THE ORIGIN – A, B, Or What?: Where Are They Now?
The Origin – A, B, Or What? (디 오리진; also shortened as The Origin) was a 2022 survival program created by IST Entertainment in association with its parent company, Kakao Entertainment, and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It aired on MBN, Kakao TV and 1theK YouTube channel on March 19, 2022, every Saturday timeslot for eight episodes. There were 13 contestants that range from 2002 to 2005 where only 7 will be able to make it to the final lineup. In the finale on May 7, 2022, the show announced the final 7 members who would debut as ATBO.
Where are the rest of participant’s?
Debut Group:
Rank-1 (Debut) – Jeong Seonghwan
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, ATBO.
Rank-2 (Debut) – Oh Junseok
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, ATBO.
Rank-3 (Debut) – Seok Rakwon
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, ATBO.
Rank-4 (Debut) – Ryu Junmin
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, ATBO.
Rank-5 (Debut) – Bae Hyunjun
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, ATBO.
Rank-7 (Debut) – Kim Yeonkyu
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, ATBO.
*Added in the to the group (Debut) – Won Bin
— He was eliminated in episode 5 after being voted off by the judges in the survival balance round, but on On June 17, 2022, IST Entertainment announced that Won Bin would be debuting in the group in replacement of
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, ATBO.
*Left The Group Rank-6 (Debut) – Yang Donghwa
— On June 13, 2022, IST Entertainment announced that he would not be a part of the group’s lineup after his past misconduct when he was a student surfaced online.
— He recently opened social media and is regularly posting.
Eliminated Contestants:
Episode 9 (Final Round) – Choi Jinwook
— He regularly posted on social media but later deleted his Instagram.
Episode 9 (Final Round) – Jeong Junho
— Nothing has been heard from him since the show ended.
Episode 9 (Final Round) – Kim Minseo
— He left IST Entertainment not much has been heard from him.
Episode 5 (Survival Balance) – Park Jaehoon
— He left IST Entertainment not much has been heard from him.
Episode 2 (PR Balance) – Kang Daehyun
— He left IST Entertainment and has signed as an actor under Urban Works.
— He posted regularly on social media.
— On February 20, 2023, he was introduced as a contestant of the MBC survival show “My Teenage Boy/Fantasy Boys” as Urban Works trainee.
— He was participating on the MBC Korean survival show “My Teenage Boy/Fantasy Boys” where he was eliminated on Final Episode.
— He left his label Urban Works silently.
— He signed under DSP Media as an actor and trainee, he was regularly posting on his Instagram but later deleted it, later he got moved to merged label RBW where on July 19, 2023, it was revealed, through RBW’s publicy discolsed information, that he is part of their upcoming boy group RBW Boys.
— He will make guest appearance at RBW’s first family concert “RBW 2023 Summer Fes ~Over The Rainbow~” in Japan on August 19 and 20, 2023. The following day, RBW Japan revealed that RBW Boys will be performing under the team name RBW Trainee New ID.
Related: The Origin – A, B, Or What? Survival Show
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.
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