&Audition -The Howling- Where Are They Now?
&Audition – The Howling – was a Japanese and South Korean reality competition program by HYBE that follows the formation and debut of the first boy group under YX LABELS (Hybe Labels Japan). The program consisted of 15 contestant’s (with 4 already decided in the final lineup so remaining 11 fought for 5 spot’s for the debut group) show started broadcasting in July 9, 2022 on Nippon TV, and it will also be streamed on Hulu and HYBE LABELS + official Youtube channel. The final lineup was announced in September 3, 2022 with 9 members of the boy group called &TEAM managed by YX LABELS (HYBE Labels Japan).
It’s been 1 year since the show ended, where are the rest of the contestants now?
Debut Members (Already Decided):
(Debut) – K
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
(Debut) – Nicholas
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
(Debut) – EJ
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
(Debut) – Taki
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
Debuted Finalists:
Rank-1 (Debut) – Jo
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
Rank-2 (Debut) – Harua
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
Rank-3 (Debut) – Maki
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
Rank-4 (Debut) – Yuma
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
Rank- 5 (Debut) – Fuma
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, &TEAM.
Eliminated Contestants:
Rank-6 (Final Episode) – Gaku
— He is still at YX LABELS (HYBE Labels Japan).
— On August 24, 2023, he along with Hikaru, completed their final debut test as trainees. On September 13, both were announced as debuting members for an upcoming boy group, later revealed as 24kumi on September 24 2023.
— He was a contestant on “Oen-HIGH -Where dreams begin-” where he ranked 6th in the finals.
— He is now a member of aoen.
Rank-7 (Final Episode) – Hikaru
— He is still at YX LABELS (HYBE Labels Japan).
— On August 24, 2023, he along with Gaku, completed their final debut test as trainees. On September 13, 2023 both were announced as debuting members for an upcoming boy group, later revealed as 24kumi on September 24, 2023.
— He was a contestant on “Oen-HIGH -Where dreams begin-” where he ranked 5th in the finals.
— He is now a member of aoen under the stage name Haku.
Rank-8 (Final Episode) – Junwon
— He left YX LABELS (HYBE Labels Japan).
— He recently opened social media and was posting a little but later deleted his Instagram.
— On February 20, 2023, he was introduced as a contestant of the MBC survival show “My Teenage Boy/Fantasy Boys” as individual trainee.
— He was participating in MBC survival show “My Teenage Boy/Fantasy Boys” where in Finale ranked 1st making him a center of boy group FANTASY BOYS under Pocketdol Studio.
— He was supposed to debut in boy group Fantasy Boys but later, on August 23, 2023, PocketDol Studio announced his departure from FANTASY BOYS due to the group following disagreements about his contract between his parents and the agency.
— He regularly post’s on his Instagram.
Rank-9 (Final Episode) – Hayate
— He left YX LABELS (HYBE Labels Japan), and recently opened social media, which he later deleted.
— He is currently a member of WILD BLUE under YK Music Entertainment, the group debuted on September 9, 2024.
Rank-10 (Final Episode) – Yejun
— He is still training at YX LABELS (HYBE HYBE Labels Japan), not much has been heard from him.
Rank-11 (Final Episode) – Minhyung
— He left YX LABELS (HYBE Labels Japan), and recently opened social media, however he deleted his account.
Note: If you’re looking for one of the participants’ social media accounts just click on their names and it will take you to their profile, though that’s only for the ones that haven’t debuted.
Did you watch “&Audition -The Howling-“? Are you still following some of the members? Feel free to comment down below! 🙂
