired".

 

Jung JinSung

Name: Jung JinSung

Birthdate: 2002

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 59 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Imitating athlete Kim YuNa

Nickname: Big Eyes, a cold guy from the city

Interesting Facts: He likes taking pictures, walking alone while listening to music, and reading books.

 

Bae HyeonJun

Name: Bae HyeonJun

Birthdate: 2003

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 69 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Turning rice bowl

Nickname: Puppy

Interesting Facts: He likes games.

 

Kim YoungWon

Name: Kim YoungWon

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 171 cm

Weight: 60 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: English, playing guitar, and busking

Nickname: Chick, puppy

Interesting Facts: He likes basketball and busking. When asked what would he do if he was left alone on earth, he answered: "fart comfortably".

 

Ji JinSeok

Name: Ji JinSeok

Birthdate: 1998

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Badminton

Nickname: JiJin (it also means earthquake)

Interesting Facts: He likes to practice guitar (he cannot play well). He likes chicken. He is good at taekwondo (4).

 

Yoon TaeKyung

Name: Yoon TaeKyung

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 57 kg

Blood Type: AB

Specialty: I can eat well super hot food

Nickname: Puppy poo

Interesting Facts: He likes watching movies and dramas. He hears often that he is "cute", "cool", and "sexy".

 

Kim YoungSeok

Name: Kim YoungSeok

Birthdate: 2003

Height: 173 cm

Weight: 52 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Whistling, impersonating Doraemon, and do girl groups'  poses

Nickname: JjingJjingI (a person who sounds odd because of a nasal polyp), Sseuki

Interesting Facts: He likes collecting dolls.

 

Lim HyeongBin

Name: Lim HyeongBin

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 61 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Eating handsomely

Nickname: Cherry boy (because when he is shy, he turns red)

Interesting Facts: He likes writing lyrics, playing various instruments, and spacing out. He often hears about him "smart" and "funny".

 

Jeon ChanBin

Name: Jeon ChanBin

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 173 cm

Weight: 55 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Sleeping and basketball

Nickname: JJanBin

Interesting Facts: He likes watching movies and reading novels. He often hears about him "polite", "he sings well", and "confident".

 

Kim Kun

Name: Kim Kun

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 61 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Singing and playing instruments (flute and clarinet)

Nickname: A smiling flower

Interesting Facts: He likes taking pictures of the sceneries and looking at the sky. When asked what would he do if he was left alone on earth, he answered: "I don't think I can live ... I need my family and my friends to be able to live".

 

Jay Chang 

Name: Jay Chang

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 174 cm

Weight: 59 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Playing drum

Nickname: LeeChang

Interesting Facts: He likes soccer. He often hears about him: "funny", "weird", and "handsome"

 Half Chinese, half Irish.

 

Kang JunHyuck

Name: Kang JunHyuck

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 63 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: He likes observing people's habits and personality

Nickname: InSsa (for Insider)

Interesting Facts: He likes bowling and going to delicious restaurants. One of the items of his bucket list is to buy a huge house for his parents.

 

Lee DongJoon

Name: Lee DongJoon

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Dance, singing, rap, and basketball

Nickname: BI, DdongJoonIe

Interesting Facts: He likes computer games and listening to music. He has study abroad. One of the items of his bucket list is to go to Europe with his friends.

 

Kim TaeWoo

Name: Kim TaeWoo

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 174 cm

Weight: 62 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Make people laugh and entertain

Nickname: Looking like Park SeoJoon, looking like Kim JinHwan, Jumbo shrimp

Interesting Facts: He likes baseball. When he was in elementary school, he was trained as a baseball player for four years.

 

Kim JungWoo

Name: Kim JungWoo

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Piano (classic) and English

Nickname: Fennec Fox

Interesting Facts: He likes writing lyrics, buy clothes (shopping), traveling alone, going to places he never has been to, and doing games.

 

Lee JaeEok

Name: Lee JaeEok

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 173 cm

Weight: 57 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Cheerleading and handspring

Nickname: EokJae

Interesting Facts: He likes watching makeup videos and makeup. He often hears about him "his eyes looks sleepy", "he looks like INFINITE's SungKyu", and "he speaks well".

 

Yoon DoYeon

Name: Yoon DoYeon

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 62 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Composing songs

Nickname: Muscle men

Interesting Facts: He likes to watch movies by himself and meeting people he hasn't meet in a while. He has studied in the U.S.

 

Lim YounSeo

Name: Lim YounSeo

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 69 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Volleyball and jump rope

Nickname: YoonSseol

Interesting Facts: He likes games and fishing. He once caught a gray mullet (fish) of 52 cm. When asked what would he do if he was left alone on earth, he answered: "I would like to try driving a cool sports car at 250km/h".

 

Rap Team

--Directors--

Dynamic Duo's GaeKo

Dynamic Duo's ChoiZa

 

--Contestants--

Koo HanSeo

Name: Koo HanSeo

Birthdate: 2002

Height: 177 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Chinese language

Nickname: Put your Han Seop

Interesting Facts: He likes Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk'.

 

Kim SungHo

Name: Kim SungHo

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 171 cm

Weight: 59 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Rapping at fast speed

Nickname: Mr Kim JangMi

Interesting Facts: He is from Jeju Island.

 

Kim YeJoon

Name: Kim YeJoon

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 181 cm

Weight: 100 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Pretty falsetto

Nickname: Elephant (Elly)

Interesting Facts: He comes from Daegu.

 

Kim JunJae

Name: Kim JunJae

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 60 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Beat making

Nickname: Soon-dae

Interesting Facts: He loves to eat chicken.

 

Nam DoHyon

Name: Nam DoHyon

Birthdate: 2004

Height: 176 cm

Weight: 60 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Beatbox

Nickname: The weird kid

Interesting Facts: He enjoys composing songs.

 

Park SungWon

Name: Park SungWon

Birthdate: 2003

Height: 177 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Writing lyrics

Nickname: Big eyes

Interesting Facts: He enjoys walking.

 

Park JinOh

 

Name: Park JinOh

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 67 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Freestyle rap

Nickname: Old soul

Interesting Facts: He likes to eat kimchi stew.

 

Bang JunHyuk

Name: Bang JunHyuk

Birthdate: 2004

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 47 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Making rap with different music genre

Nickname: Kiddo

Interesting Facts: He enjoys eating samgyupsal.

 

Yoo YongHa

Name: Yoo YongHa

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 177 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Doing K-Pop covers

Nickname: Yong-Ddaeng-Yi

Interesting Facts: He knows taekwondo.

 

Lee Minwoo

Name: Lee Minwoo

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 63 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Good in all games

Nickname: Mandu

Interesting Facts: He enjoys watching movies.

 

Lee SangMin

Name: Lee SangMin

Birthdate: 2002

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 58 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Writing

Nickname: Jjang-gu (Crayon Shinchan)

Interesting Facts: He likes to collect soft toys.

 

Lee YeChan

Name: Lee YeChan

Birthdate: 2005

Height: 153 cm

Weight: 39 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Soccer and taekwondo

Nickname: Little kiddo

Interesting Facts: He heard people telling him that he has a big nose.

 

Lee JunHwan

Name: Lee JunHwan

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 179 cm

Weight: 71 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Rapping (Boom Bap)

Nickname: None

Interesting Facts: He likes to eat all kinds of meat.

 

Jang Rui

Name: Jang Rui

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 63 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Soccer (Goal keeper)

Nickname: Fire boy

Interesting Facts: He is from Hong Kong.

 

Chang MinSu

Name: Chang MinSu

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 177 cm

Weight: 66 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Taekwondo

Nickname: Grasshopper

Interesting Facts: He has a hard time making decisions.

 

Jeong TaekHyeon

Name: Jeong TaekHyeon

Birthdate: 2003

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 66 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Asking older brothers how to make rap

Nickname: th728, taxi, parcel

Interesting Facts: He can imitate the voice of a rooster really well.

 

Jung HyunJun

Name: Jung HyunJun

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 73 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Writing songs and sleeping for a long time

Nickname: Trix

Interesting Facts: He likes to eat hamburger and pork cutlet.

 

Choi SooMin

Name: Choi SooMin

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 179 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Soccer and baseball

Nickname: None

Interesting Facts: He jogs for an hour everyday.

 

Choi YongHun

Name: Choi YongHun

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 181 cm

Weight: 60 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Writing songs, coming up with DJ mix set

Nickname: Vampire

Interesting Facts: He enjoys DJing.

 

Performance Team

--Directors--

Super Junior‘s EunHyuk 

Hwang SangHoon

--Contestants--

Kim KangMin

Name: Kim KangMin

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 171 cm

Weight: 59 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Rap and sport

Nickname: Pig (at the difference at his look, he loves to eat and eats a lot)

Interesting Facts: He likes sport, and likes to go to delicious restaurants. He was the representative of the city of YongIn for Hapkido.

 

Kim ShiHyun

Name: Kim ShiHyun

Birthdate: 1998

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 60 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Bright smile

Nickname: (Classic) scholar, sensation, SyeonHalBae (sensation grandpa)

Interesting Facts: He likes writing lyrics, weight exercise, climbing, and extreme sports. One of the items of his bucket list is to do skydiving and show one of his poems. He went on Mnet "Produce 101" Season 2 and promoted under Longguo & Shihyun before.

 

Kim JunSeo

Name: Kim JunSeo

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 177 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Basketball and rolling down

Nickname: The prince of bean sprouts (my school friends know that the cells of bean sprouts are pretty so they gave me this nickname)

Interesting Facts: He likes to play marbles, to watch movies, take pictures, and watch YouTube. His favorite food is his mom's cooking.

 

Min

Name: Min

Thai

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Blood Type: -

Specialty: Dance (Tutting dance)

Nickname: Min Kim (I wanted to have a Korean nickname, please choose one for me)

Interesting Facts: He likes watching Doraemon. He often hears about him "cute", "kind" and "diligent". His favorite song is BIGBANG‘s ‘HARU HARU’. He wishes to travel all around the world.

 

Park SiYoung

Name: Park SiYoung

Birthdate: 2003

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 55 kg

Blood Type: AB

Specialty: Facial expression acting

Nickname: Milk chocolate

Interesting Facts: He likes basketball, soccer, he likes watching movies alone and looking through the window while listening to music. When asked what would he do if he was left alone on earth, he answered: "lie down on a big road".

 

Son JinHa

Name: Son JinHa

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 63 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Basketball and modern dance

Nickname: JinHwa, BalJinHa

Interesting Facts: He likes basketball and watching movies. In middle school, he won the 3rd place in a Basketball competition. When asked what would he do if he was left alone on earth, he answered: "live in the world's best hotel".

 

Song ByeongHee

Name: Song ByeongHee

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 182 cm

Weight: 66 kg

Blood Type: AB

Specialty: Sing (R&B, Pop, K-Pop) and dance (urban and choreography)

Nickname: BbangHui, talented

Interesting Facts: He likes to sleep until he wants to, to match atto blocks, and to take pictures. His favorite song his Beyonce's "Halo".

 

Song JaeWon

Name: Song JaeWon

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 61kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Dance (urban, broadcasting dance)

Nickname: SongSaRi

Interesting Facts: He likes to write poems, do sports, watch movies and think. He loves garlic. He wishes to go traveling with his parents with his own money.

 

Suren

Name: Suren

Birthdate: 2004

Height: 163 cm

Weight: 50 kg

Blood Type: AB

Specialty: Popping

Nickname: lele

Interesting Facts: He enjoys swimming and playing the basketball.

 

Shin ChanBin

Name: Shin ChanBin

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 174 cm

Weight: 57 kg

Blood Type: AB

Specialty: Freestyle hiphop, coming up with choreography, collecting figurines

Nickname: ChanGyu, JinBin-Yi

Interesting Facts: He wishes to travel the world with this parents and older sister.

 

Eddie

Name: Eddie

USA (LA)

Birthdate: 1998

Height: 168 cm

Weight: 59 kg

Blood Type: -

Specialty: Covering girl group dances

Nickname: None

Interesting Facts: His favorite song is by HyunA 'How's This?'. He has done K-Pop performances in LA, Mexico and Korea. He is from LA.

 

Oh DaHan

 

Name: Oh DaHan

Birthdate: 2001

Height: 174 cm

Weight: 70 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: A guy that does what he says

Nickname: Oh Dari (Dried squid legs)

Interesting Facts: He enjoys drawing, writing poems and sleeping for a long time.

 

Wumuti

Name: Wumuti

China

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 47 kg

Blood Type: O

Specialty: Dancing (hiphop and jazz funk), Drawing, Hair and makeup

Nickname: T.T

Interesting Facts: He is from China and enjoys listening to instrumental jazz music.

 

Lee SeungHwan

Name: Lee SeungHwan

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 66 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Doing aegyo, taking care of his dongsaengs, changing on stage

Nickname: Practice bug, FM

Interesting Facts: He was the class monitor for 6 years in elementary school.

 

Lee JongWon

Name: Lee JongWon

Birthdate: 2004

Height: 168 cm

Weight: 57 kg

Blood Type: A

Specialty: Urban dance

Nickname: J won

Interesting Facts: He enjoys watching horror movies.

 

Jeon DoYum

Name: Jeon DoYum

Birthdate: 2002

Height: 173 cm

Weight: 55 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Urban dance, acrobatics

Nickname: Jeon DoYup, Esophagitis (Sik DoYum)

Interesting Facts: He enjoys taking a stroll and watching fantasy movies.

 

Jeong Won Beom

Name: Jeong WonBeom

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 177 cm

Weight: 59 kg

Blood Type: AB

Specialty: Singing

Nickname: None

Interesting Facts: He wants to become a singer recognized by the public.

 

Kosuke

Name: Kosuke

Japan

Birthdate: 2000

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 54 kg

Blood Type: B

Specialty: Doing aegyo, soccer, dancing hiphop

Nickname: Suke

Interesting Facts: He enjoys watching drama and listening to instruments.

 

Christian

Name: Christian

Philippines

Birthdate: 1999

Height: 168 cm

Weight: 59 kg

Blood Type: -

Specialty: Tricking and flips

Nickname: Performance machine

Interesting Facts: He is from the Philippines and did a TV commercial before.

 

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