List of Project 7 contestants

Project 7 is a South-Korean survival reality television show. The show began with 100 contestants, and the public voted on which to include in an seven-member boy band.

The English names of contestants are presented in Eastern order in accordance with the official website.^[1]

The ages of all contestants are presented in accordance with the international age system as of Episode 1 (October 18, 2024).

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Out of the 200 starting trainees, 100 are to be picked to move onto the next round. Trainees can either be passed, deferred, or eliminated. Passed trainees are immediately able to move onto the next round, deferred trainees have to wait to be chosen following the Zero Setting Test performances, and the eliminated trainees are not able to move onto the next round at all. After the Zero Setting Test Performances, 70 trainees were passed, 68 were deferred, and 62 were eliminated. Out of the 68 deferred trainees, 30 trainees were selected to move onto the next round. Based on how well the trainees demonstrated comprehensive performance ability, potential, and the possibility of strengthening after assembly, the qualified candidates will be assigned a preliminary grade and matching outfits relative to the given grade; S - Yellow, A - Blue, B - Pink, C - Gray.^[2][3]

In this mission, trainees are to divide themselves up into 5 groups of 20, which become their units for this mission. The trainees are to prepare the vocals and the choreography of the signal song of the show, 'Run (Up To You)'. After preparations, trainees are to film and perform individually in front of the judges and each trainee is scored individually. Following all the trainees video scoring, all the scores for each unit are added together to determine the interim unit rankings. After the interim rankings, the directors reveal that there will be a team evaluation which will determine the final unit rankings. The unit rank determines where the members of each unit stand on the pyramid stage where they will perform and film the official video for the signal song. The highest ranking unit stand in the Tier 1 Zone, down to Tier 4 Zone onstage. The lowest ranking unit stands in the Shadow Zone, which situates on the floor underneath the Tier 4 Zone in the pyramid. The trainees in the Shadow Zone wouldn't have any singing parts, they would just have backup vocals and serve as support to the rest of the trainees. As a benefit for receiving the highest rank, one member from the unit with the highest rank will have the chance to become the center of the performance, getting to stand at the highest point of the pyramid, in the very center of everyone.

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In this mission, trainees are to divide themselves up into units of varying numbers. The trainees are presented with three positions with four songs each. Vocal has 'Love me or Leave Me' by Day6, 'Don't Go' by Exo, 'We Must Love' by ONF, & 'Love Wins All' by IU. Dance gets 'Kiwi' by Harry Styles, 'Closer' by The Chainsmokers, 'Pop' by NSYNC, & '3D' by Jungkook. Rap receives 'Shalala' by Taeyong, 'Crayon' by G-Dragon, 'Work' by Ateez, & Mommae by Jay Park. Each position also comes with their own specific challenge; Vocal teams must participate in the arrangement of the song, Dance teams must rechoreograph a certain section of their song, and Rap teams must write their own rap for a certain section of their song. The order in which the trainees head up to the area of choice is in of position revealed, trainees who wish to be vocalists go to Vocal, etc. for Dance, and then Rap, but this order is insignificant, as anyone can get dropped from anywhere immediately after. Speaking of, after the initial selection, any team with any amount of overflow members has to kick out as many overflows as necessary. Once the units are narrowed down to the appropriate number, the kicked out trainees would have to reorganize themselves into the remaining units that had leftover spots. The parts for this mission are decided by the trainees themselves, mainly for the Center position. Each trainee in a unit is to vote for another member of their unit to be the Center and the recipient of the most votes would assume the role in most cases. Following the performances, the 500 World Assemblers present at the live show, as well as the 5 Directors would vote for the best performance out of each category, and the members of the recipient unit of the most votes would receive 20 000 points each to be added to their voting score. The 500 World Assemblers would also participate in a vote for the MVP of each position, voting for the contestant they think did the best per unit. The single contestant who received the most votes amongst everyone in the same position would receive 100 000 points to be added to their voting score.

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The 100 contestants will be divided in three different positions: vocal, dance, and rap.

During the first elimination, surviving contestants were assembled into five assemblies, A1 through A5, based on the fans' assembly votes. The show initially hinted that each assembly would be a team, but it is later revealed that each assembly will be divided in two, with each half competing against each other. The highest ranked contestant in each assembly (Kwon Yong Hyun in A1, Sakurada Kenshin in A2, Jeon Min Wook in A3, Yi Chen in A4 and Ok Chang Hyeon in A5) picked his members to form the first team (White Team), with the remaining members forming the second team (Black Team).

The winning team of each match will receive the steal benefit, allowing each member to steal points from the losing team's members. Based on the individual rank of the member in the audience vote, the members of the winning team will be able to steal from a range of 70,000 points (highest ranked member of the winning team will steal from the lowest ranked member of the losing team) to 10,000 points (lowest ranked member of the winning team will steal from the highest ranked member of the losing team).

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