Be My Boyz
| Be My Boyz | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 비 마이 보이즈 |
| RR | Bi mai boijeu |
| MR | Pi mai poijŭ |
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | SBS |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Yoon Hyun-joon |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS |
| Release | June 21, 2025 – present |
B:My Boyz (also known as Be My Boyz) (Korean: 비 마이 보이즈) is a 2025 South Korean boy group reality competition survival show created by SBS. It follows the process of creating a new global boy group. It premiered on SBS on June 21, 2025, and aired every Saturday at 17:20 (KST). The show will end with the formation of an eight-member boy group.
Production and Background
[edit]On August 6, 2024, JTBC announced that they would be inviting any boy to apply for their newest survival show. The program was revealed to become produced by the creators of Sing Again, and that it'd air in 2025. After some time, the program moved it's production to SBS and revealed that it'd air in June 2025.
On May 1, 2025, Be My Boyz opened all of their social media accounts and unveiled the logo teaser and candid concept photos for the show, followed by revealing the 30 contestants with silhouette mood cuts and closeup concept photos the following day, on May 2, 2025.[1]
The show was originally supposed to start airing on June 14, 2025, but it was then postponed to the following week, to start on June 21, 2025.
Cast
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Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chapter.1: RIIZE - Get A Guitar" | June 21, 2025 |
| 2 | "Chapter 2: TOP PICK, Between Survival and Elimination" (Korean: TOP PICK, 생준과 탈락 사이) | June 28, 2025 |
| 3 | "Chapter 3: The Start of the Team Deathmatch" (Korean: 팀 데스매치의 시작) | July 5, 2025 |
| 4 | "Chapter 4: 13 vs 13 Deathmatch: The Moment Your Destiny Changes" (Korean: 운명이 바뀔 순간 13 vs 13 데스매치) | July 12, 2025 |
| 5 | "Chapter 5: Top Pick, Team Survival" (Korean: 탑픽, 팀 전원 생존을 향해) | July 19, 2025 |
Contestants
[edit]There are 30 contestants participating in the program from various countries, primarily South Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, and Australia.[2] The English names of all the contestants are presented in accordance with the official website.
- Color key
| Final members of the debut group | |
| Contestants eliminated in the final episode | |
| Contestants eliminated at the fourth elimination round | |
| Contestants eliminated at the third elimination round | |
| Contestants eliminated at the second elimination round | |
| Contestants eliminated at the first elimination round | |
| Contestants that left the show | |
| Top 8 contestants of the Ranking Announcement[a] | |
| Top Idols' Top Pick | |
| Top 8 and Top Pick |
| Company | Name | Age[b] | Nationality | Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ep. 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | ||||
| # | # | # | # | ||||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Lee Yun-sung (이윤성)[i] |
19 |  South Korea
|
4 | 1 | ||
| Cube Entertainment (큐브엔터테인먼트) |
Park Se-chan (박세찬) |
15 | South Korea
|
8 | 2 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Kang Jun-seong (강준성) |
19 | South Korea
|
2 | 3 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Lee Yeon-tae (이연태)[i] |
16 | South Korea
|
14 | 4 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Ikuto (育利 / 이쿠토) |
21 |  Japan
|
11 | 5 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Moon Jae-il (문재일) |
18 | South Korea
|
3 | 6 | ||
| Watanabe Entertainment (ワタナベ) |
Hyo (飛燿 / 효)[ii] |
23 | Japan
|
22 | 7 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Kim Bo-hyeon (김보현)[i] |
24 | South Korea
|
17 | 8 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Haruto (하루토) |
21 | Japan
|
5 | 9 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Kai (카이) |
18 | Japan Mexico
|
1 | 10 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Seo Jun-hyeok (서준혁)[iii] |
22 | South Korea
|
20 | 11 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Yang Hyeon-bin (양현빈) |
18 | South Korea
|
15 | 12 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Choi Yo-han (최요한) |
17 | South Korea
|
25 | 13 | ||
| DCT Entertainment | Suthaschai (스타차이) |
17 |  Thailand
|
29 | 14 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Park Jun-hyeok (박준혁) |
18 | South Korea
|
15 | 15 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Hwang Hee-woo (황희우) |
19 | South Korea
|
10 | 16 | ||
| KPLUS (케이플러스) |
Jang Won (장원) |
22 | South Korea
|
9 | 17 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Ai (아이) |
19 | Japan
|
11 | 18 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Ban Daniel (반다니엘) |
14 | South Korea
|
11 | 19 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Hiroto (海都 / 히로토) |
20 | Japan
|
18 | 20 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
William (윌리엄)[i] |
19 | South Korea Australia
|
23 | 21 | ||
| I.E.One Entertainment (缔壹娱乐) |
Li Zhiwei (李致伟 / 리쯔웨이)[iv] |
23 |  China
|
30 | 22 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Lim Ji-hwan (임지환) |
22 | South Korea
|
7 | 23 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Lee Jun-myeong (이준명) |
21 | South Korea
|
6 | 24 | ||
| Individual Trainee (개인 연습생) |
Yang Chengxi (양성희) |
20 | China
|
25 | 25 | ||
| Cube Entertainment (큐브엔터테인먼트) |
Kim Jeong-hoon (김정훈) |
17 | South Korea
|
20 | 26 | ||
| Individual Trainees (개인 연습생) |
Jang Hui-gwang (장희광) |
18 | South Korea
|
23 | 27 | Eliminated | 27 |
| Didi (디디) |
15 | China
|
25 | 28 | Eliminated | 28 | |
| Lee Seong-in (이성인) |
17 | South Korea
|
25 | 29 | Eliminated | 29 | |
| Luo Zhuobin (罗卓滨 / 나탁빈)[v][c] |
20 | China
|
19[d] | Left the show | 30 | ||
Missions
[edit]Surprise Mission (Episode 1)
[edit]This surprise mission has all the contestants presenting the choreography they've been practicing for a week. Once all the contestants have entered the stage room, they're instructed to write letters to their future selves. Once every contestant has completed their letter, they're all filed into a room with the show's logo pattern on the wall behind them. The walls then opens up, revealing a stage and an audience of 100 people behind it. Once the contestants have organized themselves on the stage, the stage lights dim and the surprise mission begins. This mission has the contestants dancing the choreography to 'Get a Guitar' by Riize. After the contestants have presented the choreography, the audience is to vote for five contestants each, with the rankings being revealed after the tallying. The top four contestants from the audience voting get a benefit, which is later revealed to be the chance to choose their teams, and song and concept for the next mission.
Color key
| Top 4 |
| Surprise Mission Voting Results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Contestants | Votes | Rank | Contestants | Votes | Rank | Contestants | Votes |
| 1 | Kai | 47 | 11 | Ai | 19 | 20 | Seo Junhyeok | 7 |
| 2 | Kang Junseong | 40 | Ban Daniel | 22 | Hyo | 6 | ||
| 3 | Moon Jaeil | 36 | Ikuto | 23 | Jang Huigwang | 4 | ||
| 4 | Lee Yunsung | 34 | 14 | Lee Yeontae | 17 | William | ||
| 5 | Haruto | 33 | 15 | Park Junhyeok | 15 | 25 | Choi Yohan | 2 |
| 6 | Lee Junmyeong | 30 | Yang Hyeonbin | Didi | ||||
| 7 | Lim Jihwan | 29 | 17 | Kim Bohyeon | 14 | Lee Seongin | ||
| 8 | Park Sechan | 25 | 18 | Hiroto | 13 | Suthaschai | ||
| 9 | Jang Won | 24 | 19 | Luo Zhuobin[e] | 12 | 29 | Yang Chengxi | 1 |
| 10 | Hwang Heewoo | 22 | 20 | Kim Jeonghoon | 7 | 30 | Li Zhiwei | 0 |
NCT Concept Battle (Episode 1-3)
[edit]This mission will have the contestants adapting to different styles and concepts for their performances. The contestants are presented with five NCT songs, each with their own concept attached to it. The chosen songs and concepts are as follows: Fact Check by NCT 127 - Charismatic, Love Talk by WayV - Sexy, Baggy Jeans by NCT U - Hip Hop, Kick It by NCT 127 - Powerful, and 90's Love by NCT U - Old School. The top four contestants from the Surprise Mission audience voting get the privilege or choosing the song they want, and the members they want for their team, from first down to fourth, with the remaining six contestants forming the final team. All the teams get three weeks to prepare for the stage. Once every team was finalized, and preparations had started, a secondary missions was revealed. The contestants would have to create about 30 seconds worth of their own choreography for one dedicated section of the song, either a chorus or a dance break. The winning team is chosen by the Top Idols for each round, this round having Johnny, Jungwoo, Ten, and Xiaojun of NCT. Alongside a winning team, the Top Idols will vote for the best contestant from each of the other teams, for a total of ten selected contestants. The members of the Top Pick Team, and the Top Pick Contestants will be safe from elimination and immediately passed to the next round, regardless of their ranking amongst the other contestants. The contestants chosen as Top Picks all also get VIP skincare as a extra reward.
Color key
| Leader | |
| Top Pick Team | |
| Top Pick Contestants | |
| Contestant did not perform |
Bold denotes the contestant who picked each team's members.
| Round 1: NCT Concept Battle | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | Team | Contestants | ||||
| # | Concept | Song | Original Artist(s) | Name | Members | Results |
| 2 | Charismatic | "Fact Check" (불가사의; 不可思議) |
NCT 127 | Check | Kim Jeonghoon | Top Pick |
| Li Zhiwei | ||||||
| Park Sechan | ||||||
| Lim Jihwan | ||||||
| Kai | ||||||
| Hyo | ||||||
| 3 | Sexy | "Love Talk" (秘语) |
WayV | Sexy Talk | Suthaschai | Top Pick |
| Choi Yohan | - | |||||
| Kim Bohyeon | ||||||
| Didi | ||||||
| Jang Won | ||||||
| Yang Chengxi | ||||||
| 1 | Hip Hop | "Baggy Jeans" | NCT U | 못 배기진스 | Moon Jaeil | - |
| Ban Daniel | ||||||
| Yang Hyeonbin | ||||||
| Lee Seongin | ||||||
| Lee Yeontae | ||||||
| Lee Junmyeong | Top Pick | |||||
| 5 | Powerful | "Kick It" (英雄; 영웅) |
NCT 127 | Bruce Lee | Seo Junhyeok | - |
| William | Top Pick | |||||
| Lee Yunsung | - | |||||
| Hwang Heewoo | ||||||
| Hiroto | ||||||
| Luo Zhuobin | N/A | |||||
| 4 | Old School | "90's Love" | NCT U | That 90's Love | Kang Junseong | - |
| Park Junhyeok | Top Pick | |||||
| Ai | - | |||||
| Ikuto | ||||||
| Jang Huigwang | ||||||
| Haruto | ||||||
13vs13 Team Deathmatch (Episode 3-5)
[edit]Prior to the announcement to this mission, the contestants were divided into two groups of thirteen each, to settle into their dorm arrangements, decided by the Masters to balance out the skill level as equally as possible. The Masters also divided themselves into two groups of two, to be each team's coaches. This mission would have the two teams of contestants go head to head against each other in a deathmatch, competing across three matches. The first match is a 9vs9 match with the Top Idols title songs, the second match is a 4vs4 vocal match, and the third match is a 13vs13 mega performance match. The songs presented as options for each match are as follows: Love Killa and Shoot Out by Monsta X - Title Songs, Untitled by G-Dragon, Four Seasons by Taeyeon, Spring Day by BTS, and You Were Beautiful by Day6 - Vocal, and Trespass by Monsta X - Mega Performance. The teams chose their songs and/or performance order through a sports day, led by Production Master Hui. The winners of each of the three events got the rights to choose either the song they wanted, or the performance order, depending on the event. All teams had two and a half weeks to prepare for the stage. For the vocal match and the mega performance match stages, the contestants had to create the arrangement or choreography, the stage concept, and the visual concept themselves. The Top Idols for this round are Shownu, Kihyun, & Hyungwon of Monsta X. Alongside choosing the winning team, the Top Idols will choose two contestants from the losing team, for a total of fifteen selected contestants. All the members of the Top Pick Team, and the Top Pick Contestants will be safe from elimination and immediately passed to the next round, regardless of their ranking amongst the other contestants.
Color key
| Center | |
| Leader | |
| Leader and Center | |
| Top Pick |
| Round 2: 13vs13 Team Deathmatch | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Monstaz | Monsta B | ||||||||
| Performance | Contestants | Result | Performance | Contestants | Result | ||||
| # | Song | Original Artist(s) | Members | # | Song | Original Artist(s) | Members | ||
| 9vs9 Title Song Match | |||||||||
| 1 | "Love Killa" | Monsta X | Kim Jeonghoon | - | 2 | "Shoot Out" | Monsta X | Kim Bohyeon | - |
| Ban Daniel | Moon Jaeil | ||||||||
| Yang Chengxi | Suthaschai | ||||||||
| William | Ai | ||||||||
| Lee Yeontae | Yang Hyeonbin | ||||||||
| Lee Yunsung | Kai | ||||||||
| Ikuto | Haruto | ||||||||
| Choi Yohan | Hwang Heewoo | ||||||||
| Hyo | Hiroto | ||||||||
| 4vs4 Vocal Match | |||||||||
| 3 | "Spring Day" (봄날) |
BTS | Park Sechan | - | 4 | "You Were Beautiful" (예뻤어) |
Day6 | Li Zhiwei | - |
| Seo Junhyeok | Park Junhyeok | ||||||||
| Lee Junmyeong | Kang Junseong | ||||||||
| Lim Jihwan | Jang Won | ||||||||
| 13vs13 Mega Performance Match | |||||||||
| 5 | "Trespass" (무단침입) |
Monsta X | Ban Daniel | Top Pick Team | 6 | "Trespass" (무단침입) |
Monsta X | Ai | |
| Choi Yohan | Haruto | ||||||||
| Hyo | Hiroto | ||||||||
| Ikuto | Hwang Heewoo | ||||||||
| Kim Jeonghoon | Jang Won | ||||||||
| Lee Junmyeong | Kai | ||||||||
| Lee Yeontae | Kang Junseong | ||||||||
| Lee Yunsung | Kim Bohyeon | ||||||||
| Lim Jihwan | Li Zhiwei | ||||||||
| Park Sechan | Moon Jaeil | ||||||||
| Seo Junhyeok | Park Junhyeok | ||||||||
| William | Suthaschai | ||||||||
| Yang Chengxi | Yang Hyeonbin | ||||||||
Signal Song Mission (Episode 6)
[edit]Rankings, Voting, and Eliminations
[edit]Voting
[edit]The voting process for B:My Boyz is done through the official SBS website, My 1 Pick, and MySta. Voting is permitted once daily, which consists of the selection of a certain number of contestants. For every elimination, SBS website votes are worth 20% of the of the total vote count for each contestant, My 1 Pick votes are worth 40%, and MySta votes are worth 10%.
Top 8
[edit]The top eight contestants are determined through popularity with online voting, and/or the on-site audience voting, and the results are shown after each Round.
Color key
| New to the Top 8[f] |
| Top 7 Contestants After Each Ranking Announcement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
| 1 | Lee Yunsung | |||
| 2 | Park Sechan | |||
| 3 | Kang Junseong | |||
| 4 | Lee Yeontae | |||
| 5 | Ikuto | |||
| 6 | Moon Jaeil | |||
| 7 | Hyo | |||
| 8 | Kim Bohyeon | |||
Round 1 Eliminations
[edit]The first voting period took place from May 9, 2025, to May 14, 2025. The public audience would vote for their top eight contestants. Regarding eliminations, the bottom three trainees with the lowest combined score, from the first voting period (worth 70%) and the Round 1 on-site audience vote (worth 30%) would be eliminated, and unable to pass to the next round, excluding any contestant who was chosen as a Top Pick by the Top Idols for the Round.
Color key
| Top 8 | |
| Top Pick | |
| Top Pick and Top 8 | |
| Eliminated |
| Round 1 Elimination Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Contestants | Rank | Contestants | Rank | Contestants |
| 1 | Lee Yunsung | 11 | Seo Junhyeok | 21 | William |
| 2 | Park Sechan | 12 | Yang Hyeonbin | 22 | Li Zhiwei |
| 3 | Kang Junseong | 13 | Choi Yohan | 23 | Lim Jihwan |
| 4 | Lee Yeontae | 14 | Suthaschai | 24 | Lee Junmyeong |
| 5 | Ikuto | 15 | Park Junhyeok | 25 | Yang Chengxi |
| 6 | Moon Jaeil | 16 | Hwang Heewoo | 26 | Kim Jeonghoon |
| 7 | Hyo | 17 | Jang Won | 27 | Jang Huigwang |
| 8 | Kim Bohyeon | 18 | Ai | 28 | Didi |
| 9 | Haruto | 19 | Ban Daniel | 29 | Lee Seongin |
| 10 | Kai | 20 | Hiroto | ||
Round 2 Eliminations
[edit]The second voting period took place from June 11, 2025, to June 16, 2025. The public audience would vote for their top eight contestants. Regarding eliminations, the bottom (#) trainees with the lowest combined score, from the second voting period (worth 70%) and the Round 2 on-site audience vote (worth 30%) would be eliminated, and unable to pass to the next round, excluding any contestant on the winning team chosen by the Top Idols for the Round.
Round 3 Eliminations
[edit]The third voting period took place from July 5, 2025, to July 9, 2025. The public audience would vote for their top eight contestants. Regarding eliminations, the bottom (#) trainees with the lowest combined score, from the third voting period (worth 70%) and the Round 3 on-site audience vote (worth 30%) would be eliminated, and unable to pass to the next round, excluding any contestant chosen as a Top Pick by the Top Idols for the Round.
Discography
[edit]The theme song "Be My Boyz" was recorded and performed by the contestants. It was released on June 22, 2025 on digital music platforms.[3]
Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Be My Boyz" | 2025 | B:MY BOYZ - Be My Boyz | [3] |
| "Be My Boyz (Inst.)" |
Aftermath
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Ep 1: Top 4
- ^ As of June 21, 2025, added new age if contestant is still in the show during their birthday
- ^ Luo Zhuobin was confirmed to be a contestant on the show through preshow promotions, but was confirmed to have left the show prior to the airing of the first episode.
- ^ Luo Zhuobin had already been confirmed to have left the show, but was still included in the filming of the episode.
- ^ Luo Zhuobin left the show prior to the airing of the first episode, although was still in the filming for it, score calculated by subtracting all the other contestants scores from 500
- ^ Indicates contestants who had never placed in the Top 8 in any prior elimination rounds or ranking announcements.
- ^ a b c d Kim Bo-hyeon, Lee Yeon-tae, Lee Yun-sung, and William were all contestants on Project 7, but didn't make it past the Zero Setting Test
- ^ Hyo was a contestant on Boys Planet
- ^ Seo Jun-hyeok was a member of Celest1a.
- ^ Li Zhiwei was a contestant on Universe League
- ^ Luo Zhuobin was a contestant on Chuang Asia 2
References
[edit]- ^ Jo, Soo-hyun (May 2, 2025). "新 오디션 '비 마이 보이즈', 공식 채널 개설 완료..글로벌 팬덤과 소통 본격 시작" [New audition 'Be My Boys', official channel opening complete.. communication with global fandom begins in earnest]. Star Daily News (in Korean). Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ^ "Mega Boy Group Audition Show 'B:MY BOYZ' Set to Premiere in June". SBS News. April 30, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "B:MY BOYZ". Spotify. June 22, 2025. Retrieved July 2, 2025.