Extreme Debut: Wild Idol: Where Are They Now?
Extreme Debut Wild Idol (극한데뷔 야생돌, lit. Extreme Debut: Wild Idol) was a survival show aired on MBC presented by Kim Jongkook. Show aired September 17th 2021 the consisting of 45 contestants and had outdoor variety and competition to not only showcase their singing, rapping and dancing skills but also their mental and physical strength. Outta 45 contestant’s only 16 are able to go to the next round and they will need to compete for the 7 spot debut final line-up.
The final lineup was announced on December 16, 2021 and group name will be called TAN, but where are the rest of contestant’s?
Debut Group:
Rank-1 (Debut) – Lee Changsun
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, TAN.
Rank-2 (Debut) – Bang Taehoon
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, TAN.
Rank-3 (Debut) – Kim Jiseong
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, TAN.
Rank-4 (Debut) – Seo Sunghyuk
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, TAN.
Rank-5 (Debut) – Lee Jaejun
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, TAN.
Rank-6 (Debut) – Kim Hyunyeop
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, TAN.
Rank-7 (Debut) – Im Jooan
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, TAN.
Eliminated Finalist’s:
(Final Round) – Kim Kijoong
— He’s posting regularly on his social media.
— He enlisted in the millitary on December 12, 2022 and is expected to be discharged on June 11, 2024.
(Final Round) – Noh Yoonho
— He returned to his group VAV, and will continue to promote with them.
(Final Round) – Park Gunwook
— He returned to Jellyfish Entertainment and continued training.
— On December 29, 2022, he was introduced as a contestant of Mnet’s survival show Boys Planet as Jellyfish Entertainment trainee.
— He participated on MNET survival show Boys Planet where in the final’s he ranked 5th making him a member of boy group ZEROBASEONE under WAKEONE.
— He debuted in the group ZEROBASEONE on July 10, 2023 with the mini album Youth in the Shade.
(Final Round) – Park Jueon
— He was originally eliminated in Episode 3 but later it was announced that 1 additional member can go with 14 winning participant’s so all of participant’s voted who will go in the next round and 2 participant’s were tied so both him and Yoon Jaechan got into next round and they were 16.
— He in 2022, left CLIMIX and the group since his Climix account was deleted and he created a new account with “food shop” in his bio hinting he has a new job and in addition, he had fully let go of his dream of becoming an idol.
— He regularly post’s on social media.
(Final Round) – Yoon Junhyeop
— He still work’s as a model under ESteem.
— He post’s regularly on his social media.
— He is currently a contestant on “Mr. Trot 2“.
— He was participating in the new Netflix competition show ‘Physical 100’ but he was eliminated in the first challenge.
(Final Round) – Lee Jaeeok
— He returned to his label ONE COOL JACSO Entertainment where he posted some cover’s later not much has been heard from him and he has not been posting on his Instagram.
— The company is preparing to debut their first boy group called OCJ Newbies as a pre-debut name however he is not in pictures of the lineup.
(Final Round) – Jeong Hyeonwoo
— He returned being a model under YG KPLUS.
— He posts regularly on his social media.
Eliminated Episode 10 & 7:
(Episode 10) – Kwon Hyeongseok
— He returned to Will Entertainment and is still working as actor.
— He post’s regularly on social media.
(Episode 7) – Yoon Jaechan
— He was originally eliminated in Episode 3 but later it was announced that 1 additional member can go with 14 winning participant’s so all of participant’s voted who will go in the next round and 2 participant’s were tied so both him and Park Jueon got into next round.
— He returned to his duo group XRO and it will promote there.
— The group disbanded on April 12, 2022 and he will continue his acting career under MAJOR9.
— He will appear on in a fictional group for a tv show HBO Max called ACT they are stated to debut in 2023.
Eliminated Episode 3:
(Episode 3) – Heo Seungmin
— He returned to his label J-FLO Entertainment and is continuing training there.
— Nothing has been heard from him since the show.
(Episode 3) – Jang Joona
— He appears to have returned to his label Mystic Story and is continuing to train there.
— He has Instagram and regularly post’s there and has Sound Cloud where he post’s his self written cover song’s under the name CHVNGing.
— He auditioned for Mnet’s Be Mbitious but didn’t become a contestant.
(Episode 3) – Ahn Yeongkwang
— He returned to his group VANNER, and will continue to promote with them.
— On May 4, 2023 it has been announced that KLAP Entertainment has signed a three-year contract with VANNER for winning survival show PEAK TIME.
— He is still promoting with the group.
(Episode 3) – Kim Kangmin/Ha Min
— He returned to his group TRCNG and will continue promoting with them.
— His contract with TS Entertainment expired on February 28, 2022 and he left TRCNG they later disbanded on March 28, 2022.
— On April 11, 2022 it was announced he signed under APR Entertainment (now Wolfburn) and will debut in their new boy group with his other TRCNG member’s called APR PROJECT as pre-debut name the group is still releasing member’s and is scheduled to debut they released pre-debut song called “(11:59)” on June 6, 2022 he changed his name to Ha Min.
— He debuted in boy group BXB on January 30, 2023 with mini album “Flight and A New Beginning”.
(Episode 3) – Ji Yeonwoo
— Nothing has been heard from since the show.
(Episode 3) – Kang Minjae
— He signed under KM Entertainment where it was announced on his social media that he would be debuting as soloist.
— He debuted solo on September 20, 2022 with single title “The End Of Summer”.
(Episode 3) – Kang Changmo
— He returned being a model under ESteem.
— He regularly post’s on his social media.
(Episode 3) – Kim Kyungmin
— Nothing has been heard from him.
(Episode 3) – Kim Minjun
— He signed under FirstOne Entertainment and on January 10, 2022 was revealed as a member of their first boy group NINE.i.
— He debuted in boy group NINE.i on March 30, 2022 with the mini album “NEW WORLD”.
(Episode 3) – Kim Yoonkwan
— He post’s regularly on his social media and releases music on his Sound Cloud as a stage name “Kim On“.
(Episode 3) – Kim Jinkwon
— He returned to his group NEWKIDD and will continue to promote with them.
— It was announced he will be in a fictional group for a tv show HBO Max called ACT they are stated to debut in 2023.
(Episode 3) – Na Gyunmin
— He returned to his group BAE173 and will continue to promote with them.
(Episode 3) – Na Yoonjae
— He returned being a model under YG KLPUS.
— He regularly post’s on social media.
(Episode 3) – Na Dubin/Na Kamden
— He returned to FNC Entertainment and continued training.
— On December 29, 2022, he was introduced as a contestant of Mnet’s survival show Boys Planet as FNC Entertainment trainee.
— He participated on MNET survival show Boys Planet where he was eliminated in final episode Rank: 17.
— He returned to his label FNC Entertainment and is continuing training and post’s on company’s social media.
— He held two-day solo fanmeeting on 9–10 June 2023 at Yes24 Live Hall in Seoul.
— On September 5, 2023, it was revealed by FNC Entertainment that they plan to debut a new boy group where he appears to be in the lineup with Choi Jiho.
(Episode 3) – Park Siwoo
— He signed under Keystone Entertainment and on January 31, 2022 he was revealed in a teaser for a first boy group under them.
— He debuted in boy group BLANK2Y in May 24, 2022 with the title “Thumps Up”.
(Episode 3) – Park Yuri
— He returned being a model under ESteem.
— He regularly post’s on social media.
(Episode 3) – Park Chanyoung
— Nothing has been heard from him.
(Episode 3) – Anzardi Timothee
— He returned being a model under ESteem.
— He regularly post’s on social media.
— He is apart of the project fictional group X-PIERS created for KBS World web drama Broke Rookie Star.
(Episode 3) – Oh Jaewoong
— He returned to his label Urban Works and continue’s to be actor he regularly post’s on social media.
(Episode 3) – Lee Junyoung
— He returned to his group NOIR and will continue to promote with them.
— On November 5, 2021, it was announced that he would be enlisting as an active-duty soldier on November 8.
(Episode 3) – Jang Rui
— He regularly post’s on social media.
(Episode 3) – Jang Yeojun
— He signed under Jellyfish Entertainment as a trainee.
— On December 29, 2022, he was introduced as a contestant of Mnet’s survival show Boys Planet as Jellyfish Entertainment trainee.
— He participated on MNET survival show Boys Planet where he was eliminated on Episode 5 Rank: 62.
— He returned to his label Jellyfish Entertainment and is regularly training and posting on company’s trainee social media (@jelly_practiceroom).
(Episode 3) – Jeong Jaehun
— Nothing has been heard from him since the show.
(Episode 3) – Cha Sunhyung
— He returned to Will Entertainment and is still working as actor.
— He post’s regularly on social media.
(Episode 3) – Choi Yoonsu
— Nothing has been heard from him since the show.
(Episode 3) – Choi Jiho
— He signed under FNC Entertainment as a trainee.
— On December 29, 2022, he was introduced as a contestant of Mnet’s survival show Boys Planet as FNC Entertainment trainee.
— He participated on MNET survival show Boys Planet where he was eliminated on Episode 5 Rank: 55.
— He returned to his label FNC Entertainment and is regularly training and posting on company’s social media.
— On September 5, 2023, it was revealed by FNC Entertainment that they plan to debut a new boy group where he appears to be in the lineup with Na Kamden.
(Episode 3) – Choi Han
— He returned to With US Entertainment (a sub-label of Around US Entertainment) and he is still part of company’s trainee group WithUS Begins.
— He appears to have left the label since he was not included the lineup of company’s new boy group The Wind but it’s still unknown.
(Episode 3) – Park Sangha
— He was posting regularly on his Instagram but recently he privated his Instagram his activities are unknown.
*Left The Show (Episode 2) – Baek Junghun
— He left the show in ep. 2 because of an injury.
— He regularly post on social media.
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