Starlight Boys: Where Are They Now?

Starlight Boys: Where Are They Now?

Starlight Boys (Korean: 스타라이트보이즈; Chinese: 星光闪耀的少年) was a South Korean-Chinese boy group survival show produced by SBS (Korea) and iQIYI (China). The goal of the show was to form a 9-member boy group that would promote in both Korea and China, managed by Idol Youth Entertainment under a 2-year-and-6-month contract. The show featured 69 contestants of various nationalities, both signed under labels and independent, and it began airing on October 26, 2024. The show ended on December 28, 2024, with the final lineup announced as POLARIX.
It’s been 1 year since survival show ended so, where are the rest of the contestants now?

Rank-1 (Debut) – Shao Ziheng

— He debuted in the show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— With the group having barely any activities, he returned to his label, Warner Music China, and continued posting regularly on his social media.

Rank-2 (Debut) – Lee Junhyuk

— He debuted in the show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— With the group having barely any activities, he continues to post regularly on his social media.

Rank-3 (Debut) – Xu Shihuan

— He debuted in the show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— Since the group has had barely any activities, he regularly posts on social media.

Rank-4 (Debut) – Xin Che

— He debuted in show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— With the group having barely any activities, he returned to his label, UN24, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-5 (Debut) – Pentor

— He debuted in the show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— With the group having barely any activities, he returned to his label, Insight Entertainment and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-6 (Debut) – Hangyul

— He debuted in the show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— With the group having barely any activities, he returned to his group, BAE173, and continued posting regularly on his social media.
— On February 11, 2026, PocketDol Studio announced that he would be leaving the agency after almost 10 years on February 28 after deciding not to renew his contract. The following day, it was announced he would also conclude his activities with BAE173 on February 28.

Rank-7 (Debut) – Zai

— He debuted in the show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— With the group having barely any activities, he returned to his label, TEN Entertainment, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-8 (Debut) – Yang Donghwa

— He debuted in the show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— With the group having barely any activities, he returned to his label, Bluedot Entertainment, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-9 (Debut) – Lee Daeul

— He debuted in the show’s final lineup, POLARIX.
— With the group having barely any activities, he returned to his label, ES Nation, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-10 (Final Episode) – Yoojun

— He returned to his group BAE173 and continues promoting there.
— On January 17, 2025, PocketDol Studio revealed that BAE173 will be collaborating with FANTASY BOYS, including him in the lineup, for a release scheduled sometime in March or April. They debuted as Double 0ne on June 12, 2025, with their first mini-album, Xpert.
— He left PocketDol Studio announced that the contracts with him had ended.

Rank-11 (Final Episode) – Duan Xing Xing

— He returned to his label M-Nation and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-12 (Final Episode) – Hong Sungmin

— He returned to his group FANTASY BOYS and continues promoting there.
— On January 17, 2025, PocketDol Studio revealed that BAE173 will be collaborating with FANTASY BOYS, including him in the lineup, for a release scheduled sometime in March or April. They debuted as Double 0ne on June 12, 2025, with their first mini-album, Xpert.
— On November 19, it was reported that he suspended his contract with PocketDol Studio, due to issues with payments, the agency’s financial and operational problems, and a breakdown of trust due to non-fulfillment of contractual obligations.

Rank-13 (Final Episode) – He Xinlong

— He returned to his label, Startdust Entertainment, and on June 22, 2025, was revealed as part of the lineup for the company’s first boy group, RACEBACE, which is still in pre-debut activities.

Rank-14 (Final Episode) – CongB

— He returned to his label, ASIIX, and continued as a singer, regularly posting on his social media.
— On August 12, 2025, he was revealed as a contestant on the Vietnamese survival show Anh Trai “Say Hi” Season 2.
— He was participating in the survival show Anh Trai “Say Hi” Season 2, where he made it into TOP 10.
— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-15 (Final Round) – Doha

— He returned to his group BAE173 and continues promoting there.
— On January 17, 2025, PocketDol Studio revealed that BAE173 will be collaborating with FANTASY BOYS, including him in the lineup, for a release scheduled sometime in March or April. They debuted as Double 0ne on June 12, 2025, with their first mini-album, Xpert.
— On November 6, 2025 it was revealed that he filed a lawsuit against PocketDol Studio on October 22 to suspend his exclusive contract, citing issues with payments, the agency’s deteriorating financial situation, unilateral suspension of his activities, and a breakdown of trust.
— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-16 (Final Round) – Minjae

— He returned to his group BAE173 and continues promoting there.
— On January 17, 2025, PocketDol Studio revealed that BAE173 will be collaborating with FANTASY BOYS, including him in the lineup, for a release scheduled sometime in March or April. They debuted as Double 0ne on June 12, 2025, with their first mini-album, Xpert.
— On July 14, 2026, PocketDol Studio announced that the contracts with him had ended on June 30.

Rank-17 (Final Episode) – Eden

— He returned to his group, NINE.i, and continues promoting there.

Rank-18 (Final Round) – Ling Qi

— He returned to his group, FANTASY BOYS, and continues promoting there.
— On January 17, 2025, PocketDol Studio revealed that BAE173 will be collaborating with FANTASY BOYS, including him in the lineup, for a release scheduled sometime in March or April. They debuted as Double 0ne on June 12, 2025, with their first mini-album, Xpert.

Rank-19 (2nd Elimination) – Hikari

— He returned to his group, FANTASY BOYS, and continues promoting there.
— On January 17, 2025, PocketDol Studio revealed that BAE173 will be collaborating with FANTASY BOYS, including him in the lineup, for a release scheduled sometime in March or April. They debuted as Double 0ne on June 12, 2025, with their first mini-album, Xpert.

Rank-20 (2nd Elimination) – Shen Qi

— He returned to his label, TOV Entertainment, where he was part of their trainee group YOUTUVE.
— On September 4, 2025, he was revealed as a member of the company’s new boy group, AM8IC.
— The group released their first pre-debut song, “Escher,” on September 11, 2025, followed by a second pre-debut track, “Buzzin’,” on October 23, 2025.
— He debuted in boy group, AM8IC under the stage name Roux, along with Ke Minkai on November 11, 2025 with the EP Lukoie.

Rank-21 (2nd Elimination) – Sun Jiayang

— He regularly posted on his social media but later went silent.
— On June 12, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant on Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet, representing JS Entertainment.
— He participated in Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet, where he was eliminated in episode 8, ranking 35th.
— He left his label and signed with iNKODE as a trainee, where later on October 2, 2025, he was revealed as part of the group’s trainee program, iNKODE Trainee.
— On November 20, 2025 he was reported of being a member of INTHE X Project.
— On February 25, 2026, a teaser was released revealing that he had become a member of VAYONN.
— Group released the pre-debut single “Watta Day” on June 23, 2026.
— He debuted in boy group VAYONN under the stage name Ayang on July 6, 2026, with their first EP album, Youth Today.

Rank-22 (2nd Elimination) – Michael Wu

— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-23 (2nd Elimination) – Kris

— He continues to post regularly on his social media.

Rank-24 (2nd Elimination) – Ivan

— He returned to his label, Yuxiao Media, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-25 (2nd Elimination) – Chen Xuanyou

— He returned to his label, Yue Kai Entertainment, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-26 (2nd Elimination) – Han Jeongwoo

— He’s still active on social media, posting regularly.

Rank-27 (2nd Elimination) – Phoom

— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-28 (2nd Elimination) – Ke Minkai

— He returned to his label, TOV Entertainment, where he was part of their trainee group YOUTUVE.
— On September 4, 2025, he was revealed as a member of the company’s new boy group, AM8IC.
— The group released their first pre-debut song, “Escher,” on September 11, 2025, followed by a second pre-debut track, “Buzzin’,” on October 23, 2025.
— He debuted in boy group, AM8IC as group’s leader, along with Shen Qi on November 11, 2025 with the EP Lukoie.

Rank-29 (2nd Elimination) – Nam Son

— He regularly posts on his social media.
— On August 12, 2025, he was revealed as a contestant on the Vietnamese survival show Anh Trai “Say Hi” Season 2.
— He is currently participating in the survival show Anh Trai “Say Hi” Season 2, but was eliminated on Live Stage 4.
— On March 14, 2026, he pre-released “I Don’t Like Your Bestfriend” ahead of his debut with the self-composed EP 18. The EP was eventually released on April 3, consisting of the pre-release track and three new songs, “Hứa”, “Forever” and “Dẫn Dắt”. Each song was accompanied by its own music video, with the video for “Hứa” serving as the EP’s primary theme.

Rank-30 (2nd Round) – Syo

— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-31 (2nd Elimination) – Wang Kun

— He returned to his label, Yuxiao Media, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-32 (2nd Elimination) – Kingston Wong

— He regularly post’s on his social media.

Rank-33 (2nd Elimination) – Pong

— He regularly posts on his social media.

*Left The Show* Rank-34 (2nd Elimination) – Sun Yinghao

— On December 15, 2024, at the end of episode 8, the profile board for Starlight Boys on iQIYI revealed that he was among the trainees who had recently withdrawn from the competition.
— He returned to his label, Laoyu Vision Company, and regularly posts on his social media.
— On March 1, 2025, he held a tour in Huangzhou, China, called “Tidal Locking.”

*Left The Show* Rank-35 (2nd Elimination) – Yoo Gwanwoo

— On December 15, 2024, at the end of episode 8, the profile board for Starlight Boys on iQIYI revealed that he was among the trainees who had recently withdrawn from the competition.
— He returned to his label, Image Music, and regularly posts on his social media.

*Left The Show* Rank-36 (2nd Elimination) – Zhang Jijun

— On December 15, 2024, at the end of episode 8, the profile board for Starlight Boys on iQIYI revealed that he was among the trainees who had recently withdrawn from the competition.
— He returned to his label, PC Entertainment, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-37 (1st Elimination) – Choi Junho

— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-38 (1st Elimination) – Gunwoo

— He regularly posts on his social media.
— On February 14, 2025, he revealed in an interview with BNT that he plans to start a solo career.
— On March 8, Roots Entertainment announced that he had signed with their agency and would make his solo debut with the digital single “Shot”, which was released on March 10.

Rank-39 (1st Elimination) – Park Siwoo

— He left Insight Entertainment and signed with OAK Company as an actor.
— He signed under OAK Company as a actor and later left and signed under INUFF Company as actor.
— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-40 (1st Elimination) – Kawk Gun

— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-41 (1st Elimination) – Yang Yan

— He returned to his label, Insight Entertainment, but later left and regularly posts on his social media.
— He signed under NoonTalk Media and works as model, actor and singer.

Rank-42 (1st Elimination) – Bian Shiyu

— He regularly posted on his social media but later went silent.
— On June 12, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant on Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet, representing Top Class Entertainment.
— He participated in Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet, where he was eliminated in episode 5, ranking 64th.
— He regularly post’s on his Douyin account.

Rank-43 (1st Elimination) – Huang Jialang

— He returned to his label, Qin Entertainment, where he is still a member of trainee group BC221.
— They released their first pre-debut song “DND” on April 29, 2026.
— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-44 (1st Elimination) – Kim Seonjae

— He regularly posted on his social media but later deleted the posts and went silent.

Rank-45 (1st Elimination) – Yoshi

— He regularly posts on his social media.
— He appears to be a member of the upcoming boy group CLUEUS but the group appear to have disbanded silently.
— He signed under NineTwo Entertainment where later in February 2026, he was identified on a video of company’s trainee group, NTnee, however he ultimately did not make it to the final line-up.

Rank-46 (1st Elimination) – Hijiri

— He returned to his group BERAVE, and continued promoting there.
— He sometimes posted on his social media, but later went silent.
— On January 30, 2026, he was revealed as a contestant on MNET/Lemino japanese survival show Produce 101 Japan SHINSEKAI.
— He participated on japanese survival show Produce 101 Japan SHINSEKAI, where he was eliminated in the fifth episode with his final rank being 55th.
— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-47 (1st Elimination) – Rin

— He regularly posted on his social media, but later went silent.

Rank-48 (1st Elimination) – Han Tae I

— He regularly posted on his social media, but later went silent.

Rank-49 (1st Elimination) – Jaemin

— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-50 (1st Elimination) – Park Yeonwook

— He regularly posted on his social media, but later deleted his account and went silent.
— He signed under Just Focus Entertainemnt, where he was confirmed to be a member of company’s first boy group GENUS, group officially kicked off promotional activities in Japan on January 10, 2026, and have been promoting there since then.
— He debuted in boy group GENUS under the stage name Seoha on April 27, 2026 with their first digital single “SUGAR RUSH”.

Rank-51 (1st Elimination) – Zhang Jinhee

— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-52 (1st Elimination) – Luo Junwei

— He was revealed as a member of the boy group 1B1 on November 23, 2024.
— He debuted in the C-Pop boy group 1B1 on December 31, 2024, with the digital single MY FIELD.
— He was slated to be a contestant on the survival show Boys II Planet but left before its official airing; he was listed as a ‘discharged trainee’ on his profile.
— He left the show in episode 2 of Planet-C, due to personal reasons.
— He regularly posts on his Weibo account.

Rank-53 (1st Elimination) – Cai Chengyuan

— He returned to his label, Ningbo Huajieyu Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-54 (1st Elimination) – Jeon Mingyu

— He regularly posted on his social media, but later deleted the posts and made his Instagram private.
— He signed under NYH Entertainment, where on June 20, 2026, he was introduced as a member of company’s new boy group NBIG.

Rank-55 (1st Elimination) – Jung Haesung

— He opened social media and regularly posts.
— He signed under OF MUSIC as a trainee after seen following company on his Instagram, he will be put in the lineup of company’s first boy group OVUS.

Rank-56 (1st Elimination) – Kim Seongju

— He returned to his model agency, KPLUS, and continues posting on social media.

Rank-57 (Signal-Song Mission) – Vexter

— He returned to his label, RS Music, where he continues as an actor and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-58 (Signal-Song Mission) – Rex

— He regularly posted on social media, but later went silent.

Rank-59 (Signal-Song Mission) – Kad

— He returned to his label, RS Music, and regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-60 (Signal-Song Mission) – Ryou Kaito

— He regularly posts on his social media.

Rank-61 (Signal-Song Mission) – Hoang Phang

— He regularly posts on his social media.
— On August 12, 2025, he was revealed as a contestant on the Vietnamese survival show Anh Trai “Say Hi” Season 2.
— He is currently participating in the survival show, Anh Trai “Say Hi” Season 2, but was eliminated on Live Stage 4.
— He made his solo debut with the digital single “VVIP” on April 16, 2026.

Rank-62 (Signal-Song Mission) – Hou Jia En

— He returned to his label, JS Entertainment, and regularly posts on his Weibo account.
— He was participating on the company’s survival show The Spark a Chinese reality show produced by JS Entertainment and aired on Bilibili on September 20, 2025.

Rank-63 (Signal-Song Mission) – Li Shengjun

— He returned to his label, TOV Entertainment, where he was part of their trainee group YOUTUVE.

Rank-64 (Signal-Song Mission) – Float

— He returned to his label, Stardust Entertainment, and on June 22, 2025, he was revealed as a member of the company’s first boy group, RACEBACE. The group is still in pre-debut activities.

Rank-65 (Signal-Song Mission) – Ngan Chau Yuet

— He regularly posted on his social media but later went silent.
— On June 12, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant on Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet, as individual trainee.
— He participated in the MNET survival show Boys II Planet, where he was eliminated after ranking “NO STAR” during the first round of eliminations.
— He regularly posts on social media.
— On October 29, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant on MNET’s spin-off survival show of Boys II Planet, called PLANET C: HOME RACE, as an individual trainee.
— He was participating in spin-off show PLANET C: HOME RACE where he had 4,283,965 points in the finale, ranking 7th being last member set in the debut lineup of boy group MODYSSEY under Onecead.
— He debuted in boy group MODYSSEY under the stage name Rowan on April 13, 2026, with the single album “1. Got Hooked: An Addictive Symphony“.

Rank-66 (Signal-Song Mission) – Zhu Enhao

— He returned to his label, JS Entertainment, and regularly posts on his social media.
— He was participating on the company’s survival show The Spark a Chinese reality show produced by JS Entertainment and aired on Bilibili on September 20, 2025.

Rank-67 (Signal-Song Mission) – Huang Peng Feng

— He returned to his label, JS Entertainment, and regularly posts on his Weibo account.
— He was participating on the company’s survival show The Spark a Chinese reality show produced by JS Entertainment and aired on Bilibili on September 20, 2025.

Rank-68 (Signal-Song Mission) – Zhang Han Yi

— He returned to his label, JS Entertainment, and went silent on his social media.
— He was participating on the company’s survival show The Spark a Chinese reality show produced by JS Entertainment and aired on Bilibili on September 20, 2025.

*Left The Show* Rank-69 (Signal-Song Mission) – Zhao Jia Yin

— He did not appear on the first official voting for the show, confirming his departure.
— He regularly posts on his social media.
— On September 23, 2025, he was revealed as a contestant of Mnet’s band survival show STEAL HEART CLUB.
— He was participating in the survival show STEAL HEART CLUB, but on December 2, 2025, in the seventh episode, it was announced that he had left the show due to injuries.
— He regularly posts on his social media.

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 social media profile, though that’s only for the ones that haven’t debuted.

Related: Starlight Boys Contestants Profile

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