Starlight Boys

Background

Genre

Survival

Theme song

"Good Luck (Be My Luck)"

MC(s)

Lee Sung Kyoung

Judge(s)

Contestants

68^{[Notes 1]} (List of contestants)

Release

Network

iQIYI (China)
SBS (South Korea)

Broadcast from

October 26, 2024 - December 28, 2024

Chronology
Youth With You 3

Website

SNS

Starlight Boys (Korean: 스타라이트보이즈; Chinese: 星光闪耀的少年) is a South Korean-Chinese survival show that premiered on iQIYI and SBS on October 26, 2024.

Concept

Starlight Boys follows the story of 69 contestants who will participate to debut in a 9-member boy group.

History

In the first half of 2024, it was announced that Youth with You (also known as Idol Producer) would be filming under the name Youth With You International. The auditions were officially opened on April 24, 2024, for any males of any nationality.^[1]

Panel

MC

Lee Sung Kyoung^[2]

Guiders

Contestants

Agency	Name	Age^{[Notes 2]}	Nationality	Notes
Individual Trainees (개인 연습생)	Choi Jun Ho (최준호)	22-23^{[Notes 3]}	Korean	Former Vocal Showdown contestant.
	Han Jeong Woo (한정우)	23	Korean	Former ODD ONE OUT member.
	Han Tae I (한태이)	20	Korean	N/A
	Hijiri (히지리)	21	Japanese	Member of BERAVE.
	Hoang Phan (호앙판)	23-24^{[Notes 3]}	Vietnamese-American	Former Asia Super Young contestant.
	Gun Woo (건우)	22	Korean	Former TFN member.
	Jae Min (하재민)	21	Korean	Former Fantasy Boys contestant.
	Jeon Min Gyu (전민규)	18	Korean	N/A
	Jung Hae Sung (정해성)	22	Korean	N/A
	Kim Seon Jae (김선재)	21	Korean	N/A
	Kingston Wong (킹스톤왕)	19	Malaysian	Former King Maker V contestant.
	Kris (크리스)	21	Thai	Former To Be Number One Idol 11 and 9low on top contestant.
	Kawk Gun (곽건)	23	Korean	Former 14U member
	Lee Da Eul (이다을)	20	Korean	Former Boys Planet contestant.
	Lee Jun Hyuk (이준혁)	24	Korean	Former MIRAE member. Former Produce X 101 contestant.
	Michael Wu (마이클우)	21	Canadian	N/A
	Ngan Chau Yuet (안추월)	22	Hong Kongese	N/A
	Pong (퐁)	22	Laotian	N/A
	Phoom (품)	23	Thai	Actor.
	Rin (린)	22	Japanese	N/A
	Ryou Kaito (료카이토)	23	Japanese	N/A
	Rex (렉스)	26	Chinese	N/A
	Syo (쇼)	24	Japanese-American	N/A
	Xu Shi Huan (허세환)	24	Chinese	Former Fan Pick contestant.
	Yoshi (요시)	17-18^{[Notes 3]}	Japanese	N/A
	Zhang Jing He (장징허)	20-21^{[Notes 3]}	Chinese	N/A
	~~Zhao Jia Yin~~ (자오지아인)	21	Chinese	N/A
Bluedot Entertainment	Yang Dong Hwa (양동화)	21	Korean	Soloist. Former ATBO member. Former The Origin - A, B, or What? contestant.
Catwalk	Zai (자이)	20	Taiwanese	N/A
FirstOne Entertainment	Eden (이든)	26	Korean	Member of NINE.i.
Image Music	Yoo Gwan Woo (유관우)	22	Taiwanese	Former member of IXFORM. Former Youth With You 3 contestant.
Insight Entertainment	Park Si Woo (박시우)	23	Korean	Former member of BLANK2Y. Former Produce X 101 and Wild Idol contestant.
	Pentor (펜떠)	25	Thai	Actor. Soloist. Former member of LAZ1. Former LAZ iCON contestant.
	Yang Yan (양얜)	23	Singaporean	Actor.
Joy Together	Wang Kun (왕쿤)	19	Chinese	Former Asia Super Young contestant.
JS Entertainment	Huang Peng Feng (후앙펑펑)	18-19^{[Notes 3]}	Chinese	N/A
	Hou Jia En (허우지아언)	18-19^{[Notes 3]}	Chinese	N/A
	Sun Jia Yang (쑨지아양)	18	Chinese	N/A
	Zhang Hang Yi (장항이)	19	Chinese	N/A
	Zhu En Hao (주언하오)	17-18^{[Notes 3]}	Chinese	N/A
KISS Entertainment	Hikari (히카리)	22	Japanese	Member of FANTASY BOYS. Former Fantasy Boys contestant.
KPLUS	Kim Seong Ju (김성주)	17	Korean	Model.
Laoyu Vision Company	Sun Ying Hao (쑨잉하오)	24	Chinese	Former member of IXFORM. Former Youth With You 3 contestant.
M-Nation	Duan Xing Xing (두안싱싱)	26	Chinese	Former member of IXFORM. Former Youth With You 3 contestant.
Mustation Entertainment	CongB (콩비)	23-24^{[Notes 3]}	Vietnamese	Former Boys Planet contestant.
Ningbo Huajieyu Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd	Cai Cheng Yuan (카이청위안)	23	Chinese	N/A
PA Entertainment	Park Yeon Wook (박연욱)	22	Korean	N/A
PC Entertainment	Zhang Ji Jun (장지쥔)	24	Chinese	Actor. Member of AGEBOY.
PocketDol Studio	Do Ha (도하)	20	Korean	Member of BAE173. Former Wild Idol contestant.
	Han Gyul (한결)	24-25^{[Notes 3]}	Korean	Member of BAE173. Former member of IM, X1, and H&D. Former The Unit and Produce X 101 contestant.
	Hong Sung Min (홍성민)	20	Korean	Member of FANTASY BOYS. Former Fantasy Boys contestant.
	Ling Qi (링치)	22	Chinese	Member of FANTASY BOYS and A SIX. Former member of X-TIME. Former Idol Producer and Fantasy Boys contestant.
	Min Jae (민재)	20	Korean	Member of BAE173.
	Yoo Jun (유준)	23-24^{[Notes 3]}	Korean	Member of BAE173.
Qin's Entertainment	Huang Jia Liang (후앙지아량)	20	Chinese	Member of BC221.
RS Music	Kad (카드)	26	Thai	Actor. Former member of SUPERBOY, F2K and ELEMENT.
RS Music	Vexter (벡터)	22	Thai	Actor.
Stardust Entertainment	Float (플로트)	21	Thai	Member of Stardust Boys. Former member of Hashtax.
Stardust Entertainment	He Xi Long (허시롱)	24	Chinese	Member of Stardust Boys.
The Line Star Entertainment	Luo Jun Wei (루어쥔웨이)	22	Chinese	Former 1EqualFive member. Former The Coming One 2 contestant.
TNK Entertainment	Nam Son (남손)	17	Vietnamese	Member of PICKUS. Former Fan Pick contestant.
Top Class Entertainment	Bian Shi Yu (비안시유)	18	Chinese	Member of TOPTEENS.
TOV Entertainment	Ke Ming Kai (커밍카이)	23	Chinese	Member of YOUTOVE.
	Li Sheng Jun (리성준)	21	Chinese	Member of YOUTOVE.
	Sheng Qi (셩치)	21	Chinese	Member of YOUTOVE.
UN24	Xin Che (신처)	18	Chinese	N/A
Warner Music China	Shao Zi Heng (샤오쯔헝)	20	Chinese	N/A
Yue Kai Entertainment	Chen Xuan You (쉬안유)	19	Chinese	N/A
Yuxiao Media	Ivan (아이반)	23	Malaysian	Member of Cheng Xin Ji Hua.

Missions

Level Test (Episode 1–2)

Key

All star	Template:Rating
2 star	Template:Rating
1 star	Template:Rating
0 star	Template:Rating

Color key

Polaris
"All-star" contestant who was eventually demoted to "2-star"

The Level Test involves the contestants performing individually or in teams and getting their individual performance evaluated by the guiders. After each performance, contestants could also evaluate each others' performances by voting. At the end of the Level Test, the contestant with the most votes, regardless of their grade, will be the "all-star" center, dubbed Polaris.

Bold team numbers are teams whose performances were partially or entirely unaired on broadcast.^{[Notes 4]}

Star Level Test (1st evaluation results)
Performance			Team	Contestant	Evaluation	Performance			Team	Contestant	Evaluation
Order of performance	Original artist(s)	Song	Team	Contestant	Evaluation	Order of performance	Original artist(s)	Song	Team	Contestant	Evaluation
Episode 1						Episode 2
1	BTS	"Blood Sweat & Tears"	BTS	Ke Mingkai	Template:Rating	14	Got7	"Hard Carry"	Avengers (어벤져스)	Chen Xuanyou	Template:Rating
				Li Shengjun	Template:Rating					Huang Jialiang	Template:Rating
				Sheng Qi	Template:Rating					Ivan	Template:Rating
2	AB6IX	"Breathe"	ABMIX	Ryou Kaito	Template:Rating					Michael Wu	Template:Rating
2	AB6IX	"Breathe"	ABMIX	Syo	Template:Rating					Zai	Template:Rating
3	Treasure	"Darari"	Runway My Way	Kim Seong-ju	Template:Rating	15	TVXQ	"Hug"	AI Visuals (AI 비주얼)	Xin Che	Template:Rating
4	Ateez	"Crazy Form"	Triple Casting (트리플 캐스팅)	Choi Jun-ho	Template:Rating	16	Treasure	"Jikjin"	Fantasy Boys (판타지 보이즈)	Hikari	Template:Rating
				Han Jeong-woo	Template:Rating					Hong Sung-min	Template:Rating
				Kim Seon-jae	Template:Rating					Ling Qi	Template:Rating
5	Super Junior	"Black Suit"	Black Suit	Shao Ziheng	Template:Rating	17	Chungha	"Gotta Go"	Unknown	Phoom	Template:Rating
6	Beast	"Beautiful"	Super MZ	Hou Jiaen	Template:Rating	18	Infinite	"Man In Love"	Unknown	Eden	Template:Rating
				Huang Pengfeng	Template:Rating					Gun-woo	Template:Rating
				Sun Jiayang	Template:Rating					Han Tae-i	Template:Rating
				Zhang Hangyi	Template:Rating	19	Stray Kids	"Case 143"	Unknown	Hijiri	Template:Rating
				Zhu Enhao	Template:Rating					Rin	Template:Rating
7	2PM	"My House"	Before Anyone Else	Do-ha	Template:Rating					Yoshi	Template:Rating
				Han-gyul	Template:Rating	20	ONF	"Bye My Monster"	Unknown	Jae-min	Template:Rating
				Min-jae	Template:Rating					Jung Hae-sung	Template:Rating
				Yoo-jun	Template:Rating					Kawk Gun	Template:Rating
8	BigBang	"Fantastic Baby"	Star Kings (스타킹)	Rex	Template:Rating	21	Infinite	"Be Mine"	Unknown	Kad	Template:Rating
				Yang Yan	Template:Rating	21	Infinite	"Be Mine"	Unknown	Vexter	Template:Rating
				Zhang Jijun	Template:Rating	22	Stray Kids	"Miroh"	Unknown	Bian Shiyu	Template:Rating
9	Winner	"Really Really"	Flirty Boys (플러팅 보이즈)	Jeon Min-gyu	Template:Rating					Hoang Phan	Template:Rating
				Lee Da-eul	Template:Rating					Luo Junwei	Template:Rating
				Nam Son	Template:Rating					Park Si-woo	Template:Rating
				Park Yeon-wook	Template:Rating	23	Cravity	"Groovy"	Unknown	Cai Chengyuan	Template:Rating
10	Riize	"Love 119"	Shining Eyes	Float	Template:Rating					Xu Shihuan	Template:Rating
				He Xilong	Template:Rating					Zhao Jiayin	Template:Rating
				Ngan Chau Yuet	Template:Rating	24	BTS	"Boy In Luv"	Unknown	CongB	Template:Rating
				Wang Kun	Template:Rating					Kingston Wong	Template:Rating
				Zhang Jinghe	Template:Rating					Pong	Template:Rating
11	Monsta X	"Rush Hour"	Second Idol (두 번째 아이돌)	Lee Jun-hyuk	Template:Rating	25	Kai	"Mmmh"	All Rounder (올라운더)	Yang Dong-hwa	Template:Rating
12	SF9	"Good Guy"	N and S (N극과 S극)	Kris	Template:Rating
12	SF9	"Good Guy"	N and S (N극과 S극)	Pentor	Template:Rating
13	Ateez	"Answer"	Last Dance (라스트 댄스)	Duan Xingxing	Template:Rating
				Sun Yinghao	Template:Rating
				Yoo Gwan-woo	Template:Rating

All-Star Battle

Only eight seats were allotted for contestants receiving an "all-star" rating. Once all seats were filled, subsequent contestants receiving an "all-star" could challenge a current "all-star" contestant for their seat. Results were determined by the other contestants' votes. The winning contestant would keep their "all-star" rating, while the losing contestant would be demoted to "2-star".

Color key

Winning contestant, remained in all-star
Losing contestant, demoted to 2-star

Order	Challenger	Nominee
1	Yoo Gwan-woo	Han Jeong-woo
2	Sun Yinghao	Min-jae
3	Michael Wu	Han-gyul
4	Huang Jialiang	Duan Xingxing
5	Zai	Lee Jun-hyuk
6	Hong Sung-min	Sun Yinghao
7	Yang Dong-hwa	Sun Yinghao

Signal Song Survival Challenge (Episode 2)

Key

Template:Same position	Class maintained
Template:Rise	Class upgraded
Template:Fall	Class downgraded

The top row indicates the initial level assigned after the Level Placement Test, while the first column indicates the new level after the re-evaluation.

Re-evaluation Test (2nd evaluation results)
scope="col" Template:Diagonal split header	All star	2 star	1 star	0 star
All star	Duan Xingxing Template:Same position Michael Wu Template:Same position Shao Ziheng Template:Same position Wang Kun Template:Same position Yoo Gwan-woo Template:Same position	Han Jeong-woo Template:Rise Hong Sung-min Template:Rise Minjae Template:Rise	Sheng Qi Template:Rise	N/A
2 star	Pentor Template:Fall Yang Dong-hwa Template:Fall Zai Template:Fall	Chen Xuanyou Template:Same position Do-ha Template:Same position Kawk Gun Template:Same position Kris Template:Same position He Xilong Template:Same position Hikari Template:Same position Huang Jialiang Template:Same position Lee Jun-hyuk Template:Same position Ling Qi Template:Same position Sun Yinghao Template:Same position	Yoshi Template:Rise	Sun Jialiang Template:Rise Syo Template:Rise
1 star	N/A	CongB Template:Fall Han-gyul Template:Fall Kim Seon-jae Template:Fall Kingston Wong Template:Fall Yoo-jun Template:Fall	Choi Jun-ho Template:Same position Eden Template:Same position Gun-woo Template:Same position Hijiri Template:Same position Jung Hae-sung Template:Same position Luo Junwei Template:Same position Nam Son Template:Same position Park Si-woo Template:Same position Park Yeon-wook Template:Same position Rin Template:Same position Xu Shihuan Template:Same position	N/A
0 star	N/A	Ivan Template:Fall Pong Template:Fall	Bian Shiyu Template:Fall Cai Chengyuan Template:Fall Han Tae-i Template:Fall Jae-min Template:Fall Kim Seong-ju Template:Fall Lee Da-eul Template:Fall Phoom Template:Fall Xin Che Template:Fall	Jeon Min-gyu Template:Same position Ke Mingkai Template:Same position Yang Yan Template:Same position Zhang Jijun Template:Same position Zhang Jinghe Template:Same position
Eliminated	N/A	N/A	Float Template:Fall Hoang Phan Template:Fall Kad Template:Fall Ngan Chau Yuet Template:Fall Ryou Kaito Template:Fall Vexter Template:Fall	Hou Jiaen Template:Fall Huang Pengfeng Template:Fall Li Shengjun Template:Fall Rex Template:Fall Zhang Hangyi Template:Fall Zhu Enhao Template:Fall

K-Pop Generation Battle (Episode 3-4)

Color key

Winning Team
Polaris

K-Pop Generation Battle results
#	Performance			Contestant
#	Original artist(s)	Song	Team Votes	Position	Name	Votes	Votes with bonus	Rank
1	Stray Kids	"Chk Chk Boom"	142	Main Vocal	Syo	20	5,020	26
				Sub Vocal 1	Kawk Gun	31	5,031	20
				Sub Vocal 2	Hikari	104	10,104	1
				Sub Vocal 3	Yoo-jun	103	5,103	2
				Sub Vocal 4	Yang Yan	27	5,027	22
				Sub Vocal 5	Michael Wu	47	5,047	17
	Ateez	"Guerilla"	33	Main Vocal	Choi Jun-ho	44	N/A	42
				Sub Vocal 1	Min-jae	61	N/A	35
				Sub Vocal 2	Chen Xuanyou	22	N/A	48
				Sub Vocal 3	Lee Da-eul	30	N/A	45
				Sub Vocal 4	Han Jeong-woo	12	N/A	54
				Sub Vocal 5	Lee Jun-hyuk	87	N/A	31
2	BTS	"Butter"	83	Main Vocal	Sheng Qi	22	N/A	48
				Sub Vocal 1	Xu Shihuan	35	N/A	43
				Sub Vocal 2	Luo Junwei	34	N/A	44
				Sub Vocal 3	Cai Chengyuan	26	N/A	46
				Sub Vocal 4	Pentor	53	N/A	38
				Sub Vocal 5	Eden	77	N/A	32
	NCT DREAM	"Glitch Mode"	84	Main Vocal	Hijiri	19	5,019	27
				Sub Vocal 1	Gun-woo	62	5,062	11
				Sub Vocal 2	Kim Seon-jae	26	5,026	23
				Sub Vocal 3	Kris	10	5,010	29
				Sub Vocal 4	Wang Kun	63	5,063	10
				Sub Vocal 5	Xin Che	56	5,056	13
3	RIIZE	"Boom Boom Bass"	80	Main Vocal	Yoo Gwan-woo	98	5,098	3
				Sub Vocal 1	CongB	80	5,080	6
				Sub Vocal 2	Duan Xingxing	52	5,052	15
				Sub Vocal 3	Huang Jialiang	26	5,026	23
				Sub Vocal 4	Sun Yinghao	60	5,060	12
				Sub Vocal 5	Bian Shiyu	29	5,029	21
	BABYMONSTER	"Sheesh"	77	Main Vocal	Rin	73	N/A	33
				Sub Vocal 1	Ivan	21	N/A	51
				Sub Vocal 2	Kingston Wong	21	N/A	51
				Sub Vocal 3	Zhang Jijun	46	N/A	41
				Sub Vocal 4	Sun Jiayang	94	N/A	30
4	Pentagon	"Shine"	27	Main Vocal	Park Yeon-wook	48	N/A	39
				Sub Vocal 1	Kim Seong-ju	12	N/A	54
				Sub Vocal 2	Jung Hae-sung	22	N/A	48
				Sub Vocal 3	Nam Son	9	N/A	56
				Sub Vocal 4	Zhang Jinghe	47	N/A	40
	Blackpink	"How You Like That"	141	Main Vocal	He Xilong	66	5,066	9
				Sub Vocal 1	Yoshi	24	5,024	25
				Sub Vocal 2	Ke Mingkai	17	5,017	28
				Sub Vocal 3	Do-ha	78	5,078	7
				Sub Vocal 4	Park Si-woo	40	5,040	18
5	Super Junior	"Sorry Sorry"	32	Main Vocal	Jae-min	56	N/A	36
				Sub Vocal 1	Han Tae-i	67	N/A	34
				Sub Vocal 2	Pong	14	N/A	53
				Sub Vocal 3	Jeon Min-gyu	24	N/A	47
				Sub Vocal 4	Phoom	56	N/A	36
	2PM	"Again & Again"	129	Main Vocal	Ling Qi	73	5,073	8
				Sub Vocal 1	Zai	54	5,054	14
				Sub Vocal 2	Yang Dong-hwa	39	5,039	19
				Sub Vocal 3	Shao Ziheng	82	5,082	5
				Sub Vocal 4	Hong Sung-min	48	5,048	16
				Sub Vocal 5	Han-gyul	96	5,096	4

Episode 10

Song	Position	Contestants
Song	Position	Contestants	"MILLIONAIRE"	Polarist	Shao Zi Heng
Vocal 1	Duan Xing Xing
Vocal 2	Yang Dong Hwa
Vocal 3	Eden
Vocal 4	Min Jae
Vocal 5	He Xi Long
Vocal 6	Ling Qi
Rap 1	Lee Jun Hyuk
Rap 2	Zai
"Pretty Dirty Boy"	Polarist	Han Gyul
	Vocal 1	Pentor
	Vocal 2	Hong Sung Min
	Vocal 3	Xin Che
	Vocal 4	Yoo Jun
	Vocal 5	Lee Da Eul
	Rap 1	CongB
	Rap 2	Xu Shi Huan
	Rap 3	Do Ha

Rankings

Overall rankings by episode

     The contestant made the debut team.
     The contestant was eliminated.
     The contestant left the show.

Name	Rankings by Episode
Name	Self Evaluation	Ep. 2	Ep. 3	Ep. 4^{[Notes 5]}	Ep. 5	Ep. 6	Ep. 7	Ep. 8^{[Notes 6]}	Ep. 9	Ep. 10
Shao Zi Heng	1	3	3	5	3	2	1	4	1	1
Lee Jun Hyuk	5	7	7	31	7	7	6	7	3	2
Xu Shi Huan	42	31	14	43	14	35	35	17	6	3
Xin Che	33	20	25	13	23	22	12	24	9	4
Pentor	2	5	5	38	5	6	8	13	4	5
Han Gyul	50	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	6
Zai	3	21	21	14	20	16	15	2	10	7
Yang Dong Hwa	6	32	22	19	16	9	7	8	5	8
Lee Da Eul	46	8	8	45	10	20	18	19	14	9
Yoo Jun	19	13	15	2	15	15	14	3	12	Eliminated (10)
Duan Xing Xing	4	6	6	15	6	8	9	18	8	Eliminated (11)
Hong Sung Min	23	18	12	16	12	11	10	28	7	Eliminated (12)
He Xi Long	28	9	10	9	11	18	11	25	11	Eliminated
CongB	10	12	11	6	13	17	13	6	13	Eliminated
Do Ha	43	11	16	7	22	21	22	5	15	Eliminated
Min Jae	40	10	9	35	9	13	16	31	16	Eliminated
Eden	44	29	37	32	36	27	26	9	17	Eliminated
Ling Qi	15	17	19	8	18	24	19	23	18	Eliminated
Hikari	45	23	26	1	26	14	20	14	Eliminated (19)
Sheng Qi	32	39	27	48	25	12	17	29	Eliminated (20)
Chen Xuan You	14	26	30	48	32	34	32	20	Eliminated
Han Jeong Woo	13	15	17	54	21	19	23	22	Eliminated
Ivan	22	22	23	51	24	23	24	16	Eliminated
Ke Ming Kai	35	41	29	28	29	36	36	27	Eliminated
Kingston Wong	16	34	32	51	33	30	29	35	Eliminated
Kris	27	24	28	29	34	32	34	12	Eliminated
Michael Wu	18	48	35	17	31	10	21	11	Eliminated
Nam Son	54	40	31	56	28	28	25	32	Eliminated
Phoom	30	30	33	36	35	26	28	25	Eliminated
Pong	39	37	34	53	30	33	33	36	Eliminated
Sun Jia Yang	60	25	20	30	19	29	30	10	Eliminated
Syo	26	19	24	26	27	31	31	33	Eliminated
Wang Kun	51	16	18	10	17	25	27	34	Eliminated
Sun Ying Hao	8	2	2	12	2	3	4	15	Left the show
Yoo Gwan Woo	11	1	1	3	1	1	2	21	Left the show
Zhang Ji Jun	34	14	13	41	8	5	5	30	Left the show
Choi Jun Ho	31	28	36	42	Eliminated (37)
Gun Woo	41	42	45	11	Eliminated (38)
Bian Shi Yu	47	35	39	21	Eliminated
Cai Cheng Yuan	57	27	42	46	Eliminated
Han Tae I	53	55	54	34	Eliminated
Huang Jia Liang	38	45	41	23	Eliminated
Hijiri	7	54	53	27	Eliminated
Jae Min	56	44	46	36	Eliminated
Jeon Min Gyu	69	53	55	47	Eliminated
Jung Hae Sung	49	46	48	48	Eliminated
Kawk Gun	37	52	51	20	Eliminated
Kim Seon Jae	36	38	44	23	Eliminated
Kim Seong Ju	21	36	40	55	Eliminated
Luo Jun Wei	48	51	52	44	Eliminated
Park Si Woo	61	47	49	18	Eliminated
Park Yeon Wook	68	56	56	39	Eliminated
Rin	25	43	43	33	Eliminated
Yang Yan	17	49	47	22	Eliminated
Yoshi	20	50	50	25	Eliminated
Zhang Jing He	65	33	38	40	Eliminated
Float	62	Eliminated
Hoang Phan	55	Eliminated
Hou Jia En	58	Eliminated
Huang Peng Feng	66	Eliminated
Kad	24	Eliminated
Li Sheng Jun	59	Eliminated
Ngan Chau Yuet	63	Eliminated
Rex	12	Eliminated
Ryou Kaito	29	Eliminated
Vexter	9	Eliminated
Zhang Hang Yi	67	Eliminated
Zhu En Hao	64	Eliminated
Zhao Jia Yin	52	Left the show

Top 9 by episode

The top 9 contestants are chosen through popularity online voting through iQIYI, as shown at the end of each episode.

#	Ep. 2	Ep. 3	Ep. 5	Ep. 6	Ep. 7	Ep. 9	Ep. 10
#	Contestant	Contestant	Contestant	Contestant	Contestant	Contestant	Contestant
1	Yoo Gwan Woo	Yoo Gwan Woo (-)	Yoo Gwan Woo (-)	Yoo Gwan Woo (-)	Shao Zi Heng (↑1)	Shao Zi Heng (-)	Shao Zi Heng (-)
2	Sun Ying Hao	Sun Ying Hao (-)	Sun Ying Hao (-)	Shao Zi Heng (↑1)	Yoo Gwan Woo (↓1)	Han Gyul (↑1)	Lee Jun Hyuk (↑1)
3	Shao Zi Heng	Shao Zi Heng (-)	Shao Zi Heng (-)	Sun Ying Hao (↓1)	Han Gyul (↑1)	Lee Jun Hyuk (↑3)	Xu Shi Huan (↑3)
4	Han Gyul	Han Gyul (-)	Han Gyul (-)	Han Gyul (-)	Sun Ying Hao (↓1)	Pentor (↑4)	Xin Che (↑5)
5	Pentor	Pentor (-)	Pentor (-)	Zhang Ji Jun (↑3)	Zhang Ji Jun (-)	Yang Dong Hwa (↑2)	Pentor (↓1)
6	Duan Xing Xing	Duan Xing Xing (-)	Duan Xing Xing (-)	Pentor (↓1)	Lee Jun Hyuk (↑1)	Xu Shi Huan (↑29)	Han Gyul (↓4)
7	Lee Jun Hyuk	Lee Jun Hyuk (-)	Lee Jun Hyuk (-)	Lee Jun Hyuk (-)	Yang Dong Hwa (↑2)	Hong Sung Min (↑3)	Zai (↑3)
8	Lee Da Eul	Lee Da Eul (-)	Zhang Ji Jun (↑5)	Duan Xing Xing (↓2)	Pentor (↓2)	Duan Xing Xing (↑1)	Yang Dong Hwa (↓3)
9	He Xi Long	Min Jae (↑1)	Min Jae (-)	Yang Dong Hwa (↑7)	Duan Xing Xing (↓1)	Xin Che (↑3)	Lee Da Eul (↑5)

Discography

Digital singles

"Good Luck (Be My Luck)" (2024)
"Pretty Dirty Boy" (2025)
"Millionaire" (2025)
"Around" (2025)

Aftermath

The final nine will debut as POLARIX.

Other contestants

On March 8, 2025, it was announced that Gun Woo will make his solo debut with the single album "Shot", set to be released on March 10.^[4]

Gallery

Notes

↑ Originally 69 but one contestant (Zhao Jia Yin) left prior to its airing.
↑ Based on age at the time of Episode 1's airing (October 26, 2024) until the final episode. Counted via the international age system, not Korean age system.
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 Contestant turned a year older during the show's airing.
↑ Full versions of the unaired performances were posted to YouTube by iQIYI on October 28 (Episode 1) and November 4, 2024 (Episode 2).
↑ Ranking based on the live audience and benefits at the second mission.
↑ Ranking based on the live audience and benefits at the third mission.

References

Official links

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[1] Originally 69 but one contestant (Zhao Jia Yin) left prior to its airing.

[age-5] Based on age at the time of Episode 1's airing (October 26, 2024) until the final episode. Counted via the international age system, not Korean age system.

[older-6] 3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 Contestant turned a year older during the show's airing.

[7] Full versions of the unaired performances were posted to YouTube by iQIYI on October 28 (Episode 1) and November 4, 2024 (Episode 2).

[8] Ranking based on the live audience and benefits at the second mission.

[9] Ranking based on the live audience and benefits at the third mission.

[2] Yahoo: Upcoming Variety Shows on iQIYI: Youth With You International, The King of Stand Up Comedy & More

[3] Allkpop: Actress Lee Sung Kyung joins iQIYI’s 'Starlight Boys' as MC

[4] Allkpop: Big Bang's Daesung, Lee Seung Gi, Kwon Eun Bi, Hui, The Boyz's Eric, & STAYC's Yoon announced as mentors for iQIYI boy group survival 'Starlight Boys'

[10] @rootsenter on Twitter (March 8, 2025)

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