R U Next? (알 유 넥스트?) is a 2023 girl group reality survival show created by Belift Lab for JTBC. It premiered on June 30, 2023. The finalist are debuting this month as I’ll-It. Illit? I’mLit? 아일릿:ll:+ with SUPER REAL ME. Mind you this is before Min heejin copying NewJeans or whatever lol, oooop!!!
This series is basically just you all watching the show with me. It’s my first time and I try to capture some fun, cute and, mostly, shady moments so these shows will forever be able to stay alive! No hate to ANY of the contestants and I try to keep positive vibes ONLY!*
*Unless u come at sum of my girls then its ON
This episode covers:
Round One Tryouts (Red Velvet Bad Boy, Itzy Dalla Dalla, Aespa Dreams Come True, Gidle Tomboy, Apink Dumhdurum, Miss A Bad Girl Good Girl, Kara When I Move
Round Two Matches (Le Sserafim Fearless, newJeans Attention, Enhyphen Given-Taken)
Round 3 All-Rounder
Heel choreo: Chungha Dream of You; f(x) 4 walls; girls generation snsd The Boys
Hip Hop mission: gidle My Bag; CL Tie a Cherry; Lisa (blackpink) Money
Round 4 Specialists
Vocal battle: Baek Yerin Across the Universe; Taeyeon Spark
Dance battle: After School Bang!; Wonder Girls Tell Me
Round 5 Concept Game
Color mission: 2ne1 I Don’t Care; Oh My Girl SSFWL; Red Velvet/Seulrene Irene & Seulgi Monster
Black Mission: Blackpink, Shut Down
Round 6 Image Training
Original Song mission: scrume; pride
Global kpop mission: ive eleven; twice feel special
Round 7: finish line
Aim High & Desperate
Group missions: RUN Original theme song by Suzy
Medley of all previous performances
Contestants:
Wonhee (원희) Youngseo (영서) Minju (민주) Iroha (이로하) Moka (모카)
Yunah (윤아) Jeongeun (정은) Jeemin (지민) Himena (히메나) Jiwoo (지우)
Chanelle (사넬) Jihyun (지현) Funa (후우나) Seoyeon (서연) Hyewon (혜원)
Moa (모아) Ruka (루카) Yewon (예원) Ena (에나) Haseul (하슬)
Iris (아이리스) Yuisa (유이사)
Judges/Mentors:
Choi Sooyoung of Girls Generation 최수영
Park Gyu-ri of the legendary KARA
• Lee Hyun 이현
• Jo Kwon of 2AM 조권
• Kim Jae-hwan or Produce 101 and Wanna One 김재환
• Aiki of Hook (seen in Street Woman Fighter) 아이키
• Vincenzo
• Mandu
Info on ILLIT:
ILLIT (아일릿; also stylized as :ll:+) is a five-member girl group under Belift Lab. Formed through the JTBC reality show R U Next? and originally as six, they made their debut on March 25, 2024 with the mini album Super Real Me with the title track Magnetic
• Yunah (윤아)
• Minju (민주)
• Moka (모카)
• Wonhee (원희)
• Iroha (이로하)
• Youngseo (영서) dearly departed
Timestamps:
00:00-14:00 Auditions, Round 1 & 2
14:00-24:00 Round 3 & 4
24:00-38:00 Rounds 4 & 6
38:00-49:00 Finale/Final Thoughts
49:00-50:00 Ill-It Reaction