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'The Origin': List of idols in survival show include GOT7 Jay B, Infinite Sunggyu, Minzy

IST Entertainment is set to form a new boy group through the K-pop survival show 'The Origin'

IST Entertainment has big plans for 2022. After The Boyz’s label, Cre.Ker and Apink and Victon’s label Play M merged, they formed IST Entertainment. The new K-pop agency also reported that they were planning on debuting a new boy group in the first half of 2022. But they would be forming it through the survival show ‘The Origin - A, B or What?’. Survival shows are the easiest ways to form a K-pop group as invested viewers turn into fans who help make the group’s debut successful as visible from ‘Girls Planet 999’s Kep1er and ‘I-Land 2’s Enhypen.

Well, IST is going all out for their survival show ‘The Origin’. Ahgases (GOT7’s fandom) were over the moon when a Korean fan at the recording of the survival show claimed that she had seen GOT7’s leader Jay B along with Infinite’s Sunggyu as mentors. Well, their appearance on the K-pop show has now been confirmed on February 16.

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Idols participating in 'The Origin'

On February 16, MBN and Kakao TV released promotional teasers for ‘The Origin’ in which we got a glimpse of all of the trainees, as well as the mentors. The judging panel consists of Minzy who is also a former member of the iconic girl group 2NE1. It also has Infinite’s Sunggyu who is currently promoting as a solo artist. Minzy and Sunggyu had previously been mentors on the survival show ‘Extreme Debut: Wild Idol’ that formed the winning group TAN. Finally, ‘The Origin’ panel has GOT7’s leader Jay B who just released his solo album under the stage name Def. Along with them, dancers and choreographers Just Jerk are also a part of the judging panel.

Among the 13 contestants participating in the survival show, there are also some known names. Jung Junho, Ryu Junmin and Seok Rakwon are popular trainees who were previously under SM Entertainment. Fans could also recognize Kim Yeonkyu who is a former YG Entertainment trainee. He had previously participated in their survival show ‘Treasure Box’ that formed the boy group Treasure.

Watch the teaser below:

'Booked and busy'

Fans are excited as one Ahgase tweeted, “Imagine being judged by the Lim Jae Beom.” Another fan said, "JAY B MENTOR yessss! The trainees gonna learn a lot like Jinyoung always say when JAY B producer songs." An Inspirit posted, “Sunggyu being a judge/mentor/panelist is so cool.” Another shared, "Tuning in for best leader kim sunggyu." A Minzy fan added, “Reminds me of Director #MINZY in #unnies #sistersslamdunk i know Balancer Judge Minzy will do well." Another commented, "#Minzy Booked and busy Queen."

‘The Origin’ will premiere on February 26 at 5 pm KST (3 am ET) on MBN, Kakao TV and 1TheK’s YouTube channel.