TV5, MLD Entertainment survival show ‘Be The Next: 9 Dreamers’ premieres in February

It is the search for the next “global boy group.”

Philippine terrestrial network TV5 and Korean talent management group MLD Entertainment are teaming-up for the newest survival reality show on television.

Titled ‘Be The Next: 9 Dreamers,’ it promises to bring together talented men from across the Asian continent to compete for the chance to make it to the global stage through a 9-member boy group that will be formed after the show.

74 participants are confirmed to have been pre-selected from auditionees that joined the global audition process, which was held in 2024.

K-pop superstar Sandara Park of 2NE1 will serve as the main host, while a powerful celebrity mentor line-up will guide the contestants.

The panel is composed of EXO’s Chen, Momoland’s Hyebin, AB6IX’s Park Woo Jin, Bang Yedam, and HORI7ON’ s Vinci Malizon.

Korean choreographer Bae Wan Hee and producer Bullseye will also be in the show as dance mentors.

‘Be The Next: 9 Dreamers’ is slated to begin airing on Saturday, February 8 at 7:15 pm on TV5.

The said survival show also marks the second survival show co-produced by MLD in the Philippines, with the first being ‘Dream Maker’ with ABS-CBN Studios and KAMP Korea back in 2022.

After that program ended its run in 2023, it formed the 7-member all-Filipino boy band HORI7ON, which debuted in South Korea in July that year.

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